Democratic 21st Century Club

The D21stCC and the Peninsula Democratic Coalition invite you to join us for our 3rd Annual Joint Holiday Party, when we welcome local elected officials from Congress to City Council for a celebration of our successes over the past year and a look ahead to the battles we face together in 2024. Help us create the South Bay's biggest Brown Act violation by inviting your favorite electeds!

In the spirit of the season, all are welcome to register at the usual D21stCC member rate of $30.

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

If you would like to register in advance and pay at the door, please send us an email OR complete the quantity request below and skip the payment page.

OUT OF RESPECT FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AND GUESTS, YOUR RSVP IS REQUESTED NO LATER THAN 4:00PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7.

SAFETY NOTICE: This event will be held following the latest health orders from Santa Clara County. If we are forced to move to a fully virtual format, we will alert all registrants in a timely fashion.

For our first luncheon of the new year, we're excited to welcome as our guest speaker Dr. Scott Myers-Lipton, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at San José State University. Dr. Myers-Lipton is the author of five books and lead author of the Silicon Valley Pain Index and Racial and Social Justice at San José State University. He serves as Director of the Teaching Social Action Institute and as an Advisory Board Member of the SJSU Human Rights Institute.

Along with his students, Dr. Myers-Lipton co-founded the successful effort to raise the minimum wage in San José from $8 to $10, and the Gulf Coast Civic Works Campaign, an initiative to develop 100,000 prevailing wage jobs for local and displaced workers after Hurricane Katrina. In total, he has supported his social action students as they have won 15 campaigns since 2006. In addition, Dr. Myers-Lipton has worked to help students develop solutions to poverty and inequality by taking them to live at homeless shelters, the Navajo and Lakota nations, the US Gulf Coast, and Kingston, Jamaica.

Dr. Myers-Lipton is the recipient of the Manuel Vega Latino Empowerment Award, San José/Silicon Valley NAACP Social Justice Award, the Elbert Reed Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Santa Clara County, the Changer Maker Award from the Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits, the Teaching Effectiveness Award from the SJSU College of Social Sciences, and the SJSU Distinguished Service Award. He lives with his wife, Diane, in San José.

We look forward to learning more about his work!

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

If you would like to register in advance and pay at the door, please send us an email OR complete the quantity request below and skip the payment page.

OUT OF RESPECT FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AND GUESTS, YOUR RSVP IS REQUESTED NO LATER THAN 4:00PM THURSDAY, JANUARY 11.

As we head into the heat of another election year, we're excited to be joined by guest speaker Lala Wu, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Sister District, which builds power in state legislatures by winning urgent elections each year, and building Democratic infrastructure for the long term. Since its founding in 2016, Sister District has grown to 70,000+ members across the country. It has provided outsized grassroots and professional support to 167 state legislative campaigns in key swing districts, resulting in 107 wins.

Lala has also led the development of strategic partnerships with local and national organizations such as the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, EMILY’s List, Human Rights Campaign, Vote Save America, and more. Prior to Sister District, Lala practiced law, specializing in environmental issues and clean energy. Lala graduated from U.C. Berkeley, School of Law and Barnard College of Columbia University.

Lala serves on the Boards of the AAPI Victory Alliance, Emerging Voters, and Together SF, and the Advisory Board of Asian American Women’s Political Initiative. We look forward to learning more about her work — and how we can help!

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

If you would like to register in advance and pay at the door, please send us an email OR complete the quantity request below and skip the payment page.

OUT OF RESPECT FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AND GUESTS, YOUR RSVP IS REQUESTED NO LATER THAN 4:00PM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8.