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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Congressman Keith Ellison is a northern beacon in the Progressive Movement for justice on all levels

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison is a hero in the progressive movement for social justice, education parity, environmental protection, labor unions and so much more.

Thank you Congressman Ellison from the Progressive Democrats of Georgia - a major part of the Progressive Southern Strategy of the Progressive Democrats of America!

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Photo from the 4-22-13 Congressional Art Competition

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Columbia Grads Support Robin Hood Tax

A great protest about unfair student college loan debt - and for the Robin Hood Tax - strongly supported by the Progressive Democrats of America.

We should be proud of these students for saying its unfair to give big banks a break - yet burden our students with outrageous debt just because they went to college.

America needs to repair its priorities if we are to succeed in this millennium.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

SAN BERNARDINO: Rosa Parks breakfast, fundraiser planned

SAN BERNARDINO: Rosa Parks breakfast, fundraiser planned

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Michigan Hunter Indicts National Rifle Association (NRA) plus GOP and Other Lawmakers on Felony Charges of Mass Murder, Bribery, and Racketeering/Conspiracy (RICO Act)


*A message and indictment of the NRA from Greg J. Peterson of Marquette, Michigan, deer hunter, news reporter and a close friend of the creator of this blog- the Rev. Terence A. Dicks of Augusta, Georgia 

I am an avid hunter - and on behalf of the United States of America and its children: 

I indict and make a citizen's arrest of the NRA (as a group and its board of directors and executives) plus U.S. lawmakers represented by Republican Party (GOP) and other U.S. elected officials who are involved in an ongoing crime spree involving the mass murder of children and adults, a mob-like conspiracy, bribery and corruption in public office: 

Count 1: 

I accuse and indict the National Rifle Association (NRA) of insidious complicity in mass murder due to its conspiracy of lies. 

Count 2: 

I indict lawmakers on bribery charges from being influence by the huge pocketbooks of the gun lobby instead of being influence by the blood of children. These lawmakers should go to prison or be sentenced to spend a night in the poor neighborhoods where tragically violence occurs every minute. 

Count 3:

I indict the NRA and GOP and other lawmakers on felony racketeering and conspiracy charges - specifically the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO Act).

Counts 4 thru 1,004:

I indict the NRA and U.S. GOP lawmakers (and other unnamed elected-officials) who support NRA lies and/or received money from gun-related groups) on 1,000 Counts of conspiracy to commit murder.

 I demand that federal and state prosecutors immediately arrest the leaders of these groups and lawmakers due to their ongoing crime spree - as they did in the case of the Illinois Governor. 

The annual deaths of dozens of inner city children by assault weapons is not enough to touch the hearts of the lawmakers who oppose weapon reform. 

Due to greed - the NRA continues to deny the impact of these weapons and large clips in all violence including the recent slaughter of young children at a school in Connecticut and other mass shootings. 

Whether it be assault weapons, large clips or the ease of access to handguns and ammo, the NRA denial of their culpability in this bloodshed is motivated by large contributions by those who represent gun companies - some secretly - and those who claim to be true sportsman. 

Like lambs to a slaughter, America's children are being gunned-down with ease because the NRA has touted its biggest lie - that a ban on assault weapons and large clips will lead to an end to hunting via the collection of normal game-hunting guns used by decent, fair and reasonable hunters. 

A real hunter doesn't need a semi-auto with large clips - as 3 to 5 bullets are enough bullets or shells in a fair hunt.

If you can't hit the prey like deer with your first 3 rounds - you'd better practice your aim. 

If reloading is too much - you are just lazy. Automatic and semi-automatic weapons are for "spray and pray" - not true elegant target practice. Reloading after 3 bullets for these purposes is easy enough to "practice" your aim. 

What's more gun enthusiasts know this - tho many tout the disingenuous and vile arguments of the NRA that are aimed at protecting those who sell these guns rather than America's children - and for that matter all people. 

One of the dumbest arguments I have recently heard is that we need these weapons in order to overthrow the government.

This is not the 1700s.

I strongly oppose assault weapons and big clips plus easy access to handguns. 

Anyone who uses the old greedy and slimy NRA argument that gun laws will eventually result in the taking away of "REAL" hunting weapons is regurgitating rhetoric without thinking for themselves. 

Now don't be fooled - these guns laws are needed but do not expect overnight miracles - because as like all major issues the road to solutions have many chambers. 

A ban on assault weapons and big clips will not instantly stop school and other mass shootings - this make take decades - but its one helluva good start. 

We must pass new gun restrictions. 

Like a path in a dense forest, we've taken a long walk to arrive at a society with little compassion - and/or being people of goodwill who have become so busy trying to survive that they have little time for others including children. Even parents who adore their children come home exhausted due to expectations of a bankrupt society where employers expect unreasonable outcomes even by the hardest working and dedicate employees.

It is sick and sad that it took a mass shooting at a mostly white school - for people to cry and care. I hope they realize inner city kids of that age get shot every day.

We need to approach the problem from many trajectories - like parents restricting violent video games that simulate mass shootings - and taking the stigma away from asking for mental health treatment or any kind of emotional help.

Despite and because of electronic era, we do not communicate with each other in meaningful and one-on-one ways.

This lack of interpersonal communication festers when you add in factors like parents with longer hours, lower pay and being required to do the jobs of 3 people.

Nearly everyone needs some kind of loving and emotional help in today's whether it be from friends, family or professionals. The reasons that any kind of new gun laws will not end hunting and target practice are many - and possibly the biggest is not unlike the NRA's top motivation for aiding and abetting mass murder - and that is money - green - $$$$$$. 

