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2024
May 3: Dianna O’Brien, President, CoMo Preservation: “Why Saving The Places And Spaces We Love Matters” This was a live+Zoom “hybrid” meeting at BoCo Dems HQ
Apr 26: Jeanne Snodgrass, Director, Hillel, University of Missouri: “What changed for the American Jewish Community on Oct. 7th”
Apr 19: George Smith & Rasha Abousalem, “Gaza Through American Eyes”
— download Rasha’s Powerpoint presentation
Apr 5: Panel on Initiative petitions. Suzanne Opperman Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselor; Truman Oakes,, Missouri Jobs With Justice; Alex Cook, Missourians for Constitutional Freedoms
This was an in-person + Zoom hybrid meeting at the BoCo Dems HQ
Mar 29: Kip Kendrick, BoCo Presiding Commissioner,: “Conversation About Prop 1: A Senior Property Tax Freeze.” Plus Linda Hays, Representative, Boone County Democrats Committee: “The Rally Blue Initiative”
Mar 22: City Councilpersons Panel II: Lucio Bitoy, Registered Write-in Candidate for Ward 2 (did not appear) and Nick Knoth, Ward 1 Councilman. Susan Maze, Recall Knoth Campaign Spokesperson
Mar 15: Columbia Public School Board Candidates Panel,: Jeanne Snodgrass, Alvin Cobbins, and John Potter. Leslie Clay, Moderater.
Mar 8: Bradford Boyd-Kennedy, Founding Member, The Community Remembrance Project of Boone County. “Progressive Advocacy and Activism is Alive in Boone County: Why We Have a Community Remembrance Project”
Mar 1: Columbia City Council candidates panel: Ward 2: Robert Schreiber III, and Lisa Meyer. Plus Ward 6’s Betsy Peters. Moderated by Leslie Clay Note: This was a hybrid Live + Zoom meeting. In-person at BoCo Dems HQ
Feb 23 Jayme Prenger, and Abigail Beeler, Missouri Women’s Business Center, CMCA; & Tanisha Simpson, The Shops at Sharp End
Feb 16: Roger Johnson, Boone County Prosecutor.: “Balancing Public Safety And Mental Health Treatment – Plus Other Goings-On at The Prosecutor’s Office”
Feb 9 Dan Hanneken, In2Action Jessica Chambers, The Reentry Opportunity Center: “Formerly Incarcerated, Newly Released. What Now?”
Feb 2: Professor Kathy Kiely MU School of Journalism: “Hey Mid-Missouri! The Presidential Candidates Aren’t Going to Pay Attention to You This Year, But We Will” First Friday meeting: In person at BoCo Dems HQ + Live on Zoom
Jan 26: Margie Sable, Professor Emerita, MU School of Social Work and Mary Beck, Clinical Professor Emerita, MU School of Law: “Reproductive Rights: How Did We Get Here and Where Is It Going?“
Jan 19: Carolyn Amparan, Mid-Mo Sierra Club and Jim Windsor, Ass’t Director of Utilities, Columbia, (retired): “Can Columbia Achieve 100% Renewables-Sourced Electricity by 2030?”
Jan 12: Barbara Buffaloe, Mayor of the City of Columbia
Jan 5: J. Scott Christianson, MU Professor, Author, Technologist: “Deep Fakes and Democracy: AI’s Impact on Public Discourse”
2023
Dec 15: MO House panel Kathy Steinhoff, MO-45 and Doug Mann, MO-50: “”Planned pre-file bills and goals for the 2024 Legislative session (our last meeting of 2023)
Dec 8: MO House panel – Adrian Plank, MO-47 and David Tyson Smith, MO-46: “Planned pre-file bills and goals for the 2024 Legislative Session” Also: Happy Birthday, Sarah Catlin!
Dec 1: David Robinson, Professor of History emeritus, Truman State: “The war in Ukraine after two years (or perhaps ten)” This was a hybrid Live/Zoom meeting from BoCo Dems HQ
Nov 17: Beth Low-Smith: “The Goals and Programs of LeadMO Action and LeadMO”
Nov 10: Chris Lawrence, Heartspace Clinic
Nov 3 Janet Thompson, BoCo Commissioner, “Upward Mobility Grant Progress to Date” This was a hybrid Live + Zoom meeting at BoCo Dems HQ
also, RIP Phyllis Fugit… Obituary
Oct 27: Rigel Oliveri, JD, MU’s School of Law: “A Preview: The Cases the Supreme Court Will Hear This Term.”
