Progressive Democrat Issue 136: THOUGHTS

Here is this week's newsletter:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

PROTESTING BURMA'S BRUTALITY

NASA vs. HOMELAND SECURITY: Defeat and Victory

BUSH TO AMERICAN CHILDREN: Drop Dead!

REAL SOLDIERS RESPOND TO RUSH LIMBAUGH

COLORADO FOCUS: The Brilliant Precinct Project

NYC FOCUS: Some Important Events

VIRGINIA FOCUS: Virginia Organizing Project

NEW JERSEY FOCUS: New Jersey for Democracy

Protesting Burma's Brutality

"Hey man! Guess what? I'm in front of history here. There's a protest!...It's awesome!"

That is what an excited passerby said on his cell phone while watching the Amnesty International Free Burma protest in front of the Permanent Mission of the Union of Myanmar (Burma) to the United Nations on 77th St. I was at that protest, for what it's worth. I wish I could say our protest did some good, but right now I have to tell you that we need to do a lot more to have much of an effect. A lot of us need to act if we want to stop the latest massacre in Burma.

First off, Burma or Myanmar? Which is it? The official name, according to both the United States and Britain, remains Burma. The current regime of military strongmen led by Than Shwe changed the official name from Burma to Myanmar. But since the US and UK do not officially recognize the regime of military strongmen as the legitimate government of the nation, that change is not officially recognized.

In reality the two words are, believe it or not, synonymous. According to BBC News:

The two words mean the same thing and one is derived from the other. Burmah, as it was spelt in the 19th Century, is a local corruption of the word Myanmar.

They have both been used within Burma for a long time, says anthropologist Gustaaf Houtman, who has written extensively about Burmese politics.

"There's a formal term which is Myanmar and the informal, everyday term which is Burma. Myanmar is the literary form, which is ceremonial and official and reeks of government. [The name change] is a form of censorship..."

Richard Coates, a linguist at the University of Western England, says adopting the traditional, formal name is an attempt by the junta to break from the colonial past.

"Local opposition groups do not accept that, and presumably prefer to use the 'old' colloquial name, at least until they have a government with popular legitimacy. Governments that agree with this stance still call the country Burma.

So, for those who agree that a military junta that orders the massacre of peaceful protestors should not be legitimized, let's call it Burma.

In Manhattan this last week, a small group of protesters joined Amnesty International to protest in front of the Burma UN Delegation. Since someone else was using the microscope I needed at work, I snuck away to join in. When I first arrived there were only about 50 people. But ultimately it grew to about 100-150, spilling out of the tiny area originally allocated by the police. The police at first tried to keep the road open, but eventually decided to close off the block.

Unlike the passerby, I am more jaded when it comes to protests. I have been to too many and they tend to blend together. There are only so many times you can hear "What Do We Want? (Fill in the Blank)! When do we want it? Now!" before it starts to lose its thrill. This protest, in itself, was not different except for the handful of people who were actually from Burma. To them, the protest was clearly extremely important and that made it more meaningful to me.

And that got me thinking. Why was the violence in Burma getting to me as much as it was? I keep track of so many horrible situations around the world, reporting on some of them, but there is something about the current situation in Burma that has been nagging at me.

First off was the image of the Japanese reporter, shot, seemingly deliberately, by the Burmese military. (photo included in the Culture Kitchen version of this diary)

When I first saw that image I remembered the first time I saw someone really shot on television. The situation was parallel. In 1979, ABC reporter Bill Stewart was stopped at a checkpoint by the brutal National Guard of Nicaragua under the dictator Somoza. As his cameraman filmed the incident, the Nicaraguan Natioanl Guardsman made Bill Stewart kneel...then lie down. Then, on camera, the Guardsman shot Stewart. I remember watching this, seeing Stewart's body jerk and lie still. The camera then jerked away as the cameraman got away. Off camera, Stewart's interpreter was also shot.

That moment, shown over and over on television, turned America against Somoza, allowing the Sandinistas to oust him. Reporters are killed all the time, sad to say. I dated a woman whose father was killed by a Contra landmine (probaly supplied by the US to some of the same National Guardsmen who supported Somoza) on the border between Nicaragua and Honduras. A reporter being killed doesn't change much. But when it happens on camera for all to see, it tends to turn people against the regime responsible.

