Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives have advocated "jobs for all": government as employer of last resort. Rick Wicks, who has a PhD in economics, will offer a non-technical introduction, explaining how it could work and how it would all but eliminate unemployment, take away (in many cases) the necessity for paying unemployment benefits, reduce many types of welfare, and act as an inflation anchor. Deficit financing could be used when necessary but otherwise financing would be borne by taxes, indexed to inflation and interest rates to keep the economy from overheating. After a short presentation, the floor will be open for discussion and your ideas.

If you are on Facebook, you can find the event listing here.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021
10:00AM:Vancouver, 1:00PM:Toronto, 2:00PM:Buenos Aires, 7:00PM:Rome

Overview of Membership Management, Email Administration, and WebPosting for Admins, Data Privacy Explained, and more!

All countries' admins - new, current and experienced -  are welcome!
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We want YOU to join our Diversity Team! Help contribute to discussion on what events and activities you would like to see and how you would like to have the Diversity Team structured.

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Join Political Forum host Jean-Pierre LaRochelle and leaders of Democrats Abroad France in a free-wheeling discussion of current events and news of the week, and share your views with other attendees. Send your questions to [email protected]

Join us on 

  Tuesday, May 25, 2021 
  from 7:30 pm to 21:00 pm Germany time

for our monthly Zoom chat! (Ignore the physical address associated with the event: the event is a Zoom call.) Come find out what we're up to these days, what's in the pipeline, share what you've learned, and explore ways you can help out. All are welcome! Come spend some time with your fellow
friendly WI/MZ Democrats.

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AAPI Networking

We’re holding our next community event for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders living abroad, with a focus this month on intergenerasianal relations.
Come get acquainted, swap stories, and find your community! 
We’ll be doing short introductions, a question of the day, and a few rounds of meet-and-greets! If there’s anything you want to do, achieve, or find - let us know, or bring it up in the meeting.

Don’t forget your snacks, your beverage of choice, and of course, your microphone.

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Note: We're organizing Teatimes for members living all around the world. This one is a friendlier time for the Asia-Pacific region, but anyone is welcome to attend! Check our event listings for options that may fit better for you if you live in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, or the Americas.

“In Our Prime: How Older Women are Reinventing the Road Ahead”

A group reading and discussion of Susan J. Douglas’ thoroughly considered view of the 50+ stereotypes in our society.

In a deep examination of ageism, baby-boomer feminism, the media, and the political and economic structures that continue to dictate the false narratives of middle-age women, the author puts forth an urgent case for a stereotype-defying activism of “Lifespan Feminism”: a bridge between young women and “fuddy-duddy” second-wave feminists to harness momentum for a brighter future.

Come, one! Come, all! Harness that future!
These discussions concern women and men and a balanced discussion is our goal.

Hosted by DAGR Reps-at-Large Sarajane Kidd Leone and Rebecca Lieb.
Born from a DAGR Women’s Caucus post by Charity Moschopoulos noting the recent publication.

Books have arrived! For those of you who had put in an order, contact Sarajane at 694 260 2055 or [email protected] to arrange a rendezvous to collect your copy.

Or if you missed out on ordering the hard copy, you can purchase an e-book/audiobook here and start reading!

We will also discuss briefly the renewed energy to enact the ERA and walk you through steps set out by the Global Women’s Caucus to pressure the Senate to follow through and pass the ERA.

You will receive an email with the ZOOM link after you RSVP and in good time before the event begins.

Politics is not a spectator sport! Join us every Wednesday every month as we join together to take political action -- to engage our elected officials and policy makers on the issues that matter!

We will start the first few minutes of every meeting with calls to our elected officials in House and Senate -- you can call Congress for Free from France at 07 555 3 6446 (or 07 555 DOGGO) -- this connects callers automatically to the US Capitol Switchboard, where you follow the prompts to be connected to your House Rep or Senators. 

Never made constituent calls before? Don't worry, we will walk you through what to do including a call script. Every meeting we will also have new actions to take on the issues, together -- postcarding, phonebanking, textbanking, and more.

Have an action to suggest? Contact Max Dunitz [email protected]

TALKING TO KIDS ABOUT RACE & RACISM

Join DASA for a session on Talking to Kids About Race & Racism 

Wednesday 26 May
19:30-20:30 SAST
Online through Zoom

Our speakers, Mpho and Jennie Tsekwa (DASA member), are two of the founding directors of the Kopanya Institute, a social change organisation that has been offering an 8-week online course on this topic in schools and to the general public since 2018.

This session, for adults, is particularly aimed at Americans and their partners, living in South Africa.

We are developing a DASA series focused on raising the next generation as socially conscious, proactive American citizens - especially targeted to those living in SA. This is the start of it!

Please RSVP to receive the Zoom link.

Let's keep the momentum going! Democrats Abroad leveraged the American voters abroad to put a democrat in the White House and flip the Senate. We have another cycle of elections coming up in 2022 and we need for everyone to stay engaged. We are open for suggestions on how to reach the untapped Americans living in Argentina and make sure their voices are heard. 

Please join us for our Annual General Meeting where we will announce the 2021-2023 DA-Argentina Leaders and discuss upcoming initiatives to engage our local membership. 

We welcome your participation!