[LAAMN] ACLU Forum: California’s LGBTQ Community Post Prop Hate

2013-05-14 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Battles Ahead in the Courts, Community, and Classroom With public support for legalizing marriage between gay and lesbian couples soaring to 58 percent in recent polls, up from less than 40 percent eight years ago, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/03/18/gay-marriage-\

[LAAMN] Help Crush Citizens United -- Prop C Event in Mt. Washington

2013-05-05 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Please join California Common Cause to learn more about Proposition C and support the Campaign to Constitutionally Crush Citizens United! At the home of LA Progressive founders Dick Price Sharon Kyle in Mount Washington: (address provided upon RSVP) RSVP Here

[LAAMN] Good Grief! Who's Going to Cover LA Now?

2013-04-23 Thread Dick_Sharon P
LA Media Reform Summit 2013 What's the future of the Los Angeles Times and its news coverage as the paper's parent company emerges from bankruptcy? Would a buyout by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, the Koch Brothers or local investors strengthen the paper or improve its community service? And if the

[LAAMN] ACLU Forum: California’s LGBTQ Community Post Prop Hate

2013-04-12 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Battles Ahead in the Courts, Community, and Classroom With public support for legalizing marriage between gay and lesbian couples soaring to 58 percent in recent polls, up from less than 40 percent eight years ago, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/03/18/gay-marriage-\

[LAAMN] Join ACLU in Peace Walk Saturday, Pasadena

2013-03-28 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Join ACLU Pasadena/Foothills in the Caesar Chavez Walk for Peace from 10 to 12 AM in Pasadena. Details below. [chavez walk] http://www.laprogressive.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chavez-walk-600\ .gif [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[LAAMN] Common Cause: Media Democracy Reform Initiative -- April 26

2013-03-28 Thread Dick_Sharon P
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[LAAMN] ACLU: Taking Control of California's Budget -- April 20

2013-03-28 Thread Dick_Sharon P
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[LAAMN] 5 Reasons You Need LA Progressive to Win A Free Booth

2013-03-11 Thread Dick_Sharon P
5 Reasons You Need LA Progressive to Win A Free Booth [dick and sharon] LA Progressive has entered the free booth contest at Netroots Nation in San Jose. Here are five reasons you should vote for LA Progressive. 1. If we win, we'll be too busy to bombard you with Facebook posts. 2. Otherwise

[LAAMN] Gun Violence in Our Communities -- ACLU Panel Session March 12th/Pasadena

2013-03-11 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Gun Violence in Our Communities Activists and Organizers Will Discuss the Effects Rampant Gun Violence Has Had in Our Neighborhoods Los Angeles -- 5 March 2013: As the nation grapples with the issue of gun violence and making the nation a safer place, an upcoming ACLU-SC Pasadena/Foothills

[LAAMN] Gun Violence in Our Communities -- ACLU Panel Session March 12th/Pasadena

2013-03-05 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Gun Violence in Our Communities Activists and Organizers Will Discuss the Effects Rampant Gun Violence Has Had in Our Neighborhoods Los Angeles -- 5 March 2013: As the nation grapples with the issue of gun violence and making the nation a safer place, an upcoming ACLU-SC Pasadena/Foothills

[LAAMN] Discuss “The New Jim Crow” at All Saints in Pasadena

2013-01-24 Thread Dick_Sharon P
THE NEW JIM CROW – MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF COLORBLINDNESS * Why over the past 30 years has the growth of America's prison system outstripped all other nations? * Who's benefitting from this astronomical prison population growth? * What can ordinary citizens do to stop this?

[LAAMN] ACLU-SC Pasadena/Foothills Police Drones Forum -- January 8th

2013-01-03 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Free to the Public 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, 2013 NEIGHBORHOOD DRONE SURVEILLANCE COMING: WILL AMERICANS' RIGHT TO PRIVACY BE PRESERVED ? Pasadena Star News Public Editor, Larry Wilson, recently alerted readers to KNX Investigative Reporter Charles Feldman's report on the coming use of

[LAAMN] ACLU-SC Pasadena/Foothills Foreclosure Forum Returns November 13

2012-11-12 Thread Dick_Sharon P
ORECLOSURE CRISIS #2 EDUCATIONAL FORUM: WHAT PROGRESS HAVE WE MADE LOCALLY, STATEWIDE, AND NATIONALLY? Representatives from Occupy Fights Foreclosure, LA Housing Authority, and Occupy Pasadena will answer. When: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Where: Neighborhood Church, 301 No.

