Subject: READ THIS (and feel good)
From: Denise Cardinal <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:00:30 -0500 (CDT)

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March, 2011

We all know conservative extremists are attacking us. In the heat of the fight it's hard to look around and see much to celebrate. But the fact is we're holding our own and then some  in many places.
 
In Wisconsin, One Wisconsin Now (OWN, http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=sUpOKTuRdc8768ymydggqw.. , has been at the forefront of the fight and behind the scenes as well. We organize, we coordinate, we disseminate, we curate and we stand proudly behind the scenes or in front of a news camera... we do whatever is needed, in large part to the help of people like you. Thank you.
 
But OWN is just one of many state based organizations in the ProgressNow network forcefully pushing back on egregious attacks from the far right.
 
Please take a moment, read below and take pride in the work we have done over the last month. It is truly remarkable what we have been able to accomplish in this chapter of the battle... and we could not continue doing this without your support.

Best,

Denise Cardinal
Executive Director
ProgressNow and ProgressNow Education
612.269.9276

 

What we did!

Glenn Beck attacked our affiliate in PENNSYLVANIA... Nebraska's
largest, statewide newspaper does a Sunday front-page profile on
Executive Director of BOLD NEBRASKA... The Washington Post included
ProgressNow COLORADO as one of the nation's best state-based political
"Tweeters!"... Progress Florida debated the Koch brothers funded
Americans For Prosperity on statewide public radio in FLORIDA. Read on
for a full list of ProgressNow accomplishments:

ProgressNow Colorado - http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=UIqSpDXcWFWUii3_LfE8DQ..

Last week, solidarity rallies for Wisconsin public sector workers
sprung up all over the nation.  In Colorado, unions and progressive
allies held two rallies, each with an attendance of 1,000 or more.
With very little time to plan, ProgressNow Colorado assisted our
progressive partners mid-week by blasting an email to our network of
over 180,000 people. The event was even mentioned on our favorite news
network-Fox News.

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=MZNo10GLOpiqeHWxdKSlMQ..
http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=COvCrJ7xQBXlIGoV_oYTng..

Progress Florida - http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=mXzF2RZXUBZ8EJbAVwkvZQ..

"This budget is an attack on everyone in this state who uses public
roads, who has a child in public schools, who has a mother or father
or grandfather or grandmother needing senior services."

- Progress Florida's reaction to Gov. Scott's tea party inspired
budget proposal, Capitol News Service (feeding local TV news stations
statewide.)

Immediately after Gov. Rick Scott announced his devastating budget
proposal before an enthusiastic crowd of tea party supporters,
Progress Florida and our partner Florida Watch Action worked to inform
Floridians as to the recklessness of his plan.  In addition to
providing a counterpoint to Gov. Scott in a Capitol News Service story
airing statewide, we were featured on WCTV News Tallahassee pushing
back against Scott's education cuts.
http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=qX3UG_jRTFwUIT-3l38lZw..

Just this week Progress Florida played a crucial role, working with
many partners, to ensure the success of AWAKE THE STATE. Progress
Florida, working in close partnership with many allies, helped ensure
an astounding amount of press coverage and the turnout of 15K+
Floridians at 32 simultaneous rallies in the Sunshine State (the same
day that Gov. Scott gave his State of the State address).

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=tVsdiIVNOQW6dqnDbUHJAg..

ProgressMichigan - http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=jmIvCnSMJvaLMuSw-nNl6g..

Progress Michigan, working with SEIU, NEA, AFT, AFSCME and is
organizing a 10-city media rollout for March 14 punching back on
attacks on working families and public employees. Progress Michigan is
also providing media and online support for SEIU's Fight for A Fair
Economy campaign, which is spearheading the rollout.  Moreover,
Progress Michigan is providing online support and is the fiscal
sponsor of A Better Michigan Future, a 60-organization campaign of
labor and progressive organizations fighting for budget equity.
http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=cOq38AquhkiM5pV4DR7wBw..

A Better Minnesota - http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=rBigGqUtnJk6ixRAS-bXzA..

Alliance for a Better Minnesota is leading  a coalition of our
state's labor groups and elected officials in pushing for progressive
taxation and a solution to Minnesota's budget deficit that
won't hurt working families.

