The stretch run for general elections is supposed to start after Labor Day. At least that’s the way it used to be. Activists countywide aren’t waiting for Septemeber this year. Instead, they’re canvassing, phone-banking, and organizing at a level I’ve never seen before. My first campaign volunteer work was for Senator Eugene McCarthy’s 1968 presidential run, and while I’ve taken a year off now and then, suffice it to say I’ve seen a few elections. This one is special.
There are 17 events for progressive-leaning candidates (that I’m aware of) that are directly campaign-related in this week’s calendar. Best of all, there’s a healthy mix of bigger and lesser name candidates: Monica Montgomery (SD City Council D4), Dr. Akilah Weber (La Mesa City Council), Dr. Jen Campbell (SD City Council D2), Ammar Campa-Najjar (50th Congressional District), Consuelo Martinez (Escondido City Council D1), Tommy Hough (SD City Council D6), Nathan Fletcher (County Supervisor D4), Mike Levin (49th Congressional District), Alan Geraci (State Assembly 75th), Michelle Gomez (County Supervisor D5), Jeff Griffith (State Senate 38th), Tazheen Nizam (Vista City Council D4), and James Elia (State Assembly 71st). Do check out these candidates at the links embedded in their listings.
Lest we become solely focused on electoral politics, there are three activist events that jump out at me as especially important. The UNITE for Justice rally (Sunday, August 26) to protest the runaway train that is Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the National City Council Meeting (September 4) provides yet another opportunity to keep the pressure up over the death of Earl McNeil at the hands of police, and the September 8th Rise for Climate Action rally at the Civic Center (September 8) is a necessary reminder of the incredible damage the Trump administration is doing to the environment.
Let’s do this thing, folks! The persistence of our resistance is starting to pay off.
Get your event listed in the SDFP Progressive Activist Calendar: I try to list the next 10 days or so of mostly non-commercial events I think our readers might find of interest. I source my material from social media listings and press releases. Club meetings will be listed IF there are speakers and they are open to the public.
Democratic Candidates: I will list all non-fundraising events open to the general public. A listing does not imply endorsement. Events that are listed on Facebook as ‘private’ or sold-out are not listed. In cases where there are competing but similar events or campaigns of the progressive persuasion, I do my best to list everything.
August 24
Duncan Hunter Must Resign!
Friday, August 24, 5:30pm
124 West Main Street (El Cajon)
For More Information
Hosted by Together We Will: San Diego
Meet in front of Starbucks near the El Cajon street sign! Bring your signs and banners to tell Hunter that he must resign, and let voters know that he has been indicted!
Eyewitness Cuba
Friday, August 24, 7:30pm
San Diego Justice Center
4410 Glacier Avenue #101
For More Information
Hosted by San Diego PSL
Hear from comrades who recently returned from a delegation to Cuba. Learn more about the actual day to day lives of Cuban people. Hear stories about agriculture, education, art, culture, politics, employment production, medicine and much more. Join us for this exciting presentation with beautiful imagery from the island nation!
CLUW SD Summer Film Festival-Salt of the Earth
Friday, August 24, 7:30pm
Olivewood Clubhouse
541 East 24th Street (National City)
For More Information (Tickets)
Hosted by San Diego CLUW Chapter
CLUW San Diego is proud to bring you a Summer Film Festival Screening to remember. From Norma Rae to Dolores Huerta it is only fitting that the Coalition of Labor Union Women honors the trailblazing women who came before us in the labor movement.
August 25
Public Forum on the Health of the Pacific Ocean
Saturday, August 25, 11am
Encinitas Library
540 Cornish Drive
For More Information
Hosted by Oceana Southern California and Surfrider Foundation San Diego
With rampant ocean plastic pollution, sea level rise, and new offshore drilling proposed for the entire Pacific Coast are our elected officials doing all they can to protect the coast we love?
Come find out as we invite federal, state, and local elected officials and First Nations representatives to speak on a panel together about issues affecting the health of the Pacific Ocean, and you can ask them questions.
