Events

Delia Goldin (delia@lesliecockburnforcongress.com), field organizer for the Cockburn campaign, would love to hear from you.  Cockburn Office:  522 Second St SE, Cville.  In the IX building

Leslie Cockburn website. Click on EVENTS for information about the next opportunities in our area.

Saturday, Aug. 18, starting at 9am
Charlottesvillians, join your neighbors to push Leslie and Tim over the top! Time to grab a friend and knock doors!
WHERE: we’re working by precinct. RSVP to your precinct captain (below) and they will let you know where to show up. (Email Suzanne if you don’t know which is your precinct: suzemichels@gmail.com).

Alumni: Erica Goldfarb: ericag1223@gmail.com
Buford: Gail McIntosh: gbmcintosh@gmail.com
Carver: Sena Magill: senamagill@gmail.com | Sarah Peaslee: peasleesarah@yahoo.com
Clark: Mieke Zylstra: miekezylstra@gmail.com
Key Recreation: John McLaren: jem18_99@yahoo.com | Eberhard Jehle: evkjehle@yahoo.com
Johnson: Rich Fravel: Richard.fravel@gmail.com | Kurt Schlegel: ihavebestdogever@hotmail.com
Tonsler: Kem Spalding: kemmw@aol.com | Mark Day: marktday@gmail.com
Venable: Corey Runkle: cnr3cg@virginia.edu | Isaac Weintz: ibw5jc@virginia.edu
Walker: Mark Harris: mharris@cstone.net | Brian Pinkston: Brian_pinkston@yahoo.com

Join the Cville Dems and your neighbors at the following events:

Any day: drop by Cockburn office to volunteer and be rewarded with a yard sign! Get ’em while they last….(Ix Park, 522 2nd St., SE).

Sat. Aug. 18: Precinct Day of Action with the Cockburn and Kaine campaigns. Which precinct can knock the most doors and take credit for the upcoming blue wave?! Contact Suzanne (suzemichels@gmail.com) or Delia (delia@lesliecockburnforcongress.com) to sign up to canvass your neighborhood, with your neighbors! Look for another email in a week or so.

Aug 24, 25: register new UVA students as they arrive on campus; 2 hour shifts;
https://goo.gl/forms/mSdCuJXoQ5wjJZqP2  (or email Alex at: ah2fq@virginia.edu)

Sat, Aug 25, 9:30am: Democratic breakfast. Central Library. Topic: Immigration, panel presentation, including attorney Doug Ford.

Fri, Sept 21, evening, Save the Date for a rally featuring Leslie Cockburn
(speakers, music) at Jefferson Theatre, Downtown Mall.

Re-elect Tim Kaine for Senate

Please go by and meet Ian McNally in York Place on the Downtown Mall (enter at Grit Cafe and Marco and Luca’s) or email him to volunteer (Ian.mcnally@virginiavictory.org)

Mel Pruett (mel.pruett@virginiavictory.org), our local Kaine field organizer, would love to meet you! Email her, or drop by at the office in York Place for a phone bank or canvass:

Phonebanks: Tues and Thurs: 5-8
Canvasses: Sat: 9, 12, 3, 5; Sunday: 12, 3, 5.

Join her campaign. Find out how here.

Pipelines:

(The group also agreed to send a letter to Governor Northam, stating our opposition to the development of natural gas pipelines.)
The Charlottesville Democratic Committee believes in the development of clean energy and the protection of the environment. Therefore, we oppose the current and future building of natural gas pipelines in Virginia and ask our elected officials to do the same. Additionally, we oppose the proposed construction of the compressor station in Buckingham County. Pipeline construction and operation will have irreversible impacts on local landscapes and communities. Their completion will potentially hinder the necessary scaling-up of clean energy alternatives, such as wind and solar, in Virginia, adding unnecessarily to climate change and delaying the economic benefits of that transition. In addition, pipelines have significant potential to contaminate drinking water and may otherwise negatively affect public health, with low income residents and people of color likely to be disproportionately affected. Therefore, we believe that the use of eminent domain is inappropriate in this instance.

Health Insurance:

The Charlottesville Democratic Committee believes that access to affordable, high quality health care is a fundamental human right, and calls on all candidates and elected officials to make this a priority. We celebrate the recent Medicaid expansion in the Commonwealth of Virginia and strongly support expansion efforts across the United States. Still, Charlottesville has the highest individual-market health insurance costs in the nation, a result of extraordinary efforts by some federal and state legislators to sabotage, rather than reform and strengthen, the Affordable Care Act. We must work to improve health care outcomes while reducing out-of-pocket expenses, lowering drug costs, and reducing insurance premiums.