Gretchen's List: Upcoming Events
Dear Friends,
This is a regularly(ish) updated post that shares information for upcoming events that I am hosting or attending in the Bay Area. Please join me!
As always, I share my thoughts on funding and ongoing events on gretchen.susbstack.com.
Best,
Gretchen
An Electing Women Bay Area reception with Michigan senate candidate Elissa Slotkin, on August 27th at 7pm. I have hosted Elissa more than any other candidate this cycle, but that’s only because I think she’s exceptional and because she’s running in one of the most competitive senate races in the country. This visit will be her last trip to the Bay Area before the election, and we want to make sure she has what she needs between now and November. RSVP here.
A reception with Vote Mama PAC on September 12th at 6pm. I have been really impressed with Vote Mama, and organization and PAC that works to elect mothers of minor children to office at every level. Their work aims to build a coalition around childcare, education, paid family leave, and social safety nets drawing on motherhood as a source of collective power. We will be joined by congressional candidate and mom Laura Friedman and Vote Mama founder and director Liuba Grechen Shirley. RSVP here.
A reception and dinner with Arizona senate candidate Ruben Gallego on September 16th at 5:30/6:30pm. As I detail above, I believe this is the senate race most in need of your support. Ruben is a son of immigrants who was raised by a single mother in a working class family, who has gone on to serve as a US Marine and a current member of Congress. He’s running against MAGA-diehard and chronic election denier Kari Lake. Please come meet him and support this critical race. RSVP here.
A reception with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and frontline members Congresswomen Jahana Hayes (Connecticut), Mary Peltola (Alaska), and Marie Glusenkamp Perez (Washington) and red-to-blue candidates Sue Altman (New Jersey), Christina Bohannan (Iowa), Janelle Bynum (Oregon), Ashley Ehasz (Pennsylvania), Kristen Engel (Arizona), Laura Gillen (New York), Kristen McDonald Rivet (Michigan), Missy Cotter Smasal (Virginia), Janelle Stelson (Pennsylvania), and Monica Tranel (Montana) on Sunday, September 29th at 5:30pm. Please join these stacked event with candidates in many of the most competitive House races in the country. You do not need to give to all candidates to join us — you can customize your giving to the candidates you prefer to support. RSVP here.
An evening reception with Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, in support of her Fight Like Hell federal PAC, on September 30th at 5:30pm. Governor Whitmer remains a rising and shining star in the Democratic party, and this gathering will support her efforts to raise money for federal efforts and organize beyond Michigan. RSVP here.