Hello Friends,
The Young Democrats of Oregon have had an eventful few weeks that we wanted to share with you!
On August 11th, the Young Democrats of Oregon Executive Team brought forward the consideration of whether or not we want to charter with the National Young Democrats of America. We are extremely excited to announce that you voted YES to charter with YDA (Young Democrats of America)! Chartering with YDA will allow us to send our delegates from Oregon to YDA's conventions to vote on their leadership, resolutions and even elect a DNC member. We are still in the process of filling out the chartering forms but we are well on our way to become a member of our national organization!
Our team was also recently invited to join the Columbia County Democrats as well as the Neighborhood Leaders to present on Youth Organizing in Oregon! Our Fundraising Chair, Brittany Leffel, alongside our Platforms Chair, Spencer Trumm, made the trip up to Columbia County to give this presentation. We we're thrilled to be invited up to pass along our tips and tricks for organizing young people in Oregon. Including young people in the conversation, give them leadership roles and empower them, leads to winning more elections, passing more progressive legislation and helping create a more progressive and inclusive Oregon!
We are also happy to share that we had our first House Party on August 14th at Patti Lynch & Marnel King's home hosted by Jamie & Cass McLeod-Skinner, Nichole van Eikeren, Deschutes County Democrats, Jefferson County Democrats, Crook County Democrats, The Vocal Seniority and Indivisible Bend! We feel incredibly lucky and humbled to have been able to attend this house party and spread our values, goals and network into Central Oregon. We knew when we were scheduling house parties that we wanted our first one to be located in Central Oregon to show that the Young Democrats of Oregon are committed to supporting every corner of Oregon!
Did you miss our last House Party? Not to worry! We have two more House Parties coming up in September that we are excited to share with you...
Eugene House Party
Host: Representative Marty Wilde & LCC Board Member Matt Keating
When: September 22nd
Time: 3-5pm
RSVP at [email protected] for the address!
Medford House Party
Host: Senator Jeff Golden and Medford School Board Chair Karen Starchvick
When: September 11th
Time: 7-8:30pm
RSVP at [email protected] for the address!
In Solidarity,
Emily Mooney, Chair of YDO
Young Democrats of Oregon
232 NE 9th Ave
Portland, OR 97232
United States
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