It’s May and not only Bike Month [1] but the time of the annual fundraiser for the Drum Major Institute [2], my favorite action-oriented think-tank.*
This year the Drum Major For Justice Awards will be held Tuesday May 20th 2008 6:30-8:30 PM at Cipriani 23rd Street. (at 5th Ave.). More Here [3]
I went last year. It was fun: good food, good booze, -- most important-- good schmooze. I plan to go this time, too. You should consider it. If you do, come say “hi!”
Honorees, this year are
David Simon creator of HBO show “The Wire.”
Melissa Mark-Viverito, East Harlem NYC Council Member (people tell me she’s as smart and focused as my Council Member Rosie Mendez; she’s certainly as progressive) and
Steve Phillips California civil rights lawyer, donor and chair of PowerPAC.org. [4]
Tickets are very expensive, but there are special lower rates for activists and bloggers. If you cannot bargain yourself into a price acceptable to you, you should go back to organizing school for retraining.
*Actually it would be a tie, in my book, between DMI and Demos [5] but DMI wins because it has a great blog. [6]
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