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Please join us for our scheduled cleaning of part of Hamilton Rd in Gahanna this coming Saturday, Aug. 20. We'll meet at Northeast School parking lot, 500 N. Hamilton Rd Gahanna at 9:30 AM. SWACO provides bags, gloves and safety vests. You and your school age kids can share in the hour of healthy walking and talking with friends.

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Please Join:
State Representative Nancy Garland

With Special Guest
Minority Leader Armond Budish

at a summer cookout for the benefit of
State Representative Nancy Garland

Sunday July 24th, 2011
2pm-5pm
at the home of Babette Gorman
353 North Drexel Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43209
(casual/summer attire)

Kosher meals available upon request

Sponsor $500 Host $250 Donor $100
Couple $75 Individual $50

Please RSVP by July 20th to info@NancyGarland.com
or by calling Dave Black at 614-668-6961

Unable to Attend? You may still contribute online at
http://www.nancygarland.com/index.php?code=contribute
Paid for by Citizens for Garland :: 4983 Meadway Drive, New Albany, OH 43054 :: Roy Landreth, Treasurer

Petitions for getting repeal of the Ohio anti-union bill (SB5) on the Nov 2011 ballot will be available this Saturday when we clean Hamilton Rd. Meet at 9:30 AM Northeast School 500 N Hamilton Rd. Contact Drew Ullman for details. franklincountyregion5@gmail.com

For 2011 we are scheduling all 4 Hamilton Road pickup sessions at the start of the season to allow you to mark your calendars far in advance.

All sessions are on Saturday mornings. 9:30 AM. new time! bags, reflector vests and gloves are provided or bring your own gloves.
We meet at the Northeast School parking lot, 500 N. Hamilton Rd. Gahanna. Pick up takes about an hour.

April 30 [bring your old documents to drop at City Hall after our pickup for Gahanna's free shredding day]
June 11
Aug 20
Oct 15

Those of you with school age families are welcome to bring them. You could do some of the nice, broad sidewalk
stretches.

Please respond to Sheryl Williams to sign up in advance for dates that will work for you.

After you help pick up, when you drive Hamilton Rd between Clark State Rd and Rte 62, you can point at the Gahanna
Progressives Adopt a Highway signs and smile!

sawillia57@yahoo.com

UPCOMING EVENTS

Rep. Nancy Garland to hold town hall meeting with constituents

Monday, February 28, 2011
7 P.M. Gahanna Public Library 310 Granville St
Gahanna, OH 43230

Nonpartisan Progressive Listening Tour

Four different locations in Franklin County
-- the northeast area forum [including Gahanna] is March 14 from 6-7:30 p.m. in New Albany
New Albany Branch Library, 200 Market St
New Albany, OH

The Coalition of Democratic and Progressive Organizations of Central Ohio is sponsoring four listening tours focusing on topics that impact progressive and liberal activists. Those concerned about the current political climate in Central Ohio are invited to attend one of four forums in March to discuss previous organizing experiences with the goal of learning from missed opportunities and applying the institutional knowledge to ...the 2011 and 2012 elections.

Those interested may attend any of the four forum dates that are most convenient for them:

The FIRST forum for the southeast area of Central Ohio will be Tuesday, March 1 at the Capital University Campus Center, 745 Pleasant Ridge Dr. in Bexley, from 6-7:30 p.m.

The SECOND forum for those in the southwestern area will be Monday, March 7 at the Westland Area Library, 4740 W. Broad St. from 6-7:30 p.m.

The THIRD forum for the northeast area will be held Monday, March 14 at the New Albany Branch Library, 200 Market St. in New Albany, from 6-7:30 p.m.

The FOURTH forum for the northwest area will be Monday, March 21 at the Northwest Library, 2280 Hard Rd. from 6-7:30 p.m.

To rvsp to any of the four Listening Tour events, PLEASE respond at this link (FACEBOOK):
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHpZdUxfbkZ3Z0dEa...

Due to this evening's weather, our Apprecitation Reception event has been CANCELLED. Please feel forward this notice to anyone who may not be on our email list and may had been planning to attend.

We regret any inconveniences and hope we can host this event in the not so distant future!

APPRECIATION RECEPTION

for former State Rep. Marian Harris (19th)
State Rep. Nancy Garland (20th)

Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, at 7:30 p.m.

