https://partiful.com/e/qjFQpOFtpii4Me0tkZxU
 
🌈 Donations are appreciated and go straight to fundraising for Hermosa Beach Pride Festival!   

🎤 PINK PONY CLUB KARAOKE NIGHT 🎤Saddle up and strut down to Artesia Bar—South Bay’s beloved gay dive—for a night of unapologetic queer joy, big vocals, and even bigger vibes! 💅🎶🦄 WHEN: Thursday, May 1st; Karaoke: 8PM–11PM🦄 WHERE: Artesia Bar; 1995 Artesia Blvd🦄 WHAT: Karaoke, sass, and maybe a spontaneous dance number or two🦄 WHO: Girls, Gays & Theys💖 No cover charge, just bring your sparkle and your best belting voice.🌈 Donations are appreciated and go straight to fundraising for Hermosa Beach Pride Festival!✨ Come live your Pink Pony Club fantasy. Let’s turn this dive into a disco! ✨

Centered on men in contemporary dance, Lives Beyond Motion is a love letter to every creative in arts.  Filmmaker, Keith Glassman, explores the lives of intergenerational and celebrated men who have made their mark on and off the stage.  It gifts us a rare level of transparency as they share their sacrifices, triumphs, and struggles to transcend economic, racial, and sexual marginalization.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/b-well-a-wellness-conference-for-bisexual-pansexual-fluid-community-tickets-1201581816559
 
B+ Well

Date/Time: May 3, 2025

Location: Los Angeles LGBT Center

Description & Audience: A wellness conference for the bisexual, pansexual, & fluid community & their allies

https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/774965/
 

Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, housing over homelessness.

Musk, Trump and their fellow profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom—on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. They want to erase labor rights, break our unions, and silence immigrant voices.

May Day 2025 we are fighting back. Organizing for a world where every family has housing, healthcare, fair wages, union protection, and safety—regardless of race, zip code, or immigration status.

They’re defunding our schools, privatizing public services, attacking unions, and targeting immigrant families with fear and violence. This is a war on working people—and we will not stand down. This day of action is just the beginning. We're organizing not just for one day, but to build power in every neighborhood, on every shop floor, and in every school.

This May Day, we will turn the page. This is the beginning of a new era—one where working families lead, immigrants are protected, and no one is left behind. This is not charity. This is not a request. We are reclaiming our power from corporate elites, and we will not be intimidated by Trump, Musk, or their billionaire backers. They’ve ruled for too long. Their time is up.

STOP THE BILLIONAIRE TAKEOVER.

WE ARE THE MANY. THEY ARE THE FEW.

THIS IS MAY DAY. JOIN US.

Abundance is an emerging policy framework that emphasizes addressing affordability through increasing supply, overcoming regulatory burdens, and promoting innovation. UCLA researchers are participating in the Abundance Policy Research Consortium, a group working to develop an evidence-based, fundamentals-first policy agenda for California focusing on expanding access to 12 human essentials. In this Mini Symposium, we will present the frameworks for identifying scarcity problems and policy levers to improve California's housing and transportation affordability and supply, which are deeply intertwined.

Tuesday, May 6
On Zoom
9–11:30 a.m. PT


Register: Meeting Registration - Zoom

Curious what MB United is all about?  Have any suggestions, comments, or questions?  Care to get our view on a topic?  Please come walk with us on May 10 at 9am and we can discuss whatever is on your mind while we stroll along the Strand.

We will start where the Strand meets the Pier.  See you there!

WALK WITH MB UNITED
Saturday, May 10
9am - 10am
On the Strand, starting at the Pier

https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblesouthbayla/event/775831/
The Trump administration is trampling the constitution, demolishing the treasury system, initiating trade wars, and pushing economy crushing budget proposals to fund tax cuts for his billionaire cronies.

Join us for a hands on training will which cover best practices for activism - where to find actions, how to make effective phone calls to elected representatives and how to use a variety of tools to get your message across.

Note: This workshop will cover much of the same information covered at our meeting on February 9. This workshop will be held several times in the coming weeks (see schedule below). On 5/10 and 5/24 we will hold two sessions per day. You only need sign up for one session. We plan to hold this training at regular intervals in 2025.

Spreading Love: Art & Craft Project

Date/Time: Saturday, May 10, 2025n from 3-5pm

Location: South Bay LGBTQ Center: 116610 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, CA 90504

Description & Audience: Create an original mixed media art piece using recycled materials and paing.  Artist Vanesa Andrade will provide all supplies and will guide participants through a step by step demonstration.  This workshop is intended for ages 8 and up.  This workshop is free, but registration is required.

