Contacts for Volunteers

The following people have volunteered to take on tasks in our Action Plan. Here are their names and email addresses:

Mike Rogers watch:
Bill Rittenberg rittenbe@mail.msu.edu
Cathy Allen voteallen2004@aol.com

Framing our message:
Phil Shepard shepard@acd.net
Barb Anderson aussiebarb@comcast.net

Research on offices up for election:
Deborah Ferguson deborahjferguson@yahoo.com
Stewart French frenchst@msu.edu

Please contact them if you are interested in these activites.

Michigan DNC Members - will vote on Head of DNC February 12

These are the folks to contact regarding selection of the head of the DNC:

Ms. Arthenia Abbott, 419 S. Washington Sq. Ste. 200, Lansing, MI 48933

Mr. Lu Battaglieri, MEA PO Box 2573, E. Lansing, MI 48826

Mr. Mark Brewer, 37414 Stonegate Cir., Clinton Twp., MI 48036

Ms. Elizabeth Bunn, International Union UAW 8000 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, MI 48214

Ms. Debbie Dingell, 5208 Royal Vale Ln., Dearborn, MI 48126

Mr. Joel Ferguson, 1223 Turner St. Ste. 300, Lansing, MI 48906

Hon. Robert Ficano, 600 Randolph, Detroit, MI 48226

Hon. Jennifer Granholm, Office of the Governor 111 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing, MI 48909

Hon. Kwame Kilpatrick, City of Detroit - Executive Office 2 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48226

Ms. Joyce Lalonde, 24801 Rosalind Ave., Eastpointe, MI 48201

Hon. Christina Montague, 1245 Island Dr. #201, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Mr. Jeffrey Radjewski, 26449 Birchcrest, Chesterfield Twp., MI 48051

Ms. Virgie Rollins, 19432 Burlington Dr., Detroit, MI 48203

Mr. Richard Shoemaker, International Union, UAW 8000 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, MI 48214

Mr. Lucius Vassar, 1126 City County Bldg., Detroit, MI 48226

Mr. Richard Wiener, 721 N. Capitol Ste. 1, Lansing, MI 48806


This is everybody in Michigan - let the letter writing begin.

Tsunami Relief Organizations

To find a list of organizations that will be providing disaster relief to tsunami victims in Asia - go to InterAction and click on the link in the middle of the page in red that says "Tsunamis in South Asia". This will take you to a list of the organizations along with their contact information that are helping out with disaster relief and you can choose which one to support.

July 15 Candidate Forum

MidMichigan Democracy for America held our first ever candidate forum last night and by all accounts it was a huge success.  First of all, the candidates were the two Democrats who are competing to run against our incumbant Michigan 8th Congressional District Congressman Mike Rogers.  Their names are Bob Alexander who is an experienced activist with involvement in many political campaigns, and Matt Ferguson, who is a journalist from public radio who has left his job to run for Congress.   Our moderator was well-know Detroit Free Press political journalist, Chris Christoff.  We had a lot of help by members of MMDFA during the forum that helped make it run smoothly.  So that credit is given where due : timer was Evan Hope, video taping was Rob Buttery, introduction was by Suellen Hozman,  parking help was Georg Schuttler, photographs were taken by Barb Lewis, and hosting and general trouble shooting was done by Cathy Allen and myself.  We had a good turnout for a beautiful July evening, approximately 120 folks and three of the local television studios (Fox 47, WILX NBC, and WLNS CBS) as well as the Lansing City Pulse and the State News (Michigan State University student newspaper) were there to cover the event.  The questioning was sharp and the moderator was great at using follow-up questions to draw the candidates' responses out.  The candidates gave out a lot of campaign literature, signs, etc afterwards.  All in all, it was highly successful.
Keep an eye out on local public access television to see event on tape.
 

First Post for MidMichigan Democracy for America Blog

Welcome to the new MidMichigan DFA Blog. I thought that this would be a good way for us to communicate and cut down on the amount of email that we send through the listserve. Tell me what you think and let's get blogging.