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HEALTH CARE CRISIS USA: Resources for more information |
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18,000 deaths blamed on lack of insurance USA Today |
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US Health Care Expenditures |
Medical bills trigger half of bankruptcies MSNBC |
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The Case for a National Health Program |
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We don't need insurance: we need GUARANTEED HEALTHCARE! |
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TOP TEN REASONS FOR ENACTING A SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE SYSTEM Click here for: PDF Version |
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Cost of Healthcare: More Americans Priced Out of Care Click here for: PDF Version |
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UN Human Development Report [PDF] (see page 27!) |
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World Health Organization Report 2000 [PDF] |
Facts & Sources from Michael Moore's SiCKO movie |
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'SiCKO' Truth Squad Sets CNN Straight! |
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People's Economic Human Rights Campaign since 2001
Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights is a grassroots
anti-poverty action group led by poor & low-income people. United with all those who align with this mission, together we're building a local movement to win economic rights for all, end economic oppression, & abolish poverty. When we unite to claim our rights, together we have POWER!
Next Monthly POWER Meeting:
Monday July 21st, 6:30-8:00PM
At 644 Congress Street, Portland, Maine
Home of the Meg Perry Center for Peace, Justice & Community.
For more about Monthly POWER Meetings, please follow the links below:
Meeting Schedule | More about POWER Meetings | Meeting Framework
Questions? Contact P.O.W.E.R.
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*Updates*Updates*Updates*
***THIS JUST IN! -6/17/08
POWER's Healthcare
Truth Commission a HUGE success!!
Tuesday June 10th, 6:00-8:30PM
Community Public Access, 516 Congress St, Portland, ME
Co-sponsored by POWER & MSEA-SEIU Local 1989
Flyer: PDF | Word Handout: PDF | Word
For more information contact POWER.
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking & inhumane."
--Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The stories we shared and witnessed at this Healthcare Truth Commission were nothing short of incredible....Thanks to those brave individuals who dared enough to stand up and speak their truth, those of us who dared enough to listen learned exactly why this injustice must end.....By the end of the evening there was not a heart among us left untouched, nor a soul left unstirred. READ MORE...
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***NEW POWER VIDEO RESOURCES! -4/6/08
Healthcare Crisis --NEW!
Larger screen | Watch movie on YouTube | Visit POWER's YouTube channel | ( TOP )
Short video piece exposing the US healthcare crisis & calling for people to speak out
and tell their stories of struggling to get the healthcare they need. Video was produced
by POWER's Video Committee & includes the song Healthcare Justice!, written &
performed by Colette Washington; please visit www.GuaranteedHealthcare.org.
Now
airing on Channels 2
& 4 in Greater Portland: schedule of air times is available on
the Community
Television Network website: http://ctn4maine.org/
or by calling the station at 775-2900. Portland's Public Access Channel
4 is
available to cable TV subscribers living in any of the 16
municipalities of Greater Portland (ME), while Channel 2 is available
to cable TV subscribers in the
city
Portland, Maine.
--More about POWER's Public Forum on Healthcare Justice
--More about POWER's HEALTHCARE TRUTH COMMISSION
--TAKE POWER'S HEALTHCARE JUSTICE SURVEY!
Other recently created POWER video pieces:
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***THIS JUST IN! -4/4/08
Thank you for taking action to stop the cuts!
To learn more visit the website of Maine Equal Justice: www.mejp.org/supp_budget.htm
Together the people of Maine stood up and prevented some of the very serious cuts to services recently proposed by the legislature to offset a $190 million hole in the state budget. These cuts were prevented thanks to Maine people who stood up, spoke up, & demanded that Maine can do better, that we must not balance its budget on the backs of our state's most vulnerable people, including those of us who are barely getting by as it is.
However, while we prevented some of the deepest cuts, unfortunately some harmful cuts were in fact made. To learn more, please visit: www.mejp.org/supp_budget.htm
More information: www.mainecandobetter.org
> SIGN THE PETITION in support of a fair budget.
