Time is our Most Precious Thing

How are you going to spend your time over the next 2 months?
 

• Taking care of your family's health and home and well being.Cooking, Cleaning, Feeding, Washing, Driving.
• Working at your job and not pissing anyone off.
• Helping Pro-Choice candidates get elected.

Nancy Keenan, President of NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut, was introduced at the first meeting of the Women's Caucus by a young woman who is the first Latina President of the College Democrats. Keenan looked over the crowd at the Women's Caucus and noted all the grey hair in the audience. Hey, she said, The Menopausal Militia!

She noted that these are the women who marched, argued, wrote, and worked for women's reproductive rights - not just for themselves but also for their daughters, nieces, granddaughters and all the women who come after us.

"In the next 63 days we need to Connect the Personal to the Political"

• Reach out to neighbors -  Door to Door & Vote by Vote
• Post on Twitter
• Share on Facebook
• You need to take them to the polls.

Women need to show up at the polls!

Dems Prez Convention 2012 - Women Take over the Ball Rooms

At the Women's Caucus in the Convention Center

Nancy Pelosi started with a speech and there was a standing ovation for Gaby Giffords but OMG (oh My Girls!) Donna Brazille brought down the house with her "Shake Your Tailfeathers" speeech.

Fired UP - Ready to GO

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Cecile Richards is following this up with her own style (Texas, not Louisiana). As she travels throughout the US she keeps seeing signs that say

I can't believe I have to fight this shit
all over again

Cecile says: "But we will...But we Will."

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Debbie Wasserman-Schultz to speak. It is amazing to see her in person, (this is the third time I have seen her in 1.5 days!) because she is soooooo tiny. She is also quite "fine" as some would say.

"Women are: The Backbone of the Economy.
The Backbone of the Family."

Talking about her breast cancer diagnosis and Obama doing healthcare reform so that she and her daughters, who carry the cancer gene, are able to get treatment as needed, and "being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition."

2012 is Personal. This is Personal.

Campaign School Scholarship - Apply Now!

NARAL Pro‑Choice Connecticut Scholarship for

Pro-­Choice Activists at

The 16th Annual Campaign School

Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work

University of Connecticut School of Social Work

April 6—7, West Hartford, CT

Scholarship awardees will receive the following:

• Registration paid for the 16th Annual Campaign School
• Membership in the NARAL Political Action Committee through the 2012 election cycle
• Recognition at an upcoming NARAL Pro-­‐‑Choice Connecticut event
• A certificate of achievement

The Campaign School is a two-­day workshop that teaches political campaign strategies to social workers and the staff, board members, volunteers and clients of social service and advocacy agencies. For more information, please visit: politicalinstitute.uconn.edu  To apply, please submit the following information and a résumé electronically to christian@prochoicect.org by Monday, March 19th at 5pm.

• Name
• Phone Number
• Email Address
• Mailing Address
• Please describe your interest and involvement in the reproductive rights and justice movement. Why do you think this issue is important in Connecticut today? What is your past experience with politics or campaigns? Why are you interested in attending the Campaign School?

For questions or further information please contact NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut Executive Director Christian Miron at christian@prochoicect.org

US Senate Forums - Democratic Candidates

No Cost to Attend!

As a reminder, the Democratic frontrunners are Chris Murphy, Susan Bysiewicz, and William Tong. There are other people purporting to run and there are Republicans, although there will not be any cross-party debates until after the Primary in August.

For now, I have no information on the Republican candidates. The most up-to-date- info I found today is here

Join the Quiet Corner Democrats and the Mansfield Democratic Town Committee 
Thursday, February 23, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Mansfield Middle School, 205 Spring Hill Road in Mansfield.

If you would like to submit a question, please email the Quiet Corner Democrats. There will be a post-forum dessert reception.
~ QuietCornerDems@gmail.com

and/or

The Democratic Town Committees of Bethlehem, Middlebury, Roxbury, Southbury, Thomaston, Washington, Watertown and Woodbury 

Sunday, February 26, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Pomperaug High School, 234 Judd Road in Southbury

The forum will be moderated by John Dankosky, news director at WNPR and host of Where We Live. For more information, please contact Sharon Botelle-Sherman at 203-768-6295.

Information Courtesy of the Democratic State Central Committee.