Cville Dems

The Charlottesville Democratic Committee

Get to know Gloria Witt, Our Fifth District Candidate

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Gloria Witt campaigns July 3, 2024, shaking hands with a person in Bedford, VA

Things to know about Gloria:

  • She grew up working on her family’s farm in Amherst, VA, and learned to drive a tractor at age 14. Her family encouraged her to pursue higher education.
  • After saving her farming money and buying a car for transportation, she went to college, with the encouragement of her family.
  • She earned a degree in Communications and Economics from Randolph College.
  • Gloria had a 32-year career with global energy company, Framatome, in Lynchburg.
  • She is using her time and energy during retirement to help others through NAACP and the Central Virginia Academy for Nonprofit Excellence.
  • She decided to run for office because she she could not stand by and watch rights trampled for women, minorities, and the LGBTQA community, and the disintegration of education and voters’ rights. These problems are perpetruated by our current 5th District Rep. Bob Good and supported by John McGuire, Trump’s latest hand-picked Republican candidate in the 5th District.

Help Gloria’s campaign by canvassing, phoning, and donating so she can communicate with voters!

Come on Along: Full Committee Meeting Monday, Aug. 26

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Portrait photo of approx. 30 Cville Dem members seated around 6 rectangular tables in the JMRL Swanson Case room

Cville Dems and all interested parties, please come to the Cville Dems Full Committee meeting Monday, Aug. 26, 6:30pm, Forest Hills Park on Forest Hills Avenue. We’ll be in the picnic shelter on the Forest Ridge Road side of the park.

Learn what we’re doing and how you can help Gloria Witt, Sen. Tim Kaine, and VP Kamala Harris-Gov. Tim Walz get elected! Early voting starts on September 20!

Voter Registration is Satisfying

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Two smiling women stnad in front of a Cville Dems tent while they work to register voters on a pretty day.

Nancy Murphy Spicer and Sumner Brown registered voters at Westhaven Day 2024; Cville Dems registered 12 voters that day!

 

 

 

A big “Thank You” to Kardinal Hall for letting us host a table at their location. For more information on how you can help register voters in this significant election season, contact Suzanne at suzemichels@gmail.com.

Celebrate Democracy Day, September 14

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Noon – 3:00 pm

Market Street Park

101 E Market St, Charlottesville, VA 22902

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEMOCRACY DAY 2024

Celebrate 248 years of freedom!

MUSIC & DISPLAYS

SPEAKERS:

Delegate Katrina Callsen, 57th District
Senator Creigh Deeds, 11th District
Meg Heubeck, League of Women Voters
David Toscano, former 57th & House Minority Leader Eli Weinger, President

CO-SPONSORS
Cville Center for Peace & Justice, League of Women Voters
Sierra Club, Cville National Organization for Women
Belmont-Carlton Neighborhood Association
Cville Friends Meeting, Peace & Social Concerns Committee
Students for Equity and Reform in Virginia (SERV)

The U.S. Democracy Day collaborative got its start ahead of the midterms in 2022. It launched as an effort to encourage news organizations across the country to report more — and better— information about the crisis facing democracy here.

THE GOAL: DRAW ATTENTION TO THE CRISIS AND HOW INDIVIDUALS CAN RESPOND

Democracy Day is an effort to draw attention to this crisis, provide the public with the context and information they need, and bring all types of people and media together to sound the alarm collectively.