DFL Education Foundation

September Feature: An open Internet for all

By Mignon Clyburn and Michael J. Copps

The Internet was born on openness, has flourished on openness and depends on openness for its future potential. This incredible technology intersects with just about every great challenge confronting our nation -- jobs, education, energy, the environment, news, international competitiveness, health care, equal opportunity.

But online freedom of Americans is at risk.

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Stone Arch Preview: Dane Smith of Growth and Justice

Saturday, September 11
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Gardens of Salonica
19 5th St NE, Minneapolis (map)

Growth & Justice is a progressive think tank committed to making Minnesota's economy simultaneously more prosperous and fair.  Join its president Dane Smith as he addresses our Stone Arch discussion group the second Saturday in September!

As usual, invite anyone interested--free and open to the public. Come, buy your coffee (the law is you can't bring food or drinks into a restaurant), learn a lot and have your questions ready.

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Only 3 blocks north up E. Hennepin Avenue (County Road 52) from our old meeting place, and a half block west.

September Happy Hour: baseball or public insight journalism

We're back at Kieran's for a happy hour on Sept. 13 and we're hoping to see MN Twins president Jerry Bell or Editor of MPR's Public Insight Journalism program, Andrew Haeg.

Click here to get an email update or follow @DFLEdFnd to get a tweet once we finalize the speaker!

Featured August Article: Some deficit hawks are after other prey

Ted Marmor The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform appointed by President Obama is preoccupied with the federal government's growing fiscal deficit. So is America Speaks, a nonprofit group that held the first of a series of town-hall meetings on the subject in Philadelphia last weekend Read more...

August Newsletter

UPCOMING EVENTS (click for details)

AUG 9: [Happy Hour] Your last chance to sound off before the primary vote! AUG 10: VOTE in the Minnesota Primary Election - click here for more information AUG 14: [Stone Arch] An open conversation to post-game the August 10 primary election. See Event Calendar for details

EVENT RECAPS

Eric Black: audio and recap Ron Wacks: The Economy Isn't Just About Jobs, It's About Pie audio and recap John Gunyou: Facing our Fiscal Challenges audio and recap Turning around failing schools - a recipe that works (a write-up of our April 16 Achievement Gap meeting) Charles Carlson: What's Happening at Metro Transit: audio and recap

OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

Articles on DFLEF.org Featured Article: Some deficit hawks are after other prey Could the DFL lose control of the MN Legislature? See the Achievement Gap Committee's questions for Minneapolis school board candidates and the candidates' answers Recommended Reading Primary Election 2010 Elections in Minnesota. Read more Kelliher budget slap shot. Read more IP candidate Horner provides his budget balancing plan - revenue and cuts. Read more Calculating gubernatorial chances. Read more Dayton says - what's your budget plan? Read more Here Comes the Neighborhood. Read more Best Buy Joins Target On List of Emmer Funders. Read more Why Does Target Have a Bermuda Subsidiary? Read more ACORN deserves an apology, too. Read more Are conservatives allowed to ride bikes? Read more After death of Sen. Byrd in WV, echoes of the "Minnesota Massacre," 1978 election. Read more State Sen. Chaudhary has another problem, owing the IRS back taxes. Read more Other Events 8/19 - 2010 Race Conference See Progressive Issues Calendar for event details and more events

Happy Hour Preview: Last Chance to Tweet or Talk About the Primary!

Monday, August 9
4:30 PM- 6:00 PM
Kieran's Irish Pub, Poet's Corner Room
601 N. 1st Ave, Minneapolis (map)

Senator Al Franken told Netroots Nation that

"By 2008, everyone believe the internet was important, even if they believed it was a series of tubes."

Monday's your last chance to opine or soapbox before the primary election, and to talk about whether the "tubes" are helping or hindering the major candidates.

Who has the edge? How does social media change the dynamic between voter and
candidates?  And which candidate is making the most of it?

Join us for some pre-election fun and a chance to win great prizes!

a) bring a friend and they can trade their email address for a free beer (new friends to DFLEF, please)

b) guess the vote tallies and turnout for the primary and win a Kieran's gift card!

Stone Arch Preview: Primary Election Postgame

Saturday, August 14
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Gardens of Salonica
19 5th St NE, Minneapolis (map)

Join DFL Education Foundation Trustee Arvonne Fraser and President Jeremy Wieland for an open conversation about the August 10 primary. Did it bring the best candidates for the fall general election? Did the parties endorse the right candidates?  How did they fare?

As usual, invite anyone interested--free and open to the public. Come, buy your coffee (the law is you can't bring food or drinks into a restaurant), learn a lot and have your questions ready.

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Only 3 blocks north up E. Hennepin Avenue (County Road 52) from our old meeting place, and a half block west.

16 of 18 Minneapolis School Board candidates answer our questions

Our Achievement Gap Committee has been convening educators, administrators and policy makers for over two years to address the racial achievement gap in Minneapolis schools. 

16 of 18 Minneapolis School Board candidates have answered our questions about closing the achievement gap.  Read their responses here.

Unallotments, the MN Supreme Court and more

Minnpost senior writer Eric Black kicked off our first downtown Minneapolis happy hour on July 12 and he wowed the crowd.  Click here to see photos of the event and click below to enjoy the podcast of the event and join us for the next happy hour on August 9 at Kieran's (right by the new Target Field).

Eric Black launches our happy hour

This podcast was produced by the DFL Education Foundation and iDream.tv.

The economy isn't just about jobs, it's about pie

Ron Wacks headlined the July 10 Stone Arch discussion and he discussed the drivers of the economy and who makes up the slices of the pie.  Click below to catch the audio.

Ron Wacks on the economic pie

This podcast was produced by the DFL Education Foundation and iDream.tv.