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Past Events
Don't Miss
this Film!
A message from Mimi
Kennedy of Progressive Democrats of America:
It's opening weekend for In
The Loop--a great anti-war film
that has been compared to
Dr. Strangelove in depicting war as madness.
Pre-publicity and
reviews have been sensational.
Unless I
had experienced your commitment and courage in
opposing the war, unless Dennis Kucinich had asked me to join his '04
against-all-odds courageous presidential campaign, unless Tim Carpenter
had asked me to chair PDA's effort to bring the progressive
peace-and-justice movement inside the Democratic party to restore its
soul and work the levers of self-government, I never would have won
this role at the audition - let alone been able to play it. For one
thing, I would have felt too guilty, pretending to stop a war without
having tried in real life; for another, I wouldn't have known how it
felt to run meetings and wield power - even under frustrating
circumstances.
So thank you,
PDA. And enjoy
the film.
The Emperor of Torture, War and Coercion has no
clothes.
In Solidarity,
Mimi Kennedy
Progressive Democrats of America is a
grassroots PAC that works both inside the Democratic Party and outside
in movements for peace and justice. Our goal in 2009: Expand
progressive influence in Congress as we build on our 2008 electoral
successes. PDA's advisory board includes seven members of Congress and
activist leaders such as Tom Hayden, Medea Benjamin, Thom Hartmann, Jim
Hightower, and Lila Garrett.
Mira Mesa Street Fair -
Saturday, September 26, 2009. Volunteers to man the Club's booth
are needed. Please contact Jerry Olllinger who will put you in
touch with the person in charge of our booth. His email is
jerryollinger@hotmail.com. Details about the
street fair can be found at http://www.miramesatowncouncil.org/mira_mesa_street_fair.htm
San Diego Democratic
Council Grassroots Convention.
Saturday/Sunday, September 26/27.
In what
promises to be San Diego's largest Democratic campaign event of the
year, the two-day County Convention will feature workshops, policy
forums, networking opportunities, and appearances by candidates for
statewide and local office. For the first time the San Diego County
Democratic Party will be holding our convention jointly with the
California Democratic Council, the statewide association of Democratic
clubs and county committees.
The convention will be at the historic Naval
Training Center Promenade in Point Loma, Leadership Dinner at the
Hilton Harbor Island Hotel. Convention + Dinner: $100 each, Dinner
Only: $75 each, Convention Registration Only: $35 each, Student
Registration: $25 each. "Early bird" rates apply through August 31st.
For details/online reservations go to http://www.actblue.com/page/convention09
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Real Healthcare Reform in California
California
OneCare: Grassroots Campaign
Thursday,, May 7, 2009
Special Guest Andrew McGuire, Executive Director of
Health Care for All / California will speak at the First
Unitarian Church of San Diego, 4190 Front Street, Hillcrest.
Fiesta De Los
Penasquitos - Rancho Penasquitos Street Fair - Sunday, May
3rd 2009 from 11 AM until 5 PM. Join us there at the Black
Mountaqin
Democratic Club booth to support our Club and the goals of President
Barack Obama. Volunteers to man the booth are needed.
Please contact Jerry Ollinger for more information about
volunteering. You can email Jerry at
jerryollinger@hotmail.com. For location of this event and more
details, visit the street fair's
web site at http://filesapq.com.
Fiesta De Los
Penasquitos - Rancho Penasquitos Street Fair Sunday
May 4, 2008, 11am - 5pm; Black Mountain Road between Twin Trails
Drive & Carmel Mountain Road: The
BLACK MOUNTAIN DEMOCRATIC CLUB will have a booth at this event to
register voters and get people active in their democracy. Volunteers
are eeded to help set up and staff the booth. Please contact Virgil
Harris
Chalk the Walk - Mira Mesa Art Festival Saturday, May 10, 2008, 9am to 4pm, Mira Mesa
Recreation Center:
Chalk the Walk - Mira Mesa Art Festival is a project of the Mira Mesa
Women's Club to raise funds for the Mira Mesa schools' visual arts
programs by involving the whole Mira Mesa Community in a sidewalk chalk
art festival. The setting is an informal and entertaining art festival
as artists of all ages and skills will create works of art by drawing
with pastels directly on the sidewalk.
