This is a critical week for health care reform on both the national and state level. CCAG needs you to let your elected officials know that you need quality, affordable and accessible health care now! Below is information on two major actions you can participate in this week:Wednesday, June 24 -- March to tell Governor Rell to sign the Sustinet and Health Partnership bills / sendoff rally for Health Care for America Now (HCAN) National Lobby Day
Thursday, June 25 -- Health Care for America Now (HCAN) National Lobby Day -- Washington, D.C. [Reserve a seat on the FREE BUS to D.C.]
Here are the details
On Wednesday, June 24, at 4:30 PM, The Interfaith Fellowship for Universal Health Care will march from the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to the Governor's Mansion at 990 Prospect Avenue in Hartford, arriving at 5:30 PM. We will ask Governor Rell to sign SustiNet into Law, creating a plan for health care for EVERYONE.
In addition to appealing to Connecticut's Governor, participants of the procession are acting in solidarity with the national mobilization of concerned religious leaders and people of faith around health care for all, who are gathering in Washington, D.C. at the same time. They will also be sending their message of health care reform with those of us going to Washington, D.C. There will be van transportation available at the LOB for rides to the Governor's Mansion and back to the LOB. If you plan to march the whole way, please wear comfortable shoes.
The Interfaith Fellowship for Universal Health Care is a multiracial and multicultural group of religious leaders of diverse faith traditions from throughout Connecticut who have come together to fight for quality, affordable health care for EVERYONE.
If you haven't signed up already, please reserve a spot on one of the free buses going to Washington, D.C. for HCAN National Lobby Day on Thursday, June 25!
HCAN Connecticut Co-Chairs Tom Swan (CCAG Executive Director) and John Olsen (CT AFL-CIO President) need you to come to Washington, D.C. to lobby the Connecticut Congressional delegation to pass the HCAN and Obama health care reforms that include a public health insurance option.
Connecticut has led the nation on health care reform by passing the SustiNet and Healthcare Partnership bills in the CT General Assembly, and now we need to take on Washington!
Join HCAN groups including CCAG, CT State AFL-CIO, AFSCME, healthcare4every1, Organizing for CT, Planned Parenthood of CT, SEIU, United Action of CT, and many others to work for quality, affordable and accessible health care for everybody!
So join us on the bus to Washington D.C. It is free of charge, and you can reserve a seat online right here.
There will be pickup points in the Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport and Stamford areas. Buses will leave the Hartford area at 11:50 PM Wednesday, June 24 and will arrive in Washington, D.C. at 8:30 AM. There will be lobbying visits, a rally, and a town hall forum to make your voice heard before we leave for Connecticut at 6 PM. Buses will be back around midnight. To reserve bus space, click here.
For questions or more information, contact me by e-mail info@ccag.net or phone (860) 995-3389. To reserve bus space, click here.
See you in D.C.,
John Murphy
CCAG Political Director
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