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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:

• Lourin Hubbard, Candidate for Mayor
• Arie with Trans-E-Motion

Meeting Documents:

• Draft Agenda
• Minutes from the January Meeting
• These documents and others at: https://bit.ly/fsd-mtgdocs

Source: Suspect in attack Club Q will stand trial on murder and hate crime charges – LGBT Fresno

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:

• Draft Agenda
• Minutes from the January Meeting
• These documents and others at: https://bit.ly/fsd-mtgdocs

“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

Source: New LGBTQ laws take effect January 1 :: Bay Area Reporter

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.

Source: Opinion | Nancy Pelosi: Respect for Marriage Act rightfully guards LGBTQ unions – The Washington Post

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

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

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/