Open House

Last night PPF hosted an Open House to welcome our new Executive Director. David is much beloved in the community, plus we need an image make-over, so the party seemed like the perfect event. We had at least 100 people come including major donors, major politicians, and political candidates. We raked in nearly $2,000 in donations.

I couldn't have asked for a better event. People were really impressed with the staff, got to meet Board members, see that others in the community support us, etc.

People had been interested to talk with us, but not necessarily ready yet to donate again. The Open House is key to helping turn the tide.

It's a new day for Pacific Pride Foundation!

Jim got a job!

After 3 months of unemployment, Jim got a job! It's a great job, but it's short term. He's a field organizer for Das Williams's bid for County Supervisor. Das is a perfect candidate - he has great politics, know everything there is to know about the issues, is LOCAL (a must), ambitious, experienced, confident... His political drawback is that he's 31. Some people think he's too young for the seat. However, when they hear about his experience, they put that aside.

There are 4 candidates vying for the seat. The other 3 are Republican Dan Secord who is a former OBGYN and peer of Das's on the SB City Council, Janet Wolf, a Democrat on the Goleta School Board, and Joe Guzzardi is a neighborhood activist. It's already a contentious fight because Dan is very popular and delivered half of the babies in SB and there are 2 Democrats. It's a great opportunity for Jim to meet a lot of players on the scene.

We hope that Das will make it past the primary, both because we want him to win, and also so Jim has a job until November.

February 14th

Is Same Sex Hand Holding Day. Go forth and celebrate.