Press Conference
To
address Grady's closing of their dialysis
and to call
Grady into account for the people
now left
without
life-saving dialysis treatment.
Monday, January 11, 2010
3pm
Grady Hospital
(in the front)
35 Jesse Hill Drive, SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Downtown Atlanta
Come to the press event and then plan
to
attend the
Grady Board meeting afterward.
Our voices
need to be heard and Grady
decision makers need to know that we are
NOT going away.
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Join ABLE's
Healthcare and
Immigration Taskforces
& The Grady Coalition
Monday, December
14, 2009
5:30pm
First
Iconium Baptist Church
542 Moreland Avenue, SE
Atlanta, GA 30316
Help us find a solution!
Grady Hospital closed its Dialysis
Clinic in early
October, 2009.
Poor and undocumented Grady patients who were
receiving dialysis treatment at Grady were given 3
months of additional treatment at
another dialysis
clinic.
Their life-saving treatment
ENDS
on
January 3, 2010.
The Grady Coalition has invited Grady CEO Michael
Young to
speak
about these dialysis patients,
neighborhood center plans,
& other issues.
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Healthcare Task Force Meeting
Thursday, November 12, 2009
7pm-8:30pm
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
29 Boulevard, NE
Atlanta, GA 30312
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**HEALTHCARE
REFORM
ACTION!**
Join ABLE
on
Thursday, November 12,
2009
11:30am
ABLE leaders will deliver signed postcards,
a DVD from the November 5, 2009 Prayer
Rally,
and prescription bottles from Georgia residents
that are filled with prayers and personal notes
from Sen. Isakson's constituents.
Office of
Senator Johnny Isakson
One Overton
Park
Suite 970
3625
Cumberland Boulevard
Atlanta, GA
30339
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Healthcare Reform Prayer Rally
The Public Wants Options:
Healthcare for All
Prayer Rally
Bring your
prescription drug bottles and
copies of your
medical bills to submit to Legislators
(copies will not be returned)
Thursday, November 5, 2009
7:00PM
Atlanta Friends Meeting
701 W. Howard Ave.
Decatur, GA 30030
For
additional information
contact:
Sherita
M. Edwards (678) 271-7443
~~Congregations
& Organizations
Together in Action~~
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LET'S MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD
Monday, September 21, 2009
11:45am
 
Secretary/Treasurer President Executive VP
Liz Schuler Richard Trumka Arlene Holt Baker
GEORGIA UNION MEMBERS, COMMUNITY,
ACTIVISTS & ALLIES MEET THE NEW
NATIONAL OFFICERS OF
AFL-CIO
@
RALLY TO
TAKE BACK
AMERICA
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
3350 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA
Marta Rail Stop: N7 BUCKHEAD
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***Healthcare
ACTION***
Monday, September
14, 2009
2:30pm
Protest Rally
Outside Grady Hospital
Downtown
Atlanta
Join ABLE in
protesting CEO Michael Young's
decision to
CLOSE Grady Hospital's Dialysis Center
The closing of this center would mean
certain DEATH
for patients who are dependent on the center.
Protesters will attend Grady's Board Meeting
after the rally to express their disagreement
with Grady's decision.
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**Healthcare ACTION**
Monday, August 31, 2009
2pm
Sen. Johnny Isakson's Office
One Overton Park, Suite 970
3625 Cumberland Blvd
Atlanta, GA 30339
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Gamaliel’s Faith and Democracy DC Action for Health Care Reform
June 24th
Arrive 11:30-noon at Lutheran Church 212 East Capitol, DC—LUNCH
SERVED, and Prep for Visits
(dinner will be provided for each bus at
7:00 pm)
Congressional visits are set to occur
1:45 pm-to
3:45pm. Call your Congress people
now to set up your organization's
meetings if you haven't yet done so.
A full itinerary is attached including details on our procession,
the Interfaith Service, and optional Candlelight vigil on health
equity.
