Coffee Party USA Newsletter

March 30th, 2015

Volume 15, Number 6

Radio Shows Schedules

• Lunch with Louden with Jeanene Louden [more]
• Politics Done Right with Egberto Willies [more]
• I take Liberty with my Coffee with Bobby Rodrigo [more]
• The Tim Danahey Show [more]

President's Column - 2015 Newsletter

by Debilyn Molineaux, Coffee Party USA President

The Power of Civility

Have you taken the Civility Pledge? It's one of the most important aspects of Coffee Party USA and how we attempt to model behavior that we'd like to see in everyone. Since most of Coffee Party's supporters are on Facebook, I interact with a lot of people there. Recently I posted about how the media covers the frivolous instead of the substantive and asked people not to watch mainstream media. The example I used was the "Ted Cruz is a Canadian" coverage. Of course, this brought out many people who wanted to talk about Ted Cruz instead of the mainstream media. [more]

A message to our members

by Tim Danahey, Coffee Party USA Director of Public and Member Relations

Our Potential To Make A Difference

The Coffee Party USA is well-versed on national issues. We are networked with multiple organizations and stay on top of breaking national stories and issues. The Coffee Party USA's newsroom is a group of sharp, observant, and intelligent people who filter many news sources to identify and post information that gets to the hearts of these issues. Our radio and media network is growing and presents national figures and conversations you won't hear elsewhere.. [more]

Elections reminder!

by Jeanene Louden, Coffee Party USA Director & Treasurer

Election 2015

The Clock is Ticking on Coffee Party Elections!

Coffee Party USA is looking for dedicated member and volunteers who would love to be involved with Coffee Party leadership.

Voting Members

To VOTE in our upcoming election, you must become a dues-paying member by March 31, 2015. You can be a monthly member HERE or an annual member HERE. You must still be a member in good standing in June in order to vote.

Election Committee

We are still accepting emails of interest for Election Committee members. We will accept up to six members to work with two Board members on reviewing candidate applications and conducting applicant interviews. The total commitment should be 12-15 hours in April and May. To SERVE on the Elections Committee, you must be a dues-paying member. If you would like to serve on this committee, please email[email protected].

Applicants for Office

To APPLY for candidacy, you must become a dues-paying member AND participate in a work group by March 31, 2015. You can volunteer for a work group HERE. The complete candidate application is HERE.

The Recap of the Election Schedule

Coffee Party ON! The Board Development Work Group

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Engage with Coffee Party through our Book Club

by Billy Sears, Director of Community Outreach and Engagement.

Join The Coffee Party Book Club with our latest Book Club installment!

This month, the Coffee Party’s book club looks at the new book The Stronghold: How Republicans Captured Congress but Surrendered the White House by University of Maryland professor Thomas Schaller.. [more]

Help Coffee Party USA accomplish our collective goals.

2015 is turning out to be a banner year for Coffee Party USA. We are growing our membership. We are teaming up with other organizations to promote good government by holding politicians accountable.

This year we have increased our reach by several million per week. This affords us a very large base to get our message out. It provides us the type of access necessary to a segment of the population when mobilization is in order. We played our part in the Net Neutrality movement both with original writing from our bloggers as well as through teaming up with other organizations to promote petitions. And guess what. We won.

There will be many other actions specific and transpartisan. Join our (your) movement. Together we will change America. But it starts with you. [more]

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Articles

Elizabeth Warren Fires Back After Wall Street Threats

The Huffington Post | By Lydia O'Connor

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has a blunt message for the big Wall Street banks that may withhold campaign donations to Senate Democrats in hopes of quieting her calls to break up the banks.

"It will not work," Warren said in a statement emailed to The Huffington Post.

Warren has been a vocal advocate for reining in big banks that she says wield too much power in Washington after their recklessness triggered the 2008 financial meltdown [more]