Meetup Metro East

Stover supporters participated in the Alton Parade on Saturday Aug. 26. They alternated formations with the letters in Danny Stover's last name. Apparently, this was a big hit with the parade attendees.

Address:
230 S. Buchanan, Edwardsville

Group:
Downstate Democrats for Change

Cost:
free

Description:

The Downstate Democrats for Change would like to invite everyone to the first meeting of our new chapter of Eating Liberally. We are a Grassroots Democratic Group meeting in Edwardsville and Highland and are Proud Liberals who want to talk about politics and work to change the course of the country. Please come to the Event! We want to meet other liberals. this is a pivotal year in this nation's history. Help Make History.

All fresh and ready for a long night of surprisingly tough questions.

That's Madison County Clerk, Mark Von Ida (one my heroes), in the black shirt guarding the table. See description of event...

I know this is late in coming, but I want to report on a wonderful opportunity I had the night of June 10th. The Downstate Democrats for Change organized Trivia for Democracy with all the bells and whistles to create a really fun night for a great cause, raising money for Danny Stover's campaign. I am so proud to be part of this group. They're some of the nicest, hardworking people you'll ever meet. I'm sure I speak for us all in saying, we really appreciate all the people who participated in the event, along with the IBEW for lending their facility in Collinsville, in order to help support Danny's campaign. I have to give Danny and his wife special props for coming out and helping us(even through the clean up afterwards).

We all recognize how important it is that Danny wins the election in November, so we can send him to DC and work in the best interest of ALL Americans. If you go to his website http://www.stoverforcongress.us/ and read his stance on the issues our nation is struggling with, you'll see he has some real sensible approaches to them.

For more pictures, see the Gallery...

Address:
1270 Mercantile Drive

Group:
Downstate Democrats for Change

Cost:
free

Description:

The Downstate Democrats for Change is an already formed grassroots organization with members from Glen Carbon, Collinsville, Troy, Marine, Highland, and Maryville, IL. They have had a speaker's forum and are planning to actively support Dan Stover, the candidate for IL's US Congressional District 19. There will be someone in the office in Highland all afternoon if you can only participate in part of the canvass. The group will also be meeting on Wednesday, April 26 at 6:30 PM to organize. Please, sign up here for the canvass, so they can have an idea of how many people will be coming and keep you informed of updates.

Here is another one from the Illinois Choice Action Team. ------------------------------------------
Dear Activists,

Please call members of the House State Government Administration Committee on HB4346 - PHARMACY ACT-DENY EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION, sponsored by Rep. Kurt Granberg, (D-107). This bill may be heard in committee next Wednesday. HB4346 would allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception. This bill hurts women-especially women already traumatized by rape. This bill allows a pharmacist to impose their personal religious beliefs on others.

This bill would negate Governor Blagojevich's Executive Order requiring that all prescriptions for contraceptives be filled without delay or lecture.

[update (leo): you can get the form here...] 

This action has a very brief window at this point. But, if you go to the homepage of this yahoo group by Feb. 4th, I'm hoping you'll be able to access the form needed without having to join and log in.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DownstateILDemocrats/

After that, I'm going to replace it with the usual links I have in there. After printing out the form, please follow the directions in the following message from the Illinois Choice Action Team. -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello All!

I had a chance to collect signatures at the St. Louis Pride Fest for our Progressive Talk Radio campaign, which covers the Greater St. Louis listening area. The Stonewall Democrats and Common Sense Mom were kind enough to allow us to share a booth with them. It was very successful, so hopefully this campaign won't take too long. But, at the time, they were talking like they need a whole lot more signatures.

We discussed some ways for us to expand the on-the-ground campaign over here to Illinois. Afterall, we are about half of the audience and are in the same boat with them. They already have downloadable/printable petitions and letters of interest from businesses for circulation. But, they're also talking about offering a flier to help spread the word. Computers aren't everywhere, yet, ya know.