Dear nancy, Good Afternoon! Whew ... and we're back! There is SO much going on ! You are invited to a wonderful LGBT & Faith program in Denton this weekend, you can have supper and learn about Civil Rights on Thursday, protest torture with CodePink and local other local peace groups this Friday and get ready for Inauguration events! Please get involved ! Make sure you forward this newsletter to another Democrat or Progressive you know and recommend that they subscribe, put me on your group's mailing list so I can help you promote your events, follow @NTXProgressive on Twitter and bookmark our link to use for everything you buy from Amazon.
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Faith & LGBT Equality: A forum hosted by PFLAG Denton - Sunday, January 13, 2013, 3:00 pm | 
Faith & LGBT Equality: A forum hosted by PFLAG Denton - Sunday, January 13, 2013, 3:00 pm
Featuring religious leaders from diverse perspectives
This event is free and open to the public
Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis, of congregation Kol Ami in Flower Mound and Adjunct Professor n the Jewish Studies program, University of North Texas
Mike Ghouse, Muslim and President of the Foundation for Pluralism, Founder of America Together Foundation and speaker and writer on intercultural issues.
Rev. Jeff Hood, Progressive Baptist minister and peace activist who works as a chaplain at John
Peter Smith Hospital and as moderator of the Denton Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Rev. Peter Johnson, Long time civil rights activist and assistant to Dr. King during civil rights campaigns
Scottie McIntyre Johnson, Ministerial Intern at Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Held at: Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1111 Cordell (at Fulton), Denton, TX 76201
This event is listed on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/583125501714623/
If you can help promote this great event print off some of these flyers and distribute |
ZERO TOLERANCE FOR TORTURE! Dallas Joins National Day of Action Against Guantanamo! Friday, January 11, 2013 | Friday, January 11, 20133:00pm until 6:00pm in CST Meet at Mockingbird Station, NE quadrant of Central Expy & E. Mockingbird Lane Make a New Year's resolution and join us on the 11th anniversary of Guantanamo prison to call on President Obama to keep his promise to shut it down, and to call for all branches of the U.S. government to uphold human rights. On January 11 at 3:00 p.m., Dallas activists will hold a press conference at Mockingbird Station to discuss torture, Guantanamo, the NDAA, and unlawful killings. The press conference will also address the controversial new film about torture and the killing of Osama Bin Laden, "Zero Dark Thirty," which will be released nation-wide on January 11. Speakers will include Texas State Representative Lon Burnam. Join the Facebook events page to get the latest details! Following the press conference, "prisoners" dressed in orange jumpsuits will ride the DART rail to various sites to remind Dallasites that they are still there and that torture and indefinite detention are illegal and unconscionable. https://www.facebook.com/events/507126522640779/ |
Inauguration Events ! | 
Collin County All North Texas Friends are Welcome to Join the Democratic Party of Collin County As We Celebrate the 2nd Inauguration of President Barack Obama at our DPCC Presidential Inauguration Party Reflecting the Official 2013 Inaugural Theme "Faith In America's Future" Catered Dinner with 3 Different Buffet Lines of Distinct Cuisines Plus Variety of Hor D'Oeuvres and Food Stations & Cash Bar (Each Person's Reservation Includes 2 Drink Tickets) - Live Music and Dancing
- Big Screen Video Feeds from the Inaugural Balls in Washington!
- Portrait Photographer to Memorialize Your Attendance!
- Silent Auction!
- Black Tie Optional
- (Business, Cocktail, or Evening Wear Appropriate - Semi-Formal)
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Regular Dinner Reservations - Early Bird Pricing $95 Each Thru Jan. 10th Sustaining Member Reservations Early Bird Pricing $85 Each Thru Jan. 10th (Register here) Premium Event Sponsorships Also Available (Details on Registration Page) Volunteers Needed & Welcome (Please email volunteer@collindems.us to volunteer) Proceeds From This Event Will Fund Local Efforts to Support President Obama's Agenda In Washington & Advocate for Democratic Values Right Here in Texas! Where: Plano Centre 2000 E. Spring Creek Pkwy Plano, TX 75074 When: Monday, January 21, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM CDT |
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Launches 'Demand a Plan' Campaign- have you contacted your mayor yet ? | 
The social advocacy organization Mayors Against Illegal Guns, co-chaired by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Meninio, has launched a new PR campaign via social media in an effort to push American politicians to pass gun control legislation. The group also released a petition this week urging Americans to "join more than 750 mayors and 750,000 grassroots supporters to demand that President Obama and Congress step forward with a plan to end gun violence" on a national level. The three main objectives of the Demand a Plan campaign are: - Require a criminal background check for every gun sold in America
- Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines
- Make gun trafficking a federal crime, including real penalties for "straw purchasers"
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More news: Dallas church organizing another gun buy back program http://t.co/W2H7SM46 |
