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Hey John -

This past week has been filled with a vast range of emotions. Anger, frustration, fear, despair, hope, courage, we’ve truly run the gamut. We still grieve the countless Black lives that have been cut short by police brutality and systemic racism. We have seen charges brought against the murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, yet the police responsible for Breonna Taylor’s death, and honestly many more cases beyond that, have yet to be held responsible.

Again and again we are disappointed by the lack of overall accountability in the criminal justice system, but we are heartened by and stand with the outpouring of support seen at protests this past week in all 50 states and around the world. Arlington itself was 800 strong at a rally in Courthouse yesterday, many of whom went on to join over 10,000 protesters marching in D.C. We must continue to seek systemic change in our society and institutions and another part of that fight is at the ballot box. Campaign season has begun and we hope you will volunteer to help us elect Democratic nominee Takis Karantonis [[link removed]] for the July 7th Arlington County Board special election . [[link removed]]
Remember to rest and recharge [[link removed]] , find ways to sustainably contribute, and keep the momentum going!

Here are this week’s upcoming events, our new AYD Resource Guide: Challenge Racial Injustice [[link removed]] , and more important information.

Upcoming AYD Events
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Frontline
Workers
Town
Hall
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June
9th,
7pm
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8pm
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Phone
bank
for
Takis
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June
10th,
6pm
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8pm
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Phone
bank
for
Takis
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June
17th,
6pm
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8pm
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Juneteenth
Celebration
of
Black
Art
&
Culture
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June
19th,
6pm
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8pm
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Netflix
Party
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June
21st,
7pm
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9pm








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AYD Frontline Workers Town Hall [[link removed]]
AYD has invited workers from the postal service, commercial sanitation, health care, and DCA to come and speak at a virtual town hall on Tuesday, June 9th at 7 pm . While we are in still in the midst of reopening, Arlington Young Dems feels it is necessary to raise the voices of those who have been working on the frontlines of the pandemic to speak about their work conditions, lack of PPE, and what we can do as non-essential workers and allies to aid them.

You can watch this interview live and submit questions day of on our Facebook Live feed: www.facebook.com/arlingtonyoungDemocrats/live [[link removed]]

SUBMIT TOWN HALL QUESTIONS [[link removed]]




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AYD Phone Bank for Takis Karantonis [[link removed]]
AYD is phone banking for Takis Karantonis! Join us Wednesday, June 10th at 6 pm via Google Meet where we will be calling voters to remind them of the July 7th special election, encouraging them to support Takis, and informing them on how to apply for an absentee mail-in ballot.

Phone Bank Sign Up : www.mobilize.us/arlingtondems/event/274290/ [[link removed]]

Google Meet Info: We will go over training and then mute the audio aspect and support one another via the chat function while making calls! We recommend that you use your laptop for Google Meet and your phone for phone banking.

Google Meet Link : meet.google.com/eie-rifp-bez [[link removed]]

If you can’t make it, you can also phone bank on your own time any weekday from 9 am - 8 pm using the phone bank sign up above!

In addition, AYD has created a Slack for all of us to participate in during the 2020 campaign season. While we most likely will not be able to bond on long car rides to swing districts and swing states, we can all use Slack to talk to each other about our experiences campaigning digitally this year. I encourage you all to join the AYD Campaigns Slack using the button below, even if you are unable to attend tonight.

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Questions? Email our campaigns director, Ian White, at [email protected] [[email protected]] .






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AYD Resource Guide: Challenge Racial Injustice [[link removed]]
AYD has created a challenge racial injustice resource guide [[link removed]] . While protesting in person is not an option for everyone, you can contact representatives, sign petitions, make donations, get out the vote, and consume anti-racist media [[link removed]*NBC-qqt7MaIyXvcbpzzGwg&emci=ef883c02-73a6-ea11-9b05-00155d039e74&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=] as actionable alternatives. If you would like to participate in in-person civic engagement, contact Dan Goldberg at (610) 457-0591.

If you have any questions or would like to join our Diversity & Inclusion Committee, please contact AYD Secretary and D&I Chair Maya Jones at [email protected] [[email protected]] .




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Arlington Special Election & Absentee Voting [[link removed]]
The deadline to request your absentee ballot [[link removed]] for the Arlington County Board Special Election is Tuesday, June 30th at 5 pm ! Request yours today because the ballot must be received , not postmarked, by July 7th at 7 pm .

If you need a witness for your absentee ballot, contact Arlington Dems at [email protected] or you can request a Vote From Your Car appointment, and let election staff witness the process from the safety of your car using this link: [link removed] [[link removed]]

For more info on the County Board Special Election and our Democratic nominee, Takis Karantonis, check out: [link removed] [[link removed]]








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