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Summer Bash will be August 23

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Stylized graphic with Multicolored capital letters spelling out "SUMMER" + Brown capital letters spelling out "BASH"(both mounted on a wood plank backing). The plank is set on top of a summer floral arrangement.

Save the date of Saturday, August 23, for our big night of the year, the Cville Dems Summer Bash. This year, tickets for the festive night out with speakers and a fine meal from Pearl Island Catering in the (air conditioned!) Carver Rec Center will be $40 per person, and sponsorships are available at the levels of $125, $250, $500, $1,000, and $5,000. Stay tuned for more information!

This is our only fundraiser of the year, so we really appreciate all the support you can give us this August.

Our Mission This Year

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Cville Dems, as an organization, has one main mission this year: get our Virginia candidates elected up and down the ballot.

In the coming months, you’ll hear lots about:

  • our productive Ix Park “Turn Out the Vote Thursdays” where volunteers send postcards, make phone calls, canvass, and create community with fellow Dems
  • voter registration at community events
  • candidate events
  • and other election efforts!

Please join in! Our governor’s race is the first big election since Trump (and Elon) took over. Virginia needs to turn out in big numbers to show how angry we are.

Our weekly Call to Action, emailed every Monday, will list things to do locally and regionally, ranging from local community events to all-out protests.

Greet Our New Co-Secretary

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Photo of Kushaan Soodan, wearing a blue collared shirt and a blue jacket, standing in a meadow with hills and forests in the background.Kushaan Soodan stepped up in our time of need to replace Will Evans as our new co-secretary. Kushaan is a second year UVA student, looking to major in Public Policy and Economics at UVA’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.

He’s deeply interested in learning about youth engagement in politics and community organizing. Kushaan (very successfully!) served as a Cville Dems intern during the presidential election season, registering tons of UVA students on Grounds.

Kushaan is also involved with UVA’s International Relations Organization, where he helped staff and organize Model United Nations conferences for high school, university students, and the broader community.

Message from the Co-Chairs

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Dear Dems,

Let’s be clear: We’re facing a constitutional crisis of previously unseen proportions.

Donald Trump and his unelected co-conspirators are ripping apart the US government with no regard to the legality of their actions. What’s to be done?

Below are some actions you can take. If you have others to suggest, please share them with us by contacting our newsletter editor, Mary Jane Gore, at communications@cvilledems.org.

Thank you for all you do,

Nancy Damon and Josh Throneburg