February 21, 2012

Retirees Discuss Fight Against Voter Suppression at Congresswoman Johnson's Office

Gene Lantz, Judy Bryant, and Leah Witherspoon (pictured) went to the office of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson on February 21 to discuss plans to fight voter suppression in Texas. Noted activist Jan Sanders joined us just as we sat down with C...
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February 14, 2012

Pensions Threatened at American Airlines

Around 130,000 American Airlines retirees will have their pensions cancelled if American Airlines management gets their way in bankruptcy court. The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) has entered the legal proceedings to try to stop them...
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February 11, 2012

North Texans Lay Action Plans

In North Texas during February, retirees have targeted four congressional visits and set up to launch a fight against voter suppression. Leading activists gathered for lunch on February 11 at the Brazil Cafe in Oak Cliff to fill in the broad plans...
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February 05, 2012

Overcome Voter Suppression and Vote From Home

Texas seniors can overcome the "voter suppression" attack against our rights by learning how to vote from home. Texas redistricting and the "Voter ID" bill passed in the last legislative session show clearly that Texas politicians are trying to re...
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February 05, 2012

Seniors Participate in "American Dream" March in Dallas

Seniors are getting a new image. No more rocking chairs! It is surprising to see how much gray hair graces today's protest marches and rallies. On February 4th, a number of seniors participated in a long march up Greenville Street in Dallas. When...
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February 03, 2012

Retirees Stand with Educators

I joined the Alliance/AFT press conference at 313 Centre Street in Dallas on January 30. The President of the educator's association, Rena Honea, told a gaggle of reporters that she was proud to have the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans standi...
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February 02, 2012

Texas Alliance Holds Great Convention

The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans held our "best ever" convention in Austin on January 27. We began by acknowledging that the terrific support we get from the National Alliance includes their recent commitment to hire a part-time organizer ...
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February 02, 2012

Retirees Work on Outreach

We concentrate on our outreach efforts. We did a big mailing and we have begun visiting all areas of the state. We need to reach as many Texas retirees as possible as quickly as possible. See our Newsletter section and please add your ideas The ...
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January 08, 2012

Texas retirees reach out to more retirees

On January 7, Texas Alliance Outreach Coordinator Judy Bryant brought 8 other retirees together to mail out over 1,000 letters. The letters went out all over the state to retirees and supporters. They were asked to contribute, to invite Texas Alli...
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January 08, 2012

Tyler area retirees are with us!

One aspect of our Texas outreach program is for Texas Alliance leaders to personally visit retirees and supporters all over the state. President Gene Lantz kicked off the New Year with a visit to Tyler on January 3. First stop was the widow of our...
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