Our regular meeting is cancelled this month... September is the time for our Candidate's serious campaigning and they need our help, see contact info below ...
Please volunteer this month to register voters for at least 2 hours.
Scott Hochberg's scheduled voter registrations:
SEPT. 16, between 11am and 7pm, at Kroger's, 5610 Gulfton, register voters while celebrating Fiesta Patrias.
9/19: school 6-8 pm9/20: school 5:30-7:30 pm
Scott Hochberg's Campaign Office
Manager, Anna Martinez 7011 Harwin, Suite 182 Ph: 713-981-8683 E-mail:
Congressman Al Green's Campaign Office 3003 South Loop West, Suite 321 Houston, TX 77054 Phone: 713-494-5087, 713-383-9234
Senate District 17 Voter Registration Project Jennifer Hubbs, 713-858-2663,
ALSO: HCDP Fundraiser, Johnson-Rayburn Dinner will feature Russ Feingold this year -- $125 per person. Saturday, September 30. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Contact HCDP, 713-802-0085 or www.hcdp.org
HCDP is also accepting donated items for a silent auction that is held at the same event.
The Sharpstown Democrats cancelled their regular 4th Saturday meeting in order to have the opportunity to volunteer for HISD's "Expectation Graduation" program designed to encourage dropouts to return to school.
Our volunteers assisted teachers and other HISD volunteers on Saturday morning knocking on the doors of dropouts. Sometimes the student has hardships such as the need to help with childcare or financial support of the family. Information about social programs ,flexible scheduling and night classes can sometimes help students overcome these hurdles. Other times, just having someone come by is enough to encourage students to return.
For me, the biggest eye opener was the condition of the apartment complex next door to Sharpstown High School. I walked over mud puddles bubbling from garbage, cooked rice settling on broken sidewalks and soiled diapers in the courtyard. Most disturbing was a second floor guardrail only being held to its vertical support by a 1/4 inch rope. We smelled natural gas both times we passed by one of the buildings. For some reason I thought there was a heath ordinance against these types of things.
This is the fourth year of the Expectation Graduation program. This year, Mayor White was one of the Sharpstown High School volunteers, as well as city council member MJ Khan, state Senator Rodney Ellis, District 13 and Representative Scott Hochberg, District 137. Many corporate sponsors donated food, t-shirts and services as well as recruiting volunteers from the community.
Mayor White gave a compelling speech at Sharpstown, concluding with the suggestion that as a matter of homeland security, it is imperitive that America invests in its brain.
The Scott Hochberg Campaign HQ is open for business and actively registering voters gain. Campaign manager, Anna Martinez, welcomes any and all volunteers for doing door-to-door work on Saturday mornings and also some registration tables at schools and apartments on various evenings. The opposition has been quiet so far but we can't count on her to stay that way. One way or another we need to register and turn out Democrats for all of our races.
8:00 PM the connection: Red, White and Blue -- (HoustonPBS Production)
Join hosts David Jones and Gary Polland as they talk with Democrat Chris Bell about his run for governor. Many may remember him as the man who filed a congressional complaint against Tom De Lay in 2004. So what are his plans for ending the culture of corruption in politics and how is he going to re-build public education in Texas? We hope you'll join us.
PAPPAS BBQ, 7007 S.W. Freeway (hwy 59), near the Bellaire exit
6:30 PM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23
All club members and family are invited to an informal social gathering at Pappas Barbeque. Please join us for food, fun, drinks and political discussion.
Note: We will not have our regular Saturday meeting this month.
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Please volunteer this month to register voters for at least 2 hours. 