EVENTS CALENDAR

POLITICAL BOOK CLUB

PBC – The book for March 27th is Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum (June 2021, 224 pages) The Pulitzer Prize winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism and authoritarianism. Applebaum contends that political systems with radically simple beliefs are inherently appealing, especially when they benefit the loyal to the exclusion of everyone else.

The only requirement to join the book club discussion is that each participant has read the book. The standard format consists of each person giving a brief (1-2 minute) statement concerning the book’s overall impressions and implications. This segment is followed by group questions and discussions of the material. If you would like to join the book club, or want to submit the title of books you are interested in reading and discussing, or if you would like any other information about the book club, please contact jananderson46@gmail.com

LET”S TALK POLITICS

At 4:15 pm, those who have not read the book can join the group to share thoughts, concerns, insights, and predilections about current political and societal events. As one member stated, we can talk about “those issues which keep you awake at night”. Everyone has a chance to speak, while we all listen. Topics for discussion usually evolve from the group concerns. Whatever your political persuasion, you are welcome to join this accepting and respectful group.

To join the Zoom meeting, click here and use passcode 220148. You will need to be admitted by the host.

LET”S TALK POLITICS

Following the Book club from 3-4:15pm, those who have not read the book club book can join the group to share thoughts, concerns, insights, and predilections about current political and societal events. As one member stated, we can talk about “those issues which keep you awake at night”. Everyone has a chance to speak, while we all listen. Topics for discussion usually evolve from the group concerns. Whatever your political persuasion, you are welcome to join this accepting and respectful group.

To join the Zoom meeting, click here and use passcode 220148. You will need to be admitted by the host.

Arizona Training for Reproductive Rights

January 30, 2024  7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Train to collect signatures for the Arizona for Abortion Access ballot initiative petitions. Sign up for training at Arizona’s List. RSVP for all trainings are required. For Arizona’s List AAA training questions, please contact their office manager, Yunmeng Dang–yunmeng@arizonalist.org You must be registered one hour before the event to receive the link which are sent one hour before the event from yunmeng@arizonalist.org. Please check your spam folder

After your training, please contact Toby to get your petitions.
IndivisibleSedona@gmail.com

12pm, 1pm, 6pm MST

La Quinta Inn, 4499 AZ-69, Prescott, AZ 86301

Join us in February to kick off the 2024 election season with some planning and training!

Once again, we are facing a critical election year, and every effort matters. This is a FREE event for organizers and activists in Yavapai County who want to build their skills and get to know other like-minded folks across the county. All ages and levels of experience are welcome! Register here.

Sessions will include core topics relevant to working on local, state, and federal elections as well as issue-based campaigns. There will also be plenty of time to get to know your fellow organizers and activists in Yavapai County.

Schedule:
12-1pm: Lunch and networking
1-4pm: Workshops and speakers
6-8pm: Mocktail reception with snacks

Please indicate which activities you are planning to attend so we can plan appropriately for food and materials.

Financial assistance for local lodging is available if needed to help you participate.

Co-sponsored by: Indivisible Cottonwood, Cornville, Clarkdale; Prescott Indivisible; Rural Organizing Initiative

Sign up here:

https://www.mobilize.us/yavapaicounty/event/596926/

Meet and Greet Fundraiser for Nikki Check

District 3 Candidate for Yavapai County Board of Supervisors

4-5:30pm

El Portal at Tlaquepaque

Go to this link to register:
https://www.electnikkicheck.com/events/meet-greet-fundraiser-in-sedona-february-4th

We will be voting for a new Chair. Mike Fogel has stepped down and Vice Chair, Ray Frey, is taking his place until the election

We will hold a virtual County Committee meeting to accomplish this election on April 20, 2023, at 5:45 p.m.

Have a question? Need information on YCDP candidates, events, activities, programs, or positions?

Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Or come by our Headquarters.

1555 Iron Springs Road, Suite 1

Prescott, AZ 86305

               11am-3pm

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Letter from the Chair

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Presidential Election Day 2024 is in 39 weeks. What will you do to make sure that it’s a day to celebrate? There’s a lot to do between now and then!

Be sure to attend our Democracy Fair on February 24th, from noon to 4:00 pm.

Invite everyone you know and help us fill the cafeteria and commons areas of Coconino High School with voters and future voters. We’ll need lots of help that day, please sign up to help if you can.

