Gayle's March, 2010 e-newsletter

Dear Friends,

There are 2 very special events in the first half of March that I am sponsoring and would like to invite you all to attend. Details are below.

Please join me as we celebrate and honor our community!

See you there!

--Mayor McLaughlin

Friday, March 5, 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Whittlesey Room of the Richmond Library, 325 Civic Center Plaza

You are invited to a special session of Mayor McLaughlin’s monthly Meet-with-the-Mayor featuring Abel Pineda of Richmond High School and Adam Zittel of Salesian High School presenting their award winning poetry performances.

Abel and Adam were finalists in the county-wide Poetry Out Loud competition on February 7 in Lafayette. Both students were selected from a large pool of participants from their schools to go to the finals, where Abel Pineda took third place. Over 2000 students from 12 schools in Contra Costa County participated in this year’s Poetry Out Loud competition. Students select a poem that resonates with them, study it and perform it to bring out its meaning. The program seeks to promote a love of literature in the next generation through recitation and performance.

Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and Assemblymember Nancy Skinner will be presenting Abel and Adam with certificates of recognition. All are welcome!

Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Lovonya DeJean School, 3400 Macdonald Ave., Richmond, CA

Join Us for Richmond’s 3rd Annual International Women’s Day Celebration

Women in Solidarity: Healing Our Beloved Community

Mujeres en Solidaridad: Sanando Nuestra Querida Comunidad

Keynote Speaker: Lakota Harden, Native American Activist and host of KPFA radio’s Bay Native Circle

More speakers and performances by local dancers, poets and musicians

Round-table discussions with co-sponsoring organizations

Free admission, lunch and childcare will be provided

To pre-register, please call 510-620-6502

Para asistencia y registracion, llame 520-620-6527

Co-sponsors: Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Black Women Organized for Political Action, Blacks Mobilizing Organizing and Educating Richmond, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Communities for a Better Environment, Communities United Restoring Mother Earth, Community Violence Solutions, Contra Costa Commission for Women, CYCLE, Girls Inc., Haiti Action Committee, International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five, Journeys Above and Beyond, Laotian Organizing Project, Morada de Mujeres del Milenio, Mothers Against Senseless Killing, Native American Health Center, Richmond Human Relations and Human Rights Commission, Richmond Progressive Alliance, Richmond Regla Sister City Committee, Rosie the Riveter WWII Homefront National Historic Park, RYSE Center, Saffron Strand, Solar Richmond, STAND! Against Domestic Violence, Tent City Peace Movement, The Latina Center, Ujima Family Recovery Services, Urban Tilth, Verde Partnership Garden, Weigh of Life, Youth Enrichment Strategies, Youth Together