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PDA Western States Regional Meeting
September 26, Oakland, CA
California Nurses Headquarters
In an effort to make it easier for members of the PDA community to attend our conferences, the PDA national team is scheduling regional meetings, which we hope are more accessible. The next meeting is September 26 in Oakland, graciously hosted by our friends, the California Nurses Association.
We’ll be evaluating our progress and effectiveness, addressing ways to improve, sharing ideas and strategies for success, learning some nuts and bolts, and building our 2010 timeline. Click here for details and to RSVP.
These meetings give us a chance to step away from conference calls and interact with one another in a more meaningful way than a phone call or email ever could. PDA really is a community and it is hard to express how much we gain from the personal interaction at our gatherings. We hope you’ll join us.
National co-chair of the PDA Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign, Norman Solomon, who has just returned from Afghanistan, and Michael Lighty, the political director of California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee are our featured guests. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the latest developments on healthcare and warfare.
We face two huge issues in the upcoming months: healthcare reform and climate/energy legislation. There’s a lot of work ahead to make either amenable to us. This meeting will serve to provide you with the most up to date information, resources, tools, and strategies to make a difference in September and beyond.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, please consider becoming an underwriter of this event. Click here to contribute, enter “Oakland” in the special funds drive box at the bottom of the form.
The meeting is for old-time PDAers as well as brand new ones, so please come, share your ideas, learn from your peers, and enjoy the fellowship!
Until Oakland,
Dr Bill Honigman for PDA California
Tim Carpenter for the PDA national team.
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