The BLACK
MOUNTAIN DEMOCRATIC CLUB will have a booth at this event to register
voters and get people active in their democracy. Volunteers are needed
to help set up and staff the booth.
Mira Mesa
Street Fair Saturday,
September 29, 2007: The
Black Mountain Democratic Club is participating again in the Mira Mesa
Street Fair on September 29. This is a great time to meet your
neighbors in a festive environment and introduce them to the club.
Volunteers are needed to staff the booth. Please contact Virgil Harris,
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MoveOn protest/Vigil, Tuesday,
Aug. 28 @ 6:30pm: This one should
not be missed, especially since it's being organized by Lara Asato, a
member of our club, who lives in Mira Mesa, and is right in the middle
of our geographic area! Come out and protest the state of the nation,
giving some backbone to our Representatives in Congress. We learned
yesterday that the White House and pro-war donors have put together a
massive $15 MILLION media fund to keep the war going! We can't match
that, but we have to let our representatives and fellow citizens know
that we OPPOSE keeping this senseless war going without any end in
sight.Close to home, stay as long or short as you want... What more
could you ask?!? There will be some signs and flags, but bring what you
have.
Where: In front of Mimi's Cafe, corner of
Mira Mesa Blvd. & Westview Parkway. This is the intersection near
the Edwards Theater. (very busy!)
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The Save KLSD Rally
Monday, Aug. 27th: This morning a Save KLSD
rally was held at the station organized by several groups including
Progressive Democrats of America (San Diego division) to protest the
possible conversion of Progressive Talk Radio over to all Sports Talk
radio. Hundreds of people turned out, and parking was very difficult to
find ~ that was a good sign because so many KLSD listeners took time
from their day to participate.
City Attorney Mike Aguirre and Bree Walker (formerly from Channel 10
News here in the city) came to talk during the Stacy Taylor show which
was being broadcast from 8AM to 9AM in the parking lot. Both Mike and
Bree spoke to the fact that Clear Channel is headquartered in San
Antonio. Mike Aguirre was the first to speak and he rallied the crowd
when he said it was time that San Diego made decisions about San Diego
and that we are tired of having Texans make our decisions for us. Stacy
introduced Bree next and mentioned that she recently purchased Camp
Casey from Cindy Sheehan. Bree was very forceful in her comments about
why she thought KLSD was being singled out for closure, how our being a
major military town may also be a factor as more and more servicemen
are speaking out against the war, and she spoke of her decision to sell
her corporate stock holdings to purchase Camp Casey which will be a
lasting monument to the anti-war movement. She told us that the CEO of
Clear Channel has barbecues with President Bush in Crawford just down
the road from her property. She also mentioned that we still know how
to take to the streets and be heard. The crowd cheered.
Station Manager Cliff Albert came down to speak as well, citing that
financial considerations (only!) were at the root of KLSD's problems.
The crowd didn't buy that! He said nothing political is motivating
this, and that everyone should support the station's sponsors and help
to get new ones. Many people felt that second suggestion was out of
line since that's the job of the station's sales and marketing staff.
Mr Albert remarked that he was impressed (or perhaps he said
'surprised') by the size of the crowd.
I was able to have a few moments at the microphone and reminded Mr
Albert that had this not been a Monday morning and people had to go to
work, the crowd would have been ten times larger...and that the City of
San Diego has more Progressives and Democrats than any other group and
we intend to be heard.
Agnes Pennington and Mike Neff from our Club were also there. If there
were other Club members I didn't see them, but the turnout was
impressive, and we can only hope we had some effect on the outcome.
Don't forget to sign those online petitions and listen as much as you
can to KLSD. Support their sponsors, too! -Diane Ohanian
Photo 1
(Mike Neff & Agnes Pennington)
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2 (Crowd at Clear Channel)
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3 (Forboding Institution)
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4 (Sky of Hope) |
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