Oct 20: Hannah Evans, Senior Analyst, Population Connection, “Solutions Through Empowerment: Why Health and Education Matter to Climate Change”
See also: Population Connection Resources Archive
Oct 13: Wesley Bell, St. Louis County Prosecutor, candidate, U.S. Senate: “My Campaign Platform and Plans”
Oct 6: Paul Harper, Attorney, CPS School Board Member, Member of Parents for Parents at the Center Project: “Impact of Senate Bill 49 (The Missouri Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act)” This was a ZOOM +Live meeting at BoCoDems HQ
Sep 29: Richard J. Barohn, MD, MU Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs & Dean of the School of Medicine: “State of the School of Medicine”
Sep 22: Panel Presentation: Tanya Heath, 4th ward GOP CC Rep, and Glenn Cobbins Sr., Co-Creators of Team CoMo – Heart of the Community,; plus Dr. Anthony Lupo, climate denier and BoCo GOP CC chair: “A Pledge and Ideas on How to Make Columbia Safer and Healthier
Sept 15: Richard von Glahn: “Mission and Work of Missouri Jobs With Justice”
Sept 8: Darin Preis and Bailey Stock: “Central Missouri Community Action – An Overview” Watch Zoom session on Youtube
Sept 1 No meeting – Labor Day weekend
Aug 25: Nanette Ward, The Stop Human Trafficking Coalition of Central MO “Human Trafficking – Stealing Freedom for Profit” PowerPoint presentation
Aug 18: Joanne Nelson, BoCo Community Services Director: “The Children’s Services Fund: What it is and What it Does”
Aug 11: Chief Gary Hill, Lincoln University Law Enforcement Training Academy: “LULETA’s Mission”
Aug 4: Dr. Terry Smith, Columbia College: “From Harding to Biden: 100 Years of Change and Continuity” Note: this is a hybrid in-person + Zoom Meeting*
July 28: MU Prof J. Scott Christianson “The 411 on AI and ChatGPT.” How these technologies are being used and their policy and political implications
July 21: Dan Viets, J.D., NORML Board Secretary “Six Months of Legal Marijuana in Missouri”
July 14: Brad Lookingbill, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor of History, Columbia College: “The Free Labor Ideology and Party Realignment after the American Civil War”
July 7: Elad Gross, candidate for MO Attorney General: “My Campaign platform and plans.” This is a Live+Zoom “hybrid” meeting
June 23: Kip Kendrick, BoCo Presiding Commissioner: “Boone County New Master Plan“
June 16: Tim Gibbons, Missouri Rural Crisis Center: “The New Farm Bill and Why You Should Care”
June 9: Steve Hollis, Human Services Manager, CoMo/BoCo Public Health and Human Services AND Jessica Macy, Co-Coordinator, Boone County Coalition to End Homelessness: “Homelessness in Columbia/Boone County”
June 2: Trevor Harris, Long-time Volunteer, KOPN Community Radio, “On the Weird Radio: A Debriefing From the KOPN Oral History Project”
This was a hybrid in-person and online Zoom meeting.
May 19: “New” Boone County Office Holders Panel: Bob Nolte, Recorder of Deeds; Jenna Redel, County Treasurer; Kyle Rieman, County Auditor – “Our First Four Months in Office: Progress, Surprises”
May 12: Dr. Brian Yearwood, Superintendent, Columbia Public Schools – “Columbia Public Schools: Achievement Update”
May 5: Heather Harlan, CRPS, MAADC II, CoMo/BoCo Public Health & Human Services: “What Are ACEs And Why Should We Care?”