Democracy Now | 
We look at the newly sworn-in 113th Congress with The Nation magazine's political writer, John Nichols. The House now has 81 women, 61 of them Democrats, while the new Senate includes 20 women. There will be 44 African Americans in the House and one in the Senate. The Congress also includes nine new Latino members, making it the largest Latino class in history with 28 House seats and three Senate seats, two of whom are Republican. The new Congress also includes the first openly gay senator, Democrat Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and the first open bisexual representative, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, as well as more religious diversity with two two Buddhists, a Hindu and several Muslims. For the first time, white men will be a minority among House Democrats. Watch/Listen/Read We host a conversation about how to confront global warming with 350.org founder Bill McKibben and journalist Christian Parenti. Some have called 2013 "year zero" in the battle over climate change. This comes as 2012 was a year of extreme weather, from the melting of the Arctic to Superstorm Sandy, to the massive typhoon in the Philippines. It was also the warmest year on record in the United States, with massive droughts and frequent wildfires. In the U.S. presidential debates, neither of the major-party candidates took on climate change. But right after the election, McKibben and 350.org hit the road to begin a campaign focused on confronting the role of the fossil fuel industry -- what McKibben calls "Public Enemy Number One to the survival of our planetary civilization." The tour has since ended, but the fossil fuel divestment campaign it launched is growing. Many environmentalists welcome the fossil fuel divestment campaign as the new frontier in their activism, but some have raised questions about the effectiveness of a widespread fossil fuels divestment campaign, including Parenti, who wrote the recent article, "Problems With the Math: Is 350's Carbon Divestment Campaign Complete?" Watch/Listen/Read |
SUPPER & CIVIL RIGHTS! in Dallas Jan 10th | 
An evening of sharing good food and food for thought! Thursday, January 10, 2013 First United Lutheran Church /6202 E. Mockingbird Lane /Dallas, TX 75214 6:30 reception; 7:00 supper & program Limited seating. RSVP to jharris866@aol.com by Wed, Jan 9 to reserve a seat or sign up at http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/571697329510626/ . Dinner is in the Fellowship Hall building, behind the church. The Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Dallas and coalition partners are planning a civil rights gathering for the evening of January 10, 2013 to bring together a broad coalition with a diversity of groups and individuals in a relaxed social setting to teach and learn about civil liberties issues from their respective views. Over a buffet supper, speakers from different groups will share their insight on how they and their groups are impacted by current civil rights issues, followed by Q & A and general discussion. The evening will encompass a veritable smorgasbord of issues. Speakers full list at Facebook link Coalition partners include BORDC Dallas, the Dallas Peace Center, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Code Pink Greater Dallas, Pax Christi Dallas, Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA), Texas Jail Project, Occupy Dallas, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, North Texas Jobs With Justice, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Downwinders At Risk, Dallas Residents At Risk, Dallas MoveOn, and North Texas Veterans for Peace. *This gathering is part of a two-day civil rights event. Following "Supper & Civil Rights" on Thursday, January 10, all are invited to join us for "Zero Tolerance for Torture," a press conference and direct action against torture, indefinite detention, and unlawful killings, on January 11th - the 11th anniversary of the opening of Gitmo. Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/507126522640779/ |
Will Texas lawmakers allow guns in elementary schools? | 
FORT WORTH, Texas - Armed police officers aren't an unusual sight in North Texas secondary schools. The Dallas school district has its own police force, as does at least one Tarrant County district, Mansfield. Read more here |
Central Texas officials to vote on banning gun shows | 
Gun shows could soon be banned in the last place one might expect: Deep in the heart of Texas. Officials in Austin, Texas and the surrounding Travis County are set to vote this week on measures that would prohibit gun shows on public and private property. The county is expected to vote on Tuesday, according to The Austin American Statesman. City officials are expected to follow suit shortly thereafter.
 Raw Story (http://s.tt/1y3CQ)
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North Texas Progressive Calendar | 
Tuesday, January 8: - Dallas County Young Democrats (6:30 PM, Zubar, 2012 Greenville Ave, Dallas)
- Irving Democrats / Social Meeting (6:30 PM, Midori Japanese Restaurant, 4020 N. MacArthur Blvd. #114 Irving)
- PVL - A New Era (6:30 PM, 5150 Mark Trail, Dallas )
- Dallas Drinking Liberally (7 PM, Libertine Bar at 2101 Greenville Ave, Dallas)
Thursday, January 10: - Denton Democrats Public Executive Committee Meeting Thursday, January 10 7:00 p.m. Landmark Grille /1297 FM 407 /LewisvilleJoin us as we begin planning our strategy for the 2014 election.Come before 6:30 if you plan to order dinner. We hope you can join us!
