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Top 3 Calls to → Action
- Register to vote and/or request your ballot for the 2026 Midterm elections today! → Vote From Abroad
- Join our team. Several key team co-leadership positions are open, and other teams need members. Read more below. → Email Adrianne
- What issues are driving you to the ballot? Take our → 2 Question Survey and consider joining our Phonebanking Team!
Message from the Interim Chair
Good People,
We survived 2025. Yay! Do a happy dance! And then, let’s get serious about what comes next, as this administration continues rolling out Project 2025. We’re launching an Issues Tracker for periodic distribution via the Democrats Abroad website this year. Don’t forget to let us know the issues you want your State and Federal politicians addressing. From voting rights to healthcare, have your say.
We’re writing policy papers too. These aim to be quarterly and explain how government policy impacts Americans’ quality of life. Ranging from a living wage to public education, legislatures have the power and responsibility to improve lives. I explain more below. A sense of community remains a cornerstone of our Caucus, and this year we’ll continue to organize engaging events to help you connect and make sense of 2026.
→ If your New Year’s resolution is to do something to help save Democracy, make sure to request your ballot for the Midterms and/or register to vote from Vote From Abroad TODAY!
Next, encourage your sphere of influence to do the same, including those living in the U.S. Send them to I Will Vote. Let’s build on the momentum from our election wins in 2025 and ride a giant blue wave straight through 2026.
I also invite you to participate in the first virtual Democrats Abroad Resists event of 2026. It’s on Monday, January 12, at 18:30 CET/12:30 ET and will focus on the concrete actions we can take to resist this year. Join us!
→ Is there a Black Caucus near you? If you don’t know, ask the Chair of your country committee. New chapters are forming as we speak. Interested in creating one? Let me know via [email protected]. I’m also looking for team co-leads and team members for the Americas Region, Communications, Community Resiliency, Self-sufficiency & Sustainability, and my side-kick, Get Out The Vote Co-Lead, among a few others.
→ Come and find your place to do good trouble.
With thanks and relentless optimism,
Adrianne George
Interim Chair, Global Black Caucus, Democrats Abroad, DA Sweden DPCA Member
EVENTS
→ Listen to the latest episode of our Power to the People Podcast with Minnesota Activist and Democratic National Committee (DNC) insider, Ron Harris. We discuss the vilification of immigrants in his community, the post-2024-election autopsy the DNC didn’t release, and the future of power.
→ Sign up for upcoming Global Black Caucus events. Check the website for up-to-date listings.
- February 22, 2026 🎬Film Screening & Discussion: Churchill: Britain’s Secret Apartheid. This is a joint event with the Veterans & Military Families Caucus.
- May 17, 2026 🎬Film Screening & Discussion: American Revolutionary – The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs. This is a joint event with the Asian American & Pacific Islander Caucus.
New Team Co-Leads!
Thank you, David Adjei-Twum, DA Ghana, and Zachary James Miller, DA France, for leading our Justice & Equity Policy Team in 2026. These team members track legislation, social policies, and global developments affecting African American communities. They publish the Global Black Caucus (GBC) Policy & Equity Brief and the Issues Tracker, write resolutions, and contribute to the DA platform input focused on racial justice, equity, and civil rights worldwide. The Co-Leads coordinate with the GBC Chair and Vice Chair. We look forward to your quarterly reporting.
Poet Laureate
DA member Anna Dell’Era in France is our Poet Laureate for the 2025 - 2026 Global Black Caucus. → We invite you to watch this video of her reading her poem, “Decide.”
Here’s a short excerpt to get you started:
Two roads
One left
One right,
You must choose.
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