Dear Democrats for Equality, With a heavy heart, we sadly inform you about the passing of Larry T. Baza, a longtime member of our club who served as President from 2009 to 2011. A native of San Diego, Larry Baza dedicated his life to the arts and social justice movements. …
Democrats for Equality, Thank you to all our club members who attended and voted at last night’s meeting! Congratulations to all our newly-elected executive board members: Vice President for Political Action: Michelle KrugController: Melinda VasquezSergeant-at-Arms: Rickie BrownNorth Coastal Area Director: Jeri NicolasNorth Inland Area Director: Ross PikeEast Area Director: Tiffany GonzalezMetro West Area Director: Tyler RennerAt-Large Directors: Sunday …
Democrats for Equality, February is Black History Month. Last night, CBS 8 interviewed newly-elected Councilmember Marcus Bush on his historic election as the first Afro-Latino and first LGBTQ elected in National City. We also posted an article from NBC News on our club’s Facebook page honoring 16 queer Black pioneers who made history. …
Democrats for Equality, Y’all — we are just a day away from Trump being out of the White House! President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris officially take over tomorrow, January 20th at 12:01pm Eastern time, which would be 9:01am our time. Speaking of our VP-elect, she officially resigned from the U.S. Senate …
Democrats for Equality, ADEM (Assembly District Election Meetings) elections are held every two years and are an opportunity for us to elect delegates — 7 female-identified, and 7 other-than-female-identified — from each Assembly District to the California Democratic Party’s State Central Committee. This year, due to the coronavirus, ADEM elections are …
Dear Democrats for Equality, Last night during our club meeting, many of us learned about the passing of George Murphy, one of our founding club members. George was also a founding member of Lambda Archives, our San Diego LGBT Community Center, and contributed greatly to the betterment of his Ocean …
Democrats for Equality, You’re probably having to endure a number of sleepless nights over the last couple days, weeks — months and years even. The good news is that anxiety probably ends today, tonight, and in the coming weeks. Today, is Election Day. For all the protesting, marching, and organizing …
Democrats for Equality, Did you know that National City has a municipal ordinance on the books from the 1960’s that prohibits “impersonating members of the opposite sex?” In a San Diego Union-Tribune article this week, club board member and LGBTQ activist Coyote Moon recently discovered the discriminatory law and reached out to National …
Join us on Saturday, September 19th at 5:30pm via Zoom for a fun-filled evening with our members, party leaders, and activists. Test your trivia skills on club history, San Diego politics, and our LGBTQ trailblazers. Tickets: $50 – Club Membership Renewal + Ticket $25 – General Ticket Much of the progressive change …
Democrats for Equality, We are excited to host a virtual fundraiser for Marni von Wilpert in a couple weeks on Friday, August 28th at 5:30pm. Special guests include our LGBTQ City Councilmembers Chris Ward and Dr. Jen Campbell, and retired State Senator Christine Kehoe. We want to invite all of …
