February 8, 2012 - Panel Discussion: The Home Foreclosure Crisis with Forensic Auditor Lori Gileno,
Paralegal Foreclosure Expert James Ward and WA State Attorney General's Office Spokesperson Rich Zwicker; WA State Progressive
Party Chair Linde Knighton on the Proposed Temporary Sales Tax
January 26, 2012 - Forum: Candidates for U.S. Congress - 1st Congressional
District (Co-Hosted by Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata and Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, and Moderated by Former
WA State Governor Mike Lowry)
January 25, 2012 - Candidates for WA Secretary of State and State Auditor; Voice for the Retarded
WA State Coordinator Terri Anderson on Residential Habilitation Centers
January 11, 2012 - Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn's Mid-term
Report to the Membership; WA State Democratic Chair of Chairs Chad Lupkes on Explaining Redistricting and Electing Democrats
in 2012
December
14, 2011 - ACLU-WA Drug Policy Director Alison Holcomb and Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes on Support for Initiative 502
(Marijuana Legalization)
December 11, 2011 - WINTER HOLIDAY PARTY
November 16, 2011 - Panel Discussion: Priorities for the Coming Year
in Politics with Progressive Majority WA State Director Noel Frame, Backbone Campaign Executive Director Bill Moyer and Board
Director Dr. Stan Sorscher, FUSE WA Executive Director and Win/Win Board Director Aaron Ostrom, and King County Democrats
Chair Steve Zemke
November
8, 2011 - Election Night Party at the Polar Bar at the Arctic Club (Co-Hosted by Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes)
October 26, 2011 - Panel
Discussion: Are Teachers Targets? Why? with Seattle Education Association President Olga Addae and Vice President Johnathan
Knapp, Celebrated High School Teacher Eric Muhs, Founding Member of Parents Across America and Education Blogger Sue Peters,
and Noted Education Activist and Blogger Melissa Westbrook
October 12, 2011 - Palestinian Educator Huda Giddens and Israeli Scientist
Assaf Oron on "Popular Revolution in the Arab World: Implications for the U.S. and Israel (Part 3)
September 28, 2011 - General
Election Endorsement Meeting
September 14, 2011 - Candidates and Campaigns to Appear on General Election Ballot
August 24, 2011 - Panel
Discussion: Stopping Human Trafficking - What We Can Do, Together, with Former WA State Representative Velma Veloria, UW Women's
Center Executive Director Sutapa Basu, and Activist/Advocate Emma Catague.
August 10, 2011 - Regional Director of Stand With Us
NW Rob Jacobs and Co-Chair of J Street - Seattle Chapter Rainer Adkins on "Popular Revolution in the Arab World: Implications
for the U.S. and Israel" (Part 2)
July 27, 2011 - Playwright and Filmmaker Edward Mast on "Popular Revolution in the Arab World:
Implications for the U.S. and Israel" (Part 1)
July 13, 2011 - Primary Endorsement Meeting
June 26, 2011 - FIFTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL MEETING & SUMMER SOCIAL
June 22, 2011 - Presentations by Candidates and Campaigns to Appear on the Primary
Ballot, with King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson for WA State Attorney General and WA State Representative Roger Goodman
for U.S. Congress
June
10, 2011 - Forum: Candidates for Seattle City Council at Seattle City Hall (Co-Hosted by Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes
and Moderated by Former Seattle City Council President Peter Steinbrueck)
May 11, 2011- Economic Opportunity Institute Executive Director John Burbank on
"Progressive Tax Reform: the Plan for Moving Forward"
April 27, 2011 - President and Owner of the Connections Group Cathy Allen and Executive Board Member
for the Center for Women and Democracy Megan McCloskey on "Women's Eqality - One Country at a Time"
April 13, 2011 - Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell
on Council Issues
March 31, 2011 - Spring
Fling Happy Hour & Silent Auction
March
23, 2011 -WA State Labor Council Secretary-Treasurer Lynne Dodson on "Can What Happened in Wisconsin Happen in WA State?"
March 9, 2011 - WA State Democratic Party Chair Dwight
Pelz with WA State Democratic Party Chair of Chairs Organization Chad Lupkes on State of the Party
February 23, 2011 - Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness Executive Director
Alison Eisinger on Beyond the One Night Count and Director of YouthCare's James W. Ray Orion Center Director Ruth Blaw on
Ending Youth Homelessness
February 9, 2011 - King
County Executive Dow Constantine on First Year as Executive
January
26, 2011 - WA Public Campaigns Executive Director Craig Salins on Campaign Finance Reform Efforts and Civic Engagement Project
Program Director Nancy Amidei on Homelessness Advocacy Efforts in the 2011 Legislative Session
January 12, 2011 - Duwamish Tribal Chair Cecile Hansen and Friends on Seeking Federal
Recognition for Duwamish Tribe
December
15, 2010 - Panel Discussion: An Analysis of the 2010 Elections and their Implications at National, State and Local Levels,
with former WA State Democratic Party Chair and Senior Vice President of Strategies 360 Paul Berendt, Seattle City Councilmember
Nick Licata and Principal and Founder of Northwest Passage Consulting Christian Sinderman
December 12, 2010 - WINTER HOLIDAY PARTY
November 17, 2010 - Panel
Discussion: Keeping Our Parks Public, with King County Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Brown, Former Seattle City Council
President and Parks Committee Chair Peter Steinbrueck, Former WA Environmental Council President and WA State Parks and Recreation
