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Monthly Members Meeting
Our Monthly Members Meeting is always held on the first Thursday of the Month.
Join Us on Thursday, December 7, at 6:00 p.m. at the Gomez Center, 808 Lincoln Way, Auburn
Note: Starting Thursday, January 4, at 6:00 p.m., our meetings will permanently move to the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
This is a wonderful room in the basement of City Hall, 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn.
Directions to the Rose Room are here.
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Campaign Headquarters for the 2024 Election
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A Message From Our President Terry Rodriguez
December, 2023
IN THANKS TO OUR AADC ORGANIZATION FOR YEAR 2023
The recent California Democratic Party Endorsement Convention ended on a good note for our region with their endorsements of Jessica Morse for Congressional District 3 and Neva Parker for Assembly District 5. Now that we have endorsed candidates, we must continue in our efforts. The work toward this effort by Placer County Democrats began last summer and will build up in strength as the election season progresses. This will be the main focus of our Auburn Area Democratic Club. Our Voter Outreach/Youth Outreach committee energized voter registration to a new level at Sierra College.
Our AADC CADEM Voice More than Doubled
By Charlie Riley, AADC Communications e Co-Chair
This year the AADC had a huge increase in both Delegates attending the CADEM Convention in Sacramento and AADC Club Representatives getting to vote in the Pre-Endorsement Conferences. What is amazing is that more than 10% of our AADC members were either Representatives or Delegates voting in the Pre-Endorsement Conferences or at the CADEM Convention.
Convention Update & Contests of Interest to the Auburn Area
By Charlie Riley, AADC Communications e Co-Chair
I was excited to watch in person three contests during the convention, the CA US Senate, AD5 Assembly and CD3 Congressional races. At a very high level there are pre-endorsement conferences around the state followed by the actual CADEM Endorsing Convention. Candidates with enough votes at the end are endorsed for the upcoming primary election by the California Democratic Party.
A MESSAGE FROM NEVA PARKER, CANDIDATE FOR CA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 5
Dear Friends,
I’m so excited to bring a fresh perspective to AD 5. But being a new face means building support from the ground up. Word of mouth, from one friend to another, is the best way to do that. There are several ways you can help in that effort. You can go to https://www.nevaparkerforassembly.com/volunteer and do the following three things:
- Add your name to that growing list of community supporters. Please make sure to check the “I support Neva” box and if you want, add a quote we can use in the comment box.
WE’RE ALL AMERICANS
By Rosalie Wohlfromm, AADC Member
This article appeared in the Auburn Journal on November 29, 2023.
Last weekend I worked the Democratic Party booth at the Mandarin Festival. I do this every year and this year I got some of my friends to help. The usual people who like doing this kind of thing were at the CA Democratic Party Convention in Sacramento. Yes, it was held on the same weekend. Other than one rainy day, it was great! People came by to state they were glad to see us. No more are people coming in whispering “I’m a Democrat too.” Maybe I’m reading too much into that, but it is a nice change.
We also had people who just wanted to have a conversation. I remember the man who came in and stated he wanted to talk about abortion. We sat and discussed the issue calmly and with respect. He was quoting bible passages, and I was telling him true stories about my own family and of women I’ve known who had to make that tough decision.
VOTER REGISTRATION – FALL AT SIERRA COLLEGE
By Leslie Moonshine
The fall semester at Sierra is drawing to a close, and what a wonderful semester it has been for our Voter Registration efforts on campus! On Wednesday, November 15, we hit 100 students registered since the semester began in August! Wahooooo!!! Each new voter is gifted a pin and celebrated with a group cheer. We will continue to work with those who remain reluctant to register. (“I don’t do politics” is a common refrain). Our goal is both to register and to turn out as many young voters as possible for the 2024 election cycle. To that end, we now have Voter Pledge cards which will be sent to students before the March primary, and also before the November general election, reminding them to vote. Thank you to the Community Engagement Committee of the Placer County Democratic Party Central Committee for providing this service for our Sierra College voters.
COMMENTS ON CHANGES TO THE TAHOE AREA BASIN PLAN
By Larissa Berry
Larissa Berry is President of the organization Defend Granite Bay. She has written a letter to the Placer County Board of Supervisors commenting on the recently approved changes to the Tahoe Area Basin Plan. She addresses many problems in the plan, suggesting extensive re-evaluation.
KICK OUT KILEY
By Rosalie Wohlfromm, AADC Member
As many of you know, I attend the Meddler Meetings every Tuesday morning at Auburn City Hall. At one of the meetings, it was said that Kevin Kiley had been asked to come speak, and so far, had not responded.
I remember another time he was due to come and didn’t show up. It was around the same time when the GOP had an event in Texas, where he was in attendance and made disparaging remarks about California. At the time, I thought, “He wants to represent California and bashes it? What’s with that?” He finally did come to speak at the Meddler’s, saying he was given the wrong date for the original ask. (I heard a distinctive “bs” uttered at that.}
AAUW HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH CONTEST
Auburn’s branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is recruiting students for their second annual Speech Trek, which will take place Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The goal of Speech Trek is to encourage young people to organize their ideas logically and speak persuasively. This speaking contest is open to all California high school students, including those from public schools, private schools and home schools. Read more about it in the Auburn Journal Article.
OUR PARTNER: THE ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
The Alliance for Environmental Leadership (AEL) brings together like-minded organizations and citizens to defend natural ecosystems, to organize for civic action, and to advocate for Smart Growth because it serves all community members and protects the environment that sustains us. Smart Growth reduces dependence on cars in towns and cities. Unless this dependence falls drastically, our transition to lithium battery-powered electric vehicles will deepen local and global environmental and social inequities linked to high-cost housing and mining. It may even jeopardize the 1.5c global heating target. Please click here to read the rest of this article.
Visit AEL online and please check out the AEL Enviro Events Blast, an update from AEL listing interesting upcoming events in our area.
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