Dear John,

Do you want to flip the Virginia Legislature but want to know how to be more active in volunteering? Well, we have the right place for you. The Arlington Young Dems just launched our campaign effort to Flip Virginia 2019!

It's campaign season and time to focus on electing a Democratic state legislature. We have upcoming volunteer opportunities open to anyone who wants to come:

• August 17th: Larry Barnett in Virginia House District 27 & Ghazala Hashmi in Virginia Senate District 10 (see Facebook event here)
• August 24th: Dan Helmer in Virginia House District 40 (see Facebook event here)
• September 7th: AYD Campaign invasion for Sheila Bynum Coleman in Virginia House District 66 (Chesterfield County)
• September 14th: Alex Askew in Virginia House District 85 & Cheryl Turpin in Virginia Senate District 7 (see Facebook event here)
• September 21: AYD Campaign invasion for Rodney Willet in Virginia House District 73 (Henrico)
• September 28th: AYD Campaign invasion for Delegate Wendy Gooditis in Virginia House District 10 (Boyce)

You can sign up for all of these and more at: https://forms.gle/xuHKfpxCnjK66qHJ6 

If you have any questions, please contact our Campaigns Director Matt Royer: [email protected]

Volunteer at the Arlington County Fair! 

Arlington County Board Member Katie Cristol cordially invites you to her fundraiser for Virginia House of Delegates Candidate Dan Helmer (VA-40). This will be a great opportunity to meet the candidate before the upcoming AYD campaign invasion on August 24th!
 
When: 5:00 - 7:00 PM, Sunday, August 11th
Where: The Home of Katie Cristol in Arlington, VA
Address Given on RSVP
The host committee is doing a Young Dem ticket at $25. 

For more information please contact our Campaigns Director Matt Royer: [email protected]

The Arlington Young Democrats, in partnership with Equality Virginia, call on members and allies to volunteer for this important Equality Means Business campaign during Pride Month, which seeks to find local businesses willing to pledge that they will not discriminate against their employees or customers who are members of the LGBTQ community!

Our Arlington community is one of the bluest in the Commonwealth, and it’s time we start living our values through our businesses. But we need help getting the word out!

Volunteer to help AYD contact local businesses in Arlington (in person or by phone) to tell them about this important campaign and help them join! We will provide all volunteers with a sample script to get you started. Sign-up here!   

Contact [email protected] with any questions!

On Saturday, October 26^th, AYD is participating in the Walk & 5K to End HIV! Registration fees are 50% off with the promo code AYD19, so JOIN US or DONATE to our team today! Your donations go to Whitman-Walker Health, which is an HIV education, prevention, and primary care nonprofit. Funds go to providing free STD testing including HIV testing & counseling, behavioral health services, legal services, trans-affirming healthcare, PrEP (HIV preventive medication), primary & dental healthcare, etc.
 
Registration fees (50% OFF with promo code AYD19):

• Runner: $17.50 (discounted from $35)
• Walker: $12.50 (discounted from $25)
• Sleepwalker: $20.00 (discounted from $40) – if you can’t make it but still want to support the team (your t-shirt will be mailed to you after the event!)
• Student/Senior Walker: $7.50 (discounted from $15)  

• 11:30 AM – 7 PM
• Location: Pacers (1821 14th Street, NW Washington DC 20009)  

• 7:30 AM: Same-day registration and same-day packet/t-shirt pickup
• 8:15 AM: An uplifting program of music, speakers, and warm-up exercises
• 9:15 AM: 5K begins
• 9:20 AM: Walk begins
• 10:00 AM: Post event celebration
• Location: The Walk & 5K to End HIV will begin and end at Freedom Plaza (Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street, NW). The closest Metro stations are Federal Triangle (Blue/Orange lines) and Metro Center (Blue/Orange/Red lines).