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Past events

 

SPEAKER SERIES with special guests

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Come meet and hear all three June 2012 primary election candidates for the newly drawn 50th Assembly District: Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom, Assemblymember Betsy Butler, and government reform strategist Torie Osborn.

Each will address the audience and participate in a Q&A. Refreshments served, parking available. No reservation required.

For more info: info@palisadesdemclub.org, 310-230-2084.  We can also be found at facebook.com/PacPalDemocrats, and on Twitter: @PacPalDemocrats

Sun., 1/15/12, 2-4pm
Pacific Palisades Woman's Club
901Haverford Ave.
Pacific Palisades

Contributions are not tax deductible. Not authorized by any candidate or campaign. Fed ID #C00404301. CA ID #74396

 

Palisadian Post post-event coverage here

 

Patch.com post-event coverage here

 

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Congratulations Julie Fasteau: 2011 Truman Award Volunteer of the Year

2011 Truman Awards Luncheon

Saturday, November 12, 11:00 a.m.
Sheraton Universal Hotel

Tickets $50
Click to order tickets

Download a printable order form

 

Julie Fasteau has been an active member of the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club board since the battle in 2004 to keep George W. Bush from winning a second term.  Julie has recruited and trained countless volunteers, spent hundreds of hours phonebanking and staffing the club’s Sunday farmers' market table, and led a group of 50 volunteers on a club-sponsored bus trip to Las Vegas to canvas for Obama on Election Day in 2008. 

Julie's efforts also include researching and analyzing ballot initiatives for the PPDC legislative committee.  She has worked on fundraisers and special events with the PPDC program committee as well.  Julie is a retired LAUSD elementary school teacher and has lived in Pacific Palisades for 32 years. 

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Nancy Freedman, James Frost, Susan B. Haskell, Sarah Pillsbury, Tom Safran, and Elin Schwartz

Invite you to a brunch in honor of

Councilmember Bill Rosendahl

For re-election to Los Angeles Council District 11

Sunday, January 29, 2012

11am - 1pm

At

The home of Tom Safran

627 S. Saltair Ave.

Brentwood, CA 90049

(one block east of Bundy, 1/2 block north of San Vicente)

 

Suggested contributions of $100/person, $500 maximum

Please come even if you don't contribute so you can meet the councilmember

 

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Please join Dr. Thomas Lomis for a meet and greet

with Dr. Lee Rogers
Candidate for U.S. Congress

Sunday, January 29, 2012, 4-6 pm
1598 Michael Ln.
Pacific Palisades

To RSVP or for more information, please contact our campaign at 323-761-9514 or finance@leerogers2012.com.

 

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Please Join
Quay and Sharon Hays, Michael Bedner and Kathy Eldon
In support of
Eric Garcetti
Current President of the Los Angeles City Council / Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles

For a Reception on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6 – 8 PM
at The Pacific Palisades Home of Quay and Sharon Hays (Address Provided Upon RSVP)

Donation Levels Host $1,000 Co-Host $500 Supporter $250

For more information or to RSVP please contact:
Stephanie Daily ∙ (310) 497-8162 ∙ dailysmith@gmail.com
Paid for by Garcetti for Mayor 2013 / FPPC ID #1341339, 22647  Ventura Blvd., #301, Los Angeles, CA 91364

 

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Please Join
Norman Chramoff - Alice Clement – Michael Colorge
Fran Diamond - Malibu Mayor Pro Tem Lou La Monte
West Hollywood Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Prang - Lillian Raffle
Cara Robin - Malibu Mayor Laura Rosenthal
Ari Ruiz - Marc Saltzberg
 
to meet
Assemblymember Betsy Butler
Candidate for the 50th Assembly District
 
 
At the home of Fran & Roger Diamond
Thursday, January 5, 2012
6:30-8:00pm
Address provided upon RSVP
 
Betsy has a progressive agenda and works hard to advance California's laws for fairness and justice, equal access to education for all, environmental and consumer protection and good jobs for working families. For more information about Betsy, her work in the Assembly and her campaign, visit www.betsybutler.com


Please RSVP to Lindsay Bubar at lindsay.bubar@gmail.com or 818.516.4697.