FREE food and drinks will be provided, and of course, this public forum is free to attend.
Invitees include:
• Congressman Darrell Issa / Candidate, Mike Levin, Candidate for U.S. Congress (CD 49) / Diane Harkey, Candidate for U.S. Congress (CD 49)
• State Senator Pat Bates (SD 36) / Candidate, Marggie Castellano (SD 36)
• Assembly Member Rocky Chavez (AD 76)
• Assembly Member Todd Gloria (AD 78) / Candidate, Maggie Campbell (AD 78)
• Assembly Member Brian Maienschein (AD 77) / Candidate, Sunday Gover (AD 77)
• Chairwoman of the Board of Supervisors Kristin Gaspar
• Candidate for County Supervisor (4th District) Jim Desmond (Mayor of San Marcos) / Candidate for County Supervisor (4th District) Michelle Gomez
• Mayor Dwight Worden of Del Mar
• Mayor David Zito of Solana Beach
• Mayor Catherine Blakespear of Encinitas
• Mayor Peter Weiss of Oceanside
• Deputy Mayor Chuck Lowery of Oceanside
The audience will have a chance to ask questions of the speakers regarding local, state, and federal action being undertaken to better ocean health and where they stand on these issues.
District 4 General Election Community Kick Off
Saturday, August 25, Noon
5235 Maple Street
For More Information
Hosted by Monica Montgomery for City Council
We didn’t win the primary by chance. It wasn’t some political fluke or accident. It was the result of thousands of hours of hard work by dedicated community members and organizing to channel decades of frustration into energy for change.
Please join us for a Community Kick Off for the General Election. We will be celebrating our win from the primary and channeling that energy toward victory in November.
Indivisible: SD Central – August Meeting
Saturday, August 25, 3pm
Joybrewed Expresso
1295 University Avenue
For More Information
Please join us for our August monthly meeting This meeting will focus on SCOTUS action, as well as the November General Election. We are lining up some really cool speakers to come to talk. Details to come soon. Please join us!
Lets Meet La Mesa Voters
Saturday, August 25, 8:30am
La Mesa Community Center
4975 Memorial Drive
For More Information
Hosted by Dr. Weber for La Mesa City Council
Join us as we walk the neighborhoods in La Mesa to introduce them to our amazing candidate for City Council!! The first 30 minutes will be a training session for first time walkers. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday
Black August Commemoration 2018 – Black August is Black Love
Saturday, August 25, 2pm
Valencia Park/ Malcolm X Library
5148 Market Street
For More Information
Hosted by Black August Planning Committee – San Diego
The theme of this year’s commemoration will be “Black August is Black Love!” We will have poetry, song, dance, history, panel discussions, food and more. This event is for all ages.
Black August was created by incarcerated Black people in order to commemorate the struggle for Black liberation. Directly linked to the memory of George Jackson and Jonathan Jackson, the month of August is a crucial month for Black liberation. While February has become a moment to highlight inspirational and representational moments of Black History, Black August is directly devoted to the history of struggle and in honor of Black political prisoners being held captive as well as the martyrs we have lost.
Black August is a moment to:
Honor and commemorate the lives and deaths of several fallen Freedom Fighters
To bring unity among Black/African/New African prisoners, and education and awareness
To educate our people about and honor the history and actions of continued resistance of Black/New Afrikan/Afrikan peoples
Canvassing for Dr. Jen Campbell – August 25th
Saturday, August 25, 11am
4241 Jutland Drive (Bay Ho)
For More Information
Hosted by San Diego Indivisible
Please come out & join Indivisible to help canvassing & getting out the votes for Dr. Jen Campbell running for City Council District 2 to replace Lorie Zapf. For those who have been to City Council meeting, you will get familiar with how often she is not there & if she does, she ducks out on public hearing or votes leaving her cardigan on her chair. Time for a better candidate that will work for us and Dr. Jen Campbell is a viable candidate that we have a real chance to push for her getting elected into this office.