Apr 28: Michael Berg MO Sierra Club political director: “State of Environmental Protection in the Missouri Legislature 2023”
Apr 21: Stephen Webber, Candidate for Missouri State Senate 2024 “My Campaign Plans and Platform”
Apr 14: Mandy Hagseth, J.D. Missouri Family Health Council, Inc. “Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy in Missouri 2023”
Apr 7: – Mahree Skala, Karl Skala, and Peter Schneeberger — Panel Discussion: “Preemption and Local Control”
Mar 31: County and City cannabis sales tax ballot propositions with BoCo Commissioner Janet Thompson and Columbia Finance staff Betsy Peters
Mar 24 CPS School Board panel 3: Paul Harper, John Potter
Mar 17 CPS School Board panel 2: Chris Horn, John Lyman
Mar 10 CPS School Board panel 1: April Ferrao, James Gordon
Mar 3: Dustin Bax, Legislative Assistant, MO 47th District
Feb 24 CoMo 5th Ward City Council candidate forum: Gregg Bush and Don Waterman
Feb 17 CoMo 1st Ward City Council candidate forum: Pat Fowler and Nick Knoth
Feb 10 Richard C. Reuben, James Lewis Parks Professor of Law, University of Missouri: “U.S. Supreme Roberts Court Update“
eb 3 Ashton Kuehnel, Grassroots Organizer, Sierra Club, Missouri and Co-Coordinator, The Will of the People Coalition; “Preserving Missouri’s Initiative Petition Process”
Jan 27 Jose Caldera, Civil attorney: “My Year Deployed”
Jan 20: David Tyson Smith: MO 46 “My Goals for 2023 Legislative Session, Bill’s I’ve Filed”
Jan 13: Rev. Molly Housh Gordon, minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia, “Now That He is Safely Dead, Martin Luther King Without Whitewash.”
Jan 6 Brianna Lennon, BoCo Clerk “Reflections: Nov 8 Election”
2022
Dec 16: Brian Colby, VP of Public Policy for the Missouri Budget Project: “The State of Missouri’s Budget: Evaluating 2022, Looking to 2023”
Dec 9: Margaret Conroy, executive director, DBRL: “Secretary of State Ashcroft’s Proposed Rule to limit ‘Age-Inappropriate Materials’ in Public Libraries”
Dec 2: Meet Kathy Steinhoff, Newly Elected MO District 45 Rep.
Nov 18: Col Police Chief Geoff Jones: FUSUS surveillance cameras
Nov 11: David Leuthold, Emeritus Professor of Political Science: “Analysis of General Election 2022 Results in Boone County, Missouri, and Nationally”
Nov 4: Barbara Hoppe, League of Women Voters: “Proposed Amendments to Missouri’s Constitution on the November 8th Ballot” Download Barbara’s Powerpoint presentation about the ballot issues
Oct 28: Dan Viets “The Ballot Issue to Legalize Marijuana for adult Missourians Explained”
Download Dan’s Powerpoint presentation about Amendment 3
Oct 21: Trudy Busch Valentine, US Senate candidate, via ZOOM and in person at Boone County Democratic headquarters.
Oct 14: Kyle Rieman candidate for Boone County Auditor
Oct 7: Bethany Mann, Democrat for 3rd U.S. Congressional District: “My Platform and Campaign”
Sept 30: Adrian Plank, Candidate MO 47: “Climate, Gun Safety, Mizzou, & Hemp”
Sept 23: Kip Kendrick “My platform and campaign for Presiding Commissioner
Sept 16: Bob Nolte, My campaign for Boone County Recorder of Deeds “
Sept 9: Jenna Redel, “Why I Want to be Boone County Treasurer”
Aug 26: Dave Raithel, candidate MO 44, “My Platform and Campaign”
Aug 19: Doug Mann, candidate MO 50, “My Platform and Campaign”
Aug 12: Prof Richard Reuben, MU School of Law: “Overcoming Voter Suppression“
Aug 5: Brianna Lennon, BoCo County Clerk: “Getting Ready for the November election.”
