As close as any national political convention will ever get to Sonoma County, the DSAconvention--
https://www.dsausa.org/convention_registration_page_ 2013?e= c61285342fda5030c75e15a7545ad2 56958099c9
--will be held Friday, October 25-Monday, October 28, in Oakland (technically Emeryville, a suburb of Oakland) at the Hilton Garden Inn. Registration is $195, and room-sharing is being coordinated; there will also be carpooling if someone besides me comes down from Sonoma County.
Here's a synopsis of DSA's goals:
- decrease the influence of money in politics
- empower ordinary people in workplaces and the economy
- restructure gender and cultural relationships to be more equitable.