[link removed] [[link removed]]Hey John -
Hope everyone enjoyed the lovely weather which graced us at the end of last week. The frigid temperatures have returned to remind us that it is still February.
In honor of Black History month, the Arlington Young Democrats are teaming up with the Arlington Dems Black Caucus to host a Black Excellence panel at 6:30pm on Friday, February 25. Check out the event here [[link removed]] .
We’re also proud to announce our caucus chairs for 2022:
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Arts,
Culture,
&
Entertainment
-
Navneet
Sandhu
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Health,
Education,
&
Disability
Advocacy
-
Mark
Perlman
*
Housing,
Environment,
&
Infrastructure
-Tony
Striner
and
Meredith
Miller


*
Immigration,
Justice,
Civil
Rights,
&
Liberties
-
Alana
Parsons


*
Labor,
Commerce,
Technology,
&
Finance
-
Samantha
Litchford
and
Matthew
Trowbridge
*
Veterans
&
Foreign
Affairs
-
Sacha
Brenac


And here’s a politics roundup on what’s happening in the Virginia General Assembly:
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Senate
Democrats
upheld
the
right
to
choose,
striking
down
the
GOP’s
20-week
abortion
ban.
*
GOP
legislators
are
threatening
to
fire
1,000
government
appointees
after
Senate
Dems
rejected
Gov.
Youngkin’s
pick
for
Secretary
of
Natural
and
Historic
Resources,
Andrew
Wheeler,
who
is
the
former
administrator
of
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
in
the
Trump
administration
and
a
coal
lobbyist.
*
GOP
delegates
blocked
a
bill
that
would
have
removed
the
defunct
same-sex
marriage
ban
from
Virginia’s
constitution.
Lastly, thanks all for coming to our For the Love of Democracy Happy Hour last week. It was so great to see familiar faces and a lot of new ones!
Check out upcoming events and more:
Upcoming events
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AYD
&
Arlington
Dems
Black
Caucus
Black
Excellence
Panel
[[link removed]]
|
February
25th,
6:30pm
*
Arl
Dems
March
Monthly
Meeting
[[link removed]]
|
March
2nd,
7pm
[link removed] [[link removed]]AYD & Arlington Dems Black Caucus Black Excellence Panel [[link removed]]
In honor of Black History Month, join Arlington Young Dems and Arlington Dems Black Caucus for our joint Black Excellence Panel on Friday, February 25th at 6:30pm via Zoom. Here is our panelist line up:
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Virginia
State
Senator
Jennifer
McClellan

*
Kent
Carter,
Licensed
Realtor

*
Amina
Luqman-Dawson,
Author

*
Dr.
Alfiee
Breland-Noble,
Founder
-
Arlington
AAKOMA
Project
REGISTER NOW [[link removed]-]Questions? Email AYD Vice President Maya Jones at [email protected] [[email protected]] .
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