Democrats Abroad-IL is pleased to invite you to a special evening with Halie Soifer, CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA).

Prior to joining the JDCA, Halie served as a national security advisor to four members of Congress in both the House and Senate (including then Senator Kamela Harris from CA).  She also served as a senior policy advisor in the Obama administration, as a campaign official and civil servant.  

Halie received her master's degree from the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Middle East Studies and international economics, and her BA degree form the University of Michigan (with Honors).  She is a native of East Lansing, Michigan.

Halie will be introducing us to the new Democratic leadership, the current state of affairs in Congress regarding the State of Israel and much more.

Please click the RSVP button below to receive a link to the Zoom event.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Come join us for delicious drinks, good food, savory discussions, a toast to Groundhog’s Day and, quite simply, a good time on Thursday, February 2nd starting at 6:30 pm.  Get the skinny on Board member elections and planned events for 2023.

Join us for an informal Groundhog Day meetup in Zweibar in Essen-Rüttenscheid - we'd love to get to know our Ruhrgebiet members better, and discuss whether or not small mammals can predict the end of winter!

The DAUK Nominations and Elections Committee is kicking off the 2023 DAUK leadership elections process. We need dedicated members like you in our leadership! You can be part of the team that coordinates the many volunteers who help register voters and engage our members to vote in US elections.

Do you want to help lead DAUK? The DAUK Nominations and Elections Committee will be hosting a Zoom Town Hall on February 2 at 7:00 pm GMT, so you can ask questions about becoming a candidate, nominating a member and voting. 

In the Democrats Abroad UK leadership election our members will elect multiple positions, including: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, 8 At-Large Executive Committee Members, 21 DPCA Voting Representatives, 12 DPCA Non-voting Representatives (i.e. alternates) and the DAUK Council. At the Elections Meeting on April 16 DAUK will announce who has been elected.

If you have any questions, or need help nominating a candidate, please email [email protected]. 

The DAUK Nominations and Elections Committee is kicking off the 2023 DAUK leadership elections process. We need dedicated members like you in our leadership! You can be part of the team that coordinates the many volunteers who help register voters and engage our members to vote in US elections.

Do you want to help lead DAUK? The DAUK Nominations and Elections Committee will be hosting a Zoom Town Hall on January 12 at 7:00 pm GMT, so you can ask questions about becoming a candidate, nominating a member and voting. 

In the Democrats Abroad UK leadership election our members will elect multiple positions, including: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, 8 At-Large Executive Committee Members, 21 DPCA Voting Representatives, 12 DPCA Non-voting Representatives (i.e. alternates) and the DAUK Council. At the Elections Meeting on April 16 DAUK will announce who has been elected.

If you have any questions, or need help nominating a candidate, please email [email protected]. 

Join other Americans as we share our thoughts on American issues.

Find out how you can help us prepare for the 2024 election.

Please join Democrats Abroad Alicante for an in-person event at Madness Coffee in the centro of Alicante. We will meet up and talk about recent US events like the drawn out election for Speaker of the House, the discovery of classified documents in both Biden and Trump’s possession, and we’ll listen to your thoughts on how we can make our local chapter bigger and better in 2023! All are welcome! Hope to see you then! 

We will kick off our February Black History Month events with a discussion of the Netflix movie Descendant on Feb. 3rd from 8-9pm via Zoom meeting, led by our own Jerry Loftus. The Guardian called Descendant "a striking and sensitive film about how an illegal slave ship led to an Alabama community of inherited trauma but also defiance."  Watch it at your leisure beforehand and come with your thoughts to our Zoom meeting, where we will discuss the film and more. Please RSVP here, and we will email you the Zoom link!

Democrats Abroad Republic of Korea and Japan are co-hosting a series of team building workshops. This workshop will employ Gallup CliftonStrengths framework to encourage collaboration and improve our volunteer intake and retention as we prepare for the 2024 election cycle. Participants will learn how to apply their own individual strengths, how to contribute their strengths towards a team effort, and how to maximize their capabilities towards volunteer management. 

The event will be conducted in a hybrid online/offline format - pod style. Small groups will meet at a designated location in person and participate as a group, connected to the host. Individuals are welcome to participate via the online format. Tentative pod locations include Seoul, Incheon, and Tokyo. Please contact the organizer if you are interested in participating via pod. 

Prior to the event, participants are asked to determine their own strengths by completing one of the following: 

1. Visiting the Gallup site and purchasing the Top 5 CliftonStrengths report. ($19.99). 

2. Using this document to self-assess individual strengths. (Free)

*All participants are asked to pre-report their strengths here. 

Itinerary

2:00-2:10 Doors open / Welcome

2:10-3:00 Your Strengths with Hana Lee

3:00-3:10 Break

3:10-4:00 A Strengths Approach to Collaboration

4:00-4:10 Break

4:10-5:00 A Strengths Approach to Volunteer Recruitment and Retention

5:00-5:20 Close

6:00- 00:00 Social