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[ MGO May 18th ] Assemblymember Rob Bonta

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Don’t miss the opportunity to hear Assemblymember Rob Bonta (AD-18) address the future of CA health and other critical programs to our state and county.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

7:00pm – 8:00pm

Temple Sinai

2808 Summit, Oakland, CA

 

 

 

 

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[ March 16, 2017 ] Navigating the State Senate

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MGO Membership Meeting – Thursday, March 16th, 7pm

Navigating the State Senate – Guest Speaker Nancy Skinner

Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit Street, Oakland

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CA vs WDC: Keeping the National Executive Branch Under Control

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MGO FEBRUARY MEMBERSHIP MEETING
California vs Washington: Keeping the National Executive Branch Under Control
Thursday, Feb 16th 
7:00pm

GUEST SPEAKER:  

HELEN GRIECO |  Northern California Organizer, California Common Cause

Helen Grieco

Helen Grieco joined California Common Cause as an organizer in northern California in 2010.

She works to educate Common Cause activists on issues, advocacy and organizing tactics, recruits new members and organizes Common Cause campus and community groups and young professionals. She also teaches organizing and activism, and runs educational outreach events to address campaign finance reform, government accountability, voting rights/reform, redistricting, media reform, fair elections campaigns, legislation and initiatives.

Helen has two decades of experience as an advocate and spokesperson for social, political and economic justice. She has trained community activists and leaders and is an author and producer of educational media. She was the founder of Our Media Voice, BRAVE People, Defending Ourselves Self-Defense School and SHE Academy. She also is a former executive director of the California National Organization for Women. Helen has a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Antioch University.

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December – “The Trump Era Begins: Holding the Line

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MGO DECEMBER POT LUCK DINNER PROGRAM
Thursday, December 15th
Temple Sinai – Stern Hall
2808 Summit Street – Oakland
“The Trump Era Begins: Holding the Line
with special guest speaker:  PAUL PIERSON, John Gross Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
WORKING PROGRAM SCHEDULE 
5:30pm      Doors open
6:00pm     Social hour
7:30pm     Program Begins
8:30pm     Q&A

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:    
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Professor Paul Pierson is the John Gross Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. Pierson’s teaching and research includes the fields of American politics and public policy, comparative political economy, and social theory. His most recent books are Off-Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy (Yale University Press 2005), co-authored by Jacob Hacker,  Politics in Time: History, Institutions and Social Analysis (Princeton University Press 2004), and  The Transformation of American Politics: Activist Government and the Rise of Conservatism(Princeton University Press 2007), which was co-edited with Theda Skocpol, and Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class (Simon and Schuster 2010), also co-authored by Jacob Hacker. Pierson is an active commentator on public affairs, whose writings have recently appeared in such outlets as The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, and The New Republic.
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NOVEMBER MEETING CANCELLED

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The November membership meeting has been cancelled. Mark your calendar to attend our next membership meeting on December 15th.  Stay tuned more information to come.

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GENERAL ELECTION 2016 MGO ENDORSEMENTS

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C I T Y   O F   O A K L A N D 

  • Dan Kalb –– District 1
  • Lynette McElhaney – District 3
  • Noel Gallo – District 5
  • Larry Reid – District 7

Oakland City Attorney

  • Barbara Parker

Oakland School Board

  • Jody London – District 1
  • Rosie Torres – District 5
  • James Harris – District 7

S P E C I A L   D I S T R I C T S

BART Board of Directors:

  • Rebecca Saltzman – Ward 3
  • Lateefah Simon – Ward 7

AC Transit

  • Chris Peeples – At Large
  • Greg Harper  – Ward 2

East Bay Regional Parks

  • Dionisio Rosario

M E A S U R E S

A1 – Alameda County Housing Bond –  YES

  • $580 million affordable housing bond

C1 – Alameda Contra Costa Transit – YES 

  • Parcel tax initiative 

G1 – Oakland Unified School District – YES

  • To provide a district wide educator salary increase designed to attract/retain teachers; provide enhanced middle school art, music, language and other programming

HH – Oakland Soda Tax –  YES

  • A penny-per-ounce revenue stream that could rise up to $12 million per year to aid in efforts to fight obesity

KK – City of Oakland $600 million bond – YES

  • Repair local infrastructure 

LL – Oakland Police Commission – YES

  • Ballot measure to change the city’s charter in order to create a citizen Police Commission

RR – BART  –   YES

  • $3.5 million capital reinvestment measure

 

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Next MGO Endorsement Meetings

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Sept 15th – Special District Races.  Sept 22nd – State Senate, City of Oakland, School Board, City Attorney

RENEW / JOIN Membership – http://www.mgodems.org

General Election 2016

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