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Happy Holidays from AYD! Thank you to everyone who participated in wreath laying with us this past weekend at the annual Wreaths Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery. It’s always a powerful and humbling experience and we give our thanks to the fallen soldiers, members of the military, veterans, and all of their families.

We’d also like to thank everyone who came out to our annual holiday brunch! A festive time was had by all and it was wonderful to celebrate with everyone. Here are the results of our 2021 AYD Awards!

Newcomer of the Year: Kenya Pennington
Community Service Award: Navneet Sandhu
Campaigner of the Year: Mark Perlman
Unsung Heroes: Tenley O’Hara & Colleen Moore
2020 Member of the Year: Matt Royer
Honorable Warren G. Stambaugh Outstanding Democrat of the Year: DAAV Chair Praveen Meyyan

We were also able to swear in our 2022 AYD Executive Board. Our full board, including elected and appointed positions, is as follows:

Elected Positions

President: Tenley O’Hara
Vice President: Maya Jones
Secretary: Yint Hmu⠀
Treasurer: Phil Kattato ⠀
Community Service Director: Kenya Pennington⠀
Campaign Director: Colleen Moore⠀
Membership Director: Daniel Gray
Diversity & Inclusion Director: Alistair Watson
Political Director: Adam Chaikof
Democratic Party Representative: Graydon Vann

Appointed Positions

Finance Director: Meg Flores
Publicity Director: Jack Tiene
Digital Director: Noah Mutterperl
Programming Director: Bryant Atkins
Recruitment Director: Danielle Casey
Retention Director: Tara Siegal

Also, if you want to vote in the upcoming Arlington Dems Officer Elections, you have until Monday, December 27th at 7pm to register as a voting delegate. You can learn more here.

Check out upcoming events below:

Upcoming Events

Arlington Dems Voter Paperwork Submission Deadline | December 27th, 7pm
Arlington Dems 2022 Officer Elections & Monthly Meeting | January 5th, 7pm
AYD New Year New Member Happy Hour | January 19th, 7pm
AYD Caucus Reorganization Meeting | January 25th, 7pm

Arlington Dems 2022 Officer Elections & Monthly Meeting

The Arlington Democrats will hold officer elections for the 2022-2024 term on January 5, 2022 at 7pm. To vote in the meeting, Arlington Democrats must register to be a delegate. More information on the candidates and more can be found here.

To register to be a voting delegate, download and fill out the form below, then email a pdf version to [email protected] before the deadline of December 27th at 7pm.

Download Voter Form

Note that the $25 fee can be waived in a couple ways, if you are one of the following:

A member of the Arlington Democrats Roosevelt-Obama Society sustaining donors program as of November 15, 2021;
A dues-paying member of the Arlington Young Democrats as of November 15, 2021;
An elected official representing Arlington (in whole or in part) after having been elected to office from Arlington as a Democratic nominee or endorsee;
A current voting member of the Arlington Democrats (see list at Section III.A.1 of the Arlington Dems Bylaws); or
A current non-voting member of the Arlington Democrats (see list at Section III.A.2 of the Arlington Dems Bylaws)
You request to waive the fee based on financial need. You can do this by attaching your reasoning to the same form.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

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