Join the Democrats Abroad AAPI Caucus for a film screening of First Vote. 

After the screening, attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the film and also to submit questions for the discussion with the filmmaker, Yi Chen, on November 7th, 2020.

In a newly released documentary, First Vote, Yi Chen follows a cross section of politically engaged Chinese American voters, all first-time voters, during the 2018 midterm elections. This includes a variety of voters: A gun-toting Tea Party-favorite candidate courting GOP votes in the South; a podcaster in Ohio who became a citizen in order to vote for Trump; a progressive journalist confronting Chinese Americans for Trump after moving to a battleground state from Beijing; and a University of North Carolina professor teaching about race and racism in the U.S.

Our goal is to bring awareness to the political influence of the AAPI community and discuss ways to improve voter outreach. Please help us cover the costs of the film license ($202) by making a donation to Democrats Abroad.

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Asian Americans are the fastest growing population in the U.S. and more than 11 million AAPI will be able to vote in 2020.

In a newly released documentary, First Vote, Yi Chen follows a cross section of politically engaged Chinese American voters, all first-time voters, during the 2018 midterm elections. This includes a variety of voters: A gun-toting Tea Party-favorite candidate courting GOP votes in the South; a podcaster in Ohio who became a citizen in order to vote for Trump; a progressive journalist confronting Chinese Americans for Trump after moving to a battleground state from Beijing; and a University of North Carolina professor teaching about race and racism in the U.S.

Join the Democrats Abroad AAPI Caucus, Democrats Abroad China, and Democrats Abroad Hong Kong as we host a discussion with the filmmaker of First Vote, Yi Chen. She is a Soros Equality Fellow and DC Arts and Humanities Fellow. First Vote is her debut feature documentary. By RSVPing for this event, you will receive a link to watch the film prior to the event.

Our goal is to bring awareness to the political influence of the AAPI community and discuss ways to improve voter outreach. Please help us cover the costs of the film license ($202) by making a donation to Democrats Abroad.

Time

Asian Americans are the fastest growing population in the U.S. and more than 11 million AAPI will be able to vote in 2020.

In a newly released documentary, First Vote, Yi Chen follows a cross section of politically engaged Chinese American voters, all first-time voters, during the 2018 midterm elections. This includes a variety of voters: A gun-toting Tea Party-favorite candidate courting GOP votes in the South; a podcaster in Ohio who became a citizen in order to vote for Trump; a progressive journalist confronting Chinese Americans for Trump after moving to a battleground state from Beijing; and a University of North Carolina professor teaching about race and racism in the U.S.

RSVP to receive the link to view this newly released documentary from the comfort of your own home. Please consider helping us cover the costs of the film license ($202) by making a donation to Democrats Abroad.

By sharing this film, our goal is to bring awareness to the political influence of the AAPI community and find ways to improve voter outreach.

When can I watch?

You'll receive a link you can use to watch the documentary any time between Thursday, October 29 and Tuesday, November 10, 2020

The Global Women's Caucus feminist reading group is pleased to announce its next pick, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. 

At the end of a transformative year in the struggle for racial equality, this discussion will engage participants who are looking to expand their awareness of how racism shapes American systems and the world at large, including individual lives. 

Isabel Wilkerson is the Pulitzer Prize winning writer of The Warmth of Other Suns. 

In “Caste”, she uses "an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people to show how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings."

Thanks to all who joined our discussion of "Good and Mad." We hope this discussion can go even deeper! We look forward to seeing you there!

When: Dec. 6, 2020, 2 p.m. CET

This is an online event. 

Please join us on the pre-election eve — November 1st, 2020 — for John McQueen's well-researched election predictions, and analysis. Leading up to this will be speakers on the issues near and dear to Democrats Abroad, and how they are relevant in this election: Women's issues (Nicole Colaianni), Black Lives Matter (Robert Scott), LGBTQ (Daniel Hoever-Eckhardt), Science (Rebecca Alvarado), Voter Suppression (Patrick Mears). Niki Vonderwell will be reporting live from the ground in Ohio, where she’s helping at one of the polling centers. At the end, John will use an interactive map to show how he predicts it will go on election day, including some important state races. Moderator will be Nancy Schimkat, and our tech team is Joe Butler and Matthias Luft.