July 29: Karl Skala, candidate for 3rd Ward City Councilman: “Update on My Campaign” … also, Spencer Toder, Democrat Candidate for U.S. Senate: “My Campaign for U.S. Senate and Growing Missouri’s Democratic Party”
July 22: Trudy Busch Valentine, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate: “My Platform”
July 15: Joanne Nelson, Megan Bania, BoCo Community Services — Update: Boone County’s Upward Mobility Grant
July 8: Kourtney Vincent-Woodbury, VP Planned Parenthood: “Kansas Constitutional Freedom Update”
June 24: Andrew Daly, Jon Karlen, Bethany Mann: Candidates for US 3rd Congressional District
June 17: Angela Peterson, Kayla Jackson-Williams: Candidates, Assoc. Circuit Judge, Division 10
June 10: Kristin Bowen, of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
June 3: Democratic Candidates for Boone County Recorder of Deeds
May 20: Chimene Schwach, Candidate for MO 47 — “My Platform”
May 13: Brittany Whitley, MOST Policy Initiative — “Who We Are and What We Do”
May 6: Samantha Moog “Status of Afghan Refugees Resettlement, Plans for Ukrainian Refugees”
April 29: Crystal Quade, MO House Minority Leader, 2022 Legislative Update
April 22: Dr. David Webber, Missourian columnist and MU Assoc. Professor Emeritus, Political Science
April 15: Adrian Plank, candidate for MO 47
April 8:Dr. Alan K. Green, candidate for Missouri Auditor
April 1: Ballot issues: Dr. Brian Yearwood, Superintendent, Columbia Public Schools re: School Bond issue AND Janet Thompson, Boone County Commissioner and Matthew Lue, City of Columbia Finance Director re: The City and County Use Tax
March 25: Tanya Heath and David Seamon, Columbia Mayoral Candidates
March 18: Barbara Buffaloe, Randy Minchew : Columbia Mayoral Candidates
March 11: Denise Lieberman, Director, Missouri Voter Protection Coalition: “Status of Missouri Voting Rights Legislation”
March 4: Nick Foster and Erica PeffermanCandidates for 4th Ward City Council
Feb 25 : Karl Skala re: his qualifications for Columbia City Council. Roy Lovelady, other 3rd ward candidate, canceled due to a scheduling conflict. Also, Ragini Algole, Boone County Clerk’s Office, addresses need for poll workers for upcoming elections
Feb18: Renew Missouri’s Tim Opitz, and Philip Fracica
Feb 11: Adam Burks and Andrea Lisenby, CPS School Board Candidates
Feb 4: Suzette Waters and Blake Willoughby, CPS School Board Candidates
Jan 28: Monica Naylor, Coordinator, 2022 COMO Values Diversity Celebration Breakfast “A Brief History of the Columbia Values Diversity Celebration”
Jan 21: Brianna Lennon, Boone County Clerk, A Preview of the 2022 Election Year; redistricting in Boone County; voting rights legislation proposed in Missouri Legislature.
Jan 14: Heart of Missouri United Way . David Holtgraewe, Chief Operations Officer. “2021-2022 Community Campaign and Agencies/Organizations UW Helps Fund”
Jan 7: Kip Kendrick, Candidate for Presiding Commissioner, Boone County. “Moving Boone County Forward”
2021
Dec 17: Mike Szydlowski, K-12 Science Coordinator, Columbia Public Schools “CPS’s New Nature School”
Dec 10: David Tyson Smith, MO House 45th Missouri, “Reflections on 2021 Legislative Session and My Goals for 2022 Session”
Dec 3: Ian Thomas, Retiring 4th Ward Councilman, “Columbia’s Public Transit System and Hopes for the Future”
Nov 26: No meeting. Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 19: Nick Knoth, Candidate for Boone County Presiding Commissioner
Nov 12: Eric Hempel, City of Columbia The City’s Sustainability Program
Nov 5: Randy Cole, Executive Director, Columbia Housing Authority Lower Cost Housing in Columbia
Oct 29: Mike Griggs, Director, Columbia Parks and Rec Dept: “Facts About the 2021 Park Sales Tax”
Oct 22: Dr. Gena Ross, Candidate for US Senate 2022: “Platform & Campaign Plans”
Oct 15: Sharon Schneeberger & Carol Schreiber, League of Women Voters: “The Legislative Redistricting Process in Missouri”
Oct 8: Steve Smith, Director, Job Point: “Job Point’s Programs and Services“
Oct 1: Andrea Waner, Columbia 2nd ward Councilperson, “Dream big and fight hard: community engagement with the American Rescue Plan”
Sept 24: Scott Clardy, assistant director City/County Public & Human Services: Covid-19 Update
Sept 17: Ms. Elyse Max, Executive Director, Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: “Death Penalty & Execution in Missouri & the Nation; How Citizens Can Help Stop Them”
Sept 10: Seth Smith, Public Services Librarian, Daniel Boone Regional Library, “Community Archive and Digitization Initiative”
Sept 3: No Meeting – Have a great Labor Day weekend!
