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Photo by Black Lives Matter Seacoast, via Facebook

COMMUNITY LEADERS

On Saturday, September 19th at Henry Law Park in Dover, Black Lives Matter Seacoast held another incredible rally. Featured speakers included NH activists, organizers, candidates, and elected officials. Among them, Young Dems Ariel Oxaal, Robin Vogt, and Mark Brave spoke. Ariel and Mark are Democratic candidates from Dover. Ariel Oxaal is running for State Representative in Dover Ward 3, and Mark Brave is running for Strafford County Sheriff.

Also present at the rally were Young Dems City Councilors Matt Gerding and Crystal Paradis, who, in addition to Ariel and Mark, signed onto Black Lives Matter Seacoast's demands for candidates and elected officials in NH. These demands can be found in the pinned post on Black Lives Matter Seacoast Facebook page. These demands will increase our state's ability to hold NH accountable through demanding implicit bias training, making more data available to the public, and restricting law enforcement agents' discretion in use of force, among others.

In the immediate future, Matt Gerding and Ariel Oxaal are kicking off a Seacoast Progressives phonebank on Saturday with Organize NH. Sign up to join them this Saturday, September 26th at 5pm here! 

VOLUNTEER IN ELECTIONS

It's a lot easier to volunteer when you can see the direct impacts of Young Dems in elected positions and seeking to lead NH with political power. We have the opportunity to more than double the amount of Young Dems serving in the NH legislature this year. The deadline is the November 3rd election, and we need to rise up today to meet the challenge. We can't cram this one. Please sign up to volunteer with NHYD today! If there is a particular Young Dem candidate(s) or region you're looking to volunteer with, we will make it happen!

Join NHHSD, NHCD and NHYD for an interactive and informational summit on Sunday, September 27th from 5 to 6:30 PM! This summit will begin with a special keynote speaker TBA, and will then consist of facilitated workshops and breakout groups.

These workshops will focus on skills and strategies which can be carried with you on your future campaign and organizing endeavors. We hope to cover local/regional chapter development as well as fundamental skills to organizing in electoral politics this cycle and beyond.

We will finish off the night with an optional social activity and game to get to know each other and have fun! We look forward to seeing you there!

Please note: We will be adding additional links for a phonebank and textbank during the week of 9/28-10/2! Stay tuned for additional sign-up information.

Join Young Dem Representatives Matt Wilhelm, Jackie Chretien, and Israel Piedra for a very special 'Postcard Party & Couch Concert" with special guests Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan of DISPATCH and Manchester's own Alli Beaudry!

If you're local, a packet of postcards will be delivered directly to your door on September 26th-- just make sure you reserve your ticket before then! 

Click here to reserve your ticket, and make sure to pick 'NH Young Dems Guest List' for free admittance! Keep an eye out for the Zoom link on the morning on Sunday, Sept. 27th- and see you at the concert!

NH Young Professionals Happy Hour

Join team Biden-Harris for a virtual Young Professionals Happy Hour to discuss economic security and opportunities for young professionals and working families in the Granite State! You'll hear from NH community leaders, entrepreneurs, and other young Granite Staters on the issues that matter most to us and have the chance to virtually engage with other young professionals across NH.

Friday, Sept 25th at 7pm. Info and RSVP here.

Rest in Power

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)

The Great Dissenter

"Dissents speak to a future age. It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way.' But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view. So that's the dissenter's hope: they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow."

-Ruth Bader Ginsburg on dissent and justice