Coastal Progressives

The local MoveOn.org group is organizing an action in response to developments in Wisconsin.  From the local Move On chair, Dianne Eckstein:

Please spread the word and please attend the rally on Tuesday, March 15 on the corners of Highway 101 and 20th (by Fred Meyer) at 4:30 or 5pm ( we have two times out in the media so some of us will be on the corner early)  which MoveOn organizations around the country are putting on to support Wisconsin, workers, unions, teachers, Head Start, jobs, benefits, etc. The Congress votes again on March 18 and we need to send a strong message. If you can go to the MoveOn page and search for the event in the 97365 area and register.

The Immigration Information Response Team of Lincoln County Coastal Progressives will present The Other Side of Immigration on Tuesday, March 22, at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 9th and Hurbert, in Newport.

Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and Mad as Hell Doctors (MAHD) are bringing their tour promoting Oregon legislation for a publicly managed, privately delivered single payer health care plan to the Central Coast.  They will hit the beach with a program of music, videos, and testimony at the Yachats Commons at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16. At 7 p.m. that evening, they will bring their crew of medical personnel and musicians to the second-floor meeting room of the Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Dr. in Newport. Then it’s on to Lincoln City at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 17 at St.

The Immigration Information Response Team of Coastal Progressives is hosting a free screening of Of Civil Wrongs and Rights—The Fred Korematsu Story on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. in the conference room of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 9th and Hurbert in Newport.