Commissioner Joan Thomas and Seattle Port Commissioner Gael Tarleton (moderated by Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks and
National Association of Olmsted Parks Board Member Eliza Davidson)
November 10, 2010 - First Annual Thanksgiving for the Homeless Benefit (Co-Sponsored by the MDC)
November 1, 2010 - MDC Movie
Night: "Fair Game"
October
30, 2010 - Seattle Rally to Restore Sanity (Sponsored by the MDC)
October 27, 2010 - King County Assessor Lloyd Hara on Property Tax Issues
October 13, 2010 - King County Council Chair Bob Ferguson on Council Issues
September 22, 2010 - General Election Endorsements Continued;
Roger Fernandes and Charles Davis on Proposed NW Native Cultural Center at Seattle Center
September 14, 2010 - Fundraiser for WA State Inititative 1098
September 8, 2010 - General Election Endorsement Meeting
with Special Guest U.S. Congressman Jim McDermott
August
25, 2010 - Candidates and Campaigns to Appear on General Election Ballot
August 12, 2010 - Fundraiser for Ron Weigelt for WA State Representative
August 11, 2010 - Forum: Troubled Families, Child Safety
and the Dilemma of Child Welfare, with WA State Representative Ruth Kagi and Dave Wood
July 28, 2010 - Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes on First Half-Year in Office
June 23, 2010 - Primary Endorsement Meeting with Seattle
Mayor Mike McGinn on First 6 Months in Office
June
13, 2010 - ANNUAL MEETING & SUMMER SOCIAL
June
9, 2010 - Candidates and Campaigns to Appear on August Primary Ballot
May 26, 2010 - Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen on Transportation Issues
May 19, 2010 - Happy Hour #2
April 28, 2010 - Panel Discussion: WA State Budget Crisis and Ideas for Economic
Recovery/Reform in Aftermath of 2010 Legislative Session, with UW Professor James Gregory, Former WA State Governor Mike Lowry,
WA State Representative Bob Hasegawa and Bill Gates, Sr.
April
14, 2010 - Forum: Relationship Between Democrats and Labor, with WA State Democratic Party Chair Dwight Pelz and WA State
Labor Council President Rick Bender
March
31, 2010 - Happy Hour #1
March 24, 2010 -
Seattle City Councilmembers Sally Bagshaw and Mike O'Brien on First 3 Months in Office
March 10, 2010 - Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin on SR-520 and
Other Issues
February 10, 2010 - Panel
Discussion: The MDC's Role in CHECC (Choose an Effective City Council) and Initiative 229 Repealing WA's "Blue Law",
and Implications for Civic Activism Today
December
16, 2009 - League of Women Voters of Greater Seattle Board Member Nora Leech on Privatization Study
December 6, 2009 - WINTER HOLIDAY PARTY
November 18, 2009 - Panel Discussion: Proposed Decriminalization of Marijuana, Drug
Policy at Local Levels and the U.S. War on Drugs
October
28, 2009 - Documetary Filmmaker Professor B.J. Bullert on "The Space Needle at 40", "Chief Seattle" and
Other Selected Works
October 25, 2009 - Fundraiser
for Dow Constantine for King County Executive
October
18, 2009 - Fundraiser for Max Vekich for Seattle Port Commissioner
September 23, 2009 - Panel Discussion: New Local Media and Messaging for Press, Policy-Makers, Candidates
and Campaigns
September 9, 2009 - General
Election Endorsement Meeting
August
26, 2009 - King County Charter Review Commissioners Terry Lavender and Allan Munro on Proposed Open Space Preservation Act
August 12, 2009 - WA State Representative
Bob Hasegawa on 2009 Legislative Session
July
22, 2009 - United Nations Association of Greater Seattle Board Members Joan Lawson and Abdi Sami on Fact-Finding Iran Tour
June 24, 2009 - Primary Endorsement Meeting
June 14, 2009 - ANNUAL MEETING & SUMMER SOCIAL
June 10, 2009 - Discussion of Primary Endorsements
May 27, 2009 - King County Office of Management and Budget
Deputy Director Beth Goldberg on Budget Crisis; Candidates Ross Hunter for King County Executive, Joe Mallahan for Mayor of
Seattle and Mike O'Brien for Seattle City Council Position 8
May
13, 2009 - Candidates Fred Jarrett for King County Executive, Michael McGinn and Dorli Rainey for Seattle Mayor and Pete Holmes
for Seattle City Attorney
May 6, 2009 - Forum: Candidates
for Seattle City Council
April 22, 2009 - Candidates
Larry Phillips for King County Executive and Tom Carr for Seattle City Attorney
April 8, 2009 - Mike Weisman on Current Issues in Local and National Technology
Policy
March 25, 2009 - Candidate
Rob Holland for Seattle Port Commissioner
March
11, 2009 - Candidate Dow Constantine for King County Executive
February 25, 2009 - Ken MacDonald (Part 2) on Growth of Liberalism in Seattle after WWII and Early
Days of the MDC
January 28, 2009 - Seattle
City Councilmember Sally Clark on Multifamily Housing Code and Updating Neighborhood Plans
January 14, 2009 - Candidates for King County Director of Elections
January 11, 2009 - Forum: Candidates for WA State Democratic
Party Chair (Co-Sponsored by the MDC)
December
17, 2008 - Ken MacDonald (Part 1) on Canwell Hearings and Early Days of the MDC
December 14, 2008 - WINTER HOLIDAY PARTY
November 12, 2008 - Real Change Executive Director Tim Harris on History and Issues
of Homelessness
October 22, 2008 - Alex
Welles Slideshows on 2008 Democratic National Convention and Annapurna Climb
October 8, 2008 - General Election Endorsement Meeting
September 24, 2008 - Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata on Proposed Mercer Project
September 10, 2008 - King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson
on King County Budget
August 28, 2008 - Seattle
City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen on Parks and Green Spaces Levy
August 13, 2008 - Seattle Port Commissioner Gael Tarleton
on State of the Port
