by Susan Rowe [courtesy of Blog for America]

UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? is a seven-part documentary produced by California Newsreel and aired nationally on PBS in late March and early April 2008.  This is a story about health, but it's not about doctors or drugs. It's about why some of us get sicker more often and die sooner in the first place. UNNATURAL CAUSES sheds light on mounting evidence of how inequities in our lives - the jobs we do, the wealth we enjoy, the neighborhoods we lives in - can get under the skin and disrupt our biology as surely as germs and viruses.  

by Susan Rowe [courtesy of Blog for America]

Earlier this month the Rocky Mountain News reported an announcement made by the DNCC CEO, Leah Daughtry and their Permanent Convention Chair, Speaker Nancy Pelosi about the "Green Delegate Challenge". Through a partnership with Native Energy, the DNCC will offer rewards to the delegation(s) who demonstrate the highest level of commitment to offsetting their carbon footprint from attending this year's historic Democratic National Convention being held on August 25th through 28th in Denver, Colorado.  

by Susan Rowe [courtesy of Blog for America]

VOLUNTEER!

Take Back Red California

Day of Action for Jerry McNerney!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Please join Congressman Jerry McNerney for the 2008 campaign’s first district-wide Day of Action. We’ll be walking precincts and letting voters know about the work Jerry has been doing in Washington on behalf of the 11th District and the work he’ll continue to do when he’s reelected in November.

Volunteers meet at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 19th

IBEW Local 595
6250 Village Parkway, second floor
Dublin, California 94568

by Susan Rowe [courtesy of Blog for America]

...OTHER RICH COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.

WHY DON'T WE?

On Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at 9 P.M. ET PBS presents sick around the world. Americans say our health care system is broken, but are other countries any better off? Journey with FRONTLINE to five other countries which are also capitalist democracies in search of a Universal Health Care system that could work in the U.S. See what's working, what's not, and whether their ideas could work here. YES, WE CAN!

Sick Around The World

by Susan Rowe [courtesy of Blog for America]

Written in a message from the Chairman of the California Democratic Party, State Senator Art Torres (Ret.) titled "You get to choose".

by DFA Staff [courtesy of Blog for America]

(Editor's note: I want to send a big hat-tip out to Susan Rowe for sending this along via email. Jim Dean and I were out in San Jose for the California Democratic Party Convention this past weekend. It was a great trip and it was great to see Susan, Carolyn, Chris, and all the other DFA folks -- Danny, Communications Director)

2008 CDP Platform Final Report by: dkirk

and

Click here to download the full platform as a PDF

This is a long one, so, the full platform is after the jump.

Danny
Communications Director

by Susan Rowe [courtesy of Blog for America]

 “Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace”

“Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised” 

~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (Russian moral Thinker, Novelist and Philosopher 1828-1910)