Co-Chair Archive

  • January Meeting & 2011 Board Election

    January Meeting & 2011 Board Election

    Official Slate of Nominees for the 2011 Board of Directors Join us this Monday, January 10, for the first General Membership meeting of the year as we elect and inaugurate the new Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club Board of Directors. As usual, we will meet at 6:30 at the San Francisco LGBT Center. And [...]

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  • September Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    September Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    Netroots Nation, an organization dedicated to providing progressive voices with a national forum, recently held its fifth annual convention, during which Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked about ENDA and her thoughts on its eventual passage. “I can’t give you a time. But I can tell you that it is a priority and it had been [...]

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  • August Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    August Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    Constant Struggle How about that Alice Breakfast? I confess, I can’t stop talking or thinking about it. I find excuses to bring it up with people. In fact, when I see someone who attended the breakfast, I will usually start the conversation by asking, “How about that breakfast?” Over 415 people attended our event this [...]

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  • June Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    June Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    It’s Pride Month! I want to be the first to wish you all Happy Pride! I remember the very first time I heard that from a gorgeous drag queen. It was my very first Pride parade. I had ventured to San Francisco, I was still in the closet, and I was dodging news cameras for [...]

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  • May Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    May Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    Holding Elected Officials Accountable It’s 2010, and the year is exploding. Slate cards are abounding, the Alice breakfast train is leaving the station (June 27, mark your calendars now), ballot measures both locally and statewide threaten to bring about the end of civilization as we know it and candidates both locally and statewide are running [...]

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  • March Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    March Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    The Constant Drumbeat of Reform Disgusted with politics yet? I can’t turn a corner without someone telling me how fed-up they are with politics; locally and nationally. Let’s examine the evidence; after more than a year with a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate, the Democrats have been unable to pass universal healthcare. At President Obama’s [...]

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  • February Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    February Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    I am tremendously honored that you have elected me as your co-chair for 2010. I truly appreciate all of the words of support, trust, and confidence that you have sent my way so far and I really look forward to working with all of you. We have a terrific, smart, and energetic Board of Directors [...]

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