PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
STATE BUDGET AND ITS EFFECT ON CALIORNIA'S WOMEN

* Cecile Bendavid - Impacts On Education
* Susie Shannon - Women In Poverty
* Tentative Speaker re: Impact On Health Careworkers
* Plus Action Items to help stop the cuts

Refreshments and socializing 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Please join Sherman Oaks Democratic Club in this special May General membership meeting as we hold it inside Stuart Waldman's State Assembly Campaign Headquarters. SODC will provide refreshments and at least 12 volunteers. Please arrive as early as possible from 5:45 p.m. onward. At 8:30 p.m., we will have a very short meeting for urgent business only.

Location: 14843 Burbank Blvd
Van Nuys, CA 91406

This Month's Book: Outright Barbarous: How the Violent Language of the Right Poisons American Democracy Outright Barbarous: How the Violent Language of the Right Poisons American Democracy by Jeffrey Feldman   Meeting with the author!! Books available at the meeting.

Location: Denny's, 5525 Sepulveda Blvd, Van Nuys (Corner of Burbank Blvd) Map/directions. Please plan to arrive between 6:30 and 7:00 to order your meal and be prepared for a lively discussion. Everyone is invited to join us and participate in the discussion whether or not you have read the book.

You can order the book by clicking here. VGFD will make a commission for each book purchased through this link. Previous book club selections are listed here.

For more information on the book club please email Steve at bookclub@valleygrassrootsfordemocracy.com

PLEASE JOIN US. Remember to come by 6:30 if you are planning to eat dinner with us. We would like to get everyone seated and served before we start the meeting.

We hope to have some of the democratic candidates for the judgeships, plus any other candidates running in the June 3rd primary. We will also have available to you the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley’s endorsements.

In the event that you cannot attend the North Valley meeting, you are invited to a meeting of clubs in the Santa Clarita area on Thursday, May 22, 2008, 6:00 p.m. (if having dinner and socializing, if not 7:00 p.m.) at Vincenzo’s Pizza, 24500 Lyons Avenue, Newhall. Reservations are recommended: 661-295-9318 or minwilli@gmail.com.

Pauline Posner 818-341-1955 paulineposner@msn.com .

Join us for our monthly meeting on May 17.

Our guest will be Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes who will be speaking about his first year in the Assembly. We will also have a presentation on Propositions 98 and 99, and how you can become a poll worker.

We will be collecting items for the AIDS Project Los Angeles food bank. Please bring toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, shaving cream, deodorant, and small cans of tuna. We will deliver them to the food bank at our next volunteer night on the 21st.

After the scheduled end of the meeting, around noon, we'll be showing the movie "Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections." We'll order pizza and drinks so bring a few bucks to cover the cost.

Valley Democrats United present
KING CORN
the movie

Got Food? Got Energy? Got Government?
ARE YOU SURE?

Follow two young filmmakers as the document the journey of the corn they planted to your dinner table. Q & A following the film. Free admission.

The development, or over development, of Warner Center will be one of the topics addressed by Council member Dennis Zine at the May general meeting of the Valley West Democratic Club.
Zine has been elected to represent the third district for two terms and has a reputation of being one of the few members of the Council who is willing to take tough and often controversial stands.
In addition to the growth of Warner Center, it is expected that the Councilman will also address such issues as the looming budget deficit for Los Angeles, the proposed clean up of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and the on-going construction at Pierce College.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear a candid discussion, and pose your own questions, about what's happening in the West Valley in particular and the City of Los Angeles in general.
There is ample parking and of course, no fee. The public is welcome to join us!