Canvassing has been proving to be one of the most effective ways to get out the vote, as it provides a personal & direct contact engaging with non-voters. It is also fun to roam around the neighborhood together.
Come out & join on on August 25th & start working to bring #BlueWave to San Diego.
Meet Ammar Campa-Najjar for Congress in Alpine!
Saturday, August 25, 1pm
Alpine Community Center
1830 Alpine Road
For More Information (RSVP)
Hosted by Ammar Campa for Congress
Anne Craig-Tillmond hosts a Meet & Greet with Ammar Campa-Najjar for Alpine/surrounding area residents & interested persons. Come enjoy food, beverages. Ammar will give a short presentation at 1:30pm and will take questions & mingle until 3pm.
Mega Walk for Consuelo in District 1
Saturday, August 25, 10am
105 East Grand (Escondido)
For More Information
Hosted by Consuelo Martinez for Escondido City Council – District 1
Calling all supporters! Join Consuelo for her biggest walk in District 1
Abolish Ice, and Then What?
Saturday, August 25, 2pm
Tiger! Tiger!
3025 El Cajon Boulevard
For More Information
Hosted by Democratic Autonomy Federation and San Diego PSL
This talk on the border, immigration policy, and their relation to racism, imperialism, and capital are co-hosted by DAF, PSL (SD), and the DSA SD Immigration Working Group
People Over Profits SD Presents Hood Stock 2018
Saturday, August 25, 1pm
1764 National Avenue
For More Information
Hosted by People over Profits-SD and The People’s Lot
All year long POP-SD community along with various comrades work hard to continuously share the agenda of the people who are being held captive as legal slaves in a system called prison and bringing light to corporate greed in all forms.
It is an everlasting fight but for one day we come together to celebrate and rejoice in each-others love and solidarity. Please help us make this possible by attending.
All of the proceeds made at HOOD-STOCK will go to the direct construction of THE PEOPLES LOT, a community multi-functional park for all to use.*****Live music, Food Vendors, Art, Raffles, Crafts Vendors, Aguas Frescas, Beer, Social Experiments, Massages, Community!
***Line-Up details to come**** ITS DOPE! ***$5 Suggested donation at the door
(AGAIN, all donations will go toward the development of THE PEOPLES LOT, a space of liberation we are developing for the people with no corporate money ties, SI SE PUEDE!)
San Diego Festival of Books
Saturday, August 25, 10am
Liberty Station
2455 Cushing Road
For More Information
Celebrate San Diego’s vibrant reading community and join thousands of local readers, writers and word lovers at the San Diego Festival of Books on Saturday, August 25th from 10 am – 5 pm. The Festival of Books connects San Diego area readers, booksellers, authors and businesses around their common love of the written word.
Unity Walk With the Progressive Democratic Club for Tommy Hough
Saturday, September 25, 11am
8340 Clairmont Mesa Boulevard
For More Information
Hosted by Tommy Hough for San Diego City Council and San Diego Progressive Democratic Club
Our friends with the west chapter of the San Diego Progressive Democratic Club will join the Tommy Hough for San Diego City Council campaign for a Unity Walk and canvass of D-6 communities this Saturday, Aug. 25, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
We’ll meet at the gazebo near the San Diego County Democratic Party office at 8340 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., located in the Kearny Office Park across from Societe Brewing Company, and distribute door hangars and turf packets there. Carpools to various neighborhoods can be arranged on-site.
Join Young Democrats for a Precinct Walk!
Saturday, September 25, 10am
3737 Camino del Rio South
For More Information
Hosted by Nathan Fletcher and Cesar Solis
Join Young Democrats from across the county as they canvass for a candidate who will ensure County Government delivers for San Diego!
Activist Bonfire
Saturday, August 25, 5pm (Overnight)
Crown Point Beach
For More Information
Hosted by ACTIVIST SAN DIEGO
Activist San Diego & KNSJ invites every left-progressive to a social event: Fun, Food, Fire, Friends and Festivities at the beach in Crown Point. Activist Bonfire — Everybody Welcome! Meet like-minded progressives!
