[Cal Dems] Feb. 18 Digest: West Wing Wednesday, Cal Lobby Day, Film Festival

[Molly Brennan]

CAL BERKELEY DEMOCRATS
Email Digest, February 18, 2007

Birthdays for 2/18 - 2/24: Happy Birthday from Cal Dems to Laura Coelho,
Allison Day, Francesca Noyes, Jovanna Rosen, Maria Scheidt, Jason
Teramoto, and Julia Verham.

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CAL DEMS ANNOUNCEMENTS

>>West Wing Wednesday
Wednesday February 21, 7pm, 2729 Dwight Way #309 (Kali's Apartment)

West Wing Wednesdays are back for the semester! Join your fellow political
drama lovers every other Wednesday to watch the Bartlet admin. do a much
better job then ours.

>>Thursday General Meeting
Thursday February 22, 7pm, 170 Barrows

Do you know what lobbying is or think you're interested in learning
how to lobby? Do you want to learn to have your voice better heard
in the state capitol? Do you think if you understood the dynamics and
held the requisite knowledge of lobbying you would make a conscious
decision to go with the Cal Dems to Lobby Day? Did you know that we
have changed rooms to another space in Barrows (Room 170)? Do you
know that additional information pertaining to Cal Lobby Day can be
found below? Do you know we're on this log together, baby?

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PROGRESSIVE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"Rather than distance ourselves from the past, as the centrist amnesiacs
would counsel, perhaps we should finally peel back the scabs and take a
closer look at why all the wounds haven't healed."

-Tom Hayden

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UPCOMING EVENTS

>>2007 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Friday February 23 - Sunday February 25, see times on website, BAM/PFA

Since it began in 1988, the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
has become the leading showcase for films from around the world that open
our eyes to a variety of human rights injustices. This year's program
exposes the human cost of global commodities, from petroleum to coffee;
investigates the consequences of war and its after-effects in everyday
life; and offers inspiring portraits of activism and resistance. Full
program and ticket information for the film festival is here:
http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa_programs/humanrights07/index.html


>>Cal Lobby Day
Thursday March 15, 8am, Sacramento

For one day each year, students of Cal trek to California's capitol to
send a message to our legislators. This year the message is education
affordability. For the past five years, the excellence of UC – and Cal –
has been put in jeopardy by a legislature that has consistently slashed
the funding of higher education. Although last year Governor
Schwarzenegger announced a freeze on student fees, this year the prices
are rising. For more information and to sign-up visit the facebook group
http://berkeley.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2230945758

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PROGRESSIVE OPPORTUNITIES

>>Capital Fellows Programs

The Capital Fellows Programs are looking for 64 recent college graduates
who are interested in public policy and government to work for 10-11
months, starting in October, as full-time, paid policy assistants to
senior executive branch staff, judicial administration officials, members
of the California Assembly and Senate, legislative committees, and other
top ranking government officials. For more information or to apply visit
http://www.csus.edu/calst/programs. All applications must be postmarked by
February 28, 2007.

>>Georgetown Summer Institutes
June 9 - August 4, 2007, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

The Institutes combine substantive internships, courses for academic
credit, career development activities, site briefings and lectures led by
prominent policy experts. Four eight-week programs are offered in the
following subject areas: Politics and Economics, Journalism and Public
Relations, Business and Government Affairs, and Nonprofit and Community
Service. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until March 1st.
For more information and an online application, please visit the website
www.dcinternships.org or contact Mary Connell, Recruitment and Admissions
Manager, at mconnell at tfas.org or 1-800-741-6964.