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DAGR Letter to US Ambassador Pyatt

Athens, June 30, 2021 Dear Ambassador Pyatt,...

PAUL HICKMAN: GBC Poet Laureate, Silent No More!

by Robin Rafaelidys, Mytilini In a marvelous turning of the tables, the former president's ill-fated rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June 2020, woke a great many Americans up to historical......

DAGR VIEW: DA’s Global Meeting May 15, 16

by DAGR Chair Stacey Harris-PapaioannouCountry Chair and Vice-Chair of DA Greece spent May 15th and 16th attending 10 hour sessions of the 2021 Annual General Meeting of Democrats Abroad. On......

J. A. Lawrence: Looking at Life from the Other Side

Editor’s Note: It has come to our attention that the DA Greece membership roster holds a wealth of skills, life experiences, and viewpoints. Our hope is to introduce as many......

Juneteenth: When Did You First Learn About It?

Juneteenth parade in Austin, 2020 courtesy TheBlackDetour - by Robin H. Rafaelidys, Mytilini I learned about Juneteenth in 1989, the year we bought our first house. I was a teaching......

KAFENEION 1: Age is Valuable; Ageism Not!

DAGR’s first Kafeneion, a new initiative of community development spearheaded by Members-at-Large Sarajane Kidd Leone and Rebecca Lieb, was a great success! Our first conversation, ageism through the lens of......

UPDATE: Vaccines for Residents Ineligible for AMKA

It's by now well-known that many foreign residents of Greece have undergone delays and difficulty obtaining the COVID vaccine due to the Greek government's requirement of an AMKA (Greek......

DAGR Newsletter April - May 2021

Democrats Abroad Climate Panel on EARTH DAY 2021 … Watch the replay! DA Germany and China are each in the process of forming country climate caucuses. DAGR, anyone? In this......

TO BE OR NOT TO BE … A DEMOCRACY

- by Robin H. Rafaelidys, Mytilini “Folks keep asking what we are going to do about the filibuster? I think they ought to ask......

John Lewis - Walking with the Wind

Book recommendations by Randall Warner, Thessaloniki Chapter Chair Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, by John Lewis with Michael D’Orso, Simon & Schuster Trade Paperback edition,......