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El Dorado Progressives - General Meeting

  • Placerville Town Hall 549 Main Street Placerville, CA, 95667 United States (map)

This meeting, we'll delve into the political process with presentations from political insiders and experts!

Ever wondered how the local and state Democratic Party works? Want to learn about delegates, clubs and candidates? Michael Saunders will give us a quick view into the inner workings of one of our the political parties.

And if you ever wondered what we can do to get money out of politics, in the second half of our Move to Amend's Dawn Wolfson (Sacramento Affiliate) and Keyan Bliss (National Leadership Team) will show us the way.  

From Move to Amend: As Progressives, we are all aware of the corrupting influence of large amounts of money on our political process.  Move to Amend is the only organization that is fighting this corruption on two fronts.  Our proposed Constitutional amendment will not only eliminate the legal fiction that money is equivalent to first amendment protected free speech, but also the absurd notion that corporations are entitled to the same constitutional rights as human beings.  We will be talking about how these things came to be, and how they have been used to subvert the democratic process and promote a corporate agenda over the needs of the majority of the people here in the United States. 

 

General Meeting - Agenda

  1. Open Meeting - (20 minutes)
  2. Party Politics and Democracy in the Age of Money
  3. Upcoming Events (10 Minutes)
  4. Meeting Adjourned

Details

  1. Open Meeting - (20 minutes)

    1. Values

      1. Freedom, Opportunity, Responsibility, Cooperation/Community

    2. Successes

      1.   

    3. How we’re organized

      1. Workgroups do the work and define their mission and goals

        1. Example: www.edphealthcare.org

        2. Example: www.edpvotesmart.org

      2. EDP Organization supports Workgroup activities

      3. Workgroup sign-ups for new members

        1. At the tables in the back of the room, or

        2. Online at www.eldoradoprogressives.org/workgroups

    4. Workgroup Updates

      1. ...

  2. Party Politics and Democracy in the Age of Money

    1. "Delegates, clubs and candidates" - Michael Saunders on the inner workings of State and Local Democrat Party

    2. "Move to Amend" - Dawn Wolfson and Keyan Bliss - end corporate rule, legitimize democracy

  3. Upcoming Events (10 Minutes)

    1. Ongoing Mt. Democrat Citizens Protest:

      Every Monday at noon at the Mt. Democrat

  4. Meeting Adjourned

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Earlier Event: March 5
Monday Pickets at the Mountain Democrat
Later Event: March 16
Winona Laduke - Honor Our Earth