Our Caucuses

The DA France Black Caucus Election Board is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Black Caucus Leadership Elections!

Congratulations to the newly elected Co-Chairs: Shelley Bradford-Bell and Fay Hutchinson.

Candidate Statements for the 2025 DA France Black Caucus Leadership Election

The nominations and call for candidates period for the 2025 DA France Black Caucus Elections has now closed. Please find below statements for the candidates standing for the two Co-Chair positions up for election. 

All members of the DA France Black Caucus will receive a ballot by email on March 1. Online voting will end on March 15 at midnight.

New members are welcome to join and vote — please do so by March 10. You must be a U.S. citizen living overseas and at least 18 years old at the time of the next federal election to join Democrats Abroad, and be living in France to vote in this election (join here: https://www.democratsabroad.org/join), and also be a Black member of the Global Black Caucus (join here: https://www.democratsabroad.org/bc). 

Questions? Contact the Black Caucus Election Board at [email protected].

The positions advertised for election were two Co-Chairs.

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Welcome to the DAFrance Diversity Caucus blog. We have created this space to share news, events, and ideas within the community of our members in France.  The Diversity Caucus is a forum to bring together people interested in issues concerning people of color. In France, the Diversity Caucus brings together the Global Black, Hispanic, Asian American Pacific Islander caucuses and Native American and Middle East North African constituency groups.

Our mission is to support, educate and enlighten our community with social, political and cultural events. We hope to engage, empower and motivate our members and the larger community of Americans in France to exercise their right to vote from abroad. 

We encourage you to reach out to us to provide content and ideas for this blog in order to keep it as interactive as possible. You can contact the DA France Diversity Caucus Co-Chairs Zachary Miller and Kaila O'Neill at  [email protected].

We invite you to join the discussion on our Facebook group 

The DA France Diversity Caucus Election Board is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Diversity Caucus Leadership Elections!

Congratulations to the newly elected officers:

• Zachary James Miller, Co-Chair
• Kaila O’Neill, Co-Chair

Welcome to the DAFrance LGBTQ+ Caucus blog. We have created this space to share news, events, and ideas within the community of our members in France. The Democrats Abroad LGBTQ+ Caucus is a forum for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex members and any Democrat abroad who supports them. 

Our mission is to support, educate and enlighten our community with social, political and cultural events. We hope to engage, empower and motivate our members and the larger community of Americans in France to exercise their right to vote from abroad. 

We encourage you to reach out to us to provide content and ideas for this blog in order to keep it as interactive as possible. The elected leaders are:

• John Velez, Co-Chair
• Eugenia Trujillo, Co-Chair
• Fred Hoffman, Member at Large
• Gabrielle Guichard, Member at Large

You can contact the LGBTQ+ Co-Chairs at [email protected].

We invite you to visit our Global LGBT+ Caucus webpage in order to learn more about our global initiatives and to join the LGBT Caucus (if you haven't already done so).

The DA France LGBTQ+ Caucus Election Board is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 LGBTQ+ Caucus Leadership Elections!

Congratulations to the newly elected officers:

• John Velez, Co-Chair
• Eugenia Trujillo, Co-Chair
• Fred Hoffman, Member at Large
• Gabrielle Guichard, Member at Large

Welcome to the DA France Youth Caucus blog (aka Young Dems in France). We have created this space to share news, events, and ideas within the community of our members in France. We aim to build political engagement among young Dems living abroad, including voter registration and voting from abroad as well as issue education, advocacy and activism, especially youth-led and youth-related.

Our mission is to support, educate and enlighten our community with social, political and cultural events. We hope to engage, empower, and motivate our members and the larger community of Americans in France to exercise their right to vote from abroad. 

We encourage you to reach out to us to provide content and ideas for this blog in order to keep it as interactive as possible. You can contact the DA France Youth Caucus Chair Richard Gigax at [email protected].

We invite you to visit our Global Youth Caucus webpage in order to learn more about our global initiatives and to join the Youth Caucus (if you haven't already done so). We also have a Young Democrats in France Facebook group. Please visit us!

The DA France Youth Caucus Election Board is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Youth Caucus Leadership Elections!

Congratulations to the newly elected Chair, Richard Gigax.

Women’s Caucus

Welcome to the DA France Women's Caucus blog. We have created this space to share news, events, and ideas within the community of our members in France who wish to promote gender equality and empowerment of women around the world.

Our mission is to support, educate and enlighten our community with social, political and cultural events, specifically concerning women. We hope to engage, empower and motivate our members and the larger community of Americans in France to exercise their right to vote from abroad. 

We encourage you to reach out to us to provide content and ideas for this blog in order to keep it as interactive as possible. You can contact the DA France Women's Caucus Co-Chairs Michelle Kusuma and Dikhia Valenzuela at [email protected].

Our DA France Women’s Caucus has a long and lively history within Democrats Abroad. Founded in 1992, it became the model for Women’s Caucus groups in countries around the world.  Since the start we have been advocating here in France on issues of great concern for women: reproductive rights and justice, equal rights for women under the Constitution (we support the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment), women and the environment, violence against women, and more.  

The DA France Women’s Caucus has participated in marches galore, and makes its voice heard through the media. We share books and ideas about society in general and, most importantly, we we foster intersectionality with other caucuses who seek equality.

We regularly invite special speakers - Senators, Reps and other US political figures -- to speak to us in person or live online, as well as women in other areas: business, science, teaching, arts etc.

In addition to our France-based activities, we interact on a global level with the Global Women’s Caucus. Event sharing with the Global Women’s Caucus enables us to broaden and enrich our possibilities of dynamic political action. We invite you to visit the Global Women's Caucus webpage in order to learn more about our global initiatives, and to join.

The DA France Women's Caucus Election Board is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Women's Caucus Leadership Elections!

Congratulations to the newly elected officers: 

• Michelle Kusuma, Co-Chair
• Dikhia Valenzuela, Co-Chair

Welcome to the DA France Veteran & Military Families Caucus blog. We have created this space to share news, events, and ideas within the community of our members in France. We advocate on issues important to the veterans and their families within the United States of America and those living abroad. 

Our mission is to support, educate and enlighten our community with social, political and cultural events. In particular, we organize participation in Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies at U.S. landmarks abroad such as military cemeteries, battle sites, and places of historical U.S. military significance. We hope to engage, empower and motivate our members and the larger community of Americans in France to exercise their right to vote from abroad. 

We encourage you to reach out to us to provide content and ideas for this blog in order to keep it as interactive as possible. You can contact the DA France Veterans & Military Families Caucus leadership:

• Chair, Anna Marie Mattson [email protected]
• Vice Chair, Meredith Gowan le Goff
• Communications, Susan Fitoussi

We invite you to visit our Global Veterans & Military Families webpage in order to learn more about our global initiatives and to join the caucus (if you haven't already done so). We also have an active Global Veterans & Military Families Caucus Facebook page as well as a DA France Facebook group. Please visit us!

The DA France VMF Caucus Election Board is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 VMF Caucus Leadership Elections!

Congratulations to the newly elected officers: 

• Anna Marie Mattson, Chair
• Meredith Gowan Le Goff, Vice Chair
• Susan Fitoussi, Communications Officer