Brownie Mary to Submit Employment Protection Resolution & Meeting @ Oakland CaDEM Eboard meeting July 13 - 15

The summer CaDEM Eboard meeting takes place this July 13 – 15 in Oakland. With a contentious endorsement contest pitting Senator Diane Feinstein against challenger former Calif. Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin DeLeon and planning for California Democrats to oust 7 Republicans occupying congressional districts that were won by Hillary Clinton, this will be a most exciting event.

The Eboard meeting is being held at the Marriot Oakland City Center City, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607. All Democrats are welcome to attend. All committee and board meetings as well as Hospitality Suites and candidate events are open to everyone free of charge. To attend the Eboard general sessions requires you either be an Eboard member or purchase an observer pass for $40. To see the agenda for the Eboard and other information about the meeting, CLICK HERE.

Brownie Mary Democrats will be right there in thick of it with the introduction of a resolution seeking employment protections for cannabis consumers and holding a general BMD membership meeting on Saturday.

If you are in the Bay area this weekend, you are most welcome to join us at our general membership meeting on Saturday, July 14 at 6 p.m. and to attend the resolution committee meeting on Friday, July 13 at 4 p.m. where we will be presenting our resolution on protecting cannabis consumers from being fired from their jobs on Monday morning for using cannabis on Sunday.

BMD has presented resolutions since we first introduced a plank to the Party’s Platform in 2014 calling on the Party and all Democrats to support marijuana legalization. This is the first time, however, that any of our resolutions has met with any push-back. Opposition to the employment protection resolution is coming from some trade unions who believe that the use of marijuana will impair a worker’s ability to competently and safely perform their job.

I have prepared a response to those concerns which I will present at the Resolution Committee meeting. To see the resolution and my response to the opposition CLICK HERE.

We also are holding a general BMD meeting which you are cordially invited to attend. The meeting will be held on Sat. July 14 at 6 p.m. at the IMPERIAL SOUP restaurant at 723 Webster St - only 3 blocks from the Mariott Hotel between 7th & 8th St. Imperial Soup is a unique restaurant featuring a wide selection of herbal and healthy Chinese dishes for around $10.

With speakers, a robust agenda and prizes, I am sure you will find the meeting to be of interest and the attendees to be jovial and a delight to meet. The agenda for the meeting is listed below. If you have any questions, please call me at 760-799-2055.

AGENDA

Brownie Mary Democrats of California

General Membership Meeting

July 14 at 6 p.m.

1. Call to order
2. Minutes
3. Financial Report
4. Endorsements
5. Report on employment protection resolution
6. Speakers
7. Report on local issues
8. Analysis of state legislative bills
9. Analysis of ongoing federal legislation
10. Fundraising
11. Other business
12. Prize drawings
13. Adjournment

Support our work and give us more clout at the CaDEM Eboard meeting by becoming a member of the CaDEM Statewide Chartered Brownie Mary Democrats of California. It's never-too-late to join. $10 for standard membership, $5 for seniors, veterans, students, low income. To join: CLICK HERE.