Click here to see a map of Crown Point. https://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/parks/regional/missionbay/facilities. We will be just below the #
Join us at the beach for a family-friendly night of fun and celebration! Bring chairs, warm clothes, a blanket, musical instruments, and high spirits!
This is a potluck, so PLEASE BRING FOOD TO SHARE! (preferably vegan) or picnic fare and drinks (But NO glass!).
Canvass with Team Mike!
Saturday, August 25, 12:30pm
125 South Tremont Street (Oceanside)
For More Information
Hosted by Mike Levin
Join Team Mike at any of our 3 offices as we canvass neighborhoods around our district to talk about Mike Levin!
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗨𝗽 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲
Oceanside: events.mobilizeamerica.io/levinforcongress/event/7358/
San Clemente: events.mobilizeamerica.io/levinforcongress/event/7361/
Solana Beach: events.mobilizeamerica.io/levinforcongress/event/7357/
August 26
UNITE for Justice – San Diego
Sunday, August 26, 10am
Waterfront Park
1600 Pacific Highway
For More Information
Hosted by Unite for Justice – San Diego
People across the country are rising up to demand that their Senators stop Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination and protect our most fundamental rights. Everyone agrees: the balance of the Supreme Court is on the line with this lifetime appointment.
August 26th – In San Diego, CA and in states all across the country, the People’s Defense coalition, NARAL Pro-Choice America, MoveOn and more than 30 other organizations (and counting) are building a National Day of Action, “Unite for Justice”, to stop Brett Kavanaugh.
Join us for fellowship, music, speakers, protest, and MARCH! Stay with us for a SCOTUS costume contest and #BeLikeRuth celebration!
Walk with Nathan Fletcher and Dr. Jen!
Sunday, August 26, 1pm
4241 Jutland Drive #315 (Bay Ho)
For More Information
Hosted by Nathan Fletcher for County Supervisor 2018 and Dr. Jen Campbell for San Diego City Council
Join local Democratic activists knocking doors throughout San Diego as we support two candidates who will fight back against Trump’s hateful agenda.
Indivisible Downtown August Social
Sunday, August 26, 1:30pm
Border X Brewing
2181 Logan Avenue
For More Information
It has been a while since Downtown had a chapter meeting. We’re having a social event on the 26th to check in with members and chat about plans leading up to November.
We’ll be in Border X again, which is kid and dog-friendly. Come and have a beer and/or a taco with us.
What are you excited or worried about leading up to the November elections? What candidates and issues are you working with or interested in learning more about?
13th Annual Suffrage Parade
Sunday, August 26, 4pm
Balboa Park
For More Information
Hosted by San Diego Area Chapter of NOW
Celebrate Women’s Equality Day as we commemorate the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, August 26, 1920. Suffrage continues past the 19th Amendment as we move towards inspiring an intersectional future.
Dress up in white, wear your sashes and buttons as well as wave your Suffrage, ERA, Equal Pay, Me Too, and feminist movement signs to celebrate the journey of women’s rights from 1848 to today.
Meet in the lawn area across from the Organ Pavilion for the Suffrage Rally with reenactments of famous women’s rights activists, followed with the Suffrage Parade through the Prado and Organ Pavilion areas.
Resistance Postcard Party!
Sunday, August 26, 2pm
Blind Lady Ale House
3416 Adams Avenue
For More Information
Please join us for our next postcard party! This party is on the SCOTUS national day of action and we will be postcarding our hearts out to stop this confirmation. Please note the later start time for this party so that everyone can attend the SCOTUS rally first (see below for event link). We hope you will make your way to the Blind Lady after the rally and share some food and drink with our wonderful resistance family.
SCOTUS is our main theme, so we are writing the judiciary and moderate Republicans and Democrats that might be voting in favor of Kavanaugh. We will also be writing to Brett Kavanaugh’s himself at his US Court of Appeals address in Washington DC. Come tell him what you think!
We will also have postcards to voters in support of Mile Levin in CA49, Ammar Campa Najjar in CA50, and Andrew Janz in CA22 (Nunes).
