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Mailchimp emails from 2014-PACG History

12/31/2014

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Past Mailchimp Emails from 2014

These are links to the Electronic Emails from PACG for 2014, beginning with our first Mailchimp in August:

Please Join Us at the PACG Picnic Monday, August 25, 2014
PACG Picnic Coming Up September 13 Tuesday, September 2, 2014
PACG Picnic Climate March Action Report Monday, September 8, 2014
Post Picnic After Action Report Monday, September 15, 2014
PACG Members Start 21st Century War on Poverty Monday, September 8, 2014
Film on Sex Trafficking and Update on Upcoming Economic Justice Forum Events Monday, September 29, 2014
This Sunday: Candidates' Forum on Wealth Disparity Sunday, October 5, 2014
Food Forest, Prosperity Summit, Smart Choices about Health Insurance, and more!Monday, October 13, 2014
Leave A Mark on the Future by Planting a Tree on Sunday October 19, 20024
Program on Nigeria and Candidates' Forum on Poverty Issues October 26, 2014
Focus on Poverty Issues Starts This Sunday November 2, 2014
Meet David Cay Johnston This Weekend November 18, 2014
After Action Report David Cay Johnston November 25, 2014
Reminder: PACG Holiday Party is THIS Thursday, December 4th 6 - 8 pm December 2, 2014
Upcoming Environmental Forum Activities and Notes from PACG Holiday Party December 9, 2014
Special Movie Night: "Chasing Ice" December 12, 2014
Economic Justice Forum update; community action at North Park on Saturday December 16, 2014
PACG Wishes You A Happy Holiday Season! December 22, 2014

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After Action Report - Wealth Disparity in America

12/9/2014

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SYMPOSIUM ON THE IMPACT OF WEALTH DISPARITY ON AMERICA - After Action Report

The symposium was presented by the Economic Justice Forum of PACG on November 22, 2014 at Augustana College. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston was the keynote speaker. The following link will take you to our YouTube videos of the symposium
Video Playlist

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SCOUTS Campaign Finance Decision Protest

12/4/2014

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QUAD CITIES COALITION FOR DEMOCRACY RESPONDS TO SCOTUS DECISION IN MCCUTCHEON VS. FEC

On Wednesday, April 2014, local citizens held a press conference in protest of the SCOTUS decision in McCutcheon vs. FEC. This response was part of a nation-wide action. More than 130 other events across the country are also planned, including rallies in Des Moines, Iowa City, and Waterloo in Iowa, and across the nation in many more cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Seattle.

The ruling says, among other things, that individuals can donate the maximum individual limit to an unlimited number of candidates; in other words, there is no aggregate cap on campaign donations made by individuals to candidates.

This ruling greatly expands the undue influence of wealthy individuals in our election process. As Supreme Court Justice Breyer stated in his dissenting opinion, “Today’s decision eviscerates our Nation’s campaign finance laws, leaving a remnant incapable of dealing with the grave problems of democratic legitimacy that those laws were intended to resolve.”

Senator John McCain, a long-time supporter of campaign finance laws, said in response to today’s decision, “I am concerned that today’s ruling may represent the latest step in an effort by a majority of the Court to dismantle entirely the longstanding structure of campaign finance law erected to limit the undue influence of special interests on American politics. I predict that as a result of recent Court decisions, there will be scandals involving corrupt public officials and unlimited, anonymous campaign contributions that will force the system to be reformed once again.”

Link to SCOTUS Decision:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-536_e1pf.pdf

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Mailchimp emails from 2014-PACG History

Past Mailchimp Emails from 2014

After Action Report - Wealth Disparity in America

SYMPOSIUM ON THE IMPACT OF WEALTH DISPARITY ON AMERICA - After Action Report

SCOUTS Campaign Finance Decision Protest

QUAD CITIES COALITION FOR DEMOCRACY RESPONDS TO SCOTUS DECISION IN MCCUTCHEON VS. FEC

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