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A Trip Down Memory Lane: What is our shared vision for downtown Tucson?

This article was originally published in 2009 on my Progressive Examiner blog. This month [November 2009] marks the end of an era in downtown Tucson– an era of art, innovation, … Continue reading →

March 24, 2015

Flor de Muertos: A ‘must see’ for All Souls Procession and Calexico aficionados

Flor de Muertos, a locally produced and filmed documentary about life and death on the Arizona-Mexico border, premiered last night at the Rialto Theater. More than 100 people attended the … Continue reading →

July 23, 2011

Why was Dr. King assassinated? He spoke of nonviolence and a ‘world revolution of values’ (video)

[tnivideo caption=”Martin Luther King, “Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam”” credit=”Dr. Martin Luther King”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80Bsw0UG-U[/tnivideo] Anyone who lived through the 1960s or stayed awake during American History class … Continue reading →

January 17, 2011 · 3 Comments

Imagine Greater Tucson: Midtown ‘Community Conversation’ Reveals Consensus

Over the years, Tucson has had no lack of planning, but building consensus and getting projects off the ground has been an issue (1, 2, 3, 4). Tucson’s newest planning … Continue reading →

December 1, 2010 · 11 Comments

Jesse Kelly’s worst nightmare: Old hippies, brown people and college students who vote

Old hippies, retirees, brown people, artists, musicians, college students, gays, lesbians, transvestites, and even people with multiple tattoos. At the Democratic Volunteer Party today, CD8 Republican challenger Jesse Kelly’s worst … Continue reading →

October 24, 2010 · 28 Comments

Giffords sponsors HoCo concert for Dem volunteers

CD8 Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will host a party and BBQ at Hotel Congress for Democratic Party volunteers tomorrow, October 24 from noon to 5:30 p.m. Democrats are pulling out all … Continue reading →

October 23, 2010

Alcohol and marijuana: The xenophobic origins of prohibition

Prohibition of alcohol by adoption of the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1920 was a xenophobic measure, as much as a temperance movement, according to Last Call, a … Continue reading →

October 11, 2010 · 5 Comments

Protesters hand deliver symbolic big check from corporate American to McCain.

John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ addressed progressives and unionists at a Tucson event.

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Safe Park, downtown Tucson

A giant poet’s head made up of stainless steel letters marks the stop near the UA Poetry Center.

I have a background in research. Help me build Tucson’s tech industry and grow our own local businesses.

It was truly a honor to meet Nevada State Senator Patricia Spearman (center) in October and to confer with her regarding our efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Arizona. Spearman led the successful Nevada efforts to ratify the ERA in 2017. Here we are with activist and NOW leader Dainne Post after the ERA workshop at the We the People Conference in Phoenix. There are a lot of Arizona women who are ready to make history in 2018. Watch my blog here and my Facebook page here for ERA updates.

Occupy encampment in Armory Park– before it was cleared out in the middle of the night by Tucson Police.

We often hear that corporations need migrant workers because Americans “don’t want to do these jobs.” When I hear this statement, I picture farm workers picking vegetables. Recently, I toured two dairies and an animal feed packing plant in Pinal County. The photo above from the Zinke Dairy shows a giant cow milking carousel. Nine migrant workers milk 4000 cows three times a day at this dairy. Legislators watched the two men pictured here– working at a brisk pace– bend over and pick up, lift, and attach large electronic suction cups to the cows as they ride the carousel around the giant facility. This level of automation is the wave of the future for industrial jobs.

There have been many lively debates in the Arizona House in 2018. This team of House Democrats fought for consumer protections and fought against risky financial deals in a “regulatory sandbox.” (Pictured are Reps. Mitzi Epstein, Kelli Butler, Athena Salman, Pamela Powers Hannley, Ken Clark and Isela Blanc.)

PDA Tucson Coordinator Jim Hannley speaks against both the crowd management ordinance and the urban camping ban at the City Council meeting.

Arizonans for New Economy co-directors Jim Hannley and Pamela Powers Hannley with UA Tech Park VP Bruce Wright.

Despite the sweltering heat, Jim and I had a great time at the Labor Day Picnic. We collected a lot of Clean Elections $5 donations and signatures. Here I am with LD9 chair Michael Dues.

Ironically, I posted this blog post on the anniversary of this election on June 19. 1970ish.

This is a broken sink in the Ladies’ Room at the Arizona State Building in downtown Tucson. One of the elevators also was broken. It’s time to fix Arizona government.

Rep. Sally Ann Gonzales and I were interviewed by NBC at the Phoenix rally.

Governor Ducey had proposed increasing prison beds and funding, while cutting education. Protesters took issue with that short-sighted idea.

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with members of the Tucson Chapter of NOW on opening day at the Arizona Legislature, 2018.

In the 1980s, the Tucson Weekly called Tucson the “Baked Apple”.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

#RedForEd teachers and supporters in the Arizona House Gallery, 2018.

Rev. Ron Phares and Pamela Powers Hannley

Jim and I were part of a contingent of Unitarian Universalists who came up from Tucson. Here I am with Rev. Ron Phares from the Mountain Vista UU Church in my district. (Jim is photobombing us.)

The Living Economy event was very informative; we had a great time hob-nobbing. My husband Jim is a small business owner and a member of Local First Arizona. I have owned two small businesses in the past– Powers/Queen Associates and Wind Dancer Design. We support Local First Arizona and buying/investing locally. We believe that supporting local small businesses with low-interest loans through a public/private partnership between a public bank and community banks and credit unions is the sustainable route to improving our local economy. Trickle down economics doesn’t work; it’s time for new ideas.

Visiting with PALF chairman Fred Yamashita at the 2016 Labor Day Picnic.

PDA members, including Advisory Board Chair Mimi Kennedy, protested food stamp cuts in front of Congressman Henry Waxman’s office.

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

Giving the LD9 update at the June meeting. What a great crowd!

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

We are the 99%.

Protesting cuts to education

Jobs with Justice marching with Occupy Tucson in support of postal workers.

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

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The Tucson Progressive: Pamela J. Powers

I stand on the side of Love. I believe in kindness to all creatures on Earth and the inherent self-worth of all individuals–not just people who agree with me or look like me.

Widespread economic and social injustice prompted me to become a candidate for the Arizona House, representing Legislative District 9 in the 2016 election.

My platform focused on economic reforms to grow Arizona’s economy, establish a state-based public bank, fix our infrastructure, fully fund public education, grow local small businesses and community banks, and put people back to work at good-paying jobs.

In the Arizona House, I was a strong voice for fiscal responsibility a moratorium on corporate tax breaks until the schools were fully funded, increased cash assistance to the poor, expansion of maternal healthcare benefits, equal rights, choice, unions, education at all levels and protecting our water supply.

After three terms, I retired from the Arizona Legislature in January 2023 but will continue to blog and produce my podcast “A View from the Left Side.”

Tucson Progressive

Category Archives: music

A Trip Down Memory Lane: What is our shared vision for downtown Tucson?

Flor de Muertos: A ‘must see’ for All Souls Procession and Calexico aficionados

Why was Dr. King assassinated? He spoke of nonviolence and a ‘world revolution of values’ (video)

Imagine Greater Tucson: Midtown ‘Community Conversation’ Reveals Consensus

Jesse Kelly’s worst nightmare: Old hippies, brown people and college students who vote

Giffords sponsors HoCo concert for Dem volunteers

Alcohol and marijuana: The xenophobic origins of prohibition

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