Progressive Action for the Common Good workshop in Quad Cities 10/30

PROGRESSIVE ACTION FOR THE COMMON GOOD (PACG)
COMMUNITY FORUM & SUMMIT II

"ECONOMIC JUSTICE: PROMOTING PROGRESSIVE VALUES"

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2005
NOON – 4 PM

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
WALLENBERG AUDITORIUM (DENKMANN HALL)
7TH AVENUE & 35TH STREET
ROCK ISLAND, IL

12 – 1 PM SIGN-IN & REFRESHMENTS
PROGRAM STARTS 1 PM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: David Osterberg, Director, Iowa Policy Project, a non-profit/non-partisan research organization promoting public policy that fosters economic opportunity.

David was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from ‘83-’94. Besides being director of IPP, he also teaches at the University of Iowa

WORKSHOPS TO FOLLOW INCLUDE:

1. Environment: energy
2. Environment: hog confinements
3. Education reform
4. Combating hunger
5. Making work pay
6. The language of reconciliation
7. Effective lobbying
8. Predatory lending
9. Ensuring fair elections
10. Discussing Jim Wallis’ book “God’s Politics”
11. Reclaiming the language of progressivism
12. Rapid response to media coverage
13. Wake up Wal-mart campaign

PACG Service Project

We are collecting phone cards for injured vets returning from combat. Bring a pre-paid card to the summit or mail to:

Cathy Bolkom
26634 – 225th St
Le Clare, Iowa 52753

To register early or for more information contact Cathy at 563-289-4155 or CBArts4@aol.com or our site www.qcprogressiveaction.org