1. Welcome to the HB Huddle
June 17, 2017

2. What is the HB Huddle? We’re an offspring of the Women’s March
Started with our first meeting in February
Nearly 100 people showed at the HB library
Created five teams, each with at least one facilitator, as follows . . .

4. HB Huddle / Environment Team
Facilitator: Karen Coyne
“Earth day,
every day”

5. Accomplishments in the last month
Participated in Surfrider’s beach cleanup, followed by…
A meeting on the beach with 2 speakers:
Antonia Castro-Graham to discuss CCA’s/CCE’s
Ray Hiemstra to discuss the Poseidon Desalination Project

6. Accomplishments, cont.
Established four committees, each with a chairperson and assistant chairperson:
1. Energy Committee
Chairperson: Steve Shepherd
Assistant Chairperson: Kirk Nason
2. Water Committee
(Acting) Chairperson: Stephanie Pacheco
(Acting) Assistant Chairperson: Pam Kamps
3. Toxin-Free HB
Chairperson: Pam Kamps
(Acting) Chairperson: Anna Ferree
4. Trash-Free HB Waters: TBA

7. Committee Descriptions/Updates
1. Energy Committee:
Focusing specifically at this time on CCE’s (Community Choice Energy), which would allow people to choose cleaner energy rather than strictly support SCE’s monopoly.
Some of us attended the last city council meeting and experienced some resistance from the council, so we have our work cut out for us.
Some of us attended an advocacy training on CCE’s and made connections that will helps us here in HB

8. Committee Descriptions/Updates, cont.
2. Water Committee:
Focusing specifically at this time on combating Poseidon’s desalination plant next to our coastline
Working hand-in-hand with R4RD and CoastKeeper
3. Toxin-Free HB Committee:
Will work hand in hand with HB Tomorrow to see that we have a fully executed Toxic-Free HB plan in place before year end
4. Trash-Free HB Water Committee: Keeping trash out of our drains and oceans.

9. Thank you’s For stepping up to be committee chairpersons:
Pam Kamps: Toxin-Free HB
Steve Shepherd: Energy
Stephanie Pacheco (acting): Water
Inez and Stephanie for taking minutes
Anna Ferree for taking pictures
Dr. Kathleen Treseder for writing a letter for our team

10. Agenda for Today’s Breakout Session
Updates from chairpersons
Continue signing up for committees
Discuss actions to take

11. Thank You & See you Soon . . .
… in our breakout session if you would like to be a part of the Environment Team
You can also stay updated by joining our Facebook page at HB Huddle – Environment Team

12. HB Huddle / Healthcare Team
Facilitator: Christian Mach
“Healthcare is a human right”
Read more about SB-562 at
Join the Facebook page of OC Regional organizers by searching: Medicare For All - Orange County

13. HB Huddle / Healthcare Team
Three HB huddlers have joined efforts to canvas Josh Newman's & Sharon Quirk Silva's district.

14. HB Huddle / Healthcare Team
HB Huddle member Cynthia Romanowski & labor organizer Susan Meyer, knocked on assembly woman Sharon Quirk Silva's door last week and talked to her about single-payer for 20 minutes!  

15. HB Huddle / Local Elections Team
Facilitator: Brendon Perkins / Cathy Ryder
Advocates for informed voting!
Local Elections Committees:
Voter Outreach
Education
Services & Social
Direct Action
Join our team! Our next Local Elections
Team meeting is July 18th!

16. Voter Outreach Team MAY: Voter Registration Booth
Joining forces with Code Blue, One Country Over Party, IOC48, OC Progressive, Imagine Action, Swell, Wave, TWW, Eastside Huddle, Laguna Unites, and Courage Campaign to organize a bad ass ground game!
MAY: Voter Registration Booth
Teamed with 72nd Assembly District Dem Club
JUNE: Voter Registration and
Engagement Training
JUNE: Voter Registration
Recruiting Volunteers for Tuesdays on Main St
and other venues
Join our team to get our community registered to vote!

