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Coffee Party
FormationJanuary, 2010
Region served
United States
WebsiteCoffeePartyUSA.com

The Coffee Party USA is a political movement that developed as an alternative to the Tea Party movement. Its mission states that it is based on the underlying principle that the government is "not the enemy of the people, but the expression of our collective will, and that we must participate in the democratic process in order to address the challenges we face as Americans." Its slogan is "Wake Up and Stand Up".[1] Its stated goals include getting cooperation in government and removing corporate influence from politics. The Coffee Party has been described as "[a] liberal-esque and pro-Obama answer to the conservative tea party movement." [2]

National Coffee Party Day was Saturday, March 13, 2010.[3]

Origin

let's start a coffee party . . . smoothie party. red bull party. anything but tea. geez. ooh how about cappuccino party? that would really piss 'em off bec it sounds elitist . . . let's get together and drink cappuccino and have real political dialogue with substance and compassion.

— Annabel Park, Facebook page posting

The Coffee Party USA was established in January, 2010. It was founded by documentary filmmakers and political activists Annabel Park and Eric Byler.[4][5][6] After becoming increasingly frustrated with the incivility and obstructionism in general political discourse within Congress and the Tea Party, Park vented her anger on her Facebook page. Numerous positive responses from friends prompted her to start a "Join the Coffee Party Movement" fan page. The group had over 110,000 members after six weeks.[7]

Events

The Coffee Party held their initial national coffee house day event on March 13, 2010. 370 events took place across the US and the world, including Tokyo and Jakarta, with the intent to "encourage our existing and soon-to-form chapters to facilitate informative and civil dialogue about issues that affect all of us, collectively. We will ask them to report back to us on what consensus they reach, and take action from there."[8][9]


Media coverage

A spokesperson for Coffee Party USA, Alan Alborn, gave two interviews for KSRO Newstalk 1350 radio in Santa Rosa, California.[10][11]

The Coffee Party movement has been covered by CNN, [12] the New York Times,[13] the Washington Post,[14] the Seattle Times[15], CBS, [16] and the BBC [17].

See also

References

  1. ^ "Coffee Party, With a Taste for Civic Participation, Is Added to the Political Menu". nytimes.com. Mar 3, 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0313/Coffee-party-movement-Not-far-from-the-tea-party-message
  3. ^ "Saturday, March 13th is National Coffee Party Day".
  4. ^ "Coffee Party movement: Alternative to tea". washingtonpost.com. Feb 26, 2010.
  5. ^ 9500 Liberty The Filmmakers
  6. ^ "Coffee Party activists say their civic brew's a tastier choice than Tea Party's". washingtonpost.com. Feb 25, 2010.
  7. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/12/coffee.party.people/index.html
  8. ^ "Coffee Party movement: Alternative to tea". washingtonpost.com. Feb 26, 2010.
  9. ^ http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0313/Coffee-party-movement-Not-far-from-the-tea-party-message
  10. ^ KSRO News Talk Radio Interview with Coffee Party spokesman
  11. ^ "Coffee Party Spokesman Al Alborn ROCKS THE HOUSE in two radio interviews".
  12. ^ CNN
  13. ^ New York Times
  14. ^ Washington Post,
  15. ^ Seattle Times
  16. ^ CBS News
  17. ^ [1]
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