Coffee Party 2010 Time Line

Tue, 05/17/2011 - 12:45am — Coffee Party USA

JAN 26, 2010
Annabel Park Facebook status update sparks Coffee Party movement.

FEB 14, 2010
Coffee Party YouTube video shows Annabel Park calling for cooperation rather than obstruction in Congress, and a more responsible political discourse that is fact-based, rather than fear-based. Coffee Party YouTube channel begins series of videos giving voice to every-day Americans.

FEB 26-27th, 2010
Coffee Party chapters begin forming across the U.S. Tens of thousands begin using Facebook fan page and makeshift Coffee Party website as virtual town halls.

MARCH 13, 2010
CoffeeParty National Kick-off: Thousands participate in nearly 400 meetings at coffee shops and restaurants across the U.S.

MARCH 22, 2010
Coffee Party members choose two issue priorities, “Financial Reform” and “Campaign Finance Reform," in on-line vote.

MARCH 27, 2010
National Coffee Party Summit includes nearly 500 meetings across the U.S. Darrel West (Brookings Institute), and Linda Killian (Politico) join Annabel Park in Cofee Party event broadcast on C-SPAN.

MARCH 29 - APRIL 10, 2010
“Coffee with Congress” initiative facilitates meetings between citizens and their Senators and Congress Members

APRIL 10, 2010
Coffee Party leaders decide to consciously avoid the media narrative that the Coffee Party is the enemy, or opposite of the Tea Party, focusing instead on turning the nation's attention to matters of substance, systemic issues that that impede progress in government:

corrupting influence of money in politics
hyper-partisianship that produces gridlock
well-funded misinformation campaigns.

Recognizing that these are big challenges that require a long-term strategy, not just a focus the current election cycle, Coffee Party asks members to start building relationships with their representatives and with their communities.

APRIL 15, 2010
Coffee Party hosts panel discussion: "Ending the Partisan Warfare in America."

Phil Lawson presents results of Coffee Sphere.

APRIL 23, 2010
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signs S.B. 1070. Annabel Park & Eric Byler's documentary film “9500 Liberty” is thrust into theatrical release in Arizona, and then in cities around the country. (The film chronicles the only 8 weeks in American history where an "Arizona-style" immigration crack-down was actually implemented). Thanks to "9500 Liberty" theatrical tour, Park and Byler visit over 30 Coffee Party chapters in cities around the US.

April 24, 2010
YouTube video depicts Prof. Lawrence Lessig introducing Coffee Party's "Clean Up Wall Street" & "Clean up K Street" campaigns in support of financial reform and campaign finance/Fair Elections reform.

MAY 24, 2010
Louisville, KY selected as site of first Coffee Party Convention

JULY 4, 2010
Declaration of Unity initiative unveiled

JULY 10-15, 2010
Coffee Party members including Annabel Park visit the Gulf Coast to support of those effected by the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.

SEPT 24-26, 2010
Coffee Party Convention in Louisville, Kentucky: Chapter leaders from 40 states around the country meet in person for the first time. Keynote speeches by Lawrence Lessig and Mark McKinnon galvanize Coffee Party leaders on the issue of money in politics, leading to the For the People Summit Jan. 20-22, 2011.