A big thank you to Nancy Branham and all the volunteers who make the Coconino

County Democratic Party Donation Drive in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. such a huge success. The last of the winter clothing and blanket donations are packed up and ready for delivery to Sovereign Lands. Thank you to District 4 Supervisor Judy Begay for making those arrangements.

Are you interested in working for Coconino County to help with Election Day?

Find out more at our Action Meeting or call the Elections Office at 928-679-7120 and ask for Denise Anderson.

Finally, go ahead and download the DNC REACH app on your personal device, and

look on Mobilize for the training on how to use it. This APP for relational canvassing will be a key component of the coordinated campaign, and you’ll be hearing lots more about it.

Get ahead of the game and be ready for the campaign to reelect Biden/Harris!

Together we will celebrate a Blue Arizona 2024,

Laura Carter

Chair

The League of Women Voters Central Yavapai County
has scheduled our good friend
Terry Goddard
as the guest speaker at their
March 2nd meeting. It’s my understanding that he will be speaking about the status of the lawsuits going on.

This meeting is open to the public and available on Zoom but you do need to register whether you are attending in-person or via zoom as there are in-person and zoom max capacities.

The session is on Saturday, March 2nd from 11-12:30 at Yavapai College, building 3, room 119. I’ve attached a map of the college if you are attending in-person. It’s the same room where the league holds all their sessions.

To register:
1. Click on this registration link to register..
2. Click on Add to Cart to either attend in-person or attend via Zoom (there are two choices).
3. On the Cart Preview screens that displays, scroll to the bottom and click on Checkout.
4. On the next screen, click on the Check Out button.
5. You will have to create a new account for Olli if you don’t already have one.
6. After creating your account (or logging in if you already have an OLLI account) you can click on the Cart icon to bring up the cart with your registration.
7. Again, click on the Check Out button. When I did this it made me go back and click on Purchase first. Then I got a screen with my order confirmation. Cheesh!
8. I then got an email confirming my reservation.

Diane McQueen
928-699-4308

Download may from this link.
prescott-campus-map-to-3-119

Sedona will have a parade on

St. Patrick’s Day

 Uptown Sedona

We will be voting for a new Chair. Mike Fogel has stepped down and Vice Chair, Ray Frey, is taking his place until the election

We will hold a virtual County Committee meeting to accomplish this election on April 20, 2023, at 5:45 p.m.

Have a question? Need information on YCDP candidates, events, activities, programs, or positions?

Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Or come by our Headquarters.

1555 Iron Springs Road, Suite 1

Prescott, AZ 86305

               11am-3pm

​

We will be voting for a new Chair. Mike Fogel has stepped down and Vice Chair, Ray Frey, is taking his place until the election

We will hold a virtual County Committee meeting to accomplish this election on April 20, 2023, at 5:45 p.m.

Have a question? Need information on YCDP candidates, events, activities, programs, or positions?

Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Or come by our Headquarters.

1555 Iron Springs Road, Suite 1

Prescott, AZ 86305

               11am-3pm

​

We will be voting for a new Chair. Mike Fogel has stepped down and Vice Chair, Ray Frey, is taking his place until the election

We will hold a virtual County Committee meeting to accomplish this election on April 20, 2023, at 5:45 p.m.

Have a question? Need information on YCDP candidates, events, activities, programs, or positions?

Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Or come by our Headquarters.

1555 Iron Springs Road, Suite 1

Prescott, AZ 86305

               11am-3pm

​

We will be voting for a new Chair. Mike Fogel has stepped down and Vice Chair, Ray Frey, is taking his place until the election

We will hold a virtual County Committee meeting to accomplish this election on April 20, 2023, at 5:45 p.m.

Have a question? Need information on YCDP candidates, events, activities, programs, or positions?

Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Or come by our Headquarters.

1555 Iron Springs Road, Suite 1

Prescott, AZ 86305

               11am-3pm

​

We will be voting for a new Chair. Mike Fogel has stepped down and Vice Chair, Ray Frey, is taking his place until the election

We will hold a virtual County Committee meeting to accomplish this election on April 20, 2023, at 5:45 p.m.

Have a question? Need information on YCDP candidates, events, activities, programs, or positions?

Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Or come by our Headquarters.

1555 Iron Springs Road, Suite 1

Prescott, AZ 86305

               11am-3pm

​

We will be voting for a new Chair. Mike Fogel has stepped down and Vice Chair, Ray Frey, is taking his place until the election

We will hold a virtual County Committee meeting to accomplish this election on April 20, 2023, at 5:45 p.m.

