Past
Events
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Zoom Meetings 2021-22
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Metrocrest Meeting April 18, 2022
This meeting is devoted to candidates in the
May 7th joint election (municipal and
school board). There are some Democrats
running and it's important to support them
especially in an election with traditionally
very low turnout. A few votes can make all
the difference.
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Metrocrest Meeting March 14, 2022
Professor Cal Jilsson of SMU
speaks, one of the nations's foremost
political experts.
Cal regularly provides journalists
thoughtful insights on US and Texas
politics, and is a frequent commentator on
various network programs. He is also the
author of Lone Star Tarnished: A Critical
Look at Texas Politics and Public Policy.
Professor Jilsson to speaks about the
prospects for Democrats post-Primary and to
discuss the role progressives in the Texas
Democratic Party will play.
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Meet the Midterm Candidates February 7,
2022
Meet the Midterm Candidates in
contested primary races to attend our meeting
for our members and friends to meet them and
ask any questions they may have of the
candidates before voting in the primary.
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Metrocrest Democrats January 11, 2022
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins
speaks about the role government in
large, urban, largely Democratic counties will
play going forward in the face of Republican
efforts at the state level to limit the powers
and authority of local officials at all
levels.
First elected in 2010 Judge Jenkins
has weathered many crises, including an
outbreak of West Nile Virus in 2012 when he
declared a state of emergency for the county
and led efforts to spray for mosquitoes. In
2014 during the child migrant crisis, Jenkins
offered refuge in Dallas County to almost 2000
migrant children who crossed the US border
with Mexico. This move led to a meeting
between President Obama and Governor Rick
Perry regarding the issue.
When in 2014, Dallas County became the first
county in the US to have a confirmed Ebola
virus case, Jenkins led the local
response. His actions won national
praise for destigmatizing the disease by
showing that it couldn't be transmitted
between asymptomatic persons by entering the
home of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first victim
of Ebola in the US, without personal
protective equipment in order to help Duncan's
family move into temporary housing while their
house was decontaminated.
During the current Covid-19 outbreak,
Jenkins was the first Texas official to
declare a stay-at-home order, a week before
Governor Abbott issued a similar statewide
measure. Jenkins' continuing cautious
approach in the face of a public health crisis
has brought him into direct conflict with
Republican officials at the state level and in
particular with Governor Abbott.
As Dallas and Texas have experienced
huge economic and population expansion in the
last 12 years, In the current pandemic
environment he sees Covid as the most
challenging issue going forward economically
and socially as well as from an educational
standpoint. Dealing with it is his
biggest priority as he supports policies to
make Dallas County more healthy, equitable,
affordable, and prosperous.
After Judge Jenkin's presentation, there
were opportunities for candidates for local
office and judiciary positions to introduce
themselves.
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Metrocrest Democrats Meeting November 8,
2021
Joe Jaworski candidate for Texas Attorney
General speaks. Joe Jaworski is a
third-generation Texas trial attorney and
former Mayor of Galveston, Texas. Joe’s term
as mayor was defined by his unwavering support
for and success in rebuilding Galveston’s
storm-devastated public housing; a political
choice that made a positive difference for
thousands of Island residents.
In 2021, he began his thirtieth year of
practice, a career that began as law clerk to
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit
Judge John R. Brown, followed by a robust
Admiralty defense trial practice representing
Gulf Coast maritime interests and then, a
rewarding plaintiff’s trial practice
representing injured maritime workers. From
these various career experiences, he finally
found his niche.
Joe owns The Jaworski Law Firm,
headquartered in Galveston, and his practice
is 100% mediation. He specializes in mediating
Defense Base Act claims, mediating hundreds of
claims annually domestically and abroad; these
are the claims brought by military contractors
for personal injuries arising from the War on
Terror.
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Metrocrest Democrats Meeting September 13,
2021
Rene Martinez speaks about Critical
Race Theory. Rene is a major voice in
the Dallas area Latin American
community. He is an educational
consultant,President of LULAC Council 100 and
the District Director of the LULAC Northeast
Texas Region.
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Copyright 2022,
Metrocrest Democrats
"Turning
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