CCDemClub NEWSLETTER #154, 2/6/2020
NEW and UPDATED items are marked and highlighted in the Table of Contents, and in the details.
For UPDATED items, I’ll try to highlight the changed or new bits (like this!)
For information on joining the club, see “About the Club” at the end of the newsletter.
Any problems, or to submit items for the newsletter, email me at wils…@gmail.com.
– Mark
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Note from the President (UPDATED)
ALL ARE WELCOME AT OUR MEETINGS AND EVENTS!
Postcards 4 Maryland postcard writing group! (NEW)
Jamie Raskin mobile office: open once a month in Westminster!
New Moving Forward Podcast
EVENTS
February 8: NEXT Patriots Resist Rally
February 13: CCDCC Monthly Meeting
February 29: Better Angels Skills Workshop (NEW)
March 2: Carroll County Democratic Club meeting (UPDATED)
March 12: CCDCC Monthly Meeting
April 6: April Carroll County Democratic Club meeting (SAVE THE DATE)
April 7: “Harvest the Vote” Book Event in Frederick
May 1: 2020 CCRE Bridging the Gap Conference (SAVE THE DATE)
May 4: May CC Democratic Club meeting (SAVE THE DATE)
About the Club
About the Newsletter
Et Cetera! (Various Other Resources)
Note from the President (UPDATED)
Many thanks to all of you who attended the Club’s mini-workshop Take Action: Writing Effective Letters to the Editor & Postcards on Monday, February 3. What an engaged and interactive group! I was impressed by how many of you were regular LTE writers and I thank you for sharing your own experience and expertise. Thanks also to our presenter, Deborah Carter, who gave an excellent presentation.
The Club’s regularly scheduled meetings will resume on Monday, March 2, 2020. The meeting will take place at the Taneytown Branch of the Carroll County Public Library from 6:30-8:30 PM. At the meeting, the Club will be hosting a candidate forum with the three Democratic candidates – Mia Mason, Jennifer Pingley, and Allison Galbraith – who are running in the primary for Congressional District 1 seat now occupied by Republican Andy Harris.
Following the forum, the Club will hold its meeting and announce a slate of candidates for the 2020-2021 Club year. (Election of officers will take place at the April meeting.) We will also provide updates on some of the Club initiatives.
Starting this Saturday, February 8 from 10 AM to 12 Noon in the small meeting room of the Westminster Library, the Club will launch its Postcards 4 Maryland Carroll County postcard writing group Find out more details later in the newsletter.
Please stay engaged and get others engaged with the CC Democratic Club. Remember, you don’t need to be a member to attend our meetings, activities, or to volunteer (though we would love it if you do). Thank you for all you do to give Democrats an important presence and vibrant voice in Carroll County.
Kate
ALL ARE WELCOME AT OUR MEETINGS AND EVENTS!
Did you know that you do not have to be a member of the CC Democratic Club to
attend our meetings and events? Our activities are open to anyone who would like to
attend and participate. (Almost all our activities are free. Our picnic in July is free to paid
members.)
That being said, we would love to have you as a member! Membership costs $15 for an
individual and $25 for a couple per club year. You will get a very spiffy membership card
and the gratitude and camaraderie of fellow CC Democrats. Most importantly, your
membership dues help the Club extend its outreach in the community, so please
consider joining. You can join at any meeting, or by contacting Treasurer Mark Wilson, wils…@gmail.com.
Postcards 4 Maryland postcard writing group! (NEW)
The CC Democratic Club has formed the Postcards 4 Maryland Carroll County postcard writing group
We will be meeting weekly on Saturdays from 10 AM to 12 Noon in the small meeting room of the Westminster Branch of the Carroll County Public Library starting this coming Saturday, February 8, 2020.
We will be writing postcards through Postcards to Voters, Postcards to Wisconsin (they are providing the cards – we provide the stamps), postcards for PA through a MD based allies group, and any other battleground state postcard campaigns I learn about. Please bring postcards if you have them. Since February 8 will be our first meeting, I (Kate) will bring postcards to use. I will let you know where to order some for purchase to use going forward and I will also have some to sell at cost. Please also bring postcard stamps. Postcard postage is $0.35. You can buy books of 20 stamps at the post office or rolls of 100 stamps. I will also have stamps you can purchase for use that day. The room seats 10 people so if you plan to come, let me know. If the group grows over time, I will try to get the larger library room. We will also be meeting on Saturday February 15, 22, and 29.
Jamie Raskin mobile office: open once a month in Westminster!
NOTICE: Congressman Jamie Raskin’s staff has a mobile office in Westminster once per month, on the second Wednesday of every month from 10am to 12noon at the Westminster Library (50 East Main Street, Westminster, 21157). Congressman Raskin says “No appointment is necessary for mobile office hours but constituents are encouraged to contact my District Office at 301-354-1000 ahead of their visit to ensure they bring with them proper documentation that may expedite service requests. As always, you may request assistance at my permanent District Office (51 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD 20850) Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.”
New Moving Forward Podcast
Keep Up the Fight for Immigrants and Refugees – They Help Make the U.S. Strong
Kate Sanner, host of Moving Forward, interviews Liuda Galinaitis, who shares the
courageous story of her father’s family who were forced to flee their home in Lithuania
during WWII. She also shares her research on the current immigration crisis, the
contributions immigrants make to our nation, and the importance of keeping up the fight
for immigrants, refugees, and asylees who help keep us strong.
http://moving-forward.libsyn.com/keep-up-the-fight-for-immigrants-and-refugees-they-
EVENTS
February 8: NEXT Patriots Resist Rally
This is a peaceful gathering to spread our beliefs in social justice, including human rights and the environment.
