{news} FW: Making Connecticut Sicko [CT Working Families]

Thu Jun 28 22:19:13 EDT 2007

Some Greens were considering petitioning or otherwise contacting people
outside "Sicko."  WFP is organizing a similar effort.  We can join 'em or we
can do it on our own, but I wanted everyone to be aware of this effort.

Jean

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From: Jon Green [mailto:jgreen at workingfamiliesparty.org] 
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 12:08 PM
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Subject: Making Connecticut Sicko [CT Working Families]

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Making Connecticut Sicko

6/28/07

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Moore
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Moore's Sicko opens in Connecticut this weekend. We want you to join us at a
screening. We'll be outside, asking folks to sign a petition to our
legislators, urging them to pass real healthcare reform. Take a look at
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Most people understand the failures in our current healthcare system.
Hundreds of thousands of us in Connecticut are living through those failures
every day. Our healthcare system puts profits before people.

So what happened? In the state legislature, a few tweaks, but nothing to
address the inequality or inefficiencies fundamental to our system. And in
the coming years, the system will strain further and further, if we don't do
something.

Luckily, we've got a great opportunity to keep the campaign alive after the
session and to build the movement for healthcare reform. Sicko shows the
severity of the healthcare crisis across the country. And he even takes the
insurance industry
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task.Thousand and thousands of people will see this movie, and they'll want
to know what they can do.

Let's show them. We're building volunteer teams to stand outside the film on
opening weekend, to talk to people, hand out flyers, gather information, and
plug people into the campaign. If you think that next year, the campaign for
healthcare reform has to be twice as big, volunteer for a half hour this
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We'll supply all the materials. If you're angry, (and you should be) get out
and volunteer to build the campaign
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And hey -- if you can't volunteer, now would be a great time to contribute
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the work we've done, and all we've got ahead of us to bring real
comprehensive healthcare reform to Connecticut.

That's all for now. Pay your dues, read the papers -- and organize. 

Sincerely,

Jon Green
Executive Director
Connecticut Working Families 

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