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An Evening with Lillian Faderman

A Conversation about
“Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death”

With Special Guest Fresno City Council Vice President Annalisa Perea

Lillian Faderman, author of Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death, will be our guest at a special event at Richard & Peyton’s fabulous home on March 23, 2023, at 6:00pm. Councilwoman Annalisa Perea will start off the conversations as we all relax and enjoy this intimate talk. There will be some great food and refreshments for all to enjoy throughout the evening.

Lillian Faderman is a professor emeritus at Fresno State where she taught for 40 years, she with her partner Phyllis Irwin started the Women’s Studies Program in 1971. Faderman is a distinguished scholar of LGBTQ2+ and ethnic history and literature. She has received numerous awards for her previous twelve books, three of which Surpassing the Love of Men, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers and The Gay Revolution, have been named by the New York Times as Notable Books of the Year. Her most recent book is WOMAN the American History of an Idea.

Tickets are $30 for Stonewall members, $35 for non-members, and $10 for students. We have VIP tickets for $100 that include a signed copy of her book or you can be a sponsor of the event for $250 or $500.

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Printable Flyer (PDF): Click here

Visit Dr. Faderman’s website to learn more about her
and the books she’s written: https://www.lillianfaderman.net.

General Meeting Tuesday, March 14 at 5:30pm

Please join us for our first meeting back in a restaurant! Everyone is encouraged to order dinner and/or drinks during our social and “hot topic” segment from 5:30pm until 6:00pm, afterwhich we’ll call the meeting to order and continue with our agenda while you enjoy your dinner.

Location:

Los Amigos Restaurant
5088 N Blackstone, Fresno, CA
(on Blackstone Ave just North of Shaw)

Scheduled Speakers:

Meeting Documents:

Monthly Meeting 2023-03-14

General Meeting Tuesday, February 14 at 5:30pm

Please join us for our second meeting of the year, this Tuesday, February 14, at 5:30 pm. Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day! Celebrate early or bring your date to the meeting! We’ll have food and Valentine themed cookies.

We have a guest speaker lined up but we’re waiting for them to confirm!

Meeting Documents:

Monthly Meeting 2023-02-14

15 Years To MLK Day

“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable … Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”
—The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Honor Martin Luther King Jr by reading some history today and learn something you didn’t know about him.

The 15 Year Battle for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

General Meeting and Officer Elections This Tuesday

At this Tuesday’s meeting we will be voting on officers for our executive board’s new term. After the quick election we have a couple of guest speakers to talk to us about two upcoming events (Love Letter to Fresno’s Queer West and Fresno Rainbow Pride) that the club will be sponsoring, and then we have several other items of importance that will be announced, such as the Stop The Hate Townhall that we’ll be tabling at, and our MARCH 26 Fundraiser with Lillian Faderman that we’ll need some volunteers for!

Please join us for our first meeting of the year, this Tuesday, January 10, at 5:30 pm. The club meets on the second Tuesday every month at 5:30 pm for social and hot topic discussion and then we call the meeting to order at 6:00 pm to handle club business and hear from our scheduled speakers.

Monthly Meeting 2023-01-10

Stonewall Holiday Party 2022

Join us and our friends and special guests in celebrating the end of a long year. We’ll have some tasty food options, good drinks, and sweet desserts. Enjoy some time before the busy winter holidays and help ring in some cheer to kick it off!

Friday, December 9, 2022, at 6PM

PLEASE RSVP here: https://bit.ly/fsd-holiday2022

We are suggesting a $20 donation to attend. If you cannot afford the donation we still want you to come. Please RSVP with the option that’s right for you.

Sponsors

Being a sponsor helps the club tremendously and enables us to have other events like this. Sponsor names, your picture or logo, and contact information will be displayed on a program available at the event.

  • $500 Gold
  • $250 Silver
  • $100 Bronze

Sponsors may use the donation field on our RSVP / ActBlue page or mail a check to:

Fresno Stonewall Democrats
2037 W Bullard Ave #253
Fresno CA 93711

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/506033401451459

ActBlue & RSVP: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stonewallholiday2022

Event Flier: PDF or PNG

Democrats Need Your Help!

