Canyon Democrats

Our next meeting: 7PM on Monday, June 17th at the Norman Murray Center, 22932 Veteran’s Way, Mission Viejo. 

We are proud to present Denise Penn and Jeff LeTourneau as our guest speakers.

Denise is the Regional Vice-Chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC), and the Co-Chair of the Democratic Party of California’s LGBT Caucus. Jeff is the Chairman of the DPOC’s Resolutions Committee. Together, Denise and Jeff, are the Co-Chairs for the DPOC’s LGBT Caucus.

Denise, will update us regarding her work as Regional Vice-Chair of the DPOC, and with her state wide caucus. Jeff, will update us regarding all of the work of the county resolutions committee. Together they will provide us insight regarding the local and state issues faced by the LGBT community, and the political remedies being pursued.

To the extent that there shall be any developments on the Supreme Court’s hearing, or decision on California’s Proposition 8, both of our speakers will be primed to share that information with our Club.

Please bring a friend to join us for this important discussion.   Share a ride if you can.

Please join us for a

PICNIC WITH DEMOCRATS

Meet local elected Democrats and candidates running in 2014!

Mingle with old friends and make new ones.

Saturday, July 13^th 11AM to 4PM

Laguna Niguel Regional Park

Shelter 4

28241 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel

Cost: $30 per person ($10 for 12 and under)

Includes catered picnic buffet lunch and soft drinks

Lunch will be served beginning at 12 noon

Parking is $5 per car – we encourage car pooling

Bring a beach chair, umbrella and sunscreen and relax!

Please make checks payable to SOCDC and mail to:

P.O. Box 7292
Capistrano Beach, CA 92624

Or go online to pay at:

https://secure.actblue.com/page/annualpicnic

RSVP by JULY 7th

Picnic sponsored by the

South Orange County Democratic Club and the Canyon Democrats

For more information contact:

Walt Lawson

949  837-8726

Due to President’s Day, on the 3rd Monday, our meeting will take place next Monday, which is the 2nd Monday of the month. It will be at the Norman Murray Center at 7 pm.

This month the Canyon Democrats will be hearing a presentation by a local educator regaling one of the key issues being addressed by President Obama at the start of his second term, immigration. Our presenter is Tom Airey, a local teacher, coach, religious leader, and advocate for justice. Tom is the lead organizer of the annual Peoples’ Prayer Breakfast, an interfaith gathering that addresses immigration issues. He is a Mission Viejo native, graduating from Capistrano Valley HS in 1992. He received a BA in history at the University of Kansas in ’96 and got his CA teaching credential at Concordia University in Irvine. He currently teaches AP World History, Government and Economics, and coaches cross country at his alma mater. He and his wife, Lindsay, went back to school in 2005 to Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. Tom earned an MA in Christian Theology and Lindsay got her MA in Marriage & Family Therapy, and they participate in a house church in Irvine. They are passionate about working for justice in various ways, especially in the LGBT, and immigrant communities in South Orange County.

Tom blogs at EasyYolk.blogspot.com and Menno Weekly Review, a Mennonite periodical.