We all know, that all 50 states and the feds make lots of money from hunting licenses and other fees to stop hunting by passing legislation or collect real hunting weapons. Government depends on this economical boost to their respective and collective treasuries and everything related to tourism. Gun makers have to get over it - be part of the solution and quitting hiring the NRA to be your vicious hunting dog. The NRA rhetoric often falls on the ears of people who don't think for themselves or are too afraid to stand up to other hunters who regurgitate the false blather. 

I have not missed opening day of firearms deer season - and as long as my health stands I never will. 

If the deaths of inner city kids happen in America's white suburbs - I would not have to write this - because lawmakers would have already banned assault weapons and restricted the number of projectiles allowed at any one time in any gun.

Children's Defense Fund - Protect Children Not Guns 2010 Report 

Speak up now - because: 

"In the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

See related links below:

 
Inner City Gun Violence – Black/Minority Children Should Matter:

http://0-ireport.cnn.com.library.ccbcmd.edu/docs/DOC-903113 

http://www.theskanner.com/article/Young-Black-Males-The-Forgotten-Victims-Of-Gun-Violence-2012-12-26 

Victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre


http://photos.denverpost.com/2012/12/15/connecticut-shooting-victims 

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/12/16/remembering-the-victims-of-the-sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting

Victims of Colorado Theatre Massacre 

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/07/us/interactive.colorado.victims/?iid=article_sidebar 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting 

Victims of Columbine High School Massacre

 http://acolumbinesite.com/victim/memoriam.html 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre 

Gun Violence: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States 

https://alittleknowledgeisadangerousthing.wordpress.com 

https://alittleknowledgeisadangerousthing.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/gun-control-facts-nra-lies-hysteria-by-mrs-facts 

Just Plain Sick: 
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/05/creepy-fox-news-host-giggles-during-talk-about-shooting-deaths-of-inner-city-teens  

Don’t Let The NRA Hold This Country Hostage Over Gun Control: 
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/dont-let-nra-hold-country-hostage-gun-control/LrncYgsT  

Gun photo credits: 
AK47 Olive-Drab Military Photo by Olive-Drab via Wikipedia

Smith and Wesson Model 60 .38 Special revolver with a 3-inch barre photo by Wikipedia username Dori

ATF inspector at a federally licensed gun dealer in ATF photo via Wikipedia


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Saturday, December 22, 2012

2013 MLK Celebration Augusta, GA: Civil Rights Icon Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery is the Keynote Speaker for the 2013 Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration sponsored by the Progressive Religious Coalition of Augusta

Civil Rights Icon Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery is the Keynote Speaker for the 2013 Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration in Augusta, GA sponsored by the Progressive Religious Coalition of Augusta

"Why Dr. King Still Matters"

The 2013 annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration in Augusta, GA will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 (Music begins at 6:45 PM) at the First Baptist Church of Augusta, GA (3500 Walton Way).

"Keeping the Dream Alive"
 
The 2013 Keynote Speaker is Georgia civil rights legend Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, the 91-year-old human rights legend is affectionately Known as “The Dean of the Civil Rights Movement.”

Among many honors and duties, Dr. Lowery is Chair Emeritus of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Convener & Founder of the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Join the CSRA interfaith community for music and for words of hope and challenge (A reception follows).

The annual MLK observance is an Interfaith Service offered by the Progressive Religious Coalition of Augusta



Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery:

The Joseph E. Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights at Clark Atlanta University
http://www.loweryinstitute.org

The Joseph E. Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights at Clark Atlanta University
P.O. Box 92801
Atlanta, GA
30314

www.loweryinstitute.org
1-404-524-8406 (Office)
1-404-524-8408 (fax)
mwomack@loweryinstitute.org

Mission To Malawi: A Teen-To-Teen Aids Education Program
http://www.loweryinstitute.org/malawi.html

Lowery Mentoring Initiative: Becoming Agents of Change Program Overview
http://www.loweryinstitute.org/mentoring.html

Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, SCLC president (1977-1997)

SCLC on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference

SCLC on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southern-Christian-Leadership-Conference/108029119218154

Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lowery

Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery: The Fight for Racial Equality
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/01/prweb4966344.htm

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC):
http://www.sclcnational.org

Dr. Joseph Lowery delivers Inauguration Benediction for Barack Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pEH37JIgBU

Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery at Coretta Scott King Funeral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3j9ltp1qM8

Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery at Rosa Parks Funeral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yBwjrUhmdI

Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery Lithonia, GA Feb. 2006 includes Coretta Scott King Funeral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAPazgULt-k

A Delta Salute To The “Dean of the Civil Rights Movement” Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery: A Human Rights Icon
http://blog.delta.com/2010/06/10/a-delta-salute-to-the-%E2%80%98dean-of-the-civil-rights-movement%E2%80%99-dr-joseph-lowery-a-human-rights-icon
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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Anibal Show: Fight for Augustans Isn't Over

Anibal Show: Fight for Augustans Isn't Over

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

PDA Voter Suppression Shows: Guests include Myrna Pérez/Brennan Center for Justice; Edgardo Cortés/Advancement Project; Kemba Smith and Linwood Christian/Both are Felon Voting Rights Restoration Activists; Sara Mullen/ACLU of Pennsylvania and Chris Fields/Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights on “OneNation” with hosts Andrea Miller and Rev. Terence Dicks


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http://vimeo.com/terencedicks/onenationvotersuppressionshow1 

PDA Voter Suppression Show #2: Restoring Democracy - Voting After a Criminal Conviction with Andrea Miller and Rev. Terence Dicks
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012
Time: 1pm EST
Call In: (347) 202-0385

Voting is both a fundamental right and a civic duty.

