Dear UHCAN-MN subscribers,

 

If you can participate in any of these upcoming events, or know of events UHCAN-MN can attend for ed/outreach and screenings,please email joel@.... We can provide the lit and resources.

thanks,

joel

 

1. Cenntennial Elementary School in Richfield (80% Hispanic students,Mon,April 21, Dori Ullman,Janet Asanchayev, and me performed cholesterol,diabetes, and blood pressure preventative screenings for 15 teachers. We talked on why we have universal public education but not UHC, and the fallacy of forcing either teachers or health practitioners, to tie pay to performance for schools and clinics (NO Child or Patient Left Behind). Because we all volunteered, we raised almost $100 for UHCAN-MN. The principal and school nurse invited us back to and subsidize more of the same for their students, many of whom have no health insursance, on May 16 at their Cenntennial Carnival.

 

2.Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign: Conference on Health Care.Saturday, April 26, 10AM - 5PM,Joel Albers is scheduled to speak from 10AM - 11AM on HC at the Crossroads in Mn, with f/u discussion for action. Stephanie Levy will be tabling and also speaking to the issue of HC as a human right with a publicly-funded system. Let me know if you can jump in to help.

 

3.Cover the Uninsured Week, Monday, April, 28, 9AM to 3PM. UHCAN-MN's Carolyn Gergen will be tabling, doing health screenings, and showing powerpoint slide pictures capturing the health care crisis right here in MN. We could use one more person for this fun day.

 

4.Clean Water Action Briefing, April 29,tues, 2pm to 3pm. Joel will brief canvassers on "Health Care at the Crossroads, Single-Payer v. Market attempts." 308 E. Hennepin, 2nd floor.Feel free to attend.

 

5.MayDay Parade,May 4,Sunday,1PM to 3PM. UHCAN-MN will march in the free speech section with our banner that reads, "Bridge the Gap, Publicly-Funded HC for ALL (the Bridge is this yrs theme), flanked by Single-Payer placards, and the always colorful Radical HC Cheerleaders doing "HMO You UGLY" at the curbsides. Need more folks for this. It's very fun.