ABM is also at the forefront of the push back on worker's rights
attacks here in Minnesota, through our messaging on cuts to state
employees and our support for Wisconsin/Minnesota solidarity rallies
at the state Capitol.

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=NL0FVrfaYlOWHrmh3ydb_Q..
http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=Y4xXAaQtPCy0xj2vrLlNtg..

ProgressNow Nevada - http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=K9sxXxlzSVoa-GNUfCOXVA..

Our Nevada Values Coalition helped promote attendance and generate
press coverage for a major Stand with Wisconsin rally on Monday, Feb.
21. The noon event drew more than 1,000 people in Las Vegas and about
400 in Carson City at the state capitol. This combined north-south
event was designed to show that workers in Nevada should not be
"bargaining chips" in the state budget and revenue talks.

Currently state employees in Nevada have no collective bargaining
rights. Any reform on their backs would attack their pensions or
ability to attract public sector workers in the future.

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=4gHZ-RdzyVXdG1wKl4HNRg..
http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=S9ULs7_FUtht5oaJpVLXMw..

Granite State Progress - http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=OM0ufYe-AoDLyD1wGkC59w..

Granite State Progress supported two solidarity rallies in New Hampshire by providing photo and video coverage, including on-the-street interviews. The NH AFL-CIO and the labor table are using this footage to create local videos to further build support for workers and worker's issues. Granite State Progress has also focused on capturing video of state representative statements on right to work for less and other key labor issues during the legislative session, for use during the campaign and again during election season.

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=lupiDB6Zj8E99cDi6oZmcw..

ProgressOhio - http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=0jsLE9N4A3IOXMEgSTov4Q..

ProgressOhio engaged deeply in the Vote No on SB 5 collective
bargaining attacks including work with the coalition and the creation
of SB5Ohio.com. We hosted the Rev. Jesse Jackson in organizing Ohio's
religious community into the labor fight.
http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=N7PFB9P2q5KLzPty8Dhr4Q..

ProgressOhio was the plaintiff in suing the State of Ohio to keep the
Statehouse doors open after labor members were locked out.
ProgressOhio participated in a number of earned media, social media
and organizing events and produced a sizeable number of non-labor
members to state actions. The ProgressOhio Youtube channel was No.1
among YouTube non-profits for a number of days during the labor
debate.

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=YcfHmbYQt4fodSET8eeQFg..
http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=q0b4f4RZKpnVOX73WJm1rQ..

Keystone Progress - http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=tAZfKwj2QQjPa1Vt3cpCoQ..

Keystone Progress took the lead in organizing "Save the American
Dream" rallies in Pennsylvania.  We had over 1,000 people at our
Harrisburg rally, with close to 1,000 in Philadelphia.  We got
dozens of new stories across the state on TV, radio and print. 
Glenn Beck even picked up on our efforts, calling Keystone Progress
"Communist," because of our ties to labor unions.)

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=BK7qQ-h67-JmTNVzICi-QQ..
http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=FNujkj9kIgUY6PVH6AB_PQ..

Fuse Washington - http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=k19qU5vhLmBg1whfDImrOA..

Fuse led the effort to organize more than 2,500 people gathered on the
capitol lawn in Olympia in support of union workers in WA, WI and
across the nation.

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=JUxoBgLx0gXDMIWaLqwzXw..

Fuse also leads a very strong in-state coalition that is empowering
progressive legislators and battling conservative extremists in the
heated WA budget debate.

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=AAOyExR-LjNqeip2T6goVQ..

One Wisconsin Now - http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=6sStjetNcEnEGbcamflazQ..

Obviously Wisconsin is on the frontline of the Extremist Conservative
assault on the working class. OWN has been at the center since day
one, both publicly and privately, of this epic battle. We continue to
organize crowds at the Capitol in WI and statewide. Scot Ross, ED of
OWN, is also during press work left and right. Check out OWN's almost 17,000 press and new media hits in the last 30 days (not including our surrogate work)...
most done from inside the WI Capitol itself!

http://progressnow.pnstate.org/site/R?i=RMXMU-WeiEAZaOmcVXk5iA..

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