Democracy For the Heart of America

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Labyrinth Walk With Margie Adam

Sunday - 1pm
October 1
All Souls UU Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO
Click here to make a donation so that the event can be free and open to the public at no charge.
All Souls UU Church and Willow Productions invite you to walk the Labyrinth with Margie Adam
on Sunday, October 1 at 1pm at
All Souls UU Church, 4501 Walnut, KCMO.
FREE
The labyrinth is a walking meditation activity that can also be used as a community-building tool for "long haul" social change activism. Veteran feminist singer-songwriter Margie Adam brings her activist perspective to this ancient contemplative practice in a workshop which includes historical context, applications for our peace & justice work and a walk on her 36 Ft. canvas labyrinth.
Having studied extensively with Dr. Lauren Artress, author and founder of Veriditas, the World-Wide Labyrinth Project, Margie has developed her own perspective on applications of the labyrinth for personal growth, stress reduction as well as community-building.
Margie's labyrinth workshop presentation incorporates historical context and discussion.

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Iraq: How We Got In: How We Get Out
Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern comes to the Show-Me State!

Wednesday, October 4th at 7:30pm

Ray McGovern is a retired CIA analyst whose career spanned 27 years--from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush.

In January 2003, after it had become clear that intelligence analysis was being corrupted by political pressure to "justify" an unprovoked attack on Iraq, a handful of intelligence community alumnae, including McGovern, created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). VIPS now includes 55 former professionals from the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Army Intelligence, the FBI, the National Security Agency, and other US and Allied intelligence agencies.

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The Cass County Living History Festival will be held Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 7 in Harrisonville. The Democrats will have a booth located on the east side of the square featuring a cake walk and a quilt raffle. Saturday's vehicle parade will start at 9:30 am, immediately followed by the horse-drawn parade. We hope for a great showing of Democrats throughout the festival. Wear your campaign shirts, buttons and stickers.

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The Cass County Living History Festival will be held Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 7 in Harrisonville. The Democrats will have a booth located on the east side of the square featuring a cake walk and a quilt raffle. Saturday's vehicle parade will start at 9:30 am, immediately followed by the horse-drawn parade. We hope for a great showing of Democrats throughout the festival. Wear your campaign shirts, buttons and stickers.

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Following a fund raising brunch at the Muehlehbach hotel, there will be a free public rally at the Uptown Theatre featuring Senator Barrack Obama. The doors open at 9:00am. For free tickets go to www.missouridems.org.

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Please come to the Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce 2006 General Election Candidates' Forum and show your support to Jason Norbury, Democratic Candidate for the Missouri State Senate, 8th District, who is running against Matt Bartle, the ultraconservative Republican Senator who introduced the bill to ban stem cell research last year. Just another religious radical we need to get out of office!

Monday, October 9, 2006
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

For more information:
hnorbury@kc.rr.com or (816) 525-8683

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The 63rd Street Patriots meet every Tuesday from 5-6PM in the median at 63rd and Ward Parkway

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October 10th
Clay County Democratic Octoberfest
6 p.m. Social Hour; 6:30 Dinner - $40 per person
The Elms Hotel, Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Guest Speaker Jay Nixon, Attorney General State of Missouri
For more information contact Becki Bardin at 455-6399 or Sandy Skaggs at 452-5328

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Join Democracy For the Heart of America at the free screening of Iraq For Sale. This much talked about movie is by Robert Greenwald (Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices). In Iraq for Sale, Greenwald takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. The film uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who let it happen. This is a film the neocons DON'T want you to see! RSVP not required, but appreciated!
Go to http://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=13265

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Wednesday, October 11 is the last day to register to vote in the November election. If you mail in your registration, it must be postmarked by midnight, October 11 to be accepted. You can also register at your county clerk's office.

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The monthly meeting of the Cass County Women's Democratic Club will be held at 12:00 noon at the Pearl Street Grill on the Harrisonville Square. The featured speaker this month will be Barbara Pearce who will talk about the North Cass Humane Society, its good works throughout the county, and opportunities for volunteers to help. A buffet will be available.

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Join Congressman Emanuel Cleaver and Cass County Prosecutor Teresa Hensley for a picnic on Thursday, October 12, from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Kaylee Beal has graciously volunteered her property for the picnic. It is located at 3605 E 187th St (corner of 187th and Cleveland) in Belton. Bring a dish and your lawn chair. FREE!

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Come enjoy some great music and meet Chris Moreno, Democratic candidate for Missouri's 48th District House of Representatives. The party will be at the Painters' District Council Hall, 9902 E 62nd Street, Raytown MO, entrance at rear of building, on Thursday October 12th from 6:00 til 8:30 pm. Music provided by BOB WALKENHORST, formerly of the Rainmakers,and JOHN NORTHERN. Come rock with Chris, his family and supporters.
CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED.

