Somerville Coffee Party -- first meeting

[teresaelsey.livejournal.com]

On behalf of my housemate:

We're hosting the first meeting of the Somerville Coffee Party this Thursday at 7:00, and we want to invite you to join. The idea of the Coffee Party is that we deserve better government -- and we can make that happen by being better citizens.

 

Our political problems are worse -- measurably worse -- than they used to be. Worse in terms of polarized voters. Worse in terms of money buying elections. Worse in terms of stalled legislation and broken government.

 

If our problems have gotten worse, they can get better, too. We can talk to each other, instead of fearing each other. We can build cleaner, fairer election systems. We can hold our politicians accountable when they stall and score points instead of governing.

 

We're going to get together and find strategies to fix our democracy, and then we're going to put them into action. Bring your ideas and your energy. Join us.

We're meeting right in Davis Square. Click here for address info, and to RSVP:

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6500/p/salsa/event/common/public/index.sjs?event_KEY=21397

Comments

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

this document is well worth reading for any forming group: A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy (http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html)

[blacktigr.livejournal.com]

That was an excellent read. Thanks.

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

I should be parsing that domain name as three words, not two, right?