Saving Clean Elections - March 18 Clean Elections is under attack by wealthy special
interests. Help us turn up the volume of support for Clean Elections by learning about upcoming actions you can participate in
The
Extraordinary Power of Ordinary People: Activists' Wins Against Local Despot
For years Sheriff Arpaio's approval ratings have been among the highest
of any elected official in the state.Conventional
wisdom said no one could touch him and few dared.Yet today his approval rating stands at 39
percent, more than 40 points below his peak.The Feds have revoked his 287(g) authority that allowed his deputies to
act as immigration agents.The Dept. of
Justice is investigating him for abuse of power and intimidation of elected
officials.He is being evicted from his
luxury offices in the WellsFargoTower. Hear from the ordinary people who are standing up to Arpaio and chipping
away at his stronghold!
Progressive Wins in Conservative Communities with Special Guest Howard Mechanic - Thursday January 21
Suffering from "hope depletion?"Twelve years ago Howard Mechanic was instrumental
in passing Arizona's
Clean Elections law.Since moving to Prescott, Howard has
helped score remarkable victories on initiatives opposed by some of the most
powerful and wealthy special interests in the state.Learn how coalitions of unlikely allies
came together to limit growth and require the city to secure voters' approval
for projects valued at $40 million or more.
Cross-Issue Organizing Summit - December 12th
The Arizona Advocacy
Network Board of Directors invites you to join your colleagues from
across the progressive spectrum to share ideas on what's working and
what's getting in our way as we strive to make Arizona a better place
to work and live.
What are the issue and organizational priorities of Arizona's progressive organizations for 2010?
What will your fellow activists be working on?
How can we work together to achieve our goals?
How can we streamline operations and increase effectiveness?
How can we attract more resources to our state?
Where in the state should we focus our organizing efforts?
Keeping the People, not Fat Cats in the driver's seat: The Future of Clean Elections in Arizona Thursday, November 19th
Eleven
years ago Arizona voters wisely passed the Citizens Clean Elections Act. Since
then the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and its friends have tried to kill
it.They
don't like voters interfering
with their back-room choices of who may run for elective office, and
they plan
to place a repeal of Clean Elections on the 2010 ballot. At the
same time,
the health care debate has brought into sharp focus the overwhelming
influence of big-money on public policy. We must strengthen and expand public campaign financing, not eliminate it. Come hear
from leading stakeholders and advocates about how you can help in this critical
fight!
Click here to sign the Clean Elections Endorsement.
Politicized Justice: Inside the Department of Justice Thank
you to all of our supporters who joined us on November 5th for an
evening of celebration. Special thanks to our hosts Janet and Mike
Valder, our guest speaker Joe Rich, Phil and the Blanks and El Portal
Restaurant.
AzAN Foundation gratefully acknowledges the support of: Mike and Janet Valder UFCW Local 99 John Curtin Eugene Kadish and Mary Statzer Vinton Lackey LiUNA Olga and Jim Strickland
Joe
Rich, Director Fair Housing Project Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
under Law was interviewd by KPHO about the increasing number of
homeowners being scammed by loan modification companies. Watch the
story for six things to help you spot a loan modification scam. Watch the video here.
September 17th Immigration Messaging that Works - Part 2
In
July we introduced more than 200 of you to the Opportunity Agenda and the
Reform Immigration For America Campaign sharing their well-researched message
strategy to achieve Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR).We learned about what works to move broad
audiences to support CIR, even when facts and appeals to compassion can't reach
them.Since then, AzAN's Immigration
Task Force has been working to turn that message into a tool for our Speakers
Bureau to roll out across the state.Come
see our new presentation!Our Task Force
will demonstrate how we can reach broad audiences, and how we can avoid
pitfalls that ignite their fears.This
will be fun, interactive and empowering!
Unequal Lives - Why Racial Disparities in Health Care Concern All of Us, Thursday August 20th Did you know that in Arizona, Latinos are three times as likely as Anglos to
live in poverty; 2 ½ times more likely to be uninsured; and more than twice as
likely to receive no pre-natal care? Among Native Americans and African
Americans the statistics are worse. Read more.
July 17, 2009, National Experts Reveal How We Can Win Comprehensive Immigration Reform Alarge majority of
Americans want a workable solution to the immigration issue that upholds our
values and moves us forward together. To do that, we must overcome the messages
of hate and fear permeate the media and are parroted by demagoguing polticians.
National immigration reform advocates are reaching hearts
and minds with a sensible approach to Comprehensive Immigration
Reform. Don't miss this opportunity to get in sync with the
national movement. You will learn how to speak about
Comprehensive Immigration Reform so that your friends, family, colleagues and neighbors will
listen. Guest Speakers: Mehrdad Azemun, National Field Director for Reform Immigration For
America, Shuya Ohno, Assistant Director of Communications at the
National Immigration Forum and Julie Rowe, Framing and Messaging Coordinator,
The Opportunity Agenda.
