Shockwave has performed something akin to a miracle. As you already know if you read the Connect! Unite! Act! community diary, we have three BIG NAME celebrity political figures, two running for Henry Waxman's seat in the 33rd Congressional District, who will be speaking at our next two events, both of which will be taking place at the back room at Casey's Irish Pub, at 613 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. As you remember, Casey's opens at 2 PM on Saturdays, so 2 PM it will be, and we're meeting there because it's a good place to have speakers.
On May 24 our featured speaker will be Marianne Williamson, who is running for Congress as an independent. On May 31, our speakers will be Matt Miller, also running for Congress as I guess a Democrat, and Sandra Fluke, who is running for Ted Lieu's State Senate seat (since Lieu is running for Congress in that crowded field). Well have a celerity of our own at the May 31 meeting, the illustrious tmservo433 who will be in town in conjunction with a documentary he's doing on Kansas politics (most recent diary on Kansas here.)
These promise to be tremendously interesting events, especially since we know that in California it's not that hard to transfer celebrity to politics. On May 24, we get to learn how Marianne Williamson, who is well-known as a spiritual leader, will translate her skills to politics. On May 31, we get to learn how Matt Miller, who has been occupying the "Center" position on a program called "Left, Right and Center" operated by one of the public radio stations here, is going to position himself in a crowded field in a particularly progressive district, and we get to meet a rising star in California politics, Sandra Fluke.
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MAY 24th:
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1. Shockwave
2. susans
3. Otoelbc
4. Dave in Northridge
5. jakedog42
6. SanFernandoValleyMom
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1. Chiwere
2. 714Day
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MAY 31st:
RSVPs:
1. Shockwave
2. susans
3. Otoelbc
4. jakedog42
5. Joe Bacon
6. tmservo433
7. SanFernandoValleyMom
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Maybees:
1. Chiwere
2. 714Day
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Thu May 08, 2014 at 12:03 PM PT (navajo): Added graphics. Please use going forward on these events.