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Apr 12, 2025 | PDA News

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  1. Larry Holman

    I am not always able to attend the weekly zoom town hall meetings. I looked forward to seeing them on Youtube later. However, I can no longer find them on Youtube. I am wondering what happened.

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  2. Christopher Gilbert

    I tuned in to the April 13 PDA presentation today. I agreed with most of what the moderator presented, but began to have the feeling that this was all that would be happening: one person describing horror stories about what Trump and Republicans are doing. I’m sure it was well-meant, but all of that is available from other sources: newspaper, YouTube channels, and sites devoted to viewpoints and principles the same as PDA. I switched off after ten minutes because nothing new was being said. It was a lecture designed to describe bad things happening, and at the end, probably a request for money.
    What I think would be more helpful is to at some point ask each attendee to speak for a minute or two about what really bothers them about our national crisis. This would allow at least brief participation by the attendees, with a chance to speak about what their true feelings are. They may not have much chance to state their feelings to anyone d about the current administration. Putting their feelings into words I think would strengthen their commitment, as well as encourage others to hear what attendees are thinking and feeling, rather only hearing the leader reciting terrible things. I’m not suggesting an exchange, debate, or discussion, but simply letting participants express something beyond their passive willingness to hear someone else saying what’s happening.
    Also, you might arrange breakout rooms so that four or five people would be able to talk to each other without fear of contradiction or resistance. Typically, this arrangement ends with the whole group re-convening, with a member from each group summarizing what was discussed and decided. Becoming active is more desirable for PDA than staying passive, but that seems to be the model.

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  3. Carol Lynn DeWitt

    SaveUSA- Town or City and State name .. all 1200-1400 locations should have… a Central theme. SaveUSA..
    That is. What our. Goal is ..right ..?

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