The General Election: The Odds are Heading in Our Favor
August 2022
July 2022 has become an important month for AADC. In the beginning of my term as AADC President, considerable work was needed to reestablish our chartered club back to pre-pandemic levels of activism. This was our challenge, and we have progressed. This is especially important for our organization.
The current political atmosphere is advancing toward the ODDS IN OUR FAVOR. The Democratic Party has a chance to succeed in retaining its seats of power in the Federal legislature and in the White House. Gaining these favorable odds depends upon you, to work as a team player with AADC, to elect our Democratic candidates into office.
What have we accomplished thus far this year to get to this point?
On July 7, 2022, the AADC membership General Meeting approved the updates in our Bylaws. Most important were changes adapting our operations to new technology, allowing for proxy voting, and improvements in our organizational structure. These changes will enable our organization to carry out our various missions during good times, as well as in periods of challenge as we endured during the pandemic. I extend my appreciation and thanks to the AADC Executive Board and the membership who stepped up to achieve this goal.
The AADC Membership Charter with the Placer County Democratic Party is in the process of renewal for the coming year. I expect our recertification to be approved in August. The AADC Executive Board was granted a two-month extension in this process pending the updated Bylaws. This requirement was met thanks to our membership. Upon approval in August, Auburn Area Democrats, and those leaning Democratic, will continue to have a voice on all levels of the Democratic Party. Thanks to our AADC Vice President Ed Koons for spearheading this process, and also to Stu Clancy, Noelle Filice-Smith, and Mary Helen Fein, all of whom assisted.
We now have a renewed organizational foundation for our Democratic Party structure. The next challenge is your involvement.
National political news is signaling that a great divide may be underway within the political party on the other side of the aisle. The Republicans are currently having an identity crisis between authoritarianism and democracy. They are energetic in their efforts to take away rights obtained by the previous generations of Democratic activists. Reversing Roe v Wade is just the beginning. As a result of their extreme approach, support is trending in favor of the Democratic Party. THE ODDS ARE HEADING IN OUR FAVOR in igniting a growing trend that, UNDER ONE TENT, the Democratic Party’s chances of retaining control of both Houses of Congress are achievable.
AADC Standing Committees are the engines which support our mission and will provide the advantages we need in participating in this positive turn-around trend. Now, it is up to you. Our committees’ missions are to support issues important to United States citizens, to find candidates to run for office who represent the Democratic Party platform, to raise funds to support candidates’ campaigns, to arrange events in support of issues and campaigns, and to organize Democrats in efforts to Get Out the Vote. With the establishment of the new Youth Outreach Committee, our mission now includes seeking young Democrats to energize their generation into activism, and eventually take over the mantle of our organization, continuing into the future what has been achieved in the past.
You can answer this call-to-action now by volunteering for any of the following AADC Standing Committees:
Membership Committee
Community Events Committee
Communications Committee
Voter Registration & Outreach Committee
Fundraising Committee
Youth Outreach Committee
Interested in joining the AADC Team? Click here to send an email to Mary Helen Fein (info@auburnAreaDemocrats.com) for further information.
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