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      

   

    July 7 Unite for Change Ice Cream Social Springfield

    July 8 Peace Network of the Ozarks meeting Springfield

    July 9 Deadline to register to vote on August 5 in Missouri

    July 13 Unite for Change meeting Springfield

    July 19 Unite for Change meeting Van Buren, OK

    July 19 Community Organization meeting Springfield

    July 24 Greene County Democratic Central Committee meeting Springfield

    August 4 Joplin NORML meeting Joplin

    August 5 Missouri Primary Election Day

    August 9 Sensible Joplin free picnic Joplin

    August 18 Joplin NORML meeting Joplin

    August 19 AARP Indian matters forum Miami

    August 25-28 Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO

    September 6 Voter Registration Drives many Oklahoma towns

    September 20 Newton Co. Democratic Central Committee meeting Neosho

    September 24 Voter Registration Drive Fayetteville

    September 26-7 Green rebuilding conference Neosho

    September 27 Joplin NORML Anniversary Celebration Joplin

    November 4 General Election Day

    January 18-21 St. Peter's Middle School trip to Washington, D.C. Joplin

 

    Regularly Scheduled Meetings

    Joplin

       Drinking Liberally Joplin

           2nd and 4th  Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Pizza by Stout, 2101 S. Rangeline

       Joplin NORML monthly meetings

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

    Springfield

       Missouri State University College Democrats

           Every Thursday at 4:30 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

Zone 4 Joplin City Council seat open

 

     November 4 2008

 

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

Carl Junction for Barack

Carthage High School Stream Team notes

Carthage, MO for Obama

East Newton School Board minutes

Eureka Springs Resolution in Opposition to loss of Constitutional Freedoms

Greene County Democratic Central Committee

Joplin Independent

Joplin, MO for Obama

Joplin NORML

Missouri Southern for Obama

MSSU College Democrats

Neosho Council minutes

NORML UofA - Fayetteville

Northwest Arkansas for Obama

Peace Network of the Ozarks

Pitt State Students for Barack Obama

Senior Democrats of the Ozarks

Southeast Kansas for Obama

Southwest Missouri for Obama

 

State Links

Fired Up Missouri

Missouri Leadership - Progressive Action

Missourians for Honest Elections

Not In Our Name

Progressive Caucus of Missouri

 

National Links

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

Iraq Veterans Against the War

Just Foreign Policy - Iraqi Death Estimate

liberaloasis

March for Peace

MoveOn

The Nation

911 Truth

PETA

Progressive Punch

Sea Shepherds

 

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