Ninety activists were trained at the DFA Campaign Academy. They learned everything from creating a field plan, to creating an ASK list, to ASKing, to dealing with the media. I expect we will have some winning candidates in 2010. What is next for DFA-MC? We will continue our push for healthcare reform and fight the [...]
If you want care restored to healthcare then tell Congress “No public option-No deal. Send postcards to your Congressional delegation at the address below. Senators Jon Kyl 730 Hart Senate Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-4521 John McCain 241 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-224-2235 House of Representatives District 1 Ann [...]
MegaForum on Healthcare Reform While our elected officials debate our broken healthcare system, insurance lobbyists and other special interest groups are beating down the doors of Congress to make sure that their corporate masters maintain control of the healthcare system. Motivated strictly by profits, the insurance industry is poised to spend over $100 million in [...]
The Katy Award was created by the Executive Committee of DFA-MC to honor Katherine Ingram, a past Chair and a dedicated volunteer and powerful voice for Liberal causes in our community. The first Katy Award was presented to Dr. Jonathan Weisbuch at the June 7th dinner honoring this exceptional individual who is relentless in promoting [...]
Democracy For America – Maricopa County invites you to our annual spring fundraising dinner to support our efforts to bring progressive change to the greater Phoenix area and state of Arizona. This spring our state focus is on the massive cuts to education and what to do about it. Come join us on Sunday June [...]
If you want a choice of healthcare as usual or with a public option such as medicare for all then you must fight for it. Dr. Howard Dean says, “If Barack Obama’s healthcare plan gets changed to exclude a public option like Medicare, then it is not healthcare reform. Legislation rises and falls on whether [...]
Next week, Congress will begin making the actual decisions about what reforms will make it into this year’s healthcare bill. Our actions over the next few days and weeks will be critical in building the support we need to win. Meanwhile, conservative groups have launched a new assault on inclusion of a public healthcare option [...]
Discussion with healthcare experts and elected officials about national healthcare options under consideration in Congress and in state and city government. Where are the weak links and how can we fix them to provide the health and safety of insurance for all? Date: April 18, 2009 Time: 1:00 – 5:00pm Location: UA Local 469 – [...]
Thank you for all the hard work that went into the hundreds of DFA Birthday Parties hosted across the country this week. Your work is the reason that DFA has been so successful these past five years, and it’s the reason we’re still going strong today. But our work isn’t over yet. Go to StandWithDrDean.com [...]
A bill to change the AZ Constitution to prevent health care changes such as Universal Health Care in Arizona may be back on the ballot. A form of the 2008 Prop 101 is being discussed on March 4 in the House health committee. This promotes for profit health care. Come to the DFA-MC meeting Wednesday, [...]
