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My Visit with the President
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
Read More »Buffalo School Uniform Contest
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
Read More »Health Care from a Kid’s Perspective
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
Read More »Health Care Teach-In: Watch it Live Tonight at 6pm
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
Read More »The Obama Grassroots re-energized
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
Read More »Buffalo Organizer Diana Cihak Tell’s Fox’s Neil Cavuto Why We’re Going to Win Real Health Care Reform
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
Read More »Congressman Massa – do you support health care reform?
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
Read More »Area residents should thank Stachowski, Thompson
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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