August 27: Troy Greer, CEO, Boone Health, “Boone Health Update”
August 20: Melissa Schulte, Network Coordinator-Aging Best (Formerly Central Missouri Area Agency on Aging), “Ongoing Services, New Services”
August 13: Dr. S. David Mitchell, Co-Director, Michael A. Middleton Center for Race, Ruth L. Hulston Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law, “Critical Race Theory
August 6: Brian Treece, Mayor of Columbia, “Reflections: Columbia 2020-2021“
July 30: Janet Thompson, Boone County Northern District Commissioner “Upward Economic Mobility Grant”
July 23: Charles Stephenson, Director, Powerhouse Community Development Corporation Programs and Services for Columbia
July 16: Spencer Toder, Candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022
July 9: Tom Schauwecker, Boone County Assessor – “Challenges of Assessing Boone County Properties in a Changing Real Estate Market”
June 25: Rev. Larry Brown –“The Complexity of Contemporary White Nationalism”
June 18: Jan Weaver, former director MU Environmental Studies Program – Gans Creek Wild Area and Columbia Imagined
June 11: Rudi Keller, deputy editor Missouri Independent: “Historic Achievement and Embarrassing Failures of the 2021 Missouri Legislature“
June 4: Lucas Kunce, US Senate candidate, Jeff City resident, former Marine, advocate for the middle class
May 28: Mike Trapp, retired 2nd Ward Councilperson: Reflections on Columbia and Homelessness
May 21: Timothy Shepard, U.S. Senate candidate: Entrepreneur, Former Missionary, Activist
May 14: Timothy D. McBride, Center for Health Economics and Policy, Institute for Public Health: The Long and Winding Road to Medicaid Expansion,
May 7: Jewel Kelly, Democrat for U.S. Senate, 2022; Veteran. Small Business Owner
April 30: Drs. Peter Stiepleman & Brian Yearwood –Outgoing & Incoming CPS Superintendents
April 23: Mark Haim, Peace Works – Climate Change & the Political Process
April 16: Barbra Horrell – Columbia’s African American Heritage Trail
— CoMo African American Heritage Trail Questions and Guide (pdf)
— Trail brochure and map (pdf)
April 9: Scott Sifton, first declared candidate for Roy Blunt’s US enate seat
April 2: Senator John Rizzo, Missouri Senate Minority Floor Leader
March 26: Columbia School Board Candidates
— Teresa Maledy, Jeanne Snodgrass, Katherine Sasser, Lucas Neal, Aron Saylor
March 19: 45th MO House candidates:
— David Tyson Smith, Glenn Nielson
March 12: Columbia City Council Ward 2 Candidates:
— Andrea Waner, Bill Weitkemper, (Jim Meyer absent -schedule conflict)
March 5: Columbia City Council Ward 6 Candidates:
— Betsy Peters, Randy Minchew, Philip Merriman
Feb 26 Martha Stevens Legislative priorities update
Feb 19 Scott Clardy, Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services: Covid-19 Issues in Boone County
Feb 12 Kristin Bowen, Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense
Feb 5 Seth Smith, DBRL,Public Services Librarian:Truth or Misinformation: Tips for Navigating the Complex World of Digital News
Jan 29 Dan Viets Medical Marijuana Issues
Jan 22 David Leuthold – Change the Electoral College?
Jan 15 The 45th House Seat Democratic Candidate Forum:
Caleb Hall, David Tyson Smith, & Scott Cristal YouTube video of ZOOM meeting
Jan 8 Chimene Schwach, CASA
Jan 1 No meeting – Happy New Year!
2020
Dec 25 No meeting – Merry Christmas!
