ProgressiveRochester

They're changing guards at DL Rochester!

Hi everyone,

Summer's here, finally! And you know what that means. Yes, what better time than summer to protect our democracy, what better time for good progressives to band together and celebrate why we love this here country! A great time to remember that America isn't great just because it exists, but because people like you and me are constantly striving to make it great.

To quote SmashMouth's "Walking on the Sun" (a song that just exudes summertime patriotism):

Twenty five years ago they spoke out and they broke out Of depression and oppression and together they toked And they folked out with guitars around a bon fire Just singin' and clappin' man what the hell happened Some were spell bound some were hell bound Some they fell down and some got back up and Fought back 'gainst the melt down

And here we are, still fighting back against the meltdown. So come on out! I have a whole buncha things I want us to discuss:

how's the flyer-ing going? input for a new progressive project I'm starting any thoughts on how DL is doing, how to improve it, what you'd like to see and, pursuant to the subject of this email...

we need a new co-leader! That's right, Jason is stepping down due to other responsibilities, and DL chapters work best when there's at least two leaders. If two of you would like to co-lead with me as sort of a Roman triumvirate (without so many knife-ings), that would be even better.

DL provides a great service to progressives in Rochester that want to meet informally and discuss progressive politics, world history, or just where to find great food. I invite anyone who wants to help our group continue and grow to step up and help out. It takes little more than the time to be there on Thursday, and with 2 or 3 co-leaders, we can make sure we've got it covered without having to commit to every week. From there we can make it to be almost anything we want, but if we at least function as a Revolutionary War-era tavern, where Colonials can come learn what the Redcoats are up to and how we can stop them, well, I'll be happy.

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow night!

Ted

posted by progroch @ 6:55 PM