Events

Hear from Charlottesville School Board Candidates: Watch Recording Thank you to the C’ville Dems and The Jefferson School for hosting the non-partisan School Board Candidate Forum last night and to the candidates for their time and dedication to Charlottesville’s public schools. Charlottesville United for Public Education was please to team up with In My Humble Opinion to offer a virtual option which means you can now watch the recording online via YouTube.  The candidates shared their “why” for running for School Board and addressed a range of topics, including: the CCS strategic plan, our schools’ relationship with UVA, school resource officers, expanding and enhancing community engagement, the achievement gap, literacy and more. Please take the time to learn about these candidates who are vying for 3 seats on the School Board by watching the recording. You can also read about some of their positions via the Charlottesville Tomorrow Voter Guide. Happy Voting!

Cville Dems and the Jefferson School will be holding the Cville School Board Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 6-7 pm. The meeting will be at the Jefferson School, at  233 4th St NW, Charlottesville, VA 22903. 

The evening will include prepared questions followed by a Q&A session with the four candidates for the School Board: Zyahna Bryant, Dashad Cooper, Emily Dooley, and Lisa Larson-Torres (in alphabetical order).

Those who wish to watch online may do so at: https://www.youtube.com/live/tpqH9P8Mq60  Online access is provided by Charlottesville United for Public Education and In My Humble Opinion. Please note, while the online option is there for viewing, folks that participate online won’t be able to ask questions during the Q&A session. We hope you’ll attend and learn more about the four candidates.

Tomorrow, Sept. 30: Get out and knock on doors in this glorious time of year. Abigail Spanberger can use your help to become governor. Times for the North Charlottesville canvassing are 4-6pm and 6-8pm. Sign up to get the details: All Canvassing Events Here Our candidates statewide depend on you! To canvass and do other work for the coordinated campaign to elect Abigail and a Democratic team, come to Ix Park this and every Thursday till the election, 5-7 pm near Brazos Tacos. Vote early! Office of Voter Registration and Elections, City Hall Annex, 120 7th St. NE, Room 142, near the Pavilion end of the Downtown Mall. Click here for more: https://charlottesville.org/396/Voter-Registration-Elections This Saturday night, Oct. 4, 7pm – Reggie Harris and John Flynn will perform their inspirational music about resistance to treachery. The SongMaker Series and Unity of Charlottesville present the musicians at Unity of Charlottesville, 2825 Hydraulic Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22901; tickets are $15; to purchase, visit: https://tithe.ly/event-registration/#/10301129

Contact Your Representatives U.S. CONGRESS Sen. Mark Warner (202) 224-2023 Sen. Tim Kaine (202) 224-4024 Rep. John McGuire (202) 225-4711 STATE SENATE Sen. Creigh Deeds Email Senate committees here Specify the committee and bill number(s) in your message. HOUSE OF DELEGATES Del. Katrina Callsen Email House committees here Specify the committee and bill number(s) in your message. CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY City Council Email Council here School Board Email School Board here

The time is now!! As State Sen. Creigh Deeds pointed out at the Cville Dems Summer Bash, Dems are running unopposed – on purpose by the GOP – in certain races, which gears up people to become a bit apathetic and to stay home. We need to inspire every voter to get to the polls!

Every Thursday from now until the election, we’ll meet at Ix Park from 5 to 7 pm, on the grass outside Brazos Tacos. Please bring a chair or blanket and, if needed, something to write on. If you would like a drink or a snack as you write, you can sit under the umbrellas at Brazos Tacos. If the weather is bad, we will meet inside Brazos Tacos.

 

This year you’ll only need to sign in once, not each time you come to Ix. The Cville Dems are working with the Coordinated Campaign (Abigail Spanberger for governor and other statewide races),canvassing, calling, and writing postcards.

In particular, we are helping Lily Franklin in the Blacksburg (VA-41) House of Delegates District with cards, calls, and texts. She lost by only 183 votes last time.

The festive and shirt-colorful Summer Bash featured speakers and a fine meal from Pearl Island Catering at the Carver Rec Center. All Silent Auction items went! And Cville Dems met their goal for the evening – enough money to keep the heat on the GOP during a critical election season. 

We appreciate your support more than we can express! 

With money from the Summer Bash, we support our paid interns, election work and related materials (10,000 postcard stamps), storage space for signs and much more, plus other activities that support Democratic candidates in Charlottesville and across Virginia. And this year, the entire nation is watching to see how Democratic candidates fare in tough statewide races. Thank you for all you have done and thanks in advance for your help and support through Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4. 

More captions:

Left: Creigh Deeds rallies the crowd to get out all the Dem votes possible.

Lisa Torres of the Cville School Board gives a look at local progress.

We cannot afford to get cocky. The race for governor in Virginia has many people watching. Below is an exchange by Dem strategist James Carville with media entrepreneur and reporter Dan Abrams, on his podcast:

“Do you know how much we’re going to win by in Virginia?’ Carville asked. ‘Do you have any idea?’

‘No, I don’t,’ Abrams responded. 

‘It’s gonna be a lot,’ Carville declared.

Nonetheless, we need to work together to make Carville’s prediction a reality:

• Any weekend canvassing: https://mobilize.us/s/ASbP5O
• Help us call and recruit volunteers: https://mobilize.us/s/kf0p5V