Deep down, I am feeling like the deliberate shooting of Kenji Nagai by Burmese troops on camera may ultimately do to the Burmese dictators what the deliberate shooting of Bill Stewart on camera by Nicaraguan National Guardsmen did to Somoza. I have no reason to believe this will be so. But my brain is superimposing these events and I can only hope that we are seeing the beginning of the end for Than Shwe and his fellow thugs.

The second thing that has made the current situation in Burma get to me is the slaughter of the Buddhist monks. Look. I am not terribly religious. But when clergy of any religion in any country is being slaughtered for peacefully protesting, something is pretty messed up. Burmese troops shot down protesting monks in cold blood (warning: disturbing picture). Now thousands of surviving monks are being rounded up to be imprisoned for their role in the protests.

Finally, there is the quiet, serene face of Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the Burmese democracy movement and Nobel Peace Prize winner. A regime that is afraid of Buddhist monks and a 62 year old woman whose main inspirations are Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, jr. is a regime that deserves no legitimacy.

I noticed the Burmese UN Mission was not flying its flag while we protested...out of shame for the killing of monks, one can hope. More likely just to keep a low profile, hoping no one will notice them until people forget about the most recent of many massacres by the military junta of Burma. It is quite likely that they can succeed in brutally suppressing the uprising of the monks and simply ride out the international outrage until the world loses interest and Burma can go back to shamelessly flying its flag in Manhattan.

But I hope not.

Support Amnesty International

Support the US Campaign for Burma

Contact Chevron, one of the companies that provides the most economic support for Burma's military regime, and so is in the best position to tell them enough is enough. Every time you fill up with Chevron gas, you are donating a bit to Burma's dictatorship.

Chevron:
6001 Bollinger Canyon Road
San Ramon, CA 94583, USA
Tel. +1 925-842-1000
comment@chevron.com

Write your Congress Critters urging them to take stronger action against Burma.

Judge Denies NASA Employees' Civil Liberties Case

In the ongoing case of my wife (and all other NASA employees and theoretically all Federal employees) vs. Homeland Security (see earlier entries for details: Part I (overview); Part II (the Suitability Matrix); Part III (the resignation letter)), the civil liberties of Federal employees just got dealt a setback. A judge just denied the case of 28 employees of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab to get court protection from excessively intrusive personal background investigations:

Media Advisory

JPL Employees vs Caltech, NASA and Department of Commerce
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12

For Immediate Release Oct 3, 2007

JPL Employees to Appeal Negative Ruling by Judge

Employees at Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will file an emergency motion on Thursday to appeal a federal district court's decision that denies them the court's protection from excessively intrusive personal background investigations ordered by NASA for all JPL employees.

During the hearing in his Los Angeles courtroom on Monday, Judge Otis Wright said he was inclined to issue a limited temporary injunction before October 5 in the case of the 28 JPL employees who filed suit against Caltech and NASA over the detailed personal investigations associated with issuing new identification badges for access to the JPL facility. None of the 28 employees do any classified work.

Earlier Wednesday, however, Judge Wright changed his mind. Rather than issuing the temporary injunction he described in court Monday, he denied the employees' plea for court protection. A few hours later, attorneys for the JPL employees said they would file an emergency appeal of Wright's decision tomorrow to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

Caltech has arbitrarily imposed an October 5 deadline for employees to complete a detailed personal questionnaire and to "voluntarily" sign a waiver permitting investigators to conduct open-ended probes into intimate personal background details, including sexual relationships. Employees who do not comply by will be locked out on October 27.

Hundreds of JPL employees have taken issue with the background checks. In addition to the 28 plaintiffs, more than 200 employees have signed an on-line statement stating that they completed the questionnaire under duress in order to keep their jobs. Many others are yet to comply with NASA's requirements. As pointed out by Caltech attorney Mark Holscher in court Monday, only 4100 out of 7500 JPL employees and contractors have initiated the required paperwork.

Robert M. Nelson, lead plaintiff in the case said, "We are obviously disappointed at Judge Wright's refusal to protect our privacy rights; however, our hopes have been raised by the appeal efforts of our attorneys." The JPL employees are represented by Dan Stormer, Virginia Keeny and Sanjukta Paul of the firm of Hadsell and Stormer, a prominent civil rights law firm in Pasadena CA.

