San Ramon Valley Democrats

Our May meeting . . .

The next meeting of the San Ramon Valley Democratic Club is this Thursday, May 22nd at the Crow Canyon Country Club. We will start with a no host bar at 6 pm, dinner at 6:30 and formal meeting at 7:30 pm. (We will have a short business meeting at 7 pm).

We encourage all Democrats in the San Ramon Valley to join us at our meetings and to bring their neighbors and friends. Our meeting last month was the first at the Crow Canyon Country Club and everyone in attendance voiced their approval of the venue and the meal, as well as the speaker, Rob Kessler, Superintendant of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.

This meeting will feature Gulia McPherson with Care USA, who will share her agency’s involvement in dealing with the world food crisis.

Giulia is the Advocacy Alliances Manager for CARE USA. She designs and implements strategies for engaging and mobilizing key constituencies through alliances with affinity groups – particularly those focused on youth and women. Prior to assuming this role in January 2008, Giulia was the Legislative Communications Coordinator for CARE based in Washington, D.C. She has extensive experience in research, analysis and communications related to legislative issues pertinent to CARE’s advocacy agenda. For four years, Giulia coordinated CARE’s annual National Conference and led efforts to educate and mobilize the CARE Action Network, CARE’s grassroots volunteer community.

Before joining CARE, Giulia worked for an Italian NGO at both their headquarters in Italy and field office in Lima, Peru. Prior to her time spent abroad, Giulia worked for the Nonprofit Sector & Philanthropy Program at The Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C. She has a Bachelors degree in Political Science from Villanova University and a Masters in International Development Studies from The George Washington University.

Please join us Thursday evening May 22nd. If you can, please bring appropriate donations of food items for our local food bank.

For reservations you can email Barney Rubin, barubin@aol.com or phone Barney at (925) 838 - 7238. Please make checks for dinner ($24) payable to Ray Link personally as the Country Club is not able to accept individual checks.

Ray Link

President, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club