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September 8, 2026 Endorsement Meeting

Members are encouraged to attend the next meeting of Fresno Stonewall Democrats to decide on candidate endorsements. The meeting will be on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. We will call to order at 6:00 PM. Please arrive at 5:30 PM to get a good seat and order dinner and/or drinks before the meeting starts.

Candidates are required to submit a completed Questionnaire to be considered for endorsement. Returned Questionnaires are posted to our website and can be reviewed at: https://fresnostonewalldemocrats.org/candidate-info/

Candidates attending the meeting will be allowed two minutes to address members.

Members in good standing will vote on endorsements by secret ballot. New members can only participate if they joined by the previous meeting on August 11, 2026, due to our 28 day waiting period (per our bylaws).

The meeting will be 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 this time. We call the meeting to order at 6:00 pm and proceed with our Agenda. We will start hearing from candidates by 6:15 pm.

Our meetings are hybrid and you may also attend by Zoom if you are unable to attend in person:

Click here on 9/8 before 6:00 PM to open Zoom and connect,
or open the App on your device and enter the meeting ID and password below:
— Meeting ID: 180 983 807
— Meeting password: 1969

All other information, directions, agenda, etc., can be found at our LinkTree: https://linktree.com/fresnostonewall

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. Memberships that have lapsed must be renewed by September 8 in order to participate in the endorsement process.

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.

October 14, 2025 Meeting

Fresno Stonewall Democrats will meet on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 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, make introductions, and proceed with our agenda.

If you can’t attend in person we Zoom most of our meetings. Find the Zoom link on our website at https://fresnostonewalldemocrats.org/links/ or on our LinkTree page.

Prop 50 continues to prompt discussion and debate. This month we have Ryan Trabuco, President of San Diego Democrats for Equality, zooming into our meeting to talk about it.

About our speaker:
Ryan Trabuco (he/him/his) is the President of San Diego Democrats for Equality, recently named as the 2023 Democratic Club of the Year by the San Diego County Democratic Party. He was publicly elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2024 as a member of the San Diego County Democratic Central Committee. He also serves as an Executive Board Member of the California Democratic Party’s State Central Committee.

During the day, he works as Executive Assistant to Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre. Previously, he worked for the Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, the President pro Tempore of the California Sate Senate, and for an Orange County Supervisor. During his time working for the County of San Diego, he was elected Vice Chair of the County’s LGBTQ&A Employee Resource Group. In 2022, he was appointed by San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria to serve on the City’s Human Relations Commission. He is a licensed Notary Public, and a graduate of the Young Professionals Council Academy at the San Diego LGBT Community Center.

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 minutes will be available soon in the Google Drvie. You can access those files and more at https://bit.ly/fsd-mtgdocs.