Cal Berkeley Democrats

Cal Dems at the Concessions!

On Saturday, December 5, a group of nine Cal Dems volunteered their time to go work the concession stand at the Men’s Basketball Game vs. Iowa State. To be honest, at first I wasn’t looking forward to spending 6 hours of my Saturday evening selling hot dogs, but hey, for 10% of the revenues, I figured it [...]

The Great Debate

Watch the highlights! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcyJpPKXCLA

The Great Debate 2009

Making Tahoe Bear Territory

This year’s CYD Lake Tahoe Retreat was incredible! Cal Dems was the largest college contingency at the retreat this year with over 40 members (and we made sure everyone knew it with every chant of “Go Bears!”). We had a blast getting to know each other and meeting other Young Dems from chapters around the [...]

Nightly News Scan, 10/2/09

Sorry I haven’t been keeping up for the past couple days… Rio de Janeiro Is Awarded 2016 Olympics — NYT Bill Frist endorses health bill — Time How Schwarzenegger-backed tax panel would affect Californians — SacBee Obama Aide Concedes Climate Plan Must Wait — NYT Inquiries on Senator John Ensign Are Expected — NYT Democrats [...]

Walkout Advocacy Letters

At our meeting last Thursday, almost 100 Cal Dems signed letters urging their representatives to protect higher education in California. You can view a copy of our letter here. We told Sacramento to look for new revenues–including tobacco and oil severance fees–before squeezing students, faculty, and the future of our state. Our message was clear: [...]

Health Care Petition

Hey, Cal Dems! Next week, we’re turning in our health care petition to Senator Feinstein. So far, we have 450 signatures. Help us get 500 by the end of this week! Download the petition, sign up your friends, and bring your completed sheets to the general meeting on Thursday. Remember, time is of the essence [...]

Fall BBQ 2009

Painting the Community Blue

Last Saturday, 22 Cal Dems members decided to spend part of their Saturday working with the organization, Rebuilding Together Albany.  We helped fix up the home of Ms. Giller, a ninty-six year old woman who lives in the Berkeley area about eight minutes from campus.  While the main task was to scrap off and safely [...]

First Meeting of the Fall Semester!

Welcome (back) to Cal! We hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable summer, and are looking forward to energizing the Cal campus into some progressive action. As a first step towards this, we’re having our first meeting of the semester! It’ll be in 219 Dwinelle at 7pm on this Thursday, September 3rd. We’ll have lots [...]