[LAAMN] A 28th Amendment? Conference at UCLA November 17th

2012-10-29 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Legal Issues,Remedies Strategies​ To Get the Money Out of Politics​ When: Saturday, November 17thWhere: UCLA Law School The conference will dig into the legal issues surrounding the problems of money and speech in politics and the expansion of corporate rights over human rights. It

[LAAMN] ACLU-SC Pasadena/Foothills Foreclosure Forum Returns November 13

2012-10-28 Thread Dick_Sharon P
FORECLOSURE CRISIS #2 EDUCATIONAL FORUM: WHAT PROGRESS HAVE WE MADE LOCALLY, STATEWIDE, AND NATIONALLY? Representatives from Occupy Fights Foreclosure, LA Housing Authority, and Occupy Pasadena will answer. When: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Where: Neighborhood Church, 301 No.

[LAAMN] Sister Giant: Women, Non-Violence Brithing a New American Politics

2012-09-04 Thread Dick_Sharon P
SISTER GIANT WOMEN, NON-VIOLENCE and BIRTHING A NEW AMERICAN POLITICS On November 10-11, 2012, there will be a special event in Los Angeles, calling all Americans who are interested in starting a new, non-violent political conversation. If you're concerned about the over-influence of moneyed

[LAAMN] ACLU-SC P/F Chapter Looks at Three Initiatives -- September 11

2012-08-28 Thread Dick_Sharon P
ACLU-SC Pasadena/Foothills Chapter Looks at Three Critical Measures on California's November Ballot Los Angeles: Friday, 24 August 2012 -- With Election Day fast approaching, the ACLU-SC Pasadena/Foothill Chapter will present a discussion of three initiatives on the November ballot, dealing with

[LAAMN] ACLU Pasadena/Foothills Social -- Thursday Evening in Mt. Washington

2012-07-06 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Getting Money Out of PoliticsThe Civil Liberties and Economic Justice Concerns [dc]I[/dc]n the wake of the recent Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision, corporate money is flooding into elections in unprecedented amounts, giving a few wealthy individuals inordinate influence over political

[LAAMN] ACLU Pasadena/Foothills Social -- Thursday Evening in Mt. Washington

2012-06-26 Thread Dick_Sharon P
ACLU PASADENA/FOOTHILLS CHAPTER An Evening of Food, Fun, and Civil Liberties http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a43f8bd9c2aeb95bb0ccdd315id=68e6d8\ 38ebe=[UNIQID] At the home of Dick Sharon of LA Progressive Learn What Concerns The ACLU Pasadena/Foothills Chapter Share Your Own Civil Liberties

[LAAMN] May 8th Forum: How Homeowners Cope with Housing Crisis

2012-04-29 Thread Dick_Sharon P
How Homeowners Cope with Housing CrisisPanel of Experts and Activists Looks at Causes, Solutions Pasadena, California, 26 April 2012—Nearly 12 millions homeowners have been foreclosed on since mid-2006 when the housing bubble burst, contributing to the elimination of 10 million jobs in a ripple

[LAAMN] Defending Civil Liberties: If They Take You In The Morning

2012-04-25 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Pasadena Staged Reading and Panel Discussion Examine Ways to Combat Current Civil Rights Incursions http://www.laprogressive.com/defending-civil-liberties/ When: Sunday, April 29, 3 to 5 p.m.Where: Neighborhood UU Church, 301 No. Orange Grove Boulevard, PasadenaWebsite

[LAAMN] ACLU Forum: Coping with the Housing Crisis -- May 8

2012-04-22 Thread Dick_Sharon P
How Homeowners and Renters Cope with Housing CrisisACLU Pasadena-Foothills Panel Looks at Causes, Solutions Pasadena, California, 23 April 2012—Nearly 12 millions homeowners have been foreclosed on since mid-2006 when the housing bubble burst, helping to eliminate 10 million jobs in a ripple

[LAAMN] Pasadena Panel on Defending Civil Liberties Panel -- April 29

2012-04-13 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Defending Civil Liberties: If They Take You In The Morning Pasadena Staged Reading and Panel Discussion Examine Ways to Combat Current Civil Rights Incursions http://www.laprogressive.com/defending-civil-liberties/ America's long-held freedoms, admired throughout the world, are under attack in

[LAAMN] ACLU Forum: Community Planning For Released Prison Inmates -- March 13, Pasadena

2012-03-15 Thread Dick_Sharon P
How Will Local Communities Cope with the Sudden Influx of Newly Released Prisoners?Last May, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the State of California to release 46,000 inmates — more than one-fourth of the state's prison population — over the next two years to relieve overcrowding. As many as

[LAAMN] Making Your Own Media: Media for the 99 Percent Summit This Saturday

2012-02-29 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Making Your Own Media: Media for the 99% Summit The media is no longer that black and white and read all over object the neighbor kid threw on your parents' lawn every morning, right? No, now it's something people all around you are creating for themselves — on computer networks, with flipcams and

