Progressive Democrats of North Carolina will be hosting the Statewide Annual Convention and Progressive Summit this coming weekend at the Bur Mill Club in Greensboro, NC
Keynote Speaker:
Tim Carpenter National Director
Progressive Democrats of America
www.pdamerica.org
Tim will be speaking on Saturday. PDA's Healthcare Not Warfare campaign is ramping up.
"We are very encouraged that the momentum continues to build from our successful www.johnconyers.com/node/249 effort to include a commitment to guaranteed healthcare for all in the Democratic Party platform in Denver, through the Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign and the November election, to the upcoming new Congress and Obama administration," said Carpenter. "We consider that we're helping with the president-elect's transition by continuing to build a broad and powerful coalition around guaranteed healthcare for all."
Other speakers include
Elaine Mejia, Director of the NC Budget & Tax Center a project of the NC Justice Center & a blogger at The Progressive Pulse
Nolo Martinez. Assistant Director for Outreach & Community at the Center for New North Carolinians at UNCG
Micheal Schwalbe, Professor of Sociology NC State University
Author of "You might be a Progressive if..." & his latest book "Rigging the Game"
Jarvis Hall, Associate Professor & Director Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change at NCCU
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF NORTH CAROLINA 2008
CONVENTION & PROGRESSIVE SUMMIT
Growing the Grassroots
When:
DEC 5&6
Friday Dec 5 6:30-9:30pm
PDNC Business and Strategy Meeting with election of officers
Saturday Dec 6 8:30-5pm
Progressive Summit
Where:
GREENSBORO
Bur-Mil Club House
5834 Bur-Mil Club Road
Greensboro, NC 27410
The Questions:
What are the strategic implications of the election and the economic crisis?
What are the next steps for bringing together progressive groups in NC in
a unified and effective social movement?
How do we effectively move the Democratic Party and the legislature in a
progressive direction?
REGISTER online at
www.progressivedemocratsnc.org
Fees:
Friday night: $35 Includes dinner
Saturday: $40 Includes lunch
Registration at either event includes annual membership dues. Membership
is open to any voter registered in North Carolina as Democrat or Unaffiliated who openly espouses the PDNC Statement of Purpose and actively supports the policy agenda of the organization.