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We had a wonderful event featuring a number of speakers, including:

Hon. Richard N. Gottfried
Chair, NYS Assembly Health Committee
Author of A7860 & S5425, New York State’s Single-Payer Bills

Laurie Wen – Executive Director, Physicians for a National Health Program

Laura Boylan – Physicians for a National Health Program

Katie Robbins – National Organizer, Healthcare-Now!

Kristin Salvi – New York State Nurses Association

Erin Mahoney – Communications Workers of America, District One

Cynthia Doty – Three Parks Independent Democrats

Robert Score – Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 1, IATSE

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Father Duffell of Ascension Church

Kristin Salvi and New York State Nurses Association

We would like to thank everyone for showing up and make this a great event!

Healthcare-NOW! NYC invites you to a symposium on healthcare:

UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE

CAN NEW YORK STATE ACHIEVE IT?

Wednesday, October 5th at 7:30pm

at Church of the Ascension

221 W. 107th Street

(between Broadway and Amsterdam)

Featuring:

Hon. Richard N. Gottfried

Chair, NYS Assembly Health Committee

Author of A7860 & S5425, New York State’s Single-Payer Bills

Speakers will include:

Dr. Laura Boylan, M.D.

Clinical Associate Prof., NYU School of Medicine

Laurie Wen

Executive Director,

Physicians for a National Health Program – NY Metro

Katie Robbins

National Organizer, Healthcare-NOW!

Endorsed By:

RSVP to let us know if you will be attending.

RSVP not required for entry into the event, feel free to bring a friend.

Directions:

Available via the following Train Lines:

1 @ 103rd St

1 @ Cathedral Parkway

B, C @ 110th St & Cathedral Parkway

Wheelchair Accessible Location

“We are the Nurses! The Mighty, Mighty Nurses!”

WHEN:  THIS THURSDAY, Sept 1, 2011 – 12:30-1:30pm

WHERE: Rep Peter King’s Office

1003 Park Blvd, Massapequa Park, NY 11762

WHY:

“Nurses will visit the home offices of Republicans and Democrats alike, with a common message. Everyday Americans are hurting, and they need jobs, healthcare, housing, quality education, nutrition, and a secure retirement, not more cuts, as has been the obsession of Congress.”

“A Financial Transaction Tax of .25% (one quarter of one percent) on Wall Street trading could generate billions in revenue to help our ailing economy, stimulate job growth, re-fund essential services, and discourage the reckless, high-volume/short-term profit computer-driven Wall Street gambling that lead to our current economic crisis.” – NNU

More information about the event: www.mainstreetcontract.org

HOW:

LIRR – Take the Massapequa Park exit off the Babylon Train Line

BUSS – Hop on a free NNU Buss!

 Pick Up/Drop Off Locations:

Pick Up Stop 1: 930am, Depart 10am Manhattan VA Medical Center, 423 East 23^rd Street (cross street 1^st avenue) (Main Entrance)

Pick Up Stop 2: 1045am, Depart 11am, Brooklyn VA Medical Center, 800 Poly Place, (Main Entrance)

Drop off 1 – 12:15pm, 1003 Park Blvd, Massapequa Park, NY (Please note bus drops off and picks people up here at 130-145)

Drop off 2 – 2pm, Umberto’s Restaurant, 1180 Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY (Please note bus drops off and picks people up b/w 330-4pm)

Drop off 3 – Brooklyn VA

Drop off 4 –  Manhattan VA

This will all depend on turnout and participation levels.

We have Point People for the following locations:
(Your local Point Person will have fliers and petitions)

Fort Greene Park – Sat 10-12 @ Washington Pk and Dekalb – Point Person: Omar – 773-576-2559
McCarren Park – Sat 10-12 @ Union/Driggs and N12th – Point Person: Josh – 718-909-6343
For directions: www.grownyc.org/files/gmkt/map.pdf (copy and paste link)

Petitions and Fliers are available on this website: click “resources” and “download fliers.”

 
HOW YOU CAN HELP
1) Petition on your own, or with a friend, at your local Greenmarket / event
2) If you’re local Greenmarket/event is not listed above and you would like to be a Point Person
     – let us know, and we’ll try to find a fellow volunteer to join you
3) If you would like to data entry at home, contact us
4) If you know of a good event to petition at (concert, book signing, fair, etc), let us know and we’ll put the word out
5) If you know of a good location that we can hold an outreach meeting at, let us know

18 people joined us for our volunteer meeting at the Brooklyn Commons on August 10th, including many brand new volunteers who are excited by the prospect of working on New York State Single Payer Bill.  Many people wanted to join in the petition drive and help us build our database.  Together, we can do this!

Healthcare-NOW! NYC invites you to a speakers’ forum and volunteer panel:
Inspired by Vermont: The New Single Payer Movement in the Age of the Affordable Care Act

Wednesday, August 10th, 7-9pm
The Commons
388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Thanks to the success of Vermont’s single payer movement, a fresh new approach to Medicare-for-All activism is sweeping the nation – state by state. Come find out about it!

Speakers will include:

TBA, PNHP Speaker
Volunteer Coordinator, Healthcare-Now NYC
on the limitations of the ACA and the viability of state level single payer systems

Katie Robbins
National Organizer, Healthcare-NOW!
on state single payer movements across the country

Laurie Wen
Executive Director, Physicians for a National Health Program, NY Metro
on the New York State single payer bill

Josh Starcher and Omar Kutty
Volunteer Coordinators, Healthcare-NOW! NYC
on organizing for the state bill in NYC

RSVP to let us know if you will be attending.
RSVP not required for entry into the event, feel free to bring a friend.

Available via the following Train Lines:
A,C,G – Hoyt-Schermerhorn
F,G – Bergen St
D, N, R, B,Q, 2,3,4,5 – Atlantic Ave

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We have two flyers for this event: this one and this one.