Sunday, March 19
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Democrats Abroad Israel Annual General Meeting
Democrats Abroad Israel is cordially inviting you to attend our 2023 Annual General Meeting.
The meeting will be a hybrid event - it will take place in Tel Aviv, and you have the option to participate by Zoom as well.
At the meeting we will be announcing the election results for our 2023 Board of Directors and enjoy a keynote speaker (TBA).
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
To register for the meeting either in person or via Zoom, please RSVP below.
- IN PERSON: RSVP below. The address of the meeting will be sent to you when you RSVP.
- ON ZOOM: It will be TWO STEP registration process. FIRST, RSVP below. SECOND, register with ZOOM using the link that will be sent to you via email.
About Our Speaker:
During a career in public life spanning nearly four decades, former Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has been at the forefront of Los Angeles County’s biggest issues, from transportation to the environment to health care to the arts. He has been a pioneering advocate for the region’s homeless population and has played a key role in efforts to reform the county’s law enforcement agencies.
Yaroslavsky was first elected to office in 1975, stunning the political establishment by winning the Los Angeles City Council’s coveted 5th District seat at the age of 26. On the council, Yaroslavsky honed his fiscal skills as chairman of the Finance Committee and earned a reputation as being unafraid to tackle controversial issues, including the Los Angeles Police Department’s use of excessive force and its improper spying on law-abiding residents. He co-authored two landmark initiatives Proposition U, which cut in half the size of new commercial developments near residential neighborhoods, and Proposition O, which banned oil drilling along the city’s shoreline.
In 1994, Yaroslavsky was elected to the five-member Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, representing the western part of the county and a constituency of two million people.
As a member of the Board of Supervisors, Yaroslavsky quickly emerged as a leader on fiscal, health care, transportation, cultural and environmental matters.
Beyond his work with Los Angeles County, Yaroslavsky has long been associated with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), a non-governmental organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., that promotes the development of democratic institutions in burgeoning democracies. He has monitored four elections for NDI: Romania (1990), Mexico (2000), Ukraine (2004) and Nigeria (2011). He has conducted seminars on democratic institution-building in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and Bosnia/Herzegovina.
He is now the Director of the Los Angeles Initiative at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the Department of History, focusing on the intersection of policy, politics and history of the Los Angeles region. He is also a frequent commentator on the California political map for various media outlets.
Yaroslavsky earned an M.A. in British Imperial History and a B.A. in Economics and History, both from UCLA.
RSVP BELOW!
WHEN
Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 07:30 PM Jerusalem Time
WHERE
To be disclosed with RSVP confirmation email
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District
Israel
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CONTACT
Paula Mills
[email protected]