August Update

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TUFTS PROGRESSIVE ALUMNI NETWORK
August 2008 Update
www.tuftsprogressives.org
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In this issue:

1) Campus Outreach
2) SJF Update
3) Support Carl Sciortino
4) Blog Updates
5) Vicky Cristina Barcelona

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1) CAMPUS OUTREACH
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As the Fall semester gears up, so is TPAN. We have expanded our
membership by over 10% in the

last few months and have taken on a new campus liasion. We welcome
Tufts Senior, Sofia Nelson

to the outreach team. She will keep us up to date on the latest
campaigns happening at Tufts

so that TPAN can provide support and to aid the Social Justice Fund in
identifying where the

activist needs are on campus. You can reach Sofia at
sofia.nelson@gmail.com.

We will also be having elections this Fall and will be looking for
someone to Chair the

Outreach Committee. If you are interested in stepping up, contact
Elections Chair Mara

D'Angelo at mara@tuftsprogressives.org.


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2) SJF UPDATE
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Dear Friends,

Have you ever heard of:
• SLAM (Student-Labor Action Movement)?
• Radix?
• Coalition for Social Justice and Non-Violence?

These are just some of the many groups at Tufts that the Social
Justice Fund (SJF) helped

start or support over the years. SJF began as a campaign for Tufts
janitors’ rights and has

grown to stand for the equality, justice, and peace we know we can
achieve in the world.

At our current rate of disbursement, the Social Justice Fund will
cease to exist in two years.

We don’t want to lose this critical resource for current and future
Tufts students who will

build the cornerstone of their activist work at Tufts, just as we did.

As former Tufts activists, you know how important it is to have alumni
resources behind you.

This is why we ask you to join us today. Support the Social Justice
Fund. Below, you’ll find

ways to contribute, and we hope you will.

Help support the next social movement at Tufts.

Yours in peace and solidarity,

Cindy Chang LA’03
Mara D’Angelo LA’02
Prof. Gary Goldstein, Ph.D.
Douglass Hansen LA’02
Rachel Jones LA’03
Eva Skillicorn LA’06

Mission: The Social Justice Fund supports social justice causes where
there is a critical lack

of funding through traditional University channels. The Fund provides
grants of $100-$900 for

campus activism, social justice projects or community organizing, with
a focus on projects

that impact the Tufts campus, the larger community and the applicant.

For more information on recipients and the fund, please visit
http://www.tuftsprogressives.org/serv01.htm

It’s easy to give to the Social Justice Fund!

Option 1: Give online via credit card. Enter your personal information
to The Man at
http://www.alumniconnections.com/donate/tufts/. Be sure to designate
your gift
by writing “Social Justice Fund” in the Gift Designation 3 box.

Option 2: Give through the mail via check. Send a check to Tufts
University, P.O. Box
3306, Boston, MA 02241-3306. Be sure to designate your gift by writing
“Social
Justice Fund” in the memo line.

Option 3: Give through Cindy Chang, administrator of the Social
Justice Fund, via
check and she will write her own personal check to Tufts of an equal
amount.
Keep your personal info from Tufts while she gets all the junk mail.
Contact her
at cindy@tuftsprogressives.org.


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3) SUPPORT CARL SCIORTINO
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Carl Sciortino LA'00, former Chair of TTLGBC (now Gay-Striaght
Alliance), is a member of the

Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represents the 34th
Middlesex district, including

neighborhoods in both Somerville and Medford. He serves on the Joint
Committees of

Transportation, Public Health, and Community Development & Small
Businesses. He was first

elected in November 2004, defeating a conservative Democratic
incumbent.

Carl is up for re-election and is facing some stiff competition
against a much less progressive challenger. To learn more about Carl
and support his campaign, visit http://www.electcarl.org/


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4) BLOG UPDATES
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-Pregnant Man Gives Birth to Baby Girl
-Mark Goldberg deals with Despots
-Bitch Magazine is hiring
-Freedom House is hiring

All this and more at tuftsprogressives.org/blog


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5) Vicky Cristina Barcelona
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The moment you've all been waiting for is almost here. Woody Allen's
latest, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, starring Penelope Cruz & Scarlett
Johansen starys playing on Friday. Its going to be so awesome! View
the trailer: http://www.trailersforall.com/vicky-cristina-barcelona-2008-theatrical-trailer/
If I weren't stuck in a Third World country, I would go see it with
y'all, but I will have to wait. . .



Peace Out,


TPAN EXEC BOARD

Cindy Chang LA'03
Tom Chen LA'04
Mara D'Angelo LA'02
Louis Esparza LA'03
Gary Goldstein, PhD
Liz Monnin-Browder LA'03
Eva Skillicorn LA'06
Jean Wu, PhD