Hey John -

Thank you to everyone who came out for our virtual Election 2020 Pump up this past week, we’re very excited to work with all of you this 2020 Election Season!

We hope you’ll join us later this week for a Weekend of Action in honor of Representative John Lewis who passed away on July 17th, 2020. On Friday, August 7th at 7 pm AYD and Arlington Dems Black Caucus, will host a screening of the CNN John Lewis documentary Good Trouble with a guided discussion afterward. Then on August 8th and 9th, Arlington Dems, Arlington Dems Black Caucus, and AYD will participate in voter registration events around Arlington to honor John Lewis action to protect the rights of voters during his life and career. Come help us make more #GoodTrouble. 

Check out our other upcoming events and action items below.

John Lewis Memorial Weekend of Action

Want to do something to celebrate the life and legacy of John Lewis? Go to one of our Voter Power registration events for our joint Weekend of Action in honor of John Lewis!

Learn how we are socially distancing in order to register voters in person during the pandemic, and pick a location for next weekend to show Arlington residents that we will not be deterred from expanding the voting franchise in our community!

As we reflect on the impacts of COVID-19 and the movement for Black Lives over the past few months, our membership is often left wondering what more they can do. An important action that you can take is impacting our legislative process through contacting legislators and speaking in open comment sessions.

Governor Northam recently announced that the Virginia General Assembly will be convening on August 18th for a special session to take steps to combat the pandemic, police brutality against Black communities, and workers’ protections. AYD has an advantage in the process of Criminal Justice Reform and Police Reform in the General Assembly since a member of our Arlington Delegation, Del. Patrick Hope HoD-47, chairs the Public Safety Committee in the House of Delegates.

We are encouraging all of our members to take this opportunity to either write to your Delegates and State Senators or speak about issues that you feel strongly about during public meetings of the Joint House Courts of Justice and Public Safety Committees on August 6th. The Arlington Young Democrats are committed to not just using the slogans of the Black Lives Matter Movement, but to also push for positive action for meaningful change in our Commonwealth through our legislative process.

To find who your legislators are, please visit whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/

For more information, please visit bit.ly/vahousecalendar or email our vice president, Matt Royer, at [email protected].

Join the AYD Communications Committee!

Are you interested in social media, marketing, graphic design, or website management? Want to learn more about what makes AYD tick? Then join the AYD Communications Committee for our August Meeting on August 6th at 7:30 pm. We’d love to help empower our membership to get involved in our messaging and design processes!

If you’re interested, please email our secretary, Maya Jones, at [email protected]

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Arlington, VA 22202
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