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May 20-22, 2006, Events:
PDA Grassroots Leadership Meeting, Training Session and Congressional Lobby Days

Join Progressive Democrats of America for a three-day event featuring organizing meetings and trainings on Sunday, May 21, and Congressional lobbying visits on Monday, May 22.

Saturday, May 20

Firebird Inn, Building 39, B-Level
University of District of Columbia Campus
4200 Conn. Ave. NW,
Washington, D.C.
(Van Ness/UDC stop of the Red Line Metro)

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
PDA Grassroots Leadership Meeting – PDA Grassroots Activists, CD organizers, Spokescouncil Representatives, Working Group Members, Chapter Leaders and National Board Members from across the country will gather. The day will be spent finalizing our sixth month electoral campaign to strength PDA and organize a stronger progressive movement inside the Democratic Party.

5:00 PM
PDA national leadership and Advisory Board members will be attending the public celebration of Damu Smith's life on Saturday evening. We invite you to join us.

Damu Smith 1952 - 2006
For more information about his life:
http://www.damusmith.org/ http://www.pdamerica.org/articles/news/damu.php

A public celebration of Damu's life has been scheduled for Saturday, May 20th at 5:00PM at Plymouth Congregational Church , 5301 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, D.C.

The family asked that lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the:

Asha Moore Smith Trust
c/o The Praxis Project
1750 Columbia Road, NW - 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20009

Sunday, May 21:

Firebird Inn, Building 39, B-Level
University of District of Columbia Campus
4200 Conn. Ave. NW.
Washington, D.C.
(Van Ness/UDC stop of the Red Line Metro)
See links to map and directions below.

Morning PDA Organizing Session

8:00 - 8:30 AM: Register/Continental Breakfast with your PDA State team!

8:30 - 9:00 AM: Welcome by Tim Carpenter, PDA Executive Director; Opening Prayer and Remarks by Rev Lennox Yearwood, PDA National Board Member

9:30 - 10:00 AM: "Be a Part of the Growing Pro-Impeachment Grassroots Movement" by David Swanson, PDA National Board Member/Co-Founder, AfterDowningStreet.org

10:30 - 11:30 AM: "Organizing Mobilize and Deliver the Progressive Vote in 2006/Working to Elect a Progressive Majority in Congress"

Moderator: Steve Cobble, PDA National Board Member
Panelists:
Tony Trupiano, PDA endorsed candidate from Michigan's 11th District
Terry Lierman, Maryland Democratic Party State Chair
Bill Goold, Director Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC)

11:30 - 12:30 AM: "Building PDA at the Local, State and National Level"

Moderator: Mimi Kennedy, PDA National Board Chair
Panelists (from PDA):
Dan O'Neal, State Coordinator
Dr. Bill Honigman, Chapter Leadership
Stephen Spitz, Congressional District Point Person
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Building Diversity into our Grassroots Organizing (PDA National Board Member)
Sherry Bohlen, PDA National Field Director

Registration: Please register here for the PDA morning session (tickets prices are: $30 Supporters, $20 Grassroots, $10 Student, and free to sustaining donors--all tickets include breakfast). You will need to pre-register before May 19. Space is limited, and we expect the session to fill early, so register today.

Afternoon United For Peace and Justice (UFPJ) Organizing Session

1:00 - 2:00 PM: Iraq update and legislative briefing
2:15 - 3:00 PM: How to make your visits to Congress a success –- tips from the experts

Break-out Sessions:

3:15 - 3:45 PM: Planning your House visit - Meet with PDA and UFPJ activists from your congressional district to determine spokespeople for your delegation, refine your message. Trainers will be congressional staff as well as experienced peace lobbyists.
4:00 - 4:30 PM: Planning your Senate visits. Meet with others from your state to plan your visits. Trainers will be congressional staff as well as experienced peace lobbyists.
4:30 - 5:15 PM: Building/strengthening a statewide legislative network. An opportunity to discuss building a statewide legislative network in your state, or to strengthen your statewide legislative network.
5:30 - 6:00 PM: Wrap-up and logistics for Monday
6:15 - 7:30 PM: PDA Briefing for congressional and senate candidates

Registration:
Please register for the UFPJ afternoon session.

Monday May 22nd

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Congressional Education Visits

Updates and Additional Information:

Once you are registered for the PDA morning session, we will update you by e-mail as needed. You will be invited to participate in several conference calls that will address issues pertinent to the Congressional Education Day.

Logistics

Getting to Washington, D.C.
Lodging in Washington, D.C.
UDC Campus Map
Download Event Flyer [789kb, PDF format]

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