Sunday, April 18, 2010
4:00-5:30 pm
SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center, Room 100
Map (Select “Lecture Center”)
Free to the public; donations accepted at the door
A forum to educate and mobilize citizens to counter the recent Supreme Court decision (Citizens United v FEC) that overturned a century of law and which now allows unlimited corporate contributions towards influencing our elections. President Obama said, “This ruling strikes at our democracy itself” and called it a victory for special interests at the expense of the people. 
The Honorable Maurice Hinchey will give the keynote. His talk will focus on the need for publicly financed elections to restore voters as the center of the electoral process.
Our panel of experts will include:
• Margery F. Baker, Vice President of People for the American Way
• John Bonifaz, Director of Free Speech for People and Legal Director of Voter Action (Free Speech for People is a consortium of public service organizations including Public Citizen, Center for Corporate Policy, Voter Action, and more)
• Joan D Mandle, PhD, Executive Director of Democracy Matters
Be on the ground floor of a grassroots movement to fight this Supreme Court ruling. This appears to be the first forum of its kind in the country. Leave with action steps, resources, connections and new hope!
Doris Haddock (”Granny D”), at age 89, walked 3,200 miles across the U.S. to raise awareness on the importance of campaign finance reform. She died on March 9, 2010, at the age of 100. This forum is dedicated to her memory.
Please sign up:
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Sponsored by the Hudson Valley Progressive Coalition, Ulster County MoveOn Council, SUNY New Paltz, Democracy Matters, and the Ulster County Democratic Committee.
For more information, please contact: anahatasun@aol.com