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The 15th Annual Petaluma Progressive Festival

Sunday, 22 July 2012 - 1:00pm - 5:30pm
Location: 
Walnut Park downtown Petaluma, CA

Co-hosted by The Petaluma Progressives and Occupy Petaluma

Featuring the San Francisco
Mime Troupe in their new performance "The Last Election"

The event is produced by the Petaluma Progressives and is cosponsored by KPFA 94.1 FM (kpfa.org), the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County, The Bohemian (bohemian.com) and the Committee for Immigrant Rights (immigrantrightssonoma.org), Sonoma County (peaceandjusticesonomaco.org). It takes place at Walnut Park, Petaluma Blvd South and D Street, downtown Petaluma. It is free to the public.

Confirmed Speakers:

MEDEA BENJAMIN - co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange
CON. LYNN WOOLSEY - retiring co-chair of the Progressive Caucus in Congress.
DAVID COBB - spokesperson for the Move To Amend campaign
C.J. HOLMES - spokesperson for the movement to stop home foreclosures
Also speakers on immigrant rights, the Occupy movement, and more.

The Petaluma Progressives are a local, grassroots, political education and action group. In addition to hosting The Progressive Festival each year, we have held public protests and vigils, lobbied elected officials, done work in our local schools, endorsed and worked on progressive candidates' campaigns, hosted one night a month at the Friday Night Film series at the Foundry Wharf, etc. etc. Our monthly meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month, at 7 pm, downstairs in: Copperfields Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma. All are welcome.
Website with more details is at - http://www.progressivefestival.org/