> SEND A LETTER to your legislators.
> Click here to learn more about what kinds of services would be affected.
> Click here to read some of the stories of those who would be affected.
> Click here for news articles regarding the budget cuts
On Wednesday March 12, 2008 over 1,000 Mainers gathered in the State House in Augusta to tell our legislature NO MORE CUTS: MAINE CAN DO BETTER! The rally was one of the biggest ever to be held at the state house. Below we're posting video & news coverage of this event, courtesy of the Maine Can Do Better Coalition.
NO MORE CUTS! Maine Can Do Better Rally 3/12/08
News coverage of this story, links courtesy of Maine Can Do Better:
And remember - our representatives are supposed to represent us. That's what 'we the people' hired them to do. So don't forget to pick up the phone and tell them where you stand and how you want them to vote on the important issues that affect your life.
To leave a phone message for your State Representative call: 1-800-423-2900 (TOLL-FREE)
To leave a phone message for your State Senator call: 1-800-423-6900 (TOLL-FREE!)
These calls are TOLL FREE. You'll be leaving a brief message. Be sure to state your
name & the town you live in, & leave your phone number if you want a call back.
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***THIS JUST IN! -3/6/08
The February 2008 MAIN Update is available!
Produced by Maine Association of Interdependent Neighborhoods (MAIN), of which POWER is a member, the MAIN Update is packed with helpful updates & resources on legislative issues & other issues of importance for low-income Maine residents, families, & communities: www.mejp.org/Update/12-1/toc.htm
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***THIS JUST IN! -2/5/08
Homeless Hero: The Story of One of the
12 Most Endangered Activists in America [VIDEO]
--To watch this video please visit AlterNet: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/75947
Homeless Hero tells the story of Cheri Honkala's rise from
homelessness to the leadership of a growing popular movement
in America -- the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign.
This moving and engrossing video is from an Al Jazeera segment called Homeless Hero. It explores the activism of Cheri Honkala, a single mother and former homeless person herself, who has fought passionately in defense of homeless Americans, who are routinely abused by authorities and/or the system itself. It's a powerful and important story of the millions of forgotten Americans who are bound to be overlooked in the Super Tuesday hoopla. To watch the video: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/75947
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UPDATES-6/21/08
POWER's Organizing for Healthcare Justice!
For more information please see our EVENTS PAGE
BACKGROUND: Healthcare is a basic human right which all human beings are entitled to, regardless of income and ability to pay. Yet here in the world's wealthiest nation, in a country which claims to be a beacon of human rights for the rest of the world, the reality is that access to this fundamental human right is based on our ability to pay. As a result, millions upon millions of us are denied our human right to healthcare when we can't afford to pay the price. This includes those who are 'insured' and those who are not (according to American Patients for Universal Health Care, since the beginning of the Iraq War 2003, 282,600 U.S. patients have died as a result of insurance denials). We say ENOUGH! We are calling for Universal Single Payer Healthcare - a healthcare system that includes EVERYONE, that covers ALL of our healthcare needs, & that takes both the profit and the profiteers OUT of our healthcare. For good. Because we shouldn't have to pay a premium for justice. What do you say? Will you join us?
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Sign petition calling on members of Congress to pass
Universal Single Payer Healthcare for ALL (HR 676)!!!
www.healthcare-now.org/petition.php
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Sign petition to Stop Unjust Child Removal!
Sponsored by: Every Mother is a Working Mother Network: (215-848-1120); Co-sponsored by: Families for Justice (215-806-7593); DHS: Give us Back Our Children; Global Women's Strike; Payday men’s network. This petition comes to us as part of a series of actions being organized by the groups listed above, all based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please visit this link to sign the petition: www.thepetitionsite.com/1/dhs-give-us-back-our-children.
