Message from the 2024 Affirmative Action Committee
If you’ve ever dreamt of casting a vote to formally pick our Party’s nominee for President of the United States, now is the time to fill out a statement declaring your candidacy to be part of Democrats Abroad’s (DA) delegation to the Democratic National Convention to be held during the week of August 19, 2024 in Chicago.
You may already be familiar with us and our work, but if not, we’re pleased to introduce ourselves as the Affirmative Action Committee and our purpose is to strive for diversity and inclusion within Democrats Abroad’s 2024 delegate selection process. We want to make sure that our 2024 delegation includes U.S. citizens of every background, every skin color, every age group, and so forth. But in order to ensure we have a diverse delegation present at the Convention, we need diverse candidates to step up to run. Could that be you?
Being an elected delegate for Democrats Abroad and formally voting for the Democratic presidential nominee is a tremendous honor and among the most prestigious roles one can take in American politics. Four years ago, more than 250 candidates put their names forward to be a delegate, with 60% sharing their diversity traits. Now is this time to show the diversity of U.S. citizens living abroad and our engagement in ensuring Democrats stay in the White House.
Candidate forms are available online now. If you’d like to be part of the 21-member delegation representing Democrats Abroad, please do not hesitate to fill out the candidate form by the April 19th deadline. And while any DA member is eligible to run, those members who identify with any of the following are especially encouraged to run for delegate: women, African American, Hispanic American, Native American, Asian American or Pacific Islander, Arab American, LGBT, youth (aged 36 or younger), veteran or member of a military family, and those with a disability.
We’re fired up about the delegate selection process and ask you to join us in spreading this message to other DA members you think might make excellent candidates to run as delegates.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the process, please feel free to get in touch with the committee at [email protected].
Democratically,
-The DA Affirmative Action Committee-
Democrats Abroad