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April Membership Meeting - April 10
The Stonewall Democrats of Austin will hold its April monthly membership meeting on April 10th at the Cafe Mueller patio, located at the HEB (1801 E. 51st St, ATX 78723), beginning at 6:30 pm. Our guest speaker will be Samantha Smoot,
Interim Executive Director of Equality Texas. Samantha will
talk about what's happening at the Texas Legislature. |
| Attachments:
04-19 SDA Agenda.pdf
March Membership Meeting - March 13
The Stonewall Democrats of Austin will hold its March monthly membership meeting on Wednesday, March 13th at the Cafe Mueller patio, located at the HEB (1801 E. 51st St, ATX 78723), beginning at 6:30 pm. Due to SXSW this will be a short business meeting with the only items being the election of President and Treasurer and laying out proposed bylaw amendments and changes to the endorsement procedures which will be voted on at the April meeting. |
February Membership Meeting - Guest Speaker: Cindy Flint
The Stonewall Democrats of Austin will hold it's February monthly membership meeting on February 13th at the Cafe Mueller patio, located at the HEB (1801 E. 51st St, ATX 78723), beginning at 6:30 pm. Our guest speaker will be Cindy Flint, Executive Director of the Travis County Democratic Party. Cindy will talk about the TCDP's plans leading up to the 2020 Elections. We hope to see you there. |
January Membership Meeting - City Council Inauguration
The Stonewall Democrats of Austin will not be hosting our normally
scheduled meeting on Wednesday, January 9th. Instead, we hope you will
join us at the City of Austin's Inauguration for the Mayor and City
Council on January 7th at 6PM at Austin City Hall (301 W. 2nd St).
Stonewall was proud to endorse the re-election of Mayor Steve Adler,
the re-election of City Council Member Pio Renteria in District 3, and
the election of Council Member-elect Natasha Harper-Madison in District
1 and Council Member-elect Paige Ellis in District 8. Please join
Stonewall members at City Hall to congratulate these awesome progressive
elected officials! * We encourage you to arrive early to ensure parking and seating availability. Here is the posted agenda: www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=312590 |
TCDP Holiday Parties - December 13
There
will not be a December membership meeting. Instead we recommend
attending one (or both) of the Travis County Democratic Party Holiday
parties on December 13th. The South Party, co-hosted by South Austin Democrats and Tejano Democrats, will be at 5906 Old Fredericksburg Rd (ATX 78749) from 5 to 9 pm and the North Party, co-hosted by Lake Travis Democrats, will be at 1938 Lohmans Crossing (ATX 78734) from 6 to 9 pm. |
SDA Membership Meeting Rescheduled for November 28
Due to scheduling and logistical issues the Stonewall Democrats of Austin will be holding their November membership meeting on Wednesday, November 28th instead of November 14th. The meeting will be held at the Cafe Mueller restaurant located in the HEB (1801 E. 51st St, ATX 78723). The meeting will begin at 6:30 pm. An agenda will be sent shortly before the meeting. We will be conducting a block walk for Natasha Harper-Madison, our endorsed candidate in the City Council District 1 run-off, on November 17th from 1 to 5 pm. Details can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/1112683885566074/ We hope to see you on the 28th. |
Early Voting for November General Elections - October 22 to November 2
On November 6th the country will vote in perhaps the most important mid-term election in recent memory. It is abundantly clear that
the Republican Administration at both the national and state level are more concerned with enacting a partisan, ideological agenda and not what is in the best interests of the country and state, therefore the Stonewall
Democrats of Austin encourages everyone to vote a straight Democratic ticket. Early Voting runs from October 22nd to November 2nd. Early, Mobile, and Election Day voting locations can be found in the files section below. In addition to the partisan races there are also a number of down-ballot non partisan elections, including City Council, Austin Community College (ACC) Board of Trustees, Austin Independent School District (AISD) Board of Trustees, and the City of Austin Ballot Propositions. Below are the Stonewall Democrats of Austin endorsements in those elections: City of Austin District 8 - Bobby Levinski District 9 - Danielle Skidmore Austin Community College Place 8 - Stephanie Gharakhanian Austin Independent School District AISD District 1 - Edmund "Ted" Gordon AISD District 4 - Zachary Price AISD District 9 - Arati Singh City of Austin Propositions Proposition A - G - For Proposition J - Against Proposition K - Against |
Candidate Forum & Endorsement Meeting October 9th at 6:30 pm
The Stonewall Democrats of Austin
will be holding the 2018 City Council, ACC, and AISD Candidate Endorsement Forum on Tuesday, October 9th in the Smith Auditorium of the
Congregation Beth Israel (3901 Shoal Creek Blvd). The
meeting will begin at 6:30 pm. In addition to the candidate elections, except for Mayor, which was done at the September 12th forum with the Liberal Austin Democrats, we will also be considering the City of Austin Propositions at this meeting. In order to be considered for endorsement a candidate must have filled out our questionnaire - see files below (we will have copies of the candidates’ responses to our questionnaire
available at the meeting). Candidates will have 3 minutes to address the membership. After we
hear from all the candidates that evening the membership will discuss each race
then cast ballots. The entire membership may participate in the candidate forum and the discussion of the candidate's positions but only those members eligible to vote as defined above may cast ballots. A 60% vote of eligible members present and voting shall be required for the endorsement of any candidate. |
Austin Mayoral Forum Hosted by Stonewall & Liberal Austin Dems - Sept 12
Be sure to join
the Liberal Austin Democrats and Stonewall Democrats at our first ever
joint Austin Mayoral Forum and Endorsement Meeting on Wednesday,
September 12th from 7-9PM at Scholz Garten at 1607 San Jacinto Blvd,
Austin. Mayor Steve Adler, Laura Morrison and Travis Duncan have all committed to attend! The candidates for Austin Mayor will be answering questions provided by each club. This will be followed by time for each of the candidates for Austin City Council, AISD and ACC to introduce themselves prior to individual club endorsement voting according to their by-laws (more details to come). We invite all candidates for Austin City
Council, Austin ISD Trustee and Austin Community College Trustee to join
us for this large gathering of progressive Democrats! In order to be eligible for consideration for endorsement, our Endorsement Rules require a candidate to submit a completed questionnaire. This questionnaire was sent to all the Mayoral candidates with Democratic voting history. Below is a compilation of the responses we received from Steve Adler, Travis Duncan, Laura Morrison, and Alex Strenger to the Stonewall Democrats of Austin Candidate Questionnaire. |
| Attachments:
2018 Mayoral Candidate responses.pdf
August 8 Monthly Membership Meeting - New Location
Please join the Stonewall Democrats of Austin on Wednesday, August 8th at 6:30 pm as we welcome candidate for Attorney General of Texas, Justin Nelson, to our first meeting at our new monthly meeting location - Hank's Austin, in East Austin (5811 Berkman Drive, #100, ATX 78723). We will have an opportunity to learn more about Justin Nelson, his campaign to replace Ken Paxton with a Texas Attorney General who has integrity, and his belief that the law should protect ALL Texans! We will also hear from David Butts from the Austin Together PAC, about the seven City of Austin Bond Propositions that will be on the November ballot. The proposed agenda is below: Featured Speaker - Justin Nelson, Democratic Nominee for Texas Attorney General City of Austin Bond Propositions - David Butts, Austin Together PAC Old Business We hope to see you there. |
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