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Join Rep. George Miller and his special guest Congressman Barney Frank and friends from throughout Contra Costa County and the Bay Area to celebrate George's birthday, support his re-election, and help win back the U.S. House of Representatives. The event will be held on Saturday, May 5, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Shadelands Ranch, 2660 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek. Click here to purchase your event tickets! The Diablo Valley Democratic Club's Thursday, April 26 meeting will feature Assemblymember Joan Buchanan discussing what is happening in Sacramento amid budget challenges in this election year. The DVDC meets from 7-9 p.m. at the Ygnacio Valley Library, 2661 Oak Grove Road, Walnut Creek. Please park on Deerpark Drive, the first right after the library, unless you have difficulty walking. For more information, call 925-946-0469 or visit the club's web site.  Comments are closed  Campaign 2012, Democratic Club, Elected Officials assembly, budget, Campaign 2012, Diablo Valley Democratic Club, Joan Buchanan The Lamorinda Democratic Club's monthly meeting on Thursday, April 12 will feature a discussion about "Campaign Boot Camp 2.0: Fighting for a Democratic Future" with Christine Pelosi. In her presentation, Christine will discuss her new book, Campaign Boot Camp 2.0, which presents leadership lessons from the campaign trail from a diverse array of over forty public figures. The book lends advice for anyone who wants to run for office, advocate for a cause, or win a public policy issue. Christine will also have books available for sale and a book signing as part of the program. The club's meeting will be held at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, in Lafayette. The club's social hour will begin at 7:00 p.m., with a business meeting beginning between 7:15 and 7:30 p.m. depending on the length of our agenda. There is a $5 charge at the door to help the club cover meeting expenses. Christine Pelosi has a lifetime of grass-roots campaigning experience, most proudly for her mother, United States House of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Christine serves as chair of the California Democratic Party Women’s Caucus, a vice chair of the Veterans and Military Families Council of the Democratic National Committee, and a board member of Young Democrats of America. She has worked as an attorney in the Clinton-Gore administration, a chief of staff on Capitol Hill, and a child abuse and sex crimes prosecutor in San Francisco. Campaign Boot Camp 2.0 is basic training for future leaders who hear a call to service—a voice of conscience that springs from their vision, ideas, and values—and want to translate that call into positive change. Pelosi outlines the seven essential steps to winning: identify your call to service, define your message, know your community, build your leadership teams, raise the money, connect with people, and mobilize to win. Each chapter concludes with a “Get Real” exercise so readers can personalize and integrate these ideas into individual efforts. Her latest book draws from her leadership “boot camps” conducted in over thirty American states and in three foreign countries, working with thousands of volunteers and dozens of successful candidates for office from city council to US congress. In this edition, Pelosi updates the book’s “Call to Service” profiles of political leaders and their calls to service; details the expanding role of social media, the Internet, and technology as message multipliers; explores challenges unique to women candidates; and expands on the power of volunteers. California is the only state that has a Civil Grand Jury that is able to investigate local government. The Grand Jury also selects its own agenda of investigations and may respond to complaints from residents. This is an excellent position to have an opportunity to do some good for our communities. The commitment is to meet in Martinez for a year. Probably about 20 hours a week of work with investigations and sub committees. Grand Jurors are first vetted for the usual background checks and then a smaller pool of 60 is created that is representative of the entire county geographically. Of those there is a random selection to 19 members that work under a judge. I strongly urge everyone who has the time commitment and a strong interest in improving the community to apply: http://www.cc-courts.org/_data/n_0003/resources/live/grandJuryApp.pdf The Harry Bridges Project and the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County (DPCCC) present From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks, a fundraiser for the DPCCC, on Friday, March 23. A reception will start at 6 p.m. with Ian Ruskin's performance as Harry Bridges to begin at 7 p.m. at the IBEW Local 302 Meeting Hall, 1875 Arnold Drive, in Martinez. Tickets are $30 with sponsorships available. Click here to purchase your ticket via ActBlue! The Harry Bridges Project began more than a decade ago to promote the legacy of labor leader Harry Bridges and to aid in the public's understanding of his historical importance. Bridges' work still has an enormous impact on our lives, yet is largely unknown outside specific labor union and academic circles. The project is dedicated to introducing the public to the life and ideas of Harry Bridges and his impact on our lives today. Bridges was an extraordinary labor leader and social visionary whose life and work encompassed all of the important issues and events of his day, including immigration, depression-era policies, red-scares, McCarthyism, the cold-war and labor issues. Ian Ruskin trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. In England, he worked in Repertory Theater, London's West End (where work included the title role in Jack the Ripper), television (including the Laurence Olivier King Lear), and film. In Los Angeles, his work has ranged from Murder, She Wrote to the acclaimed one-man play The Man Himself. He has also done extensive voice work in radio, commercials, and in over 100 films and television programs. Ruskin has performed this play over 200 times across America an in Canada, Hawaii, Australia, and England. The film of a live performance in front of 1,000 longshore workers, directed