Other Info: To register, email msimun@redondobeachlibraryfriends.com

This program is generously funded by the Friends of the Redondo Beach Library.

For our May 2025 MonthlyMeeting we will have a discussion
on South Bay issues with our FEATURED SPEAKER,
RPV City Councilmember** Paul Seo, 2026 Assembly candidate, 66AD,
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1095114952645764&set=a.298978408926093

RSVP for meeting: REPLY to this email (TorranceDems@hotmail.com)
TDC EVENT POST:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1203089038155917
for info call 310 538 0245 voicemail,leave message.

BACKROOM, No-host meal 6pm, meeting 7pm, Monday, May 12.
Please come EARLY to support our LOCATION by enjoying a meal at the Restaurant.

https://www.movela.org/move_la_s_2025_community_conversation_and_policy_conference
 

We are excited to announce that the Move LA Community Conversation and Policy Conference is happening on May 16, 2025, at the Sheraton Grand in Los Angeles!

Join us for a day of insightful discussions, community engagement, and networking with thought leaders and advocates focused on shaping the future of our region. This conference will bring together diverse voices to address pressing issues and explore innovative solutions that impact our communities.

Move LA’s Policy Conference is a “who’s who” of policy leaders from the local, state, and federal level. Register today to participate in our dialogue  as we strive to forge a brighter future for Los Angeles!

Tickets:

General Admission: $150

Use Access Code: EARLYBIRD2025 to receive a discount on general admission tickets until March 25, 2025!!

Student/Non Profit: $35.00

Scholarship: Apply Here

https://longbeachpride.com/

https://utla.net/event/spacex-rally/ 

Fight For Schools, Stop Trump-Musk: Rally at SpaceX

Details                

In their war against diversity and public education, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have threatened to rob LAUSD students of $1.2 billion of our own tax dollars — federal money allocated for school lunches, Special Education services, and Title I programs that our most vulnerable students rely on to survive and succeed in school. Trump and the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, are stealing food out of the mouths of children and resources from our schools. At the same time, LAUSD is hoarding $6.4 billion in reserves. We are ready to take on LAUSD if they attempt to hide behind Trump as an excuse to continue underpaying educators and underfunding student needs.

We’re taking the fight to SpaceX – Musk’s company that gets billions in tax breaks and private government contracts while Trump moves to starve out our schools on the same day as other educator-led rallies in Sacramento, San Francisco, Hanford, and San Diego. Let’s rally together with good music, good food, and great people. Let’s build the visual language of resistance through live, interactive art, screen-printed protest posters, button-making, and more.

Public Transit: Use the Metro Trip Planner to plan your specific route. Take the Metro C Line (Green) to Crenshaw Station (about a seven-minute walk to the rally point). In addition to a connecting route, you can drive to a Metro C (Green) stop that has parking and travel on the C line from there. All parking is subject to availability. There are also several bus lines that pass by SpaceX.

https://act.hrc.org/page/168324/event/1?locale=en-US  

Fourth Annual
"Say Gay South Bay"
Fundraiser

Join us for the 4th Annual Say Gay South Bay Fundraiser!

Saturday, May 17th
5:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m.

Artesia Bar
1995 Artesia Blvd
Redondo Beach CA 90278

Funds raised at this year's "Say Gay South Bay" event will support the HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN. Don’t miss out on a night of celebration, community and support!

(Early bird pricing through MAY 1st)-Ticket prices will increase to $40, $60 and $85 respectively after May 1st

https://longbeachpride.com/

https://pvpdemocrats.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cb0bb0fa9a1760505d624e0e8&id=3e4e4ace64&e=f0c35ec894

A Conversation About Local Events and Our Communities

Join us for our hybrid (In-person and zoom), club meeting which will be held at the Peninsula Center Library, 701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates, California, 90274 this Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 2:30 PM.   

Joining us in person at the meeting will be two of our elected officials, who plan to speak on local issues affecting our communities, Sara Deen, Vice President, and Board Member of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District and Rancho Palos Verdes Mayor Pro-Tem Paul Seo. Also joining us will be American writer, social activist and former professional football player, Chris Kluwe.

Dr. Eric Cervini-ECC Pride Week Guest Speaker

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 1:15pm

Location: El Camino College-Marsee Auditorium

Description & Audience: In this talk, Dr. Eric Cervini expertly explains the cultural crossroads that America is currently facing in the timeless battle for gay rights.

Tickets: https://elcaminotickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2617&p=1