June Meeting Minutes

June 17, 2024 Elijah’s Restaurant

• Call to Order
  • President Cathie Hyatt – 6:30pm
• BAWR Co-President, Alyce Pipkin-Allen introduction of CA Secretary of State, Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D.
  • A special message from CA Secretary of State, the Honorable Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D.
  • History of Juneteenth
  • CA Reparations Report: https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/report
  • Q&A
• Agenda Approval
  • approved without objection
• BAWR Co-President Angela de Joseph: Sixty Years of Triumph
  • Award Winning Video by Angela de Joseph
  • Q&A

• Candidate Comments
  • Heather Ferbert candidate forSD City Attorney https://www.heatherferbert.com/  Fundraiser 6/23 https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ferbertjune23
  • Genevieve Suzuki candidate for La Mesa City Council
  • Tea Wagstaff for Terra Lawson Remer candidate for County Board of Supervisors Dist. 3 https://www.supervisorterralawsonremer.com/
  • Lori Saldana for Coleen Cusack candidate for San Diego City Council Dist. 3  https://coleen4sd.com/
  • Alysson Snow candidate for Lemon Grove Mayor Fundraiser: 2332 Camino de las Palmas, Lemon Grove, CA 91945 at 12:00 pm this Saturday, June 22, 2024.  Snowforlemongrove.com
  • Abena Bradford for Dr Brenda Miller candidate for Grossmont Healthcare Board Zone 3 https://www.facebook.com/electnursemiller votenursemiller.com. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nurse-brenda-miller-phd-bab99112/rhttps://www.facebook.com/votenursemiller/https://twitter.com/votenursemiller?
  • Amber Kae Niuatoa candidate for Oceanside City Council District 4 please consider donating at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/amberkaebday & https://www.amberkae4oside.com
• Elected Officials/Representatives
  • Doug Case with updates from CA Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/
  • Stuart Gaiber VP of Democratic Club of Carlsbad Oceanside
• Kristi Hirst, Co-Founder of Our Schools USA – The SAFETY Act
  • AB 1955 SAFETY Act | Assembly Education Committee RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccBdt3OfAO9qI5g-fya0GZ-9LRT_jUIE4dliNiLE9Iv4xqcw/viewform
  • Q&A
• Luca de Sanctis Barton – creating a Public Bank in San Diego
  • Video – The Power of Public Banking: You Can “Public Bank” On That
  • californiapublicbankingalliance.org
  • Q&A
  • https://dfpi.ca.gov/public-banks/
• Carmen Nicole Cox, ACLU-Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, End Slavery in CA
  • ACLU Director of Government Affairs
  • Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8 https://legiscan.com/CA/text/ACA8/id/2708330
  • https://aclucalaction.org/bill/aca-8/
  • Your support for ACA 8 (Wilson) is much needed. The bill will be heard in Senate Appropriations on 6/24 at 10am.
  • Calls to Governor Newsom are appreciated: 916-445-2841, press 6: “Governor Newsom, please express public support for ACA 8.”
  • Calls to Senate Pro Tem McGuire would go far: 916-651-4170: “Senator McGuire, please do all you can to get ACA 8 out of the legislature by June 27.”
  • Q&A
• Business (Unfinished/New)
  • Ellen Nash Motion for DWC to consider endorsing in the Grossmont Healthcare District Zone 3 race
    • Passes Unanimously
  • Abena Bradford motion for BAWR to consider endorsing in the Grossmont Healthcare District Zone 3 race
    • Passes Unanimously
• Officer Reports
  • External Vice President Susan Peinado
    • CA Women’s List bill got out of committee 6-0 SB1170 https://www.californiawomenslist.org/recent-news/sb1170
    • Tama Becker holding “Voice for Choice” a reproductive rights rally on 6/23 10am-11:30am https://www.mobilize.us/bethechangesd/event/633113/?referring_vol=1098149&share_context=dashboard-event-details&sharer_role=SharerRole.ORGANIZER
  • President Cathie Hyatt
    • AB2924 to end child marriage in CA is being halted by Democratic Asm. Ash Kalra, write a letter of support here.
  • Treasurer Beatrice Cubitt
    • $4,100 in DWC bank account
  • Membership Director Patricia Wojdowski
    • 120 members
  • Media Director Angela de Joseph
    • Wednesday is Juneteenth & Women of Color ROAR Day. Celebrate!

• Announcements
  • Ellen Nash still in need of volunteers for flood victims, clean ups, etc.
  • Carolyn Fowler reminding of the importance of 5 key congressional seats we must win
    • Disability Awareness meeting prior to convention in August. Tuesday Jun 18, 2024 5pm – 6pm (Pacific Time – Los Angeles) Location: https://cadem-org.zoom.us/j/84637713432?pwd=ROXlmfReqSwzOwqZa7AsBk4bF08oce.1
• Adjourn
  • President Cathie Hyatt 8:25pm
• Next meeting: Monday, July 15, 6:30pm at Elijah’s.