· Colleyville, Grapevine, and Southlake January 10, 6:30 to 8 PM @ Mimi's Cafe 1449 Texas 114 Grapevine, TX 76051 You'll find Mimi's in the parking lot of the Target at 114 & 26 in Grapevine. We'll meet in the banquet room -- just ask the hostess for CGS Democrats |
| Sierrra Club -Dallas | 
General Meeting Program - January 8 7:00 pm - Refreshments at 6:30 Join us for our first General Meeting of the new year. We are starting 2013 with two great programs you won't want to miss. Shark Fin Trade Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge Everyone is welcome. You don't have to be a Sierra Club member. Just show up. We'd love to meet you. Our General Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. but come at 6:30 for snacks, information and fellowship. Our meeting takes place at REI, 4515 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, Dallas, TX 75244. Click over to our General Meeting page of our website for more information and a map. |
The SPARK Saturday, January 26, 10am-3pm The Hockaday School | 
[Hosted by the Texas PEACE Project (a program of the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault) and the Dallas Chapter of the Texas PEACE Project] Join us for an action-packed day full of thought provoking exercises and honest discussion for youth and their adult allies interested in creating social change. SPARK sessions are designed to get students interested in and connected with their local chapter of the Texas PEACE Project. The Dallas Chapter of the Texas PEACE Project (a program of Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center) is an exciting new program for Dallas youth grades 9-12 who are interested in working to end oppression in their communities and beyond. In this youth 'owned and operated' program, students explore issues relating to prejudice, privilege and power and learn about how to create lasting, sustainable, social change in their communities. Topics such as sexism, racism, homophobia and adultism are considered through activities like group discussion, slam poetry, video production, creative writing, and teaching other youth. Be inspired by other youth activists. Stand up to injustice. Be a part of the movement to end violence. Registration is FREE and required, and includes lunch: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW! |
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| The Big Fail By PAUL KRUGMAN | 
It's that time again: the annual meeting of the American Economic Association and affiliates, a sort of medieval fair that serves as a marketplace for bodies (newly minted Ph.D.'s in search of jobs), books and ideas. And this year, as in past meetings, there is one theme dominating discussion: the ongoing economic crisis. This isn't how things were supposed to be. If you had polled the economists attending this meeting three years ago, most of them would surely have predicted that by now we'd be talking about how the great slump ended, not why it still continues.
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Promised Land comes to Texas Film pits fracking versus Smalltown, USA | The much-awaited Matt Damon film, "Promised Land," opens across Texas today. It tells the story of a small town which is caught up in the economic frenzy and environmental storm that is hydraulic fracturing. Supporters of the Texas Drought Project are organizing groups to attend screenings--because this is a must-see for Texans! Hydraulic fracturing in Texas permanently removed at least 25 billion gallons of water from the hydrological cycle in 2011 alone. We say "at least" because industry figures are used to calculate these numbers--we don't have enough documenting of water use in Texas to know how much they've left out. Every day, another individual contacts this organization, or Texas Oil and Gas Accountability Project, or a group like the Sierra Club, to ask what can be done to help them with gas flaring, or water contamination, or family illness--all due to fracking. This film makes clear that the media hype about this new "gold rush" is only one side of the story. If the film sparks questions in your mind, or prompts water-cooler conversation at your office, remember, you can host a coffee/tea at your home, or a discussion at your place of worship or civic group--or have the movie "Gasland" shown at any of those--simply by contacting Alyssa Burgin at alyssa@texasdroughtproject.org. We'll come prepared with handouts showing data on health effects, agricultural consequences and water shortages and contamination. We hope your interest will be piqued by this film. The movie is open now on the screens listed below. Dallas--Angelika, AMC Northpark 15, Amstar 14, AMC Valley View, Cinemark 17, Studio Movie Grill, AMC Mesquite,Cinemark Lancaster-Desoto, Hollywood-McArthur, Cinemark Grand Prairie, Cinemark Cedar Hill, AMC Firewheel, Cinemark Vista Ridge, Angelika Plano, AMC Grapevine Mills, Cinemark Legacy 
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Progressive Victories You May Have Missed in 2012 | These victories came in campaigns that had no candidates - no Democrats, Republicans or other party designations. read on
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Volunteer- Fort Worth Food Bank | 2nd Tuesday 6:00 PM Tarrant Area Food Bank 2600 Cullen Street, Fort Worth , TX Ask for the Meetup group! Please join us to help sort and pack food into storage boxes for TAFB from 6:00pm to about 7:30pm. This is NOT an event where you can donate food, we're just donating our time! Food sorting activities vary based on need! Random Acts of Kindness Volunteer Network sign up http://www.meetup.com/randomacts/
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There Will Be Tar Sand | 
Tarry Canadian bitumen is barreling its way to Texas via the Keystone XL pipeline. Will it bring energy independence or environmental calamity?One after the other, Cherokee County Sheriff's deputies wearing straw cowboy hats dragged bearded, zip-cuffed young men toward a waiting van. Strands of snot and spit set flowing by doses of pepper spray dangled from their bowed heads. A company man wearing a hardhat trailed them, recording a video of the arrests, for liability reasons. read on Dallas Observer
follow up article Protesters Are in the East Texas Trees Again to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline read on
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