Have a question? Need information on YCDP candidates, events, activities, programs, or positions?

Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Or come by our Headquarters.

1555 Iron Springs Road, Suite 1

Prescott, AZ 86305

               11am-3pm

​

We will be voting for a new Chair. Mike Fogel has stepped down and Vice Chair, Ray Frey, is taking his place until the election

We will hold a virtual County Committee meeting to accomplish this election on April 20, 2023, at 5:45 p.m.

Have a question? Need information on YCDP candidates, events, activities, programs, or positions?

Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Or come by our Headquarters.

1555 Iron Springs Road, Suite 1

Prescott, AZ 86305

               11am-3pm

​

Verde Valley Dems will hold their monthly Meeting at the Red Rooster Cafe in Cottonwood on January 9, at 5:30. Their guests will be speakers from the newly formed response groups created by Indivisible Sedona.                             1. Immigration – Lori Lagorio lorila01@hotmail.com
2. LGBTQ+ – Chris Seeholzer chrisseeholzer@juno.com
3. Climate Change/Sustainability – Peggy Chaikinpeggychaikin@gmail.com
4. Candidate Recruitment and Contact Local/State – Llama Habern and
Julie Fernatt Indivisibleccc@gmail.com                                                                   5. Messaging: Information/Disinformation – Andrea Christelle and Matt Goodwin   andrea@sedonaphilosophy.com matthew@sedonaphilosophy.com
6. Healthcare – Leadership needed
7. Project 2025 – Leadership needed

Speakers: Ann Shaw, current Cottonwood mayor and Tim Elinski, former Cottonwood mayor

Get Ready To Take Action! Join us on Thursday, February 6th to review the new Indivisible Guide and Prescott Indivisible’s plans for 2025.   If you want to get a head start on the meeting you can read the Indivisible Guide here: https://indivisible.org/resource/guide We will be discussing and forming committees for immigration, communication, municipal government and city elections. Please consider volunteering. Please Register Registering helps us plan for dinner AND the only way to participate virtually. RSVP HERE IN-PERSON: Please join us in-person at 5:30 pm for a light dinner and to hang out with other progressive activists in the area. GPUUC, 882 Sunset Avenue, Prescott. The speakers and presentation will begin at 6. VIRTUAL: Please join us virtually a few minutes before 6 pm to test your sound and video. The speakers and presentation will begin at 6. The link to join will be included in your confirmation and reminder emails. Questions or comments?  Please email info@prescottindivisible.org

Please plan to attend our monthly Action Meeting this Saturday at the Murdock Center.  (203 E Brannen Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86001)  Or join us via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86753769350

Please contact Susan Shapiro if you want to attend! 

The onslaught of news, the chaos out of the White House, it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back.

The antidote: Coming together in community to process what’s happening, to sift through what’s important and what’s just noise, and coalesce around strategies for fighting back.

Join Indivisible co-founders Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg each week as we carve out an hour to discuss what’s happening and – more importantly – what’s the plan.

To attend, please email Shelley Haiken

or call Toby at 928-274-0389 for LOCATION INFORMATION

Antonia Scatton will talk about how the way we communicate shapes public opinion. Rather than telling people what we think they want to hear, we have to listen to them and make the case for what we know to be morally right. This is the best way to both win political campaigns and forge a better, kinder and more mutually responsible society. To do this effectively, we need to understand critical facts about how language impacts the brain and how our public debate actually works. Learn how to push the right buttons, with hope instead of hate.

Supervisor Nikki Check is holding a District 3 Town Hall and will cover the following topics:

• Verde Valley Master Transportation Plan
• Yavapai County Zoning Ordinance update
• Library updates
• YCSO updates
• APS Public Safety Power Shutoff

Town Halls provide the community quality time and opportunity to learn and ask questions regarding the everyday functions of Yavapai County Government. The departments represented at the Town Halls will be Development Services, Library District, Public Works, and the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. Please join us, ask questions, and speak to Supervisor Check.

Mobilize Link

Join like-minded neighbors to chat about whatever’s on your mind. Together, we’ll explore action steps we can take to move forward.

Yes—it’s still tough going. And, it’s not going to let up anytime soon.

But, I promise you, TOGETHER, we can make a difference. We can help each other out. We can be there for each other. And, that alone, makes this work worth while.

