December 6, 2012 - Winter Holiday Party
November 14, 2012 - Antioch
Univesity Professor Don Comstock on the Impact of the 2012 Elections on the Political/Economic/Environmental
Landscape
November 6, 2012 - Progressive Election Night Prefunk, Hosted
by Pete Holmes, Nick Licata, the Metropolitan Democratic Club of Seattle and Peter Sherwin
October 24, 2012 - Panel Discussion: The New Faces of Homelessness,
with Real Change Board President Rev. David Bloom, Interfaith Task Force on Homelessness Director Rev. Bill Kirlin-Hackett,
and St. Mary's Food Bank Board Chair Pat Lewis and Director Alison Alonzo Pence
October 19, 2012 - Fundraiser Opposing I-1240 (Charter Schools)
October 10,
2012 - Discussion of Charter School Initiative with No on 1240 spokesperson Melissa Westbrook and People for Our Public
Schools spokesperson Sue Tupper.
September 26, 2012 - General Election Endorsement Meeting
September 12, 2012 - Candidates and Campaigns to Appear on General Election
Ballot
August
22, 2012 - WA State Treasurer Jim McIntire and Banking and Commercial Real Estate Consultant Darel Grothaus on the Controversy
of the Proposed WA State Bank
August 19, 2012 - Grill & Swim Party
August 8, 2012 - Transit Riders Union General Secretary Katie Wilson on Organizing
to Save Public Transit and the Ride Free Area and WA Forest Law Center Director and Managing Attorney Peter Goldman on Negotiations
Concerning the Controversial Proposed New SoDo Sports Arena
August 7, 2012 - Primary Night Party at the Polar Bar at the Arctic Club (Co-hosted
by Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, Peter Sherwin and WA Ceasefire)
July 25, 2012 - Candidates James Bauckman for WA State Superintendent of Public
Instruction and Roger Davidheiser for King County Superior Court Judge
July 17, 2012 - "A Taste of Tapas" Fundraiser to Retain WA State
Supreme Court Justice Steven C. Gonzalez
July 11, 2012 - Candidate for WA State Auditor Troy Kelley and Candidates for King County Sheriff Steve Strachan
and John Urquhart
June
27, 2012 - Annual Meeting
June 14 (Flag Day), 2012 - Gala 56: The Metropolitan Democratic Club of Seattle's 56th Anniversary Awards Banquet
and Auction with Keynote Speaker Jay
Inslee, Master of Ceremonies Dow Constantine, Award Recipients
Jim McDermott, Mike Lowry, Ken MacDonald, Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney and Others
May 23, 2012 - Primary Endorsement
Meeting with Candidates to Appear on Primary Ballot
May 9, 2012 - Antioch University Professor Don Comstock on the Connection Between the Great Recession and Melting
Glaciers; Candidates to Appear on Primary Ballot
April 25, 2012 - Candidates to Appear on Primary Ballot
April 11, 2012 - Candidates to Appear on Primary Ballot
March 28, 2012 - King County
Executive Dow Constantine's Mid-Term Report to the Membership
March 14, 2012 - U.S. Congressman Adam Smith; 2012 Legislative Session
Report; Candidates to Appear on Primary Ballot
March 4, 2012 - 2nd Annual Downtown Volunteer Fair (Presented in Community Partnership
with the MDC)
February
22, 2012 - Jay Inslee for Governor Campaign Statewide Outreach Coordinator Samantha Casne and Senior Advisor Brian Bonlender;
Organize for
America (Campaign to Re-Elect President Barack Obama) Local Team Leaders
Jan Arai and Joseph Nicholas
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 and Peter Sherwin)
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 21, 2011 - Fundraiser
for Seattle School Board Challengers Michelle Buetow, Kate Martin, Marty McLaren and Sharon Peaslee
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 - 55th Annual Meeting & Summer Social
June 22, 2011 - Candidates and Campaigns to Appear on 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
April 3, 2011 - 1st Annual
Downtown Volunteer Fair (Co-Sponsored by the MDC)
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 - 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
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
