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Karen Lee
Greece National Vice Chair, DPCA Voting Rep, DAGR Comm Chair, GSC Member-at-Large, GSC Steering, Ohio Team Co-Lead
Writer, parent, volunteer, gardener
LATEST BY Karen Lee
Tales of FOJs Past
A few years ago, a very supportive member, reknowned for his commercial-size tubs of coleslaw, got tired of typing Fourth Of July, over and over. He began referring to the ...
DAGR Debate Watch and React
Pride and confidence in Joe Biden, and Horror! (at the GOP’s Candidate) By now you have all surely “seen the news,” and countless memes about how the 1st 2024 US ...
EuroPride: DAGR Thessaloniki Chapter Was There!
Thessaloniki hosted EuroPride 2024 and DAGR's Thessaloniki Chapter was there to support the celebration. Chapter Chair Randall Warner and Communications Team writer Linda Manney have gathered up a few photos ...
EuroPride: Speakers of Note
Pride festivals are always fun, but the celebrations mark positive policy decisions over recent decades. Our Thessaloniki Chapter Representative Peter Baiter took careful note of three speakers delivering powerful messages ...
Juneteenth: Work in Progress
Christine Calbos shares her take-aways from DAGR's Juneteenth Kafeneion event, #ABlackWomanToldMe with René Syler Did you know that there are six states that do not officially celebrate Juneteenth, and ten ...
DAGR at Athens Pride 2024
Dems Abroad Greece staffed our booth at Athens Pride! Besides supporting LGBTQ+ rights, As always, talk was lively and passersby ran the gamut of friends, members, American tourists and US ...
DAGR Kafeneion: "Mobility" Revisited
DAGR Kafeneion: Mobility, a talk with the author By Christina Calbos In a world that feels like it is (literally) on fire, in what ways are we complicit in its ...
June: PRIDE in Greece!
June: PRIDE in Greece! By Stacey Harris-Papaioannou June is PRIDE month in GREECE and will be celebrated in both its major metropolises, Athens and Thessaloniki. Athens has hosted a PRIDE ...
DAGR Veterans: We Remember
Leading up to Memorial Day in the United States, your DAGR communications team reached out to some of our members who have served in the US Armed Forces. Linda Manney ...
DA Platform 2024: We Aspire To This!
by Sarajane Kidd Leone, DAGR Vice Chair DAGR Chair Brady Kiesling mentioned in his Easter greetings to our membership the privilege of being able to take part in “ancient, still ...
Christine Willis: 50 Years a Potter
Editor’s note: In our midst here in Greece are some interesting people. Some are creative, some have interesting experiences to share, some are ‘just folks’ but good and caring. If ...
DAGR Kafeneion: Up In Smoke? Wrap-Up
by Gina Billy, DAGR At-Large Rep The DAGR Kafeneion “Up in Smoke?” on April 3rd was designed to help members be fire- and prepare for the onset of wildfire season, ...
My Vote Is My Voice
Source: Democrats Abroad Your vote makes a difference: register now for a mail-in ballot whether you are voting in Greece or America! By Stacey Harris-Papaioannou, 2023 Fundraising Chair, 2019 - ...
Virtual Volta: Spotlight on Crete
Virtual Volta: Spotlight on Crete by At-Large Rep, Gina Billy DAGR’s Virtual Voltas connect our members-at-large with each other – and also, with members living in the Athens and Thessaloniki ...
Super Tuesday: A New Thesssaloniki Volunteer's Takeaway
Linda Manney, third from left, with fellow Thessaloniki Super Tuesday volunteers, Lambrini Nassis, Randall Warner, Christine Willis, Effie Nabhan, Joann Ryding, ACT Student Volunteer Despina Krlevski. My impressions as a ...
Super Tuesday in Thessaloniki
Super Tuesday balloons peak through the drift of spring blossoms at the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT), Dukakis Center, welcoming voters to the GPP.