However there remains one significant blanket barrier to the franchise: 5.85 million American citizens are not allowed to vote because of a criminal conviction.

As many as 4.4 million of these people live, work, and raise families in our communities, but because of a conviction in their past they are still denied the right to vote.

Felony disenfranchisement laws in the United States are deeply rooted in the troubled history of American race relations, and the disproportionate racial impact of these laws continues to this day. 

Nationwide, 13% of African-American men have lost the right to vote, a rate that is seven times the national average.
Given current rates of incarceration, three in ten of the next generation of African-American men across the country can expect to lose the right to vote at some point in their lifetime - Brennan Center for Justice
Show: Restoring Democracy - Voting After a Criminal Conviction with Andrea Miller and Rev. Terence Dicks
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012
Time: 1pm EST
Call In: (347) 202-0385

Our guests work to assist people with convictions in their past to regain their citizenship through restoration of their voting rights:

Myrna Pérez - Brennan Center for Justice Senior Counsel, Democracy Program

Ms. Pérez works on a variety of voting rights related issues, including redistricting, voter registration list maintenance, and access to the ballot box.

Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Pérez was the Civil Rights Fellow at Relman & Dane, a civil rights law firm in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Pérez graduated from Columbia Law School in 2003, where she was a Lowenstein Public Interest Fellow.

Following law school, Ms. Pérez clerked for the Honorable Anita B. Brody of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and for the Honorable Julio M. Fuentes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

 Ms. Pérez earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Yale University in 1996.

She obtained a masters degree in public policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 1998, where she was the recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Public Service.

Prior to law school, she was a Presidential Management Fellow, serving as a policy analyst for the United States Government Accounting Office where she covered a range of issues including housing and health care.

Kemba Smith – Kemba Smith Foundation/Voting Rights Advocate

In Oct. 2012, Kemba Smith got her voting rights restored after a long struggle. She is a national motivational speaker, author, and criminal justice advocate. She was sentenced to 24.5 years in prison for conspiracy to participate in her boyfriend's drug activities.

At the age of 24, Kemba Smith paid the price for loyalty, dearly.

 In 1994, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine for her boyfriend's drug activities, Kemba, 7 months pregnant at the time, was sentenced to 24.5 years in prison with no possibility of parole.

Although Kemba had no prior criminal record, mandatory minimum sentencing laws have made her and an increasing number of women casualties of excessive punishments that do not fit their crimes.

 Kemba, raised in a protective, middle-class community near Richmond, Virginia, had spent the previous four years in an abusive relationship with Peter Hall.

In 1989, Kemba had met Hall as a 19-year-old sophomore at Hampton University.

He was eight years her senior and unbeknown to Kemba, the leader in a $4 million crack cocaine ring and one of the FBI 15 Most Wanted.

Their relationship was a tumultuous one. Kemba would end up making several unsuccessful attempts to leave Hall who abused her physically and emotionally.

When Hall was discovered murdered, the government held Kemba accountable for the total amount of the drugs in his drug conspiracy charge.


Edgardo Cortés - Advancement Project

Edgardo Cortés serves as the Director of the Virginia Voting Rights Restoration Campaign for Advancement Project.

He has worked in elections for more than 10 years, with experience in all facets of the electoral process including campaigns, non-partisan voter registration, federal election policy, and local and state election administration.

Prior to joining Advancement Project, he worked for the Virginia State Board of Elections where he was responsible for updating the state’s Help America Vote Act state plan and Voting System Certification program.

He has previously served as General Registrar for Fairfax County, Virginia, responsible for administering elections in the largest county in Virginia.

Edgardo also worked for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), serving as the Grants Director and as Deputy Director for Policy.

He was responsible for all federal policy related to the National Voter Registration Act and spearheaded the creation of the EAC’s Language Accessibility Program.

Edgardo has managed national non-partisan voter registration drives and Congressional field campaigns.

Edgardo holds a Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a Masters degree in political management from the George Washington University.

He lives in Springfield, Virginia with his wife and son.  

Linwood Christian - Restoration Activist

Like thousands of African-American men, Linwood had a previous drug conviction. When he applied to have his rights restored in Virginia, he was denied because of moving violations.

After waiting two years, he again applied only to be told by the Commonwealth to "write an essay and describe his church activities.”

Linwood joined other PDA activists in Washington, DC where we hand-delivered a copy of the "church activities" letter to every Virginia Congress member.

A few days later Virginia announced a new and improved streamlined procedure for restoration of voting rights.

Linwood has regained his voting rights and continues to help other community members restore their voting rights.

PDA is supported solely by our members; please consider donating to PDA so that we can continue to provide this type of programming.

If you missed our last show, Voter Suppression - What's Happening In Your State and What You Can Do About It, you can listen to it here or view it here:

http://vimeo.com/terencedicks/onenationvotersuppressionshow1

Voter suppression and racism thrives in America but we can fight this machine by registering to vote, voting early and fighting Voter ID laws (scroll down to read story).
 
