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Partners for Global Change Teleconference Call:
September 11th, 2010 1 - 2 pm EST
Call in Number: 888.299.4099 Passcode: VJ74416
Topic:
On November 9th citizens across the country will be heading to the polls for the 2010 Congressional Midterm elections. From Senators Boxer to Feingold to Sestak, critical races across the country could very well determine the course of U.S. global policy for the next two years. That's why we're coming together as Partners for Global Change to hear from experts on the ground in these important campaigns, from the Citizens for Global Solutions Political Action Committee, and to find out what we can do to ensure the candidates that embody our values get elected come November. Please join us on September 11th.
Speakers
George Aldrich
George Aldrich has been involved in Democratic politics in Wisconsin for over 20 years. He has worked on dozens of state and local campaigns, and most recently was the director of Senator Feingold's 2004 race for Senate. He also worked on Senator Feingold’s previous US Senate campaigns in 1998 and 1992. In 2002, Aldrich was the Political Director for Tom Barrett’s gubernatorial campaign,and in 2001 served as Campaign Manager for current Superintendent of Public Instruction Libby Burmaster. Aldrich also served as the Deputy Director for the 2000 Gore/Lieberman Coordinated Campaign where he helped to organize a record setting statewide Get Out The Vote program.
A lifelong resident of Milwaukee, Aldrich graduated in 1988 from Marquette University with a degree in Economics. “Russ Feingold represents the very best of Wisconsin’s political traditions,” says Aldrich.“He listens to his constituents, legislates based on what he hears, and truly has thecourage of his convictions. I am honored to have the opportunity to work for him again.”
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our 'Partners'
The Partners for Global Change network is made up of ordinary citizens and grassroots activists (of all ages and all levels of activist experience) who are committed to affecting global change by taking action in their own communities.
Six times a year, our Partners participate in a nationwide teleconference call. These calls focus on grassroots projects such as: lobbying an elected official, hosting a house party, or writing opinion pieces and getting them published in local newspapers. Projects can be as easy as making phone calls to local leaders, as involved as planning a town hall meeting, or as creative as making a short video. Whatever the issue, whatever the project, there is opportunity for everyone to be a part of real global change.
Still want more answers or ready to join?
Contact us: ajoshi[at]globalsolutions.org Phone: 202 546-3950 x102
Past Projects
Just because the Partners worked hard on other projects months ago doesn't mean they're out of date. Check out some of the past projects below. If any of them jump out at you, give us a shout and we'll get you started on your own project.
July/August 2010 On July 10th Partners for Global Change provided a briefer on the happenings of the International Criminal Court. Our two speakers, Ambassador Stephen Rapp from the State Department and our own Ariela Blatter will both provide first hand accounts of the ICC Review Conference that just happened in Kampala, Uganda. In anticipation of International Justice Day on July 17th listen in and ask questions of these two experts on the International Criminal Court July Partners Toolkit
May/June 2010 Last May 8th Partners for Global Change took on a nuclear issue. With President Obama's bold statement on the policy of using nuclear weapons, to the historic signing of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the United States and Russia, to our nation's capital hosting 47 countries as part of the President's Nuclear Security Summit, to next month's Nuclear Proliferation Treaty conference at the United Nations we are being bombarded on all sides by all things nuclear. May Partners Toolkit
Mar/Apr 2010 "In the last century, tens of millions of people have lost their lives in episodes of mass killings. People of conscience rightly demand: never again" (credit: Genocide Prevention Taskforce). Our Saturday Conference Call will include speakers who work on creating tangible, institutionalized methods to prevent the atrocity of genocide in the future. + Online Page Link
Jan/Feb 2010 On December 18th, 1979 the United Nations General Assembly passed the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). 30 years later the United States still has NOT ratified the treaty and is keeping company with known human rights violators including Sudan, Somalia, and Iran. + Online Page Link
Nov/Dec 2009 The world is reaching a breaking point and as leaders met in Copenhagen to decide how the world will react our members heard from two experts in the field. + Online Page Link
Sep/Oct 2009 The United States has made promoting and protecting human rights and the punishment for those individuals that abuse these rights a cornerstone of its foreign policy. Learn what's next for the International Criminal Court. + Online Page Link
Jul/Aug 2009 Learn about the current and future state of nuclear weapons in the world. And remember those hundreds of thousands that were lost to the destructive power of nuclear weapons in our past. + Online Page Link + Jul/Aug PDF
May/Jun 2009 Learn about treaties in limbo - Law of the Sea and Nukes. New ways to reach new people - online social networking websites - an introduction. + Online Page Link
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