Dear Friends,
There are 2 very special events in the
first half of March that I am sponsoring and would like
to invite you all to attend. Details are below.
Please join me as we celebrate and honor
our community!
See you there!
--Mayor McLaughlin
Friday, March 5, 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Whittlesey
Room of the Richmond Library, 325 Civic Center Plaza
You are invited to a special session of
Mayor McLaughlin’s monthly Meet-with-the-Mayor featuring
Abel Pineda of Richmond High School and Adam Zittel of
Salesian High School presenting their award winning poetry
performances.
Abel and Adam were finalists
in the county-wide Poetry Out Loud competition on February
7 in Lafayette. Both students were selected from a large
pool of participants from their schools to go to the
finals, where Abel Pineda took third place. Over 2000
students from 12 schools in Contra Costa County participated
in this year’s Poetry Out Loud competition. Students
select a poem that resonates with them, study it and
perform it to bring out its meaning. The program seeks
to promote a love of literature in the next generation
through recitation and performance.
Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and Assemblymember
Nancy Skinner will be presenting Abel and Adam with certificates
of recognition. All are welcome!
Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 10:00 am – 3:00
pm
Lovonya DeJean School, 3400 Macdonald Ave.,
Richmond, CA
Join Us for Richmond’s 3rd Annual International
Women’s Day Celebration
Women in Solidarity: Healing Our Beloved
Community
Mujeres en Solidaridad: Sanando Nuestra
Querida Comunidad
Keynote Speaker: Lakota Harden, Native
American Activist and host of KPFA radio’s Bay Native
Circle
More speakers and performances
by local dancers, poets and musicians
Round-table discussions with co-sponsoring
organizations
Free admission, lunch and childcare will
be provided
To pre-register, please call 510-620-6502
Para asistencia y registracion, llame 520-620-6527
Co-sponsors: Richmond
Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, Black Alliance for Just Immigration,
Black Women Organized for Political Action, Blacks Mobilizing
Organizing and Educating Richmond, California Coalition
for Women Prisoners, Communities for a Better Environment,
Communities United Restoring Mother Earth, Community
Violence Solutions, Contra Costa Commission for Women,
CYCLE, Girls Inc., Haiti Action Committee, International
Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five, Journeys
Above and Beyond, Laotian Organizing Project, Morada
de Mujeres del Milenio, Mothers Against Senseless Killing,
Native American Health Center, Richmond Human Relations
and Human Rights Commission, Richmond Progressive Alliance,
Richmond Regla Sister City Committee, Rosie the Riveter
WWII Homefront National Historic Park, RYSE Center, Saffron
Strand, Solar Richmond, STAND! Against Domestic Violence,
Tent City Peace Movement, The Latina Center, Ujima Family
Recovery Services, Urban Tilth, Verde Partnership Garden,
Weigh of Life, Youth Enrichment Strategies, Youth Together
