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April 25, 2005
Take Back Tennessee House Party
To celebrate its new status as a political action committee, Democracy for Tennessee is holding a series of statewide "Take Back Tennessee" house party fundraisers on Saturday, May 7th, beginning at 7:00pm.
Democracy for Tennessee (DFT), which was inspired by the Howard Dean presidential campaign and is part of the national Democracy for America organization, plans on working at the grassroots level to recruit, fund, and train progressive candidates and campaign staff at all levels across Tennessee.
These house parties will start at 7:00pm as attendees socialize and watch a video exclusive to DFT. At 8:00pm, Tom Hughes, the Executive Director of the national Democracy for America organization in Vermont will connect in on a statewide conference call. Tom will talk about new initiatives for DFA and how we in Tennessee can contribute to their efforts. After the call we'll watch another video by George Lakoff that talks about language and how to frame our issues. Then we'll discuss politics here in East Tennessee and attempt to put what we've learned to work and come up with a framing for one or two local issues.
By the way, I hear the first video includes a message from Howard Dean.
Any money raised will be used to pay for the Democracy for Tennessee Summit. The Summit will be held Saturday July 9th in Nashville. Tom Hughes has committed to speak as have Jim Dean, brother of Howard Dean and current Chairman of DFA, and Chris Warshaw, Political Director for DFA. They're also working on a top-notch keynote speaker for the evening. More on that later.
Please join the local DFA/DFT chapter, Democracy for Knoxville, for an evening of good company, good dialogue and good ideas.
Location:
Miranda and Manny Godena's Home
2417 Steele Road Google map
Please sign up here
or call Margaret Fontenot at 693-0765.
or call Miranda at 531-0383
Please bring friends, a snack to share and any extra money you might have to donate to DFT. We must start now. It will take all of us to begin restoring our democracy.
If you once attended Dean for America Meetups it will be a good opportunity to get involved again and reconnect with old friends. If you are new to DFA you will find kindred spirits and hope for the future.
Plus the view from Miranda and Manny's is great.
If you cannot attend but would like to contribute to Democracy for Tennessee you can contribute online here.
Posted by Paul Witt at April 25, 2005 04:20 PM
Comments
Please post details on the Democracy for Tennessee Summit to be held here in NashVegas when they are available. I checked the DFT site and it doesn't list any info. .....thx.....
Posted by: Randy at April 30, 2005 03:14 PM
I will. They've gotten the speakers mostly lined up and the daytime venue too but are still working on a different venue for the evening and a detailed schedule. The evening keynote speaker is going to draw people from 1-2 states away so they're looking for a pretty big room.
Posted by: Paul Witt at May 1, 2005 01:46 PM