700 N, North Court, Main Meeting Room, Palatine, IL
Please join us for our monthly NWSOFA Chapter meeting.
Erik Carlson Speaking on:
“Progressive Social Issues That Are Shaping our Future Lives “
Eric Carlson, OFA’s Midwest Regional Director will outline:
1). What OFA is and how Issues are determined…
…The 6 Key Social Issues of our Times
2) How many of these Issues are co-dependent on each other
…yet stand alone as a issue cause.
3) The power of a unified Days of Action (DOA) Across the Country.
4) Not just your voice, but a chorus of voices focused and resonating
5) Keeping the OFA Brand Strong and the Organizing alive and well.
This is a crucial time for many of our important issue groups: gun violence prevention, immigration reform, climate change, healthcare, women’s rights, and fiscal and economic issues.
The leaders of these issue teams will present the progress their teams have made and future events scheduled.
Please join us and get involved in our progressive issues.
Our June 19th Phone Bank will be focused on calling NWSOFA members to commit to participate in the June 28th Rally commemorating the:
One (1) Year Anniversary of the Senate passing the CIR bill
We will be urging members of the US House of representatives to do the same. Come over to the Coffee Planet and make a few phone calls for an hour or two … 15 million americans do not need to live in fear and without their families around them.
Come join us to get folks involved in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Movement.
The Thursday Night GVP Meeting .. last month with MDA
Gun
Violence Prevention
Planning Meeting
Thursday,
June 19th, 2014
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Coffee Planet (Rolling Meadows, IL)
1450 Golf Rd,. Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Learn how you can take action now – to honor all victims of gun violence and make our communities saferl
If you are interested in great coffee and lively conversation and want to learn how you can take action now – to honor all victims of gun violence and make our communities safer – then come to our monthly Gun Violence Prevention Planning Meeting at the Coffee Planet, 1450 Golf Rd., Rolling Meadows, 60008.
We hold a short (30 – 45 minutes) Planning Meeting on the 3rd Thursday of every month and afterwards many of us stay to help out with the NWSOFA Phone Banking.
Our June meeting will be held on Thursday, June 19th at 6:30 pm. Come and join us in building safe communities here in the northwest suburbs and all across America!
Each Week .. another tragedy.. another school shooting.. senseless violence… we can and must make a difference.
Lots of fun this last Winter learning how to Tweet
NWSOFA “Tweets
for the
Summer”
Training in the
Art of Tweets
Thursday,
June 19th, 2014
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Coffee Planet (Rolling Meadows, IL)
1450 Golf Rd,. Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
The “how to” get your message out about voting rights, climate change, or other progressive issues
Have you ever wanted to get your message out about voting rights, climate change, or other progressive issues but aren’t quite sure how to?
Join us for NWSOFA “Tweets for the Summer” to learn about how to Tweet using Twitter. Our Social Media Lead, Kathy Carter, will be conducting the training for all abilities levels. Bring your WIFI enabled smart phone, tablet, or laptop.
Having Your Voice Heard .. loud and strong… at Rallies and now through Social Media… Tweet and be Heard.. in 140 characters
Like minded Progressives Outreach to the Northwest Suburbs
NWSOFA
Coffee, Conversation, Cookies, Calls and LTE’s
Thursday,
June 19th, 2014
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Coffee Planet (Rolling Meadows, IL)
1450 Golf Rd,. Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Join us every 1st and 3rd Thur.of each month
7-9 pm at the Coffee Planet.
Every 1st & 3rd Thursday night NWSOFAer’s get together to relax, drink coffee, discuss current topics, enjoy cookies and make some important calls to other Progressives in the suburbs notifying them of our meetings
We call these the 4C’s and we need your help. Volunteer for an hour or two doing what we do best “organizing”!
Call Sara for directions to this event, location TBA 847-372-5594
Workplace policies too often don’t reflect
today’s realities
Women are currently the main breadwinner in a record-high 40 percent of households, but on everything from paid leave to fair pay, our workplace policies too often don’t reflect today’s realities.
Join our house party hosted by NWSOFA supporters and be part of a conversation about the issues that affect women and working families, and how we can fight to change that.
After the discussion, we’ll decide what action we can take by continuing our Raise the Minimum Wage Petition gathering.
NWSOFA ACA e-magazine.. just click on the above photo
to link to the Affordable Healthcare Reform and ObamaCare e-magazine
“To coordinate the on-the-ground component, the administration has been participating in biweekly meetings with health care reform groups. One of them, Enroll America, currently has more than 230 staffers across the country, which is just slightly below the 250 it employed at the end of open enrollment. The group has maintained a robust volunteer presence as well.For a Weekend of Action planned for the end of June, the group has registered more than 1,000 volunteer shifts and scheduled just under 400 events. They had averaged the same number of events during weekends in March with about twice as many volunteers.”
“There are two reasons Enroll America hasn’t wound down more during the special enrollment period, said the group’s president, Anne Filipic: to avoid having to train new officials when the next open enrollment period starts, and because it sees ample opportunity to run up the number of insured people in the meantime.”
NWSOFA is a whole, diverse wonderful family of people who want to do more than talk about the social issues. We explore and dig deep on the facts and decide what actions we can take that can have an impact locally and nationally. NWSOFA members not only “talk the talk”, but we “walk the walk”.
All our teams have numerous events that will enlighten and inspire you and yes, challenge you to make the effort to make a difference.
We invite you to join us!
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Every 1st & 3rd Thursday
it’s 4C’s Night
“Coffee, Conversation, Cookies, Calls” & LTEs
Click on the above calendar to RSVP
Every 1st & 3rd Thursday night NWSOFAer’s get together to relax, drink coffee, discuss current topics, enjoy cookies and make some important calls to other Progressives in the suburbs notifying them of our meetings
We call these the 4C’s and we need your help. Volunteer for an hour or two doing what we do best “organizing”!
NWSOFA
We Were Very Busy, Busy, Busy in May
Last Weeks Fiscal & Economics Meeting
Thursday Nights CIR & 4C’s Meeting
Attending the Fiscal Meetings
Notice: This is a public meeting / events.
NWSOFA is a 501(c)4, non-partisan organization.
All opinions are solely those of NWSOFA
It’s time to Act .. It Is Time To Get Involved
Over the years the American Citizens have lost their voices, believing that we can not make a difference. We have been beat down by the constant droning noise of the conservative right. This onslaught has made us like sheep .. afraid to express our views. Not anymore! OFA gives us back our voices and by working together we are making change one issue at a time. Together we can and will make a difference.
Thank You to our NWSOFA Issue Leads in 2013 !!
Just Click on the Photo to link the NWSOFA e-magazines daily & archived articles