August 27
Come Meet the Tsunami Trio!
Monday, August 27,
Address Given Upon RSVP
San Marcos
For More Information
Hosted by Michelle Gomez for SD County Supervisor, District 5 and Alan Geraci for California Assembly District 75
Join Us for Coffee Dessert, and Conversation.
Featuring Candidates:
Alan Geraci for State Assembly
Michelle Gomez for County Supervisor
& Jeff Griffith for State Senate
With only 72 days until the General Election, NOW is the time to learn more about the people who want to represent you. Come and bring a friend (or 3) and ask all of the questions you want about why these folks deserve your vote!
August 28
August Business Meeting
Tuesday, August 28, 6:30pm
Fifth Avenue Kitchen Tap
3515 Fifth Avenue
For More Information
Hosted by San Diego County Young Democrats
We will be considering endorsements in San Diego City Council District 8, Carlsbad City Council District 3, Community College Board, State Senate District 36, Vista City Council District 1, and Escondido City Council District 2.
Tazheen Nizam Meet and Greet
Tuesday, August 28, 6pm
1568 Mallorca Drive (Vista)
For More Information
Come to Rachel’s house and meet Tazheen Nizam, who is running for City Council in the area that includes most of Shadowridge. We’ll have heavy appetizers and beverages. Feel free to invite others who might be interested in more progressive leadership on the Vista City Council.
You do not need to live in Vista to come and support Taz! We would love to have any and all who want better representation for our North County area!
LIVE Stream: Martin Luther King, III, Speech from San Diego
Tuesday, August 28, 10:45am
Alliance San Diego
For More Information
Hosted by Alliance San Diego
The speech will be LIVE STREAMED by Alliance San Diego and linked to this event. This event invite will serve as a reminder to tune into this page: www.facebook.com/alliancesd on Tuesday, August 28 at 10:45am.
Martin Luther King III, the son of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will deliver a speech on the 55th anniversary of his father’s seminal “I Have a Dream” speech. In a historic moment at the border, Martin Luther King, III, will deliver his speech from San Diego, CA, on August 28th to uplift the lives of immigrants and their families. With the border wall as a backdrop, Mr. King will appeal to the nation’s collective conscience to rise up and live out the true meaning of his father’s Dream that all people are created equal and should be treated with dignity and respect regardless of their legal status.
For more information on the event click here: http://bit.ly/MLKIIISpeech
Uptown Democratic Club
Enrique Morones, Executive Director and Founder of Border Angels
Tuesday, August 28, 7pm
Joyce Beers Community Center
3900 Vermont Street
For More Information
Since 1986, Enrique has dedicated his life to the prevention of thousands of migrant deaths that happen on the U.S.- Mexican border. Enrique will speak about the Border Angels organization, border realities and immigration today under the current administration.
You won’t want to miss this fascinating presentation!
Our meetings are open to the public at no charge and begin at 6:30 p.m. for social, 7:00 p.m. program. Joyce Beers Community Center, 3900 Vermont – across from Ralphs/Trader Joes.
August 29
Meet the Candidate: Coffee w/ Consuelo
Wednesday, August 29, 8am
Marte’s Doughnuts
1131 East Washington Street (Escondido)
For More Information
Hosted by Consuelo Martinez for Escondido City Council – District 1
Here’s your opportunity to meet the candidate for Escondido City Council – District 1. Consuelo Martinez wants to meet you! Join her for coffee in the district at Marte’s Donuts.
Yes On Prop 10 Day of Action – San Diego
Wednesday, August 29, 11am
Get on the Bus at: 304 H Street (Chula Vista) San Diego location TBD
For More Information
Hosted by Yes on Prop 10
The greed of billionaire corporate landlords is causing wide-spread misery for millions of Californians and without rent control protections more people and families will be forced out of their homes and, worse, into the streets. The rent is too damn high! Join tenants, homeowners and mom and pop landlords to tell the corporate landlords and real estate billionaires opposing Prop 10 to get out of the way! The California dream is dying and only we can save it – join us for our day of action event near you!
