Stonewall Young Democrats is proud to announce our 4th Annual HERO Awards Ceremony to be held on August 28, 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel. The HERO Awards are designed to honor individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of the rights of the LGBT Community.

HONORING:
- Hon. Diane E. Watson, Congresswoman, 33rd District
- Karina Samala, Transgender Community Leader
- Kafi Blumenfield, President/CEO, Liberty Hill Foundation
- Maria E. Durazo, Executive Secretary -Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
- Carlos Sosa, Youth Community Advocate

Mistress of Ceremonies: Lu Parker, Emmy Award Winning Journalist

Tickets:
- General Tickets $50.
- $35 Young Democrats (under 36, includes 1yr. membership)

Sponsorships:
- Diamond Sponsor: $1,000 (4 Tickets and Full Page Ad)
- Emerald Sponsor: $500 (2 Tickets and 1/2 Page Ad)
- Ruby Sponsor: $250 (2 Tickets and 1/4 Page Ad)

Individual Ads:
- Full Page Ad: $800 – 1/2 Page Ad: $400
- 1/4 Page Ad: $200 – Signature Page: $100

Parking: Reduced valet parking and street parking available.

Join Stonewall Young Democrats and Stonewall Democratic Club for our summer BBQ!

RSVP to the event through our Facebook Event page here!

For more information, please contact our Community VP Michael Colorge.

Join the California Young Democrats and Stonewall Young Democrats for Special Election Senate District 15 Get Out the Vote (GOTV) this now-Tuesday, June 22nd–you can choose the campaign office closest to you or you can make calls into the district from your very own couch. Help us elect Democrat and former Assemblymember John Laird and bring Democrats in the Legislature within a striking distance of having a 2/3rds Democratic majority!

A Democrat, Laird (along with Mark Leno) was one of the two first gay men to serve in the California legislature. Laird become one of the United States first openly gay mayors in 1983 when he took over the mayoralty of the city of Santa Cruz, CA.

Phonebanking
Want to make calls from your couch? Contact CYD Executive Director Claire Conlon, CConlon@youngdems.org or 916.595.3090 for the online log-in link and GOTV call script. Yes it is that easy! Your phone call may be the only voter contact a voter in SD 15 gets and the race will be close so your call could be the margin of victory.

CYD Region 5 Director and DNC member Becca Doten presents to SYD President Chris Braun the 2010 Outstanding Chapter award

Stonewall Young Democrats award for being the California Young Democrats Outstanding Chapter in 2010

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Dear Friends,

It is with great excitement that we announce our endorsements for the June 8, 2010. We appreciate the participation of all democratic candidates during our endorsement process and their commitment to the LGBT Community. When you go vote on June 8, 2010 - we kindly ask you to consider and support the following candidates and propostions:

United States Senator - Barbara Boxer

U.S. representative district 27 Brad Sherman*

U.S. representative district 28 Howard Berman*

U.S. representative district 29 Adam Schiff*

U.S. representative district 30 Henry Waxman*

U.S. representative district 31 Xavier Becerra*

U.S. representative district 32 Judy Chu*

U.S. representative district 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard*

U.S. representative district 35 Maxine waters*

U.S. representative district 36 Jane Harman*

U.S. representative district 37 Laura Richardson*

U.S. representative district 38 Grace Napolitano*

U.S. representative district 39 Linda Sanchez*

Governor Jerry Brown

Lieutenant Governor - Janice Hahn

Secretary of State Debra Bowen*

Attorney General Ted W. Lieu

Controller John Chiang*

Treasurer Bill Lockyer*

Insurance Commissioner Hector De La Torre

CALIFORNIA SENATE DISTRICT 20 Alex Padilla*

CALIFORNIA SENATE DISTRICT 22 Kevin De Leon

CALIFORNIA SENATE DISTRICT 24 ED HERNANDEZ

CALIFORNIA SENATE DISTRICT 26 Curren Price*

CALIFORNIA SENATE DISTRICT 28 Jenny Oropeza*

CALIFORNIA SENATE DISTRICT 30 Ron Calderon*

CALIFORNIA SENATE DISTRICT 32 Gloria Negrete McLeod*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 36 Shawntrice Watkins

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 38 Diana Shaw

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 39 FELIPE FUENTES*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 40 BOB BLUMENFIELD*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 41 JULIA BROWNLEY*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 42 MIKE FEUER*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 43 MIKE GATTO

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 44 ANTHONY PORTANTINO*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 45 Gil Cedillo

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 46 JOHN A. PEREZ*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 47 Reggie JONES-SAWYER

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 49 MIKE ENG*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 50 RICARDO LARA

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 51 STEVEN BRADFORD*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 52 ISADORE HALL*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 53 BETSY BUTLER

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 54 BONNIE LOWENTHAL*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 55 WARREN FURUTANI*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 56 TONY MENDOZA*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 58 Charles Calderon*

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 61 Norma Torrez*

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERVISOR 1ST DISTRICT Gloria Molina

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERVISOR 3RD DISTRICT Zev Yaroslavsky

LOS ANGELES COUNTY ASSESSOR John Noguez

Superior Court Judges:
Office No. 28: Mark K. Ameli
Office No. 35: Soussan (Suzanne) Bruguera
Office No. 107: Valerie Salkin… See More
Office No. 117: Alan Schneider
Office No. 131: Maren E. Nelson

