We are working on community education through house parties and presentations at clubs and organizations. Special thanks to Paul Burke and Leisa Faulkner, Foothill Progressive Alliance, who hosted a great house party that was stimulating and fun. There were around 50 participants. Would you like to host one? We are scheduling house parties now for April through June. Let us know if you are interested. Special thanks to Rene Line, who is our lead on healthcare house parties. She has had one and can support you to hold your own.
A number of members of the workgroup are training to lead the discussions about What's Going on with Our Healthcare and the case for single payer. Special thanks to Jen Flory, a group member who is a lawyer with the Western Center for Law and Poverty and keeps us up to date on healthcare happenings. We continue the distribution of our wallet cards with birth control resources in our county. We work with Valerie Belnap RN, the EDC public health nurse with high schools, to distribute the cards in English and Spanish to teens and uninsured people. You can pick up cards at our monthly meetings or order them online on our website.
We meet on the 4th Monday of the month at 6:30 pm. Next meeting April 22. Contact Maureen Dion-Perry at dionperry@att.net or Margaret Madams at margaret@madams.com for location details.