August 25: Geoff Berman from Organizing for America will hold a meeting at the Huntington Public Library (338 Main Street) to outline Organizing for America’s mission, to take feedback and to answer your questions. The meeting will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.  You can click here to learn more and sign up to attend: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpfz7t.

August 27: Representative Tim Bishop will hold a Town Hall Meeting. On Thursday, August 27 at 6:30pm, Congressman Tim Bishop will host a Town Hall meeting at Brookhaven Town Hall, located at 1 Independence Hill in Farmingville.  The meeting is open to all members of the public. Constituents may ask the Congressman about any issue.  It will be important that many supporters of health care reform attend to ensure a representation of all views and a civil discourse.

There will be extensive media coverage of this event and it provides a critical opportunity to demonstrate the popular support for healthcare reform on Long Island. Many people and groups are organizing to demonstrate support for health care reform at this meeting and we do expect the opposition forces to be out in force. The best thing you could do is show up to demonstrate your support for health care reform. Organizers are asking volunteers to do the following:

• Give any time you can, but if possible, show up early, by 5 p.m.

• Bring a sign supporting health care reform or the public option or whichever issues you feel most strongly about. You can make the sign out of any material, but it if you put the sign on a stick, you will not be allowed into the meeting.

• Bring flyers to hand out. If you need a flyer, I can email you one.

• Wear a white or blue shirt to differentiate health care reform supporters from the opposition numbers who usually wear read.

If you have additional questions, email Sue Hornik at Suehornik@aol.com.

August 29: Unity Rally and Walk for Health Care in Times Square. On Saturday, August 29, 2009, New Yorkers will walk from all parts of the city for the first ever United We Walk for Reform Rally in support of the historic health reform legislation before Congress. MID-MORNING, ACROSS THE CITY: Grassroots groups will meet in front of hospitals and health clinics across the city to walk to rally at Times Square. Check out mybarackobama.com for meeting locations in the next week (or set up one of your own). 2 - 3:30 PM - UNITY RALLY: Rally for health care at Times Square, 42nd St. and 7th Avenue. For more information, check out www.nycforchange.org or aug29rally@gmail.com or call 212-925-1829. 

September 1: The Huntington League of Women Voters will hold a health care informational meeting at the Haborfields Public Library. The session will run from 7 p.m. and feature multiple speakers. The library is located at 31 Broadway in Greenlawn. If you have questions, you can call 631-421-5164.

September 22: The League of Women Voters of East Nassau will present a forum on health care reform at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library. There will be multiple speakers and the event will begin at 7:30 p.m.