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PDA Senior Staff Retreat News

From October 7 to 9, 2004, PDA senior staff, including Tim Carpenter, Michele White, and Kevin Spidel, along with executive board members Lu Bauer and Bruce Taub, cultural creatives coordinator Melissa Adams, and Dean Campaign grassroots organizer Pam Paul, met in Boston to strategize and plan for the next three months of organizational action and growth.

Front row, from left: Kevin Spidel, Tim Carpenter. Middle row: Michele White, Melissa Adams, Lu Bauer. Back row: Bruce Taub, Pam Paul.

Retreat participants spent time reviewing organization fundamentals such as fundraising, database management, and local chapter and state caucus development as well as Get Out The Vote (GOTV) efforts between now and the November 2nd elections. However, the central focus of the retreat was to map out and detail several major events scheduled for January 2005. These exciting developments include:

• PDA's "Progressive Summit" scheduled to take place in Washington DC from January 15–17, 2005.
• A "People's Inauguration Celebration" to be held in DC on January 20th
• A National Election to elect a "People's Cabinet"

Begin planning now so you can participate.

Progressive Summit:
Members of the Black Congressional Caucus and the Progressive Caucus, as well as representatives of Dean for America, Grassroots for America, and a host of other progressive organizations will join together for the "Progressive Summit," an important first step in letting those inside the Beltway know that we are not going away and that those working for us inside "the system" know we will remain united in backing their support of progressive issues.

A major component of this Summit will be to discuss the legislative campaigns and candidates we will be supporting in 2005, as well as to further develop PDA's congressional district by congressional district, state by state plan to people our government and legislatures with progressive leadership and thereby change America.

The People's Cabinet:
The "People's Cabinet" is a coordinated effort between PDA and sister organizations, including the Backbone Campaign, WeCount, Code Pink, the Progressive Government Institute, and the Progressive Caucus of the Democratic Party of Utah. "Instant Run Off Voting," (IRV) will be used to elect progressive representatives to the cabinet. This Cabinet will be a large part of our continuing efforts to take back control of our nation from neo-conservative ideologues and selfish corporate interests.

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