We focus on positive messaging through our signs, but also take on pressing issues that deserve direct responses.
We meet across from the Westminster Branch Library, from 1 to 2pm every Saturday. We have been demonstrating weekly for three years. We invite and welcome new faces to the event.
There are no organizers for this event. It is an organic gathering that lets our fellow Carroll Countians understand that there are people in Carroll with a conscience who are working for social justice locally, nationally, and globally.
Any questions please email In…@carrollcan.org.
Upcoming Patriots Resist Rallies: Feb. 15, 22 and 29; March 7 and 14.
NOTE: from now on, only the NEXT rally will be listed individually in detail.
Subsequent rallies will be listed by date only, as above.
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February 13: CCDCC Monthly Meeting
Thursday, Feb 13, 2020 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm, at the Westminster Library (Large Meeting
Room).
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February 29: Better Angels Skills Workshop (NEW)
Better Angels Skills Workshop: How to Talk Across the Political Divide
A communication skills workshop to learn how to listen to others whose political views differ from yours and how to speak in a way that encourages others to listen to you.
Saturday, February 29, 2020, 10 AM to 12:30 PM
Better Angels is a citizens’ organization uniting red and blue Americans in a working alliance to depolarize America.
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March 2: Carroll County Democratic Club meeting (UPDATED)
At our March meeting, the Club will be hosting a candidate forum with the three Democratic candidates – Mia Mason, Jennifer Pingley, and Allison Galbraith – who are running in the primary for Congressional District 1 seat now occupied by Republican Andy Harris.
Following the forum, the Club will hold its meeting and submit a slate of candidates for the 2020-2021 Club year. We will also provide updates on some of the Club initiatives including the postcard writing group.
Meeting will take place on Monday, March 2 at the Taneytown Branch of the Carroll County
Public Library from 6:30-8:30 PM. NOTE THE NEW LOCATION AND TIME!
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March 12: CCDCC Monthly Meeting
Thursday, Mar 12, 2020 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm, at the Mount Airy Library (Large Meeting Room).
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April 6: April Carroll County Democratic Club meeting (SAVE THE DATE)
Details to follow.
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April 7: “Harvest the Vote” Book Event in Frederick
The Curious Iguana bookstore in Frederick, MD will host author Jane Kleeb who will
share her new book, Harvest the Vote: How Democrats Can Win Again in Rural
America. The event runs from 7pm to 8pm. Harvest the Vote is an urgent and stirring road map showing how the
Democratic party can, and should, engage rural America.
This event is free but registration is preferred; click https://curiousiguana.com/event/jane-kleeb-harvest-the-vote/ to register. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event. Here is the Facebook link to get a free
ticket and reserve your place: https://www.facebook.com/events/199001544608651/
About the book:
The Democratic Party has lost an entire generation of rural voters. By
focusing the majority of their message and resources on urban and
coastal voters, Democrats have sacrificed entire regions of the country
where there is more common ground and shared values than what
appears on the surface.
In Harvest the Vote, Jane Kleeb, chair of Nebraska’s Democratic Party
and founder of Bold Nebraska, brings us a lively and sweeping argument
for why the Democrats shouldn’t turn away from rural America. As a party leader and
longtime activist, Kleeb speaks from experience. She’s been fighting the national party
for more resources and building a grassroots movement to flex the power of a voting
bloc that has long been ignored and forgotten.
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May 1: 2020 CCRE Bridging the Gap Conference (SAVE THE DATE)
Title: My County, ‘Tis of Thee: Others in America.
May 1, 2020 – 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Details to Follow.
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May 4: May CC Democratic Club meeting (SAVE THE DATE)
Details to follow.
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About the Club
FACEBOOK Page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/CarrollCountyDemocraticClub/posts/?ref=page_internal
We work to promote Democratic ideals and candidates. We also present speakers on topics of interest to voters at our meetings. We’re based in Westminster.
Regular meetings resume March, April, May of next year.
The meeting minutes are posted in our Google Group folder:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByGlJGvA6lW3bGlfdUlJTTVpcGs
To pay CCDemClub annual dues, send a check made out to “”CCDemClub” to:
Mark Wilson, Treasurer, 1699 King Richard Road, Eldersburg, MD 21784.
$15 for a single, $25 for a couple. You will receive a spiffy club membership card in the mail!
Back to our regularly-scheduled program….
About the Newsletter
We send out a weekly newsletter listing all the news and upcoming events for the next month or so, emphasizing the newly-added or updated events.
As always, you can also go to ccdems.com/events at any time to see the full calendar and details.
To ADD an EVENT: send the information, including (if possible) a URL, to Mark Wilson, wils…@gmail.com.
The newsletter was first published on February 25, 2017.
Et Cetera! (Various Other Resources)
Moving Forward Podcast: moving-forward.libsyn.com With host Kate Sanner
To get on the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee’s mailing list, email Tom Scanlan at trsc…@gmail.com.
To give DIRECTLY to the local food bank, Carroll County Food Sunday, go to the CCFS donation page: http://ccfoodsunday.org/how-to-help/
This page is always available, and ensures your donation directly benefits folks here in Carroll County.
From the Carroll County Democratic Club