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POWER's US Social Forum Delegation
NEW VIDEO! -2/24/07
***THIS JUST IN! -6/17/08
POWER's Healthcare
Truth Commission a HUGE success!!
Tuesday June 10th, 6:00-8:30PM
Community Public Access, 516 Congress St, Portland, ME
Co-sponsored by POWER & MSEA-SEIU Local 1989
Flyer: PDF | Word Handout: PDF | Word
For more information contact POWER.
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking & inhumane."
--Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The stories we shared and witnessed at this Healthcare Truth Commission were nothing short of incredible....Thanks to those brave individuals who dared enough to stand up and speak their truth, those of us who dared enough to listen learned exactly why this injustice must end.....By the end of the evening there was not a heart among us left untouched, nor a soul left unstirred. READ MORE...
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***NEW POWER VIDEO RESOURCES! -4/6/08
Healthcare Crisis --NEW!
Larger screen | Watch movie on YouTube | Visit POWER's YouTube channel | ( TOP )
Short video piece exposing the US healthcare crisis & calling for people to speak out
and tell their stories of struggling to get the healthcare they need. Video was produced
by POWER's Video Committee & includes the song Healthcare Justice!, written &
performed by Colette Washington; please visit www.GuaranteedHealthcare.org.
Watch POWER's
Public Forum on Healthcare Justice
on Public Access TV Channels 2 & 4!
Public Forum on Healthcare Justice
on Public Access TV Channels 2 & 4!
Now
airing on Channels 2
& 4 in Greater Portland: schedule of air times is available on
the Community
Television Network website: http://ctn4maine.org/
or by calling the station at 775-2900. Portland's Public Access Channel
4 is
available to cable TV subscribers living in any of the 16
municipalities of Greater Portland (ME), while Channel 2 is available
to cable TV subscribers in the
city
Portland, Maine. --More about POWER's Public Forum on Healthcare Justice
--More about POWER's HEALTHCARE TRUTH COMMISSION
--TAKE POWER'S HEALTHCARE JUSTICE SURVEY!
Other recently created POWER video pieces:
- Demonstration for Healthcare Justice!
- National Housing Action Workshop, USSF!
- POWER's 2005 Economic Human Rights Truth Commission
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***THIS JUST IN! -4/4/08
Thank you for taking action to stop the cuts!
To learn more visit the website of Maine Equal Justice: www.mejp.org/supp_budget.htm
Together the people of Maine stood up and prevented some of the very serious cuts to services recently proposed by the legislature to offset a $190 million hole in the state budget. These cuts were prevented thanks to Maine people who stood up, spoke up, & demanded that Maine can do better, that we must not balance its budget on the backs of our state's most vulnerable people, including those of us who are barely getting by as it is.
However, while we prevented some of the deepest cuts, unfortunately some harmful cuts were in fact made. To learn more, please visit: www.mejp.org/supp_budget.htm
More information: www.mainecandobetter.org
> SIGN THE PETITION in support of a fair budget.
> SEND A LETTER to your legislators.
> Click here to learn more about what kinds of services would be affected.
> Click here to read some of the stories of those who would be affected.
> Click here for news articles regarding the budget cuts
On Wednesday March 12, 2008 over 1,000 Mainers gathered in the State House in Augusta to tell our legislature NO MORE CUTS: MAINE CAN DO BETTER! The rally was one of the biggest ever to be held at the state house. Below we're posting video & news coverage of this event, courtesy of the Maine Can Do Better Coalition.
