Progressive Democrats of the East Bay (PD–East Bay) is a growing chapter of Progressive Democrats of America, a national organization and Political Action Committee (PAC). PD–East Bay was started by supporters of Kucinich, Dean, and various social justice groups.

PDA is not affiliated with the Democratic party but instead, is dedicated to restoring a progressive vision to the Democratic party. PDA supports progressive causes by forming action groups, in coalition with other progressive organization, to take action on a local and national level. PDA also supports electing progressives to existing Democratic party structures and to local, state, and national offices.

PD–East Bay supports progressive candidates for elected office from the most local boards to national offices. It dialogues and networks with a broad-based coalition of like-minded groups and people in the San Francisco Bay Area to create a common agenda and an agreed-upon plan by which to realize shared progressive goals.

PDA has formed Action Groups to work on issues such as:

• Universal Health Care
• Saving Social Security and Medicare
• Bringing the troops home and ending the occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine
• Preventing future global aggression in the name of the United States
• Creating a federal cabinet post, a Department of Peace
• Electoral reform
• Economic and Social Justice
• Reforming the Media
• Protecting the Environment

About The Progressive Democrats of America

Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is organizing chapters nationally and is working to form progressive Democratic caucuses in each of the 435 congressional districts in all 50 states. PDA is also working to forge links to the Congressional Black Caucus and the House Progressive Caucus on the national level and to help form caucuses on the state level. For more information on PDA go to: www.pdamerica.org.