by legendary filmmaker Haskell Wexler, has aired on PBS for the last three years and is available on DVD. For more information, please contact Jim Donnelly at 925-570-9289 or at james.r.donnelly@comcast.net. Comments are closed Democratic Party of Contra Costa County, Events Democratic Party of Contra Costa County, fundraiser, labor The United Faculty of Contra Costa Community College District and the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges invite you to a reception to re-elect Assemblymember Nancy Skinner on Thursday, March 22, from 6-8 p.m. at the home of Erik Preminger and Linda Michels in Orinda. To RSVP or for more information, please visit this web site or contact Cynthia Brantly Pierce at 510-704-1657 or by email at cynthia@cpierce.com. You can also click here to download a pdf of the event flyer. The co-hosts for the event include Ellen Beans, Craig Cheslog, Honorable Ken Chew, Jill & Jim Ellis, Tim Farley, Honorable Steve Glazer, Audrey Gordon, Anne Grodin, John Hall, Honorable John Hanecak, Elisabeth Jewel, Christie Batterman Jordan, Honorable Bev Lane, Honorable Karen Mendonca, Honorable Karen Mitchoff, Honorable Gail Murray, Katie Ricklefs, Honorable Shayne Silva, Edy Schwartz, Honorable Tomi Van de Brooke, Melody Howe Weintraub, and Honorable Amy Worth. The Tri-Valley Democratic Club's Monday, March 19 meeting will feature San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan. The Tri-Valley Democrats meet at the IBEW Hall, 6250 Village Parkway, in Dublin at 7 p.m. Fagan will discuss the Occupy movement, 99 percenters, and how the media covers these events. For more information about the Tri-Valley Democrats, please visit the club's web site. The Diablo Valley Democratic Club's Wednesday, March 28 meeting will feature political consultant Melody Howe Weintraub from the firm Winning Results. She will discuss her views about the upcoming elections, including the significance of California's new open primary in June. The club will also hear from John Hall, the chair of the Central Contra Costa Unified Democratic Campaign committee, who will explain redistricting in our area, including the configuration of the new districts and who is running in them. The DVDC meets from 7-9 p.m. at the Ygnacio Valley Library, 2661 Oak Grove Road, Walnut Creek. Please park on Deerpark Drive, the first right after the library, unless you have difficulty walking. For more information, call 925-946-0469 or visit the club's web site. Comments are closed Campaign 2012, Democratic Club Campaign 2012, Diablo Valley Democratic Club, redistricting The San Ramon Valley Democratic Club's Thursday, March 22, meeting will feature a presentation by Michael Lighty, Director of Public Policy for the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, about its "Heal America. Tax Wall Street" program to fund jobs, guaranteed healthcare, and a secure retirement for all. The meeting will take place at the Crow Canyon Country Club, 711 Silver Lake Drive, in Danville. Social time at 6:15 p.m., dinner at 6:45 p.m., with the program at 7:15 p.m. Members and invited guests can enjoy the dinner and program for $25, non-members $30, presentation only is $5 (requested donation). Lighty has spoken and organized throughout the country on healthcare reform, financing and delivery issues. He coordinated CNA’s campaigns for HMO patients’ bill of rights, clean money elections, and against Arnold Schwarzenegger’s effort to roll back CNA’s landmark safe staffing law. Most recently, he directed NNU’s national political program, including the “Queen Meg” effort to defeat billionaire Meg Whitman. Please RSVP to Jim Donnelly. Mail checks, made out to Jim Donnelly, to 373 Century Circle, Danville, CA 94526. For more information, visit the club's web site. Comments are closed Democratic Club federal budget, health care, retirement, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club, taxes The Lamorinda Democratic Club's monthly meeting on a special night–Friday, March 9–will feature a discussion about the Contra Costa County Supervisor race in our area and a report from a former Obama Administration official. The club's meeting will be held at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd, in Lafayette. The club's social hour will begin at a new time of 7:00 p.m., with a business meeting at 7:15 p.m. There is a $5 charge at the door to help the club cover meeting expenses. This month's meeting will have a special format as well. After club business is concluded at approximately 7:45 p.m., our local speaker will be Ro Khanna from Fremont. Khanna, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Commerce Department under President Obama, will discuss the accomplishments of the Obama Administration and offer a vision for manufacturing and American competitiveness (www.rokhanna.com). At approximately 8:15 p.m. the club will turn its attention to one of the club's highest priorities for 2012: the Contra Costa County Supervisor District II race as we turn the program over to candidate Tomi Van de Brooke (www.tomivdb.com). Recently sworn in as President of the Contra Costa Community College Governing Board, Tomi was appointed to serve as the Ward II Trustee on the Governing Board in 2005 and was re-elected in 2006, 2008, and 2010. Her efforts on the Board have resulted in improved use of performance measures, greater fiscal accountability, and a focus on workforce development. Tomi has the diverse experience and skills needed to help Contra Costa County. She worked for Fortune 500 companies, started and ran her own small business, and was the managing partner of a Walnut Creek communications firm. Tomi also worked for the California Alliance for Jobs, an organization dedicated to rebuilding California’s aging infrastructure. She has dedicated much of her time to helping the community, serving on a number of non-profit boards including the Contra Costa Council, Economic Development Alliance for Business, and the Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation. Tomi was born and raised in Contra Costa County. She and her husband, John, reside in Orinda with their sons. Comments are closed Campaign 2012, Democratic Club, Events campaign, County Supervisor, Lamorinda Democratic Club, President Obama |
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