You are cordially invited to attend the monthly meeting of ============================ THE POTLUCK FOR PROGRESSIVES ============================
Friday, May 7, 2004 6:30 - 8:30 pm (Doors open @ 6:00 pm)
Unitarian Church of Orange County 511 South Harbor Blvd. Anaheim, California (Located on the Southwest corner of Harbor Blvd. and Santa Ana Street)
(714) 758-1050 www.uuchurchoc.org
"The Potluck for Progressives" is a group being organized for the purpose of bringing together likeminded people on a monthly basis to break bread and talk about crucial issues affecting the community.
At each meeting, people interested in peace, social justice, labor, and the environment gather to exchange ideas, talk about successes, plan actions, or just engage in a friendly discussion with one another.
Please join us! Bring a dish to share! Enjoy the bounty that others bring as well! The potluck will start at 6:30 P.M. with a speaker and discussion to follow.
On the Agenda:
Progressive Potluck
6:30 - 7:30 P.M.
Bring along your favorite dish of food, chips, dips, or soft drinks, and spend an hour mingling with progressive people from all over Orange County.
Featured Speaker
7:30 - 8:00 P.M.
SUSAN LERNER, Executive Director of the California Clean Money Campaign, will talk about the concept of publicly financing elections as a way of reducing the powerful influence that wealthy individuals and big business interests currently have upon the electoral process. Lerner will specifically address a system called "Clean Money Campaign Reform" where qualified candidates who agree to spending limits and reject private contributions are given a limited but equal amount of public money to run their campaigns. Various adaptations of this system are already law in states like Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, and North Carolina. Come learn about what efforts are being done closer to home to bring publicly financed elections here to California.
Open Forum
8:00 - 8:30 P.M.
Open discussion, announcements, and other news of interest.
"The Potluck for Progressives" is sponsored by the Unitarian Church of Orange County and is free and open to the general public.
Although a small donation might be requested to help pay for facility costs, nobody will be turned away due to a lack of funds. .
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