Health Care Organizing Kickoff Hosts: Meet Jack from Los Angeles
BY | Thursday, June 4 2009
Jack from Los Angeles, CA hasn’t slowed down since the election. His Health Care Organizing Kickoff this Saturday is his sixth event he's planned since November and each time new people come. He’s expecting about 40-50 people to attend this time, a mix of familiar faces from the campaign, community organizers and people new to the Obama network.
They'll be meeting to talk health care reform at Pasquale's Cafe in Los Angeles -- a pro-Obama restaurant that will be dishing out free slices of a special pizza dubbed, "The Michelle," to attendees. The pizza is named in honor of the First Lady for its use of organic ingredients and vegetables grown in a local community garden.
As Jack and his other guests scarf down pizza and craft a health care reform outreach plan, tens of thousands of other people will be gathering in living rooms, community centers and coffee shops across the country. At these kickoffs, people will watch a special message from the President, meet other local supporters, craft a local outreach plan and start to put those plans into action. If you haven’t already, sign up to attend a kickoff in your area.
For Jack, the goal for his kickoff is simple – “to give every attendee the tools with which to go back to their neighborhoods, communities and social networks and rally support for the President's plan to reform health care.”
Jack feels the urgency. Last week, he was on a conference call with other top volunteers when President Obama told them that health care reform wouldn’t happen if it didn’t happen this year.
The President's "now or never" call to reform health care this year was truly inspiring... talk about the fierce urgency of now! I was particularly struck with how the President skillfully connected our nation's economic future with a reformation of health care. I had not considered this part of the health care issue and it will definitely be something I stress to my event guests - a safer, stronger, healthier, more prosperous America will -- in part -- be built on a pillar of health care reform.
Join Jack and thousands of other volunteers this weekend as we begin the fight to reform health care. Sign up to attend a kickoff in your area.
