GOOD FOR YOU!

It’s been said that,

"One determined person can make a significant difference;
a group of determined people can change the course of history."

Keep up the good work and keep the faith that what you are doing DOES  
make a difference!

Nina Brown
  "Circumstances determine our lives, but we shape our lives by what  
we make of our circumstances."

Secretary/Founding Board Member, The Alliance for Medical Research
(http://www.tamr-ed.org)
Founding Board Member, Texans for Advancement of Medical Research
(http://www.txamr.org)
Vice President, Houston Area Parkinson Society
  (http://www.hapsonline.org)
State Coordinator, Parkinson's Action Network
(http://www.parkinsonsaction.org)



On May 24, 2008, at 9:40 PM, rayilynlee wrote:

> While it is true we have not stopped the war and people are still  
> dying unnecessarily, Bush and McCain have been run out of the  
> Phoenix Convention Center due to the actions of us Grandmothers for  
> Peace, Women in Black, Code Pink and such anti-war groups.  The  
> media will probably not cover it so I am telling you about it.  We  
> need the same kind of advocacy for war on disease. Some of you no  
> doubt don't think it does any good or are just not cut out to  
> protest publically.  But I feel today that sitting in the hot AZ sun  
> for hours for 3 years  has been well worth the effort.  I can't  
> attend the protest because I can't walk, but I think I've played a  
> part in keeping the anti-war movement alive.  I hope you will join  
> me when I advocate to save lives that are being destroyed by disease  
> and injury.  This is a  "Red" state too and  I think the tide may be  
> turning.
>
> Thanks to brother Gary and sis-in-law Patsy for demonstrating with  
> me. Thanks to Janet Vernon for holding down the fort in Green Valley  
> AZ.
>
> Ray
> Grandmother for Peace
>
> Friday, May 23, 2008 - 7:06 PM MST
> Poor ticket sales, expected protests scuttle Bush-McCain fundraiser  
> at Phoenix Convention Center
> Phoenix Business Journal - by Mike Sunnucks
>
> A Tuesday fundraiser headlined by President Bush for U.S. Sen. John  
> McCain's presidential campaign is being moved out of the Phoenix  
> Convention Center.
> Sources familiar with the situation said the Bush-McCain event was  
> not selling enough tickets to fill the Convention Center space, and  
> that there were concerns about more anti-war protesters showing up  
> outside the venue than attending the fundraiser inside.
> Another source said there were concerns about the media covering the  
> event.
> Bush's Arizona fundraising effort for McCain is being moved to  
> private residences in the Phoenix area. A White House official said  
> the event was being moved because the McCain campaign prefers  
> private fundraisers and it is Bush administration policy to have  
> events in public venues open to the media. The White House official  
> said to reconcile that the Tuesday event will be held at a private  
> venue and not the Convention Center.
> Convention Center personnel confirmed the event has been canceled at  
> their venue.
> Tickets to the event were to range from $1,000 to $25,000 for VIP  
> treatment. Money was to go toward McCain's presidential bid and a  
> number of Republican Party organs.
> Anti-war protesters were planning to be out in force. President  
> Bush's job approval rating stands at 31 percent, according to  
> RealClearPolitics.com.
> The McCain campaign referred questions on the fundraiser change to  
> the White House press office.
>
> Rayilyn Brown
> Board Member AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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