Dec 18 Marilyn McLeod. League of Women Voters Women’s Suffrage 100th Anniversary
Dec. 11 Steve Hunt, Columbia Solid Waste Facility (video of ZOOM meeting)
Dec 4 – Brianna Lennon, Boone County Clerk (video of ZOOM meeting)
Nov 27-No meeting (Thanksgiving weekend)
Nov 20-Kip Kendrick, discusses decision to leave MO-45 seat and future of Missouri’s politics under Amendment 3 — the permanent Republican super majority. (Video of ZOOM meeting)
Nov 13-Mary Stegmaier, MU professor & author on voting & elections, analyze the elections.
Nov 6 – David Leuthold, Election analysis
Oct 30 –Vicky Englund, MO Treasurer
Oct 23 –Nicole Galloway For Governor
Oct 16 – Judy Baker for MO Senate
Oct 9 –Lindsey Simmons for 4th CD US House
Oct 2- No on 3 (Dirty Clean)
Sep 25 Justin Aldred for Boone County Commission Southern District
Sep 18 Jacque Sample for MO House 44
Sep 11 Kari Chesney for MO House 50
Sep 4: Adrian Plank for MO House 47
Aug 28 Janet Thompson, Boone County Bicentennial
Aug 21 Marilyn McLeod, LWV President on centennial of women’s suffrage
Aug 14 Dwayne Carey, Boone County Sheriff
Aug 7 Don Day on Climate Change
July 31 Elad Gross, Democrat running for MO Atty General
July 24: Stephanie Browning, Director of Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services
July 17: Judy Baker on Medicaid Expansion
July 10: Rich Finneran, Democrat, running for MO Atty General
July 3: No meeting — Independence Day holiday
June 26: Lindsey Simmons, Candidate for CD-4
June 19: Kip Kendrick MO-HD45
June 12: Jerron Johnson Missouri College Advising Corps Director
June 5: Kari Chesney candidate for MO House 50th
May 29: Justin Aldred candidate for BoCo Commission southern district
May 22 ZOOM! Muleskinners – first ever online Muleskinners test meeting
Long Hiatus due to COVID-19
Apr 10: Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey – cancelled due to COVID
Apr 3: Bonnie Margolis, centennial of women’s suffrage – cancelled due to COVID
Mar 27: Columbia School Board candidates forum – cancelled due to COVID
Mar 20: Don Day on inter-generational climate change – cancelled due to COVID
Mar 13: Janet Thompson on the Boone County bicentennial plans – cancelled due to COVID
Mar 6: Columbia City council candidates forum
Feb. 28: Keith McIver, President, Minority Men’s Network
Feb. 21: Anna White, Boone County Jail advanced correctional healthcare
Feb. 14: Elad Gross, Candidate for MO Attorney General
Feb. 7: Brianna Lennon, Boone County Clerk
Jan 31: Ruby Bailey, Executive Editor of the Columbia Missourian
Jan 24: Meeting with Don Day was cancelled due to bad weather
Jan 17: Debbie Graham, chair, Room at the Inn
Jan 10: Warren Sapp, Keystone Pipeline protests w/slideshow
Jan 3: No Meeting – Happy New Year
2019
Dec 20 : No Meeting, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays
Dec 27: No Meeting, Happy New Year
Dec 13: Judy Baker, candidate for MO 19 Senate
Dec 6: Elisabeth Condon, MidMO Young Democrats
Nov 29: No meeting — Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 22: Andrew Hutchinson, MO Jobs w/Justice
Nov 15: Jacque Sample, candidate for MO 44
Nov 8: Lindsey Simmons, Candidate US Congress, 4th CD
Nov 1: Peter Stiepleman, of Columbia Public Schools
Oct 25: Michela Skelton – candidate MO Senate 19
Oct 18: Renee Hoagenson – Medicare and Medicaid ExpansionOct 11: Larry Brown
on White Nationalism
Oct 4: Erich Arvidson, candidate, US Congress 4th CD
Sept 27: Adrian Plank, candidate for MO-47 state representativeSept 20: Jacque Sample, candidate for MO-44 state representative
—- note: Jacque Sample rescheduled for November 15
Sept. 13: Sean Spence, KOPN Radio
Sept 6: Kelly Wallis, Boone County Children’s Services
August 30: No meeting — Labor Day – Thank a union worker!
