PDC and PYD will host a voter registration booth to register voters and educate voters about the candidates on the November 4th ballot. Two hour shifts will occur from 11-5. Please contact Genni Gerard (gengerard@mac.com) or Jon
Kessler (jkessler71@hotmail.com) to volunteer.
Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee meeting, basement cafeteria at 70 W. Hedding, SJ. 6:45 PM. 408-445-9500.
You are invited to see Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich this Saturday, November 8 at the Sunnyvale Four Points Sheraton, 1250 Lakeside Drive, Sunnyvale.
The program starts at 3:00 pm, with talks first by John Robbins (author of Diet for a New America) and then, at 4:00, by Dennis Kucinich, Congressmember from Ohio, speaking on "Reclaiming our Democracy" Following Dennis' talk there will be an open press conference and ample opportunity for Q&A from the public. Plus, music and entertainment will be sprinkled throughout, as well.
"Yes I am a candidate for peace. I am a candidate for economic justice. I am a candidate for choice. I am a candidate for social justice. I am a candidate who says we can change the outcome. We can change this country. We can change the world."
For more information on the Kucinich campaign, you're invited to visit
http://www.kucinich.us or call the California Campaign Office 866-388-2004
Directions to Sheraton; 1250 Lakeside Drive, Sunnyvale; from U.S. 101, south on Lawrence Expressway, first left onto Oakmead, next first left onto Lakeside Dr.
Join us for our fourth Call to Action event. As a follow up to previous events, we will be continuing the work of the four Call to Action Committees; Message, Media, Speakers Bureau, and Volunteer. Please join us to help shape the future of the Democratic Party.
9:00 am - noon. Cafeteria of the Santa Clara County Building, 70 W. Hedding St.
America needs a new foreign policy! Join with people across California as they mobilize to register and educate voters and promote a foreign policy rooted in
human rights and democracy, a policy that stops the threat of nuclear weapons and fosters international cooperation, a policy that will create genuine,
lasting security. For more information contact Nathan Britton at California Peace Action, 510 849-2272 x107 nathan@californiapeaceaction.org.
11 am, press conference, 100 Paseo De San Antonio, downtown San Jose.
11:30 - 1:30: Mobilization (voter registration and distribution of 2004 Presidential Candidate Profiles)
1:30: Refreshments
Join the LGBT Community for a Victory Celebration, commemorating the great achievements made in the fight for LGBT Civil Rights. With special guest Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, author of AB 205, the historic Domestic Partners Legislation. A fundraiser for Assemblymember John Laird. November 10, 2003, 5-7 pm. The Bankers Club Events Center, 8 South First Street, Downtown San Jose. RSVP 408-507-7332. $100.
Assemblymember Joe Simitian (21st AD) is hosting a roundtable discussion to talk about legislative and budget priorities as they relate to women in California. The Santa Clara county Office of Women's Advocacy is hosting at the United Way Building in Room 105 on November 12 from 3:00 - 4:30 pm. The United Way Building is located at 1922 The Alameda in San Jose.
The meeting will be informal and will have the following goals:
- Allow me to update women leaders on challenges and opportunities we may be advancing on the legislative front.
- Allow women leaders to share their concerns and priorities for the upcoming year – particularly as they relate to legislative and budget issues at the state level.
- Provide a comfortable and supportive space to brainstorm possible approaches to state issues of concern to women in our area.
Assemblymember Simitian has hosted similar meetings in the past with leaders in many communities on various issues. They have all been helpful in shaping his legislative outlook, and he has been pleased to take away legislative ideas that later became law. He always come away from these discussions with an improved understanding of community needs and concerns that inform his work in the legislature.
Please RSVP by sending an e-mail to assemblymember.simitian@assembly.ca.gov, so we know how many to expect.
The November Century Club Luncheon features Phaedra Ellis Lamkins, Executive officer of the South Bay Labor Council. The lunch begins at noon at Lou's Village, 1465 W San Carlos Street, San Jose. To RSVP please call Madge ASAP at 408 378-8271. $20.
Volunteers are needed for the voter registration tables at several malls on November 15-16. Two hour shifts are available on Saturday from 10-6 and
Sunday from 11-5. The malls are Oakridge Mall, Eastridge Mall, and Valley Fair. Please contact Hope at volunteer@scc-democrats.org, to participate.
State Legislative Candidates Debate on Environmental Issues, November 18, 7 -9 p.m. Joint City/San Jose State Library, Second Floor, Room B, Fourth & San Fernando, San Jose. (Free parking across the street)
7 p.m., 13th Senate District, Manny Diaz & Elaine Alquist
8 p.m., 23rd Assembly District, Kathy Napoli & Joe Coto
Moderator: Lynne Trulio, Chair, Environmental Studies Dept., SJSU
Sponsored by Environmental Studies Dept., San Jose State University
Co-sponsors; Sierra Club, American Lung Association, Calif. League of Conservation Voters
Questions? Contact Terry Trumbull, 650-328-9081
Please volunteer to educate new citizens about the Democratic Party and register new voters. We need volunteers from 7am-10:30am. Please contact Hope at volunteer@scc-democrats.org to participate. Civic auditorium, downtown San Jose.
Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley Presents, The Honorable Joe Lieberman, Member, U.S. Senate (D-CT). Join us to learn first hand what Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman's views are on issues of importance to the voters. Thursday, November 20, 2003, Registration - 11:30 a.m., Program - 12:00 p.m. (no meal)
Stanford Room, Hyatt Rickeys Palo Alto, 4219 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
Cost: $10 members; $20 non-members. For Reservations, call 1-800-847-7730 or register online at www.commonwealthclub.org/sv
Come learn about the Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003 and the legal impacts of this groundbreaking piece of legislation. We will also discuss various pending challenges to this newly-signed law, which is set to be enacted in January of 2005.
Panelists will include Toni Broaddus, Program Director, Equality California Institute; Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights; Jim DeLaHunt, Policy Director, Marriage Equality California
November 20, 2003, 7:00-9:00 p.m. City Council Chambers, Sunnyvale City Hall, 456 W. Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA. For additional information on this upcoming event, please contact Leslie Bulbuk at 408-277-2003 or e-mail leslie.bulbuk@asm.ca.gov.
You are invited to the DAWN Endorsement Brunch, Sunday, November 23, at 10:30 AM. San Jose City College, Community Room, Bascom & Moorpark, San Jose. Parking off Moorpark behind Community Room (Parking Lot A). For further direction, check www.SJCC.edu. DAWN members will vote on endorsement of March 2004 primary candidates in State Assembly Districts 20, 21, and 23, State Senate Districts 11 and 13. We will also vote on the consent calendar: Sally Lieber (AD 22), Rebecca Cohn (AD 24), Senator Barbara Boxer for her seat in the US Senate and Congress members Zoe Lofgren, Mike Honda and Anna Eshoo for their respective seats in Congress.
You must be a DAWN member for at least 30 days to be eligible to vote.
Even if you're not eligible, please come and meet the candidates. Dues
may be paid at the meeting. Call Luisa Pour at 408-248-5798, Joan
Goddard at 408-374-4697, or Carol Garvey 408-275-6981.