Monthly Meeting 2023-04-11

Please join us for our monthly 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: To Be Announced

Meeting Documents: https://bit.ly/fsd-mtgdocs

An Evening With Lillian Faderman

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

Lillian Faderman, author of Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death, will be our guest at a special event held 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.

Tickets through ActBlue: https://bit.ly/fsd-faderman

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.

Monthly Meeting 2023-03-14

MARCH MEETING AT LOS AMIGOS

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 2023-02-14

Please join us in person or on Zoom for this meeting. The first 30 minutes of the meeting are intended for socializing and discussion of current events or hot topics and then we will call to order at 6:00pm to handle business and continue with our program.

Location: Fresno County Democratic Headquarters (1033 U Street, Fresno, CA 93721)

Scheduled Speakers:

  • To Be Announced 2/13 (waiting for confirmation)

Reports:

The agenda, last month’s minutes, and other reports are available on our Google Drive.

You can find ALL of our contact information, website, Zoom info, and social media links at our new Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/fresnostonewall

Monthly Meeting 2023-01-10

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.

This meeting will be held in person at Fresno County Democratic Party Headquarters (1033 U Street, Fresno, CA) or click here to connect by Zoom.

Scheduled Speakers:

Reports:

The agenda, last month’s minutes, and other reports are available on our Google Drive.

You can find ALL of our contact information, website, Zoom info, and social media links at our new Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/fresnostonewall

No Meeting

No meeting this month. Please consider attending the election watch party at Fresno County Democratic Party Headquarters.

Monthly Meeting 2022-10-11

Additional Endorsements will be considered at this meeting and Tyler Mackey will address the club on the Propositions and Ballot Measures that will be on the November ballot.

Please join us in person or on Zoom for this meeting on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 5:30 PM. The first 30 minutes of the meeting are intended for socializing and discussion of current events or hot topics and then we will call to order at 6:00pm to handle business and continue with our program.

This meeting will be held in person at Fresno County Democratic Party Headquarters (1033 U Street, Fresno, CA, 93721) or click here to connect by Zoom.

Scheduled Speakers:

  • Keshia Thomas – Fresno Unified School District Trustee Board
  • Tyler Mackey – FSD Director of Outreach: Propositions & Local Measures

Reports:

The agenda, last month’s minutes, and other reports are available on our Google Drive.

You can find ALL of our contact information, website, Zoom info, and social media links at our new Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/fresnostonewall

Endorsement Selection Mtg 2022-09-13

Please join us in person or on Zoom for this meeting on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 5:30 PM. The first 30 minutes of the meeting are intended for socializing and discussion of current events or hot topics and then we will call to order at 6:00pm to handle business and continue with our program.

This meeting will be held in person at Fresno County Democratic Party Headquarters (1033 U Street, Fresno, CA, 93721) or click here to connect by Zoom..

Guest Speakers:

Tonight’s Endorsement Considerations:

  • Keisha Thomas for Fresno Unified School Board Area 1
  • Veva Islas for Fresno Unified School Board Area 4
  • James R. Barr for Fresno Unified School Board Area 7
  • Destiny Rodriguez for SCCCD Trustee Area 1
  • Gilbert Felix for SCCCD Trustee Area 5
  • Robert Fuentes for SCCCD Trustee Area 5
  • Shawn M. Brooks for Central Unified School Board Area 4
  • Nabil Kherfan for Central Unified School Board Area 4

Reports:

The agenda, last month’s minutes, and other reports are available on our Google Drive.

Draft Agenda:

  1. Meeting Calls to Order
  2. Flag Salute
  3. Introductions of Members & Guests
  4. Guest Speaker: Senator Anna Caballero
  5. Approval of June minutes
  6. Treasurer’s Report
  7. President’s Report
  8. Old Business
    1. Stonewall October Brunch Update
  9. New Business
    1. Endorsements
  10. Announcements
  11. Adjournment

You can find ALL of our contact information, website, Zoom info, and social media links at our new Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/fresnostonewall