Politics In The Pub (LIVE!) #3 Run For Something
Wednesday, August 29, 7pm
Bivouac Ciderworks
3986 30th Street
For More Information
Your 9th favorite political satire show (and possibly 3rd favorite podcast of the same genre) is gearing up for a big, big episode in August! Pod #3 will be an inside look on running for office through the lens of a first-time candidate. With Omar Passons & Geneviéve Jones-Wright on the mic to share their recent campaign experiences, their values and what drives them to serve their community, we hope ‘Run for Something’ will be a catalyst for new voices to run up and down the County in 2020…
Oh and this time we’re drinking cider!
August 30
Phonebank with Moms Demand Action
Thursday, August 30, 5pm
740 Lomas Santa Fe Drive (Solana Beach)
For More Information (RSVP)
Hosted by Mike Levin
Since 2012, Moms Demand Action has been a crucial leader in the movement to end gun violence. We are deeply grateful to their members for helping our campaign. We hope you can join us all at our Solana Beach office on August 30th to help get out the vote!
September 1
Joint Progressives Superwalk for Ammar and James Elia
Saturday, September 1, 11am
350 South Magnolia Avenue (El Cajon)
For More Information (RSVP)
Hosted by San Diego Progressive Democratic Club
Come walk and precincts for 2 progressive candidates running in East County: James Elia for State Assembly and Ammar Campa Najjar for Congress! Let’s unseat both Duncan Hunter Jr. and Randy Voepel. The best way to do that is by knocking on doors and making calls!
We will be meeting at our El Cajon office at 11am to walk! We will provide packets, literature for both candidates and training. Please wear comfy shoes and bring a hat, sunscreen, and a reusable water bottle.
Join us for a potluck directly after at Ammar’s El Cajon Office! Bring your favorite dish to share.
September 2
Volunteer Social & Info Session for Ammar
Sunday, September 2, 3pm
Tiger! Tiger!
3205 El Cajon Boulevard
For More Information
Come hang with other volunteers and learn about how you can support the Ammar Campa-Najjar for Congress campaign – even if you don’t live in the 50th District!
We’ll specifically be talking about ways volunteers from North Park & Central San Diego can get involved. This race is unbelievably close and it will take ALL of us working from now until November to turn this district blue for the first time in 40 years! (Also, there will be FOOD)!
Learn more about Ammar’s campaign here.
CLUW SD Summer Film Festival – Delores Huerta
Sunday, September 2, 7:30pm
Olivewood Clubhouse
541 East 24th Street (National City)
For More Information (Tickets)
Hosted by San Diego CLUW Chapter
CLUW San Diego is proud to bring you a Summer Film Festival Screening to remember. From Norma Rae to Dolores Huerta it is only fitting that the Coalition of Labor Union Women honors the trailblazing women who came before us in the labor movement.
These will be three separate film screenings hosted at National City’s historic Olivewood Clubhouse, with its own rich history of suffragettes and activism!
Labor Day Mass with Bishop McElroy
Sunday, September 2, 10am
St. Rita Catholic Church
5124 Churchward Street
For More Information
Hosted by St. Rita Catholic Church and UNITE HERE Local 30
Bishop Robert McElroy and Unite Here Local 30 invite you to a special Labor Day Mass to celebrate union members and their commitment to organizing for social justice. This will be a unique opportunity to combine Catholic social teaching and our labor movement. The Mass will be in Spanish and English. All are welcome.
Unite Here Local 30 se enorgullece en darle la bienvenida al Obispo Robert McElroy a una misa especial del Dia de Trabajo para celebrar a los miembros del sindicato por su compromiso para organizar en nombre de la justicia. Esta sera una oportunidad unica de combinar las ensenanzas sociales catolicas y nuestro movimiento laboral. La misa sera en espanol y ingles. Todos son bienvenidos.
