Hi DA Switzerland,

We would like to share with you some of the work that goes on behind the scenes of Democrats Abroad, and the DA Healthcare Reform working group, a dedicated group of individuals fighting hard to make Americans living abroad count in the big healthcare debate. While many of us here in Switzerland enjoy good healthcare coverage, we are worried about the healthcare system back home and what will happen to us when we move back. If you feel this is an important enough issue, make one simple phone call to your congressman/woman today - I know I will.

Think about telling the staffer on the line, ''yes, I am actually calling you from Switzerland'' and then give them your support for Obama's healthcare reform to benefit all American citizens, not only those living in America.

If the President is going to succeed in bringing healthcare reform to America, members of Congress need to hear from you. Answer Organizing For America's call to contact your member in Congress by clicking here

http://my.barackobama.com/TTDCall

Read more here.

DNC Chairman Tim Kaine Issues Statement About Nobel Prize Committee's Awarding of 2009 Peace Prize to President Barack Obama

Washington, D.C. - President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday morning for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine issued the following statement:

“The Nobel Committee’s decision to award this year’s Peace Prize to President Obama is an affirmation of the fact that the United States has returned to its longstanding role as a world leader. The President has made a conscious decision from the beginning of his presidency to reinvigorate diplomacy, by talking to our friends and our rivals. Those efforts to bring world leaders together are helping the people of the world to face monumental challenges like nuclear arms proliferation, conflict resolution and climate change.

“With this prize comes a sense of enormous pride, but also an enormous sense of humility about the work that remains if we are to resolve the global problems facing humanity. Democrats will continue to work with President Obama to keep moving

America forward, as we continue in earnest to sow peace, progress and understanding around the world.”

DA Switzerland October 2009 Newsletter

Read our new and improved monthly Newsletter. You will find out about upcoming events near you, opportunities to volunteer, news from the DNC meeting in Texas last month, what you can do to help President Obama pass health care reform and much, much more! Let us know what you think. Send us a note at chair@democrats.ch.

Maya Samara

Chair, Democrats Abroad Switzerland

Click on image below to view Newsletter!

http://democrats.ch/DACH_OCTOBER_NEWSLETTER_PDF.pdf

Check Calendar Tab above for event updates during the month and for more event listings.