Come out and join our first meeting in Leiden. Grab lunch, coffee, chat and mingle with DA members in the area.

Learn more about what's happening with DA and how to get involved. DA's Secretary will be on hand.

Not yet a member? All our welcome.

Food and drink are at your own cost.

Unable to be at the Annual General Meeting in Heidelberg in person? Don't worry! By joining us on this afternoon, you'll still be able to participate in the election of the new Democrats Abroad Germany Executive Committee. For an overview of the positions up for election, please see this website. We'll be Skyping into the meeting in Heidelberg and casting our votes remotely from Cologne. If you'd like to attend, please RSVP. Once we've received your confirmation, we'll send you the event location. 

Please note that there is a second remote voting center being held in our chapter in Bonn - members or those looking to become members are welcome to attend at either location.

Unable to be at Democrats Abroad Germany's Annual General Meeting in Heidelberg in person? Don't worry! By joining us on this afternoon, you'll still be able to participate in the election of the new Democrats Abroad Germany Executive Committee. For an overview of the positions up for election, please see this website. We'll be Skyping into the meeting in Heidelberg and casting our votes remotely from Bonn. If you'd like to attend, please RSVP. Once we've received your confirmation, we'll send you the event location. 

Please note that there is a second remote voting center being held in our chapter in Cologne - members or those looking to become members are welcome to attend at either location.

Can't make Democrats Abroad Germany's 2019 Annual General Meeting in Heidelberg this weekend? Not a problem!

You can still participate in voting for Democrats Abroad Germany's leadership from Berlin. The list of positions up for election is here: https://www.democratsabroad.org/opjappen/da_germany_executive_committee_elections

We will be setting up a remote voting and participation center from a member's home in Berlin-Moabit, near U9-Birkenstrasse. Please RSVP here to receive exact address!

Monopolies used to be a central concern of voters; now it’s called “antitrust” and is left to experts. What do monopolies do? Why are they bad? Do they effect you? Yes, if you travel by air, buy cat food, chat on social media, consume journalism, make health insurance co-payments, buy sunglasses, watch porn, or have an Amazon habit that your partner keeps on about. Is this unique to the US? Pretty much. Join the Solidarity Sundays Monopoly Crash Course and learn how the federal government went from protecting citizen welfare to consumer welfare, why this makes Americans miserable, and what remedies we have. 

Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 6 - 8:30 p.m. and Sunday February 24, 2019, 4 – 6:30 p.m., Join us on either date (or both!) when we discuss The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander. For more details including study guide questions and book reviews, please email bookclub@democratsabroad.org.uk

Also as part of Black History Month, our Black Caucus Chair, Elaine Thomas, is organizing Black American Night.  We are looking forward to this joint event of The Black History Month Committee, AICC, and DA.  This year's theme is "Migrations", and will feature an evening of storytelling in word and music.  Elaine is still looking for performers - let us know if you are interested!
You can find more details about Black History Month in Hamburg HERE, and information about courses being offered in February here:

From Civil Rights to "Black Lives Matter" - Rassismus und Widerstand in den USA
The Black Panthers - History, Movement & Philosophy
Menschenzoo

Tafeni English, Director of The Civil Rights Memorial Center at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), will join us. She’ll talk about the rise of hate crimes and anti-Semitism in America providing valuable insight to anyone who is fighting for social justice.  RSVP today.