> From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 15:37:04 +0000 (UTC) > > I guess that school board candidate who knocked on the door did not make their > cut. You mean, he's not progressive? > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: SBPA <http://www.SouthBayPA.org/~info> > To: "http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018, 10:55:29 PM PDT > Subject: SBPA Endorses Candidates -- and invites you to 9/29 Democracy Strategy Summit > > | SBPA September Newsletter > > | Candidates Endorsed ... for City Councils and School Boards > > Please join us in congratulating - and supporting - the following candidates > for public office. > > Endorsed School Board Candidates > Brenda Zendejas (Alum Rock Union School District). > Derek Grasty (Eastside Union High School District) > Brian LoBue (Oak Grove School District) > Peter Ortiz (Santa Clara County Office of Education) > Endorsed City Council Candidates > > > > Tara Sreekrishnan (Cupertino) > Alison Hicks (Mountain View) > Lenny Siegel (Mountain View) > John Cordes (Sunnyvale, Seat 3) > Joshua Grossman (Sunnyvale, Seat 2) > > SBPA Elections Action Team members, Coordinator of the SBPA Education Action > Team Roxana Mariachi, Co-Coordinator of the SBPA Rob Means, and others > interviewed candidates for school boards and city council seats on September 4 > and September 5, 2018. The invitation was made to all SBPA members to join > these endorsement recommendation meetings. The returned candidate > questionnaires are available online. > > Due to limited resources, SBPA plans to actively support only one candidate for > the fall election: Brenda Zendejas. The campaigns of Derek Grasty and Peter > Ortiz will be assisted by dropping literature for them while walking precincts > for Brenda Zendejas. > > If you want to better understand how we got into this mess, and discover how to > get out, this one-day Summit is for you! > > If you plan to attend, please register here. > > OUR VISION: PEOPLE-FOCUSED POLITICS > > OUR MISSION: The South Bay Progressive Alliance is an independent, politically > unaffiliated organization with a mission to unite diverse individuals, > communities, and organizations into an inclusive coalition that fights to elect > local corporate-free candidates, enact progressive policies, and build > institutions and a society based on democracy, equity, cooperation, compassion > and sustainability. > > WHAT WE ARE ABOUT: THE SBPA PLATFORM > > ● Keeping local government accountable and free of corporate influence, while nurturing democracy and civic participation > ● Supporting quality, affordable housing and renters rights > ● Promoting well-paying, sustainable jobs > ● Mobilizing for criminal justice and immigrant rights > ● Holding corporations responsible for worker safety, environmental health, and investing their fair share of taxes > ● Promoting quality, equitable healthcare for all > ● Protecting full social services essential to our communities > ● Supporting high-quality education and public schools > ● Supporting gender, racial and LGBTQ+ equity > ● Defending public assets for community benefit > ● Promoting environmentally sound policies: clean air and water, public transportation and public utilities, and expanding commons open spaces > ● Closing the income gap through worker cooperatives, organizing unions, public banks, and living wages. > ● Promoting the values of a peace economy that embodies cooperation, compassion, sustainability and mutual respect. > > > www.SouthBayPA.org > Info [at] SouthBayPA [dot] org > Phone 408-262-8975 > Facebook & Twitter @SouthBayPA > > SBPA mailing address: > box 5397, where-I-live 95150-5397 > > All rights reserved SBPA > > This email was sent to http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg > why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update > subscription preferences > South Bay Progressive Alliance - SBPA · box 5397 · where-I-live > 95150-5397 · USA