Events

Pacific Palisades Democratic Club hosts Gavin Newsom,San Francisco Mayor and gubernatorial candidate in 2010. Seating is limited. Please arrive early. Doors open at 5:30p and the program will begin at 6:00pm. Coffee and cookies provided following the discussion.

Street parking is limited, but people attending our Sunday services may park in the the UCLA Hospital parking structure at 16th & Arizona.

Please join us on Saturday, July 18, 2009, to add to the Democratic rolls of voters through our ongoing Voter Registration program. There will be two (2) shifts from 10 a.m. to noon and noon to 2 p.m. If you are interested and/or know someone else who is, please contact Rosemary Jenkins to sign up.

Take the 210 freeway to the Sunland exit. If you get lost, please call the store at 818-352-4544.

A SPECIAL EVENING WITH ROBERT GREENWALD

Filmmaker Robert Greenwald will screen parts of “RETHINK AFGHANISTAN” and discuss his trip to Afghanistan and more……this is one meeting you will most definitely want to attend!

Filmmaker and political activist Robert Greenwald is the director/producer of "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers" (2006), an expose of what happens when corporations go to war; as well as "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" (2005), detailing the retail giant's assault on families and American values; and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" (2004), about the right-wing opinion factory known as Fox "News." Millions of viewers have seen these films via grassroots "house parties" and independent online DVD sales, a groundbreaking method of alternative distribution. For more information go to:
www.bravenewfilms.org.

Sponsored by Valley Democrats United
with co-host San Fernando Valley Young Democrats.

Time: 7 pm
Date: July 21, 2009
Encino Community Center
4935 Balboa Blvd
Encino, CA 91316

www.valleydemsunited.com

Everyone is welcome to our second
Health Care Reform Forum

You may have noticed that our meeting format has changed — we have become focused on brining you content filled meetings highlighted by special guest speakers. This month we have a powerful line-up of speakers addressing several aspects of the Healthcare issue.
Our speakers include:

* Acclaimed filmmaker, Don Schroeder, PhD, producer of “OneSource: California Single Payer Plan”
* William “Bill” Honigman, MD, California Coordinator for Progressive Democrats of America
* Matt Henrickson, MD, MPH, co-founder of PNHP, Physicians National Healthcare Project
* Gene Dorio, MD, Geriatric and Internal Medicine in the Santa Clarita Valley for 23 years
* Kess Kessler, Senior Caucus Chair, California Democratic Party
* Susan Baldwin, MD, from LA County Department of Public Health.

We have also invited speakers from AARP, Organizing for America (Obama’s Insurance Option Plan), and two representatives to speak on behalf of the Republican state and federal plan.

Please join us for our monthly meetings, always the last Wednesday of the month: 6:30 p.m. for dinner; 7 p.m. for the meeting. We alternate between Caruso's in Santa Clarita Valley and Coco's in the San Fernando Valley.

Our purpose is to walk/call for candidates and issues. We are also involved with Voter Registration and are constantly looking for more volunteers to work with us.

DN 38 is looking to find interested volunteers to start new Democratic clubs along the 210 corridor whose goals would be do further our objectives.

Please join us at our meetings. For more information, please call Rosemary Jenkins at 818-360-4583/667-3280.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR DADI'S FIRST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!

THURSDAY JULY 30,2009 6:30 P.M

Guest Speakers:
Councilmember Dennis Zine-CD 3
Commissioner David Wolfe
Join our guests for a lively discussion on Election 2010 and the importance of disability awareness.

Please bring some canned goods for a local food bank

We will be serving cake and refreshments.

Those requiring ASL Interpreters need to let us know no later than 7/21 @ Noon.

Join us to focus on two hot issues, local and national! The Burbank Dems will consider a formal endorsement in the crowded field of 14 for the Los Angeles City Council special District 2 election Sept. 22... where our Assembly Member Paul Krekorian is a candidate ... and also get the latest for action options on the health care reform front—national and state as well, amid the state budget fallout and future drives.

We will also be looking to crew "Burbank Day" for the county party's booth during the L.A. County Fair in Pomona-- tentatively Saturday, Sept. 26.

For info, call 818-439-0720 or check the club’s website at www.burbankdemocraticclub.com.