User:Johnmulkins

Mission And Vision
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Officers
Founder John Mulkins, Interim Executive Director

johnmulkins@peoplescongress.org

Executive Committee Chair 	Kelly Gerling

Membership Director 	Melinda Sample

Outreach 	Chris Wheeler

Communications   JD Cogmon

Steering Committee    Dennis Brancuzzo

History
Founded January 2011 Headquarters 	Alameda CA. Youth wing

Ideology 	Democratic socialism Social democracy Left-wing populism Political position 	Center-left to left-wing International affiliation 	Socialist International[1]

Website
http://peoplescongress.org Politics of America Political parties Elections

The call for a People’s Congress went out in February, 2011 as an on-line proposal to directly address the growing concerns over the declining health of the political system in the United States. The proposal was first drafted by John Mulkins in 2005, and was adopted by the Northwest Region of the Reform Party as part of their National Platform. Unfortunately, the movement for a People’s Congress did not go much further due to several factors and the web site was taken down in late 2006.

In 2011, John Mulkins registered the domain peoplescongress.org and uploaded the site to it’s current home. Almost immediately, several volunteer activists from around the country heard about the proposal and formed a group to redesign the web site, clarify it’s Mission, and promote it’s visibility. The current site is the result of that collaboration, which has grown considerably over the past 12 months.

This core team of volunteers organizers produced the current web site, forums, classrooms and discussion boards and is currently the Interim Executive Committee of the People’s Congress in charge of operating the web site and associated portals. Over the following months of 2011 additional organizers came forward. Interest and support has since grown significantly. A decision was made to become a membership organization when we received fiscal sponsorship in March of 2012 through the Alliance for Global Justice. Currently we are seeking to grow membership by reaching out to various individuals and organizations so that we can produce an annual event called the National General Assembly and continue to improve the organization.

1 History 1. 2005 - 2006   2 Ideology 2.1       2.2    3 People's Congress logo 4 Membership Drive 5 Inaugural National Assembly 6 Role of the People's Congress in resolving the breakdown of democracy in America 7 Criticism 7.1       7.2        7.3     8 See also 9 References 10 External links

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People's Congress official site How other movements in America relate to the People's Congress "Fixing America" – John Mulkins, 8 May 1996 "Introducing the idea of a People's Congress" Kelly Gerling,

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