At this gathering, we will be breaking up into groups depending upon your own interests and actions. We will talk and make plans together!

Light snacks and water are provided. Bring a friend…
Cherie B.

Yavapai Dems Sponsor a Veterans Town Hall

Join a platform for veterans and VA employees to voice their concerns.

We’re giving veterans and VA employees a much needed platform to voice their concerns about the impact of DOGE cuts. The public is welcome at this free event, so please join us in standing up for our Veterans!

Yavapai County is home to nearly 25,000 veterans. The Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest locations serving veterans in Northern Arizona, with over 1,000 employees. Many veterans, their families and caregivers, VA employees, veterans organizations and community members are alarmed by the Trump administration’s recent threats to terminate essential employees and reduce funding for necessary care and benefits. It is critical that we hear directly from those affected and support our veterans of Yavapai County.

Share your views with others who also have things to get off their chest, and recommend possible actions.

Event Details: State Senator Mark Finchem

Date: April 18, 2025 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Venue: Elks Lodge Sedona, 110 Airport Road, Sedona, AZ 86336

Dinner Menu: Clam Chowder, Fried Fish, Chips, Hushpuppies, Coleslaw, Salad and Dessert

RSVP to ann@republicansoftheredrocks.com

Check this site for info on AZ Sen. Finchem

https://democratsoftheredrocks.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=99420b3382ec4c035549b8b92&id=d622dbe7e3&e=6167d90b49 

Program: This month features a presentation by Patrick Grady, the current Board President of the Quad Cities Climate Collaborative (QCCC), and his colleague Kristen Law, a former executive at Honeywell. QCCC was responsible for the publication of the Quad Cities Climate Profile, in collaboration with the University of Arizona, as well as the Local Climate Action Options Report, both published in the Spring of 2023. QCCC is currently focused on the 2025 General Plan and its Resiliency and Sustainability focus as well as on local climate and energy issues and projects.

Additionally, meet Teresa Leyba Ruiz, Ed.D., candidate for AZ Superintendent of Instruction.

Buffet Menu:

• Mixed Green Mediterranean Salad ( Vegan)
• Greek Chicken
• Tilapia with Lemon Butter Sauce
• Orzo Pasta with Spinach, Tomatoes, Kalamata Olives, Sun Dried Tomatoes ( Vegan)
• Wild Rice Pilaf ( Vegan)
• Oven Roasted Vegetables ( Vegan)
• Cheese on the side

Vegetarian/Vegan Option: As noted above, all attendees will go through the buffet line.

Desserts for Democracy are provided this month by Annette Kozak. Thank You Annette!

Raffle: This month’s raffle is an art print created by Valarie Isley of “Real Life Prescott.”

Tickets will be sold at the luncheon and cost $2.00/ticket, $5/3 tickets, $10/13 tickets.

Refund Policy: All tickets must be purchased through ActBlue or reservations for payment at the venue must be made by noon on the Friday prior to the lunch. Any cancellations of this month’s Act Blue ticket purchase and request for refund must be done by noon on the Thursday prior to the luncheon.

Unless a luncheon or event is cancelled by DWPA, all ticket purchases not cancelled by the above-deadline are non-refundable and non-transferable to a future luncheon or event. Tickets may be transferred to another person if the original purchaser cannot attend. Please email events@dwpaaz.org for any reservations with payment at the door, cancellations, transfer requests or luncheon questions.

Greetings film afficionados, let’s keep our face to face gatherings going with a conversation about:

The film No Other Land was made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective,  named Best Documentary Film at the Academy Awards and was the year’s most decorated documentary.  The film makers documented the demolition of homes in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank from 2019-2023, creating a “visual record of what was happening” that Alissa Wilkinson, in her The New York Times review, called “audacious and devastating.”  We’re hoping you were able to catch the film when it played at the Mary D. Fisher in late March since as you know, the film has had a difficult time finding a US distributor (which introduces much asked questions about documentary films and market distribution).

DWPA
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE PRESCOTT AREA 

February 26
Early entrance 11am
Program at 11:30am
Call for tickets and info

Speakers: Joyce Petrowski, founder of R.O.S.E., speaks about the
effective Fraud and Awareness and Protection Program that
R.O.S.E. offers to older adults.

www.DWPAAZ.org

Please contact (928) 541-0413 for location!!!
dwpa@dwpaaz.org