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April 20 – Monthly Meeting via Zoom

When: Monday, April 20, Meeting starts at 6:30 PM but you can join the Zoom from 6:00 PM, if you need a few minutes to get help started. We’ll be there to help everyone get connected.

Register for zoom meeting

Where: Zoom. Registration is required – if you’re a clubmember or participant click here to register ahead of time. All of the details on how to join will be provided – including dial-in details from a landline.

We will also Livestream the meeting on our YouTube channel for non-clubmembers.

OR VIEW ON YOUTUBE CHANNEL

What:

  • San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher who will speak to us about county resources to help fight the economic and mental health impact of the Covid-19 epidemic
  • Supervisorial Candidate Nora Vargas &
  • Supervisorial Candidate Terra Lawson-Remer
    will update us on their campaigns to join Nathan on the County Board of Supervisors

Brandon McDonald of the Western Service Workers will discuss the dire needs of their members who are desperate for food. He says that people donate food and it’s gone in two days, the need is so great. They also need people to help fill out unemployment forms and deliver food.

Western Service Workers, although their members are comprised of the poorest of the working poor, are not the only group that is looking for help. If you know of organizations that are working to help with resources, please let us know and we will list them on our website.

The original intention for this meeting was to focus on mental health. issues caused by the COVID-19 crisis. Older, more isolated and fragile members and our members who are parents, some who are single parents, home full time with their children, are suffering stress.

And then there is the financial stress, causing its own set of mental health issues — which is always harder on women.

Nathan will discuss mental health resources to help with these issues, that we can direct people to, as well as resources for victims of domestic abuse.

It’s clear that Nathan, as the sole Democratic voice on the County Board of Supervisors, has driven major changes in the attitude of the board on the delivery of needed services. Just think what we can do when we get Nora and Terra elected to join him.

Book Club Selection:

The DWC’s executive board has chosen the book for our next Book Club– the Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson. Dr. Steffanie Strathdee is a infectious disease epidemiologist, Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Harold Simon Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Diego where she co-directs the new Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics. Steffanie is married to Thomas L. Patterson, Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego, where they lead an HIV prevention research and training program on the Mexico-US border. Together, they co-authored The Perfect Predator, a medical memoir about Tom’s life-threatening superbug infection which was cured with a hundred-year old forgotten cure– phage therapy. In 2018, Steffanie was named by TIME magazine as one of 50 Most Influential People in Health Care for her work to bring phage therapy to North America.

We do not yet have a date for the event as we are hoping to get Professor Strathdee to join us for discussion.

https://theperfectpredator.com/

If you have any problems, questions or concerns we can help with please give me a call or email.

Susan Peinado, President
(619) 225-9236
president@dwc-sd.org

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Notes from Jan 15 Meeting – Endorsements and Election of Officers

President Susan Peinado opened the meeting at 7pm. The agenda was approved with a unanimous voice vote.

The membership approved:

  • An additional $500 to Women of Color Roar breakfast to support young women of color running for office
  • A donation of $500 to support the Women’s March
  • An amendment to the Bylaws to add the position of External Vice President

Elected announcements:

  • Doug Case for state senator Toni Atkins

Candidate announcements:

  • Sara Jacobs, candidate for congressional district 49 (where Darrell Issa recently retired. Like a chicken).

Club Elections

Run by Emily Bonner, immediate past president:

  • Cathie Hyatt volunteers to run for Secretary. Elected with a unanimous voice vote
  • Rosamund Blevins is recommended to run for Treasurer. Elected with a unanimous voice vote.
  • Ramla Sahid nominated for VP of External Affairs. Elected with a unanimous voice vote.
  • Rebecca Fielding-Miller for VP of Internal Affairs. Elected with a unanimous voice vote.
  • Susan Peinado for President. Elected with a unanimous voice vote.

Thanks to outgoing treasurer Christa Wubbolding.

Endorsements

Run by Dr. Doreen Mattingly – candidates must get 60% of the vote to be endorsed.

  • Dave Myers for Sheriff
    • Endorsed
  • Genevieve Jones-Wright for District Attorney
    • Endorsed
  • Matt Strabone for San Diego County Assessor Recorder Clerk
    • Endorsed
  • Marggie Castellano for California State Senate 36
    • Endorsed
  • Superior Court Judge: Matt Brower and Tim Nader
    • Both candidates rated acceptable
  • District 76: Michelle Cassel-Gomez, Tasha Boemer-Horvath, Elizabeth Warren
    • All candidates are rated acceptable
  • County Supervisor: Nathan Fletcher (represented by Lorena Gonzalez), Ken Malbrough, Omar Passons, Lori Saldaña
    • All candidates are rated acceptable

Notes: Rebecca Fielding-Miller, Secretary
Photos: John Loughlin

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Jan 15 – Endorsements and Election of Officers

We kick of the new year with a jam-packed meeting and a slew of endorsements.

2018 will see a major correction to the way San Diego County is run, and it starts with your endorsement vote for candidates you’ve been getting to know at our meetings last year. Dr. Doreen Mattingly, Chair of the Endorsement Committee, will run this part of the meeting.

  • 36th State Senate District – Marggie Castellano
  • 76th State Assembly District – Michelle Cassel Gomez, Tasha Boerner Horvath, Elizabeth Warren
  • San Diego County Assessor/Recorder Clerk – Matt Strabone
  • San Diego County District Attorney – Geneviéve Jones-Wright
  • San Diego County Sheriff – Dave Myers
  • San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 4 – Nathan Fletcher, Ken Malbrough, Omar Passons, Lori Saldaña
  • San Diego Superior Court Judge – Matt Brower

We’ll be voting on amending our Bylaws to include an additional Vice President as an officer of the club.

We’ll be running our annual election of officers. Emily Bonner is chair of the nominating committee and if you’re interested in running to be an officer please contact Emily at emilybonner100@gmail.com. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email info@dwc-sd.org or call us (619) 900-4751.

RSVP via our Facebook event page.

When
Monday January 15 – Social Time from 6:30pm, Club business at 7:00pm.

Social Time
Members are encouraged to get together from 6:30pm just before the meeting starts.

Where

Elijah’s Restaurant, 7061 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92111 (map).

  • MTS routes 44, 60
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Feb 20 – Monthly Meeting – Nathan Fletcher and Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher

This quarter UC San Diego political science professor (and former Assemblyman) Nathan Fletcher’s class is on the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

From the Declaration of Independence through to the 2013 Supreme Court decision which found a section of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional his course covers the history of voting rights in the United States including attempts to disenfranchise voters.

Literacy tests were used as a means to deny voters along lines of race and class – Louisiana literacy test (PDF) – and continue to flummox UCSD undergraduates today – Union-Tribune article by @GaryWarthUT.

Many of our struggles with the present Administration will come down to the 2018 Ballot boxes and who is willing, and able, to vote.

Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher is our featured speaker this evening, and we’re delighted to also welcome Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher who will speak on her recently introduced legislation.

When
Monday February 20 – Social Time from 6:30pm, Meeting starts at 7pm

Social Time
Members are encouraged to get together from 6:30pm before the meeting starts.
Please bring whatever light drinks/snacks that you’d like to share.

Where
We meet at the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans – PANA
4089 Fairmount Ave, San Diego, CA 92105 (map)

The building is on the south-east corner of Polk and Fairmount, just north of University. Parking is also available at the adjoining Southern Sudanese and East African Community Centers on Fairmount Ave. Bus routes 7 and 13.

Questions?
Call or email (619) 900-4751  info@dwc-sd.org