Progressive Democrats of America, Ohio Chapter

Riki Ott of Ultimate Civics and David Cobb of Democracy Unlimited -- Campaign to Legalize Democracy Coalition Partners -- speak about MoveToAmend.org and Corporate Personhood $5-20 dollars suggested admission

From Here to Democracy: Revoking Corporate Power and Building a Democracy Movement

Do you feel like you're struggling against problems caused by corporations, fighting one battle at a time, one after the other, without gaining ground overall? Can we make corporations "responsible?" Do you wonder where to focus your energy to the greatest effect? "From Here to Democracy" workshops are interactive small group (10-25 participants) who wish to grapple with illegitimate corporate power and corruption of democracy and seek to gain deeper understanding and tools for becoming more effective agents of change.

Riki Ott of Ultimate Civics, a Campaign to Legalize Democracy Coalition Partner, speaks about MoveToAmend.org and Corporate Personhood.

Can we pursue sustainability and social justice when corporations are allowed to control so much power and wealth? Ben Manski raises critical challenges facing our democracy. Better yet, he offers practical ways to solve them. Join him in learning more about the growing democracy movement in the United States, and the critical role students, educators, and local community activists are playing in that movement. Find out more about the campaign to overrule the Supreme Court's doctrine of "corporate personhood" and learn about the new wave of protests for education rights, voting rights, local democracy, a democratized defense, and much more.

The North Carolina Green Party is holding their biannual Gathering on May 14th-15th. Our co-chair, George Friday (Coordinator of the Independent Progressive Politics Network), nationally known independent political activist and organizer, will speak about the Move to Amend project. Move to Amend was formed in response to the Citizens United ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States that removed any remaining vestiges of a barrier to corporate influence on elections. The project seeks to build action, up to and including a constitutional amendment (or amendments) that clearly rejects the legal fiction of corporate personhood.

Hosted by the NC Green Party - no cost, refreshments provided

For more location information:

This past January the Supreme Court ruled that corporations have the right to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our elections. The Citizens United vs. FEC decision rests on the ideas that corporations are people, and that money is speech. Under these outrageous assumptions, the Supreme Court decided that any limit of corporate electoral spending was unconstitutional under the free speech protections of the First Amendment.

This Supreme Court decision strikes at the heart of our democracy. The U.S. Constitution is meant to protect real people, not corporations. If the Supreme Court can't understand this, then we need to amend the Constitution to make it clear that corporations are NOT people and money is NOT speech.

"Declaration of Independence from Corporate Rule"
Move to Amend Ohio Speaking Tour with David Cobb

(Executive Committee Member, Move to Amend; Program on Corporations Law & Democracy (POCLAD) principal; Green Party Presidential Candidate, 2004)

Cobb will discuss the growing national movement to amend the constitution to abolish corporate personhood and create real democracy.

Monday, June 28: Youngstown
7pm Evening Talk at Lemon Grove Cage - 122 West Federal

Contact: Dennis Spisak, 330-755-0729, spikespisak@aol.com

"Declaration of Independence from Corporate Rule"
Move to Amend Ohio Speaking Tour with David Cobb

(Executive Committee Member, Move to Amend; Program on Corporations Law & Democracy (POCLAD) principal; Green Party Presidential Candidate, 2004)

Cobb will discuss the growing national movement to amend the constitution to abolish corporate personhood and create real democracy.

Wednesday, June 30: Athens
7pm Evening talk at Christ-the-King Church, 75 Stewart St.

Contacts: John Howell, 740-592-5789, howell@frognet.net; Dick Hogan, 740-664-4028, greenfirecenter@gmail.com

"Declaration of Independence from Corporate Rule"
Move to Amend Ohio Speaking Tour with David Cobb

(Executive Committee Member, Move to Amend; Program on Corporations Law & Democracy (POCLAD) principal; Green Party Presidential Candidate, 2004)

Cobb will discuss the growing national movement to amend the constitution to abolish corporate personhood and create real democracy.

Friday July 2: Cleveland
7:00 PM, Talk, Unitarian Universalist Society, 2728 Lancashire Rd., Cleveland Heights

Contacts: Lois Romanoff, 216-231-2170, loisromanoff@gmail.com; Greg Coleridge, 330-928-2301 gcoleridge@afsc.org

The anti-corporate personhood group "We the People v. Corporate Rule" makes its public debut this Fourth of July weekend in Wellfleet, where we'll be marching in the town's Independence Day parade.

If you'd like to be a part of raising the visibility of corporate rule, the Citizens United decision and the need for a constitutional amendment denying corporations personhood rights, please join us!

You can view documents related to the meeting and RSVP through the MeetUp site, at http://www.meetup.com/south-central-wisconsin-move-to-amend/

I. Introductions and Announcements

II. Approval of Minutes

III. Resolution Subcommittee Findings and Discussion
Kaja, Andy, Mindy, Sam, Jennifer, and Willy met to discuss possible wording for our resolution initiative, which hopes to get a resolution on the April ballot in the City of Madison. A *partial* summary of their discussion is summarized below:
The Subcommittee identified three goals of the resolution campaign:
To educate the community
To pass the resolution with the largest possible number of votes
To build our organization and its contacts with the community

Location:

Join the Liberty Tree Foundation's Ben Manski, Center for Media and Democracy's Lisa Graves, both spokespeople for the Move to Amend coalition, and The Other 98% to fight corporate corruption in politics and expose candidates who won't join the fight! Bring your passion to the Rally. All are welcome!

Let's Declare Our Independence from Corporate Rule!

David Cobb, a national spokesperson for Move to Amend, will lead a community dialogue about this growing movement for democracy in the United States.

