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Year: 2026

Local Democrat Candidates Invited to Speak

If you’re a Democrat and you’re registered to run in the upcoming Primary then you are invited to speak to our members about your campaign at our February 10, 2026 meeting. Members of Fresno Stonewall Democrats will decide on candidate endorsements for this election year at our March 10, 2026 meeting.

Meetings are held at Los Amigos Restaurant (5088 N Blackstone Ave, Fresno, CA 93710) on Blackstone just north of Shaw. The meeting room is open by 5:30 pm for a 30 minute social and attendees are invited to order dinner and/or drinks at that time. We call the meeting to order at 6:00 pm and proceed with our Agenda. Our meetings are hybrid and you may attend by Zoom if you are unable to attend in person.

At the February meeting candidates will be given an opportunity to speak for 3 minutes. Candidates seeking endorsement must complete a Questionnaire (download here). The document is in MS Word format so that you can freely type your responses and create space as needed. Completed Questionnaires are due by February 28 and will be made public on our website and shared with members.

Candidates unavailable to speak at the February meeting may provide a video (up to 3 minutes long) to be played at the February meeting.

  • Feb 10th: Candidates invited to speak to members in person or on Zoom
  • Feb 28th: Questionnaires due by end of day
  • Mar 10th: Members will vote on endorsements

January 13 2026 Meeting

Fresno Stonewall Democrats will meet on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 5:30 PM, at Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant. We start with a thirty minute social so everyone has time to greet each other, exchange information or flyers, and order dinner and drinks before the meeting. We call to order at 6:00 PM.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Katherine Fobear

Dr. Katherine Fobear will present on the state of transgender rights and reivew 2025. Dr. Fobear is an associate professor in women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Fresno State. She is the secretary of Trans-E-Motion, a fresno based nonprofit dedicated to transgender advocacy and resources.

Other Topics

Something we started doing last year is “Officer Reports”. Each of our officers have an opportunity to share reports on different topics that affect or influence our community.

In addition to our regular officer reports there will an additional report this month on “Signatures in lieu of filing fees”.

We will also be hearing from one or more candidates running for office this year.

Fresno Stonewall Democrats at the Women’s March in 2019. Dr. Katherine Fobear in the middle, Marsha Conant and Zoyer Zyndel to her right and left with other friends and club members and former board member Edward Chinevere.

Meeting Info:

All Democrats are welcome to attend meetings regardless of membership status but we hope you’ll decide to join (only $20 per year) and participate in club meetings and activities. New members must wait 28 days before they are eligible to vote on any club business.

The agenda and previous meeting’s minutes will be available online at:
https://bit.ly/fsd-mtgdocs

Zoom to our meeting at https://bit.ly/fsd-zoom or open the Zoom app and enter the ID and password for our meeting (same every month):

Meeting ID: 180 983 807
Meeting password: 1969

If you have additions to the agenda, future speaker suggestions, or announcements to be included on our meeting handout please send them to info@fresnostonewalldemocrats.org.