August 23: John Glascock, Columbia City Manager
August 16: Kari Chesney, Candidate MO-50th
August 9: Kristin Bowen, Moms Demand Action
August 2: Tim Gibbons , MO Rural Crisis Center
July 26: Gerald Hirsch, the Historical Society of Missouri
July 19: Lyra Noce, Boone County Democratic Party Chair
July 12: Rep. Kip Kendrick, MO-45
July 5: Independence Day weekend. No Meeting.
June 28: Carol Brown, Race Matters Friends bail bond program
June 21: Rep. Martha Stevens, MO-46
June 14: Jennifer Erickson, Director of Osher Lifelong Learning
June 7: Adam Saunders Center for Urban Agriculture
May 31: Cindy Mustard, Columbia Cemetery
May 24: No meeting – Memorial Day weekend. Remember a vet.
May 17: Susan Lutton, Mid Missouri Legal Services
May 10: Domingo Martinez Castilla, Human migrations
May 3: Carolyn Amparan sharing her knowledge on climate change
Apr 26 – Nanette Ward on human trafficking
Apr 19 – Dan Viets updates since the medical marijuana law passed
Apr 12 – Brianna Lennon on her new role as County Clerk
Apr 5 – Lindsay Baker, Research Director, MO Budget ProjectMar 29 – Carolyn
Amparan, Sierra Club -Health effects of climate change
Mar 22 – Kelly Myers of Coyote Hill
Mar 15 – Columbia School Board Candidates Forum
Mar 8 – Geoff Jones, interim Columbia Police Chief
Mar 1 – Chris Kelly, Mayoral candidate
Feb 22 – Mayor (and candidate) Brian Treece
Feb 15 – Frank Bowman, MU Law prof- Impeachment in the Age of Trump
Feb 8 – Rhonda Stone Proctor, Bicentennial Committee for Boone County
Feb 1 – Ruth McCluskey, Chief juvenile officer
Jan 25 – Shelly Fair – Columbia Public Schools – undocumented/ESL students
Jan 18 – Cindy Clavenger, Treatment Court
Jan 11 – No meeting
Jan 4 – Discussion on our direction and location for meetings
2018
Dec 21 – No Meeting – Happy Holidays!
Dec 28 – No Meeting – Happy New Year
Dec 14 – Casey Clevenger – Treatment Court / Election of New Muleskinners Officers
Dec 7 – Mahree Skala
Nov 30 – Grace Wildenhaus – Volunteer & Community Outreach Coordinator Refugee & Immigration Services
Nov 23 – No Meeting – Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 16 – Jay Hasheider-Climate Action
Nov 9 – Post Election Re-cap; all candidates invited
Nov 2 – Dan Viets – Amendment 2, Compassionate Care
Oct 26 – No speaker
Oct 19 – Finley Gibbs and Stephanie Morrell, Judicial candidates
Oct 12 – Scott Charton & Cydney Mayfield – Prop D Statewide Fuel Tax
Oct 5 – No speaker
Sept 28 – Missouri Clean Ballot Initiative
Sept 21 – Mason Aid, LGBTQ
Sept 14 – Brianna Lennon, Democratic Candidate for BoCo Clerk
Sept 7 – Nora Pullen Dietzel, BoCo Recorder of Deeds
August 31 – No Meeting – Labor Day weekend
August 24 – State Reps primary recap and BCDP Central Committee reorganization report
August 17 – Judy Baker
August 10 – Primary election post mortem
August 3 – COMO Power and Light to discuss Prop 1
July 27 – Bo Co Presiding Commissioner Democratic Candidate Forum – with Dan Atwill and David Seamon
July 20 – 9th and 11th Judicial Divisions Democratic Candidate Forum – with Kevin O’Brien, Stephanie Morrel, Tracy Gonzalez, Steve Wilson
July 13 – 4th Congressional District Dem Primary Candidate Forum
– with Renee Hoagenson and Hallie ThompsonVideo of Renee and Hallie discussion, courtesy of Columbia Access TV
July 6 – Independence Day Weekend – No Meeting – Happy 4th!