Some of our candidates are neck-and-neck with their opponents. Many of the campaigns need help writing postcards, canvassing, phone banking, and text banking.

Write Postcards for Gilbert Felix for SCCCD Area 5!
Thursday, October 20th — 1-3pm or 6-8pm
Please join us at Democratic HQ, 1033 U Street, Fresno, to write postcards to get out the vote for Gilbert Felix.

MEET AND GREET for Marisa Wood for CD 20 (click for flyer)
Saturday, October 22nd — 3-5pm
Triple Creek Ranch, 6208 Amber Avenue, Clovis
Contact Host, Randy Witt, to RSVP, 559-862-9649

FUNDRAISER to Support Joseph Hebert for Clovis City Council (click for flyer)
Sunday, October 23rd — 3pm
At the home of David Rowell, 3282 Bullard Ave, Clovis (East of Temperance, between Locan & Dewolf )
$50 suggested donation – RSVP at Joe@joeforclovis.com

November 8 is Coming!

Fresno Stonewall Democrats met on October 11, 2022, to vote on final candidate endorsements and consider positions on the California Statewide Propositions and Fresno County Ballot Measures. Our club is pleased to share our updated list of endorsements and recommendations for this election cycle. Please consider using our list as a ‘Voting Guide’ to help with selections on your ballot.

View or Download our Voting Guide

November Election Ballots were mailed to all registered Fresno County voters on October 10th! Download our voting guide and pass it on to your friends and family or just send them the link to our endorsement page:

https://fresnostonewalldemocrats.org/endorsements/

Final Endorsement Round on October 11

Fresno Stonewall Democrats will review Propositions to decide on recommendations for the November ballot. We will also be reconsidering candidate endorsements where a candidate previously endorsed did not succeed in the June Primary or a candidate not previously considered has requested our endorsement. Doors open at 5:30 pm for our Social and the Business Meeting will call to order at 6:00 pm.

You can review all of our Endorsements here: https://fresnostonewalldemocrats.org/endorsements/

Election Day is less than a month away and ballots have been mailed out!

Voter Information:

Official information from Fresno County Clerk: https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/departments/county-clerk-registrar-of-voters/election-races/statewide-direct-general-election-november-2022

Additional Endorsements Meeting information below and on our calendar:

Monthly Meeting 2022-10-11

Prop Talks

Democrats,

Abortion freedom is LITERALLY on the ballot this November, along with other critical issues. Don’t miss out this Wednesday, September 21 for the first PropTalk of the year.

Join CADEM and hear from policy experts, community advocates, and Democratic leaders on Yes on Prop 1. Prop 1 will add the right to an abortion directly into the California State Constitution to ensure that, in California, people continue to have the power to control their own bodies and personal decisions.

UPCOMING 2022 CADEM PROPTALKS

YES ON PROP 1

Who:
Everyone

What:
Join us on September 21 to learn about Yes on Prop 1. Prop 1 protects the fundamental right to abortion and the fundamental right to contraceptives by adding those rights directly into the California State Constitution.

When:
Wednesday, September 21 | 6:30 – 7 p.m.

Register

YES ON PROP 30

Who:
Everyone

What:
Join us on September 28 to learn about Yes on Prop 30. Prop 30 taxes annual personal income over $2 million to fund wildfire prevention, clean air and climate change programs.

When:
Wednesday, September 28 | 6:30 – 7 p.m.

NO ON PROP 27

Who:
Everyone

What:
Join us on October 5 to learn about No on Prop 27. Prop 27 legalizes online sports betting. Out-of-state corporations would get 90% of the profits leaving little to fight homelessness, and directly attacks the sovereignty of CA Native American tribes.

When:
Wednesday, October 5 | 6:30 – 7 p.m.

YES ON PROP 29

Who:
Everyone

What:
Join us on October 12 to learn about Yes on Prop 29. Dialysis patients deserve protection under the law. Prop 29 will help ensure they receive safe treatment in dialysis clinics under the care of a doctor or another highly trained clinician in case of emergencies, without risk of infection, and without discrimination.

When:
Wednesday, October 12 | 6:30 – 7 p.m.