Equal Junction

Supporters came out to enjoy the food and sounds of Manhattan Beach at Raleigh Studios Manhattan Beach! Openly Gay, Mayor Ward is running for 53rd Assembly Dist. It will be an exciting election! Hey, there’s our logo on the red carpet!

Join Mayor Mitch Ward for an Exciting Evening of Food, Wine Tasting, and Silent Auction at

“The Taste of Manhattan Beach” a fundraiser for Mayor Mitch Ward’s Campaign for the 53rd District

SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010
5PM-7PM
RALEIGH STUDIOS, MANHATTAN BEACH,
1600 ROSECRANS AVENUE
MANHATTAN BEACH, CA 90266

WINE TASTING FEATURES ONE HOPE WINE
www.onehopewine.com

INTERNATIONAL RECORDING ARTIST JESSE CAMPBELL WILL SING NATIONAL ANTHEM & TRIBUTE SONG FOR MAYOR MITCH WARD

Celebrities include: Anna Kournikova, Dule Hill, Matthew Everett, Kellita Smith, Rolando Nichols, Brandon Molale, Leslie Berger, Narek Mestovan, Judd McIlvain

TICKETS:
$50 individual
$75 couple
$100 VIP individual (includes VIP area, gift bag and parking)
$150 VIP couple (includes VIP area, gift bag and parking)
Purchase tickets at http://www.actblue.com/page/tasteofmanhattanbeach

HOST COMMITTEE & HONORARY GUESTS:
Senator Rod Wright, California State Senate
Assemblymember Isadore Hall, CA State Assembly
Portia Cohen, Manhattan Beach City Council
Bill Brand, Redondo Beach City Council
Dei Murray, Vice Chair Commissioner, Parks & Recreation Manhattan Beach and President Elect CAPRCBM
Frank Cermak, Equal Junction
Harold ‘Mac’ McCarthy, Southern California Edison
Jan Rhees, MB Rotary Club, President and Library Commission, Chair
Kathleen Paralusz, Manhattan Beach Commissioner, Attorney
Lilly Chang & Phil Jeffrey, VNSM
Marcos Ochoa, Equal Junction

Rob Katherman, Vice President, Water Replenishment District Board
Ron Buckmire, Chair of Mathematics Department, Occidental College
Russ Samuels, Manhattan Beach Rotary Club, RJS Fitness Club Owner
Susan Adams, Manhattan Beach Rotary Club, Aerospace
Tina Phillips, Media & Commercial Press Association (MCPA)

Don’t miss Mayor Pro Tem, Dan Medina, Gardena spinning tunes for the event and Star Foundation’s Bollywood Dancers, students from Eshelman Elementary in Lomita, CA.

ABOUT TASTE OF MANHATTAN BEACH
The Taste of Manhattan Beach is an opportunity for the restaurateurs of Manhattan Beach and the Southbay to showcase their specialties and sponsor a fundraiser for Mayor Mitch Ward for the California Assembly 53rd District and also benefiting the Star Education Program.
For more information visit http://www.actblue.com/page/tasteofmanhattanbeach

Photo Courtesy of HERE

Sounds amazing right?  Well, it is!  If you are in Manhattan Beach, California, then you are in luck! Manhattan Bread and Bagel provides all customers with the freshest baked goods in SoCal. Have pride in what you eat.  The owner of Manhattan Bread & Bagel, Michael Keegan has “always supported marriage equality and always will.”

Not only is everything in this shop delicious, there is a real heart at the store’s core. You can taste the love there. Manhattan Bread and Bagel’s deserves a stop in from all of us in the Equal Junction community, especially when you follow their commitment to us at their local level-where change really needs to start boys and girls.

Wisely, Michael Keegan has endorsed openly gay Mayor Pro Tem Mitch Ward for California Assembly 53rd District, who will fight for equality with every opportunity he gets.  Learn about them both over a coffeee and one of their scrumptious, sinful scones.

Photo Courtesy of Manhattan Bread & Bagel

Monday was MLK Day and we hope everyone participated in service activities.  We wanted to share with you a great quote from that day, one from Mayor Mitch Ward of Manhattan Beach: “Today I join all Americans in honoring one of our pioneers in civil rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” said Mayor Mitch Ward.

“Marching in this beautiful rain here in the streets of South Los Angeles I walk proudly amongst hundreds of others living Dr. King’s dream. And we shall go much further. On behalf of all the residents of Manhattan Beach, I say happy birthday to an American legend, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”

Ward’s upcoming race for Assembly will be historical and we will keep you posted here on EJ.  We are fan’s of what he has accomplished in Manhattan Beach and know he would be a strong leader for our community as an assembly member.

“Mayor Ward is the first African American elected to City Council in Manhattan Beach. He is a leading candidate in the 53rd Assembly District in California. If elected he will be the first openly gay and married assembly member from the 53rd District in California and the first African American in the LGBT caucus in Sacramento. Mayor Mitch Ward is the only publicly elected official vying for the 53rd District open seat being vacated by Assembly Member Ted Lieu.”(via: MitchWard.com)

Learn more about Mayor Ward on his site here and let him know how much his leadership is needed even more now within our community.  We wish him the best and keep watching for updates on the race.