From Morris County Young Democrats <[email protected]>
Subject REMINDER: Youth Engagement Event TOMORROW!
Date October 14, 2020 4:01 PM
  Links have been removed from this email. Learn more in the FAQ.
  Links have been removed from this email. Learn more in the FAQ.
View this email in your browser ([link removed])
[link removed]


** REMINDER!
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT EVENT
10/15 @ 7:00PM
------------------------------------------------------------

The MCYD will kick off its Days of Action on TOMORROW, October 15 at 7 PM with Raise Your Voice: A Conversation on Youth Engagement. We're pleased to announce two additions to our speaker lineup: Nabila Baptiste, State Director for the Biden/Harris campaign, and Shadaya Bennett, Chief of Staff to Assemb. Shanique Speight.
If you haven't RSVP'ed, head HERE ([link removed]) to sign up!

We want to see you, but more importantly, we want to HEAR you!

------------------------------------------------------------
CURRENT SPEAKER LINEUP
Nabila Baptiste currently serves as State Director for the Biden/Harris Presidential ticket. Most recently, she was Deputy Executive Director for the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. Before joining the state party, Nabila served as event management director for the Ludlam Group and managed a local race in Warren Township.

She currently resides in Morris Township and is a graduate of City University of New York - Brooklyn College.
------------------------------------------------------------
Shadaya Bennett is a young woman of faith, first generation college graduate and avid learner with a huge interest in the intersections of social justice, public policy, and politics. She grew up in Orange, NJ and eventually moved to the Morris County area where she attended Hanover Park High School in East Hanover, NJ.
Shadaya earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science (and a minor in History) from Temple University. While at Temple, she was a scholarship-earning athlete on the track and field team where she contributed to one of the team’s conference championship victories, holds a school record, and served as a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee. After college, she earned a graduate degree in Public Administration from Kean University (Union, NJ) where she was accepted into the Graduate Assistantship Program and eventually became a Kean University Pi Alpha Alpha Honor’s Society inductee. After obtaining her MPA, Shadaya considered a number of career options until redirecting her focus on her passion for politics, public policy, and government affairs. Prior to working in politics, she gained experience in education policy research at the Research Alliance for NYC Schools at New York University. Shadaya currently works within the NJ State General Assembly in the Office of
Assemblywoman Shanique Speight, who represents New Jersey’s 29th Legislative District. She began serving as an Aide to the Assemblywoman, was eventually promoted to Legislative Director, and now serves as the Assemblywoman’s Chief of Staff.
Outside of work, Shadaya looks forward to engaging in community service opportunities. She also plays an active role in her church where she serves as her pastor’s Personal Assistant and Chair of the dance ministry. Shadaya is a Leadership Newark Public Policy Fellow and a member of the Urban League of Essex County Young Professionals. She looks forward to making her mark in politics as a “behind the scenes heavy hitter.” One of her long-term goals is to make a lasting impact on social justice through her work.
------------------------------------------------------------
Clifford D. Dawkins, Jr. is a resident of Rockaway, NJ, where he lives with his wife and high school sweetheart, Tammy, and their young son and daughter.

Orphaned at a young age, Cliff independently made his way from Dover Public Schools, where he was a decorated scholar-athlete, to Cornell University, where he graduated, with distinction, earning a Bachelors in Business Administration; a Concentration in Organizational Management, Communications, and Law; and a Minor in Africana Studies. Cliff next graduated from Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy with a Masters in Public Policy, and a focus on Labor, Education, & Social Policy. Graduating again with distinction, Cliff represented his class as the 2012 convocation speaker on the Bloustein School's 20th Anniversary Celebration. Additionally, Cliff was honored with the Bloustein School's coveted "Outstanding Student Service Award" for his contributions to his campus and affiliated communities. Also in 2012, he received the Gold "United States President's Volunteer Service Award" for his grant-writing work with the Urban League of Morris County.
Lastly, Cliff graduated from Rutgers School of Law, where he was elected the first first-year student of color to be President of the Student Bar Association. After law school, Cliff served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jose L. Fuentes in the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Cliff has founded and leads numerous community-based organizations. He had twice interned in the US Congress, in the House of Representatives with Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen and in the Senate with Senator Bob Menendez. Cliff also recently ran for NJ State Senate in LD-25.

Today, Cliff is an employment and labor attorney at a premier law firm, community organizer, professional mediator and arbitrator, and social entrepreneur. He was awarded the 2019 and 2020 National Black Lawyers 40 Under 40 Award and Top 100 Lawyers Award, the 2020 Thomson Reuters "Top Lawyers Rising Star Award", and the National Bar Association's Chairman's Award.

In September of 2020, Cliff, Tammy, and his younger sister, Maya Dawkins, came together with an esteemed group of community leaders to found the Marjorie A. Dawkins Institute for Equal Opportunity ("MADI") to help develop the next generation of leaders across the state of New Jersey.
------------------------------------------------------------
Axel Owen currently serves as Campaign Manager for NJCAN2020, a coalition of organizations running the campaign to legalize marijuana in this year’s referendum.

Axel has years of campaign experience across the country and served as the Political Director of the NJDSC.

He most recently served as statewide organizing director of Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign in New Jersey and served as campaign manager for the re-election of Assemblymen Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) and Roy Freiman (D-Hillsborough) in 2019. He managed the 2017 campaign of State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch), which toppled a three-term incumbent.

============================================================
** Facebook ([link removed])
** Instagram ([link removed])
** Website ([link removed])
** Email (mailto:[email protected])
** Donate ([link removed])
Copyright © 2020 Morris County Young Democrats, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website.

Paid for by:
Morris County Young Democrats
51 Gibraltar Dr Ste 1F
Morris Plains, NJ 07950-1254
USA
** ([link removed])

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can ** update your preferences ([link removed])
or ** unsubscribe from this list ([link removed])
.
Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp
[link removed]
Screenshot of the email generated on import

Message Analysis