Dear nancy, Good Afternoon!
Two extra days to do you taxes ... Earth day...Beck in the oval office ...local county Democratic conventions and a wonderful play, documentary screening and volunteer opportunity. !
Busy , busy ...in North Texas.
Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham
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Earth Day Dallas April 21-22 |  EDD is an annual, outdoor festival seeking to elevate environmental awareness and influence the way North Texans think, live and work. The family-friendly and free-admission event allows leaders in the corporate, academic and non-profit worlds to unite and show North Texans how green lifestyle choices can lower their cost of living, improve their health, and help save the environment.
EDD is excited to announce its 2012 Earth Day will take place at Fair Park, in the heart of Dallas, Texas. The event will utilize approximately 600,000 square feet of both indoor and outdoor event space. EDD's footprint will easily accommodate the 600 exhibitors and 75,000 guests anticipated to attend this year's event. The heart of the festival is the Eco Expo, and exhibitors will use their presence to promote their achievements as green leaders, and teach attendees how to take environmentally responsible action by better utilizing available resources, switching to eco-friendly products, or joining their organizations. In addition to the Eco Expo, attendees will have a number of educational entertainment options, which will include: - Green Talk Speaker Series with topics including water, global warming and the future sustainability of North Texas
- Artfully Green Film Series
- Family Zone featuring Radio Disney and hands-on environmental activities
- University Row with over 20 universities and colleges
- Live music at the Band Shell featuring Amos Lee
- Home & Garden Workshop corner demonstrating composting, rainwater harvesting, and green money-saving tips
- Earth Yoga
- Picnic for the Planet: Help break the world's record for the largest, simultaneous global picnic!
- DFW Truck Farm 5K Fun Run
- Live BMX shows
- Dallas Urban Debate Alliance environmental, student debates
- Dance Performances
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Tax Deadline tomorrow !!! |  H&R Block - The Procrastinator's Guide to Filing Taxes
"Our latest infographic has some excellent advice and last minute tax tips." |
Democracy Now | 
We speak with Tom Hayden, principal author of the Port Huron Statement 50 years ago, the founding document of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). The Statement advocated for participatory democracy and helped launch the student movement of the 1960s. The youth-led movement changed the very language of politics, and its impact is still being felt today. Watch/Listen/Read Lawmakers in Connecticut have given final approval to a measure that would repeal the state's death penalty for future convictions. The bill now goes to Gov. Dannel Malloy, who's pledged to sign it into law. Connecticut would become the fifth state in five years to abolish the death penalty and the 17th state overall, moving activists closer to the 26 states needed to bring a challenge to the Supreme Court. We speak with NAACP President Ben Jealous. Watch/Listen/Read |
Join the Democratic Party of Collin County for our County Convention! |  Meet Democratic Candidates Vote on Important Measures
Be Elected as a Delegate to the State Convention! Learn How You Can Be an Election Official! Network with Other Democrats! Celebrate Democratic Values! The 2012 Collin County Democratic Convention is the local party's big event that only happens every two years! The Convention begins at 10:30 a.m., but Convention Registration will be an easy process, and Registration will be open beginning at 8:00 a.m., so please come early! You don't want to miss the beginning! All are welcome to come to the convention and be a part of the excitement! Any Collin County citizen that was registered to vote by March 22, 2012, and signs an oath of affiliation with the Democratic Party will be admitted as a delegate to this convention. (Please note this delegate admission procedure is special for this year's convention only.) http://www.collindems.us/ |
North Texas Food Bank Needs Volunteers |  NTFB www.ntfb.org is experiencing a critical shortage of warehouse volunteers on weekdays. We need your power to encourage the community to help sort and pack food for our various feeding programs.
Please rally Dallas families, friends, neighbors, faith organizations or corporate groups! Please encourage them to visit www.ntfb.org/volunteer to read about our volunteer opportunities and fill out a form to respond to our urgent need!