Further information and all court documents are at the website hspd12jpl.org.

I should note that Judge Otis Wright is a Bush appointee, though as far as I can find his appointment met with no opposition and was supported by Senator Diane Feinstein.

Here's a link to the judge's ruling (PDF).

The Union of Concerned Scientists has filed a brief of Amicus Curiae (PDF) in support of the plaintiffs.

My wife's comment upon hearing of the ruling: "Oh, shit!"

For more information on what you can do to help protect the rights of federal employees and contractors (including grad students like my wife), go here.

And it always helps to try and get our Congressional Reps acting on this.

Where my wife works (the Goddard Institute of Space Sciences) they have yet to receive notice that they have to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive #12...but they have been informed that the notice will come soon. My theory is that their security has been waiting for this court case to be decided. We'll see if she gets her notice soon. She has still not decided whether she will sign or risk losing access to her place of work.

LAST MINUTE UPDATE: Just as I was about to publish this, news came in. The appeal has been successful and an injunction has been ordered. I am not taking this diary off, though, because I don't know how this will affect the overall situation in the long run, so keeping up some pressure might still be good. But, this is looking very promising!

Here is the press release that came in mere minutes ago:

PRESS RELEASE
Date: October 5, 2007

Re:
Nelson, et. al. v. National
Aeronautical and Space Agency, et. al.


NINTH CIRCUIT ISSUES INJUNCTION AGAINST NASA AND JET PROPULSION LABORATORY’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT OF INVASIVE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS

Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals entered an emergency injunction against the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Court ruled that NASA could not require Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists and engineers holding non-sensitive positions to sign waivers of their privacy rights. If the Court had not issued this injunction, thousands of scientists would have had to choose between waiving their privacy rights and keeping their jobs. The plaintiffs filed suit in United States District Court for the Central District of California against NASA, the Department of Commerce and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) on behalf of a class of JPL employees who are being required to waive their privacy rights and submit to an unconstitutional intrusive background investigation in order to retain their jobs with JPL. The plaintiffs include highly placed engineers and research scientists at JPL who have been involved in critical roles in NASA’s most successful recent programs, including leading engineers and scientists on the Mars Exploration Rovers program.

All are long term employees of Caltech who have never had to submit to the incredibly intrusive check that the Bush Administration desires. None of the plaintiffs have classified or sensitive positions. Plaintiffs challenge Bush’s decision to require that all JPL employees submit to a “National Agency Check with Inquiries” and sign a broad written waiver, permitting investigators to obtain records from their past employment files, and to question their friends and associates about their emotional health, financial integrity, and general conduct.

NASA has implemented this intrusive program as part of a 2004 Executive Order
(Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12)) issued by President Bush, which required that all federal agencies and facilities institute an identification badge. The plaintiffs are not employed by the Federal Government, but still have been informed that if they do not comply with the background investigation process by October 5, 2007, they will be deemed to have voluntarily terminated their employment with Caltech as of October 27, 2007.

“We are ecstatic” said Robert Nelson, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

“We are grateful for the court’s action. This is another egregious example of the Bush Administration’s assault on the Constitution. Our clients are exemplary employees who have spent their work lives bettering this Country. This shows the court will not stand by and let this attack on the right to privacy take place.” said Dan Stormer of Hadsell & Stormer. “This unlawful requirement allows unknown government officials to ask all manner of questions about people’s personal lives, including their personal lives and mental state. It is exceptionally broad and completely unnecessary. We applaud the court’s action and are grateful for the quick action it took” said Virginia Keeny, a partner at Hadsell & Stormer.

Relevant background documents are posted at the following website:
http://www.hspd12jpl.org/

Bush to America's Children: DROP DEAD!

Today, George Bush vetoed a bipartisan bill to extend healthcare to more American children. This bill was supported overwhelmingly by Democrats and moderate republicans (a dying breed, it seems), but was opposed by Bush and extremist right wing republicans.

Bush, the man who thinks American parents should use Emergency Rooms as their primary healthcare option for their children, once again shows he represents nothing but the most extreme right wing views.

