There is also a secondary Facebook group that has opened, called CAPP, A second wave of action, that is looking at ideas/discussions on what to do to follow up the successful day of protests and keep the momentum going and the pressure on both the Conservatives for doing this, as well as the opposition parties for coming up with some viable democratic reforms. Please join that group if you have ideas to contribute to it.
The Mission Statement of this group (setup by one of the members of Amnesty International) reads: This non-partisan group calls on the Government of Canada to convene a public Commission of Inquiry into all aspects of the laws, policy and practice that has governed Canada"s approach to handling detainees in Afghanistan. If you're a Facebook member, and support the aims of the group, join it, and invite those friends of yours on Facebook who you feel would support a Public Inquiry to join it as well.
Hi folks:
During the Toronto meeting on November 7, there was some discussion about future goings-on of Progressive Bloggers - ie. possibly turning it into a non-profit organization; perhaps also formalizing things with Prog Blogs and allowing for more organization to form.
Our host of the Toronto meeting (and volunteer coder and eventual re-designer of the site) Kelly John Rose would like to set up a Prog Blog mailing list for any Prog Blog affiliate who wants to be on it so we can work forward on getting certain organizational features built up as well as set up meetings and such.
If you are interested, go to the URL for this mailing list here, and apply. I or Kelly will then approve your application (so long as you're a Prog Blog affiliate, of course!)
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