[LAAMN] ACLU Forum in Pasadena: Ending California’s Death Penalty in 2012

2012-01-03 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Momentum is gathering to place an initiative on the November 2012 ballot to end capital punishment in California. The SAFE California Act would replace California's death penalty with life imprisonment with no chance of parole as the maximum sentence for murder. Proponents claim the initiative's

[LAAMN] Free Film Series To Thank Occupiers Activists

2011-11-09 Thread Dick_Sharon P
What: Power to the People Screening Series – All LA Occupy-ers and activists welcome (FREE) When: November 11, 15, 16, 22 Where: The Last Bookstore (453 S Spring St, Downtown L.A.) Why: To show support for the 99% protesting in Los Angeles (and across the world) against the inequities in our

[LAAMN] ACLU Forum on Secure Communities -- Tuesday 7 p.m.

2011-11-07 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Learn the Facts on Secure Communities: Tuesday, 8 November A Law Enforcement Threat to Immigrant Communities Secure Communities, a program which partners local law enforcement with federal immigration enforcement, has spread fear among immigrant communities by deporting a majority of non and

[LAAMN] Learn the Facts on Secure Communities: Tuesday, 8 November

2011-10-27 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Learn the Facts on Secure Communities: Tuesday, 8 November A Law Enforcement Threat to Immigrant Communities Secure Communities, a program which partners local law enforcement with federal immigration enforcement, has spread fear among immigrant communities by deporting a majority of non and

[LAAMN] ACLU Event: How Growing News Media Concentration Threatens Your Civil Liberties

2011-09-28 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Pasadena/Foothills ACLU-SC Chapter Twelfth Annual Garden Party Sunday, October 2, 2 p.m. Honoring LA Times Columnist Tim Rutten Speaking on Why the Coming Concentration of News Media Is a Bigger Threat to Your Civil Liberties Than Anything the Government Has in Mind. Western Justice Center,

[LAAMN] UK Riots Show the Bankruptcy of Conservative Policies

2011-08-26 Thread Dick_Sharon P
LA Progressive http://t.co/BIYuPFK Thursday, 25 August 2011 Subscribe to daily newsletter here: http://t.co/BIYuPFK http://t.co/BIYuPFK * UK Riots Show the Bankruptcy of Conservative Policies http://www.laprogressive.com/?p=57771 . Deepak Tripathi: Western societies have suffered a major

[LAAMN] Well, It Is an Occupation

2011-07-25 Thread Dick_Sharon P
Bill Fletcher: Whatever the original ambitions of the Israelis in the aftermath of the June 1967 War, it is clear that the settlements are no longer a bargaining chip but are there as part of a process of annexation. READ MORE http://eepurl.com/eUaSI [Non-text portions of this message have

[LAAMN] The Soul of a Nation and The Audacity of Nope

2011-07-21 Thread Dick_Sharon P
[veterans progressive caucus] http://www.laprogressive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/vc-pc-meeting-b\ .jpg The Progressive Caucus and The Veterans Caucus presents a joint meeting The Soul of a Nation and The Audacity of Nope Featuring * Mark Rosenbaum: Legal Director, American Civil

[LAAMN] ACLU Panel Session: The Assault on Labor: Protecting Worker Rights

2011-07-09 Thread Dick_Sharon P
The 2010 federal elections dramatically altered the landscape for working men and women across America, as the country's rightward tilt fueled a full-throated assault on basic rights to bargain collectively won over decades of organizing. Workers and voters concerned with the increasing attacks on

[LAAMN] ACLU Forum: New Jim Crow: Next Steps, Tuesday, May 10 Pasadena

2011-05-06 Thread Dick_Sharon P
ACLU Public Forum The New Jim Crow: Next Steps How We Can Fight the Mass Incarceration of Black and Brown Men Tuesday - May 10 - 7 p.m. Neighborhood Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena Panel Discussion with Questions Answers * Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez *

[LAAMN] ACLU Forum: New Jim Crow: Next Steps, Tuesday, May 10 Pasadena

2011-05-06 Thread Dick_Sharon P
ACLU Public Forum The New Jim Crow: Next Steps How We Can Fight the Mass Incarceration of Black and Brown Men Tuesday - May 10 - 7 p.m. Neighborhood Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena Panel Discussion with Questions Answers * Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez *

[LAAMN] Bullying and Our Children

2011-02-22 Thread Dick_Sharon P
ACLU-SC Pasadena/Foothills Public Forum. BULLYING AND OUR CHILDREN Tuesday, March 8th, 7 p.m. Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church 301 North Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena 91103 Many school districts have problems with bullying in elementary, middle and high school, and are seeking