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OCT. 26th, 2011    8 PM   Jeffrey Smith of the Institute for Responsible Technology speaks for free about Genetically Modified Food at Cal Poly Pomona Musical Recital Hall, Building 24 … 3801 W. Temple Ave. in Pomona

OCT. 27th, 2011    Bill McKibben of 350.org speaks for free at 7 PM at Big Bridges Auditorium at Pomona College in Claremont.  E-mail  vmvisick@gmail.com for free ticket
 
OCT. 28 - 29th, 2011   Progressive Christians Uniting sponsors the Brave New Planet conference at the Claremont Presbyterian Church in Claremont.  There are lots of speakers and breakout sessions, with food issues being dealt with on Friday afternoon.  Check out   www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/PCU/BraveNewPlanet.html
 
OCT. 29 - 30th, 2011    The first "Green Festival" in L.A.!  (Sure, there have been various Eco-Expos and events calling themselves Green and selling goodies with some businesses posturing as enviro, but this is sponsored by Global Exchange and Green America and has an amazing list of speakers (plus lots of activities in the yoga and movement area, etc.)  Speakers include Tom Hayden, Amy Goodman, Medea Benjamin, Dolores Huerta, the Begleys, Jodie Evans, Bill McKibben, Atossa Soltani, Starhawk, Tezozomoc, and lots more!  $10 a day (or possibly even less) at LA Convention Center.  See  http://www.greenfestivals.com/la/programming
 
OCT. 31st, 2011    Spoooooky!  GMO speaker on Halloweeeen!!!  Renowned activist from India Vandana Shiva (who reports that 1/4 million farmers in India have committed suicide after many lost their land following Monsanto raising seed prices by 8000%) speaks for free from 7 to 9 PM at Cal Poly Pomona Music Recital Hall.  See  www.csupomona.edu/ahimsacenter
 
NOV. 1st, 2011   Mother of GMO movement Vandana Shiva speaks at Loyola Marymount University on The Future of the Planet  (and accepts an award) in Hilton Hall 100.  It looks like they want online sign-ups with lots of your info (and whether affiliated with LMU -- I guess just check Friend on that one) for the event, even though they say it is free.  See
http://www.lmu.edu/RSVP/Doshi_Bridgebuilder_Award_RSVP.htm

Inform students about their right to "opt out" of their school giving their private information to MILITARY RECRUITERS!
Join Palisadians for Peace and CAMS as they distribute Student Privacy (Opt Out) forms to high school juniors and seniors.

Wednesday, October 26, 6:30am
Bell High School
4328 Bell Ave.
Bell, CA 90201

RSVP:  Sandra Sunshine Williams  310-573-1901 sandrasdelmundo@gmail.com

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OPTING-OUT
Section 9528 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001 (No Child Left Behind) mandates that school districts must provide
 the contact information (names, addresses and telephone numbers) of juniors and seniors to the military upon request unless an Opt Out form
is signed and returned to the school.

 

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OCT. 24, 2011      2-5 PM   OCCUPY LA CITY HALL     Attend and hopefully speak at the LA City Council Budget and Finance Committee during this time so that the 2.6 or 2.7 acres promised as a soccer field or parkland can be salvaged if 4 Korean garment companies develop the rest of the 13-14 acre old South Central Farm site at 41st and Alameda.  The hearing is in Room 1010.  (The South Central Farmers website has not been updated in regards to this hearing, but the website is     www.southcentralfarmers.com
 
OCT. 25th, 2011      9:30 AM onward    Attend / speak at the LA County Board of Supervisors meeting on Temple St. in downtown L.A. to halt the huge Newhall Ranch development in the most sensitive area of the free-flowing Santa Clara River near Santa Clarita.  Building housing for 70,000 people including in the Santa Clara River floodplain will result in deteriorating habitat for many species, flooding of many housing units, traffic crunches along the important Hwy. 5 thoroughfare, and water is not available for this project unless they claim water which is being diverted to current residents since a couple wells had to be closed due to a perchlorate plume in the vicinity.  Write the Bd. of Supes as well to oppose the Newhall Ranch development.  Though not updated for hearing, but see www.scope.org

 

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Roosevelt Dinner Honoring the 2011 Democrats of the Year

Including PPDC's own Susan B. Haskell

for more information:

http://www.lacdp.org/roosevelt/

 

The LACDP Roosevelt Dinner honoring our 2011 Democrats of the Year will take place Saturday, August 27, 2011 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel by LAX, 6101 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles.  A reception and silent auction start at 6:00 PM and the dinner and awards program begin at 7:00 PM.

At the event we will honor a man and a woman from each Assembly District in LA County as the Democrat of the Year.  These grassroots activists will be on the front lines next year as we fight to re-elect President Barack Obama, re-take the House of Representatives, and continue to grow our majorities here in California.