Bernard Demczuk
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Democratic Agenda
More than 1,200 people attended the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee initiated Democratic Agenda Conference held November 16-18, 1979, at the International Inn and Metropolitan AM Church in Washington 1 DC. The conference focused on "corporate power'; as the key barrier to "economic and political democracy," concepts many Democratic Agenda participants defined as "socialism.'
The Democratic Agenda meetings attempted to develop anti-corporate alternatives" through influencing the direction of the Democratic Party during the period leading to the July 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York.
Constituency meetings included Crime and the Economy - Bernard Demczuk, Ron Hampton, Michael Kroll, Lloyd Raines, Jeffrey Reiman.[[1]
DC NAM
Washington DC Area New American Movement contacts in 1981 included:[2]
- Tim Wilson - Labor Commission
- Howard Croft - Urban Commission
- Bernie Demczuk - Anti-Racism Commission
- Roger Kraus - Health Commission
- Margie Silverton - DC Health Coalition
- Joy Ann Grune - Socialist-Feminist Commission
- Richard Kinane - Energy Commission
- Barry Rigby - International Commission
- Jude Franco - Culture Commission
- Brian Doherty - Political Education Commission
New American Movement 10th convention
In 1981 Gene Vanderport, Danville NAM; Bernie Demczuk, DC NAM; Andrea Gunderson, Cleveland NAM; Paul Schrade, LA NAM and Judy Gregory, Cleveland NAM led a workshop entitled Labor in the '80's at the 10th Convention of the New American Movement. The convention was held in a union headquarters in Chicago and ran from July 29 - August 2, 1981.[3]
Rainbow
In 1988 Bernard Demczuk was a labor adviser and organizer with the National Rainbow Coalition.
Was a member of Democratic Socialists of America.[4]
National Rainbow Coalition 1990 conference
In May 3-6, 1990 the National Rainbow Coalition held a successful conference in Atlanta, attended by over 1,000.
Bernie Demczuk, national labor coordinator of the Rainbow, organized a contingent. Jack Sheinkman, president of the ACTWU, hosted a labor breakfast.
California Assemblywoman Maxine Waters, has been the strongest leader in the California Rainbow, also attended, as did Leslie Cagan, a Rainbow board member.[5]