The meet-up support group will provide moral support to each other, expand the job networking base, find ways to promote personal & career growth and development, explore community resources and discuss the extent to which the existing ones have been helpful to this specific population. The group will search for creative ways to overcome obstacles for finding a job. The obstacles the group might have open for discussion can include issues such as "bad references", having been unemployed for long …

The Vision: Through this door is the dream job we all are looking for. But in front of the door is the bouncer, and the cover charge is hard work. If you don't pay the bouncer , you don't get in. The purpose of this group is to provide a place where people can work hard helping themselves and others get better with job seeking skills. My vision is that a typical meeting starts with us each giving a 2-3 minute 'elevator' speech and then discussing what did or did not work for them that week. We c …

This meetup group is for people who believe that our current two party system is not working, in large part because of the impact of special influence money on both our electorial process and on Washington. We support Buddy Roemer, a former Governor and Congressman who is committed to getting the secret money out of the process. As Buddy says, "We aren't Democrats or Republicans. We are Americans" www.buddyroemer.com