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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 . . .

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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!


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