Give us our Birth Control!

AB 343
Big success with AB 343 petitions, however, if you had your classes sign the petitions without their addresses, please get the new petitions and have them resigned.  Phone call campaign at the clocktower went wonderfully...well all except the lies we recieved from John Perlich.  John is an aid in Kapanke's office and was misinforming us about the bill already being voted on and on the governors desk.  The bill is still in committee and has yet to be heard...so it will be a while before this bill is voted on.  To go along with this October 27th is lobby day in madison to let our representatives know directly how we feel about this issue.  Coincidentally it is also "sweep out the lobbyist" day in Madison, so if you are lobbying that day make sure to bring your brooms to let the professional lobbyists know that our voices need to be heard as well. This is brought to you by the People's legislature.
 
Mug Campaign
Reusable mugs for sale once again this year!  Jill and Adam have been been wonderful enough to restart this program as a fundraiser for SOA.  The mugs are now available in both red and blue and cost $5.  You can use this mug on campus at any of the food locations and recieve 4oz extra free, and you can save waste by not using a new cup everytime you drink something on campus! This Thursday from 8:30-11 am at the clocktower we will be selling these mugs and giving out samples of Fair Trade coffee! If you would like to help out with this on Thursday (Tomorrow) Please feel free to show up and help out...its always a good time at the clocktower!
 
SOA
55 People have already signed up which is amazing, but we would like at least 70 people in order to fill more than one bus! Also, we need people over 25 to ride on the busses with us, so if you know any professors or community members who are interested in going on this trip with us, PLEASE contact them and let Andrew know! Hotel rooms can be made available for them if they wish to not camp along with us.  New this year, we are camping! So if you have extra tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, other camping gear...please bring it along! Right now we are looking at a base price of around $120 if no fundraising is done...so we need to get going on the fundraising! We are planning on leaving Friday Nov 18th around 11am and returning Monday Nov 21 around 10am...last year we were back in time for Monday classes, so dont worry about those!  This trip will be well worth a missed class or two...trust me! If you have any questions or know people interested in going, ple ase contact Andrew at gilbert.andr@students.uwlax.edu
 
Liza's Birthday!
Next Tuesday is Ryan's dog's 1st birthday, in honor, there will of course be a party at Ryan's house.  This is also a progressive party/fundraiser idea/green calendar planning party.  So come prepared for a good time and with lots of ideas to get the progressives some money!
 
Adopt and Off-Campuser
New program that was tested out last Sunday by a few of the progressives.  Any progressive living on campus that would like to donate a meal to a progressive living off campus is encouraged to participate in this new program.  On Sunday's we meet at Whitney for brunch at 12:15, so find your on/off campus pal and meet us there!
 
Guy Wolfe is Amazing
Second year in a row to be names peacemaker of the year in Wisconsin, by two seperate organizations, if you see this elusive man around, congratulate him...he's too modest!
 
Week Without Violence
October 24028th WSSA is putting on a week without violence There will be various happening at the clocktower throughout this week and the 27th will be take back the night...so keep your eyes open for more information on this excellent event!
 
Depeleted Uranium
Sad, sad thing... check out this video to see for yourself, but be warned, this is nothing that is to be taken lightly, it is serious and it is disturbing: http://www.bushflash.com/animation.html when you open this site click on the video for poisonous legacy to watch it. Bree, Joe and Zach are working on this for a project, if you are interested in helping them out or want more information I encourage you to contact them or research the details
 
RFK Jr
if anyone is still interested in helping out with RFK Jr. and hasn't signed up yet, there are open spots open for various volunteer opportunities that night (Nov 2). Contact Pitts for more info on what is still available pitts.kris@students.uwlax.edu
 
Thanks to everyone who attended the meeting! If anyone has anything they are passionate about working on and what the help of some progressives, or if you just have annoucements or ideas feel free to share it with us all at the next meeting, this group or at least a few people in it are usually up to taking on almost anything!
 
Next meeting as always will be next Tuesday, October 17 at 7pm in 259 CC