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Grab your tickets now for the Foundation on Aging’s benefit performance…

Music of Our Lives—A Song and Dance Revue

Come join us for an unforgettable afternoon of song and dance featuring professional performers Kansas City has loved for decades.

Enjoy the talents of:

The Scamps, a legendary group of KC Jazz masters
The Abel Ramirez Big Band, 17 strong
The New Red Onion Jazz Babies, another master in Kansas City Jazz
Published jazz poet Dan Jaffe
The Sounds of Yesterday, old time fiddlers and pickers
Songs from distinguished Elder Statesmen of Kansas City Jazz: Myra Taylor, Pearl Thuston Brown, Nancy Van Fleet, Geneva Price, and Mary McMahon
Director Billie Mahoney, proclaimed a legend of tap by the one and only Gregory Hines, and the Billie Mahoney Dance Troupe

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Heartland Democrats present a pre-election
Values Rally

This free admission event will unveil three different advertisements that HDA could run before the election. Your votes will determine which ads will go on the air!

Please join us at:
The Plaza Holiday Inn
ONE EAST 45TH STREET
KANSAS CITY, MO 64111
6:00 PM

Admission is FREE
Cash bar will be available

Come get riled up before the election and help us choose the most effective ads to put on the air!

www.HeartlandDemocrats.org

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We will show the Iraq for Sale movie again Tuesday, October 17, at the Waldo branch of the Kansas City Public Library. We will be there from 6:00 until 8:00, or until the library closes if we find lots to talk about. The DFAers in other parts of the country who have viewed it already found it absorbing, and it generated lots of discussion.

Starting in November DFHA will plan a Monday Night at the Movies, same place and time on the 3rd Monday of each month. Watch here for new postings. We hope to see you there.

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GKCDFA Presents a Progressive Oktoberfest. Please join us on October 18th from 7:00 until 11:00 pm at Californos in Westport, 4124 Pennsylvania Ave. Food, soft drinks, and entertainment will be provided. Cash bar available. Featuring:
Jason Reese - DJ
Checkered Past - Folk Ensemble
Jacqee Gafford - Performing the words of Barbara Jordan
The New Andrews Sisters Trio
Plus Surprise Speakers

$15 admission, plus $10 donation requested.

For more information contact Fran Farah, Events Chair, at franjac100@aol.com or 816 765 5767

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The North Cass Progressive Democrats will meet this month at the home of Dawn Elmore-Fricke, 15719 Richmond Ave, in Belton, from 6:30 until 8:30pm on October 19. She will show the movie, Iraq for Sale, another powerhouse documentary from Robert Greenwald who did the Walmart film. It is described as a tool to change the world. Come on out and let's get it changed! Don't forget to bring some pantry items for West Central Community Action Agency. Call Dawn for more info, 816 806 6567, or email noredyahoo@gmail.com

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Pete Best, the original drummer for the Beatles,and his band, headline a musical fundraiser for 24th District legislative candidate Andy Sandler at the Granada Theatre. The Von Hodads, a local surf guitar band will also perform. Tickets are $35. Sponsorships are available. General admission seating. Doors open at 7:00. Tickets are available now at

http://www.screenland.com/theatre/granadaindex.html

To contact Andy Sandler 913-432-8827 or andyforkansas@yahoo.com.

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As part of his monthly"Coffee with Cleaver" series, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II listens to constituent concerns about federal issues at community office hours in coffee shops and gathering places throughout Missouri's Fifth District.
Information about the coffees is available at www.house.gov/cleaver or by calling 816.842.4545

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Want Peace?
VOTE
Iraq War / OccupationPeace Vigil and Rally

Sunday, October 22nd
4:00 to 5:30PM Vigil and Rally

Open Mike: Come Listen --Come Speak Out

The event is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and the KC Iraq Task Force.

For more information call 816 931-5256 or go to

www.kciraqtaskforce.org/

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Join us at the screening of these two important documentary films about election integrity on Monday, October 30th at 6:00pm. Total viewing time for both films will be under 2 hours, so there will be time for discussion of the very real problems with our elections. Free popcorn and bottled water. For more information about these films check out

http://www.noumbrella.org

http://www.stealingamerica.org

Seating limit of 60-70 people, so please reserve your seat(s) if possible, by emailing Pamela at kiteinthewind59@gmail.com

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A searching Christian, a novice filmmaker, a secular Jew, and a Hindu from England, disillusioned after the 2004 election and troubled by the idea that their nation is bitterly divided over morality, set out to investigate religion and politics in the US. From Megachurches in Texas, to Music Festivals in Vermont, to MTV protests in New York, they discover that the fanaticism with which mainstream media characterizes Christian America tells only one side of a diverse and fascinating story.

For more information:
816-531-2131
www.allsoulskc.org