He will illustrate how unelected and unaccountable corporations have hijacked our government and describe the national coalition of diverse public interest, community, and business organizations which has issued a bold call to amend the U.S. Constitution to restore the power of people over corporations.

Doors 5:30pm/ music & poetry 6pm / dialogue 7pm 

Entertainment: MCs Chuck Robinson of OxyMorons & Tiffany Ross, Chris Gavito, Anthony the Poet, Michele Simpson.

Let's Declare Our Independence from Corporate Rule!

David Cobb, a national spokesperson for Move to Amend, will lead a community dialogue about this growing movement for democracy in the United States.

He will illustrate how unelected and unaccountable corporations have hijacked our government and describe the national coalition of diverse public interest, community, and business organizations which has issued a bold call to amend the U.S. Constitution to restore the power of people over corporations.

Suggested donation of $10 mas o menos/more or less - no one turned away for lack of cash!

For more info call 713-705-5594.

Come out, make some noise for democracy, be inspired and inspire your neighbors, too! Join Laird and Robin Monahan and local democracy activists for a rally at the Waterfall, St. Louis Citygarden. Citygarden is located in downtown St. Louis, between 8th Street to the east and 10th Street to the west, and Chestnut Street to the north and Market Street to the south. For driving, parking and public transportation directions, visit this page on the Citygarden website. 

For info, contact Riley at riley-gardam@uiowa.edu.

Let's Declare Our Independence from Corporate Rule!

David Cobb, a national spokesperson for Move to Amend, will lead a community dialogue about this growing movement for democracy in the United States.

He will illustrate how unelected and unaccountable corporations have hijacked our government and describe the national coalition of diverse public interest, community, and business organizations which has issued a bold call to amend the U.S. Constitution to restore the power of people over corporations.

Suggested donation of $10 more or less - none turned away for lack of cash!

Sponsors: Alliance for Democracy

Let's Declare Our Independence from Corporate Rule!

David Cobb, a national spokesperson for Move to Amend, will lead a community dialogue about this growing movement for democracy in the United States.

He will illustrate how unelected and unaccountable corporations have hijacked our government and describe the national coalition of diverse public interest, community, and business organizations which has issued a bold call to amend the U.S. Constitution to restore the power of people over corporations.

Suggested donation of $10 more or less - none turned away for lack of cash!

Sponsors: Monroe Self-Government

For more info call Martha Goodale 525-3532

Ballard Brain Trust will discuss the important questions:

Corporations, Are they People?

and

Who Should Run the Government, the People or Corporations?

Brothers Laird and Robin Monahan are walking across America to mobilize support for ending corporate personhood and amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United v. FEC.

• Meet, greet, and rally with them at 11am on Friday, August 27th, in the Assembly Parlor of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
• Then join them later that day for a reception at 4:30pm at Brocach Irish Pub on the Capitol Square (7 W. Main Street).

No cover. 608~257~1606

To commemorate the infamous SCOTUS decision to “hear arguments” in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, Colorado Move To Amend will feature “Interview with a Corporate Person” by Jan Edwards of the national Move To Amend coalition.

This is an open event. All are invited.

For more information contact Michael Melio at michael@CoMoveToAmend.org

Let's Declare Our Independence from Corporate Rule!

David Cobb, a national spokesperson for Move to Amend, will lead a community dialogue about this growing movement for democracy in the United States.

He will illustrate how unelected and unaccountable corporations have hijacked our government and describe the national coalition of diverse public interest, community, and business organizations which has issued a bold call to amend the U.S. Constitution to restore the power of people over corporations.

Suggested donation of $10 more or less - none turned away for lack of cash!

For more info contact Steve Showen, steve@mdgp.org, 305-573-2909

Frankenstein's Monster in America: The Astonishing History of Corporate Personhood (a 20 minute Power Point presentation) will be followed by group discussion & decisions regarding actions to advance the movement for a constitutional amendment to abolish Corporate Personhood.

Let's Declare Our Independence from Corporate Rule!

David Cobb, a national spokesperson for Move to Amend, will lead a community dialogue about this growing movement for democracy in the United States.

He will illustrate how unelected and unaccountable corporations have hijacked our government and describe the national coalition of diverse public interest, community, and business organizations which has issued a bold call to amend the U.S. Constitution to restore the power of people over corporations.

Suggested donation of $10 more or less - none turned away for lack of cash!

For more info contact Jayne King jaynenote@yahoo.com 954-232-2139

Let's Declare Our Independence from Corporate Rule!

David Cobb, a national spokesperson for Move to Amend, will lead a community dialogue about this growing movement for democracy in the United States.

He will illustrate how unelected and unaccountable corporations have hijacked our government and describe the national coalition of diverse public interest, community, and business organizations which has issued a bold call to amend the U.S. Constitution to restore the power of people over corporations.

Suggested donation of $10 more or less - none turned away for lack of cash!

For more info contact Michael Canney alachuagreen@gmail.com (386) 418 3791

Let's Declare Our Independence from Corporate Rule!

David Cobb, a national spokesperson for Move to Amend, will lead a community dialogue about this growing movement for democracy in the United States.

He will illustrate how unelected and unaccountable corporations have hijacked our government and describe the national coalition of diverse public interest, community, and business organizations which has issued a bold call to amend the U.S. Constitution to restore the power of people over corporations.

Suggested donation of $10 more or less - none turned away for lack of cash!

For more info contact Anita Stewart: anitamstewart@yahoo.com,  813-312-2292

Plan to participate in the first national Democracy Convention. Join us in one of the U.S.A.'s most progressive cities for a gathering like few others. More than a conference, this convention will house multiple conferences at the same time.

If you want to strengthen democracy where it matters most -- in our communities, our schools, our workplaces and local economies, our military, our government, our media, our constitution -- you will find something useful and inspiring at the 2011 Democracy Convention.