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Greetings,
If you haven't seen it yet, take the time to read the editorial from Pulitzer Prize winning Rutland Herald and Times Argus Thursday paper. Read it here: http://www.workerscenter.org/node/138
Williston - On Saturday October 10th Peter Welch held a forum on healthcare at Williston Central School which drew over 50 people, including a bunch of right wing opponents to healthcare reform. We are happy to report that dozens of Healthcare is a Human Right supporters spoke out demanding that healthcare not be treated as a commodity and pointed out that healthcare is not like auto insurance. "I am not a car. I don't want to be called a consumer. Healthcare is a human right," said Matt Kimball, Healthcare Is A Human Right Campaign leader who lives in Burlington and grew up in Rutland. Members of the Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign said they felt this federal legislation would fall short of fixing the problem and called on supporters of real reform to join us in fighting for our human right to healthcare this legislative session in VT. See Burlington Free Press article from Sunday, October 11 which includes focus on HCisHR leaders. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091011/NEWS02/91010015/1001/news
Let us know if you can make it to the forum or if you would like to carpool. Email kate@workerscenter.org.
At the Savoy Theater in Montpelier and Merrill's Roxy in Burlington, Vermont Workers' Center leaders have been tabling at showings of Michael Moore's new film "Capitalism: A Love Story". People leave the film wanting to take action to change this unjust system. We've collected lots of healthcare is a human right postcards from movie-goers and talked to lots of people about getting involved. We encourage you to see the film and join us tabling at the theater! Contact kate@workerscenter.org if you have any questions or if you are interested in helping out. Watch the trailer: http://www.capitalismalovestory.com/ Read Naomi Klein's interview titled "Michael Moore: America's Teacher" http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2009/09/americas-teacher Savoy Theater Merrill's Roxy
Oct. 27 Tuesday in Montpelier. Community forum sponsored by Montpelier Citizens for Single Payer, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier. Oct. 27 Tuesday in Brattleboro. Citizens discussion of state of Vermont health care, sponsored by Vermont Citizens Campaign for Health, 7 p.m. in The Gathering Place, 30 Terrace, Brattleboro. Nov. 4 Wednesday in Middlebury. Come hear a presentation by Professor John Seavey of the University of New Hampshire on the Canadian Health Care System. Location to be announced. Sponsored by Addison County for Single Payer. Nov. 10 Tuesday in White River Junction. "Single Payer Healthcare 4 VT; How do we get there from here?" sponsored by the Orange and Windsor County Working Group for Single Payer, 7 p.m., at a place to be announced. |
Rutland Herald and Times Argus Editorial on Healthcare
is a Human Right Campaign