Each Thursday at 1 p.m. listen to “OneNation – Protecting the Vote” with Andrea Miller on Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/andreamiller1
 
Listen to internet radio with AndreaMiller0 on Blog Talk Radio

 
Show #1 About Voter Suppression (Oct. 5, 2012)
 
“OneNation – Protecting the Vote” with Andrea Miller and Terence Dicks on Blog Talk Radio 
 
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/andreamiller1/2012/09/26/voter-suppression--whats-happening-in-your-state

Hosts:

  

Andrea Miller Chesterfield, VA 
Deputy Field Director, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
andrea@pdamerica.org
804-608-1195

“Holding elected office is a privilege – voting is a right”
 
http://www.onenationpda.org
http://www.pdacommunity.org/resources/jomsocial/62-andrea-miller/profile
http://www.facebook.com/andrea.miller.96742277
https://twitter.com/acqsys
 
 
Rev. Terence A. Dicks 
Augusta, GA 
PDA Southern Organizer/PDA Georgia Coordinator
TerenceDicks@gmail.com
706-306-5731
 
http://www.pdacommunity.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=50&Itemid=85
http://www.pdacommunity.org/georgia/2116-georgia-voter-suppression-republican-buying-of-southern-lawmakers-among-topics-at-pda-progressive-central-the-peoples-convention-in-charlotte-nc
http://www.pdacommunity.org/georgia/2116-georgia-voter-suppression-republican-buying-of-southern-lawmakers-among-topics-at-pda-progressive-central-the-peoples-convention-in-charlotte-nc

Guests:

Sara Mullen, Assoc. Dir. of the ACLU of Pennsylvania and Chris Melody Fields, Election Protection Coordinator for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law

 

Sara Mullen started in 1997 as a volunteer in the ACLU of PA Pittsburgh office.

She joined the staff as the office manager in Jan. 1998 and became Asst. Dir. of the Pittsburgh Chapter in 2000.

Mullen transferred to the Philadelphia office in Nov. 2002 and currently heads the Community Organizing Dept. and oversees the communications program.

She received her BA in Middle Eastern History from the University of Chicago in 1993.

Mullen previously worked in academic publishing.

  

Chris M. Fields is campaign manager for the Lawyers' Committee Election Protection program coordinating coalition efforts to inform voters about their rights and that every vote is counted.

Prior to joining the Lawyers' Committee in Dec. 2011, Fields worked in the govt. affairs div. for a biological resource center on the global health/biosecurity agenda.

Fields spent two years as Outreach Dir. for Common Cause advancing the democracy reform agenda and fighting for the Fair Elections Now Act that would create publicly financed campaigns for Congress.


 
Voter Registration Deadlines
http://www.rockthevote.com/election-center/registration-deadlines
 
 
Select your state on Rock the Vote
https://register2.rockthevote.com/registrants/map
 
 

ACLU of Pennsylvania: Defending liberty where it began:
http://www.aclupa.org
http://www.facebook.com/aclupa
 

 
https://twitter.com/aclupa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aclupa
http://www.youtube.com/aclupa
 

Voting Assistance:

 
866OurVote
http://www.866OurVote.org
1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683)


 
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law:
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights
 

Map of Shame: Voter Suppression Legislation:
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/page?id=0042
 
Combat Voter Suppression:
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0117
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0123

Voting Laws We Enforce:
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0024
 
Voting Rights Act: Objections/Observers Search Index
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/section_5
 

Voting Rights Litigation:
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0025
 
Redistricting Program:
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0071
 
 
Election Protection/Electoral Reform:
http://www.866OurVote.org
 
Voter ID Stories and Consequences:
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/page?id=0046
 
Publications/Testimony/Other Documents:
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0027
 
Election Protection Smartphone App.:
http://www.866ourvote.org/pages/election-protection-smartphone-app
 

Grand Marshal of The Lawyer’s Committee 50th Anniversary Campaign and National Advisory Commission is veteran civil rights leader GA Rep. John Lewis:
 
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/fiftieth
http://johnlewis.house.gov/john-lewis/biography
http://johnlewis.house.gov

Maps to find out your state’s voting rights and voter suppression information:

ACLU Map:
http://www.aclu.org/know-your-voting-rights-state-state-voter-information
 

Map of Shame: Voter Suppression Legislation Tracker:
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/page?id=0042
 
Cost of Freedom Map:
http://www.costoffreedom.info
 
Election Protection Coalition Map:
http://www.866ourvote.org/state
 
Non-Profit Vote Definitions of Felon/Ex-Felon by State:
http://www.nonprofitvote.org/voting-as-an-ex-offender.html

Voting Rights for ex-felons is the issue discussed at 1 p.m. on Thurs., Oct. 11, 2012 for “OneNation – Protecting the Vote” with Andrea Miller on Blog Talk Radio - in the second in a series of shows on Voter Suppression by the Progressive Democrats of America. Co-hosts include Terence Dicks, Greg Peterson and others.

(Across the USA) – Voter Suppression in the 2012 Elections will be the topic of the first six weekly Blog Talk Radio shows entitled “One Nation” in an ongoing effort by the Progressive Democrats of America to explain voting rights and laws that differ widely across America and may hinder millions of voters from casting ballots specially minorities, the elderly and students.

The weekly “One Nation” with Andrea Miller online broadcast is live each Thursday at 1 p.m. Producers hope the show will evolve into a daily broadcast in 2013.

A longtime progressive activist, Miller is the deputy field director for the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA). Miller believes Voter Suppression efforts are a vicious attack on the American People and the U.S. Constitution.

“Purely southern issues that have now become issues literally throughout the country,” Miller said. “A lot of those (voting rights) battles that people fought in the 1960s and the early 70s” are being fought in 2012.

“We were pretty sure we fought it, we won it, it’s over, it’s done,” Miller said of voting rights.

“Now we are seeing some of those same struggles come back in places like Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and in places where we never thought we’d be dealing with issues like voting rights and Voter Suppression,” Miller said.