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North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion |  The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--and Reality
By Chris Mooney List Price:$25.95 Price:$17.13 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. BUY HERE Details Bestselling author Chris Mooney uses cutting-edge research to explain the psychology behind why today's Republicans reject reality-it's just part of who they are. From climate change to evolution, the rejection of mainstream science among Republicans is growing, as is the denial of expert consensus on the economy, American history, foreign policy and much more. Why won't Republicans accept things that most experts agree on? Why are they constantly fighting against the facts? Understanding the Ideological Divide Between Liberals and Conservatives: Is it Possible for Us to Get Along? Journalist Chris Mooney discusses his new book, "The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Reject Science -- and Reality." READ MORE
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North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | 
Stonewall Democrats of Dallas Tuesday, April 17 6:00 pm meet & greet, 6:30 pm meeting begins, Ojeda's Restaurant, 4617 Maple Ave., Dallas Irving Democratic Club Municipal Candidate Forum Local candidates for City Council, School Board, and Community College District are invited to speak for three minutes. An informal reception will follow to allow attendees to ask individual candidates questions. Candidates should feel free to distribute yard signs and campaign literature on tables provided for each campaign. Tuesday, April 17 7 PM in the Senter Park East Building, 228 Chamberlain in Irving Northwest Dallas Democrats Wednesday April 18th 7:30 PM, Taco Cabana, 11824 Webb Chapel Road, Farmers Branch 2012 Rockwall County Democratic Party Convention Our 2012 Democratic Party County Convention will be Saturday, April 21, 2012! When: Saturday, April 21, 2012 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m Location: Maurine Cain Middle School /6620 FM 3097 /Rockwall, TX 75032 (Map) |
| Commentary: Time for Texas to end the death penalty by Bob Ray Sanders The Fort Worth Star-Telegram |  Two events -- one in the Connecticut Senate chamber, the other in a Dallas courtroom -- helped once again to focus attention on two of the nation's most glaring flaws: wrongful convictions and capital punishment.
In Dallas, three more men were exonerated for crimes they did not commit, bringing to 30 the total number of exonerations in Dallas County since 2001. One of the men had been sentenced to 99 years in prison for a 1994 violent purse snatching involving a 79-year-old woman. read on |
Join Dogs against Romney |  The Official Site of Dogs Against Romney founded 2007. Hi, I'm Rusty. Mitt Romney is mean to dogs. Help me get my message out about the Mitt Romney dog on roof story. Putting a dog on the car roof is abuse. Remember Crate-Gate. I ride inside. Mitt is Mean. Contribute to DogPAC.
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Diamond Dick: The Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 |  Black Wall Street is thriving in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921. One fateful day, an African American shoe shiner, Dick Rowland, trips and falls against a white female elevator operator, Sarah Page. Rumors of rape and an arrest ensue. Dick is branded as "Diamond Dick" and the white owned newspaper calls for a lynching.
White mobs are confronted by African American veterans of WW I. Shots are fired. White mobs attack and burn Black Wall Street. Forty eight hours of rampage ensue with aerial attacks and machine guns. The body count is up to 300 dead when the National Guard arrives. African Americans are rounded up into internment camps. The Tulsa Race Riots are buried in history in unmarked graves like many of the victims. http://www.projectxtheatre.com/index.html |
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| Europe's Economic Suicide By PAUL KRUGMAN | 
On Saturday The Times reported on an apparently growing phenomenon in Europe: "suicide by economic crisis," people taking their own lives in despair over unemployment and business failure. It was a heartbreaking story. But I'm sure I wasn't the only reader, especially among economists, wondering if the larger story isn't so much about individuals as about the apparent determination of European leaders to commit economic suicide for the Continent as a whole.
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Dr. Errington Thompson's "Where's the outrage? " blog | 
Dallas native Dr. Errington Thompson, former host on Revolution 880 from Asheville, NC now blogs at erringtonthompsonmd.com
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Bully documentary screening locally | 
Monday Apr 16, 2012
Mockingbird Station
5321 East Mockingbird Lane, Suite 230
DALLAS , TX 75206 * 214-841-4713
Directed by award winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch, BULLY is a beautifully cinematic, vitally important documentary. Bullying has always been a part of the schoolyard experience. But in the last decade, it has reached epidemic proportions, both in quantity and in the quality of violence. The character-driven film follows five kids and families over the course of a school year - including two families who have lost children to suicide and a 14 year old incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus - probing the effects of bullying on students, teachers, predators and those who watch and do nothing.
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Wanna try to get Randi Rhodes on local station ? | She is on mixed stations - let premier know you'd like to have her on in DFW For affiliation information, or to request Randi in your market, contact:
Domestic Affiliate Relations
Myles Peterson
mpeterson@premiereradio.com
(212) 896-5231 phone To call in to Randi Rhodes, dial 866-87-RANDI
E-mail the show at randi@randirhodes.com For more information on how to become an advertiser on Randi Rhodes, please contact sales@premiereradio.com. 
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Sam Seder and voting | 
| Sam Seder vs. Caller on 'Voting Your Conscience' |
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Glenn Beck's Oval Office | 
Glenn Beck has been in Texas only a few months, and he's already talking big. Now, he wants to address America from his own Oval Office
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Starting this Wednesday, Glenn will debut a new GBTV segment focusing on the things President should saying to the American people. Glenn will be delivering the speeches himself and the GBTV team promises that they will be Reagan-esque in tone.
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