Olde Gahanna Sanctuary
82 N. High St., Gahanna
(parking on the south side of the building and across Town St. on the north side of the building; enter from Town St.)

sponsored by
Gahanna Progressives
Westerville Progressive Alliance

These representatives have been uncommonly accessible and responsive to their constituents.
Join us to express your appreciation and
mingle with other constituents.
Light refreshments.

If you can't come, you can send a note of thanks via
smontgo3@yahoo.com or Gahanna Progressives,
572 Bonnington Way, Gahanna

The heinous event in Arizona yesterday is re-opening wounds in our society that were never really closed. Whatever your religious or spiritual persuasions may be, now is the time to pray, meditate, or pause for silent contemplation.

Mainstream America is suffering right now. Suffering because we need answers to this horrible tragedy. Know why? Because WE are wounded. Fellow mainstream Americans died without provocation or cause. Very good people died; very good people were wounded, some seriously. The government ‘of the People’ and ‘by the People’ reached out to some of its constituents to engage in discourse. They were viciously attacked and now we want justice.

But we also want to fix it. We are a people rich with opinions and ideas; always have been. In fact, there were many ‘clashes’ of ideas and opinions this last campaign cycle. And, there is little doubt that it was the most vitriolic in recent history. Many icons were used to implicate separatism, dub some as traitors to America, needing a revolution, or out right racism. Many people used icons from our Founding Fathers to further their conservative cause without understanding the very origin of these symbols, or more importantly, what they mean to us today. There was at least one pseudo journalist that cried on national TV, claiming that the America was dying. The very notion that any mainstream republican or democrat has been disloyal to the US Constitution is very offensive. I personally know many elected officials on both sides of the aisle and can attest to their strength of being an American.

Also, all of this happened at a time when more people can easily become engaged in the political process due to the Internet. So, all in all, it’s quite easy to see why many people can point to sarah palin and others as to the cause of inciting more anger. The simple fact is crosshairs and politics don’t and shouldn’t mix. Period. But this is only symptom of a larger problem: the dialogue in our political process has rapidly polarized to us vs them. That is, ‘us’ are the good Americans, and ‘them’ are the disloyal patriots. We must learn to agree to disagree without being disagreeable. I challenge both our schools and our leaders to continue to mirror the behavior we want. We can openly debate our issues. But, when decisions are made by either our leaders or the voters, we must be satisfied that the process, our American and democratic process, worked.

Unfortunately, there is still a lot of hate, anger, and distrust amongst our society. And, that still needs to be addressed. So, pray, meditate, and/or contemplate. We have a lot of work to do. Together.

We are delighted to invite everyone to an "Appreciation Reception" for both State Representative Nancy Garland (OH-20) and former State Representative Marian Harris (OH-19). We all appreciate their hard work and dedication to represent the People of Ohio in both of their districts. Please come!! Attendance is free and your chance to meet one on one and discuss the issues surrounding our Great State of Ohio.

January 20th, 7:30pm, Gahanna Sanctuary, 82 N. High Street, Gahanna, Ohio (see map here: http://goo.gl/maps/w3Jo)

Contact Sharon Montgomery smontgo3@yahoo.com if you would like to volunteer to help with this event!

Dear Friends,
The meeting of the Gahanna Progressives scheduled for the Sanctuary Nov 18th has been cancelled. For the foreseeable future meetings of the organization will be on hiatus.

Our meetings over the past year have been sparsely attended despite efforts to provide interesting topics and speakers. Progressive minded folks are some of the busiest folks around with too many things to do in too few hours. Finding time for another gathering is hard.

The website, gahannaprogressives.org, will continue to be a source for information. Occasional newsletters will be sent from the website. Sign up on the website to get newsletters.

We are still volunteering to clean a part of Hamilton Rd for SWACO (Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio). That is done a few times a year during warm weather months. It takes about an hour on a Saturday or Sunday morning. Watch for email newsletters to volunteer for that activity next year.

To stay abreast of political activities in Ohio, check the Progress Ohio website. It is up to the minute and full of information and links. The Franklin County Democratic Party website also carries information on local actions.
progressohio.org
fcdp.org

The recent election was a big disappointment for us all. As we see where Republican office holders take our state and country, we may see a resurging desire to be an active organization again.

A very large THANK YOU to the loyal women and men who have stayed active in our group. Keep the good thoughts going.

Sheryl Williams