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NEA’s Kim Anderson to talk ALEC on Thursday
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Kim Anderson, Director of NEA’s Center for Advocacy, will be participating in a Fairfax County Democratic Committee National Affairs Committee Forum discussion, “Purchasing Democracy: The Role of ALEC in Writing our Laws” on Thursday from 7:00-9:00 EST. This forum will also feature Diallo Brooks of People for the American Way, Doug Clopp of Common Cause, former Congressman Tom Periello, Anna Scholl of ProgressVA and Namoi Walker of AFL-CIO.
The event will be held at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Arlington, VA, and webcast live on the Inside Scoop Productions website.
- RSVP to the event via facebook
- Submit questions in advance of the event to insidescoop@nova.org
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