Citizen Hope’s 2nd Annual Holiday Love Party | X-Mas Night | Manor West
Join us for our 2nd Annual “HOLIDAY LOVE” Party and the One Year Anniversary of CITIZEN HOPE with DJ SAKE-1 and DJ PROCESS! Event benefits All of Us or None’s “Annual Community Giveback!”
There’s nothing like a good party on Xmas night. We know from experience, last year’s party at 330 Ritch was not just the best thing going on in SF on XMAS night, it was one of the better parties of the year.
This year the party will be at MANOR WEST, a beautiful newly remodeled venue in SOMA. It’s only been open for a few weeks, so come check out this new spot before everyone else has.
We’ll be raising money for All of Us or None’s “ANNUAL COMMUNITY GIVEBACK” which gives away BICYCLES and other toys to the children of incarcerated people. Every $60 we raise, gets a kid a bike. Not a bad deal. They really need our help this year, so come show some love, and dance off all that holiday food. Everyone wins.
We’ve got one of the Bay Area’s best DJs, Sake-One, holding it down, along with DJ Process, with us all the way from NYC. Old school hip hop, funk, soul, only that GOOD STUFF.
We know it’s XMAS NIGHT. But the party starts at 9pm, so you’ll have plenty of time before hand to see the fam. Heck, even bring your family along! Bring your cousins, your friends, all are welcome! Old, young, whoever. And this year, Xmas is on a FRIDAY night–you don’t work the next day–how could you not come out?
$10-$20 sliding scale door donation to ALL OF US OR NONE’S “Annual Community Giveback.”
CITIZEN HOPE BUTTONS will be given to the first 75 people that arrive!
What are the holidays really about? LOVE. Come get some.
Citizen Hope Co-Hosts “San Francisco United for Maine Equality”–”To Maine: From San Francisco, With Love”
Guest speakers include State Senator Mark Leno, City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Supervisor Bevan Dufty
*Suggested donation: $25*
Please donate at the door or online:
http://www.actblue.com/page/alicemaine
The campaign website:
http://www.protectmaineequality.org/
The election is “too close to call.” We can make a difference from San Francisco by providing the funds directly to the campaign against Question 1. We hope you can be there.
With love and in unity,
Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club & Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club | Citizen Hope | African American Democratic Club | API Equality | San Francisco Young Democrats | One Struggle, One Fight (OSOF)
Read more about the campaign here:
From the AP:
“Maine voters face historic choice on gay marriage”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i6M_ZwwPV0sIz13340GC6xs9lFlwD9B7MTM00
From San Francisco’s own Paul Hogarth, who traveled to Maine recently:
“Why I’m Optimistic About Maine”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-hogarth/why-im-optimistic-about-m_b_322320.html
May 1 with State Controller John Chiang
Citizen Hope + Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) + SEIU Local 1000 + Netroots Nation + San Francisco Young Democrats + The San Francisco Democratic Party . . .
All invite you to join us to celebrate International Workers’ Day and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with special guest State Controller John Chiang.
The DEETS:
Friday, May 1, 2009 (Intl Workers Day)
5:30pm – 8pm
330 Ritch
San Francisco, CA
Speech + Q&A + Mixer
21+
Come hear the State Controller talk about the battle over the California Budget and the fight to protect working families. During the heat of the budget negotiations, Governor Schwarzenegger directed Controller Chiang to slash the pay of 136,000 state workers down to the minimum wage of $6.55 an hour. John Chiang stood up against the governor and refused to allow state workers to become pawns in the budget battle. Come hear why he took this stance and what he thinks about the current state of California’s budget and politics.
A $5 cover will benefit student outreach and leadership development for the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) to support the growth of young and emerging leaders in the labor movement.
About APALA:
Asian Pacific Americans represent 14 percent of California’s population. Almost half of all APA workers are employed in occupations that are actively targeted by organized labor. The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) was created in 1992 to educate APA workers; promote political education and voter registration programs among APAs; and increase training, empowerment, and leadership of APAs within the labor movement and APA community.
Photos from Mercury Lounge Event
Last night’s Citizen Hope event at Mercury Lounge was an incredible success! See photos on Facebook. The event was the effort of Matt Haney and other Citizen Hopers. And special thanks to Rich Pio Roda and all the staff at Mercury Lounge!
An incredible number of elected officials attended, including: District Attorney Kamala Harris, San Francisco Assessor Phil Ting, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, Supervisor Chris Daly, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, Board of Education Commissioner Hydra Mendoza, City College Trustee John Rizzo and City College Trustee Steve Ngo.
And we had another very special guest last night — Tony West, appointed by President Obama to be assistant attorney general for the civil division of the Department of Justice. Tony is Citizen Hope co-founder Meena Harris’ dad.
Jan. 28 Citizen Hope Mixer with Local Electeds
As President Barack Obama assumes office, we hope to build on the renewed spirit of cooperation and community building from the ground up. With this in mind, Citizen Hope is hosting a mixer with your local elected officials in San Francisco.
It’s on Wed., Jan. 28, from 6 p.m. at Mercury Lounge, 1582 Folsom St., San Francisco. Facebook link here.
From advancing educational opportunity to ensuring vibrant and healthy neighborhoods, our elected leaders will need to hear from you so that we can create the change we need here in San Francisco and around the Bay Area.
You don’t need to be a political junkie to come to this event. We all should know who are elected leaders are, and they should know we are as well. All are welcome.
Confirmed guests include:
