Climate & Corporate Money in Politics
Nancy Casady and Katherine Hogue
April 20th, 10AM
IBEW Local 465, 7444 Trade St, San Diego, CA 92121
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Answers to the Top Three Climate Questions
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Nancy Casady who recently attended Al Gore's Climate Reality Project training in Los Angeles will address three climate questions.
Nancy is the former General Manager of Ocean Beach People’s Organic Food Market. She served as the Vice President of the National Cooperative Grocers Association and as a member of the national Co-op Development Cooperative during 2007-2011. She is a founding member of the Wild Willow Sustainable Farming Education Center, a working farm in San Diego directed toward training young farmers and providing hands-on growing experiences for students K through 8th grade.
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Hostile Takeover: Corporate Money in Politics
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Katherine Hogue will discuss the pervasive and corrupting influence of money in politics and what we have to do about it.
Katherine is President of the San Diego Progressive Democratic Club, an AD77 ADEM delegate, and an employment law attorney practicing in California who represents clients across the state dealing with low wages, high costs of living and laws that almost always favor large corporations.
Katherine is mother to a two year old daughter who makes her "concerned for her future with the horrifying effects of Climate Change, the state of our Health care system, police brutality, difficulties in obtaining higher education, and of course the rampant take over of the 1% and multinational corporations."
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Sabrina Kaplan will talk about the use of gender pronouns, and we'll talk about good practices for using amplification at meetings, as well as discussing the use of email, text and voice when messaging club members.
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The Central Committee will be voting on new proposed rules for clubs at their meeting on April 16th at 6:30PM at IBEW Local 569, 4545 Viewridge Dr, San Diego, CA 92123.
The proposed rules and background to the changes are documented:
- Amendment summary (PDF)
- Bylaws (PDF)
- Policies and Procedures (PDF)
- Background documents (folder)
Under the new rules clubs will get an extra Associate Member in each Area where they have 20 unique members. If you want to see how many Associate members your club will have under the new rules you can cut and paste a list of your members Zip codes into this Google Sheet. Click on the Totals tab at the bottom to reveal how many Associate Members your club will have.
All club Associate Members are able to speak at the Central Committee meeting so please plan on attending on April 16th if you have comments to share. If you can't make it that evening please let John (john@demclubs.org), or your Assembly District member, know your take on the proposed changes - a list of members is available here.
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This spring the Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC) is holding a Train the Trainer Program covering key aspects of grassroots campaigning like fundraising, research, technology, and communications. The six-week, twelve-part course is free of charge.
The program will consist of webinars every Tuesday and Thursday at 4:00 p.m. PDT, starting April 16 and ending May 23, 2019. Participants who complete all sessions will receive a certification from the ASDC.
The deadline to register is this Sunday, April 14. If you'd like to sign up, please click here.
The County Democratic Party training program for 2019 is launching this weekend with an in-person Campaign Essentials seminar that will provide an overview of running for office. Intended for current and potential candidates and campaign workers, it will highlight the elements of a successful campaign (to be covered in more depth in future trainings).
The training event will be on Sunday, April 14, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Elijah's Restaurant, 7061 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego (92111). To sign up, please RSVP at www.sddemocrats.org/training by Friday, April 12.
You're welcome to share this information with anyone you know who might be interested. The Party will be sure to let you know about additional training opportunities this year as those are confirmed.
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We are all invited to a forum next week with candidates running to be the next Chair of the California Democratic Party.
As you know, delegates will be voting on this important leadership post at the CADEM Convention June 1-2 in San Francisco.
The forum will be held on Tuesday, April 16, at 6:30 p.m. during the regularly scheduled County Central Committee meeting at IBEW Local 569, 4545 Viewridge Avenue, San Diego, CA 92123.
Confirmed candidates include Kimberly Ellis, Rusty Hicks, and Daraka Larimore-Hall. Hopefully you'll be able to join the meeting to hear them make the case for why they're best suited to lead the largest state Democratic Party in the country. Space will be limited, but you're welcome to bring a guest.
You may submit a question for consideration in advance at www.sddemocrats.org/forum.
For more information, feel free to reach out to Will at chair@sddemocrats.org or call the office at (858) 277-3367.
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Chairs Forums in Region 18
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Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik, Regional Director, Region 18, (949) 521-3292 has also invited us to upcoming CDP Chair forums in Region 18 with Kimberly Ellis, Daraka Larimore-Hall, and Rusty Hicks.
Note: Change of Venue
April 20, East Valley Community Center, 2245 East Valley Parkway, Escondido 92025 4-7 pm
April 29, Norman Murray Community Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo, CA 92692, 6:30-9:00pm
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If you have questions, suggestions, or comments please communicate them to me, your Director of Clubs, or bring them to the Council of Clubs.
Remember! This month's Council of Clubs meeting takes place at:
IBEW Local 465, 7444 Trade St, San Diego, CA 92121
Cheers, John
John Loughlin, Director of Clubs
(619) 302-4751 mobile
clubs@sddemocrats.org
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