Sunday, March 12 from 2-4 pm

RiseUpNY and Ecological Citizen’s Project present a four part Civics Seminar starting on Sunday March 12th 2-4pm at St. Philip's Parish House, Garrison, NY 10524.

These free seminars are open to the general public and were designed as a brush-up course in civics for adults. The four part series will survey how our government works, how a bill becomes law, constitutional law, and how to run for office. The four individual seminars will be taught by: Charlie Kelly, professor emeritus, Kean College; Jason Angell, instructor, Bronx Community College; William Hellerstein, professor, Brooklyn Law school; and political advocate, Kim Conner. 

Charlie Kelly is professor emeritus of political science from Kean University. Charlie received his PHD. and M.A. degrees from New York University and has a M.S. degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University/Baruch College. Charlie chaired the Beacon Democratic Committee for twenty years and served on City Council for five two years terms of office.

For more information, please contact RiseUpNY.org.

Saturday, March 11 at 4:30pm

On March 11, the ACLU is holding a Resistance Training. This event will launch People Power, the ACLU’s new effort to engage grassroots volunteers across the country and take the fight against Donald Trump’s policies not just into the courts, but into the streets. We’re organizing grassroots events in communities across the country to watch the livestream together. Please join us!

Sign up to learn more about People Power and the Resistance Training livestream on March 11 at 5pm ET. We’ll follow up with you about opportunities to volunteer and attend events near you.

Sign up here:  https://go.peoplepower.org/signup/join/?source=em20170223 

RSVP for one of Saturday’s ACLU Resistance Training events in our area. All of the events start at 4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT to accommodate our livestream.

ACLU People Power Action Event - March 11
Burnt Meadow Road, Gardiner, NY
RSVP now »

ACLU People Power Action Event - March 11
2 Romer's Alley, Sugarloaf, NY
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ACLU People Power Action Event - March 11
1 Hawk Drive, Student Union, Room 401, New Paltz, NY
RSVP now »

Or sign up to host an event to watch the livestream:  https://go.peoplepower.org/signup/host?source=em20170223

Saturday, March 11 at 4:30pm

On March 11, the ACLU is holding a Resistance Training. This event will launch People Power, the ACLU’s new effort to engage grassroots volunteers across the country and take the fight against Donald Trump’s policies not just into the courts, but into the streets. We’re organizing grassroots events in communities across the country to watch the livestream together. Please join us!

Sign up to learn more about People Power and the Resistance Training livestream on March 11 at 5pm ET. We’ll follow up with you about opportunities to volunteer and attend events near you.

Sign up here:  https://go.peoplepower.org/signup/join/?source=em20170223 

RSVP for one of Saturday’s ACLU Resistance Training events in our area. All of the events start at 4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT to accommodate our livestream.

ACLU People Power Action Event - March 11
Burnt Meadow Road, Gardiner, NY
RSVP now »

ACLU People Power Action Event - March 11
2 Romer's Alley, Sugarloaf, NY
RSVP now »

ACLU People Power Action Event - March 11
1 Hawk Drive, Student Union, Room 401, New Paltz, NY
RSVP now »

Or sign up to host an event to watch the livestream:  https://go.peoplepower.org/signup/host?source=em20170223

Friday, March 10

(Adapted from Rogan's List)

• Let's send a postcard avalanche of thanks to Rep Joe Kennedy (D-MA) for watching out for ALL of us! 
  
  Address: 434 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
  
  Watch him ask important questions about losing mental health care and ending support for Planned Parenthood.  
  
  

• Contact your legislators and let them know that we know that parity is not at all the same thing as being automatically covered.  Mental health coverage is too far-reaching and important to lose.
  
  
• Make your voice heard! House Dem Whip Steny Hoyer @WhipHoyer is collecting opinions & keeping a tally on GOP healthcare bill - go to https://resistrepeal.org/ to weigh in.

(Adapted from Organizing for Action and Families USA)

By law, the administration has to consider public comments on this proposal. We have until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, MARCH 7th, to make our comments here:

https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=CMS-2017-0021-0002

The administration put out a new proposal aimed at sabotaging Obamacare—a blatant attempt to weaken the law at the expense of the tens of millions of people who depend on it.

In an effort to suppress meaningful comments from consumer groups and other stakeholders, the Administration has provided only a 21-day comment period, an unprecedented departure from standard comment periods for rules of this significance. 

Learn more about how these changes favor insurance companies at the expense of people.

Sample Comments:

Any changes to the marketplace exchanges—that have done so much to allow American families to access quality, affordable health insurance—should strengthen and expand coverage and consumer protections, not weaken and limit them.

There is no legitimate justification for shortening the open enrollment period. It will only keep young and healthy enrollees out of the marketplaces, reducing their stability. Putting up barriers to special enrollment periods burdens those who are already going through incredible change—that includes women who are pregnant, those who have lost their jobs, and more. Allowing insurance companies to sell plans that transfer costs and risk to consumers—which makes it harder for people to see the doctors they need and limits the safety net for low-income consumers—runs completely counter to the goals of the law that established the exchanges: to provide quality, affordable health insurance for every American.

I do not support these proposed rule changes, as it’s clear this is nothing more than an attempt to undermine the Affordable Care Act.