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February Calendar

  • Kensington Fire Protection District Board Meeting Wednesday, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m.  Kensington Community Center, 59 Arlington Ave
  • Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District Board Meeting–Thursday, Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. Kensington Community Center, 59 Arlington Ave
  • Oakland Ice Center and Bay Area Rising-V-Day effort to raise awareness about violence against women Saturday, Feb. 14, 5:00 p.m. 519 18th St in Downtown Oakland
  • East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club Wednesday, Feb. 18 5:30 p.m. West Berkeley Library, 1125 University Ave Berkeley
  • El Cerrito City Council Meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 7:00 p.m. City Council Chambers, 10940 San Pablo Ave
  • Contra Costa County Central Committee Meeting  Thursday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m. Martinez Senior Center, 818 Green St, Martinez
  • ECDC Meeting  Tuesday, Feb. 24, 6:00 p.m. Zion Presbyterian Church,  545 Ashbury Ave
  • Economic Development Committee Meeting Thursday, February 26, 7:30 p.m.  Hillside Conference Room 10940 San Pablo Ave
  • East Bay Young Democrats Thursday, February 26, 6:00 p.m. PIO restaurant 91 Shattuck Square, Berkeley
  • Women Get It Done-3rd Annual SHEnanigans event to celebrate Women’s History Month Thursday, March 26, 6:00 p.m. Monroe, 473 Broadway, San Francisco
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January Meeting Preview

Regular Club Meeting

  Tuesday, January 27

6:00 p.m.

Zion Presbyterian Church

545 Ashbury Ave

Happy New Year!

 

The next Club meeting will be on Tuesday, January 27. We have packed agenda for our first meeting of 2015. We’ll be discussing Club goals for the year, the annual budget, electing executive board members and discussing the meeting calendar for the year. Please see the proposed 2015 budget within the newsletter.

 

Please join the El Cerrito Democratic Club at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Parade and Program on Monday, January 19. Club members will be walking together. Meet at the El Cerrito DMV parking lot at 6400 Manilla Ave at 8:45 a.m. to then walk to El Cerrito High School for the MLK Day program.

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Message from the President

Election years are always busy for the El Cerrito Democratic Club but 2014 was a whirlwind. The Club organized four endorsement forums, walked pounds of literature for endorsed candidates and a ballot initiative and had many great speakers and interesting topics presented at our regular Club meetings.  Our Club members were very active volunteering on multiple campaigns and got out the vote in June and November. I want to thank the executive board-Greg Lyman, Gabe Qunito, Mister Phillips and Scott Lyons for their hard work this year.

 

What are we going to do in 2015 (a non-election year)? The main focus we want to have this year is increasing and diversifying our membership. The executive board brainstormed a few ideas on how to make that happen and would like the Club’s feedback and ideas at the January meeting:

 

  • ECDC-lead initiatives

o    Enact a Living Wage Ordinance in the City of El Cerrito

o    Convert all El Cerrito voters to vote-by-mail/absentee ballots

  • Increase partnerships by organizing and hosting events with other Democratic Clubs in the area (West County Dems, Hercules Dems, East Bay Young Dems, Contra Costa Young Dems)
  • By-law updates and changes to streamline membership renewal