The Charlottesville Democratic Committee
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.
The Abi
gail Spanberger for Governor Campaign will be canvassing the next two weeks and then some. If you’d like to knock doors to talk to LeanDemocrats and Strong Democrats who don’t always turn out to vote, see below. Canvassers will meet up at Belmont Park every Saturday at 10am and 1pm, and every Sunday at 1pm.
Here are the links to sign up:
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Sierra Thomas has just arrived in Virginia as campaign’s regional organizer for the 5th and 6th districts. Jimmy Flood (jimmy@abigailspanberger.com) is the 5th District organizer we’re in touch with for now; soon six organizers for the 5th District will be helping throughout the election cycle.
We’ll remind you again in the coming weeks, but the volunteer activities at Ix Park will resume this year after the June 17 primary, once we know which candidates will be on the final election ballot for Charlottesville voters. The time will be 5-7pm for Ix Park activities.
This year we’ll also be helping Lily Franklin in the Blacksburg (VA-41) House of Delegates District with cards, calls, and texts. She lost by under 200 votes in her last try, and we want to bring her over the finish line with a seat in Richmond.
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Almost 1,000 people attended a town hall at Charlottesville High School’s MLK Auditorium on Saturday, April 26 to which 5th District Republican Congressman John McGuire had been repeatedly invited by Indivisible Charlottesville — but did not respond. The group propped up onstage a full-sized, cardboard cutout of McGuire at a podium.
Attendees then lined up at several microphones set up around the auditorium to ask questions they would have posed to the real McGuire on a wide range of topics including the economy and federal funding and job cuts. They also wrote questions on cards to be collated and delivered this week to McGuire’s office. We’ll see if he responds.
Also among the audience: other local, county, and state lawmakers. Thank you to Creigh Deeds, Katrina Callsen, Amy Laufer, Lloyd Snook, and Michael Payne for coming to listen to your constituents, and to Hashmi Ghazala for her inspiring words.
Note: Indivisible Charlottesville also shared a very amusing “bird-dogging” video of one of its members nabbing an unexpecting McGuire on the street in Charlottesville to personally invite him to attend!
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On Tuesday, May 6, Noon-1:30pm at CitySpace, 100 5th Street NE, the Charlottesville Area Justice Coalition invites all to learn about youth incarceration rates/conditions nationally, how things are at Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention and in our court system, and what ways we might work together to better serve the youth in our area. Coffee and snacks will be served. Please register for this event.
| A new information and strategy session! This time, Spanberger for Governor staff will dig deeper into engagement conversations, the Better Know a Voter Cards, and how to do “relational organizing.” Join in at the Northside Library Meeting Room (705 Rio Rd W, Charlottesville, VA 22901) Tuesday, April 29 from 3:30-5pm. Here’s the sign-up link: https://www.mobilize.us/ May Day Protest on Thursday, May 1 from 5-6:30pm on behalf of working families, students, parents, and all workers whose basic needs are under threat! Meet at 401 McIntire Road in front of the County Office Building. Sponsored by Indivisible Charlottesville (and other groups rallying nationwide). For more info: https://www.facebook.com/ |
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