Progressive Action in Newton County, Missouri

 

What is a progressive?                                                                 

  A person who believes in progress.

                                                                          

What is progress?                                                                                                         

  Improvement in the human condition.                                           

    Better environment for all.

    Better health care for more people.

    Better economy for more people.

    More humanitarian foriegn policy.

    More empathy for all.

    More constraints on power.

    More transparency.

    More critical thinking.

    More fair trade and competition.

    More personal liberties

    etc.,

 

Action Schedule      

   

    April 7 Election

    April 16 Wyandotte Nation Community Environmental Festival Twin Bridges State Park

    April 16 Joplin Freethinkers meeting Joplin

    April 16-17 Civil Rights Symposium MSSU

    April 18 Earth Day tree & shrub giveaway Wildcat Park

    April 18 Joplin NORML Road Cleanup Joplin

    April 19 Shoal Creek/Wildcat Park cleanum Wildcat Park

    April 21 Joplin Trails Coalition meeting Webb City

    April 21 Neosho City Council meeting Neosho

    April 24 Greene County Democratic Committee meeting Springfield

    April 24 Arbor Day Celebration Joplin

    April 24-25 Jackson Day Celebrations Springfield

    April 25 National Alliance on Mental Illness Walkathon Joplin

    April 25 Joplin NORML Benefit Concert Joplin

    April 30 Audubon nature photo submission deadline Area

    May 1-2 Neosho City-wide Clean-up Neosho

    May 4 Peace Network of the Ozarks Coffee Klatch Springfield

    May 5 Neosho City Council Meeting Neosho

    May 16 Joplin NORML May Road Cleanup Joplin

    May 19 Neosho City Council Meeting Neosho

    June 2 Neosho City Council Meeting Neosho

 

    Regularly Scheduled Meetings

    Joplin

       Drinking Liberally Joplin

           2nd and 4th  Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Up in Flames on Madison in Webb City

       Joplin NORML monthly meetings

           1st  and 3rd Tuesday every month, 7-8 pm at Blackthorn Pizza & Pub, 510 S. Joplin Ave.

 

    Springfield

       Missouri State University College Democrats

           Every Thursday at 3 p.m. at Plaster Student Union, Rm 317, on MSU campus, Springfield

       Democratic Alliance

           2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m., contact Doug Greiner 417-877-8088, Springfield

       Franklin D. Roosevelt Women's Democratic Club

           2nd Monday of each month, dinner at 5:30 p.m., meeting at 6 p.m., contact 417-886-8980, Springfield

       Greene County Women's Democratic Club

           1st Monday of each month, lunch at 11:30, meeting at noon, contact Peggy Stepp at  

                 pstepp@nactape.com, Springfield

        Harry S Truman Democratic Veterans

           Last Saturday of each month, contact Jack Hembree 417-886-7199, Springfield

        Senior Democrats of the Ozarks

           2nd Tuesday of each month, contact Rev. Nelson Parnell at 417-882-3738, Springfield

    Fayetteville

        Fayetteville NORML

           Fall ’07 every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.  at UofA Union bldg, Rm AU504

 

Upcoming elections   --  RUN

 

   Newton County

Election Information at County Clerk 417-451-8220

 

   Jasper County

 

 

Local Political Contacts

 

Congressional Switchboard: 800-828-0498

 

Senator Claire McCaskill
Phone: 202-224-6154

Senator Kit Bond
Phone: 202-224-5721

 

Congressman Roy Blunt

Phone: 202-225-6536

Joplin, MO: 417-889-1800

 

State Senator Gary Nodler

Phone: 573-751-2306

 

State Representative Kevin Wilson

Phone: 573-751-9781

 

 

 

Local Links

 

Carthage High School Stream Team

City of Neosho

East Newton School Board minutes

Joplin Independent

Joplin, MO for Obama

Joplin NORML

Peace Network of the Ozarks

Senior Democrats of the Ozarks

 

State Links

Fired Up Missouri

 

National Links

ACLU

After Downing Street

Air America Radio

Archimedes Movement

Atrios

Bill of Rights Defense Committee

Bill of Rights Defense Committee/Torture

Brave New Films

Bush Psychoanalysis and Current Threats

Cost of War

Crooks and Liars

Daily Kos

Democracy for America

firedoglake

Greenpeace

The Huffington Post

Human Rights Campaign

Iraq Veterans Against the War

Just Foreign Policy - Iraqi Death Estimate

liberaloasis

March for Peace

MoveOn

Nova M Radio

The Nation

911 Truth

PETA

Progressive Punch

Sea Shepherds

They Rule

 

International Links

Avaaz.org - The World in Action

 

Progressive Stars

 

Howard Dean

Russ Feingold

Laura Flanders

Al Franken

Janeane Garofalo

Al Gore

Thom Hartmann

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Dennis Kucinech

Rachel Maddow

Mike Malloy

Randi Rhodes

Sam Seder

Cyndi Sheehan

Gore Vidal

Neil Young

 

 

Due to current work limitations, I can only update this page once a

  month. But please send notifications of upcoming events to

  beauv3@netins.net and they will be included when possible.

        Thanks, Bill Beauvais