Progressive Democrats

The Wake County Progressive
Democrats proudly invite the public to a special screening of “Good Night, Good
Luck” to be held in the Rialto Theater on Saturday, November 5th at 11:30am.
The film dramatically relives Edward R. Murrow's legendary on-air
confrontations with Senator Joseph McCarthy and the opposition he and his colleagues
faced along the way. The cost of admission will be $10 with proceeds to support
progressive candidates and causes that affect Wake
County.

The Wake County Progressive
Democrats believe in the absolute necessity for an uncensored and accountable
press. We feel that especially since September 11th, our nation’s
mainstream press has suffered from internal censorship by their corporate
owners, a lack of journalistic courage, or both. As part of our goal to promote
progressive ideas, we feel an obligation to remind our fellow citizens of this
nation’s history with political censorship and the importance of speaking truth
to power.

Film info can be found at http://wip.warnerbros.com/goodnightgoodluck. For more information on this event, please
contact PJ Puryear, President of the Wake County Progressive Democrats at (919) 412-5920.

 Because of the success of our potluck last month, I am happy to announce we will do it again! The Wake Progressive Dems will meet this Saturday at the NC Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1312 Annapolis Dr, Raleigh from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Please bring a dish, dessert, or beverage to share! And please RSVP!There is a great deal happening this week, from Cindy Sheehan in town to candidate forums to the kickoff canvass of the Wake Democrats. I hope that each of you has a chance to participate in one if not all of these events this week. If not, don't worry, we'll recap at the meeting and let you know how it is you can help moving forward.This meeting will not be just discussion either! We plan to have several activities to choose from to help you get to 5 in '05! We are asking all of our members and supporters to give 5 hours to progressive candidates running for office in Wake County elections (one of which is a member: Mike Gould, who is running for school board). They need your support just as we need their victory, so come Saturday and help your progressive candidates.

Wake Progressive Democrats' August meeting this Saturday, August 20th, at the NCATL building located at 1312 Annapolis. I am happy to announce we are going to meet at 6:00pmand have a potluck dinner!

So many of you have requested trying something different (aka anything other than Saturday morning) and so the Executive Committee figured we would try an evening meeting...and some good home cooking!

Please RSVP and let me know what you intend to bring, so I can fill any holes in our dinner lineup. Joining us (I hope) will be newly elected PDNC president, Mac Whatley. Mac has some other meetings in town and hopes to break away and join us for part of the evening.

I look forward to seeing all of you Saturday night,

PJ Puryear
President, Wake County Progressive Democrats
pj@greendogs.org

SAT 8/6. 9am-4pm. Building our Future: Progressive Democrats of North Carolina Convention. Keynote speaker is Joe Trippi.
Brendle Recital Hall at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Registration Opens at 9am. Convention begins at 10.
Keynote address will be giving after lunch: Growing the Grassroots, by Joe Trippi, Internet campaigner, Fundraising strategist and author, "The Revolution Won't Be Televised: Democracy, The Internet, and the overthrow of everything" To register online or for additional information, please visit
- http://www.greendogs.org/

Regular meeting the third Saturday morning every month from 9:00 A.M. to noon at the NC Academy of Trial Lawyers Building, 1312 Annapolis.