“Now we are seeing voter struggles in cities and states.”

During the “One Nation” Voter Suppression shows the guests will explain how Republicans and right-wing groups hatched plans to inhibit voting rights.

Because Voter Suppression laws vary widely, the guests will tell listeners how to find out about the voting laws in your state and how you can protect your right to vote.

“As Progressives, its sounds like we have a very good opportunity to here to inform the public how to fight and overcome voter suppression,” Miller said.




Producers hope everyone interested in Voter Suppression will embed the shows on their websites and pass along the information to as many prospective voters as possible because in many states deadlines are fast approaching involving Voter ID cards and allowing felons to vote.

Blog Talk Radio offers dozens of user-friendly ways the shows can be shared and repeated on most social sites, blogs and websites.

“We need to encourage people to vote early so if there are any problems you can make sure you can vote in your county,” Miller said “College IDs – and other forms of identification – may not be considered legal as a voter ID.”

Americans need to know who is making decisions for us - and fight to oust those who trample our rights,” said civil rights activist Rev. Terence A. Dicks, a resident of Augusta, Georgia since 1966.

Television and the internet tend to memorize people resulting in a lack of community involvement, Dicks said.

“There comes a time when you have to get off the laptops – get off the internet – and get out in your community and find out what is going on,” said Dicks, PDA Southern Regional Organizer and PDA State of Georgia Coordinator.

“You have got to find out who is making the decisions for you because that’s the key” to fight those who are taking away your rights, Dicks said.

“Because the people you think are looking out for you – really aren’t,” he said. Until recent years, Progressives “have had a tendency to be quiet and go along.”




PDA members believe that with numerous right-wing organizations and Republican lawmakers taking away our liberties, this is the most important time for Progressives and undecided voters to pay attention to our constitutional rights since before the ratification of the Voting Rights Act 1965.

Voter Suppression is the modern-day disenfranchisement of our rights – being orchestrated by the some of the same people responsible for the collapse of the American and world economies.

“You have a very polarized electorate and Congress,” Dicks said.

Right-wing interests “want the country to go in a certain direction – especially economically,” Dicks said adding Progressives much ask “who is setting the regulations, who is guarding the hen-house, who is making the laws?”

“It takes a relatively few votes for certain things to go a certain way,” he said, adding he believes Progressives are the majority yet are not doing enough to take on those who caused the collapse of Wall Street.

“The stakes of so high economically, people are anxious.”

“Because of social issues, you have a very vocal minority who doesn’t feel a lot of the people in the lower and middle income brackets – know what they are talking about,” Dicks said.

Back in the 70s, “Dick Nixon and those guys talked about a silent majority – and today I suspect Progressive thinkers are in the majority but I also know we have been very silent,” Dicks said.

“Only since 2006 have we started coming into our own as Progressives."


Republicans and right-wing interests “have invested so much money and sunk a lot into these elections – as far as being able to get state, federal and local contracts,” said Dicks, who believes the right-wing blame Pres. Obama rhetoric has been exposed as lies recognized by undecided voters.

“People in the middle “are not just listening to what people are saying – they are also watching what they are doing,” he said, because the middle and low-income families have lost pensions, investments and property.

“It hurts you when you can’t go to the bank and get the loan to start that business, or if you are a family farm and want to look at organic farming,” Dicks said.

“You just can’t go into your local banks anymore and get what you need.” “You can’t put your kids through college – there are just so many things you cannot do now in the wake of a deregulated financial system,” Dicks said.

Voter Suppression guests will include voting rights experts, well-known and respected civil rights leaders, federal lawmakers, national political candidates and others.




Sponsored by the PDA, future shows will deal with other important progressive issues like Ending Corporate Rule; Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections; Economic and Social Justice; End War and Occupation, Redirect Funding; Healthcare for All/Single Payer and Stop Global Warming/Environmental Issues.

During the shows, listeners are invited to speak with the host and guests by calling (347) 202-0385. The 2012 Presidential Election battleground states are Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia.

Convicted felons have a lifelong voting ban in Kentucky, Virginia, Iowa and Florida (most punitive law). Except Maine and Vermont, every state prohibits felons from voting while in prison, according to experts.

In 38 states and the District of Columbia, most ex-felons automatically gain the right to vote upon the completion of their sentence.



Georgia ACLU Felon Voting Rights Info
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/felon-voting-rights_n_1924535.html 

In some states the process of re-registering to vote often is difficult and rules vary – for example:

Ex-felons must wait for a certain period of time after the completion of their sentence before rights can be restored – while in some states ex-felons must apply to have voting rights restored.

Voter Suppression may result in 700,000 minority voters under age 30 being unable to cast a ballot in November 2012 because of Photo ID laws in certain states, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis.

According to a Sept. 12, 2012 Associated Press story about the study by Sonya Ross the new photo requirements potentially could turn away:
  • 170,000 to 475,000 young black voters
  • 68,000 to 250,000 young Hispanic voters
  • 13,000 to 46,000 young Asian-American voters
  • 1,700 to 6,400 young Native American voters
  • 700 to 2,700 young Pacific Islander voters
The Brennan Center for Justice has been Tracking Voter Suppression in the 2012 Elections.

“Since 2011, there has been a surge in suppressive voting laws, with 24 laws and executive actions passing in 17 states,” according to the Brennan Center for Justice reports on Voting Law Changes, Voter Suppression and Ballot Security.

“These laws could make it harder for millions of voters — particularly minorities, immigrants, the elderly, and the young — to cast ballots in the 2012 elections.”