The response from Families USA:




And MoveOn.org is leading the effort to get Congress to override Bush's mean-spirited, anti-families veto.

Lobby your Congressional Reps (from BOTH PARTIES), urging them to overturn Bush's veto of our children's health. And watch very carefully which Congressional Reps support American Children and which ones support Bush and the right wing extremists.

You can also read about what some Governors are doing about this denial of basic healthcare to American children. And you can read about why our healthcare system is NOT WORKING for most Americans in an analysis I did back in 2006.

Real Soldiers Take On Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh, the Republican Chickenhawk who ducked out of Vietnam duty because of boils on his ass, took on the organization VoteVets.org, calling them "fake soldiers."

Well, here are some responses from real soldiers.










Isn't it time Rush Limbaugh just shut up.

Colorado Focus: The Precinct Project

This is a brilliant idea from Democracy for Colorado. I know enough about local politics to know that if this idea takes off, Colorado will be a big win for Democrats in 2008. You can be a part of it!

DFC is taking Think Precinct on the road in 2007
Do you want to increase Democratic voter turnout in your county?

Attend a Think Precinct Training already scheduled by your county Democrats, or help us organize one in your area.

We have created an energetic and engaging one-hour event that is based on
Think Precinct®, The Grassroots Organizing Guide for a Progressive America. Click here to download the Guide.

The Plan: Develop trained and active leadership in every Colorado precinct
The Goal: Democratic victories in 2008

To find out more about these free trainings or to inquire about setting up your own, contact:

* Democracy for Colorado
gro (at) democracyforcolorado (dot) com

* Kim Phillips
Western Slope Regional Field Organizer
Colorado Democratic Party
kphillips (at) coloradodems (dot) org
407-756-2233

* A.J. Sanchez
South-Central Colorado Regional Field Organizer
Colorado Democratic Party
annajo (at) centurytel (dot) net
719-742-3244

NYC FOCUS: A Few Events

Third Annual Walk, Don't Destroy Brooklyn Walkathon
Fundraiser to support Develop, Don't Destroy's legal battles to preserve Central Brooklyn

Walk Don't Destroy 3 will be an opportunity to help fund the DDDB legal campaign at a fun, interactive and exciting event. Join your friends and neighbors to help stop eminent domain abuse, massive over-development and the destruction of the Brooklyn we know and love.

The court battle against the 'Atlantic Yards' hinges on our ability to fund our legal team. While we have a very strong legal case and legal team, we can't win without your help in raising money and awareness.

The walk is about 2 miles, and starts at noon at the Freddys Bar. The event will include hundreds of walkers a closing community party!

NOON – 1 pm: SIGN IN. Visit our tables at Freddy's Bar (on the intersection of 6th Avenue and Carlton Ave) to pick up your registration (or to register if you haven't already done so).

1 pm – 3:00 pm: Join the Grand Marshall to walk to Grand Army Plaza, around and back to the Soda Bar.

3:00-5:00 pm: Celebration event at the Soda Bar!

Register Here

And, if you like, join Joy and my Team.


UWS Democratic Presidential Forum
Wednesday, 03 October 2007

Upper West Side Democratic Presidential Forum

Special Welcome from Dave Pollak, Co-Chair NY State Democratic Committee

Monday, October 15, 2007
Symphony Space
95th Street & Broadway
7:00 p.m.
(doors open at 6:30)

FREE admission/space is limited

Ask the Democratic presidential candidates' representatives YOUR questions and hear them speak about the issues that matter to YOU.

Presented by: Community Free Democrats, Three Parks Independent Democrats, Broadway Democrats, Park River Independent Democrats, and Ansonia Independent Democrats.


Lambda Independent Democrats Holds a Forum on Atlantic Yards

I got this from Lambda Independent Democrats:

LID and the Atlantic Yards - Oct. 22nd

LID will be taking a hard look at the Atlantic Yards proposal. Until now, the club has remained neutral, but the time has come to take a position. We have invited Councilmember Latitia James (confirmed) and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (unconfirmed) to talk about the pros and cons of this project. Please join us on October 22nd, 7:30pm at Camp Friendship located at 339 8 Street, just below 6th Avenue.


End the War Now—National Day of Action
Friday, 28 September 2007

Join thousands from all over New York and northern New Jersey in a massive march and rally to end the war!