NO MORE CUTS! Maine Can Do Better Rally 3/12/08
News coverage of this story, links courtesy of Maine Can Do Better:
- WGME News 13 Video: "Day 2 of State Budget Public Hearings"
- WCHS 6 - "Hundreds Crowd State House to Voice Views on Budget Cuts"
- WMTW 8 - "Panel Resumes Hearing on Budget Cuts" (includes video)
- Portland Press Herald - "Hundreds at State House protest cuts"
- PolitickerME.com - "Crowd:
Maine can do better"
- Paid sick days a workplace standard for all, Bangor Daily News 03/19/2008
- Medicaid program invests in our community health, Bangor Daily News 03/15/2008
- Protesters decry budget cuts, Portland Press Herald 03/13/2008
- Survey: 1 in 5 Mainers under 5 in poverty, Kennebec Journal 02/29/2008
- Domestic violence programs may face budget cutbacks, Portland Press Herald 02/29/2008
- Vulnerable population feels brunt of budget cuts, Portland Press Herald 02/24/2008
And remember - our representatives are supposed to represent us. That's what 'we the people' hired them to do. So don't forget to pick up the phone and tell them where you stand and how you want them to vote on the important issues that affect your life.
To leave a phone message for your State Representative call: 1-800-423-2900 (TOLL-FREE)
To leave a phone message for your State Senator call: 1-800-423-6900 (TOLL-FREE!)
These calls are TOLL FREE. You'll be leaving a brief message. Be sure to state your
name & the town you live in, & leave your phone number if you want a call back.
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***THIS JUST IN! -3/6/08
The February 2008 MAIN Update is available!
Produced by Maine Association of Interdependent Neighborhoods (MAIN), of which POWER is a member, the MAIN Update is packed with helpful updates & resources on legislative issues & other issues of importance for low-income Maine residents, families, & communities: www.mejp.org/Update/12-1/toc.htm
--Includes What are
Economic Human Rights? -- article by POWER's Economic Human
Rights
Taskforce.
To read this article please visit: www.mejp.org/Update/12-1/ehr.htm or download it in Word.
> Also: The Presence of Justice: an Intro to Economic Human Rights,
an in-depth version of the above article: Word document.
To read this article please visit: www.mejp.org/Update/12-1/ehr.htm or download it in Word.
> Also: The Presence of Justice: an Intro to Economic Human Rights,
an in-depth version of the above article: Word document.
--MAIN Update also
includes: Now is the time to End Poverty in Maine.
This article is about
LD 1110, a state bill aimed at creating a "Maine Commission on Poverty & Economic Security,"
to advise the Governor "on ending poverty & providing economic security to disadvantaged citizens."
Learn more about this legislation.
LD 1110, a state bill aimed at creating a "Maine Commission on Poverty & Economic Security,"
to advise the Governor "on ending poverty & providing economic security to disadvantaged citizens."
Learn more about this legislation.
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***THIS JUST IN! -2/5/08
Homeless Hero: The Story of One of the
12 Most Endangered Activists in America [VIDEO]
--To watch this video please visit AlterNet: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/75947
Homeless Hero tells the story of Cheri Honkala's rise from
homelessness to the leadership of a growing popular movement
in America -- the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign.
This moving and engrossing video is from an Al Jazeera segment called Homeless Hero. It explores the activism of Cheri Honkala, a single mother and former homeless person herself, who has fought passionately in defense of homeless Americans, who are routinely abused by authorities and/or the system itself. It's a powerful and important story of the millions of forgotten Americans who are bound to be overlooked in the Super Tuesday hoopla. To watch the video: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/75947
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UPDATES-6/21/08
POWER's Organizing for Healthcare Justice!
For more information please see our EVENTS PAGE
BACKGROUND: Healthcare is a basic human right which all human beings are entitled to, regardless of income and ability to pay. Yet here in the world's wealthiest nation, in a country which claims to be a beacon of human rights for the rest of the world, the reality is that access to this fundamental human right is based on our ability to pay. As a result, millions upon millions of us are denied our human right to healthcare when we can't afford to pay the price. This includes those who are 'insured' and those who are not (according to American Patients for Universal Health Care, since the beginning of the Iraq War 2003, 282,600 U.S. patients have died as a result of insurance denials). We say ENOUGH! We are calling for Universal Single Payer Healthcare - a healthcare system that includes EVERYONE, that covers ALL of our healthcare needs, & that takes both the profit and the profiteers OUT of our healthcare. For good. Because we shouldn't have to pay a premium for justice. What do you say? Will you join us?
