We are excited to have Yes on Proposition 3 Campaign Coalition Manager Erica Liepmann to share how Prop 3 will safeguard the freedom to marry for all Californians, regardless of gender and race/ethnicity. This may be the most important Proposition we’ve seen on a ballot in quite a while. Please attend our meeting to learn more.
We also expect to have two candidates at this meeting to speak about their campaigns:
Esmeralda Hurtado on her re-election campaign for Sanger City Council, and
Kevin Arias-Romero on his campaign for Mendota Unified School Board.
Esmeralda will be submitting answers to our club questionnaire by the time of Tuesday’s meeting and Kevin has already sent his in and it’s available for your review on our Google Drive at https://bit.ly/fsd-mtgdocs.
Also, we have updated information on postcarding for swing states and phone banking is already in full swing for Harris/Walz. Please attend our meeting to get more details and grab a pack of postcards to get started at home!
Meeting starts at Los Amigos at 5:30 pm. Dinner orders start going in about 5:45 so we can call to order at 6:00 pm and proceed with our agenda for the evening.
We are excited to have Dr. Katherine Fobear back at our meeting tonight! She’ll be talking about being counted and Senate Bill 957.
Also, we’ll have information about postcarding and how you can help save Democracy. Not everyone is cut out for phone banking and door knocking but postcarding is easy, you can do it at home, and there are numbers to show that it can be effective.
Please join us tonight at Los Amigos at 5:30 pm. Dinner orders start going in about 5:45 so we can call to order at 6:00 pm and proceed with our agenda for the evening.
We hope to see you there!
Terry Stasio (he/him) President
As the saying goes, if you’re not counted, you don’t count.
LGBTQ+ people are more likely to rely on social welfare programs, income assistance, shelter and housing assistance, public health insurance and programs like Medicaid and Medicare, and student assistance and relief.
However, it was only until January 2023, under President Biden’s Executive Order 14075, that federal agencies like Housing & Urban Development, Health and Human Services, and Education collected data on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). Before last year, millions of LGBTQ+ Americans were left out of federal health, housing, and education statistics, ensuring that their needs were not addressed in federal policies.
The California State Auditor recently released a report revealing a lack of progress by the California Department of Public Health to collect SOGI, despite several state laws requiring them to do so.
Without accurate data on LGBTQ+ Californians, it makes it impossible to understand fully how the LGBTQ+ community is impacted by public health disparities and to create comprehensive programs.
Dr. Kat Fobear, an Associate Professor at Fresno State’s Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the founding coordinator of the LGBTQ2+ Studies program, will discuss the need for better collection of federal and state SOGI data. She will also discuss Senate Bill 957, proposed by Senator Scott Wiener, making it mandatory for the California Department of Public Health to collect SOGI data.
Meeting documents (agenda, minutes, reports, etc) can be viewed / downloaded at: https://bit.ly/fsd-mtgdocs
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.
Writing postcards to Democrats in swing states boosts voter turnout. It engages voters, but also gives us a proven way to do our part in those key swing state elections. In addition, writing postcards helps us relieve the anxiety about the election that so many of us feel this year. Losing this election is not an option – we need to do everything in our power to win.
With our help, Postcards to Swing States hopes to send over 26 million postcards to Democratic voters in the key swing states. Postcards are estimated to boost turnout by 1.3%, so this campaign can boost turnout by over 300,000 Democratic voters, and that can make the difference in close swing state elections.
Democratic Clubs like ours can make the difference in this election, and many are already writing postcards. Our members are proven advocates for our side and they can play a key role in the 2024 election by handwriting postcards to Democrats in swing states.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024, members of Fresno Stonewall Democrats met to hear from local candidates and then voted by secret ballot to decide endorsements. Most of the candidates completed the club Questionnaire which seeks to inform members of the candidate’s positions on LGBTQ+ issues and includes a special section just for school board seats. Endorsements are won by a 60% vote of members present — Zoom attendees are allowed to vote using the anonymous polling feature.
Congratulations to these candidates who received the club’s endorsement:
Please refer to our Endorsements page for a full list that includes candidates previously endorsed for the March Primary. Candidate names are linked to their campaign websites if known.
Also refer to our Candidate-Information page for a list of all candidates who submitted the FSD Club Questionnaire. These forms provide insight into a campaign which you might not find on their website.
