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It is Democratic National Committee Convention week! Check out our upcoming events and action items below.Upcoming AYD Events
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AYD
“DN-C
U
this
Weekend”
Watch
Party
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August
20th,
8pm
-
11pm


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VAYD
Weekend
of
Action
Supporting
Abigail
Spanberger
(VA-07)
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August
22nd,
3pm
-
6pm


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VAYD
Weekend
of
Action
Supporting
Elaine
Luria
(VA-02)
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|
August
23rd,
2pm
-
4pm


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AYD
CLTF
Caucus
August
Meeting
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August
26th,
7pm
-
8pm


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March
on
Washington
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August
28th,
7am
-
3pm


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AYD
General
Body
Meeting
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September
1st,
7pm
-
9pm



www.apwu.org/savepostoffice [www.apwu.org/savepostoffice]

URGENT: SAVE THE POST OFFICE [[link removed]]
Our postal service and our democracy are under attack. The Trump Administration and Senate Republicans are attempting to dismantle our postal service and thereby disenfranchising millions of voters who would rely on mail-in ballots to vote in their states or to stay safe during the pandemic.

Trump's newly appointed Post Master General, Republican Mega-donor Louis de Joy, has conducted a complete overhaul of the Post Office, which has resulted in no overtime pay for Postal Workers who are covering for sick co-workers during the pandemic further resulting in delayed or missing mail especially in communities of color and lower income areas. Trump has even openly admitted that he is blocking funding to USPS to block those mail-in ballots. Even worse, the Senate has gone into recess until September without signing the Heroes Act, meaning no funding for relief to working people and no funding to the US Post office.

People rely on the mail to receive paychecks, receive life-saving medication, receive food assistance, pay their rent, pay their bills, and to make sure they keep their lights on. We need to rally to protect the US Post Office and to protect our most vulnerable in our country.

Take action to protect the Postal Service! Support the American Postal Workers Union! [[link removed]]

Call the US Senate and Mitch McConnell and tell them to get back to DC and save the post office:
Call: 202-224-3121
Email: [email protected] [[email protected]?subject=GIVE%20FUNDING%20TO%20THE%20POST%20OFFICE]


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AYD “DN-C U this Weekend” Watch Party [[link removed]]
Join Arlington Young Dems Thursday, August 20th at 8 pm for a Democratic National Convention finale watch party and happy hour via Google Meet!

From 8pm - 9pm we’ll relax, chat, and tell you all about the coming weekend’s campaign events and volunteer opportunities for Young Dems. Then from 9pm - 11pm, we’ll watch the 2020 Democratic National Convention as Vice President Joe Biden accepts the Democratic nomination.

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Bring your favorite DNC-viewing beverage (like a big ole cup o’ Joe) and a friend!

If you have any questions, email our recruitment director, Dan Goldberg, at [email protected] [[email protected]] .






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What is the Virginia Special Legislative Session? [[link removed]]
The Virginia State legislature typically only meets for one month in odd-numbered years and two months in even-numbered years starting in January. Legislators with a supermajority may vote to extend the session and the governor or legislators with a supermajority can call a special session to reconvene if they did not finish all of their business for the year. This year the budget was not completed during the regular session due to COVID-19 concerns, therefore the governor called a special session to work out the budget concerns as well as address issues with systemic racism in the criminal justice system in the nationwide call for reform in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.

Priorities for Special Session

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Covid-19
Protections *
Housing
protections
against
evictions
and
providing
rent
and
mortgage
relief
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Hazard
pay
and
other
labor
protections
for
frontline
workers


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Police
and
Criminal
Justice
Reform *
Declaring
racism
a
public
health
crisis
in
Virginia
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Pretextual
policing
reforms
*
Cash
bail
reform
*
Expanding
measures
to
hold
police
accountable
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Restricting
excessive
use
of
force
and
banning
the
use
of
chokeholds



How can you voice your priorities?

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Contact
your
representatives
about
issues
you
care
about:
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Track
the
special
session:
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Help
elect
progessive
candidates
across
Virginia!
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Follow
us! *
Check
us
out
on
Instagram
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,
Twitter
[[link removed]]
,
and
Facebook
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Come
to
our
events
and
learn
how
to
get
involved!






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AYD General Body Meeting [[link removed]]
We will be holding our general body meeting on Tuesday, September 1st at 7 pm via Zoom to hold votes on business items for the Arlington Young Democrats.

We will be voting on a proposed amendment to the AYD Constitution (to be sent out to the General Body by the AYD President on 08/11) and outstanding resolutions as recommended by the AYD Executive Board.

Register for Meeting [[link removed]]

If you have any issues or concerns, please reach out to AYD Outreach Director Sacha Brenac at [email protected] [[email protected]] or AYD President Dan Matthews at [email protected] [[email protected]] .






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Join the AYD HEE Caucus' Sex Ed Squad! [[email protected]]
Help out the mission to make Arlington's sexual health and relationships education medically accurate, comprehensive, inclusive, and age-appropriate! The past HEE Caucus Chair, Pablo Moulden, is seeking volunteers to help with a resolution to amend the Family Life Education curriculum in Arlington.

By changing Arlington's current sex ed curriculum to one that is mandatory and more comprehensive, it would make it age-appropriate, inclusive, and medically accurate. This would cover information about: *
Contraception
(not
abstinence
only)
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Partner
selection
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Reproductive
health
outcomes
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Consent,
sexual
harassment,
and
assault
prevention
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Positive
representation
of
LBGTQ+
related
topics
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Gender
identity
and
sexual
orientation

If you are interested in working on this with Pablo, please email him at [email protected] [[email protected]] .






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VAYD Day of Action for Abigail Spanberger [[link removed]]
Keeping Abigail Spanberger in office is a top priority of Virginia Young Democrats this year. Please join VAYD's Central Region on Saturday, August 22nd from 3-6 pm for an exclusive VAYD-only phone bank to help Representative Spanberger get reelected!

Sign Up here: [link removed] [[link removed]]

For any questions, please contact VAYD Campaign Director Matt Royer at [email protected]






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VAYD Day of Action for Elaine Luria [[link removed]]
VAYD is joining the Elaine Luria Campaign on Sunday, August 23rd at 2 pm for a phone bank featuring a kickoff from Congresswoman Elaine Luria herself! This will be our second event following the Democratic National Convention and we want to get started early this year. Join us and together we will make 10,000 calls!

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For any questions, please contact VAYD Campaign Director Matt Royer at [email protected] [[email protected]]






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