Meetings
First Tuesdays , 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Salem Lutheran Church, West 72nd Street, New Augusta
1 block east of 71st Street and Georgetown Road

Agenda
Advocacy Focus: Economy, Health Care, Education
Community Action Initiatives: Survival Handbook, Growing Food at Home, Community Dinners

What to Bring
Your ideas, wisdom, experience, and enthusiasm
A friend who might want to become involved
A beverage or snack to share
Non-perishable food items for Salem's Food Pantry
Plastics labeled 3 through 7 for recycling (city picks up those labeled 1 and 2)

Economy
American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan
By the Numbers
Impact for Indiana
Talking Points
Follow the Money (Recovery.gov)
Treasury Secretary Plan (FinancialStability.gov)

Health Care
Overview of US Health Care
Savvy Citizen: Health Care
Indiana Department of Insurance  National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Useful Links
Savvy Citizen: Pike Township
TARP Congressional Oversight Panel
Indianapolis Peace & Justice Center
Stimulus Money in Indiana

Suggested Reading
Thomas L. Friedman, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century  Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman helps us make sense of the often bewildering global scene unfolding before our eyes. Able to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, he explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century, what it means for us, and how our governments and societies must adapt.

George Lakoff, Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate  A handbook for communicating about key issues facing America today, written by a respected UC Berkeley cognitive scientist/linguist. Lakoff shows how conservatives have framed the issues and outlines the traditional American values that progressives can articulate to reframe the debate.

Contact Us
lascoc@comcast.net  Candance Lasco, Community Action Coordinator
wwford@comcast.net  Wendy Ford, Issues Advocacy Coordinator

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something." —Edward Everett Hale