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SINGLE PAYER WORKSHOP FOR UNION MEMBERS LOOKING TO LEARN

May 11, 2010

Please read below: Workshop for Union members that want to learn about Single Payer Healthcare. Anyone interested in attending this call cell 935-3445 or e-mail me pres359@gmail.com . Local will cover registration cost if anyone want to learn and attend with me. Need to learn about this.......

Hi Dominic:

I wanted to make you aware of a workshop Rose Roach from the Ca. School Employees Association (CSEA), will be giving at the conference on Saturday. The title is: "Talking to union members about single payer healthcare." She will show how it's possible to win even the most conservative members to support an issue they normally would oppose for philosophical reasons. I think these lessons can be applied to most issues our members are either unfamiliar with or resistant to for various reasons.

I hope some members of your local will be able to join you this Saturday for the conference. I know Saturdays are tough - yard work, shopping, clean-up, etc. but this is a rare opportunity to learn from a union that puts grassroots activism at the core of its efforts.

Thanks for your support.

Alice Brody

Outreach Coordinator

Single Payer NY

Expanded and Improved Medicare for All - Round 2:
Where Do We Go From Here?

Join with activists and supporters from across New York's Capital Region and the Hudson Valley to learn more about the state of health care reform and develop strategies to strengthen the grassroots movement for Expanded and Improved Medicare for All.

Saturday, May 15, 2010
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
(Registration/coffee: 9:00 -9:30 am)
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany
405 Washington Ave
Albany, NY Map

Morning Session: Speakers

Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH. Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Co-founder, PNHP
Terry O'Neill, President of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
Rose Roach, Field Director, California School Employees Association (CSEA), AFL-CIO

Afternoon Session: Panel Discussion on Coalition Building

Hon. Wanda Willingham, Albany County Legislature
Rev. Bebb Wheeler Stone, PhD, Presbyterian Church USA
Shaun Flynn, Director, Government Affairs, NYS Nurses Association.
Wayne Bayer, EnCon, Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO
Pricilla Bassett, Vice President, StateWide Senior Action Council

Workshops Strategy Sessions

Pre-registration: Euthemia@nycap.rr.com
Questions: singlepayerny77@gmail.com or 518-729-3068

$10 - 20 contribution requested to cover lunch and costs.

Endorsed by: National Organization for Women - New York State; NYS Nurses Association; Capital District Alliance for Universal Healthcare; SPNY - Saratoga; SPNY - New Paltz; Troy Central Labor Council; The Solidarity Committee; Hunger Action Network-NYS; Social Responsibilities Council, FUUSA; Hudson Valley Progressive Coalition

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