Featured Event:
Sunday, December 16, 2018
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
David and Emily Weintraub's House, 5582 Lawton Avenue, Oakland, CA
At David and Emily Weintraub’s house at 5582 Lawton in Oakland. Details to follow, stay tuned! Potluck – Please Bring Something to Share!
Rep. Barbara Lee released this statement today requesting UN observers investigate the family separations at the border, which may or may not be stopping because of Trump’s executive order:
https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/congresswoman-barbara-lee-requests-united-nations-observers-to-investigate-family-separations-on-the-us-border
Very interesting series of articles by local writer J. Douglas Allen Taylor: this is Part 6 with links to the other five. Check them out!
The NY Times is posting frequent updates for the California primary election vote tallies: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/05/us/elections/results-california-primary-elections.html. If you’re not a subscriber you can read it by opening the link in an anonymous (or “incognito”) browser session.
Groups you can join who are working for a Democratic Congress this year:
– Indivisible Berkeley: phone-banking for various congressional races
– Working America: mobilizing volunteers in the Central Valley for CA-10 and CA-21 Congressional districts
– SwingLeft: background on CA-10 plus canvassing events
– Democracy Action: phone-banking, voter registration, and other events around the Bay Area to help Democrats nationally