Democracy for America and True Majority ACTION Fund Host National Day of Action

Released: Apr 12, 2005 12:02 PM

Local Iowa Members to Hold 3 Meetings

IOWA - Local members of Democracy for America (DFA) and TrueMajority ACTION Fund have joined forces for a National Day of Action on Thursday, April 14th. Activists across the country have planned meetings with over 60 members of Congress to voice their opposition to the President's plan to privatize Social Security and urge their Representatives to do the same.

"These meetings are one piece of a larger campaign to protect Social Security," said Jim Dean, Chair of Democracy for America. "We want to make it clear to both the President and elected officials that many Americans do not support the privatization of Social Security, and that their constituents will hold them accountable in 2006 if they don't take our views seriously."

There are currently meetings planned in over 60 congressional districts throughout the United States, including 2 in Iowa. The meetings scheduled include: Rep. Jim Nussle, District 1 and Rep. Jim Leach, District 2. Local Iowa activists have also scheduled a meeting with Senator Chuck Grassley's office.

For more information on this National Day of Action and these meetings, visit: http://www.democracyforamerica.com/meetings/stats.php.

Democracy for America, which was founded by Governor Howard Dean in 2004, is a political action committee dedicated to building a grassroots network of socially progressive and fiscally responsible activists and candidates running for all levels of office. Through the use of grassroots tactics, coalition building strategies, activist trainings and on-line support, DFA is giving ordinary people the power to reform their own political system.