- Demonstration
for Healthcare Justice!
Tuesday Nov. 27th, 4:00PM, Monument Sq, Portland, ME;
What do we want? EVERYBODY IN!
Universal Single Payer Healthcare for ALL!
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO RALLIED WITH US FOR OUR HUMAN RIGHT
TO HEALTHCARE -- GUARANTEED, UNIVERSAL, SINGLE PAYER!!!
--watch the video | --see photographs | --more about this event >
Photos courtesy of POWER member Jenn Barton. SEE MORE PHOTOS!
Thanks again everyone!
- Public
Forum for Healthcare Justice!
Tuesday December 11th, 6:30-8:00 PM,
At Portland's Community Public Access, 516 Congress Street, in Portland, Maine;
What is Universal Single Payer Healthcare? Why do we need it?
Why don't we have it? How are we going to get it?
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO JOIN US TO
LEARN ABOUT UNIVERSAL SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE!
The forum included informative and inspiring presentations from panelists, together with thoughtful and interesting questions and comments from members of the audience. Here participants had the opportunity to learn a lot more about universal single payer healthcare, what it means, how it works, why we need it, and how we can get it. Thanks to our wonderful camera crew, footage of the forum is being aired on our Community Public Access channels in both Greater Portland & Biddeford, allowing this vital information to reach countless more people.
--more about this event | --watch the video | --public access tv schedule |
- Healthcare
Justice Survey!
As part of our healthcare organizing efforts, POWER is documenting
violations of our human right to healthcare. If you have had problems
accessing affordable, quality healthcare (including prescriptions, dental,
mental health services, eye care, etc) when you needed it, please take
POWER's HEALTHCARE SURVEY & TELL YOUR STORY!
--online survey | printable survey: Word | printable survey: PDF
--Watch POWER's new video: "Healthcare Crisis"
- HEALTHCARE
TRUTH COMMISSION!
Tuesday June 10th, 6:00-8:30 PM
Community Public Access, 516 Congress St, Portland, ME
We testified about & witnessed violations to our human right to healthcare.
This was truly an incredible & inspiring event. For more info click here!
Photos & video footage coming soon: stay tuned for updates!
--more about this event --watch POWER's new video: "Healthcare Crisis"
- Healthcare
Justice Video Projects!
Healthcare Crisis Video
Demonstration for Healthcare Justice
Public Forum on Healthcare Justice
World Health Day Video
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Sign petition calling on members of Congress to pass
Universal Single Payer Healthcare for ALL (HR 676)!!!
www.healthcare-now.org/petition.php
- Whereas: We spend over $2 trillion for healthcare in the US, yet millions are still not covered or receiving the care they need.
- Whereas: Whereas the healthcare coverage in the United States is ranked #37 in the world by the World Health Organization and yet we spend almost twice as much as any other country, enough to cover everybody with excellent comprehensive healthcare;
- Whereas: A bill has been proposed in Congress, HR-676, non-profit Medicare for All, that outlines a national health care program that will provide guaranteed affordable health care and prescription drugs to everyone in the country
- Whereas: Over 12,000 doctors have signed on in favor of this plan, including two former U.S. Surgeons General
- Whereas: Under this proposed plan, we can pay for a comprehensive national health care program with the same money we are now spending and cover every single person in the United States
- And Whereas: The bill provides money for retraining those whose jobs as administrators in the insurance industry would be lost as a result of this shift;
- Be it
Resolved That: We call on our members of Congress to
pass HR 676, non-profit Medicare for All, so our people and our nation
can have the excellent health care system we deserve. Health care is a
human right, and we call on our members of Congress to recognize that
right.
