This coming Memorial Weekend please join us for a mixer with Veterans Democratic Club on Saturday, May 24th from 12:00pm to 2:30pm at the home of our club Secretary Brandon Johnwell and husband TJ Musser.
You are encouraged to bring snackums and/or drinks to share while we light up the grill.
You can RSVP for the Memorial Weekend Mixer here.
Address will be provided upon RSVP.
Please join us for our next scheduled club meeting on Wednesday, April 30 at 6:30pm.
Register for the April 30th club meeting here!
The club's executive board recommended signing on as a co-sponsor to support Senate Bill 771, proposed state legislation that would penalize social media companies for elevating and promoting hate speech through their algorithms. We will formally vote to fully co-sponsor as a club. You can read the updated bill language here.
We will also hear updates from our allies in the Labor movement regarding several strikes and calls to action from National Union of Healthcare Workers and Starbucks Workers United.
Finally, we'll consider endorsements for two of our club members, Ross Pike and Michelle Krug, who are running unopposed for California Democratic Party Regional Director in Regions 21 and 22.
This Sunday, join us for an in-person Board Installation & Brunch event on from 11:30am to 2:00pm at Uptown Tavern in Hillcrest. Address is 1236 University Ave., San Diego, CA 92103.
We will be conducting the oath of office to our club's newly-elected and re-elected members of the executive board, including those elected at our February meeting:
Please join us for our next regularly scheduled club meeting on Thursday, February 20 at 6:30pm.
Register for the February 20th club meeting here!
The club's executive board has recommended signing on as a co-sponsor to support proposed state legislation involving the LGBTQ+ community. The specifics are being kept private at this time, and we will have draft language and more to share at the meeting next week, but we wanted to formally notice that we will consider voting to co-sponsor this legislation.
Speaking of our executive board... club elections are upon us!
All executive board positions are two-year terms unless otherwise stated. Those positions up for election include:
Should you wish to serve as a member of the executive board, please e-mail our Nominations Committee at [email protected]
Nominees for our executive board must have been dues-paid members for 90 days prior to taking office at our March club meeting.
Please join us for a special endorsement meeting via Zoom on Sunday, February 2nd (Groundhog Day) at 1:00pm. We will consider an endorsement in the upcoming special election for County Supervisor in District 1.
The special election for District 1 will be held using the post-2021 redistricting boundaries, which includes Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, National City, the City of San Diego neighborhoods of San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Barrio Logan, Logan Heights, East Village, Golden Hill, Grant Hill, Lincoln Park, Memorial, Mount Hope, Mountain View, Nestor, Sherman Heights, Southcrest, Stockton and the unincorporated areas of Bonita, Sunnyside, Lincoln Acres, East Otay Mesa, La Presa, and parts of Spring Valley.
Join us for the first virtual club meeting of 2025 on Thursday, January 16 at 6:30pm.
Our Immediate Past President Will Rodriguez-Kennedy and Democratic activist and party volunteer Jason Bercovitch will give a presentation on the shrinking of the Democratic Party at the national and local levels, focusing on the 2024 results and compared to past election results. And just in case you thought we were done with endorsement meetings, fear not, for it appears we will need to consider an endorsement in a soon-to-be scheduled special election for County Supervisor in District 1.
The County Board of Supervisors will consider options for the soon-to-be-vacant District 1 seat, so it's best that we start our process in the next month given the expected truncated timeline for whenever the special election would be held.
We hope you've had an amazing holiday season these last few weeks, and are looking forward (anxiously and/or motivated) to make some good things happen this year.
As we enter 2025, I'd be remiss to not mention that we are entering our 50th anniversary as a Democratic club.
For those who know the history, our club was founded in the privacy and safe spaces of loving friends and family in 1975. This was back during a time when the first marchers in the San Diego Pride Parade wore paper bags over their heads because of fear from being outed and ostracized, being the targets of bigotry, hate, and discrimination.
Unfortunately, with the rise of anti-LGBTQ hate in recent years, somethings feel like they haven't changed so much in spite of all the other progress we've made along the way.
It's that special time of year again! We are excited to collaborate with some of our allied Democratic clubs to celebrate the season and the yuletide with the firewood and the chestnuts and all that jazz.
Please join San Diego Democrats for Equality, AAPI Democratic Club of San Diego, Latina Democratic Club, and the Clairemont Democratic Club for a joint holiday party on Saturday, December 14th from 4:00pm to 6:30pm at Uptown Tavern in Hillcrest.
Since space is limited, we are encouraging RSVPs so be sure to RSVP here!
Otherwise, there will not be a regular club meeting this month. Enjoy the holidays!
Please join us for our regularly scheduled club meeting on Thursday, November 21st at 6:30pm. We will have an overview of the election results, hear from our successful candidates and elected officials, and provide a safe space to collectively vent in a shared space.
Register for the virtual club meeting here
As difficult as it is to reconcile your feelings, your rationale, and your sense of self, it's important that we take some measure of solace that we all did what we needed to do to win this election.
Ballots have been mailed out, and early voting starts Monday, October 7th!
Our voter guide is being mailed out to our club members and is a handy and trusted guide for our recommendations and endorsed candidates that will be on the ballot for the Presidential Election on November 5th, 2024.
We have a no-frills, printer-friendly version of our voter guide available as well for your convenience.