Daily Archives: 10/30/2008

(Community Matters) Steven’s off to NYC this am for a quick gig, back very late tonight. Hope we’re up together at least a couple of hours before I depart to campaign in Michigan tomorrow.

(Community Matters) Production meeting last night to review plans for STILL FOUNTAINS set. Very cool. I have a pic but have been threatened if I post – rats!

The plays launch 11/29 – opening night reserved for family and sponsors. Tickets for the run available here.

(Community Matters) My life is pretty full of conference calls and two of yesterday’s were especially cool. In the am, Hillary Clinton hosted a call to talk about Rick Noriega’s campaign. She was good, and then she dropped the talking points, then she was great! Super political instincts and very enthusiastic about Rick’s race.

Late afternoon, Barack Obama joined our weekly NFC call. Very enthusiastic and emphatic that we all keep doing everything we are doing up to and including Nov 4. Says everything could turn on a dime and we needed to double down, not let up.

Community Matters) Joined Janet Harman and Jennifer Esterline on a KDK Foundation site visit yesterday to talk with staff and adult participants in Con Mi Madre, until recently a Junior League program established in 1992 as the Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program.

The program increases Hispanic women’s participation in higher education through middle and high school support for young women and their mothers. Over 1,800 mother-daughter teams have gone through the program with 70% of its 478 graduates graduating into higher education. And, the program has awarded over $100k in college scholarships to 117 young women. Quite touching to hear from 7 mom’s what the program has meant to their daughters, themselves and their families.

I’ve long heard of this program since Cookie Ruiz helped launch it in Austin while she was Jr. League president. She still serves on the all-star board along with Karen Kahan (pres.), Bobby Garcia, Laura Wolf, Sylvia Acevedo, MariBen Ramsey and others. Enjoyed meeting and impressed by Con Mi Madre staff including executive director Sandy Segura Alcala, Sonia Castellanos and Leonor Vargas.

(Community Matters) Two women – friends for 60 years – blogging about Sarah Palin, George Bush and John McCain.

Well imagine my shock and surprise today when I came across this little item. The latest polls show that only 55% of Americans think that Sarah Palin is not qualified to be President. 55%! FIFTY FIVE PERCENT! This about the woman whose best qualification for the job to date is that she can see Russia from her house. So what exactly does Sarah Palin have to do before the other 45% of this country is shocked enough to realize that she is a “whack job”? Please Lord don’t tell me she has to show her hoo-ha in public.