Unfortunately, because of unforeseen circumstances, we have to cancel “Democracy on Tap” this coming Sunday, Aug. 11.
We will let you know about future “Democracy on Tap” events.
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Frances Summers is Our First Summer/Fall Intern
Frances Summers is studying Foreign Affairs, as a rising first year in a 4+1 graduate program at UVA’s Batten School. She’s dedicated to learning more about community organizing, youth engagement in politics, and women in politics. Frances has interned for USAID’s Public Affairs Bureau, Berger-Hirschberg Strategies, and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Historical Society. After graduating from The University of Virginia, she hopes to pursue a career in the U.S. Foreign Service.
We’ll announce new interns as they join our efforts this election season. Thank you for your generous contributions and support that made this year’s internship program possible.
Cville Sabroso Latin-American Cultural Festival at Ting Pavilion (9/21)
Drop by Ting Pavilion on Saturday September 21 between 1-10pm for Cville Sabroso 2024, the local Latino community’s 12th annual heritage festival celebrating the richness and vibrant diversity of Latin American culture. There’ll be nine hours of live music and lively dance performances, food, artisan crafts, and interactive activities for kids that will immerse you in the warmth and hospitality of Latino communities. It’s one of the biggest family-friendly events in Charlottesville, and your presence will help support Sin Barreras (“Without Barriers”), the Charlottesville/Waynesboro nonprofit that advocates for immigrants (mostly Latino) and organizes the festival. We will have a booth there too! Tickets (kids under 12 are free) are available here. For Sabroso 2024 details and pictures visit the Cville Sabroso Facebook event page, or for background information visit the Sin Barreras Cville Sabroso website page.
The Big News: Vice President Kamala Harris will be the Democratic Presidential Candidate!!
Now that President Biden will not seek reelection, the Cville Dems are ready to get behind our new nominees for President and Vice President (latter announcement coming soon), Senator Kaine, Congressional candidate Gloria Witt, and all the other Democratic candidates.
We want to say a huge thank you to President Biden. He has been one of the most successful and consequential presidents in United States history and we owe him an incredible debt of gratitude. We are a better country for having him as our 46th president!
We need to come together to to win the November elections… the Cville Dems will be working hard to make this happen, please join us!
— Josh Throneburg & Nancy Damon, Cville Dems co-chairs
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Project 2025 Analysis by Heather Cox Richardson
Project 2025 is the Republican blueprint for national change – and disruption – if the Trump ticket wins. Historian Heather Cox Richardson, who writes a very popular Substack column, “Letters from an American”, recently commented on Youtubeon the purpose of Project 2025, VP Candidate JD Vance’s ability to focus (as Trump is incapable of) and implement the project, and many troubling aspects of the project.
For example, Richardson states that while Republicans oppose a national abortion ban, Project 2025 supports a national fetal personhood bill, and she says,”The second a sperm meets an egg, that fertilized egg, before implantation by the way, has all the rights of a full-grown human being.” She stresses what could happen: such a law could rule out abortion, IVF, several types of contraception, and it raises questions in some states where it is already happening about the consequences if someone miscarries and whose fault is the miscarriage. Congress would have absolute power to pass such a bill into law under the 14th Amendment and supersede any state’s rights, she says.
Richardson also noted that today’s Republicans want to impose widespread federal-employee firings and other restrictions and rights violations favored in Project 2025 and in the extremist, far-right platform approved by the Republican Party. They believe “not everybody is created equal, and that some people are better than others, and they have the right and maybe even the duty to rule the rest of us.”
Watch the entire YouTube video for some good insights and talking points on the un-American, undemocratic Project 2025.
Note: you can subscribe to Richardson’s Substack column to get her insightful thoughts; it has a free level and paid level.
