Cville Dems

The Charlottesville Democratic Committee

Kickoff for Cville Dems GOTV Thursdays Postponed until July 11

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Poster using a wide variety of different letter and background colors used with the words "Turn out the Vote Thursdays, Phone bank, Have a Taco, write postcards to voters"We’ll postpone our kickoff of Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Thursdays at Ix Park until Thursday, July 11, 5-7pm.

Because the Coordinated Campaign will be having their Office Opening and Debate Watch Party on Thursday, June 27, 7:30 to 11:00 pm (see above), and because the following Thursday is the Fourth of July, we decided to postpone.

Hopefully, we will be meeting every Thursday thereafter through Thursday, Oct. 31.  On July 11, we will be all set to go with canvassing, phone banks, text banks, and postcard writing.  Please plan to join us on the lawn outside of Brazos Tacos on July 11. Since the picnic bench can fill up fairly quickly, please bring a blanket or chair to sit on the grass.

Postcard writing is an expensive undertaking!  If you can contribute to the cost of printing and stamps, please do so by going to our Act Blue Page and clicking on postcards and stamps:  https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/charlottesville-democratic-committee-1

Next Dems Meeting is Monday 6/24, 6:30pm, featuring a Speaker from Sin Barreras

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Mexican dancers in traditional costumes - women in green floral skirts men in white waving bandannas or hats to the audience.On Monday, June 24, we’ll have our next Full Committee meeting at 6:30pm at one of the shelters in Forest Hills Park.

In addition to talking about our activities for the upcoming election, we’ll have representatives from Sin Barreras, an advocacy organization which works with the Latino Community. AND we will serve Mexican popsicles from La Flor Michoacana, which is a good reason to come in itself!

This is an open meeting so please invite friends.

It’s Gloria Tinsley Witt for the Fifth District!

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Photo of Gloria Witt. Under the photo it says "5th Congressional District Winner Democratic Primary".Our Cville Dems co-chairs say:

Dear Dems,

Thank you all for braving the heat to spread the word about our candidates on Primary Day. Gloria Tinsley Wittwas the overwhelming winner for Democrats.

Congrats and best wishes to Gloria, who won a hard-fought primary race to run against a Trump-backed candidate for the 5th District congressional seat.

We’re with you all the way to Capitol Hill!

Those interested in supporting Gloria may donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/witt4congress

GOP’s Bob Good and John McGuire’s tallies are so close, we wonder if they’ll ask for a recount. That would be great, as it will tie them up in wrangling with each other rather than working to get elected.

If you have tents, tables, and/or the box/tub for your precinct, please return it to Nancy Damon’s front porch ASAP (so the Damons don’t get cited for having so much stuff on their porch!)

Cville Dems have Registered Over 100 New Voters in Three Months!

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Delegate Katrina Callsen wearing a white "I can help you register to vote" T-shirt is flanked by two male attendees wearing black "Love Vote" T-shirts. All are standing in front of the Voter Registration tent.

A big thanks you to our state delegate Katrina Callsen, as well as to Jason Melendez and Roy Carter, for registering voters at the Juneteenth Celebration last Saturday!

If you’d like to help with this important effort to increase the Democratic voting potential in Cville, please contact Suzanne Michels at suzemichels@gmail.com.

Congratulations, Cville Dems – You Met the Mark!

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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.Thank you everyone who planned, participated in, supported, and/or attended our Summer Bash!

The third annual Summer Bash brought Cville Dems over its desired fundraising goal of $20,000 by about $2,000 – and perhaps as much as $4,000 once the Silent Auction proceeds are tallied.

 

2 women volunteers sit behind a table with stacked up T-Shirts for sale. The black T-shirts have the words "Love" in light pink and "Vote" in dark blue.Our “Love Vote” T-shirts (pictured below and designed by Kate Damon of DC SparkleSquad) are still on sale for $25, with $10 from each sale going to us to help fund our campaign work and hiring interns (various duties to support the campaigns,  canvasses, and all our other volunteer efforts in this critical election year!).

If you’d still like to participate in some of the auction fun, there’s space for you at  movie nights at the home of Fred and Nancy Damon; contact Nancy at nancycdamon@gmail.com.

More photos from the event are below:

 

 

Gloria Tinsley Witt, wearing jeans and a floral shirt, chats with attendees seated near the Silent Auction Tent at the 2024 Summer Bash.   Lots of Cville Dems line up at the greeting and registration table as the Summer Bash begins. They are under a leafy tree on a pretty evening.   Gary Terry stands in front of a microphone near a table of Cville Dems dinners at Summer Bash 2024. A Biden Harris campaign sign is just behind him.   Paul Riley stands in front of a microphone addressing a group of diners at the Summer Bash 2024. A Biden Harris campaign sign is just behind him.