DFNYC Big Linkup, Wednesday, February 3rd 

Join Democracy for NYC
with special guest Jim Dean, Chair of Democracy For America
to celebrate six years of accomplishments and plan our direction going forward. 

When:  Wednesday, February 3, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Where:  SideBAR, 118 East 15th Street, Manhattan (corner of 15th Street and Irving Place)

When Howard Dean started our movement in 2004, President Bush had just been re-elected and Republicans held majorities in both houses of Congress. Democrats were afraid to challenge an incompetent president on issues of war and the economy or civil rights of gay people. Howard Dean stood up to Bush, and promised to take our country back.

Six years later, thanks in great part to the Deans and to the leadership of millions of volunteers and contributors, we have a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress. This year the Deans have lead the movement for a robust public healthcare option.  But Democratic politicians have not yet fulfilled their promises to us. We don’t have universal healthcare and the current bill is full of giveaways to insurance and drug companies. The Supreme Court has just enabled corporations to control all future elections. Here in New York, our state senate just voted against marriage equality and politicians are cutting metrocards for school kids while giving themselves $34,000 bonuses.
 
There’s lots more work to do if we want to take our country back. So come join us at this citywide Big Linkup.  All are welcome!  

We will be raffling off tickets to a new play by Jon Marans, The Temperamentals and Broadway’s hit Afrobeat musical, FELA! - all proceeds to benefit the Haitian relief effort through Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiere (MSF) http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

(cash bar and free hor d’ouevres)

RSVP and invite your friend on DFNYC's Facebook Page.