December 20, 2005

Meeting on January 5, 2006

Paul Lang, www.electlang.com, will speak about his campaign for the PA Senate in 2006.
This past November, Det Ansinn delivered a decisive victory for Democrats in Doylestown Borough. He's dedicated to helping fellow Democrats and progressives to do the same. From candidate petition to election day, Det will be sharing his experiences in running an aggressive municipal campaign. Presentation will include slide show, strategies, and open discussion.

As a dual DFA and PDA chapter, Upper Bucks for Democracy will welcome Kathi Ember and Roger Balson.

Kathi is the PDA chapter coordinator for Pennsylvania, and has been identified by National PDA as the Pennsylvania State PDA contact. She is directly involved with the chapter in Berks County, where she lives, and the Kutztown Area Democratic Club. PDA National has encouraged states to utilize either a caucus model, or to at least find ways to coordinate groups through some kind of state organization.

Roger is working with Kathi to organize PDA in PA. He's also organizing a chapter in Delaware County, Delco Progressives, and is the website editor for the PA Progressives, the statewide networking organization helping to facilitate communication and planning between PDA chapters and other progressive organizations in PA.

In addition to their own two chapters, so far Roger and Kathi have visited two of the eight PDA-related organizations in PA: the Chester County Democratic Coalition in Chester County and Pocono Progressives in Monroe County.
Upper Bucks for Democracy will be celebrating our first anniversary. Jeanne and Mike will talk about our first year and our accomplishments.