Democratic 21st Century Club

We invite you to join us for our September luncheon, when we traditionally celebrate working people and the labor movement. This year we're excited to engage in a conversation with Jean Cohen, Executive Officer of the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council, one of the largest and most influential labor organizations in the Bay Area.

In her role, Jean leads a federation of more than 100 affiliated unions representing over 100,000 working families across Santa Clara and San Benito Counties. She oversees the Council’s policy, organizing, and electoral programs, advancing worker protections, union organizing and collective bargaining campaigns, and equitable economic development through coordinated labor and community action.

Jean serves on the boards of Team San José, Working Partnerships USA, and NOVAworks, and is a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum. She is Vice Chair of the Santa Clara County Democratic Party and currently serves on the Santa Clara County Planning Commission.

Born and raised in San José, Jean is the proud daughter of a union teacher and a union musician. She holds a master’s degree in 21st Century Leadership from Saint Mary’s College of California.

HOW TO ORDER TICKETS

Please select your ticket quantity below and click "Purchase tickets" to proceed to the payment page. Your reservation is NOT complete until you have paid for your ticket(s). 

Tickets are $30 for Current Members (paid for 2026) and $35 for Non-Members. Not sure if you're current on your dues? Send us an email. Tickets ARE refundable and/or transferable.

If you would like to register now and pay at the door, please send an email to [email protected]. We can accept in-person payment by cash or check.

Out of respect for our members and the restaurant staff, we ask that you please RSVP no later than 12:00pm Thursday, August 13.

We invite you to join us for our October luncheon, when we'll engage in a conversation with Trent Lange, Executive Director of the California Clean Money Campaign. He will speak with us about campaign finance reform in general and Proposition 4, the California Fair Elections Act, which will be on the November ballot.

Dr. Lange has served on the board of the California Clean Money Campaign since 2003 and became Executive Director in 2009.  He has been a spokesperson, lobbyist, and policy expert for CCMC, analyzing campaign spending and proposing solutions to campaign finance issues both for California and elsewhere. This work includes leading the campaign for AB 249, the California DISCLOSE Act, the first law in the nation to make political ads clearly show their true funders even if they try to hide behind layers of front groups, and AB 1416, the Ballot DISCLOSE Act, the first law in the nation to show every voter who's for and against ballot measures by adding to the ballot a short list of supporters and opponents from the voter guide.

Dr. Lange holds a Ph.D. from UCLA, with a multidisciplinary academic background in computer science, cognitive science, and cognitive psychology, and is the author of over 20 academic publications.  He was formerly President and CEO of Lange Fund Management, LLC., which ran small but successful market-neutral hedge funds.

HOW TO ORDER TICKETS

Please select your ticket quantity below and click "Purchase tickets" to proceed to the payment page. Your reservation is NOT complete until you have paid for your ticket(s). 

Tickets are $30 for Current Members (paid for 2026) and $35 for Non-Members. Not sure if you're current on your dues? Send us an email. Tickets ARE refundable and/or transferable.

If you would like to register now and pay at the door, please send an email to [email protected]. We can accept in-person payment by cash or check.

Out of respect for our members and the restaurant staff, we ask that you please RSVP no later than 12:00pm Thursday, October 8.

We invite you to join us for our November luncheon, when we'll engage in a conversation with Dr. Ana Malinow. She will speak with us about threats to Medicare and the social safety net posed by recent proposals by the federal administration.

Dr. Malinow spent three decades working as a pediatrician with immigrant, refugee and underserved children in Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, and California before retiring as Clinical Professor of Pediatrics from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. She is past president of Physicians for a National Health Program and has been featured on national and international media on health care reform and the stealth privatization of Medicare. She is currently a lead organizer for The Movement to End Privatization of Medicare and on the steering committee of National Single Payer.

HOW TO ORDER TICKETS

Please select your ticket quantity below and click "Purchase tickets" to proceed to the payment page. Your reservation is NOT complete until you have paid for your ticket(s). 

Tickets are $30 for Current Members (paid for 2026) and $35 for Non-Members. Not sure if you're current on your dues? Send us an email. Tickets ARE refundable and/or transferable.

If you would like to register now and pay at the door, please send an email to [email protected]. We can accept in-person payment by cash or check.

Out of respect for our members and the restaurant staff, we ask that you please RSVP no later than 12:00pm Thursday, November 12.