Events

• Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 04:00 AM through May 23, 2022 at 4:00am Time

  WebEx in Washington, DC

  May 2022 Global Meeting

  

  Democrats Abroad will hold our 2022 Global Meeting online. The meeting will be held across the weekend of May 21-22.

  Connection details will be emailed to all Democrats Abroad member RSVP's closer to the meeting date.

   
  Democrats Abroad Global Meetings are possible thanks to participant donations. You will be redirected to the donation page after you RSVP.

  Day One Agenda	Day Two Agenda
  Democrats Abroad Resolutions	Democrats Abroad Charter Amendments

  To RSVP, click HERE to navigate to the bottom of this page

  NOTICE: This meeting will be recorded, including audio, video, and any materials exchanged or viewed during the session.

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  Agenda (Subject to Change)
  
  

  Saturday, May 21      

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  Time (US Eastern)	Activity
  3:30am	WebEx Opens/Check-In
  4:00am	Meeting Begins, Roll Call
  4:15am	Opening Remarks
  4:25am	Adoption of Meeting Rules
  4:40am	Approval of Minutes from May and August 2021 Global Meetings
  4:50am	International Chair’s Report
  5:05am	International Treasurer’s Report
  5:20am	Confirmation of International Treasurer
  5:40am	Confirmation of DA Caribbean Islands
  6:00am	Break
  6:15am	DA’s Task Forces: What They Are, What They’re Doing, and How You Can Help
  7:00am	DA’s Caucuses: What They Are, What They’re Doing, and How You Can Help
  7:45am	Break / Guest Speaker DNC Deputy Executive Director Roger Lau
  8:00am	The Nuts & Bolts of Voting From Abroad
  8:30am	Overview: Global GOTV Strategy and Resources for 2022
  8:45am	Battleground State Teams
  9:15am	Break / Guest Speaker DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison
  9:30am	Panel on GOTV Best Practices
  10:00am	Reaching and Helping Voters in 2022
  11:00am	Break / Guest Speaker US Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)
  11:15am	Fundraising in 2022: The Pitch, Nuts and Bolts, and Best Practices
  11:45am	Closing Remarks for Day One
  12:00pm	End of Day One

   
  Sunday, May 22

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  Time (US Eastern)	Activity
  3:30am	WebEx Opens/Check-In
  4:00am	Meeting Reconvenes, Roll Call
  4:15am	Rebranding Overview: New DA Logo, DA Website Redesign, and VFA Website Redesign
  5:15am	Membership Engagement: Volunteer Pathways in 2022
  5:45am	Break
  6:00am	Resolutions followed by Charter Amendments ~ 7:30am (15 mins) Break 1 / Guest Speaker ~ 9:15am (15 mins) Break 2 / Guest Speaker
  10:45am	Closing Remarks for Day Two
  11:00am	End of Day Two, Meeting Adjourns

   

  Democrats Abroad Resolutions

  The DPCA will consider resolutions submitted by its members at the Global Meeting. Resolutions can pertain to matters of internal governance, DA's advocacy of policies, or memorializing leaders who have recently passed away. The texts of resolutions for this meeting are available as a PDF using this link. These texts are the result of a lengthy process of discussion and revisions, with all changes requiring the consent of the primary sponsors. During the meeting, a resolution may be passed, amended, rejected, or not considered due to parliamentary decisions.

  
  Any DA member is welcome to use a form to be recognized as a co-sponsor of an individual resolution. If you'd like to be listed publicly by name and country of residence as a co-sponsor of a particular resolution, please use the following link to complete the form: https://forms.gle/6nW1vz61RmKADVgT7  This form will close 24 hours before the meeting's start.
  
  
  

  Democrats Abroad Charter Amendments

  Proposed amendments to Democrats Abroad’s Charter can be found here.

   

  Click Here to donate in support of the Global Meeting and DA's GOTV activities.

  Click Here to donate to the Democrats Abroad Travel Fund.

   

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• Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 03:00 AM through August 26, 2022 at 3:00am Eastern Time (US & Canada)

  Video launch via YouTube

  American Women Need Your Help Now!

   

  The GWC Reproductive Justice Team is launching a project to promote voter registration under the theme Reproductive Justice for ALL.

  As you certainly know, the rights of all women to choose when and if to start a family are being taken away with over 26 States prohibiting or restricting the right to abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy even in the cases of rape, incest and the mother’s and/or the  fetus’ health. Texas has empowered vigilantes to sue everyone and anyone aiding and abetting abortion once the fetal heartbeat can be heard (eg at approximately 6 weeks and before most women know they are pregnant).

  We cannot allow this to continue particularly with Roe v Wade in peril and the Women’s Health Protection Act stuck in the Senate.

  Our project is a video launch via YouTube. We are asking all DA members to make a short (60 sec) video explaining why the right to abortion is absolutely necessary. If you come from a State where it is practically impossible to obtain an abortion, you can speak about the discrimination against minority and poor women whose lives are in jeopardy and who cannot travel. If you come from “good States” such as MA, CA, NY for example, you can speak to the injustice of access depending upon where you live. Make sure you mention in the video VotefromAbroad.org for expat voter registration and vote.gov for non expat voter registration.

  We believe that many of our voters will be motivated to register when we roll out the videos.

  Here are a few subjects that you could choose for your video:

  • If you live/vote in a country that has “good” reproductive freedom laws, you could refer to the country and the liberal law(s) and how lucky you are to be in that country and how unfair it is for American women LIVING IN THE US who can’t benefit from such laws

  • If you live/vote in a US State that has good reproductive freedom laws, see above. And you can say that living in a “bad” State is  discriminatory since women in “good “US States have rights that you are denied.

  • You can share a personal experience. You don’t have to use your name or even mention where you live. The videos will be anonymous unless you do give details.

  • You can make a statement about women should have the right to control their bodies. Period. There is no justification for the government to decide when, how  or even if women should have children.

  If you can’t think of anything to say but still want to make a video, feel free to contact Salli at [email protected]. She will set up a call and walk you through some ideas and we can help you make the video.

  Here is a link on how to make a video:

  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O7wGPrZmmXocOuMI5zZutc1w62nHlQWZOat8Srq_bFQ/edit?usp=sharing

  For more information, visit our blog space here:

  https://www.democratsabroad.org/wc_reproductive_justice_action_team

  All videos should be sent to Salli Swartz at [email protected]

  THANKS FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN

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  Disclaimer: By submitting your video, you grant to Democrats Abroad a nonexclusive rights to use your video and your image only for the 2022 GWC Reproductive Justice Get Out the Vote video project. 

  You therefore hereby waive all rights to any claims arising out of or in connection with Democrats Abroad GWC’s use of your video  and image in connection with the 2022 Reproductive Justice video project.

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• Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 12:00 PM Madrid Time

  Turia near the Alameda Metro Station in Valencia, Spain

  June Family Picnic

  Bimonthly Family Picnic

  Bring your own food, drink and blankets or lawn chairs.

  Let the kids play while the adults hang out.

   

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