In Georgia, “we are starting to build up a network of Progressives,” said Dicks, who has organized 10 PDA chapters across Georgia.

“We do the traditional voter registration and we are ramping up our 2012 Election Protection act,” Dicks said.

Dicks said the voter information activities include educating the electorate about new Georgia Voter ID Laws, training poll monitors and watchers, providing felons with complicated voting rights information, and receiving voter suppression help from the ACLU, Dicks said.

“We are getting our poll monitors in place,” Dicks said, adding that residents must have two forms of ID when voting.

 Georgia voter registration cards are issued and the information on those cards must exactly match a resident’s state voter ID cards with their photos or their driver’s license.

Georgia residents who do not have driver’s licenses must pay for their official state ID cards or apply for a free Voter ID card, Dicks said.

A state of Georgia website lists acceptable forms of ID needed to receive an official voter ID card – and that list doesn’t include college or school IDs.

Estimates on how many Georgia voters will be unable to cast ballots because of the Voter ID laws range from 10 percent to “significant,” according to studies. “It’s more than we are comfortable with,” Dicks said.

Georgia organizations providing updated information on the state ID cards and voter suppression include the ACLU of Georgia, Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, and the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda.

The 2012 Election Protection Project is organized by the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice working jointly with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and spearheaded by Georgia Appleseed Board Liaison Judy O'Brien.
 


Dicks said he loves the beauty of the south but the people are often slow to change.

“What makes it (the south) different is that it is a very traditional place,” Dicks said. “The pace here has always been relatively slow, very traditional and very measured.”

Some old-time Southerners are not in a rush to stop Voter Suppression because they believe “there ‘ain’t nothing wrong’ with it” and have a “let’s not fix it – way of doing things,” Dicks said.

“From a historic standpoint no other part of the country came under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 – or were under the scrutiny of the U.S. Justice Department – or so directly affected by the courts – as much as the southeast because it had been a 100-year intergenerational struggle from 1865 to 1965,” he said.

However, some who believe in a new and modern south are taking action.

“You have people weighing in, people going to meetings, people getting involved,” Dicks said.

After 9-11 “some activists temporarily were quiet and rallied behind the President – then came strong anti-war feeling while supporting the troops and promoting peace,” he said.

Progressives started rallying after the 2000 Bush v. Gore Presidential Race debacle and then again after the 2004 Kerry/Edwards Presidential Race, Dicks said.

Progressives and people in the middle “slowly started waking up and really paying attention,” Dicks said.

Progressives have “started getting more serious” about fighting Republican and right-wing control of American rights and lives.

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The 2012 Elections will go down as one of the biggest examples of voter suppression since the civil rights days, according to several reports. However we can fight Voter Suppression by all vote early or go to the polls to cast our ballots.

 

States Deny Millions Of Ex-Felons Voting Rights by 10/08/2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/felon-voting-rights_n_1924535.html
 
ACLU Georgia Voting Rights info
http://www.acluga.org/issues/voting-rights
 
Brennan Center for Justice report on 2012 Voting Law Changes By Wendy R. Weiser and Lawrence Norden, 10/03/11
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/voting_law_changes_in_2012
State governments across the country enacted an array of new laws that could make it significantly harder for as many as 5 million eligible Americans to vote.

Some states require voters to show government-issued photo identification, often of a type that as many as one in ten voters do not have.

Other states have cut back on early voting, a hugely popular innovation used by millions of Americans. Still others made it much more difficult for citizens to register to vote, a prerequisite for voting.
  • Restrictive voter identification policies - especially those that require state-issued photo ID cards - threaten to exclude millions of eligible voters
  • As many as 10% of eligible voters do not have, and will not get, the documents required by strict voter ID laws. For some groups, the percentage is much higher
  • ID requirements fall hardest on people who have traditionally faced barriers at the polls.
More info on a study into how Voter Suppression will have a backlash on minority voters in November 2012:

Study: ID laws could trip up young minority voters by Sonya Ross (Associated Press) Wed., Sept. 12, 2012 http://news.yahoo.com/study-id-laws-could-trip-young-minority-voters-065003258--election.html

As many as 700,000 minority voters under age 30 may be unable to cast a ballot in November 2012 because of photo ID laws in certain states, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis.

The lower turnout could affect several House races as well as the tight presidential contest.

The study was conducted by Cathy Cohen, a University of Chicago expert on young and minority voters, and by Jon Rogowski of Washington University.

The analysis by Cohen and Rogowski was released in Sept. 2012 by the Chicago-based Black Youth Project, a nonpartisan effort launched in 2004 to examine the political participation of African-Americans aged 15 to 25.

Other study findings include:

Changes in Florida's voting laws could leave more than 100,000 young minority voters unable to vote — far more than the 537-vote margin of victory for George W. Bush in the contested 2000 presidential election.

If Pennsylvania's photo ID law is upheld by the state Supreme Court, 37,000 to 44,000 young voters of color may stay home, or be unable to vote.

In Georgia, photo ID requirements could prevent a "significant number" of the 275,000 black and Latino residents of the redrawn 12th Congressional District from voting.




American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU):
http://www.aclu.org
http://www.facebook.com/aclu.nationwide
https://twitter.com/aclu
 
ACLU Liberty Watch 2012 link to ForThe100Percent page
 

ACLU Liberty Watch 2012 is the voice for the Constitution in the 2012 Presidential Election:
http://www.aclulibertywatch.org
http://www.facebook.com/ACLULibertyWatch
https://twitter.com/#!/ACLULW
 

Take the 100% pledge:
http://www.forthe100percent.org
http://www.forthe100percent.org/share
 

The ACLU of Georgia 2012 Annual Bill of Rights Dinner & Silent Auction is (Celebrating 50 years) Monday, November 5th.


