StartUp America – 3 Day StartUp Events

03/01/2012

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StartUp America

Startup America is the White House initiative to celebrate, inspire, and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation.

Startups are engines of job creation.  Entrepreneurs intent on growing their businesses create the lion’s share of new jobs, in every part of the country and in every industry.  President Obama has called on both the federal government and the private sector to dramatically increase the prevalence and success of entrepreneurs across the country.

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3 Day Startups Events

The idea of 3 Day Startup is simple: start a technology company over the course of three days. We rent work space for an entire weekend, recruit 40 students with a wide range of backgrounds, cater food and drinks, invite top-notch entrepreneurs and investors, pick the best idea for a software startup during the Friday brainstorming session, and release a minimal prototype by Sunday night. The goal is to build enough momentum among a network of motivated people to sustain the company beyond the weekend.

Participants: Passionate students with an entrepreneurial drive, including Computer Science (PhD, MS, undergraduate), MBAs, law students, graphic designers, PR, business undergraduates, etc.

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March 16 – 18, 2012

Santa Fe CIED (Center for Innovation and Economic Development)
Gainesville, FL http://www.s.co/event/3-day-startup-gainesville

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March 16-  18th 2012

International Business School
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA http://www.s.co/event/3-day-startup-brandeis-university

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March 23 – 25, 2012

Miller Hall, School of Communication
The Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL http://www.s.co/event/3-day-startup-florida-state-university

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March 30, 2012 – April 1, 2012

Austin Technology Incubator
3925 West Braker Lane
Austin, TX http://www.s.co/event/3-day-startup-austin

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Apr. 6 – 8, 2012

Duncan Hall at Rice University
Houston, TX http://www.s.co/event/3-day-startup-rice-university

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April 13- 15, 2012

Homeaway World Headquarters
1011 West 5th Street
Austin, TX http://www.s.co/event/3-day-startup-homeaway

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April 13- 15, 2012

Duke and University of North Carolina
Durham, NC http://www.s.co/event/3-day-startup-triangle-duke-and-university-north-carolina

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April 20-22, 2012

Hive at 55, 55 Broad Street
New York City, NY http://www.s.co/event/3-day-startup-nyc

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April 28- 30, 2012

The Green House
685 Auahi St
Honolulu, HI http://www.s.co/event/startup-weekend-honolulu-green-house

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May 4- 6, 2012

University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI http://www.s.co/event/3-day-startup-university-wisconsin-madison

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A Nation’s Gratitude

02/28/2012

President Barack Obama shakes hands and thanks Soldiers of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division

Honoring Those Who Served in Operation Iraqi Freedom & Operation New Dawn

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host a formal dinner at the White House to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of the veterans of the war in Iraq and their families, the White House announced today. With the Theme “A Nation’s Gratitude: Honoring Those Who Served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn,” the event has been designed to replicate a State Dinner, according to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Doug Wilson. It will be held in the East Room on February 29, and include performances by high-profile entertainers.

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UAW National Community Action Program Legislative Conference

02/26/2012


President Obama to join UAW members at conference

2/24/12 uaw.org

UAW members were excited today to learn that President Obama will be joining them next week in Washington when they gather for the union’s National Community Action Program (CAP) Legislative Conference.

More than 1,600 members from across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico will discuss the union’s legislative and political priorities for the coming year, meet with members of Congress to advocate on behalf of working families and prepare for the union’s 2012 electoral campaign.

UAW members will be focusing on the union’s jobs creation agenda that includes passing President Obama’s American Jobs Act and demanding policies to strengthen our economy by:

* Ending poverty and rebuilding the middle class by protecting every worker’s right to organize and collective bargaining.

* Extending aid for the unemployed.

* Investing in the nation’s deteriorating infrastructure to immediately create jobs.

* Providing aid for state and local governments that specifically targets layoff prevention and hiring.

* Creating industries for the future that use clean energy to spawn new industries manufacturing environmentally-sustainable materials, technologies and products.

“President Obama has been seriously focused on his jobs agenda since he took office, beginning with one of his first acts – saving the American auto industry,” said UAW President Bob King. “The President made a bold and, at the time, politically unpopular choice. He stood with workers and the American auto industry, and the communities whose economies depend on the industry and saved more than one million American jobs. We are grateful for his support of American workers and we are excited to have him join us next week as we gather in Washington.”