June 29 – Dan Atwill, BoCo Presiding Commissioner
June 22 – Kevin O’Brien, Division XI judicial candidate
June 15 – Steve Wilson, Division 9 judicial candidate
June 8 – Cydney Mayfield, Missouri, It Starts Today
June 1 – Initiative petition advocates
May 25 – Memorial Day weekend, no meeting
May 18 –MU Prof Frank Bowman, re: MO impeachment process
May 11 – Tracy Gonzalez, Associate Circuit Court Judge Candidate
May 4 – Stephanie Morrell, 11th Circuit Judge Candidate
April 27 – Maren Bell Jones, Candidate for MO 44
April 20 – Adam Saunders, Columbia Urban Agricultural Center
April 13 – Hallie Thompson, Candidate for MO 4th CD
April 6 – Municipal Election recap
March 30 – Dr. Peter Stiepleman, Superintendent, Columbia Public Schools
March 23 – Boone Hospital Trustees candidates
March 16 – Columbia School Board candidate Forum
March 9 – Adrian Plank, candidate for MO 47th
March 2 – Columbia City Council Forum – Mike Trapp & Paul Love
Feb 23 – Mike Jenner, Columbia Missourian
Feb 16 – Evonnia Woods, ReproAction & Maternal/Fetal Health
Feb 9 – Brianna Lennon, GOTV and voting rights
Feb 2 – Darren Hellwege, Tom Pauley, BCDP Central Committee Exec Committee
Jan 26 – State Auditor Nicole Galloway; Also — Our 2018 Chili Supper
Jan 19 – Dr. Terry Smith, Columbia College Political Science professor on the ‘The Coming Year’
Jan 19 special evening event! – First Annual Stump Speech Contest at Cafe Berlin
Jan 12 – Rev. Breyfoyle, Contemporary Politics and wealth
Jan 5 – Business Meeting, plus “State of the Party”
2017
Dec. 15: Stephen Webber, MO Democratic Party Chair, gives a State of the Party
Dec. 8: Roger Wilson, former Missouri governor
Dec. 1: Renee Hoagenson US 4th Congressional District candidate
Nov 24: Thanksgiving Holiday – no meeting.
Nov. 17: Wes Shoemyer, Status of farming
Nov. 10: Helene Tatum, Immigration lawyer
Nov 3: Sheriff Carey to answer your questions
Oct. 27: David Leuthold What we learned from Republican failures and successes
Oct. 20: Diane Suhler President of the Columbia LWV, offered a diverse view of our community
Oct 13: Former 47th MO District Rep John Wright on the topic of the moment
Oct 6: The Rev. C. W. Dawson – today’s political scene
Sept. 29: City Manager Mike Matthes – tax revenue lost to the internet, past, present & future
Sept. 22: Shakir Hamoodi answered questions about Islam
Sept. 15: Jalal El Joyyoasi “A Homeland Denied- a Palestinian Perspective”
Sept 8: George Lombardi, immediate past director of the Dept. of Corrections
Sept 1 – Labor Day Holiday – No meeting
Aug 25 – Sheriff Dwayne Carey presented an update on his office with looks at the past and future
Aug 18 – David Webbe introduced his second play, Practicing Democracy
Aug 11 – Larry Brown, One of America’s Best Storytellers, passed along a few political stories
Aug 4 – Ibtisam Barakat discussed what it was like growing up Palestinian in Israel
July 28: The Boone County road tax – an August ballot issue — pros and cons.
July 21: Kristine Cho, the 2016 selection as the ‘Young Democrat of the Year’ returned to update the party on the Democratic Club at Rock Bridge high school and give a brief piano concert
July 14: Candidates for the vacant 50th state legislative district seat were invited: We heard from Michaela Skelton, Democrat. Sara Walsh, Republican, didn’t come.
July 7: An introduction to the ‘Center for Missouri Studies’ better known as the new home of the State Historical Society of MO
June 30: Independence Day Weekend, No meeting.
June 23: Martha Stevens, MO State Rep 46th Dist, reviewed her first legislative session from a rookie’s perspective
June 16: Kip Kendrick, MO State Rep 45th Dist, reviewed the recent legislative session and discuss the future
June 9: Tom Pauley, Convener of the Central Committee’s Strategic Planning Subcommittee, updated the membership on the committee’s work
June 2: George Kennedy, Columbia Missourian Columnist shared his views of the news
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