Tuesday, July 13, 2010

[PDI] Sad news, fellow peacemaker HELEN L. CONROY Obituary

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?n=helen-l-conroy&pid=144059974&fhid=6268<http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?n=helen-l-conroy&pid=144059974&fhid=6268>
HELEN L. CONROY
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Helen L. Conroy of Glen Ellyn Visitation for Helen L. Conroy (nee Wanless), 70, will be from 5 p.m. until the time of services at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 16, at Williams-Kampp Funeral Home, 430 E. Roosevelt Road (one block east of Naperville Road), Wheaton. Private interment will take place in St. Michael's Cemetery, Wheaton. Born Jan. 10, 1940, in Cumberland, Md., the daughter of Cloverly and Mary Bennett Wanless, Helen died Monday, July 12, 2010, in Winfield, Ill. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Joseph P. Conroy on Sept. 3, 1988. She is survived by one daughter, Sheryl Conroy and husband, Mark Seignious of Roseville, Minn. and two sons, Phillip Conroy of Glen Ellyn and Richard Conroy and wife, Ana of Chicago; sisters, Lucille Koontz of Iowa City, Iowa and Karen Walizer of Cumberland, Md.; a brother, William Wanless and wife, Sandra of Leesburg, Va.; and five grandchildren, Graham, Heather and David Seignious, and Jacob and Nicholas Conroy. Helen graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland in 1962. She was a retired Rhea & Kaiser Advertising benefits administrator. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society<http://media.legacy.com/accipiter/adclick/CID=0000010b7ef414c600000000/acc_random=9999729793/pageid=7849835581/prod=1/site=Legacy/area=dailyherald.75/zone=lifestory/aamsz=CLIO/position=1/ccid=267/aamgnrc1=American%20Cancer%20Society/relocate=https%3A//www.cancer.org/docroot/DON/DON_1_Donate_Online_Now_Auto_Custom.asp%3Fdon_promo%3DLegacy%26dn%3Dmem%26fn%3DHELEN%26ln%3DCONROY> , 1801 S. Meyers Road, Suite 100, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181. For information, 630-668-0016 or www.williams-kampp.com<http://www.williams-kampp.com/>.
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Saturday, July 10, 2010

[PDI] Event Calendars

Check out the event calendar for Schaumburg Drinking Liberally:
http://www.meetup.com/Schaumburg-Drinking-Liberally/calendar/ <a
href="http://www.meetup.com/Schaumburg-Drinking-Liberally/calendar">Schaumburg
Drinking Liberally -- Calendar</a>
Lot's going on this summer.

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Thursday, July 08, 2010

[PDI] The Suburbs Count in November Now More Than Ever

November will be won or lost in the suburbs. Let's get READY by hashing out issues that we want on the agenda.
Please attend & forward!
Suburban Progressive Activist Convention
When: Saturday July 17 at 10am- noon
Where: Countryside Unitarian Church
1025 N Smith St.
Palatine, IL 60067-2603
MAP
Over the last two years, the families of Illinois have worked hard to
improve the quality of life for our families.
We improved access to health care for 12.9 million Illinoisans,
including 466,000 people in the 10th Congressional District.
We are close to winning Wall Street reform with strong consumer
protections.
So, what do we do now?
On July 17th from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, leaders throughout Northern Illinois
will come together to determine how we keep moving forward on the
progressive agenda:
- Health Care: Determine what to do to control health care costs and
improve quality. What other improvements should we fight for locally or at
the state level?
- Jobs and the safety net: How do we make sure that unemployment and
COBRA are extended for those in need? How do we increase job creation in
Illinois?
- Fair Elections: How do we improve and pass current legislation designed
to provide public funding for elections?
- Corporate dominance: What role can we play in increasing the role of
the citizenry in democracy? How do we hold corporations like BP and AIG
responsible?
- Immigration: How do we pass real reform?
At this convention, we will break out into discussions on these issues,
determine other critical issues, and train folks on the tools they can use
over the next few months to impact Congress.
You are needed! Bring your opinions, your passion & friends.

Sponsors: Working Families Win, Citizen Action Illinois


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Sunday, July 04, 2010

[PDI] FW: Happy Independence Day, America!

Because I believe its the right sentiment for the day...
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Coffee Party USA <info@coffeepartyusa.org>
Sent: July 04, 2010 12:24 PM
To: aquarianm@gmail.com
Subject: Happy Independence Day, America!

Dear Coffee Partiers,
As we celebrate Independence Day, let's reflect on what makes us UNITED in a meaningful way in these divided times.
This is the Coffee Party vision for uniting America.
Reason and civility in public affairs; A government of public servants accountable to the People; A People committed to the Common Good & Civic Virtue.
This vision may seem too idealistic to some. Too difficult. Naive. Impossible. To us, that's tantamount to saying let's give up on America. And to give up on America is to give up on the most important experiment in modern history: Democracy.
Most of us are aware of the ways in which lobbyists and special interest are corrupting Congress. We often talk about how our politicians are failing us. Or the media. Or the lack of transparency and accountability in government. All these concerns are valid and reform in these areas are critical to improving our democracy. We intend to work hard to address these concerns.
However, we also believe that in an important way we are failing ourselves and our democracy.
Our participation level during elections and in the ongoing democratic process is so low -- especially at the local and state levels -- that our governments become more vulnerable to the influence of organized extremists and big-pocketed special interest.
The extremists and special interest skew the wants and needs of the majority of Americans. In short, they thwart the will of the People.
It's time for the common sense of the majority of Americans to be at the center of our politics.
For the upcoming election, the Coffee Party goal is to increase participation across the board and call on all Americans to participate. We need the majority to make the kind of systemic changes we need to make in our political process.
To get money out of politics, we can't do it as a few individual advocates or even a coalition of many good organizations. We need the will of the People, the majority of Americans.
In general, the Coffee Party mission is to create an informed and involved citizenry. We aspire to create a community of people who care about facts, solutions, the sanctity of our democracy and one another. We continue to cultivate our values -- civility, respect, personal responsibility and compassion -- and integrate them into our actions, the Coffee Party methodology for social change.
I hope that you join us by committing to this project. It's hard work and it will be a long journey. We cannot make these cultural and institutional changes overnight.
The journey begins now.
See you at a local Coffee Party meeting and our National Convention in Louisville, KY September 24-26!
--Annabel, Pam, Eric B, Eric Y, Scott, Chris, Bruce and the Coffee Party National Team
To organize a local event, check out Local Organizers' Toolkit.
Check out our Democracy Toolkit.Come check out our new videos on our YouTube channel.
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