
$10 donation includes light lunch and refreshments
RSVP to save your space:
Call 845-399-1382 or email: event@ucdw.org
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For more information contact:
Marcy Goulart, UCDW Leadership Chair:
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Ulster County Democratic Women Sponsor Our Annual
The Mechanics of Winning
CAMPAIGN WORKSHOP
Saturday, May 18, 2013
11 am - 2:45 pm
Rosendale Community Center
1055 Route 32, Rosendale NY
GUEST SPEAKER:
ELISA BALL
City of Kingston Alderwoman, Ward 6
Nuts and bolts training for women and men committed to getting Democratic candidates elected!
Great for potential candidates, campaign teams and town committee members.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
Petitions Workshop—How to get on the Ballot
Getting Your Message Right
Targeting Your Voters
The Face of Your Campaign: Coordinating print / web
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PUTTING THE BRAKES ON THE PROPOSED
FORTIS/CENTRAL HUDSON MERGER
Weds., March 20, from 7 - 9 PM
At SUNY/New Paltz, Lecture Center 100
An Informational meeting for Elected Officials and
Ratepayers in CH Service Area. Featuring speakers:
IBEW Local Union 320
Gerald Norlander of the Public Utility Law Project (PULP)
and NYS Assemblyman Kevin Cahill
Panel discussion with Q & A.
Find out more about this really bad actor of a multinational corporation,
why they should not be permitted to acquire our local utility, and how this proposed merger can be prevented.
Sign the petition to stop merger.
Download informational flyer.
For more information: jenmetzger@yahoo.com, susan.h.gillespie@gmail.com, dawnmeola@hvc.rr.com or mannajo@aol.com

Brimstone, Booze and the Ballot
A Dialogue from the letters of
Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage
March 22, 2013
7:30 PM
at the Rosendale Theatre
408 Main Street, Rosendale, NY 12472
(845) 658-8989
An evening to celebrate Women's History Month.
This live performance will benefit the
Susan B. Anthony House, Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation,
and Votes for Women 2020.
Tickets price: $20.20
Buy tickets.
Read more about this engaging performance.
RETROFITTING FOR RESILIENCE:
Preparing our Homes and Businesses for the 21st Century
Saturday, April 13
12 noon - 6 PM
Rosendale Rec Center, Rt. 32, Rosendale (by pool).
No charge. Please pre-register by going to www.surveymonkey.com/s/Retrofit4Resilience
A deep energy retrofit workshop with Lloyd Hamilton of Verdae LLC, Gregory Pedrick of NYSERDA, Brian Mulder of Mulder Construction, and Todd Pascarella of NY Energy Experts, who will present pilot projects which are transforming several older, poorly insulated, inefficient homes to an extraordinarily high level of energy efficiency using insulation, energy efficient appliances and innovative systems designed to drastically reduce energy consumption, costs and carbon footprint while improving comfort for the building's residents. Includes a tour of one of the projects with builder and team.
Other speakers include RUPCO’s Michael Courtney on Green Jobs/Green NY, who can help you sign up for a free energy audit and show you how you can save money, reduce your carbon footprint, and pay for your energy improvements through the Green Jobs/Green NY on-bill payment system, Croton Mayor Leo Wiegman (Croton Energy Group) on Energize NY and Energize Financing, and NYS Assembly Energy Chair Amy Paulin (invited).
For builders, homeowners, business owners, architects, code enforcement officers, assessors/appraisers, other building professionals and interested others.
For further information:
Download flyer or email
lloyd@verdaellc.com or jenmetzger@yahoo.com.
Citizen Action presents
FAIR ELECTIONS FORUM
Saturday, March 16, 1:00 PM
Thrall Library
11-19 Depot St, Middletown NY
Speakers include
Citizen Action of New York Director, Karen Scharff
Middletown NAACP President James Rollins
Assemblymember James Skoufis
Assemblymember Aileen Gunter
Sparrow Tobin: Democratic Minority Leader of the Orange County Legislature
and President of the Catskill-Hudson Central Labor Council
Already in place in several states and in NYC, this system has begun to change the game. Fair elections means real democracy. Gun control, hydrofracking, Wall Street and big banks all use their financial advantage to influence our elected officials. Come learn how to support this important reform at this pivotal point for New York State.
All are welcome. RSVP here:
https://my.citizenactionny.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=116
Event flier and fact sheet attached. Thank you for posting, sharing and circulating

UCDW Joins the Rally to
DEFEND WOMEN'S RIGHTS
(This will be in place of our March Meeting)
Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 PM
RALLY IS ON TONIGHT -
a few inches of snow will not deter us.
SUNY Campus, Lecture Center hall 100
New Paltz, NY
Women’s rights are still under attack. What can we do?
Stand up, fight back!
Volunteer to staff the UCDW table or just come to hear the speakers.
Dozens of community, labor, feminist, peace, justice, political and college
organizations are backing this Mid-Hudson regional commemoration of
International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 7.
Rallies are taking place in many U.S. towns, called nationally by
Women Organized to Resist and Defend.
To continued conservative attacks on women’s rights, we respond:
Stop Violence Against Women, Stop the War on Women’s
Rights, Defend Reproductive Justice, Full Equality for all Women Workers!
Speakers, singers, poets and videos will express these demands at the rally. There will be plenty of information and ideas to take home and use.
The Hudson Valley Activist Newsletter is the organizer. Endorsers include:
Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO, United University Professions AFL-CIO (SUNY NP), New Paltz Women in Black, Amnesty International (local branch), Bard College Student Labor Dialogue, Washbourne House (women and children's shelter), Orange County Democratic Women, Ulster County Democratic Women, Sociology Dept. (SUNY NP), Progressive Academic Network (SUNY NP), Environmental Task Force (community/campus), NP Climate Action Coalition, NYPIRG and OXFAM (SUNY NP chapters), Students for a Free Palestine (SUNY NP), Move to Amend of Ulster County, Peace and Social Progress Now, Mid-Hudson ANSWER, Haitian People’s Support Project.
Download the PDF flyer for more details.
ACTION ALERT:
Ulster County Legislature Plans Vote Against Gun Control
6:30 PM TUESDAY,
February 19, 2013
UPAC on Broadway, Kingston NY
On Tuesday, February 19 the Ulster County Legislature plans to pass a memorializing resolution to appeal New York's SAFE Act. This resolution is part of a nation-wide orchestrated effort backed by the NRA.
SIGN THE PETITION asking our legislature to support the SAFE Act.
The petition supports NYS new guncontrol laws under the SAFE Act
AND
the second amendment.
Make a public comment at the meeting tomorrow.
This special meeting at UPAC will cost Ulster taxpayers $1200 just so Republicans can showboat their extreme views on guns. See you there.
February Meeting Notes
UCDW endorsed the Full LGBT Equality Pledge and we partnered with the Hudson Valley Progressives.

UCDW President, JoAnn Chamberlain, with newly sworn in NYS Senator Cecilia Tzacyzk.
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