Please join us on Monday, April 14th for an engaging evening with Lawyer John Nechman who will discuss current immigration issues.

John received his law degree from South Texas in 1983. He is a founder of the law firm Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP, where he focuses on immigration law. The firm is a cooperating attorney with the Consulado de México in Houston, providing legal assistance and education to Houston’s Mexican community.

Asylum cases, which involve people who hope to stay in the U.S. to avoid persecution in their home country, are one of John’s specialties.

John was born in Seoul to a Korean mother and American father but moved to Houston while in grade school. After graduating from UT, he spent the next 5 years living, working, and traveling in over 100 countries. He is fluent in Spanish and proficient in German, Portuguese, Italian, and Norwegian. He continues to be an energetic traveler with his husband Ricardo (together since 1996), and often with family members.

John is also an expert in sexual orientation and the law and HIV and the law. He has been an adjunct professor at the South Texas College of Law and University of Houston Law Center. He served as chair/president of several national, state, and local legal organizations, including the New York-based non-profit organization Immigration Equality and the Washington, D.C.-based National LGBT Law Association and has received multiple honors from a variety of legal and community groups.

When:   Monday, April 14^th – Dinner Social begins at 6:30pm, Program begins at 7pm

Where:   Hickory Pit BBQ – 6601 S Rice Ave, Bellaire, TX 77401

Please RSVP Here:  https://mobilize.us/s/55o7vU

Please join us for a private tour of the exhibition “Designing Motherhood” at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft on Friday, February 7, 11:30 AM, followed by a Dutch treat lunch at a local restaurant, TBD.
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast is the program’s partner and there is a stunning piece of art reflecting the mission of Planned Parenthood to ensure the right and ability of all individuals to manage their reproductive health.
Designing Motherhood invites audiences to consider why and how designs are developed to ponder the political, economic and social implications of medicalizing reproduction. The exhibition explores experiences of (in)fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, parenthood, and early childhood through blown-glass weaning vessels and hand carved rocking chairs to art jewelry inspired by breast pump flanges, pacifiers and nipple shields.
There is no charge for the tour and there is always free admission. The Craft Center has a donation box and donations to Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast are always in need.
More information on the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Center can be found at crafthouston.org  The exhibition ends March 15, so please spread the word and tell your family and friends about it.
RSVP Here:  https://mobilize.us/s/0gR55Z

Chris Tomlinson is a columnist for the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News, focusing on politics money and life in Texas. Tomlinson’s commentary appears twice a week and he writes a weekly newsletter drawing on his 30 years of reporting experience. The Texas Managing Editors named Tomlinson opinion writer of the year for 2021.

He is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers “Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth” and “Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families who Share the Tomlinson Name-One White, One Black.”

Previously, Tomlinson was the supervisory correspondent for The Associated Press in Austin, responsible for state government and political reporting in Texas. From 2001-2009, he was a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press and served as the East Africa bureau chief in Nairobi, Kenya.

When:  Monday, February 3rd, 6:30 – 7 pm Social and candidate time 7 – 8:00 pm Meeting.
Where:   West University Community Center, 6104 Auden St, Houston 77005
RSVP Here:  https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/747326/

Join us Monday, January 13th, for an engaging discussion with school-finance expert Paul Colbert who will discuss school voucher legislation.

School vouchers are payments made to parents who want to send their children to private schools or to home-school them. In prior legislative sessions, Republicans who represented rural areas joined forces with Democrats to oppose such legislation, but many of those Republicans lost their primaries. Colbert said, “It is a done deal that both chambers will pass a voucher bill. Whether they can agree on one is an open question.”

As a researcher, legislator, consultant or lobbyist, Colbert has influenced much of the Texas school finance legislation from 1974 to now. He represented the Meyerland/Westbury area in the Texas House from 1980 to 1992. He was responsible for budget and oversight for the Public Education Committee, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and Vice Chair of the House Committee on Higher Education. Before his election, Colbert was the research director for the Texas Senate Education Committee and an advisor to the governor on school finance. He was named a”Ten Best” legislator by Texas Monthly as well as many other awards.

Since leaving the House, Colbert has been a consultant to education organizations such as HISD, HCCS, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and UT Health Science Center. The Equity Center, a coalition of over 600 Texas school districts, gave Colbert it’s Champion of Equity Award for his consulting work since leaving office.

Location:  Ragin’ Cajun – 4302 Richmond Ave., Houston, TX 77027

Dinner social begins at 6 pm, program will begin at 6:45pm.  RSVP here:  https://mobilize.us/s/FgqVW2

 

Block Walk with the Bellaire Braeswood Democrats

Your boots and sneakers are made for walkin’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM1kzbAgo_E, so put yours on and join us to knock doors and let’s Get Out The Vote!

Location and Sign up schedule here: https://mobilize.us/s/M6eXdM

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November Meeting

Please join us on Monday, November 11th for an informative and engaging evening with Charles Kuffner, founder of “Off the Kuff”, https://www.offthekuff.com/wp/, the longest running progressive political blog in Texas.  Charles will provide commentary and post-analysis of the 2024 election results.  The Dinner Social portion of our meeting begins at 6pm and program begins promptly at 7pm.  Location is the Ragin Cajun, 4302 Richmond Ave., Houston, TX 77027.
Please RSVP here, https://mobilize.us/s/rzb3Ke

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Voter Resource Links

Sample ballots, vote centers, dates/times:  http://www.harrisvotes.com
Voter registration search:  https://www.hctax.net/Voter/Search.cshtml

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Have questions? Send us an email: BBD@BellaireBraeswoodDemocrats.org

Thank you!

Bellaire Braeswood Democrats

Block Walk with Bellaire Braeswood Dems

We’re knocking doors in the Bellaire and Braeswood area. Join us in talking to neighbors to get out the vote! See schedule and RSVP here: https://mobilize.us/s/M6eXdM

 

Phone Bank with Bellaire Braeswood Dems

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Pop-Up HQ’s – Yard Signs

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Have questions?  Send us an email, BBD@BellaireBraeswoodDemocrats.org

Thank you!

Bellaire Braeswood Democrats

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