Democracy For the Heart of America

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Sunday, June 28
KCK's First African Methodist Episcopal Church will be celebrating their 150th anniversary at the Performing Arts Center at Kansas City Kansas Community College, 7250 State Avenue. There is a 5 pm social hour, with a speaker at 6. The speaker is Dr. Terrance Roberts, who was a member of the "Little Rock Nine", nine high school students who faced adversity by integrating Little Rock, Arkansas Central High School in 1957. There will also be some traveling exhibits- Brown vs. Board of Education and Little Rock Nine:Profiles in Courage.
There is a $25 Donation requested.

CASS COUNTY RECYCLING PROJECT Volunteers are still needed for the Cass County Sustainability Recycling Program, especially for Peculiar. Call Doris at 816-779-6708 if you have four hours on a Saturday or Sunday to help out. It's a lot of fun meeting and talking with avid recyclers in these communities while helping to keep recyclables out of our landfills. Join an enthusiastic bunch and help spread the word. You can find the schedule at their website: www.casscountysustainability.com. Recycling: Make it second nature.

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Saturday-Sunday, October 3-4
The first annual Wyandotte County Student Art Fair, a benefit for the Economic Opportunity Foundation, will be held at the Kansas City Kansas Community College, 7250 State Avenue. The fair will feature artwork by Wyandotte County high school students and KCKCC students. Email Jacquelyn Anderson at okle856@gmail.com for more info.

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Saturday, September 12
Strawberry Hill Music Fest, sponsored by the Seventh Street Casino

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Monday, September 7
The annual Greater Kansas City Labor Day Parade and Picnic. Contact Vicki Tarpley at LynnMarketing@comcast.net or call 816-778-5166

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Sunday, August 30
Third Annual Dave Peterson Memorial Golf Tournament, sponsored by Tri-County AFL-CIO Labor Council. Dave was president of UAW Local 31 and the Labor Council. There is also a great silent auction after the tournament. Call the UAW 31 office at 913-342-7330 for more information.

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Monday, July 20 8 am
Labor-Management Council of Kansas City annual golf tournament at Oakwood Country Club. Contact Bob Jacobi at bob.jacobi@rockhurst.edu or call 816-501-4565.

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Saturday, June 27
KCK NAACP Juneteenth celebration at Quindaro Park, 34th Street and Sewell. There will be food and drinks, information booths, raffles and entertainment. Contact Cedric Patton at ksstnaacpycd@aol.com or call the KCK NAACP office at 913-281-7900.

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Friday-Saturday, June 26-27
KCK Street Blues Festival at 13th and State Avenue, the location of the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge of Kansas. This free music festival offers the finest in blues music in the Kansas City area. There are excellent after fest blues jams both Friday and Saturday nights. To donate or volunteer, contact Cathy Ramirez at cramirez2963@sbcglobal.net
www.kckstreetbluesfest.com

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The 6th Annual DemocracyFest will be held this summer, July 17-19, 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington, VT!

Full Event ticket price will increase to $65 on July 1st, Believe it or not, Burlington is well worth seeing.
Get yours today for only $55! Tickets include:

- All trainings, entertainment, and speakers on Saturday and Sunday.
- Dinner on Saturday.
- Breakfast on Sunday.
- Semi-Guided Tour of Burlington and Welcome Party on Friday.
- Free parking, or transportation to and from Burlington Airport.

Heres a 60 second commercial for DFHA that you might hear on KKFI, 90.1 FM on occasion.

Here are recordings of the What Would Woody Do (WWWD) events which DFHA sponsors. Attached to this page are "m3u" files that allow you to stream each set, starting with the January 20th event.

Please try out the stream provided and give some feedback on how it might be improved. You can make comments on this page.

January 2007 Set 1

Play Entire Set 1

• David Haken - WWWD Jan 20 2007 Set1 Song 1
• Holly Taylor - WWWD Jan 20 2007 Set1 Song 2

10 Characteristics of A True US Patriot

We, the People of the United States of America, finding ourselves repeatedly misled by those charged with the care and governance of our nation, know that partisan politics have resulted in a serious breach of the public trust.

We have suffered attacks against our Constitutional rights and the founding tenets of this Democratic Republic.

We have suffered the infringement of our freedoms.

We have suffered insult to our honor and integrity as proud citizens.

We will no longer suffer in silence this continued assault that has now passed beyond intolerable.

Democracy for America flexes muscle

By JASON ROSENBAUM
Columbia Daily Tribune
Sunday, August 13, 2006

Buoyed by prospects of gaining political traction in the Show Me State, Democracy for Missouri held its statewide organizing conference yesterday to stoke the fires for the upcoming general election.

Local organizers from around the state converged at Carpenter’s Local 1925 hall to discuss ways to drive Democratic voters to the polls. The Missouri group is a branch of Democracy for America, an offshoot of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s presidential candidacy that seeks to organize support for local and national candidates who champion a progressive agenda.

Thanks to IndyOP on DU for this entry!

Howard Dean:

One: American jobs that will stay in America, using energy independence to generate those jobs.

Two: A strong national defense based on telling the truth to our citizens, our soldiers and our allies.

Three: Honesty and integrity to be restored to government.

Four: A health care system that works for everybody just like they have in 36 other countries.

Five: A strong public education system so we can bring optimism and opportunity back to America."

I have created a Google Groups dicscussion list for DFHA. To signup for it, see the link at the bottom left of the page, right below the DFA Link Sign up. You can simply enter your address, and click subscribe. Easy deal.

My expectation is that the DFHA will become whatever it becomes. My hope is that it becomes more than just a place of announcements, but rather a place where people discuss and have civil debate about issues of the day. I'm hoping for more original content, member's thoughts, than simply forwarding the latest news article. I want to hear YOUR voice, and not some professional journalist. I get enough of that already. :-)

Not In Our Name: Vietnam, Iraq and the Voters' Pledge

By Dan Ellsberg

According to recent opinion polls, most Iraqis don't believe that we're making things better or safer in their country. What does that say about the legitimacy of prolonged occupation, much less permanent American bases in Iraq? What does it mean for continued American armored patrols such as the one last November in Haditha, which, we now learn, led to the deaths of a Marine and 24 unarmed civilians?

Questions very much like these nagged at my conscience at the height of the Vietnam War, and led, eventually, to the publication of the first of the Pentagon Papers in June of 1971, 35 years ago.