Progressive Democrats of America
Encyclopedia : P : PR : PRO : Progressive Democrats of America
The Progressive Democrats of America is a progressive organization that formed out of the members of Dennis Kucinich's Presidential Campaign as well as Democracy for America, an organization that itself grew out of the Howard Dean Presidential Campaign.
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) was founded during the 2004 Democratic Party National Convention in Massachusetts by delegates and activists concerned with the trend in the Democratic Party. Currently PDA consists of "a large group of progressive grassroots activists from across the country who want to support other progressive grassroots activists locally." [Image:http://pdamerica.org/images/pd_conv/dennis_dean-prog-conv-2004-th.jpg]
Appearing at the first PDA meeting in Roxbury, MA were leaders, activists and politicians including Gov. Howard Dean, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Tom Hayden, Medea Benjamin, and Current PDA Executive Director Tim Carpenter.
The mission of the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is to strengthen the voice of progressive ideas within the Democratic Party. This is to be achieved, according to PDA's website, by using "inside/outside" and Grassroots Fusion models of working both in the Democratic Party as well as working with other progressive organizations. Celebrating the first anniversary of the movement, the PDA has grown and is developing a grassroots organization to improve the Democratic Party.
PDA gained support from actors Ed Asner and Mimi Kennedy, the latter said, "The Democratic Party needs our help to regain its soul. If this is to be the party of peace, of universal, single payer healthcare, of fair trade, then it needs people to speak out on those issues." PDA's National Board includes Ms. Kennedy, Cindy Sheehan, and members of the US Congress.
Current 2006 Endorsed Candidates can be found here: [link] Current Allies that are "outside" the Democratic Party include: [link] Current Chapters that are "inside" the Democratic Party include: [link]
Staff
- Kevin Spidel, National Deputy Director
- William Rivers Pitt, Editorial Director
External link
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.