SIGN THE PETITION!!! | For more info please visit: www.healthcare-now.org
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Sign petition to Stop Unjust Child Removal!
Sponsored by: Every Mother is a Working Mother Network: (215-848-1120); Co-sponsored by: Families for Justice (215-806-7593); DHS: Give us Back Our Children; Global Women's Strike; Payday men’s network. This petition comes to us as part of a series of actions being organized by the groups listed above, all based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please visit this link to sign the petition: www.thepetitionsite.com/1/dhs-give-us-back-our-children.
"Mothers are being
unjustly denied custody & visitation of their
children by Dept of Human Services (DHS) for the "crime" of being poor,
being women of color, being activists, & not having good legal
help."
...READ MORE & SIGN THIS PETITION!...
...READ MORE & SIGN THIS PETITION!...
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POWER's US Social Forum Delegation
NEW VIDEO! -2/24/07
National
Housing Action Workshop,
At the US Social Forum in Atlanta Georgia; Produced by POWER's Video Committee;
At the US Social Forum in Atlanta Georgia; Produced by POWER's Video Committee;
What Does POWER Do?
Based in Southern Maine, POWER is open to people from all walks of life who are care about economic justice & ending poverty. Together we are building a movement to end poverty, led by poor & low-income people. We demand safe & affordable housing! Access to all levels of quality health care! Jobs at living wages with decent benefits! Access to higher education, including college! Access to safe & affordable childcare! Adequate social benefits for all those unable to work! Fairness and dignified treatment by social service agencies! An end to unjust child removal!
Here in Portland and throughout Maine, we are fighting for these things and more. The rights to food, healthcare, housing, education, living wage jobs, education: these are all examples of what are called Economic Human Rights.
POWER
hosts Truth
Commissions
& Speak Outs were people can tell their own stories regarding
the economic human rights VIOLATIONS that occur on a daily basis here
in Maine, throughout the United States, and all over the world. We hold
rallies, marches, sit-ins, protests, human rights trainings, movie
nights, poverty reality tours, and forums for political and social
education. Together we protest, document, and educate that
poverty violates our human rights!
Questions?
Wanna
learn more? Contact
us!
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Monthly
POWER Meetings are regularly scheduled for the THIRD MONDAY of every
month,
from *6:30-8:00 PM,
at 644 Congress Street
in Portland, Maine (home of the new Meg Perry
Center
for Peace, Justice, & Community). We stick
to this meeting schedule as
much as possible,
but in the event a
meeting must be canceled or rescheduled, this information
will be posted below
in
the Meeting
Schedule section.
Meeting Schedule | Meeting Framework | Questions? Contact us!
The general meeting portion of
monthly
meetings runs from
about 6:30-8:00PM, and is open to members and non-members alike.
As needed, POWER's Members Council** meets following
the general meeting.
FAMILY
FRIENDLY -- children are welcome & encouraged to attend
& participate along-side their parents; or, if preferred, parents can contact
us at least 3-5 days in advance & we'll
arrange free on-site childcare.
*Meetings
start PROMPTLY at 6:30pm:
PLEASE plan to arrive 5-10
minutes early (by 6:25pm) to allow time to get situated
&
help with
any last minute setup. Also note that meeting setup starts at 6pm.
THANKS!!!
**About
Members Council:
Members Council is a special time set aside after general meetings
where
POWER membership can consult and form certain decisions as
needed.
Unlike general
meetings, which are open to members and nonmembers alike,
Members Council is reserved for POWER members
in good
standing - those who turned their annual member card &
suggested
dues
(remember: annual dues are what a member decides s/he can afford).
