Democrats Abroad Germany Stuttgart Chapter
March 2021 Newsletter
Dear Friend,
Spring is in the air! March is National Women’s History month and our history is rich with dedicated, enduring, brilliant women.
There is a lot of interesting literature to delve into this month and these are among some of the many inspiring titles:
- Pope Joan, by Donna Woolfolk Cross
- Wollstonecraft, by Sylvana Tomaselli
- We Are Not Born Submissive, by Manon Garcia
- Forging The Franchise, by Dawn Langan Teele
- Women Don’t Ask, by Linda Babcock & Sara Laschever
- For The Many, by Dorothy Sue Cobble
- Prayers For The Stolen, by Jennifer Clement
- The Underground Girls of Kabul, by Jenny Nordberg
- Headstrong, by Rachel Swaby
- Becoming, by Michelle Obama
- On a Farther Shore, by William Souder
- No Higher Honor, by Condoleezza Rice
This coming Friday, March 12 at 7 pm, we are holding our Stuttgart Chapter Meetingand bi-annual chapter elections. Please join us for an interesting evening!
On March 20, we are holding our DAGAnnual General Meeting to review our 2020 efforts, discuss what lies ahead and elect a 2021-2023 DA Germany Executive Committee. All RSVP’s received by 12:00pm CET of that day are eligible to vote.
Raffle tickets are being sold and great prizes will go to the lucky raffle buyers!
Meet the Candidate Sessions:
The many DA Caucuses are also holding interesting events:
Asian-American & Pacific Islander Caucus:
- Germany AAPI Caucus Kick-Off—March 17, 7:30pm
- Teatime Networking—March 24, 7pm
Black Caucus:
- Tax Seminar—March 27, 3pm
- Harriet Film Screening—March 30, 7:30pm
Hispanic Caucus:
- March Meeting March 16, 8pm
Progressive Caucus:
- Parasite Film Screening (with AAPI Caucus)—March 27, 12pm
Veteran’s and Military Families Caucus:
- Sexual Assault Awareness Day (with Women’s Caucus)—April 6, 6pm
Women’s Caucus:
- Women’s History Month Speaker Series with Katherine Spillar—March 8, 7pm
Youth Caucus
- Trivia Night—March 13, 7pm
- Preparing for the Virtual Climate Strike-March 16, 6:30pm
Support DA Germany
As an entirely volunteer-run and donation-funded organization, your financial support allows us to do our important work—getting Americans overseas voting. Contributions of any size are greatly appreciated!
Account name: Democrats Abroad Germany
IBAN: DE04 5405 0220 0140 2702 99
BIC: MALADE51KLK
For those of you looking for a great gift or would like to show your support by purchasing some of our DAG merchandise, there are many different items to choose from. All proceeds benefit DA Germany and help us get out the vote!
Don’t forget to go to votefromabroad.orgto request your ballot for this year (especially if you live in NJ or VA, you have state elections this year!), you have to do this every year to be eligible, and down-ballot elections are crucial to our success.
Wishing you a happy start of spring!
Democratically yours,
Sasha Arrington, DAG-Stuttgart Interim Chapter Chair