My name is Nancy Schimkat. I’m 56 years old, and made Germany my adopted home in 1997. I’ve been a member of the DAHD Chapter since 2009, and am its current Chair.
Over the past two years, our Chapter has added Mannheim as a Precinct and has started a group in Karlsruhe. We have been very active in creating, or participating in, events, and have successfully carried out fundraising for DA Germany. Our Half-Marathon was a particularly successful fundraiser. We have had impressive turnout at our non-political events, like movie nights, Independence Day BBQ and a holiday party in 2017 (we didn’t have a venue for this in 2018). I would like to continue to provide opportunities for our members to engage with each other in such settings, and have ideas for other types of get-togethers as well. Our political events have included helping with and participating in the Women’s Marches, the Heidelberg Science March, the CDS Parade in Mannheim and a March for Our Lives Virtual March, in which 20 activists met and wrote over 200 correspondences to business and political leadership regarding gun control. In February 2019, our Chapter will be hosting the Germany AGM. All of these events are possible because of the amazing active members of our Heidelberg Chapter. My job is simply to organize and bring people together. We have a great team! Therefore, I would like to ask for the honor of serving another two years as your Chapter Chairperson, starting in February 2019.