In addition to her responsibilities with CSEA, Ms Roach is
the Central California
Vice chair of the California Democratic Party’s Progressive Caucus
having also served as the Caucus’ Health Care committee chair. Ms
Roach is one of CSEA’s representatives on the Board of the California
Education Coalition for Health Care Reform (CECHCR) and is the labor co-chair
for CECHCR’s Governmental Affairs Committee. Ms Roach is the
recipient of the San Joaquin County Democratic Central Committee’s 2010
“Advocate in Democracy” award and was named the Tracy Democratic
Club’s 2008 Activist of the Year for her work in educating the
community on health care reform.
Questions regarding this event may be directed to Sharon Romano, chair of the Calaveras County
Democratic Central Committee (CCDCC) at info@calaverasdemocrats.org, or
by calling (209) 559-2673. Voter information and other Democratic
activities may be found at www.calaverasdemocrats.org.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Calaveras Democrats host speaker re: The California Care ACt - What is it? What isn't it?
Calaveras Democrats
are honored to host Rose Roach, field director for the River Delta Field Office of the California
School Employees Association (CSEA) since 2003. Ms Roach has been focusing
her work on educating the public about single payer health care reform.
On Thursday, September 13, 6:30 pm, in the Board Chambers, 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas,
Ms Roach will give an overview of the new health care law, the Affordable
Care Act (ACA). Her talk highlights the portions of the law already in effect
and provides an overview of the sections yet to be implemented. She will also
discuss what’s next in the fight for health care as a human right.