Greens and other progressives interested in actual healthcare reform need to come out to this event. We need to counter the industry’s manufactured response with our own voice.

The information for the event is listed below. If you plan to attend RSVP. However, even if you don’t get in, there will be demonstrations going on outside to get involved with.

What: Healthcare Town Hall Meeting

When: Wednesday, September 2, 2009
6:30 – 8:30pm

Where: Holiday Inn Suntree/Viera
8298 N Wickham Road
Melbourne, FL 32940

Come Prepared to Listen and Voice Your Opinions on Healthcare Reform

Presentations by:

• U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, serving Florida’s 15th Congressional District.

• Dennis Smith, former Director of the federal Center for Medicaid and State Operation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For seven years Mr. Smith ran the Medicaid health care program which provides coverage for over 50 million Americans.

• Panel of representatives from local health care providers, medical practitioners and the business community.

The town hall meeting will include remarks from the panel,
as well as time for Questions & Answers from the audience.

RSVP Online at http://www.posey.house.gov/rsvp/

RSVP by Phone: 321-632-1776

Also at www.posey.house.gov/issues you can find a copy of H.R. 3200 and background materials
on the bill that you may want to review before the town hall meeting.

Monthly Meeting Reminder

Tuesday September 1st
6:00PM to 8:00PM

@ The Gallery in Downtown Melbourne, 701 East New Haven Avenue
Just east of the Henegar Center, upstairs above Vapor.

The monthly social and planning meeting for the Green Party of Brevard County. Come out get involved and meet other local Greens. We will be discussing party planning, strategy and issues with a chance to have some fun and get to know your fellow Greens.

This Month’s Agenda

Bill Posey’s Healthcare Town Hall Meetings on Wednesday Sept 3rd.
Tabling at the Wellness Center’s Green Fair – Sept 19th in Palm Bay
Approval of Bylaws
Vote to petition the Green Party of Florida to be officially recognized as a county party.

Patriots for Peace and Humanists for Peace will lead a mass march in Melbourne, Florida, calling for a transformation of America’s pro-war foreign policy away from militarism. Protestors will march at 2:00 PM from Front Street Park (2205 Front Street) in Melbourne to Melbourne City Hall to hear a variety of speakers and artists from around the state. The statewide mass march, endorsed by many Florida groups, is being held in solidarity with national protests on March 21 in Washington DC (ANSWER Coalition) and April 4 in New York City (United for Peace and Justice).

Title: Melbourne Mass March for Peace
Location: Front Street Park
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2009-03-28
End Time: 17:00