[Oe List ...] Fw: [NCDD-UPDATES] Get to know your neighbors and deliberate on the national debt

[Isobel and Jim Bishop]

Dear Colleagues,
What a wonderful opportunity!
Best wishes for the national event, and best thinking and hoping.
In peace,
Isobel. BIshop.
On 22/06/2010, at 11:17 AM, James Wiegel wrote:

> Anyone attending??  facilitating??
>
> Jim
>
> The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it  
> has taken place.  George Bernard Shaw
>
>
> Jim Wiegel
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> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Sandy Heierbacher <sandy at THATAWAY.ORG>
> To: NCDD-UPDATES at LISTS.THATAWAY.ORG
> Sent: Mon, June 21, 2010 5:27:48 PM
> Subject: [NCDD-UPDATES] Get to know your neighbors and deliberate  
> on the national debt
>
> I wanted to remind everyone that on June 26th, thousands of  
> concerned citizens -- including many from NCDD -- are coming  
> together for an unprecedented national conversation on our budget  
> and economy hosted by NCDD organizational member AmericaSpeaks.
>
> Together, we’ll find common ground on the tough choices our nation  
> will have to make in the years ahead in order to ensure that  
> growing debt payments don’t crowd out our national priorities, like  
> education, healthcare, national defense, and transportation  
> infrastructure.  Learn more at http://usabudgetdiscussion.org/
>
> If you're not already signed up (or facilitating!), I encourage you  
> to participate in the event nearest you this Saturday (June 26) -  
> and help spread the word by sharing this message with others in  
> your networks.
>
> Can you participate in a meeting near you on June 26?
> Yes, I can participate »
> (find a meeting near you)
>
> I can't attend, but I will share it on Facebook »
>
>
> The event you attend will link you to thousands of other Americans  
> around the country via satellite video, webcasts, and interactive  
> technologies. Experts will brief us on the basic budget challenges  
> we’re facing, and then we’ll work together to identify shared  
> priorities and discuss options we have to reduce the national debt.  
> Most importantly: the results of all the meetings across the US  
> will be compiled into a report that will be submitted to the White  
> House and Congress later this summer.
> We are working to have this non-partisan citizen discussion reflect  
> the political, socioeconomic, and ethnic diversity of the United  
> States. So, please invite your friends -- and I hope to see you there.
>
> Also- for those interested, the issue guide for Our Budget, Our  
> Economy, titled Federal Budget 101: An Introduction to the Federal  
> Budget and our Fiscal Chalelnges, can now be downloaded from http:// 
> usabudgetdiscussion.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Federal- 
> Budget-101-Final-061110.pdf
>
> Best,
> Sandy
>
> Sandy Heierbacher
> Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)
> email:  sandy at thataway.org
> website:  www.thataway.org
> facebook:  www.facebook.com/heierbacher
> ncdd facebook group:  www.groups.to/ncdd/
>
> --
>
> In case the links above aren't active for you, here they are:
>
> Yes, I can participate »
> http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5874/p/salsa/event/common/ 
> public/search.sjs?distributed_event_KEY=127&p=cp
>
> I can't attend, but I will share it on Facebook »
>
> http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp? 
> key=-1&url_num=6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com% 
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