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DESCRIPTION:Saturday, March 12  FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES: HEALTH CARE IS AN ECONOMIC 
 HUMAN RIGHT - San Jose  10 a.m. - 2 p.m.  UFCW Hall  200 S. Market Street  
 The purpose of this conference is to educate and energize our members - and 
  grassroots leaders of other congregations and community groups - to get 
 involved in  this year?s battle for health care. We support the Just Health 
 Care universal single  payer health care proposal originally developed by 
 the Labor Party. We also support  similar single payer measures such as 
 Sen. Sheila Kuehl?s SB 921, which will be  reintroduced into the California 
 legislature in February.  We believe that health care is a God-given human 
 right. However, we have always  understood that we will not win this battle 
 without getting new people involved. We  believe we have to mobilize the 
 full diversity of those most affected by the crisis:  the poor, the 
 immigrants, working people, health care workers, and the uninsured and  
 underinsured from all economic backgrounds.   We fully support legislative 
 lobbying, public hearings, and electoral campaigns. We  also support the 
 nonviolent direct action tactics of Dr. Martin Luther King. One of  the 
 purposes of this conference will be to include discussion of tactics that, 
 as  King said, ?create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a 
 community which  has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to 
 confront the issue.?  We welcome your organization?s endorsement and 
 support. We intend to ensure Spanish  translation and Spanish-speaking 
 workshops to encourage as broad participation as  possible.  The conference 
 has been endorsed not only by the individuals but by all our  organizations 
 listed below.  Sincerely,  Pastor Scott Wagers, CHAM  Peg Elwell, 
 Low-Income Self-Help Center  Greg Miller, Labor Party (San Jose)  Lynn 
 Huidekoper, Health Care for All Californians - Silicon Valley Coalition  
 Louie Rocha, President, CWA Local 9423  Chava Bustamante, SEIU Local 1877  
 Andrea Villasenor-Perry, Executive Director, Services, Immigrant Rights and 
  Education Network (SIREN)  Ethel Long-Scott, California Poor Peoples 
 Economic Human Rights Campaign  Mike Mulligan, UFCW Local 428  Jay Mendoza, 
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SUMMARY:FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES: HEALTH CARE IS AN ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHT
LOCATION:UFCW Hall  200 S. Market Street
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/08/58773.php
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