[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: [icwj-cu] ICWJ support for universal health care in IL

[Peter Miller]

I'm sorry if this already appeared on this list.

Would anybody be willing to try to cover this for next Monday's 
newshour?  Since the rally takes place 30 minutes before the program 
begins, it would be nice to have a produced piece talking about the 
amendment, and if a reporter can be on-site for the rally, then come over 
to the station, we can hear what happened.  (Maybe with a couple minutes of 
just-recorded audio.)

Any takers?

Thanks,
Peter



>To: ICWJ <icwj-cu at yahoogroups.com>
>From: Brooke Anderson <brooke at shout.net>
>Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 18:42:10 -0500
>Subject: [icwj-cu] ICWJ support for universal health care in IL
>
>Hi folks.
>
>This is a letter asking us to support the Bernardin Amendment
>(universal health care in Illinois) and Champaign County Health Care
>Consumers' August 20th event promoting the amendment. I know it's
>short notice, but can we sign on and get a few folks to attend? As
>I'm sure yall already know, health care is a major issue for workers
>in the US, with a growing number of all new jobs not providing any
>form of health care coverage. I think this would be a great issue to
>get behind.  Unfortunately, I'll need to know in the next few days
>(before our next meeting), so it would be great if folks could
>respond over email.
>
>Also, if any one of the clergy folk would be willing to do so, it
>would be great to have someone speak at the event on behalf of the
>interfaith committee. I know Jim Holiman from IDF has spoken several
>times on behalf of the faith community in support of health care. He
>would be great. I'm sure others would do wonderfully as well. Ideas?
>
>Brooke.
>-------
>
>Dear Ally,
>
>On behalf of Champaign County Health Care Consumers, I am writing to
>solicit the help of your organization in bringing universal health
>care to Illinois! Specifically, I am writing to ask your organization
>to support an upcoming event promoting of the Bernardin Amendment.
>
>Every day more and more people are finding themselves uninsured or
>underinsured. In Illinois alone, 1.3 million residents have no health
>insurance. At CCHCC, we believe that health care is a basic human
>right. That is why we are proud to join the growing statewide
>Bernardin Amendment Movement. The Bernardin Amendment, named in honor
>of the Late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, would require that the State
>of Illinois commit by May 31st, 2002 to establishing a system of
>universal health care. (See attached "Bernardin Amendment Q & A" for
>more information).
>
>To promote the Bernardin Amendment, the developers of the amendment
>-- the 78-year old Dr. Quentin D. Young, M.D., (Past President of the
>American Public Health Association) and Pat Quinn (former Illinois
>Treasurer) -- are walking 167 miles across Illinois, from Rock Island
>to Chicago. They will be coming through Champaign-Urbana on Monday,
>August 20th.
>
>CCHCC is sponsoring a community forum on the Bernardin Amendment
>featuring Young and Quinn on Monday, August 20th at 5:30p.m. at the
>Champaign Public Library.
>
>We would like to invite your organization to support the event by:
>
>(1) Publicizing the event among your members
>(2) Designating several members to attend the event
>(3) Endorsing the Bernardin Amendment
>(4) Endorsing the August 20th community forum
>
>Of course, any support you can lend would be greatly appreciated. We
>look forward to working with you and your organization on this
>upcoming event, as well as future ones that will enable us to stand
>together as a unified community in the struggle for universal health
>care.
>
>I will try calling you in the next day or two to give you more
>information and answer any questions you may have. If, however, you
>have any questions before then, please feel free to call me anytime
>at (W) 352-6533 or (H) 255-5307, or email me at brooke at shout.net.
>
>In solidarity,
>
>Brooke Anderson
>Champaign County Health Care Consumers
>
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