Assemble at 12 noon
Broadway, north of Union Square (permit pending)
March at 1:00pm

On October 27th, people from all walks of life will gather in 11 sites around the country for massive regional demonstrations against the war. These nationally coordinated events are being built and mobilized by groups across the country. The people of this country want the war to end, but Washington has failed to take decisive action. With each passing month, nearly 100 servi- cepeople and countless more Iraqis are killed, some 12 billion of our tax dollars are spent, and the death and destruction continue. Our communities—from New Orleans to Minneapolis—are neglected and suffer the consequences. From Vermont to California, from Florida to Wisconsin, the people have spoken: We want this war to end, and we want it to end now!

BOSTON • CHICAGO • JONESBOROUGH • LOS ANGELES • NEW YORK CITY • NEW ORLEANS • ORLANDO • PHILADELPHIA • SALTLAKE CITY • SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE

Endorsers include:

DFNYC
1199SEIU
32BJ
Bergen Peace and Justice Coalition
Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
Metro APWU
New York Metro Area Postal Union
NJ Peace Council
North Manhattan Neighbors for Peace and Justice
NYC-UFPJ
Peace Action of New York State
Peace and Justice Coalition (NJ)
U.S. Labor Against the War
United Federation of Teachers (UFT)


MEET AND SUPPORT NORMAN SIEGEL for NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE

LINDA STEIN & ANN SNITOW

cordially invite you to a fundraiser in honor of


NORMAN SIEGEL

Please come meet the People’s Advocate, and show your support for his campaign for NYC Public Advocate.

Wednesday, October 29th, 2007, 6:00 to 8:00pm

at the studio of Linda Stein 100 READE STREET

Bet. West Broadway & Church St. (Reade is one block north of Chambers St.)

Subways: A or C to Chambers St.; R or W to City Hall;

1, 2, 3 to Chambers St.; 4, 5, 6 to Brooklyn Bridge

PARKING ON SOME SIDE STREETS AT 6 PM; ON READE STREET AT 7 PM

Suggested Contribution: $25 to $250


Drinks & Refreshments will be served

RSVP to Theresa Canter at 212-448-6271


Democracy for NYC November 2007 Linkup
Thursday, 04 October 2007

WEDNESDAY,November 7, 7PM

East Village/LES, *New Linkup* Julip, 9 Avenue A, betwn Houston and 2nd Street, with host Tracey Denton 7pm

Upper West Side, The Parlour, 250 West 86th(btwn Broadway & West End), with host Merle McEldowney,7pm

West Village, Kettle of Fish, 59 Christopher St. (near 7thAve.) with hosts Abhishek Mistry and Judith Ren-Lay,7pm

Upper East Side, Molly Pitcher's Ale House, 1641 2ndAvenue @85th Street, with host Barbara Pearl, 7pm.

Astoria, Queens, at Sanford Diner, 30-13 Broadway, withhosts Costa Constantinides and Jeremiah Frei-Pearson.Note: this Linkup will begin at 7:30.

Sunnyside, Queens, at The Grind, 39-24 Queens Blvd. in the back room, with host Dan Jacoby, 7pm

Bayside, Queens, The First Edition, 41-08 Bell Blvd, right near the LIRR stop, with host Steve Behar of Democrats for New Politics, 7pm

Park Slope, Brooklyn, Ozzies, 249 Fifth Avenue with host Josh Skaller, 7pm

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Wycoff Bennett Homestead, 1669East 22nd Street, 7pm with host Annette Mont

Virginia Focus: Virginia Organizing Project Events

The Virginia Organizing Project (VOP) is a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives. VOP especially encourages the participation of those who have traditionally had little or no voice in our society. By building relationships with individuals and groups throughout the state, VOP strives to get them to work together, democratically and non-violently, for change.

El Proyecto de Organizar Virginia (VOP) es una organizacion de base a nivel estatal dedicada a luchar encontra de la injusticia dandole poder a la gente en las comunidades locales para que puedan exponer sus preocupaciones que les afecta en su vida diaria. Como una organizacion no partidista, VOP especialmente fomenta la participacion de aquellos que tradicionalmente han tenido poca o ninguna voz en nuestra sociedad. Estableciendo relacion con grupos o personas individuales atraves del estado, el VOP sigue luchando para que trabajemos juntos, democraticamente sin violencia por cambio social.

