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Pride Event to Support Oregon House Democrats

Posted by admin on 4th June 2010

Greetings,

GLBTQ Pride season is almost here!

Bill Dickey, Carl Wolfson & Tom Barreto

Invite you to a special fundraising event with advocates and leaders for the GLBTQ Community

Rep. Mary Nolan
House Majority Leader

Rep. Tina Kotek
House Majority Whip

Tuesday, June 15
6:00 to 8:00 PM

To support the Oregon House Democrats

23Hoyt
529 NW 23rd Avenue, Portland

To RSVP Contact Andy Darkins at
503-239-8623 or andy@futurepac.org

About the Hosts…

Carl Wolfson is the host of KPOJ’s Carl and Christine Show, a Democratic activist and, according to Bill Dickey, “one of the most knowledgeable guys on the radio — and funny as hell.”

Bill Dickey has spent 20 years in the bar business and the last 15 years in the printing business as co-owner of Witham & Dickey, one of Portland’s premier print shops. Bill knows the dirt on everyone and can print it!

Tom Barreto is the Eye Doctor to the stars and Eye Candy for everyone else. Dr. Barreto owns Eyes on Broadway and has been a community leader for 25 years.

Rep. Mary Nolan was Basic Rights Oregon’s 2007 Equality Champion and serves as the Oregon House Majority Leader.

Rep. Tina Kotek, Portland’s very own Rachel Maddow, is the only openly gay member of the Oregon House and was instrumental in passing the Oregon Equality Act. Tina is the Majority Whip in the Oregon House.

If that is not enough there is more…….

Have you heard about Claudia Kyle? Claudia is a candidate running for House Representative in House District 19 and she openly identifies as lesbian. She’s running a tough smart campaign and needs our support. Claudia has been endorsed by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Basic Rights PAC.Claudia is in Minnesota this evening at one of the most intense candidate training programs in the country which helps to elect LGBTQ candidates. However, she’ll be at this great event and you’ll have an opportunity to meet her.

Please RSVP today!

To RSVP Contact Andy Darkins at
503-239-8623 or andy@futurepac.org

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Oregon Democrat Terry Bean Tapped By DNC Chair Tim Kaine

Posted by admin on 8th February 2010


5th September 2009

Gov. Tim Kaine, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, just appointed a number of GLBT people to the Democratic National Committee.

Among them is Oregon Democrat, business man, philanthropist, and GLBT rights leader Terry Bean who hails from Portland Oregon. Bean has been no stranger to the GLBT community working behind the scenes and sometimes in the spot light when it comes to equality for all GLBT Americans.

Gov. Kaine also appointed Babs Casbar-Siperstein who is the first ever transgender person to be become a Democratic National Committee member.  Casbar-Siperstein is one of the Deputy Vice-Chairs of the New Jersey Democratic Party.

Out lesbians, Randi Weingarten who is the President of the American Federation of Teachers and Dallas Sheriff Lupe Valdez also won appointments to the DNC.

Democratic Party activists and GLBT rights leaders Evan Low and Earl Fowlkes were also tapped tapped by Kaine to sit on the DNC. Low, an Asian American, is the Vice Mayor of Campbell CA and was the yougest person to be elected to a public office in California. Fowlkes is the President of the International Federation of Black Prides.

Rick Stafford, Chair of the DNC LGBT Americans, said that Gov. Kaine also appointed Maryland House Delegate Heather Mizeur to the DNC Executive Committee where she will join DNC Treasurer Andy Tobias, DNC Vice Chair Ray Buckley, and Stafford on the 45 member executive committee.

Stafford also notes that Governor Kaine’s appointments doubles the number of appointments ever made through this process and brings the overall  number of GLBT representaion in the DNC to near parity with the estimated GLBT Democratic vote loayalty.

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