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Democratic
Woman, Edra Bogle, featured in the Corpus Christi Caller Times
during the Texas Democratic Party State Convention
Vendors like Edra Bogle and her husband Tom Cain from
Denton County were happy to help attendees find just right the
buttons.
The couple’s display Friday ranged from vintage political buttons to
buttons on social issues including immigration, sexuality and animal
extinction.
Many the couple made themselves.
“I like playing with words and I like playing with images,” said
Bogle, who has been collecting buttons since the 1970s.
Bogle wore one of her most popular sellers — a button that bore an
image of an extraterrestrial with the question: “Do I look like an
alien?”
Bogle said she is a science fiction fan but that the button also is
a reference to Arizona’s new immigration law.
Buttons related to the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico that feature
wildlife soaked in oil and slogans like “Make BP pay” also have been
big sellers, she said.
Democratic
Women, Amy Manuel and Elinor Johansen, have been busy writing
letters to the Editor of the Denton Record Chronicle
New lows were hit recently as health care reform
was passed. There were the racist and homophobic epithets hurled
at members of Congress. There was the screaming of “baby killer”
on the floor of the House of Representatives. Then came
the bricks through the windows of members of Congress and the
coffin on the lawn accompanied by death threats. What was the
response of Republicans and tea partiers and the conservative
media? Like an abusive husband, they responded that the
Democrats had it coming. If the Democrats hadn’t passed
healthcare reform, none of the above would have happened.
Sounds frighteningly similar to excuses like, “She burned
dinner,” or “She was flirting with the waiter."
To read Amy's comments about Congressman Burgess failing his
district, click
here. You can also read Elinor Johansen's letter about
Chet Edwards' vote on the Health Care Bill.
Finally, you can read Amy's goodbye letter to Rush Limbaugh
here.
Vice President
of DWDC, Toni Medellin, interviewed by News Connection
Flower Mound --Meet Toni Medellin, the
Diversity Chair for the Democratic Party in
Denton County. According to Medellin her
main responsibility is to appeal to people
who are not well represented within the
party. “The Democratic Party is a very
diverse group, but, if you look at the
leadership, it may not look so diverse. My
job is to find voters and candidates,
especially people of color; women,
minorities, under-represented groups and
invite them to become more active,” she
said, “We know they (the under-represented
groups) are our constituencies, but they’re
not necessarily in leadership positions.”
Medellin is a graduate of the University of
Texas at Arlington and Rutgers University
School of Law, in Camden, New Jersey. She is
married to Ben Briseńo and they have a 23
year-old son, Benny. Cont'd
President Barack
Obama Signs Hate Crimes Legislation Into Law
Washington
– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization,
praised President Barack Obama today for signing the Matthew
Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into
law. The new law gives the Justice Department the power to
investigate and prosecute bias-motivated violence where the
perpetrator has selected the victim because of the person's
actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin,
gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. The
legislation was added as a provision to the FY 2010 National
Defense Authorization Act earlier this Summer. For a
comprehensive retrospective and historical overview of hate
crimes advocacy visit:
www.hrc.org/loveconquershate.
Cont'd
Unmarried and
Uninsured:
Single Women Face Additional Health Insurance Barriers
Recent media coverage of health care reform has focused on the
bias women face in the current system and what they stand to
gain from the pending overhaul. Little attention, however, has
been paid to the additional problems unmarried women face in
obtaining and maintaining health insurance.
Unmarried women cannot rely on receiving coverage through a
husband's plan. And because they usually have only their own
income, they may not be able to afford the premiums,
deductibles, and other out-of-pocket costs required by a plan
that is willing to cover them. Furthermore, married women who
have health insurance through their husbands are vulnerable to
losing their coverage if the marriage ends.
In fact, 25 percent of unmarried women ages 18 to 64 are
uninsured, compared with only 15 percent of married women in the
same age range. Cont'd
Two
Gun-toting, Second Amendment Loving, Democratic Women Won the
Tickets
Yesterday, we
announced that State Senator Leticia Van de Putte very
generously announced that she was giving away -- through BOR --
two of her tickets for tomorrow night's private DNC reception,
"A Night on the Range." I think she's going to like the winners. Let's have a big congratulations to Denton
County's own Toni Medellin & Judith Ford!
Burnt Orange Report, September 10, 2009
The South
Denton County Democrats organized a Health Insurance Reform Rally on
September 4, 2009 SoDeCo footage appears at about 2:27
Democratic
Women of Denton County featured in the August issue of
The Denton
County Democrat (Denton County Democratic Party's Monthly
Newsletter)
Denton County's newest and most dynamic
Democratic organization, Democratic Women of Denton County
recently heard Kim Peters talk about empowering young women
through her non-profit organization, The Prom Shop Project.
The 70 attendees also heard DWDC President & Co-founder, Judith
Ford, discuss future plans for the new organization.
County Chair Phyllis Wolper congratulated the new organization
and said women were going to be instrumental in turning Denton
County and Texas BLUE. The Denton County Democrat, August 2009
click
here
for full newsletter
Seven of 10 Women Are
Uninsured or Underinsured, Have Medical Bill or Debt Problems, or
Problems Accessing Care Because of Cost, New Study Finds
The study,
Women at Risk: Why Many Women Are Forgoing Needed Health Care,
by Commonwealth Fund researchers Sheila Rustgi, Michelle Doty,
and Sara Collins finds that overall, seven of 10 working-age
women, or an estimated 64 million women, have no health
insurance coverage or inadequate coverage, medical bill or debt
problems, or problems accessing needed health care because of
cost.
The Commonwealth Fund, May 11, 2009
click
here to read entire report