June 25th Forum, Progressive Talk Radio Returns Dr. Mike is re-launching 1480am and returning some of your favorite progressive talkers to the valley airwaves. Come
hear about next month's return of Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, Mike Malloy, Dr.
Mike and more to the Phoenix Airwaves as Dr. Mike Newcomb shares the inside
scoop on his re-launch of 1480am beginning July 6th. This is your chance to
hear Dr. Mike's plans and share with him your ideas for how talk-radio can move
the progressive agenda forward in Phoenix.
Thursday, April 23rd Forum '09: Employee Free Choice Act
An
important proposal pending in Congress would throw a wrench into the
sophisticated machine of union busters and help the middle class reclaim the precious
ground it has lost during the past 30 years. Hear about the union busting industry and why we must work to pass
the Employee Free Choice Act,
commonly known as "EFCA."
Guest Speakers included Rebekah Friend,President of the Arizona AFL-CIO, Scott Washburn,Arizona Director for the
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and a worker who will share
first-hand experience describing how employers have corrupted the secret ballot
process.
Quality Affordable Health Care for All Each one of us has been touched by America's health care crisis.
Either we or someone about whom we care has been denied timely health
care, turned down for insurance coverage, or suffered financial
setbacks due to medical bills. Health Care for American Now is
a campaign to pressure Congress to pass guaranteed quality, affordable
health care for all as soon as possible. AzAN discussed the strategies at the state and federal levels, and what can you do to participate...read more.
Thursday, February 19th Forum '09: Responsible Reform: Protecting Citizen initiatives The constitutionally guaranteed right of Arizonans to
enact law through initiative is under attack. Problems with misleading
language and fraudulent signatures were abundant in 2008. How can we
address valid concerns while precluding legislators from an all-out
power grab? We heard from Kyrsten Sinema, KathyNichols-Young, and Sandy Bahr...read more.
Thursday, January 29th Forum '09: Building a Solar Power Industry Representatives from the
AZ Solar Energy Industries Assn. talked about how homeowners and
business owners could secure funds for solar power installations; the jobs a robust solar energy industry would bring to
AZ; the amount of carbon emissions that would be reduced worldwide by renewable energy resources...read more.
Thursday, December 12th '08: Town Hall Meeting The economy
has had everyone on edge. With our governor likely
headed for DC (EEK!), and conservatives are controlling state policy. Members heard about the opportunities we'll still
have to keep our state moving forward during the next two years. Our guest speakers
included:Karin Uhlich, and Cathy Nichols...read more.
Cathy Kladis explains Elections Administration
Thursday, April 10th Forum '08: Eliminating Partisanship in Elections Administration When Secretaries of State Go Bad . . . When
highly partisan politicians are in charge of elections, unsavory antics can
ensue. Notorious Secretaries of State, including Florida's Katherine
Harris and Ohio's Ken Blackwell, set new lows in elections
administration in 2000 and 2004 respectively. We discussed how Arizonans could ensure that our Secretaries of State place elections
integrity and voters' rights ahead of partisan political agendas...read more.
Do
we want to see Arizona's courts populated by the most skillful
politicians, or by judges whose respect for the law trumps ideology?
Conservatives in the Arizona legislature want to take us back more than
thirty years, to when all judges had to run political
campaigns to be elected to the bench. Recently Arizona Chief Justice
Ruth V. McGregor eloquently described to the House Appropriations
Committee the myriad reasons why the legislature should reject Rep.
Russell Pearce's proposal (HCR 2063) and preserve Arizona's model
system of Merit Selection...read more.
Thursday, February 28th Forum '08: Bashas' Workers Courageous Bashas' workers told their personal stories. Attendees heard from Robert Smith a fired warehouse worker, A.C. Span a store employee, and Walter Henyard a Distribution Center employee. All three were unfairly terminated...read more.
Thursday May 19th Forum '07: of Salamanders, Fajitas, & Dragons: An Initiative for Fair Districts, Fair Elections With Former State Representative Ken Clark and Michael Mandell...read more.
Thursday May 24th Forum: An Initiative to End Covert Ops At Our State Legislature Tim Schmaltz describes the secretive processes of the Arizona Legislature...read more.
Thursday July 12, Forum '07: Electing Candidates that Represent the Majority with Ranked Choice Voting. Representatives from Fair Vote Arizona discuss ranked choice voting...read more.
Thursday August 22nd Forum '07: Rosemary Rodriguez - Vice Chair of the Federal Elections Assistance Commission Discussing Voter ID laws, a voter fraud study, and other election administration issues...read more.
Thursday September 19th Forum '07: "Ending legalized loans- sharking: an initiative to stop payday lending" Speaker will be State Representative Steve Gallardo...read more.
Thursday October 18th Forum '07: Progressive Lobbyists' Legislative Review What we learned from the 2007 Legislative Session, and what we can expect in 2008. Featuring former State Rep. John Loredo, Tim Schmaltz of Protecting Arizona's Family Coalition, Sandy Bahr of the Sierra Club, Jennifer Daily of the AEA, and Eric Ehst of CEI...read more.
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