October 11, 2007 5:30-9:00 p.m.
Legal Aid Justice Center, 123 E. Broad Street, Richmond
Community Voices Informing Public Servants. For more information, contact Cathy Woodson at cwoodson@virginia-organizing.org or (804) 261-7497.

October 18, 2007 5:30-9:00 p.m.
Petersburg (address TBA)
Community Voices Informing Public Servants. For more information, contact Cathy Woodson at cwoodson@virginia-organizing.org or (804) 261-7497.

October 22, 2007, 5:30 p.m.
Petersburg Library - 137 S. Sycamore Street-- 2nd floor meeting room
Petersburg Virginia Organizing Project Chapter Meeting

November 16, 2007, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville
Social Justice Bowl IV. For more information, contact Sally Bastian at 434-984-4655 x229 or bastian@virginia-organizing.org.

November 17 - January 18, 2007
Shalom Retreat House,Hanover County
Virginia Organizing Project Leadership Institute. For more information, contact Cathy Woodson at cwoodson@virginia-organizing.org or (804) 261-7497.

November 26, 2007, 5:30 p.m.
Petersburg Library - 137 S. Sycamore Street-- 2nd floor meeting room
Petersburg Virginia Organizing Project Chapter Meeting

New Jersey Focus: New Jersey for Democracy

Join a local Democracy for America event in New Jersey. Most DFA groups meet on the first Wednesday of each month at 7pm
View the latest schedule on DFA-Link


North Jersey -

Bergen County
Ethical Culture Society
687 Larch Ave
Teaneck, NJ 07666
RSVP at www.dfalink.com/bergen

Essex County
Cryan's Beef & Ale House
24 First Street
South Orange, NJ 07079
RSVP at www.dfalink.com/essex

Hudson County
The Hard Grove Cafe
319 Grove St.
Jersey City, NJ 07302
201-451-1853
RSVP at www.dfalink.com/hudson
(First Wednesday of the Month, 7:30pm)

Morris County
Morris County Democratic Headquarters
11 Washington St
Morristown, NJ 07960
RSVP at www.dfalink.com/morris

Passaic County
Puzo's Restaurant (Upstairs)
4 Garfield Ave.
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
RSVP at www.dfalink.com/passaic
(First Thursday of the Month)

Union County
Rockin Joe Cafe
20 Prospect Street
Westfield, NJ 07090
908-232-1660
RSVP at Union Meetup

Warren County
MS Health Software Corp
605 Grand Ave.
Hackettstown, NJ
RSVP at www.dfalink.com/nwnj

Central Jersey -

Hunterdon County
Friendly Grounds Coffee
36 Mine St.
Flemington, NJ
908-788-8983
RSVP at www.dfalink.com/hunterdon

Mercer County
Carl A Fields Center
86 Olden Street
(Corner of Olden St and Prospect Ave on Princeton Univ campus)
Princeton, NJ
RSVP at www.dfalink.com/mercercounty
(please check DFA-Link for schedule)

Middlesex County
Panera Bread
1551 Route 1 South
Edison, NJ 08837
(732) 516-1611
RSVP at www.dfalink.com/middlesexNJ

Monmouth County
Racioppi's Kitchen
107 Oakland St. (at the train station at Bridge Ave.)
Red Bank, NJ
(917) 863-2408
RSVP at www.dfalink.com/monmouth

Somerset County
Somerset County Complex
40 North Bridge St. (off of High)
Somerville, NJ
RSVP at Somerset Meetup
(Second or Third Tuesday of the Month)

South Jersey -

Camden County
Haddon Township Library
15 MacArthur Blvd
Westmont, NJ 08108
856-854-2752
RSVP at Progressive Democracy South Jersey
4th Tues. of month

Gloucester County
RSVP at Democracy for Gloucester County
(Please check DFA-Link for date & location)

Ocean County
Joshua Huddy Brew Pub and Grill
1250 Hooper Ave.
Toms River
RSVP at www.dfalink.com/oceancounty
(First Tuesday of the Month)

Check the local schedule on DFA-Link to find Democracy for America meetings near you