Upcoming 
The Grace Tinsley Scholarship was established by the Charlottesville Democratic Party in December 2006 to help two Charlottesville High School students each year with college costs. This scholarship is given to honor the life and work of a wonderful community activist and leader, Grace Tinsley, who had a life-long passion for social justice. See the Upcoming Events page for more information about this event.
Charlottesville Democrats Choose New Leadership
The Charlottesville Democratic Committee chose Jim Nix and Tom Vandever to be their new leaders at its meeting on January 14 at Buford Middle School. Sherry Kraft will serve as Vice-Chairman. After his selection, Nix said, “I am very excited to be taking on the job of co-chair with Tom Vandever. The Charlottesville Democratic party is strong and vibrant.â€
Jennifer Brown will continue as party Treasurer and Sarah Buckley will serve as Secretary. Vice Chairmen and precinct leaders were also chosen at the meeting. A full list of the new members of the Party's Executive Committee is available on this website; the precinct leadership information will be updated soon.
Party leaders stated that a priority goal is to increase the diversity of the city committee. The group will increase its efforts to recruit more minority members and more young people.
For further information, contact the Party Co-Chairs Jim Nix at (434) 987-3321 or Tom Vandever at (434) 220-1078.
Rep. Perriello Releases 2009 Annual Report
On the one-year anniversary of the day he was sworn in as a Member of Congress, Tom Perriello released an annual report (.pdf) summarizing the work of his first year in office. The report includes his legislative accomplishments, a county-by-county summary, a summary of constituent services, a staff directory, and more. Click here for the full text of Congressman Perriello's annual report.
Below, City Democrats James Brown has been sworn in as Sheriff while Kristin Szakos and Dave Norris have begun new terms on City Council.