17. Education Team MARCH: Publication of OC Elected Offices
Look for our information products on the Local Elections Page at HBHuddle.com!
MAY: Spoke at West Orange County Democratic Club
Help us turn City Council blue in 2018!
Huntington Beach City Council
Mike
Posey
REPUBLICAN
Barbara
Delgleize
Lyn
Semeta
Erik
Peterson
Patrick
Brenden
Billy
O'Connell
Jill
Hardy
DEMOCRAT
Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem
Member
Next Election
2018
2020

18. Services and Social Team
Our Sponsored Charities
Robyne’s Nest: Helps at-risk and homeless
students in the Huntington Beach community get
the academic, financial, and life skills to complete
high school and look to college, trade school or
military options
MAY: Collected $240!
JUNE-JULY: Collection – Please Give Today!
JULY: Speaker – Robyne Wood
Beach Cities Inter-Faith Services: Serve the working poor and homeless offering sack lunches, hygiene products, groceries, clothing, utility assistance, ID card assistance, CalFresh (food stamp) registration, mobile phone contracts
SEP-NOV: Collection – Please Give!

19. Direct Action Team JUNE: Candidate Forum JULY: Candidate Forum
Yay, you‘re here!
GUESTS: Boyde Roberts / Laura Oatman
Voter Checklist
JULY: Candidate Forum
Mark your calendar for July 15th!
GUESTS: Harley Rouda / Tony Zakades
JULY: Organizing Huddle Presence at HB City Council
Sign up to represent the Huddle at a City Council Meeting!

20. HB Huddle / #NoBanNoWall
Facilitator: Shayna Lathus
Accomplishments and Updates
SB54 California Values Act
Oak View Literacy Training started
World Refugee Day June 20
Please donate to UNICEF or Save the Children Refugee Relief
Signs of white nationalism infographic

21. Contact us
No set meeting time yet, but will hopefully decide at this meeting
Join our Facebook page: /
Join our mailing list:

22. HB Huddle / Women’s Rights Team Women’s Rights are Human Rights
Facilitator: Hayley Buchanan Communicator: Suzy Hutton

23. Create a Women’s Rights T-shirt
We are looking for t-shirt designs to raise funds for our group to support Planned Parenthood and other women’s rights efforts in the community.
Please share some of your ideas with us!!! Include your favorite phrase for women’s rights and/or drawings.

24. Phrase ideas
1. Wanted: a womb of my own. 2. Dignity, respect, and justice for all. 3. I’m a feminist. What’s your superpower? 4. Men of quality do not fear equality., 5. Respect Our Existence or Expect Our Resistance. 6. Silence is not an option. 7. The rights of the minority should never be subject to the whim of the majority".

25. Agenda for Today’s Breakout Session
Discuss ideas for t-shirt designs.
Discuss actions from prior meetings.
Discuss google document used as an informational forum for the group.
Look at Planned Parenthood Toolkit.
Plan pin making for next meeting.
Questions and/or comments.
Next meeting is Sunday, July 9th at 2:00pm.

26. Planned Parenthood

27. Music and comedy show tonight!!!
Planned Parenthood
Music and comedy show tonight!!!

28. Sub-groups of Women’s Rights
Reproductive Freedom (Sharman)
LGBT Rights (Hayley)
Abortion
LGBT Parenting
Birth Control
LGBT Relationships
Religion and Reproductive Rights
LGBT Youth
Abstinence only curricula
LGBT Nondiscrimination Protections
Women’s Rights (Suzy)
Transgender Rights
Violence against women
Criminal Justice Reform for LGBT People
Women’s rights in the workplace
Women’s rights in education
Women and criminal justice
Any information specific to these three issues that you would like to share with the group can be ed to these sub group individuals.

29. Thank you’s
Thank you Suzy Hutton for inviting us into your home for our first Action Team meeting and everyone that attended and contributed to the meeting.

30. Join us!!!
If you would like to be a part of the Women’s Rights are Human Rights team, please join us in our breakout session!