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Announcement :: Organizing : Politics |
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Mike Lux: Lessons from History from the Obama Years |
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by Sarah Schwartz Sax
Email: jamaicaplainforumsarah (nospam) gmail.com (unverified!) |
10 Mar 2009
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Presented by The Jamaica Plain Forum
Friday, March 13th
7:00pm, FREE
First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU
6 Eliot St. (across from the Monument)
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Barack Obama, a liberal-leaning centrist Democrat was elected with the energetic support of progressive activists. Post-election enthusiasm remains high amongst progressives who believe that President Obama may be in a position to redefine the political center in just the way that Franklin Roosevelt did.
Mike Lux, author of the new book “The Progressive Revolution” offers a history and road map for progressives to support a new “Big Change Moment” in our nations’ history. Comparable “Big Change Moments” include the ending of slavery, giving women the right to vote, painstaking enactment of civil rights laws, the adoption of Social Security, and strengthening the middle class. Lux argues that we are on the cusp of a new Big Change Moment, and we need to know our history to fully embrace the upcoming change.
Mike will share examples of American history that lend lessons to current progressive policies, and how they may be channeled to solve the critical problems facing America today.
Mike Lux’s new book, “The Progressive Revolution” will be available for purchase.
About Mike Lux
Michael Lux is the President and CEO of Progressive Strategies, a political consulting firm, focused on strategic political consulting for non-profits, labor unions, PACs and progressive donors. He has worked with groups such as Political Action at People For the American Way (PFAW), Americans United for Change, Center for Progressive Leadership, Grassroots Democrats, Progressive Majority, Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, and Women’s Voices/Women Vote, Center for American Progress, and Air America.
In November of 2008, Mike was named to the Obama-Biden Transition Team. In that role, he served as an advisor to the Office of Public Liaison on relationship with the progressive community and has helped shape the Office of Public Liaison based on his past experience working on the Clinton-Gore Transition, as well as in the White House.
Many thanks to our Cosponosors for this event: United for a Fair Economy, and The Progressive Project |
See also:
http://www.jamaicaplainforum.org
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