Proposition 13 - Yes
Proposition 14 - No
Proposition 15 - Yes
Proposition 16 - No
Proposition 17 - No
Measure E - Yes

DEMOCRATIC PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE

- DEM.PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 36 BOB FORSHAY

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 36 ANDY K. GIEST

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 36 MARIE E. MCCLINTOCK

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 38 JIM HILFENHAUS

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 38 CAROLE L. LUTNESS

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 38 LYN SHAW

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE. AD 40 JEFFERY DAAR

-DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 40 MARILYN GRUNWALD

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE. AD 40 DAN MCCRORY

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMITE AD 41 JULIE LOPEZ DAD

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 41 LEAH K. HERZBERG

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMITE AD 41 DOLORES M. PRESS

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 42 DANTE ATKINS

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE. AD 42 PAUL KORETZ

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE AD 42 JOE CISLOWSKI

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE. AD 42 DIANA PLOTKIN

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 42 JEFFREY PRANG

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 42 ALTON REED

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 42 JOYCE M. RUBIN

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 43 IGOR KAGAN

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 43 ADRIN NAZARIAN

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 44 KAREN M. WINGARD

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 45 CHRISTOPHER ARELLANO

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 47 JIMMIE WOODS-GRAY

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 49 SCOTT SVONKIN

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 58 JAY FAY CHEN

- DEM. PARTY CENTRAL CMTE AD 58 ROBERT OLIVAREZ

Brigham Yen
28 / Pasadena, Calif.
Blogger, real estate agent

Most gay people like to make things pretty. This desire, real estate agent and blogger Brigham Yen explains, is why they often lead the charge in urban renewal, and it’s what fueled his passion to help turn downtown Los Angeles from a no-man’s-land into a 24-hour district. Yen developed a love for cities while growing up in un-urban Utah (yes, Brigham is his real name). After college he moved to Los Angeles, where he became engrossed in the city’s effort to clean up its blighted downtown and expand its transit system. Yen began attending planning meetings for new buildings and subways, made contacts with politicians, and was soon hired by the Downtown Center Business Improvement District as an economic development associate. He was part of an effort to convince residents and businesses to move downtown, including a Wolfgang Puck restaurant and a trendy sneaker store. Now a real estate agent, he leases retail spaces and sells condos in neighboring Pasadena, where he lives with his partner. His enthusiasm for sustainable cities recently led him to launch Pasadena Real Estate With Brigham Yen, a popular blog on the city’s pedestrian-friendly developments.

Vincent Jones
34 / Los Angeles
Senior program officer, Liberty Hill Foundation

Liberty Hill Foundation was founded in 1976 on the premise that there were many organizations dedicated to various social changes, but one thing all those groups needed was cash to reach their goals. Groups seeking grants go through a rigorous application process, which is largely the responsibility of Vincent Jones. Jones has worked on a number of gay initiatives, including a Liberty-funded voter education program to help fight California’s Proposition 8. He also works with Lambda Legal, Camp Courage, and the National Teen Leadership Program, creating initiatives to inspire more African-Americans to get involved in social justice philanthropy. As a young man, “several youth programs helped me hone certain skills, realize my potential, get connected to a positive peer network and to think about things I’ve never thought about before,” Jones says. “If more teens access those types of experiences, we’ll have a better world.”

http://www.advocate.com/Print_Issue/Cover_Stories/Forty_Under_40/

Nayiri Nahabedian has been a committed community activist and education reformer for the San Fernando Valley. She has dedicated her personal and professional life to improving the lives of the people in the community around her, and has cultivated a long history of leadership and service. She is currently serving as a member of the Board of Education for Glendale Unified School District and is running for the California State Assembly in the 43rd District.

Supporters:
Councilmember Paul Krekorian - Los Angeles City Council, District 2
Councilmember Tony Cardenas - Los Angeles City Council, District 6
Congressman Howard Berman - CA-28
Congresswoman Jackie Speier - CA-12
Speaker Emeritus Karen Bass - CA-47
Senator Carol Liu – CA-21
Senator Alex Padilla – CA-20
Senator Curren Price – CA-26
Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield – CA-40
Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes – CA-39
Assemblymember Anthony Portantino - CA-44
Assemblymember Julia Brownley - CA-4

Contact our Political Vice-President, Ari Ruiz at: ari.ruiz@stonewallyoungdems.org

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions through email at info@stonewallyoungdems.org.

Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Plummer Park Rooms 5 & 6
Street: 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard
City/Town: West Hollywood, CA

Join us March 10th at Plummer Park for a Census discussion. Find out how Census data helps the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community, and why it is crucial that we get our community to mail back the forms. …400 billion dollars and political representation is just a start.

Meet and greet with UCLA Williams Institute and our Community Partners at 6:30pm — Discussion will start promptly at 7pm

“Census data have done more to make LGBT families and their needs visible than any other source of data we have,” said Lee Badgett, Research Director at the Williams Institute at UCLA, one of the country’s leading think tanks on sexual orientation law and public policy.
RSVP on Facebook or LGBT2010Census@gmail.com