What is CSCC?

CSCC is a grassroots organization centered in Union County that also reaches out to the rest of the Central Susquehanna Valley. We seek to be the shortest path from conviction to action. A large group of citizens created CSCC in 2004 in response to their feeling that the U.S. was dangerously off track at home and abroad. We continue to provide opportunities to get involved in ways that fit your life and schedule.

What does CSCC do?

CSCC seeks to empower its members to participate in the democratic process in order to realize our shared, progressive vision of a society that is stronger, freer and more just.

To that end, CSCC will help to recruit, train and elect local, state and federal candidates who share our progressive vision.

CSCC is working to build a regional network of people and organizations working for progressive change. help local citizens to make their voices heard at the local, state and national level. encourage people to participate in local politics through voter registration, candidate recruitment and grassroots campaigning.

What has CSCC done in the past year?

• Hosted 8 regular meetings (“meetups”) at the First Baptist Church in Lewisburg, covering a wide range of topics and invited speakers. These included:
  “How to Run For Local Office” (January 2009)
  “How to Keep the Pressure On Our Government Between Elections” (February 2009)
  “Where Should My Money Go? Making Political Donations” (March 2009)
  “What the Heck Is Going On? Making Sense of the Financial Crisis” with special guest speaker David Kristjanson-Gural , Bucknell Dept. of Economics (April 2009)
  “The Union County Comprehensive Plan” (June 2009)
  “The Employee Free Choice Act” (July 2009)
  “What’s In the Healthcare Bills (and What’s Not)” (September 2009)
  “Renewable Energy Technologies: Energizing Our Region” with special guest speaker Megan Epler, SEDA-COG Energy Resource Center (November 2009)
  


• Hosted a special discussion forum at the Union County Government Center on healthcare titled “Re-Imagining Healthcare in Pennsylvania: The Next Five Years” (May 2009). Guest speakers included: Allison Clark (Executive Director, ACTION Health); Jill Fecker (Community Liaison, A Community Clinic, Inc.); Chuck Pennacchio (Executive Director, Healthcare for All Pennsylvania); Andrew Sandusky (VP of Governmental Affairs, Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians); and Amy Wolaver (Assistant Professor of Economics, Bucknell University).
  


• Hosted a special “Issues & Eggs” breakfast forum at the White Deer Township Fire Hall titled “A Frank Conversation About Healthcare in America” (October 2009).
  


• Used our email list to promote over 64 local events sponsored by other organizations including the Center for Nonviolent Living, Lewisburg Prison Project, Union County Democratic Committee, Mondragon Bookstore, Organizing for America, and many others.
  


• Also used our email list to keep members informed about opportunities for local political activism throughout the year, including town hall meetings with our elected representatives.
  


• Helped to co-sponsor a table at the Lewisburg Farmers’ Market to collect signatures in support of healthcare reform and to distribute information about healthcare.
  


• Several individuals from CSCC contributed articles to the Williamsport Guardian, and many CSCC people had letters to the editor published in The Daily Item.
  


• Held two CSCC social events—a family potluck in December and a CSCC picnic in August—to promote friendship and fellowship among our members.
  

For a copy of our 2009 Annual Report, describing these and all our other activities, please click here.

Our success is due to the energy of our volunteers. Using the power of technology to communicate and coordinate, we seek to create a shared sense of urgency and agency. What we do is determined by what volunteers want to do.

CSCC Steering Committee for 2010
Jove Graham, Chair
Juli Cooper, Treasurer
Patricia Dudek
Joseph Manzi