 

The 2012 National Civil Liberties Award Recipient Mr. Lewis Black, a is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor
http://www.acluga.org/files/1213/4919/0712/Lewis_Black_bio.pdf
http://www.acluga.org/get-involved/attend-an-event/annual-bill-of-rights-dinner
 
Carlton Fields Receives 2012 Pro Bono Award from ACLU of Georgia By Kate Barth Oct. 8, 2012
http://midtown.patch.com/announcements/carlton-fields-receives-pro-bono-award-from-aclu-of-georgia
 
To Reserve Your Seat Now click here
 

2012 Presidential Election battleground states are Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia:
http://www.aclu.org/affiliates
http://www.acluga.org
http://www.aclufl.org
http://www.acluofnorthcarolina.org
http://www.acluva.org
 

NAACP:
 
http://www.naacp.org
http://www.naacp.org/news
 
http://naacp.3cdn.net/67065c25be9ae43367_mlbrsy48b.pdf
http://www.naacp.org/press/entry/vice-president-joe-biden-addresses-voter-suppression-at-103rd-naacp-an
 
http://www.theroot.com/buzz/naacp-launches-voter-registration-initiative
 

Brennan Center for Justice:
http://www.brennancenter.org
 
Pennsylvania voters scored a clear victory as Voter ID Law Returned to Lower Court
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/pennsylvania_voter_id_law_returned_to_lower_court
 


Voting Law Changes in 2012 By Wendy R. Weiser and Lawrence Norden http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/voting_law_changes_in_2012

   

Tracking Voter Suppression in the 2012 Elections:

 Since 2011, there has been a surge in suppressive voting laws, with 24 laws and executive actions passing in 17 states.

These laws could make it harder for millions of voters — particularly minorities, immigrants, the elderly, and the young — to cast ballots in the 2012 elections:

http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/tracking_voter_suppression_in_the_2012_elections
 
Click here for audio of the teleconference call
 
Brennan Center for Justice report on Ballot Security and Voter Suppression: (8-29-12)
http://www.brennancenter.org/.../ballot_security_and_voter_suppression
 
Summary of proposed voting cutback bills and the legislation passed since the start of 2011
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/2012_summary_of_voting_law_changes
 
 
Download the Report (PDF)
 
Read Voting Law Changes Summary including update on 9-7-12
 
Download the 2011 Appendix, compilation of vote-suppressing legislation proposed in 2011
 
Download the Overview, four-page summary with key findings.
 
Read the Executive Summary
 
View the Report

Stop Voter Suppression efforts:

http://www.pdacommunity.org/issues/stop-voter-suppression
 
http://www.aclu.org/voter-suppression-america
 
http://www.naacp.org/blog/entry/the-fight-against-voter-suppression-in-pennsylvania
 
http://lcc.aflcio.org/conferences/teleconferences/electionandvoterprotection/votersuppressionandvoteridlaws.pdf
 

Felon Disenfranchisement:

Convicted felons have a lifelong voting ban in Kentucky, Virginia, Iowa and Florida (most punitive law). Except Maine and Vermont, every state prohibits felons from voting while in prison.

In 38 states and the District of Columbia, most ex-felons automatically gain the right to vote upon the completion of their sentence.

In some states the process of re-registering to vote often is difficult and rules vary – for example:

Ex-felons must wait for a certain period of time after the completion of their sentence before rights can be restored.

Ex-felons must apply to have voting rights restored

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement
 
http://www.aclu.org/voting-rights/voter-disfranchisement
http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/felon-voting-rights.aspx
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/opinion/disenfranchised-felons.html
http://www.aclu.org/map-state-felony-disfranchisement-laws
 
http://felonvoting.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=286
http://www.nonprofitvote.org/voting-as-an-ex-offender.html
 
Examples of minority voter information:

Study: ID laws could trip up young minority voters by Sonya Ross (Associated Press) Wed., Sept. 12, 2012

Some 700,000 minority voters under age 30 may be unable to cast a ballot in November 2012 because of photo ID laws in certain states

http://news.yahoo.com/study-id-laws-could-trip-young-minority-voters-065003258--election.html

Nonpartisan Election Protection coalition was formed to ensure that all voters have an equal opportunity to participate in the political process – includes “866 Our Vote” hotlines:

http://www.866ourvote.org
http://www.866ourvote.org/newsroom
 
1-866-OUR-VOTE (administered by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law)

1-888-Ve-Y-Vota (administered by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund)

Voter ID laws: Voter integrity or voter suppression? by Hispanic Link News Service/Election 2012 Sept. 19, 2012 on VOXXI is an independent voice for Hispanic America
 http://www.voxxi.com/voter-id-laws-integrity-suppression
http://www.voxxi.com/author/hispanic-link-news-service

The National Coalition of Black Civic Participation:
http://ncbcp.org 

Black Youth Vote! - The Next Generation of Black Leadership:
http://ncbcp.org/programs/byv

Black Youth Project in Chicago - Knowledge, Voice, Action:
http://www.blackyouthproject.com
https://www.facebook.com/blackyouthproject
https://www.facebook.com/blackyouthproject
http://www.youtube.com/user/BlackYouthProject
http://www.blackyouthproject.com/feed
Activists use education to overcome new voting laws
 
USA Today story by Deborah Barfield Berry, Gannett Washington Bureau (USA Today) Sept. 20, 2012
Voter ID laws provoking black women, who had highest turnout in 2008, to turn out voters

