Health care events 2013

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33. New Health Care is a Human Right coalition forming; 1st meeting Seattle 9/12

Just another reminder that the WA State Alliance for Health Care is a Human Right exploratory meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 12th, 6-9pm in the Social Room in Horizon House, 900 University Street, next to VM Medical Center.

So far, members of our PNHPWW board have met with 14 organizations which have expressed interest in attending. Eight have recently confirmed that they will send a representative on the 12th (WA-CAN, HCFA-WA, WA State Labor Council, PS Advocates for Retirement Action, WA State Nurses Ass'n, SEIU, PNHPWW, United for Single Payer). The other six (OneAmerica, Backbone Campaign, Real Change newspaper, NW Health Law Advocates, Church Council of Seattle, National Lawyers Guild) will be re-contacted individually and, hopefully, will be able to designate a representative on that date.

The meeting room will hold about 30 representatives around a rectangular arrangement of tables, with another 20 seats for observers. We are asking the organizations to designate one or two attendees as representative/speakers and any others attend as observers. Therefore, we need to know how many people will attend as space is limited & we will be providing snacks.

If you haven't already done so, please let me know who will be representing your organization.

Thanks

David McLanahan
Coordinator, PNHPWW

Based on some feedback, the latest draft agenda is:

•6:00pm - Snacks, mingling
•6:30 - Betty Capehart, PNHPWW Board member and professional facilitator, acting as a neutral moderator, will describe the agenda and flow of the meeting. If someone has a question before the general discussion, it will be written on a white board to be discussed at that time
•6:35 - Marti Schmidt, PNHPWW Board member and attorney, will introduce the human rights approach and how it's different from what we have done in the past. Assisted by a white board with HCHR principles
•6:45 - Mike Huntington will share how the Oregon alliance for health care is a human right (80 member organizations) got started, what organizations are members, and what it has accomplished
•6:55 - Going around the table, representatives from the separate organizations speak to how their organization's mission relates to:
•a) working for health care as a human right
•b) how the new alliance might be useful in its work
•7:25 - General Discussion (moderated by Betty)
•a) could the HCHR alliance do something valuable and different than other organizations working for health care reform
•b) could the HCHR alliance help build and amplify a grassroots movement for health care for all (as well as other social justice issues)?
•c) other issues, time permitting
•8:45 - Wrap Up
• a) what should be the agenda for the next meeting (assuming many organizations would commit to a second meeting)
• b) next meeting date
• c) choose moderator for next meeting