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WATCH VIDEOS ON HEALTH CARE

Raising Women's Voices: Women's Health Care stories.
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HOSPITAL MERGER AND HEALTH CARE NEWS

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JAN 26, 2009 by Paul Kirby Remembering Jane

Friends and colleagues of Health Care Activist, Jane VanDeBogart (Health Care Stat and UCDW Member) seek to raise funds to construct a memorial outside the under-construction Foxhall Ambulatory Surgery Center, Kingston.

More headlines about Hospital Merger

2009 UCDW LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

AUGUST 6, 2009 Sonia Sotomayor confirmed on a 68-31 vote as Supreme Court justice making her the first Hispanic and third female justice. Send Justice Sotomayor a note of congratulations.

AUGUST 7, 2009 Deborah Schneer Sworn in as First Woman Ulster County Court Judge
Read Judge Schneer's remarks.

MAR 28,2009 UCDW Workshop Candidate Training for Women

Leadership Chair, Marcy Goulart, spoke passionately at UCDW's general meeting, January 12, 2009, for the need to have a highly qualified woman replace Hillary Clinton's Senate seat and pay homage to the people of NY who utilized this senate seat to select the first woman to represent NY. UCDW members agreed and voted to charge president Julie McQuain with writing a letter to Governor Paterson and the press on behalf of members.

JAN 13, 2009 READ UCDW's letter to Governor Paterson

JAN 16, 2009 Daily Freeman Democratic Women want female in Clinton's seat

VIEW UCDW Senate Seat Recommendations from members and friends

JAN 23, 2009 VIDEO Paterson appoints Kristen Gillibrand as NY's next US Senator

JAN 24, 2009 Ellen Malcolm. president of EMILY's List, responses to Gillibrand pick


2008 UCDW ELECTION LETTER WRITING COMMITTEE

The UCDW Letter Writing Campaign has started. Get your letters to the editor out now, BEFORE the election is over. Our Letter Writing Committee has put together a list of newspapers to send your letters to. Get the newspaper list.

ISSUES COMMITTEE

Kingston City Hospital Merger:

  • More Hospital news coverage
  • See proposed plan for the women's reproductive services building
  • DEC 10, 2007 Hospital Merger Notes - Jane Van DeBogart
  • MARCH 12, 2007 UCDW response to the Memorandum of Agreement of the Ulster County hospital affiliation
  • Visit Healthcare Stat website

HAVA and Voting Machine Issues:

 

View the Vote By Mail presentation prepared by the Ulster County Legislative Committee; Susan Zimet—Chair, Tracey Bartels, Cindy Bell, Sue Cummings, Stuart Fraser, Beth Murphy, and Tom Turco.
6/27/07