AP story in The Washington Post by Suzanne Gamboa (AP) Sept. 5, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/voter-id-laws-provoking-black-women-who-had-highest-turnout-in-2008-to-turn-out-voters/2012/09/21/17efef72-03be-11e2-9132-f2750cd65f97_story.html
 
Black Women's Roundtable Shifts the Focus to the Issues and Voting Power of Black Women at the Republican and Democratic Conventions Sept. 5, 2012
 
Al Sharpton at the DNC: ‘If we party in Charlotte . . . the Republicans could be partying in November’ Sept. 5, 2012
Despite voter ID law, minority turnout up in Georgia by Shannon McCaffrey (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Mon., Sept. 3, 2012
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/despite-voter-id-law-minority-turnout-up-in-georgi/nR2bx
 
 

Voting Rights: 

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 The Voting Rights Act, adopted initially in 1965 and extended in 1970, 1975, 1982, and 2006 is generally considered the most successful piece of civil rights legislation ever adopted by the United States Congress
http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/intro/intro_b.php
http://www.aclu.org/voting-rights/voting-rights-act-0

Introduction To Federal Voting Rights Laws:
http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/intro/intro.php

Before the Voting Rights Act:
http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/intro/intro_a.php

The Effect of the Voting Rights Act:
http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/intro/intro_c.php
 
 
Georgia Voting Rights:

Georgia Agrees to Comply with National Voter Registration Act, Settles Lawsuit Brought by Lawyers' Committee brought on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and the Coalition for the Peoples' Agenda, (April 19, 2012)
http://www.lawyerscommittee.org/newsroom/clips?id=0495
 
State-Level Estimates of Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States, 2010 by Christopher Uggen and Sarah Shannon, University of Minnesota and Jeff Manza, New York University (July 2012)
http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/fd_State_Level_Estimates_of_Felon_Disen_2010.pdf

Felons convicted of crimes involving “moral turpitude” in Georgia do not get their voting rights restored – however critics say crimes that do not involve moral turpitude are ambiguous:

In Georgia, individuals convicted of a felony are ineligible to vote while incarcerated, on parole, or on probation.

Voting rights are automatically restored upon completion of all supervised release. Ex-offenders should re-register to vote.
 
http://www.gapsc.com/Ethics/MoralTurpitude.asp
 
http://www.georgiadefenders.com/felony.htm
http://georgiasummit.org/action/voter_restoration.php
 
http://felonvoting.procon.org/sourcefiles/georgia-code-felon-voting-2012.pdf
http://www.nonprofitvote.org/voting-as-an-ex-offender.html#GA
 
 

ACLU of Georgia:
http://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights-georgia-voter-information
http://www.acluga.org/issues/voting-rights
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACLU-of-Georgia/116855228000
https://twitter.com/acluofga
 
Georgia Felon Voting Rights (47 KB pdf)
http://www.acluga.org/download_file/view_inline/1499/252

Georgia Voting Rights Project Brochure 2012 (900 KB PDF)
http://www.acluga.org/download_file/view_inline/1518/252
 
Georgia 2010 Redistricting Guide (323 KB pdf)
http://www.acluga.org/download_file/view_inline/1498/252
 

Georgia State Conference of the NAACP:
http://www.naacpga.org
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Georgia-State-Conference-Naacp/156941391071984
http://www.naacp.org/news/entry/naacp-civic-engagement-campaign-announced-in-atlanta
https://sites.google.com/a/naacpga.org/georgia-state-conference-naacp/georgia-branches
 

Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda:
http://www.gcpagenda.org

Cost of Freedom Map: Georgia
http://www.costoffreedom.info/state/GA

Georgia Secretary of State voter ID information:
http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/voting_information.htm
http://www.sos.georgia.gov/gaphotoid/default.htm
 
Election Protection: “866 Our Vote” Georgia Info:
http://www.866ourvote.org/state/ga

The 2012 Election Protection Project of the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice

   

The Mission of Georgia Appleseed is to increase justice in Georgia through law and policy reform:
http://www.gaappleseed.org
http://www.gaappleseed.org/initiatives/election
http://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaAppleseed
https://twitter.com/GAAppleseed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaappleseed
http://pinterest.com/GaAppleseed
 

Progressive Democrats of America:
http://www.pdamerica.org
 

PDA Community:
http://www.pdacommunity.org
http://www.pdacommunity.org/issues/stop-voter-suppression

PDA Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/PDAmerica

PDA Twitter:
http://twitter.com/pdamerica

PDA Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pdamerica

PDA YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/PDAMERICA

PDA Endorsed Candidates:

Alan Grayson (FL-9)

Lesli Messinger (GA-1)

Dr. David Gill (IL-13)

Wayne Powell (VA-7)

Elizabeth Warren (MA)

Rob Zerban (WI-1)

Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ-3)

Rep. Donna Edwards (MD-4)

Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-3)

Rep. John Conyers (MI-13)

Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-9)

Rep. Keith Ellison (MN-5)

 

PDA Issues:
Voter Suppression
End Corporate Rule
Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections
Economic and Social Justice
End War and Occupation, Redirect Funding
Healthcare for All/Single Payer
Stop Global Warming/Environmental Issues
Election Protection Coalition Map:
http://www.866ourvote.org/state
Non-Profit Vote Definitions of Felon/Ex-Felon by State:
http://www.nonprofitvote.org/voting-as-an-ex-offender.html
“The Constitution is for the 100%” Poster from ACLU Liberty Watch 2012:



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