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DESCRIPTION:This forum will focus on the current rift within the Democratic 
 Party--between many of its leaders and “mainstream” supporters, on the 
 one hand, and progressive activists on the other. \nThe Democrats’ 
 rightward drift has placed its leadership in direct conflict with 
 progressives who want to change the system from the grassroots, but who 
 have continued working within the Party so far. How long can that last, 
 given the fact that the Party has offered scant support to progressive 
 candidates while suffering huge electoral setbacks over the past few 
 years?\nAre there ways to reconcile this divide? How can the two factions 
 join forces to mount an \neffective resistance against Trump’s 
 administration?\n\nSPEAKERS:\nBEN BECKER: Co-chair, San Francisco 
 Berniecrats; elected SF Democratic Assembly delegate; former elected 
 national delegate for Bernie Sanders\nREID CHALKER: Elections & 
 Endorsements Coordinator, SF Berniecrats; Delegate to 2017 California State 
 Democratic Party Convention\nJUDY HESS: California State Coordinator, 
 Progressive Democrats of America; Delegate to California State Democratic 
 Party Convention (San Diego 2007 and Fresno 2011); Regional Coordinator, 
 Campaign for Healthy California\nHENE KELLY: Longtime officer of both the 
 San Francisco Labor Council and California Alliance for Retired Americans; 
 Region 6 Director, California Democratic Party\n\nMODERATOR:  TOM 
 GALLAGHER, Former Massachusetts State Representative; President, Bernal 
 Heights Democratic Club; Delegate to 2017 California State Democratic Party 
 Convention\n\nThe program will also include a report on the June 2017 
 People’s Summit in Chicago.\n\nWheelchair accessible  •  Snacks and 
 beverages served \n\nCo-sponsored by San Francisco Progressive Democrats of 
 America (www.facebook.com/PDASanFrancisco/), SF4Democracy 
 (www.sf4democracy.org/); \nSan Francisco Berniecrats 
 (www.facebook.com/BerniecratsSF/), and Unitarian Universalists for Peace 
 and Justice-San Francisco\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/06/13/18800129.php
SUMMARY:The Democratic Party's Dilemma (and ours)
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Center, Fireside Room \n1187 Franklin Street (corner 
 Geary Blvd.), San Francisco\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/06/13/18800129.php
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