Evansville for Change

Dear Group, Evansville For Change is hosting a meet & greet with some of our local candidates.  Take this opportunity to become familiar with the candidates and their views and to ask questions about issues that are important to you. The following candidates have been invited: Sheriff Eric Williams;  Commissioner Troy Tornatta;  County Prosecutor Stan [...]

Ann Shank can always be depended on doing great research on current issues. Check out the resources she has provided below to further understand the HCR bill. Click here for very good summary time line of health reform. Click here to view a calculator to see how  reform may affect you. Click here to view [...]

If you, like so many people I have spoken to, are wondering which parts of the health care reform bill will kick in this year, check out the latest video on the right side of this page.  The President does a great job of  summarizing what major changes we will see beginning immediately. I have [...]

At around 5:30 pm EDT, Rep. Ellsworth announced that he will vote yes on the health insurance reform bill.  Read his full comments here.

Watch the president speak live on health care reform today, Thursday Aug. 20 at 1:30 PM CDT.  Click here to watch.

Please join us for our monthly meeting tonight, Tuesday August 18.  We have a lot going on, but of course the real hot issue we have to discuss is health care reform! 6:30 PM Central Library, Browning Room A

Click here and sign the petition to show that you support the president’s basic principles of health care reform.

It is important that you let Rep. Brad Ellsworth know how strongly you feel about passing health care reform legislation that includes a public option.  Please take a few minutes to take this survey now!  Click here to take the survey.

You’re invited and urged to take part in a rally for Congress to pass a Health Care bill with the public option, this Monday, June 22, 12:15 pm, in front of the federal building! Come and bring a friend. Peace, Clark Field

Now more than ever grassroots support of the change we voted for is needed.  Join us for our monthly Evansville for Change monthly meeting.  Robust debate on the issues we care most about; sharing ideas and planning activities that allow us to be heard;  and meeting others who want to make a difference are integral [...]

For those of you who attended the Health Care Kick Off last Saturday (and anybody else who is committed to making health care reform a reality this year) and are wondering what you could do to help, check out this info and site I received from Organizing for America.  You CAN make a difference!!! The [...]

The Evansville for Change Health Care Task Force invites you to join us: Saturday, June 6 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM McCullough Branch Library * 5115 Washington Avenue, Evansville It is time to organize for change in health care. Health care reform is a critical need for all Americans and we must ensure that Congress [...]

This article and video was distributed by the White House earlier today. Judge Sotomayor has made the American dream her own. Born and raised in a South Bronx public housing project to Puerto Rican parents, Sotomayor has distinguished herself in academia, as a big-city prosecutor, and as a leading figure on the federal bench. If [...]

Here’s your chance to let Congressman Brad Ellsworth know how you feel about important environmental legislation.  Make your voice heard by clicking here and filling out the Climate Change Survey ASAP!

Join us for the EFC  meeting tomorrow, Tuesday May 19,  6:30 PM at Central Library.  If you are interested in helping us  advance the initiatives of the Obama administration at the grassroots level here in Southwest Indiana, or just want to  learn more about Evansville for Change, please join us!  Read on for the agenda.

After all the hoopla, President Obama received an enthusiastic welcome from the grads and rest of the audience at the Notre Dame commencement.  While there were a couple of hecklers who were shouted down by the audience and some protesters outside, it is clear they were in the minority.  Rather than ducking the controversy, Obama [...]

ABC News Interviewed Mayor Jonathon Weinzapfel and others about the state of the economy in Evansville.  View it here.

Contact Your Legislators About These Important Issues by Ray Andersen President Obama has sent legislation to Congress with regard to reducing the benefits to US Corporation (83 out of the 100 largest) who shelter profits due to off shore business locations. Some Democrats have “pushed back” on this legislation. If you’d like to see this [...]

The EFC website committee met this evening and we will be posting our meeting notes soon. We believe the site is off to a good start, but we know we still have a long way to go. Our goal is to make this the home for all of the people in Southwest Indiana who support [...]

Sebelius was confirmed last night!  Got an email from EMILY’s List that their petition was signed by over 3000 supporters in a very short amount of time. So if you took the time to sign the petition…thank you!