The following people have agreed to serve as the Board of the Organizers' Forum:
• Andy Stern, President, Service Employees International Union, Washington DC
• Mark Splain, Special Assistant, Department of Organizing, AFL-CIO, San Francisco/DC
• Mary Gonzales, Associate Director, Gamaliel Foundation, Chicago
• John Calkins, Executive Director, Direct Action Research Training, Miami
• Miguel Contreras, President, Los Angeles County AFL-CIO, Los Angeles
• Rev. Jim Sessions, Executive Director, Union Community Fund, Knoxville/DC
• Ken Johnson, Southern Regional Director, AFL-CIO, Atlanta
• Drummond Pike, President, Tides Foundation, San Francisco
• Pat Sweeney, Executive Director, Western Org Resource Councils, Billings, MT
• Michael Kieschnick, President, Working Assets Funding Service, San Francisco
• Tho Thi Do, Secretary-Treasurer, Local #2, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE), San Francisco
• Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director, Center for Community Change (CCC), Washington DC
• Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Executive Officer, South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council & Executive Director, Working Partnerships, USA, San Jose, CA
• Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer, ACORN, HOTROC, & SEIU 100, New Orleans
http://organizersforum.org/index.php?id=351
[From Pravda] The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez harshly criticised his US counterpart George W. Bush for his action after the disaster caused by the hurricane Katrina in the southern coast of the United Sates and offered $1 million in aid to support rescue operations. Last week, the Latin American leader called Bush a cowboy who had failed to manage the emergency and evacuate victims. (See: Chavez Sends Aid to Katrina Victims -- but why does Pravda also spread porn and "news" about Little Green Men From Mars?)
http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/16100_Chavez.html
"Make nice," huh? I will try to treat others in a civil manner but, no, I wont be joining with people who blindly tolerate evil.
opchidexio 3 years ago
I just got an Email the afternoon. It was from a group of Sr citizens, who wanted us to join together, democrat and republican, and make nice now. That, and they made a sideways cut at President G W Bush. I'm telling ya, it's coming, if they have to ram it down our throats. But don't worry. I'd never give up on my principals and beliefs, just to get along with the likes of these criminals.
Auggie56 3 years ago
Not if we can nip this in the bud, pal. : )
Look, they used the Internet to connect and coordinate MILLIONS of people, right? There are rumors that Google is "scrubbing" the net (whatever THAT means) NEVERTHELESS I am finding LOTS of "fingerprints."
Here is what I am finding: Bill Aryers and Acorn are ONLY THE TIP of the ICEBERG. Lets look UNDER the "water."
What we find will end up in some book-writer's files. Then he will end up on Fox. Then some DA will call a judge...
opchidexio 3 years ago
It's all coming true isn't it. The socialisation of America.
Auggie56 3 years ago