Please be sure your dues are paid for 2021 so you can receive a ballot to vote for the Club endorsement! Dues must be paid or postmarked by May 18. You can pay online here, or mail to PO Box 18802, Oakland,CA 94619.
Lessons from the 2020-21 Elections in Georgia
Please see Video of the Forum Here
January 23, 2021
Featuring speakers including former Club members & Engaged Atlanta Residents:
To purchase tickets, please click here
Previous Events:
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“Police Accountability: What Needs to be Done to Make the Oakland Police Commission Effective?”
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
5:30 – 6:30 PM
West Oakland Library
1801 Adeline Street, Oakland
Speakers
Co-Sponsored with Oakland East Bay Democratic Club
* Invited
For more information, call Jack Lucero Fleck at 510-436-7682
Light Refreshments Served
2nd ENDORSEMENT MEETING
NOVEMBER 2018 ELECTION
Monday, September 17, 2018
5:30 – 7:30 PM
Buttercup Diner
229 Broadway, Oakland
Endorsement Meeting Schedule*
5:30-6:00 State Ballot Initiatives
6:00-6:10 Peralta Community College Board of Trustees Area 3
6:10-6:20 Peralta Community College Board of Trustees Area 5
6:20-6:30 Alameda County Assessor
6:30-6:40 AC Transit At-Large
6:40-6:50 BART District 4
6:50-7:05 US Senate
7:05-7:20 Local Ballot Measures (Alameda County, Oakland, Berkeley)
7:20-7:30 Discussion and Club Voting
Co-sponsored with Oakland East Bay Democratic Club and Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA)
* Times are approximate and may change
Races will include:
Please join us for the sixth biennial John George Social Justice Awards! The Club sponsors this event in non-election years to recognize people in the Oakland/Berkeley community for their contributions to social justice.
2017 Awardees
Alona Clifton— Lifetime Social Justice Award. Alona was JGDC co-chair from 1990 – 2014; she will be joining us from her current home in Atlanta!
Ms. Margaret Gordon—Social Justice Award. Ms. Margaret is a pillar defending environmental justice, as long time leader West Oakland Economic Indicators Project, as a former member of Oakland’s Port Commission, and a community leader for many years.
Jan Thyer & Lichi Fuentes– Cultural Action for Social Justice Award. Jan and Lichi are co-Directors of La Peña Community Chorus. They have worked tirelessly for decades to lead the chorus in songs of peace, justice, and solidarity with Latin America and the world.
Gabrielle Henry–Young Adult Social Justice Spirit Award. Gabrielle is Nominated by the NAACP as embodying the spirit of John George in working for social justice.
Dorothy King/John Jernegan–Community Service Social Justice Award. Dorothy and John have been owners of the Everett and Jones restaurant in Jack London Square for over 20 years. They have used the venue to host many progressive events over the years and they have used their resources to feed the homeless.
Keynote Speaker–Pamela Price–Progressive Local Attorney, Running for Alameda County District Attorney, June, 2018. Pamela is an Elected Member of the Alameda County Democratic Party Central Committee; 18th Assembly District Woman of the Year 2017; and National Lawyers Guild 2016 Champion of Justice
Mistress & Master of Ceremonies–Sandra J. Johnson & Walter Riley–Co-Chairs, John George Democratic Club
We hope to see you there!
$60 • General
$450 • Table
$20 • Low Income (Individual)
Please RSVP by adding a comment below, and send your check to John George Democratic Club, PO Box 18802, Oakland, CA 94619
| 2017 Art & Essay Contest
Art: West Oakland Students Only Essays: Open to All Oakland Public School Students |
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“The Statue of Liberty and Immigration in America:
Is America Still a Refuge for Immigrants? ”
More than 100 years ago, France gifted the United States with the Statue of Liberty because the French viewed America as a beacon of hope and democracy. In 1883 the poet Emma Lazarus wrote the poem that is inscribed on the Statue’s pedestal. The most famous lines, which refer directly to immigrants and refugees, are:
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless,
tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Each winner will receive $300 – in the form of a $150 gift certificate and $150 to open a credit union savings account.
Submit your entry (drop off or mail) by WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2017 to the West Oakland Public Library at 1801 Adeline Street, Oakland, 94607 to the attention of the John George Democratic Club. Essays may be emailed (see instructions on back). Please be sure to attach the submission form on the back of this flier to your entry.
Awards Presentation
Saturday, June 10, 2017
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
West Oakland Public Library, 1801 Adeline Street, Oakland
Co-sponsored by the West Oakland Public Library, the John George Democratic Club, and the John George Educational Trust Fund
For more information, please call Jack Lucero Fleck at (510) 436-7682 or visit www.jgdc.org
Refreshments Will Be Served —- Labor Donated
Rules for the 2017 Art and Essay Contest
For background information on environmental justice and coal in Oakland:
: Google phrases like “history and meaning of Statue of Liberty” and “Emma Lazarus poem”.
: Check out websites/posts like the following:
Who is John George?
This contest honors the memory of the late Alameda County Supervisor John
George, Alameda County’s first African American member of the Board of
Supervisors, and a tireless fighter for health care, education, the rights of labor and poor people, a better environment, and peace and social justice.
John’s slogan was “Think Globally, Act Locally”
John George Democratic Club 