Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Vice President Joe Biden Coming to Tallahassee!

Vice President Joe Biden is coming to town on Feb 6. He will be at the Challenger Center downtown. It is a fundraiser for the re-election campaign. Tickets are going for $100 each. The first 100 in get in a drawing to have dinner or lunch with the VP. There is an opportunity to be listed as a host the event if you can raise $500 (sell 4 tix and buy your own and your in) which gets you a chance to meet him. There's also a write or raise $1000 level which gets a photo and a separate "clutch" with him. If you want to participate, please let me know! For more information or to RSVP -- drpienta@gmail.com or 850-321-3582. I will be submitting RSVPs to the campaign team.

-- Rachel

PS Rachel Sutz Pienta Let me know if I should submit your name for the drawing -- $100 ticket commitment per person needed to be entered.

And - still working on exact price of student tickets with the event coordinator.

Friday, January 6, 2012

“The Democratic Women’s Club of Florida, Inc. Calls on Florida Legislature to be Fair to Floridians in 2012”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Tallahassee, Florida – In preparation for the opening day of the Florida legislative session, the Democratic Women’s Club of Florida, Inc., has released its 2012 legislative agenda, which outlines the organization’s main priority for the year – fairness for all Floridians.

“In 2011, Floridians were under attack on all fronts – our state’s citizens were fair game for the Florida Legislature,” said DWCF, Inc. President Janet Goen. Goen said, “In 2012, the Democratic Women’s Club of Florida, Inc. calls on the elected officials of Florida to keep fairness paramount in their actions while in Tallahassee.”

DWCF, Inc. Legislative Director Dr. Maureen McKenna stated, “Republican legislators and Florida’s job-killing governor “Pink Slip Rick” have attacked citizens’ rights on every level. Last year, Florida's citizens stood against an assault on voting rights, reproductive rights, and workers’ rights.” McKenna further asserted, “The war on women is slated to continue in 2012. Legislators seek to limit women’s access to healthcare, curtail our access to the polls, and further inhibit our ability to be productive workers contribute to Florida’s economic growth.”

The Democratic Women’s Club of Florida, Inc. calls for legislators, during the 2012 Legislative Session, to honor the will of Florida’s voters as expressed in the “Fair Districts” Amendments (Amendments 5 and 6) of 2010; to stop the war on women and to cease the continued attacks on women’s access to life-saving reproductive health care; and to support women workers as an important part of revitalizing Florida’s stalled economic engine – including passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Members of the Democratic Women’s Club of Florida, Inc. will bring their legislative agenda to Tallahassee in person on February 6 and 7, 2012. Women from throughout the state will bring their call for fairness to the Capitol as part of the DWCF, Inc.’s “Tally Days” – an annual event devoted to awareness, education, and advocacy. For more information, please visit the organization’s website at http://www.democratic-women.org/ or on Facebook at Democratic Women's Club of Florida, Inc.