Dear Supporter, Monday, December 15, 2008 In the Blogs: "While we're bailing out business, we can't be selling out children" In this crisis, the proposal that the state gouge $280 million from funding for education is not an invitation to haggle. It is guns being drawn. The response to this threat cannot be a counter-offer. It cannot be "take the future of other peoples' kids but not mine." We have to draw the line: in a severe recession, you don't take away education or vital social services, you don't lay off workers or put people into poverty. These are precisely what working people and poor people need to survive the recession. The only rational response to the state board of education proposal must be "Not one penny less for our children. No cutbacks. Period." -- Peter Goselin, Two Good Hands Blog Subscribe to the People of Faith Blog RSS feed: http://faithct.net/blog/feed Start Blogging Today: http://faithct.net/page/2008/08/31/how-create-blog-post Action Alerts: Rally for Goodwin Hotel Workers, Hartford, 12/17, 4PM Join workers in demanding that Northland pay severance, reasonable health benefits and provide recall rights. Decriminalization Makes Sense The mission of this cause is to shift state resources from the War on Drugs to the furtherance of public health, education, transportation, housing, youth programs, and treatment. Positions: 1. Drug addiction is not a crime. 2. Fund public education and treatment. 3. Restore poor communities. 4. Reduce prison population. 5. Prison is for violent offenders. Join the Campaign on Facebook In the News: LMF Survey Many of you may be familiar with Love Makes a Family, the CT grassroots organization that has been working on the marriage equality issue. Now that marriage is legal for same-sex couples, LMF is beginning a stategic planning process to determine community needs and where they should put their energies. If you would be interested in providing feedback, here is a link to their brief survey. Register Today for Hartford Seminary January and Winter/Spring Courses This Week's Social Justice & Anti-War Events in Connecticut: "The Iron Wall" on the Theft of Palestinian Land, New Haven, 12/15, 5:30PM LGBT Commission Holiday Party, Hartford, 12/20, 6PM Party for Transgender Foundation, New Haven, 12/20, 9PM Subscribe to Events RSS Feed: http://faithct.net/event/$year/$month/$day/feed/index.xml |