Gabriella Cázares-Kelly took office in January 2021. She leads an office that oversees voter registration, early voting, and document recording for the county. She is a proud, union-dues-paying, former #RedForEd public school educator and community organizer. She is one of four women who co-founded Indivisible Tohono, a grassroots community organization that provides opportunities for education…
Marybeth Bates Join us on Sept. 18, for a sobering and fascinating discussion with Terry Sayles about the history of the modern militia movement in the United States and how it is now playing out here in Arizona. He’ll cover the role that events such as Ruby Ridge and Waco played in the formation of…
Marybeth Bates Our speaker is Sam George, principal officer of the non-profit The People’s Choice for President. Their goal is to establish a National Popular Vote for president. The People’s Choice for President advocates for reform of electing the president of the United States. Currently, the candidate who receives the most votes is not necessarily…
Marybeth Bates The Democratic Club of Quail Creek welcomes Dr. Ted Epperly as our speaker at the April 17 Zoom meeting. Dr. Epperly’s presentation will cover the direction and rationale of the Biden Administration’s plans regarding healthcare reform and transformation. Additional insight will be obtained about why this becomes important now. Dr. Ted Epperly is president and…
Marybeth Bates Join us via Zoom on Nov. 21 at 3 p.m. to hear Ms. Bowden talk about her newest book, A Stranger At My Door, the story of her encounter with a lost and desperate man from Guatemala. She will also discuss the humanitarian work being done during the COVID epidemic regarding the migration of people…
On March 21, 2020, the Democratic Club of Quail Creek (DCQC) will host Jonathan Mosher, candidate for Pima County Attorney. When Jonathan visited us last, his title was Chief Criminal Deputy of the Pima County Attorney’s Office. Today, he has a more complex title – Candidate for Pima County Attorney/on leave from Chief Criminal Deputy position…
Marybeth Bates The Democratic Club of Quail Creek kicks off 2020 looking at two local Pima County positions up for grabs. With all the uproar on the national election scene, we should not lose sight of the fact that local issues may have a more immediate effect our day to day well-being. On Saturday, Jan.…
Marybeth Bates Norman Sherman has been an Arizona resident for 20 years after retiring from Louisiana State University as a professor of journalism. He had previously worked as a speechwriter, campaign manager, and adviser to Democratic candidates for city, state, and federal offices, including Senators Eugene McCarthy and Walter Mondale. He served as press secretary…
Marybeth Bates Civility is the topic of the Democratic Club of Quail Creek’s meeting on Oct. 19, at 3 p.m. in the Silver Room of the Madera Clubhouse. An online dictionary defines civility as “courtesy or politeness”, and the thesaurus includes “comity, propriety, and tact” among others. The Democratic Club of Quail Creek’s Oct. 19 meeting is all about civility. In our current…
Given the number of women newly elected to the U.S. Congress in 2018, and given the number of women on the current Democratic list of contenders for 2020, the subject to be discussed at the July 20 meeting of the Democratic Club of Quail Creek is most fitting, political misogyny. What is it, and can…