The President will address UAW members on Tuesday morning at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel at 2660 Woodley Road, N.W. UAW members will spend Feb. 29 making legislative visits to discuss the union’s fight for job creation with members of Congress.

Obama administration supports workers http://www.uaw.org/page/obama-administration-supports-workers

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Maine Democratic Caucus 2012

02/23/2012

February 26 – Maine Democratic Caucus 

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VOTE SMART & VOTE DEMOCRAT 2012

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

02/21/2012

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Official Groundbreaking Ceremony

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012

Pre-ceremony music: 9:00 AM EST
Ceremony: 10:00 AM EST

Location: The construction site of the NMAAHC, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W. (on the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the National Museum of American History)

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Speakers:

President Barack Obama, Wayne Clough, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III, director, NMAAHC France Córdova, chair, Smithsonian Board of Regents Laura Bush, member, NMAAHC, Advisory Council Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) Phylicia Rashad, emcee Musical performances by Denyce Graves, Thomas Hampson, jazz pianist Jason Moran, Stanley Thurston and The Heritage Signature Chorale, Howard University Jazz ensemble-Afro Blue, The Madrigal Singers of St. Albans and the National Cathedral Schools, and the U.S. Navy Band

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture will be the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, art, history and culture. The National Museum of African American History and Culture will be a place where all Americans can learn about the richness and diversity of the African American experience, what it means to their lives and how it helped us shape this nation. A place that transcends the boundaries of race and culture that divide us, and becomes a lens into a story that unites us all. Scheduled to open in 2015, the museum will be the first green building on the National Mall.

Ground breaking ceremony  live stream: http://www.nmaahc.si.edu/

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Young Americans For Obama

02/18/2012
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Young Americans are at the foundation of this campaign. In 2008, young people came together to organize and lead a movement for change that helped Barack Obama win a historic election. Now, three years later, even more is at stake. We need to grow faster and fight harder to protect the progress we’ve made and continue to work for more. Young activists will lead the grassroots effort across the country to build this campaign for 2012 from the ground up.

With our help, President Obama has successfully repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to allow gay men and women to serve openly in the military. We instituted health care reform with the Affordable Care Act, which allows young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they’re 26. The President has set forth clear plans to extend employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged young people through summer job and training programs, invest billions in public schools and community colleges, cut taxes for youth-owned small businesses, and strengthen our economy.

But our work isn’t over—we need to come together to defend the progress we’ve made and fight for more. The 2012 election will depend on us, as a generation of young leaders, to get the word out about the kind of politics we want to see. We’re the ones we’ve been waiting for, and we’re greater together.

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The Greater Together Student Summit Tour

The Greater Together Student Summit Tour will run February 2012 to March 2012. The tour will bring together senior campaign officials, community leaders, student representatives and celebrities to discuss key policy issues impacting young Americans. This tour is a chance for students like you to weigh in on the issues that matter to you, and find out how you can start organizing on your campus to ensure a victory in November 2012.

  • Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH - February 28, 2012
  • University of Florida, Gainesville, FL - February 29, 2012
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI - March 8, 2012
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - March 8, 2012
  • University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO - March 21, 2012
  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA - April 10, 2012
  • Miami Dade College, Miami, FL – Coming Soon
For more information on The Greater Together Student Summit Tour: http://www.barackobama.com/young-americans/student-summit
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The Stimulus WORKED

02/16/2012

Michael Linden, Director for Tax and Budget Policy of The Center For American Progress spoke of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)

The Private Sector Layoffs, The Gross Domestic Product and the Total Payroll Employment were in bad shape before the stimulus began, and all three turned around at almost exactly the moment the stimulus
started.

For the transcript: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/02/av/stimulus_transcript.html

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Laying The Foundation For America’s Growth

02/14/2012

“We’ve got a choice:  We can settle for a country where a few people do really, really well, and everybody else struggles to get by.  Or we can restore an economy where everybody gets a fair shot, everybody does their fair share, everybody plays by the same set of rules — from Washington to Wall Street to Main Street.  That’s the America we believe in.

Now, we’re still recovering from one of the worst economic crises in three generations.  We’ve got a long way to go before everybody who wants a good job can find one; before middle-class Americans regain that sense of security that’s been slipping away for too long — long before the recession hit.

