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'''Dan Cantor''' is Director of the New York [[Working Families Party]]. | '''Dan Cantor''' is Director of the New York [[Working Families Party]]. | ||
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| − | The first strategic meetings to plan the [[New Party]] were held in [[Joel Rogers]]' home in Madison Wisconsin in the very early 1990s. Present were Rogers' wife [[Sarah Siskind]], [[Dan Cantor]], [[ | + | The first strategic meetings to plan the [[New Party]] were held in [[Joel Rogers]]' home in Madison Wisconsin in the very early 1990s. Present were Rogers' wife [[Sarah Siskind]], [[Dan Cantor]], ACORN leaders , [[Wade Rathke]] ,[[Zach Polett]] , [[Steve Kest]] and [[Jon Kest]] , [[Steve Cobble]] from the [[Institute for Policy Studies]] (in an advisory role), [[Sandy Morales Pope]] (for the first 18 months), [[Harriet Barlow]] and [[Barbara Dudley]]. |
The very first meeting included [[Gerry Hudson]] from [[Democratic Socialists of America]] and [[SEIU]] and [[Gary Delgado]], plus labor activists [[Sam Pizzigati]] and [[Tony Mazocchi]]. [[Anthony Thigpenn]] of Los Angeles was also approached, but though supportive did not wish to play a leadership role.<ref>Spoiling for a fight: third-party politics in America By Micah L. Sifry, page 347</ref> | The very first meeting included [[Gerry Hudson]] from [[Democratic Socialists of America]] and [[SEIU]] and [[Gary Delgado]], plus labor activists [[Sam Pizzigati]] and [[Tony Mazocchi]]. [[Anthony Thigpenn]] of Los Angeles was also approached, but though supportive did not wish to play a leadership role.<ref>Spoiling for a fight: third-party politics in America By Micah L. Sifry, page 347</ref> | ||
Revision as of 03:57, 3 May 2010
Dan Cantor is Director of the New York Working Families Party.
New Party founders
The first strategic meetings to plan the New Party were held in Joel Rogers' home in Madison Wisconsin in the very early 1990s. Present were Rogers' wife Sarah Siskind, Dan Cantor, ACORN leaders , Wade Rathke ,Zach Polett , Steve Kest and Jon Kest , Steve Cobble from the Institute for Policy Studies (in an advisory role), Sandy Morales Pope (for the first 18 months), Harriet Barlow and Barbara Dudley.
The very first meeting included Gerry Hudson from Democratic Socialists of America and SEIU and Gary Delgado, plus labor activists Sam Pizzigati and Tony Mazocchi. Anthony Thigpenn of Los Angeles was also approached, but though supportive did not wish to play a leadership role.[1]
Chicago connection
In May 1992 Dan Cantor held a New Party fund raising meeting in the Chicago home of Quentin Young, "with half a dozen good people present".[2]
Working Families Party
Working Families Party officers in 2009 included[3];
- Bertha Lewis, a WFP co-chair and the executive director of ACORN’s New York offices.
- Bob Master, who serves as party co-chair and the political director of the Communications Workers of America.
- Mike McGuire, resigned as WFP treasurer in August 2009.
- Dorothy Siegel, replacement Treasurer. Siegel is the chair of the Working Families Party South Brooklyn Club and is already the treasurer of the Working Families Organization, one of the many additional affiliates of the WFP. Siegel is employed at the Institute for Education and Social Policy at New York University.
In 2009 Non-voting assistant secretaries were;
- Alex Rabb, WFP staffer.
- Dan Cantor, WFP executive director and co-chair .
WFP spokesman is Dan Levitan.
References
- ↑ Spoiling for a fight: third-party politics in America By Micah L. Sifry, page 347
- ↑ Madeline Talbott, Chicago NP report August 12, 1992
- ↑ http://cityhall.wehaaserver.com/cityhall/article-904-concerns-of-%E2%80%9Csloppy-bookkeeping%E2%80%9D-were-involved-with-mcguires-wfp-departure.html