If you’re interested in taking a role in strengthening the political center, there is something you can do about it — and even a major meeting you can attend. Over the past few months, some centrist bloggers and other interested centrists have been emailing and doing conference calls on ways to bolster centrism as a political force in a highly polarized America.
Centerfield’s Rick Heller sent us this (which is also posted on Centerfield):
We’ve firmed up the details for our meeting in New York on May 6. Fittingly, we will meet at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace, a national historic site. In a nutshell:
National Centrist Meeting 2006
Saturday, May 6th
1pm to 5pm
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
28 East 20th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 260-1616RSVP appreciated, but not required. Some attendees will be getting together for brunch beforehand. If you would like to be part of this, e-mail me at cf at centrist coalition dot com.
At the meeting, in addition to electing new officers for the Centrist Coalition, we will be brainstorming ideas for expanding the Centrist movement and discussing marketing, fundraising, and Internet strategies. We’ll go out for dinner and drinks afterward, with plenty of time to chat about politics and the challenges facing our country.
To keep up with the latest developments, join our daily discussion yahoo group:
Hope to see you in New York,
Rick Heller
PS: TMV has been in on some of the conference calls. This is a very serious, dedicated group that is looking into some specific ways to expand and empower the center. If you’re interested in this concept, attend the meeting or at least join the yahoo group. Political activism does not have to be limited to liberals and conservatives. And if this group has its way, it won’t be.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, writes a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.