On Internet Radio:
The Democracy Hour with Tom De Luca, Tuesday, October 12 at 6PM:
The Coffee Party Movement with its founder Annabel Park (see below)
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Look out Tea Party–there’s a new party in town.
Annabel Park founded the Coffee Party to show that the Tea Party does not represent America. She got it going by starting a Facebook page and by posting this video on Youtube. The Coffee Party just had its first annual Convention in Louisville Kentucky. We’ll talk with Annabel about why she started the movement, what it is working on, and where it–and America–go from here
Annabel Park was born in Seoul, South Korea and immigrated to to the U.S. with her family when she was nine. She grew up in Texas and Maryland. She studied philosophy at Boston University on a Melville Scholarship and political theory at Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar.
In 2007, she was the national coordinator for the 121 Coalition, organizing a historic grassroots effort to successfully pass U.S. House Resolution 121, also known as the "comfort women" resolution. In addition to organizing the Coffee Party, she is a filmmaker. Her 2010 film 9500 Liberty on conflict over immigration in Virginia won three film festival awards.
The Coffee Party Mission Statement:
The Coffee Party Movement gives voice to Americans who want to see cooperation in government. We recognize that the federal government is not the enemy of the people, but the expression of our collective will, and that we must participate in the democratic process in order to address the challenges that we face as Americans. As voters and grassroots volunteers, we will support leaders who work toward positive solutions, and hold accountable those who obstruct them.