September 3
ONE JOB Should Be Enough – Labor Day March
Monday, September 3, 5pm
Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter
910 Broadway Circle
For More Information
Hosted by UNITE HERE Local 30
Fight Back on Labor Day! Join Westin Gaslamp workers, Unite Here Local 30 members, and Marriott workers around the country for a National Day of Action as we demand: One Job Should Be Enough
Westin Gaslamp workers are fighting for dignity, respect, and a fair contract.
Marriott’s profits went up 279% since the recession. In the same years, hotel workers’ annual income only increased 7% and our hours went down.
As the largest hotel employer in the world, Marriott is more than big enough to provide jobs that are enough to live on. We are calling on Marriott: Make one job at Marriott enough to live on
SD Progressive Democratic Club – West Meeting
Monday, September 3, 6:30pm
Elijah’s Restaurant
7061 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard
For More Information
Hello West Blue Wavers. We are all about getting busy for the November Mid-Terms and Climate Change. Our first Pub party on August 23. Walks for Tommy and Monica and for SD 350 Rise for Climate. Join us and bring a Progressive friend!
September 4
City Council Meeting – National City
Tuesday, September 4, 6pm
National City Hall
1243 National Boulevard
For More Information
Hosted by San Diegans for Criminal Justice Reform
City Council meeting officially begins at 6pm, however, due to large crowds for the past few meetings, we recommend everyone arrive at 5:15pm to ensure they can find a seat and hand in speaker slips before the meeting begins.
Local organizing groups will be selling buttons reading “Justice for Earl McNeil” – all proceeds go directly to the McNeil family to help cover burial costs.
Organizing groups are asking everyone to wear black shirts/tops to the event.
Save the Date
September 8th Rise for Climate Action
Call to Action if Trump Fires Mueller
March for Truth—an organization that is working with dozens of advocacy groups to organize rapid response protests has partnered with MoveOn.org, Public Citizen, Indivisible and many others to prepare emergency ‘Nobody is Above the Law‘ rallies that will happen directly following the firing of the special counsel should it occur. There are already events in 800+ cities and communities scheduled across the country—more than 300,000 people are prepared to take to the streets.
By firing Mueller or Rosenstein, the president would trigger a full-fledged constitutional crisis by asserting that he is above the law. The hours following the firing will determine whether he is proved right.
Local Rallies Starting Today at 5pm & Continuing Daily Thereafter
Bring Pots and Pans – Make Noise
Call to Action if Trump Fires Mueller
US District Court Southern District of California
330 West Broadway (Downtown)
Nobody is Above the Law Rally
Westfield North County Mall (Escondido)
Nobody is Above the Law Rally
Collier Park (Ramona)
Nobody is Above the Law Rally
Carlsbad Premium Outlet Mall
Other Stuff to Do
Join the ACLU’s People Power: People Power is, at its core, a grassroots member-mobilization project. Through People Power, the ACLU will engage volunteers across the country to take action when Trump or his administration attempt to enact unconstitutional policies or trample on people’s constitutional rights. By mobilizing in defense of our civil liberties, volunteers will build local communities that affirm our American values of respect, equality, and solidarity.
Sign Up for Indivisible. All the cool kids are doing it. (Really!)
San Diego Democratic Party Calendar Includes business meetings, chartered club meetings, voter registration events, election information, holidays, and other events of interest to Democrats.
SUBSCRIBE! IT’S FREE!
Looking for some action? The Weekly Progressive Calendar is published every Friday in this space, featuring Demonstrations, Rallies, Teach-ins, Meet Ups and other opportunities to get your activism on.
You can now get the Weekly Progressive Calendar delivered to your inbox every Friday. And it’s Free! Subscribe and get an email every time a new article in this series is posted!
micporte says
persistance in resistance , persistance in resistance, persistance in resistance, persistance in resistance, and we shall overcome..
George Courser says
Public Forum on the Health of the Pacific Ocean
• Candidate for County Supervisor (4th District) Jim Desmond (Mayor of San Marcos) / Candidate for County Supervisor (4th District) Michelle Gomez
Hi Doug, these are District 5 candidates, replacing termed out Bill Horn.
Thanks