Dump Telsa – Defund Fascism

By: Janan Platt, Community Member The California Public Employees’ Retirement System and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalPERS) together own about 9 million shares of Tesla stock. Elon Musk gets most of his wealth from Tesla. Funding Tesla is funding fascism. An action we can all take is: CALL and WRITE our representatives, and … Read more

Know Your Rights — Stay Safe!

May Day Protest — Downtown Lakeport — May 1st, 4-6pm — Join Lake County Democrats and others nationwide to stand up and speak out! Thanks Alt Forest Service for the poster. For more information and to know your rights: www.aclu.org/know-your-rights

Cinco de Mayo – Looking for Volunteers

Volunteers needed to fill a few slots for our Cinco de Mayo Booth — 12:00-2:30 pm – TWO PEOPLE NEEDED — 2:30-5:00 pm – TWO PEOPLE NEEDED — If you can help out please contact Janet Melton – 719-641-7441 or janetmelton@gmail.com

Earth Day – Looking for Volunteers

Volunteers needed to fill a few slots for our Earth Day Booth — 1:00-3:00 pm – TWO PEOPLE NEEDED — 3:00-5:00 pm – ONE PERSON NEEDED — 5:00-6:00 pm Take Down – ONE PERSON NEEDED — If you can help out please contact Janet Melton – 719-641-7441 or janetmelton@gmail.com

Marie Schrader’s Speech April 5, 2025

Return to May 2025 Newsletter Parts of Marie’s speech as quoted in the Lake County Record Bee, published April 7, 2025 ‘LAKEPORT >> Punching above their weight, the local version of the nationwide women’s march (which included significant male support this year) loudly proclaimed discontent with the state of the nation’s policy, as some contend … Read more

Makiah Alfred Speech April 5, 2025

Return to May 2025 Newsletter Hello Everyone, Thank you all for coming today. Elected leaders are attempting to erase all the social and environmental justice progress that has been made over the decades. The erasure and rewriting of history, promotion of lies and misinformation, degradation of the constitution, dismantling of social justice programs, legislative attacks on … Read more

Charise Reynolds Speech April 5, 2025

Return to May 2025 Newsletter Good afternoon, Lake County! My name is Charise Reynolds and like you, I am here to show the President that we will not stand idly by while he attacks the Constitution and tries to systematically strip away our in-alien-able rights. We have a president and a Republican congress who are … Read more

Federal Budget Cuts Devastating for Lake County

Tuesday, April 8, Rachael Dillman Parsons, Director of Lake County Department of Social Services, presented before the Lake County Board of Supervisors. Her presentation detailed the impacts that current cuts in the Federal budget will have on Lake County and its residents. It’s a lot of information, but take the time to watch it. Ms. … Read more