Friend and mayoral candidate, Andrea Sorce, was speaking there.
Bastille Day Coffee at Moschetti
Category Archives: Activism
Madhatter Independence Day Festival
Tobacco Retail License for Vallejo – First Reading Comments
This is an extraction of my comments:
There were many great speakers on my site which you can review at this link:
Happy Birthday Humane Society of the North Bay
This year we had an outdoor park party near the Vallejo Ferry.
Pictures of us or taken by me:
Other pictures from the event:
Information and Education Days
I’m very proud that I got to meet with my State Assemblymember Lori Wilson with a coalition that worked with the American Heart Association to talk about commercial tobacco in District 11. We also met with a representative from State Senator Bill Todd’s representative on the same subject. It’s so important that we acknowledge that tobacco is legally peddled POISON that becomes the leading cause of premature death in the United States and that our kids are still being addicted with the industry’s targeting. Where is the outrage? Our future generations will look back and ask.
Lori Wilson meeting (best photo):
State Senator Bill Todd staff meeting:
Sacramento Tobacco Legislation Gathering Begins
The American Heart Association has an “Information and Education” day annually for tobacco control issues with various state senators and assemblyman. I’m proud to have been asked to be the lead for AD11 (Lori Wilson) and SD03 (Bll Todd).
Vallejo Pride Proclamation 2024
This evening I made it back from Sacramento in time to participate once again in the Pride Proclamation at Vallejo City Council Meeting. It was a nice crowd and I was very pleased to be among the wonderful community that awaited me when I moved here almost four years ago.
Mental Health Awareness and Tobacco
Back with LGBTQMinusTobacco to one of the local high schools in Vallejo for their mental health awareness fair for the second year in a row. It’s always rewarding when we can educate the students and the staff on the harms of tobacco-related illness and cessation tools.
Business Cards for Volunteering
I didn’t think I’d ever need these business cards, but it’s nice to have with my activism. This would have come in handy in my recent trip to Washington DC, but at least now I have them for my forthcoming trip on tobacco control for Sacramento!
Vote for Calyn!
I’m so proud that one of my friends and a colleague in my tobacco control coalition is running for school board in Hayward (where I grew up, although I was zoned and schooled in the New Haven Unified School District which covered southern Hayward). Calyn is an amazing man, father, and health advocate working to empower youth to live their best lives with Bay Area Community Resources. He has inspired me to be a better public speaker. I have watched him work off the cuff and have always been impressed with his confidence and the breadth of his knowledge. He deserves all the support he can get and Hayward would be lucky to have him in this capacity!
