Below is a document of additional resources Wake Up Sonoma put together to help anyone interested in What They Can Do! 

We’ve Heard the Warning-- What Can We Do?

1. Share the word about Bad Faith—available for streaming, including on YouTube and Amazon Prime.

2. Host a screening in your community, available for a sliding scale through https://www.badfaithdocumentary.com/contact. A major speaker may be provided--free of charge.

3. Register, Vote—and get ten friends to vote!

4. Support Wake UP Sonoma – www.wakeupsonoma.org Donate — Wake Up Sonoma

Here are some ways you can defend our democracy:

•  Non-partisan:    

  • League of Women Voters

  • Common Cause

• How to:

  • How to Vote 

  • How to Run for Office

  • How to Become a Poll Worker

• Student Groups:   

  • RISE

  • NextGen

  • Campus Vote Project

• Democrats:

  • Red Wine & Blue

  • Swing Left

  • States Project                       

• Republicans:

  • Republican Accountability Project

  • Defending Democracy Together

  • The Lincoln Project  

• People of Faith:

  • Vote Common Good

  • The Jewish Partnership for Democracy

  • Poor People’s Campaign

The panel includes:

Stephen Ujlaki - Producer/Writer/Director of Bad Faith. He has produced over 30 films and documentaries.

Anne Nelson who is featured as an expert in the film, and Peter Coyote who narrated the film. She is an award winning author, journalist and screenwriter.

Peter Coyote - Actor/Writer - has performed as an actor in over 160 films for theaters and TV. He is a double Emmy-Award winning narrator of over 50 documentary films. He is also an ordained Zen Buddhist priest and transmitted teacher working with his students in Wild Dog Sargha.

The panel will be moderated by Local Reverend Dr Curran Reichert of the Sonoma Valley First Congregational Church UCC. She holds a Master of Divinity from Pacific School of Religion, and Doctor of Ministry in Organizational Development from Chicago Theological Seminary.

We recommend you get your tickets early, as the last two films sold out quickly, and people were clamoring for tickets after they had sold out. 

Tickets sliding scale $10-$25 to support the use of Sebastiani Theatre.

Poetry Reading at Our Recent Event

We had a surprise guest - Kaeche Liburd, who happened to be vacationing in Sonoma and saw the write up in the newspaper about Wake UP Sonoma.  She reached out and offered to do some poetry readings about Amanda Gorman at the fundraiser event, and she also wrote a poem about us.  See her powerful words here.

Cultivating CommUNITY!

PRESERVING HISTORY WHILE SHAPING THE FUTURE

A Fundraiser for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Come support Wake UP Sonoma's evolving mission

Music - Tony + Dawn

Performance by Lambert

At the Sebastiani Theatre, free film screening of the movie God and Country, produced by Rob Reiner. Q&A after. Click here to order tickets on Eventbrite.

Where: Sonoma Community Center, Gathering Room

276 E Napa Street, Sonoma CA 95476

When: January 23rd from 6-8:30pm

Free admission. Due to size of venue, tickets are needed for entry.

The agenda will be posted no later than 3 days prior to the meeting.

• Zoom Webinar ID: 985 4530 4964

• Passcode: 404502

• Dial in by phone: 1 (669) 900-9128

Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the Board of Supervisors’ Office located at 575 Administration Drive, Room 100-A, Santa Rosa, CA, during normal business hours.

Note: Consideration items will proceed as follows:

1. Presentation by proponent

2. Questions by Commissioners

3. Questions and comments from the public

4. Response by proponent, if required

5. Comments by Commissioners

6. Resolution, if indicated

Español: Para obtener la agenda en español, desplace hacia abajo hasta la sección indicada como “Attachments.” Aquí encontrara la agenda al igual que el material correspondiente a la reunión.

Related Links

County of Sonoma Boards and Commissions
City of Sonoma - Sonoma Valley Business Advisory Commission: www.sonomacity.org

Open Meetings: Except as expressly authorized under the Ralph M. Brown Act (the State’s local agency open meeting law), all meetings of the Springs Municipal Advisory Council are open to attendance by interested members of the public.

Interpreting available: In Zoom: to listen to the meeting in your preferred language go to the bottom right of your screen and click on the Interpretation logo. Select English or Spanish. You will automatically hear it the language selected.

Español: Interpretación Disponible: En zoom: para escuchar la reunión en su idioma preferido, vaya a la parte inferior a la derecha de su pantalla y haga clic en el logotipo de Interpretación. Seleccione inglés o español, oirá automáticamente en el idioma seleccionado.

Public Comments: The Chair will invite public comment for agenda items as they are taken up by the Committee. If you wish to speak, you may do so upon receiving recognition by the Chair. Please state your name and limit your comments to the agenda item under discussion. Speakers are limited to three minutes each; available time for comments is determined by the Committee Chair based on agenda scheduling demand and total number of speakers.

Public comment during the virtual meeting: Members of the public will be recognized at the appropriate time for public comment. Those connected via Zoom must use the Raise Hand tool or dial *9 if called in. When indicated, members of the public will be allowed to speak, asked to unmute and make their comment. Depending on the number of commenters, the Chair may decide to set a time limit.

Public Appearances: Any member of the public may address the Committee on a matter not listed on the agenda as long as the subject matter is within the jurisdiction of the Committee. If you wish to speak, you may do so upon recognition by the Committee Chair. While members of the public are welcome to address the Committee, under the Brown Act open meeting laws, Committee members may not deliberate or take action on items not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three minutes each, six minutes for a member of the public attending with a translator; available time for comments is determined by the Committee Chair based on agenda scheduling demands and total number of speakers.

Disabled Accommodation: If you have a disability and require a sign language interpreter, assistive listening device, material in an alternate format, or other accommodation to attend, please contact Karina Garcia at (707) 565-1776 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting in order to facilitate arrangements for accommodation.