We are broadcasting this via Zoom from the Heidelberg Center for American Studies. Please RSVP to get the Zoom link.

Date:Monday, February 22, 2021
Time: 12pm - 1:30pm ET (Washington DC time)
Book: The Force of NonViolence: An ethico-political bind by Judith Butler, 2020

Book Discussion

All are welcome to attend the January proDA Book Club meeting on February 22, 2021, 12-1:30pm Washington DC (ET) time.  Join us! 

As one of the world’s leading feminist philosophers, Butler in The Force of NonViolence: An ethico-political bind shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected to a broader political struggle for social equality. Furthermore, she argues that nonviolence is often misunderstood as a passive practice that emanates from a calm region of the soul, or as an individualist ethical relation to existing forms of power. But, in fact, nonviolence is an ethical position found in the midst of the political field – a new twist on a progressive understanding of non-violence! 

Participants need to know that if there are access, affordability, etc. problems for a book/books, they should contact co-leaders, John Esteban Rodriguez and Betsy Ettorre (prodabookclub@democratsabroad.org) who will help them with the listed books.

Learn more about the proDA Book Club.

Date: Monday, November 30, 2020
Time: 12pm - 1:30pm ET (Washington DC time)
Book: The Populist's Guide to 2020 by Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti, 2020

Book Discussion

All are welcome to attend the November proDA Book Club meeting on November 30, 2020, 12-1:30pm Washington DC (ET) time.

Join us! We have lively meetings and two authors put populism into a progressive framework in The Populist's Guide to 2020.

Participants need to know that if there are access, affordability, etc. problems for a book/books, they should contact co-leaders, John Esteban Rodriguez and Betsy Ettorre (prodabookclub@democratsabroad.org) who will help them with the listed books.

Learn more about the proDA Book Club.

Date: Monday, December 28, 2020
Time: 12pm - 1:30pm ET (Washington DC time)
Book: America Compromised by Lawrence Lessig, 2018

Book Discussion

All are welcome to attend the December proDA Book Club meeting on December 28, 2020, 12-1:30pm Washington DC (ET) time.

Join us! We have lively meetings and this one should continue to be, as the author, Harvard Professor, Lawrence Lessing, describes in America Compromised how some of our key institutions have become corrupted and why Americans are driven to vote for anti-establishment candidates.

Participants need to know that if there are access, affordability, etc. problems for a book/books, they should contact co-leaders, John Esteban Rodriguez and Betsy Ettorre (prodabookclub@democratsabroad.org) who will help them with the listed books.

Learn more about the proDA Book Club.

Date:Monday, January 25, 2021
Time: 12pm - 1:30pm ET (Washington DC time)
Book:  The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy by Stephanie Kelton, 2020

Book Discussion

All are welcome to attend the January proDA Book Club meeting on January 25, 2021, 12-1:30pm Washington DC (ET) time.  Join us! 

As an advocate of modern monetary theory, Kelton in The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy offers a radically different, bold, new understanding for how to build a just and prosperous society. This promises to be a lively meeting as the author shifts the terrain from narrow budgetary questions to one of broader economic and social issues and benefits.

Participants need to know that if there are access, affordability, etc. problems for a book/books, they should contact co-leaders, John Esteban Rodriguez and Betsy Ettorre (prodabookclub@democratsabroad.org) who will help them with the listed books.

Learn more about the proDA Book Club.

Looking for somewhere to hang out and wait for the election results? Look no further. Our GBC Cafe has been turned into a post-election waiting room. Join us for companionship, solidarity, and discussion about the election and beyond. We'll also be streaming the news.

We'll keep this channel open until we know the results of the presidential election, etc.

RSVP to receive the Zoom link.