Donna Smith
to Keynote the HCAC Annual Meeting and Conference
June 9th
Our annual Health Care for All Colorado membership meeting is always characterized by inspiring speakers who motivate us to work harder toward our goal of Health Care for All. We are excited that Donna Smith, a past health care reform activist within our Denver Chapter of HCAC will be our 2012 keynote speaker.
Donna Smith is widely known for her appearance in Michael Moore’s 2007 documentary, SiCKO, in which Moore told her story of struggle within the nation’s broken health care system. Donna is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colorado College with a degree in history. Her journalism career includes work as a stringer for NEWSWEEK magazine during her college career. She has been honored by the Associated Press Managing Editors with 15 regional awards from 2004-2006 and recognized by the Inland Press Association's with top honors in 2006 for community-based journalism for a series published under her editorship of the Black Hills Pioneer in Spearfish, SD.
Since 2007, she has co-chaired the Progressive Democrats of America's national "Healthcare Not Warfare" campaign, and she has so far spoken in 43 states and the District of Columbia about single-payer health care reform.
In 2009, the National Organization for Women named Donna their “Woman of Action” for the year. She also is the founder of American Patients United, a non-profit group educating citizens about health care reform on the national level. She also works as a national single-payer health care advocate and organizer for the National Nurses United/California Nurses Association. Donna and her husband Larry now live near Washington, DC.
Our 2012 Annual HCAC meeting will be held at the First Plymouth Congregational Church, 3501 South Colorado Blvd. in Englewood. The program will include election of officers for the coming year, informative workshops and discussion groups. Look for a special announcement with details soon,
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