President’s Message by Amy Cherness, January 2018

As the New Year begins, I want to take this opportunity to thank the Executive Board for all their hard work and contributions to the Democratic Club.

If I am re-elected at the January meeting, I look forward to resuming my duties as president in the coming year. I want to thank our members for nominating me. I will try to be worthy of your support.

Let me start out by telling you how I plan to increase our club membership and participation for 2018.

• Encourage club members to tell their friends, family, and co-workers who are Democrats, to join our club.
• Increase the number of people who are registered as Democrats and pre-register 17 year olds.
• Reach out to local Democratic clubs to get new members
• Get members to volunteer in our community to increase the club’s visibility.
• Use social media to help get our club introduced to a new group of activists.
• Involve other clubs and organizations to join our club to promote their ideas.
• Get the club involved in local, state and federal Democratic campaigns.

I want to see the Culver City Democratic Club put in the forefront for 2018.

My mission as president is to make 2018 the year of the Democratic Party, so that we as Democrats can be proud again and win!

Please help me accomplish my goal.

John Chiang will be our guest speaker at our January 10th, 2018 meeting

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

John Chiang, Democratic Candidate for Governor,  will be our guest speaker at our January 10th, 2018 meeting, 7-9pm.

Visit John Chiang's website to learn more about him and his position on the issues.

Like all our meetings held on the second Tuesday, this will at our usual location: Culver City’s Veterans Memorial Center, 4117 Overland Ave, Culver City. This will be a great opportunity to join or renew your membership. 2018 will be an important year for politics. Get involved, resist!

Monthly Meeting Reminder and Time To Renew Membership

We will be having an exciting film for the December meeting, and attend to some Club business.

Like every month we will be meeting at 7PM, December 13 (every 2nd Wednesday), Culver City’s Veterans Memorial Center, 4117 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA at the corner of Overland and Culver Blvd. Plenty of parking.

Also now is the time to renew your membership for 2018. We will have a busy year with City Council races, congress and the continued battle against 45. Click on our Join/Renew Tab and be ready for 2018.

A MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CULVER CITY DEMOCRATIC CLUB

Dear Club Members: The Culver City Democratic Club understands that you are disheartened and disappointed by the election of Donald Trump. We further understand that you are apprehensive about the direction our country will take under a Trump Administration. While you have every right to have these feelings, the time has now come to move forward. From this day forward, the message of the Democratic Party must be based on growth within our communities and we believe the type of growth to focus on is economic development for everyone and for every region of the country. We must embrace the interests of working men and women and distance ourselves from “Wall Street” by focusing on job growth, higher wages, affordable higher education, and health care for all Americans. We must pursue these goals while resisting the attempts by our president-elect to divide us, keeping in mind President Obama’s words from his farewell address: “the long sweep of America has been defined by forward motion, a constant widening of our founding creed to embrace all and not just some.” For those of you who believe in these principles and are looking for a constructive way to respond to the election, I invite you to register/renew your membership to the Culver City’s Democratic Club for 2017. As a member of the Democratic Club, you can join with likeminded Democrats to rebuild the Democratic Party and oppose the destructive policies of the Trump Administration. In addition, you have the opportunity to hear interesting speakers address a variety of topics. In past years, we have had discussions on topics such as healthcare reform, gun control, fracking and the environment, the affect of big money on the political process, ballot propositions, and candidate forums for federal, state, and local races, including city council and the school board. The Democratic Club has a strong track record in supporting winning candidates and issues. In the last city council election, two of the three candidates that the Democratic Club supported won. In the most recent school board election, the candidate the Democratic Club supported won. In addition, in last year’s general election, the voters of California sided with the Democratic Club on most propositions. Finally, the Democratic Club was successful on 100% of the local Culver City ballot issues on last years’ ballot. In conclusion, I look forward to welcoming new people to, and former members back to the Culver City Democratic Club, your new home away from home. For those of you who were members in 2016 and have already renewed your membership, please consider making an additional contribution in any amount. We will need all the funds we can get to oppose the destructive policies of the Trump Administration. Please join us on an exciting journey to reshape politics for the better at every level of government. For information about membership, please contact our Membership Secretary, Diane Rosenberg at 310-398-5328 or her email at dianeherb713@msn.com . We look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Culver City Democratic Club