But over the last 23 months, we’ve added 3.7 million new jobs.   American manufacturers are creating jobs for the first time since the 1990s.  The economy is growing stronger.  The recovery is speeding up.  And the last thing we can afford to do right now is to go back to the very policies that got us into this mess in the first place.  We can’t afford it.  The last thing we need is for Washington to stand in the way of America’s comeback. “

“Congress needs to stop taxes from going up on 160 million Americans by the end of this month.  And if they don’t act, that’s exactly what will happen.   Congress needs to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance without drama, and without delay, and without linking it to some other ideological side issues. “

President Obama 2/13/12 Northern Virginia dale, VA

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President Obama begins a three-day trip to the Midwest and West Coast, heading to Milwaukee, Wis., to talk about his economy plans, American manufacturing and the importance of companies insourcing and investing in America.

Wednesday, February 15
President Obama travels to Master Lock in Milwaukee, WI

Thursday, February 16
President Obama travels to Corona del Mar, CA and San Francisco, CA

Friday, February 17
President Obama travels to the Boeing Everett Production Facility, Everett, WA

Contact your legislator Contact your Congress person to TELL THEM TO START WORKING WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA!!

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Washington State Legalizes Gay Marriage

02/12/2012

Washtington State Governor Christine Gregoire to sign newly passed legislation into law to legalize gay marriage in Washington state

11:30 AM PST, 2:30 AM EST Statehouse signing ceremony – Olympia, Washington

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Washington State will be the seventh U.S. state with a law on the books to recognize same-sex marriage, the others being New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, and New Hampshire; other entities that also recognize same-sex marriage are The District of Columbia, The Coquille Indian Tribe, and The Suquamish tribe.

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States

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U.S. Civil Unions

Jurisdictions in the U.S. that offer civil unions or domestic partnerships granting nearly all of the state-recognized rights of marriage to same-sex couples include:

Domestic partnership in California (2000 – expanded over time)
Civil union in New Jersey (2007)
Domestic partnership in Oregon (2008)
Domestic partnership in the District of Columbia (1992 law implemented, 2002 became effective – expanded over time)
Domestic partnership in Washington (2007 – expanded over time)
Domestic partnership in Nevada (2009)
Civil union in Illinois (2011)
Civil union in Rhode Island (2011)
Civil union in Hawaii (2012)
Civil union in Delaware (2012)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_union#United_States

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One day all adults will be able to marry the one that they love

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U.S. Recovering Faster Than Other Countries

02/09/2012

Study: U.S. recovering faster than its peers

1/30/12 Posted by  - WashingtonPost

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Two years ago, the McKinsey Global Institute looked at the recoveries of 32 countries that had undergone a financial crisis. Their analysis was grim. It was also correct. Contrary to the hopes some held for a quick recovery, MGI warned that financial crises tended to lead to long, slow recoveries as households, businesses and governments dug their way out of debt. But in a report released last week, MGI delivered some sunnier news — at least for the United States. If you look at the 10 largest developed economies in the world, the United States is the furthest along the path to recovery.

Looking back to their sample of 32 past instances with post-financial crisis recoveries, MGI zeroed in on Finland and Sweden’s experiences in the 1990s as the most relevant to our current moment. Those examples “show two distinct phases of deleveraging. In the first, households, corporations, and financial institutions reduce debt significantly over several years, while economic growth is negative or minimal and government debt rises. In the second phase, growth rebounds and government debt is reduced gradually over many years.”

Most economies, the authors say, are barely even in phase one. In the United Kingdom and Spain, for example, total debt is still rising. But not in the United States. Here, “debt in the financial sector relative to GDP has fallen back to levels last seen in 2000, before the credit bubble. U.S. households have reduced their debt relative to disposable income by 15 percentage points, more than in any other country; at this rate, they could reach sustainable debt levels in two years or so.”

For the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/study-us-recovering-faster-than-its-peers/2011/08/25/gIQAWuD9cQ_blog.html#pagebreak

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Since President Obama signed the Recovery Act of 2009 to help get our economy back on track. As a result:

-The U.S. has seen 23 consecutive months of private-sector job growth.

-The private sector added nearly 3.7 million jobs over those 23 months.

-The manufacturing sector has added 396,000 jobs since December 2009, with annual job growth in the last two years for the first time since 1997.

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To continue America’s recovery:

VOTE DEMOCRATS  IN 2012

to help President Obama and the 99% of America!

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