Lodging - Available for a cost of $50/night for double occupancy,
but you must register on line through the Gamaliel web
site. We are still seeking funds to offset the lodging costs. If
and when we have lodging subsidies
confirmed, we will let you know what the reduced lodging cost will
be.
For more information contact:
Sherita M.
Edwards, 678-271-7443, sherita@gamaliel.org
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PRESS CONFERENCE
With US Rep. JOHN CONYERS
Wednesday, May 27,
2009 10:00-11:30 am
Grady Hospital, 80
Jesse Hill Dr. SE, Atlanta GA 30303
LUNCH WITH HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
And US Rep. JOHN CONYERS
Wednesday, May 27,
2009 Grady Cafeteria
Grady Hospital, 80 Jesse Hill Dr. SE, Atlanta GA 30303
"HEALTHCARE, YES; INSURANCE COMPANIES, NO"
Hear US Rep. JOHN CONYERS
Author
of HR 676 single-payer healthcare, which would provide improved Medicare
for ALL!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:30-8:30pm
IBEW Auditorium, 501 Pulliam St. SW, Atlanta GA 30312
Sponsored by Healthcare- Now – Georgia; Atlanta-North Georgia Labor
Council; Georgia State AFL-CIO; Grady Coalition; Concerned Black Clergy;
Ga. Peace and Justice Coalition/Atlanta; 1st Iconium Baptist Church;
American Friends Service Committee, SE Regional Office; WRFG-89.3FM, US
Human Rights Network, International Action Center, Metro Task Force for
the Homeless, Rainbow PUSH Coalition; ABLE Healthcare Task Force and
others.
For more information:
healthcarenowga@yahoo.com
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Healthcare Task Force Meeting
Monday, March 23, 2009
7pm-8:30pm
Our
Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
29
Boulevard Avenue, NE
Atlanta,
GA 30312
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Healthcare Task Force Meeting
Monday, February 16, 2009
7pm-8:30pm
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
29 Boulevard Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30312
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ABLE
& CONCERNED CITIZENS JOIN TOGETHER
TO URGE
STATE LEGISLATURE TO STOP CUTS; INSTITUTE NEW TAX
Press Conference
February 3, 2009
10am
On the steps of the State Capitol
(Washington Street side)
Downtown Atlanta
Concerned citizens will call for the
following:
1. No cuts to the school nursing program
2. Fund a statewide trauma network
3. Adopt a $1/pack cigarette tax which will generate
approximately $450 million
(per the Georgia Budget and
Policy Institute)
Our children are being put into jeopardy!
We need you & your congregational members to stand with us!
ABLE is a
multi-racial, interfaith regional coalition of congregations, unions and
grassroots organizations
that
develops and empowers ordinary people to become leaders who effect
change in their communities
for
the common good of all. We have identified four broad areas of
concern: healthcare, education,
transportation and immigration in the Atlanta metropolitan region.
Faced with a $2.2 billion budget shortfall, Governor Perdue seeks to
eliminate the $30 million school
nurses program. Concerned citizens see this as short-sighted, with
potentially disastrous health and legal consequences, and urge Perdue to enhance the budget through a
$1/pack cigarette tax.
ABLE (Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment) is organizing
representatives from their
member congregations and unions, as well as local area community
organizations to join together
on Tuesday, February 3rd to express our concern about
Governor Perdue’s proposed elimination of the school nurse program. Georgia’s health care system is in a
crisis. These cuts would only harm an already damaged system.
ABLE wants to be sure that our voices and those of others who will be
negatively impacted by the proposed cuts will be heard. We are inviting organizations to join us
next Tuesday for a Press
Conference on the Capitol steps. We will open with a prayer, explain
our purpose, deliver letters to the Governor and the Chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations and
Health and Human Services Committees; and encourage our constituents to write, fax or email their
senators and representatives
in support of our concerns.
For further information, contact:
Debra Greenwood Sherita Edwards
Vice-President, Gwinnett County
ABLE Staff Organizer
404) 234-2478
(678) 271-7443
debra404@gmail.com
sherita@gamaliel.org
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