Voting during Members Council is reserved for members who
have already attended at least 2 POWER
meetings in the past 12 months.
| MEETING
SCHEDULE & UPDATES Next Monthly POWER Meeting: |
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| DATE: | Monday, July 21st |
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***NEW TIME:
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6:30
- 8:00 PM POWER Meetings are now from 6:30-8:00PM. Meetings start PROMPTLY at 6:30pm -- plan to arrive 5-10 minutes early to allow time to get situated & help set up. THANKS! |
| LOCATION: |
644 Congress Street, Portland, ME (Meg Perry Center) |
| Come
one, come all, who support POWER's mission: together we CAN win economic rights for all & end poverty! More about monthly POWER meetings | Meeting Framework |
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ORIENTATIONS
Orientation sessions are available upon request from 5:15-6:00 PM on the 3rd Monday of every month, just before Monthly POWER Meetings (which start at 6:30PM). Orientations are about 45 minutes in length & include a short 15 minute film. After the orientation, participants are expected to help with setup for the POWER Meeting.
To request an orientation, please call 650-5092 (more contact info) at least 3 days in advance, if possible. If you aren't able to reach us when you call, make sure to leave your contact information so that we can call you back to confirm. Contact us to request an orientation today!
Also note that in the event you're not available to attend an orientation at this date/time,
contact us & we'll try to arrange a different date/time that would work better for you.
These orientation sessions are a great opportunity for you to get acquainted to our organization and the work that we do together. If you're someone who's interested in learning more about POWER, our efforts to win economic rights & the movement to abolish poverty, please do not hesitate to contact us and request an orientation today!
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Orientation sessions are available upon request from 5:15-6:00 PM on the 3rd Monday of every month, just before Monthly POWER Meetings (which start at 6:30PM). Orientations are about 45 minutes in length & include a short 15 minute film. After the orientation, participants are expected to help with setup for the POWER Meeting.
To request an orientation, please call 650-5092 (more contact info) at least 3 days in advance, if possible. If you aren't able to reach us when you call, make sure to leave your contact information so that we can call you back to confirm. Contact us to request an orientation today!
Also note that in the event you're not available to attend an orientation at this date/time,
contact us & we'll try to arrange a different date/time that would work better for you.
These orientation sessions are a great opportunity for you to get acquainted to our organization and the work that we do together. If you're someone who's interested in learning more about POWER, our efforts to win economic rights & the movement to abolish poverty, please do not hesitate to contact us and request an orientation today!
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Have
you experienced
conditions of poverty? Have your economic human
rights been violated? As
part of our efforts to build a movement to end poverty, we're
documenting and collecting stories of economic human rights violations
wherever they occur. Your
story is important and we want to hear it!
Document your story on-line with
our ON-LINE
Economic Human Rights SURVEY!
Download survey in Word format - you can send it back to us either:
NEW!!! -3/1/08
HEALTHCARE JUSTICE SURVEY
Have you experienced problems getting & affording the healthcare you need? Take POWER's new on-line
HEALTH CARE SURVEY & tell your story!
You can also download a printable version of the survey:
www.povertyontrial.org/power_materials/power_healthcare_survey--2008.doc [Word format]
NEW!!! -2/24/08
Watch footage from POWER's 1st Truth Commission on Google Video!
Download survey in Word format - you can send it back to us either:
-
by attaching it to
(or copy/pasting it in) an email
- or by printing out a hard copy & sending it in the regular mail.
Contact
us- many of us have gone through a lot of the same stuff -
we'll
gladly help you document your story.- or by printing out a hard copy & sending it in the regular mail.
NEW!!! -3/1/08
HEALTHCARE JUSTICE SURVEY
Have you experienced problems getting & affording the healthcare you need? Take POWER's new on-line
HEALTH CARE SURVEY & tell your story!
You can also download a printable version of the survey:
www.povertyontrial.org/power_materials/power_healthcare_survey--2008.doc [Word format]
NEW!!! -2/24/08
Watch footage from POWER's 1st Truth Commission on Google Video!
Tell YOUR story today!
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If you support POWER's mission of winning economic rights, ending economic oppression, abolishing poverty, & low-income leadership, please show your support by making a contribution today!!!
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