The Progressive Caucus Needs You

by: bertinlefkovic

Sat Feb 04, 2006 at 09:22:41 AM EST

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If you participated in the meeting of the Progressive Caucus of the New Jersey Democratic State Commitee that we held in Piscataway on Saturday, January 28, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. If you were unable to attend, consider this to be a second chance at participating in the Progressive Caucus. One of the many exciting accomplishments of this meeting was the first steps that we took in the development of an issues platform for the caucus.

bertinlefkovic :: The Progressive Caucus Needs You

Following are the list of issues on which we decided to take positions. The first group are issues that the caucus referred to our language group because little, if any, discussion was required. The second group are issues that the caucus rereferred to working groups because some further discussion was required.

Issues Referred to Language Group

Marriage Equality (let us know if you think that this should be incorporated in the LGBTI Rights working group)
The War in Iraq
The Future of the Death Penalty in New Jersey
Stem Cell Research
Reproductive Rights (let us know if you think that this should be incorporated in the Women's Rights working group)
Universal Health Care
Social Security
Medicare
Eminent Domain
Human/Civil Rights

Issues Referred to Working Groups

Property Tax Reform
Department of Peace
Foreign Policy
Pension Reform
Ethics Reform
Energy
Environment
Homeland Security
Crime
Poverty
Education
Labor
Jobs
Trade
Women's Rights
Election Reform
Budget/Deficit Reduction (Federal/State/County/Municipal)
Campaign Finance Reform
Pay-to-Play
LGBTI Rights
Animal Protection
Immigration

Other issues can be added to these lists at a future date to be determined by the members of the caucus. I have created a general Yahoo! Group for the caucus. Please go to the Progressive Caucus Yahoo! Group to join.

Also, please e-mail bertinlefkovic@njfordemocracy.org ASAP with the following information:

Identify 3-5 issues that you believe should be the top priorities of the Progressive Caucus in 2006.
List the working groups that you would like to join (feel free to join as few or as many as you want).
Let us know if you would like to work on the language group (number of people to be limited by the number of issues).