It’s Black History Month, and Angela Fobbs and the Black Caucus have begun the month with an excellent kickoff article. http://demsabroad.mobilize.io/links?lid=w3lZ76MgvvPUuFSR0GJeOQ&token=xcv5QjTzMzbLKfPbSapE2Q&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democratsabroad.org%2Fblack_history_month_2018
There are lots of great ways to celebrate in your committee – consider a movie night, or an article or book discussion. More resources and ideas here: http://demsabroad.mobilize.io/links?lid=w3lZ76MgvvPUuFSR0GJeOQ&token=xcv5QjTzMzbLKfPbSapE2Q&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdemsabroad.mobilize.io%2Flinks%3Flid%3DaBBMolM7BKDpzYNOmD3yfw%26token%3D%252A%257CTOKEN%257C%252A%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.democratsabroad.org%252Fbc-black_history_month
This week’s Tiny Action asks our members to support Congressional bills protecting Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation. We also have advice up for preparing for rallies and protests, which we encourage all country committees to review. http://demsabroad.mobilize.io/links?lid=w3lZ76MgvvPUuFSR0GJeOQ&token=xcv5QjTzMzbLKfPbSapE2Q&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democratsabroad.org%2Ftiny_action_protect_mueller http://demsabroad.mobilize.io/links?lid=w3lZ76MgvvPUuFSR0GJeOQ&token=xcv5QjTzMzbLKfPbSapE2Q&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democratsabroad.org%2Fbe_prepared
The EMEA regional meeting is right around the corner, on February 9-10th. If you haven’t signed up yet, register now. Don’t miss out on dinner with Howard Dean! http://demsabroad.mobilize.io/links?lid=w3lZ76MgvvPUuFSR0GJeOQ&token=xcv5QjTzMzbLKfPbSapE2Q&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdemsabroad.mobilize.io%2Flinks%3Flid%3DaBBMolM7BKDpzYNOmD3yfw%26token%3D%252A%257CTOKEN%257C%252A%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.democratsabroad.org%252F2018_emea_regional_meeting_registration_page
We have thousands of members who aren’t contactable by email – but are by phone. Join our current global Phone Only Phonebanking campaign to call these voters and remind them to send in their ballot requests now. http://demsabroad.mobilize.io/links?lid=w3lZ76MgvvPUuFSR0GJeOQ&token=xcv5QjTzMzbLKfPbSapE2Q&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democratsabroad.org%2Fphonebanking
Many thanks to the country committee leaders who have worked hard on DA’s 2018 membership verification these last few weeks. Particular thanks goes to the IT team, led by Shari Temple, which has spent countless hours helping to clean up the database in preparation for today’s count. They have done a remarkable job and I encourage you all to reach out and thank the team for their efforts. http://demsabroad.mobilize.io/links?lid=w3lZ76MgvvPUuFSR0GJeOQ&token=xcv5QjTzMzbLKfPbSapE2Q&url=mailto%3Ahelpdesk%40democratsabroad.org
Our next ExCom meeting is today at 8am DC time. We will not be meeting next week due to the upcoming EMEA meeting, but will reconvene on February 15th. (Our Excom meetings are on Thursdays at 8am DC time unless otherwise noted). As always we'd be delighted to have you join as a guest. If you're interested, just get in touch with Jeffrey at [email protected] and he'll send you the link to the meeting.
Thank you for all that you do!
Best
Julia
Julia Bryan
International Chair, Democrats Abroad
Mark your calendars
Black History Month – February 1-28
EMEA Regional Meeting – February 9-10th (Madrid)
Howard Dean event – February 10th (Madrid)
Membership Verification and Bylaws due – February 20th
Earl Fowlkes webinar – February 28th, 2pm DC time
Annual General Meeting – May 25 - 27th (Tokyo)
2018 GOTV calendar:
GOTV Phonebank Trainings:
Sunday, February 4, 2am ET