WHAT: Members of the Nevada Values Coalition plan to attend both the Democratic Party Caucus on Saturday, Jan. 21 and the Republican Party Caucus on Feb. 4 to present platform planks.
WHO: Coalition members include representatives from labor, environmental, social justice and health care organizations seeking to move Nevada forward. Members will download planks and bring them to the caucus meetings.
WHEN: Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at various caucus sites.
INFO: Caucus for Progress platform planks focus on real issues facing real Nevadans, from unemployment to foreclosure, health care and retirement security. All platform planks are uploaded on the Nevada Values Coalition website at http://www.NevadaValues.Org
CONTACTS:
Danny Thompson, secretary-treasurer Nevada AFL-CIO for information on AFL’s jobs plank. (702) 413-4517 thompson.danny@worldnet.att.
Annette Magnus, public affairs manager and volunteer coordinator of Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada, for information on Planned Parenthood’s platform planks. (702) 285-0898 annette.magnus@pprm.org
Erin Neff, executive director of ProgressNow Nevada, for general information about the Caucus for Progress or the foreclosure platform plank. (702) 401-7959 erin@progressnownevada.org
