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My Visit with the President

Diana Cihak September 22, 2009 5

by Diana Cihak, Western New York Organizer So I got the call last week asking me if I could be in Albany on Monday for a very special event. I had some hints before

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Buffalo School Uniform Contest

Charlie Albanetti September 15, 2009 0

Submission forms will be available in advance at the Citizen Action office – 739 Main Street, Buffalo. Forms will also be available at the Back to School Barbecue on Saturday, September 19th. Submissions should

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Health Care from a Kid’s Perspective

Diana Cihak August 28, 2009 15

by Diana Cihak, Western New York Organizer My 10 year old daughter Sage has been very patient. It is tough for a girl to see her mother obsessed with a cause. The amount

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Health Care Teach-In: Watch it Live Tonight at 6pm

Charlie Albanetti August 27, 2009 0

Tonight's health care teach-in in Buffalo will be live streamed right here tonight. There will be speakers from the community, as well as two slide show presentations: the first about the current health care legislation

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The Obama Grassroots re-energized

Diana Cihak August 18, 2009 2

by Diana Cihak, Western New York Organizer Yes, we had a disappointing weekend. It appeared that the Administration we worked so hard to elect was backing away from our strongest mandate - true health care reform

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Buffalo Organizer Diana Cihak Tell’s Fox’s Neil Cavuto Why We’re Going to Win Real Health Care Reform

Charlie Albanetti August 6, 2009 14

Citizen Action of New York/Health Care for America Now organizer in Buffalo, Diana Cihak, was interviewed tonight on Neil Cavuto’s show on the Fox Business Channel. Diana disagreed with Neil’s prediction that the public

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Congressman Massa – do you support health care reform?

Diana Cihak August 4, 2009 6

Today we held a press conference at Congressman Eric Massa’s Pittsford, NY office.  Congressman Massa is one of the freshman Democrats that has effectively slowed down and possibly stalled the passage of HR3200, the

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Area residents should thank Stachowski, Thompson

Charlie Albanetti May 27, 2009 0

Check out this Op-Ed in today’s Buffalo News written by our very own Ellen Kennedy (Citizen Action board president), and Sam Williams, co-chair of WFP. They discuss our huge organizational success this year: winning

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