With 14 primaries and runoffs behind us, we’re making progress and winning!  Join our discussion to fine-tune our course for the summer of primaries and runoffs, filled with issue advocacy and strategies for tackling the still unfinished business of building back better. 
 
Is your top issue on our Unfinished Business list? Student loan justice. Meaningful climate action. Campaign finance reform. Medicare for All. Strong unions. Reparative justice. Voting rights. Reproductive rights…
 
Let us know what is at the top of your list AND nominate your favorite motivational songs to open and close our meeting by email to [email protected]

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You can make a difference for election day in November. Your gift informs and mobilizes Americans around the world to vote for progress and Democratic wins in the midterms. Give thousands of DA volunteers the tools they need for our 2022 blue wave and help America build back better. Please donate whatever you can today. Thank you!

India Walton (2021 Buffalo mayoral primary winner and New York Working Families Party Senior Advisor), Bill Whitmire & Gianna Reeve (Starbucks Workers United Organizers), and Larry Cohen (Chair of Our Revolution) discuss and take questions on:

• The lay of the land
• What’s at stake
• Early trends + what to expect on the road ahead
• Opportunities to take action

RSVP below to join with proDA to discuss how we can unite our voices for progress and win!

Optional resources to prepare for the discussion:

• Videos
  • Pramila Jayapal. Status of Build Back Better, CNBC, January 12, 2022.
  • David Sirota and Nina Tuner. Progressives Win Key Races Despite Millions Spent to Back Corporate Democrats. Democracy Now. May 19, 2022
• Book
  • Timothy Kuhner. Capitalism vs. Democracy. Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution. Stanford University Press, 2014
• Articles
  • Jake Johnson. Dark Money Is Dark Money': Sanders Calls on DNC to Ban Super PAC Cash in Primaries. Common Dreams. May 17th, 2022.
  • David Siders. ‘We’re chewing people up’: The left fights back against primary attacks. Politico. May 14th, 2022.

This event is part of the series Monthly Mondays for Progressive Minds.

Thanks to our co-sponsors: Global Black Caucus, Reparations Task Force, proDA Austria, proDA Germany.

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You can inform and mobilize members around the world to make progress and win in the midterms. The Fight for (at least) $15. Meaningful Medicare expansion. Student debt relief. Reparative justice. Climate change action. Voting rights. And more. Will you help America build back better and get out the vote for progress? Please donate here.  Donate $1 (number of Congressional Progressive Caucus Senators) to $100 (number of CPC Representatives), perhaps an amount equal to the number of new members you want to join the CPC in November.  Thank you!

Gun Violence Prevention: what you can do even from overseas

Guest speaker: Tremayne Edwards, Education and Engagement Director, Alliance for Gun Responsibility

Virtual doors open 10 min before event start - see local times below

 Sat  June 18 11am-1pm Japan 

Friday June 17, 7pm-9pm Pacific time

More than 200 mass shootings in the US as of May 2022 - it seems like another ordinary day in the US. Does it have to be this way? no.

Join us for this online discussion about what is being done to end gun violence the US and what you can do to make a difference. Our June Action Meeting guest speaker Tremayne Edward of the Alliance for Gun Responsibility will address perceptions about firearms, factors contributing to the prevalence of gun violence in the US, how such perceptions and violence are impacting Persons of Colour communities and young people today. This event aims to do more than educate. 

In the second hour we introduce real solutions and specific actions you can take today to promote safer communities back where you vote!

Guest speaker: Tremayne Edwards, Education and Engagement Director, Alliance for Gun Responsibility

Discussant: Patrick Lovell, Member, DA Japan

Moderators MC: Sarajean Rossitto, Chair, DA Japan & Jaylon Carter Chair Black Lives Matter

Local times:

• Asia-Pacific Times => Sat June 18:  2pm Auckland/ 12pm Sydney / 11am Japan & Korea / 10am Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Manila, Singapore, Bali, Perth / 9am Thailand & Vietnam / 7am W Kazakhstan / 7:30 New Delhi 
•  USA =>  Friday June 17 7pm Seattle  / 10pm New York

Midterms are around the corner and there is a lot at stake! 

Join the Hispanic Caucus for a brainstorming and planning session to mobilize voters, in particular US latinos abroad, for the upcoming Midterms.

Bring your ideas, good energy and chisme.

Nos vemos!

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When? June 9th at 1pm ET

The Global Disability Caucus is dedicated to building a stronger Democrats Abroad! Our goals are to increase accessibility to information, events and activities. We strive to create sensitivity to and awareness of disability issues.

In addition to Democrats Abroad members with disabilities, we welcome and encourage the involvement of supporters of our members and our messages. We hope to form an inclusive, diverse, active, and effective community which provides fulfilling experiences for all.

Please check the Global Disability Caucus Wiki-Page or the DemsAbroad Global Calendar to find future dates for these meetings and other GDC events!

• 9 AM Eastern Daylight Time
• 3 PM Central European Time
• 9 PM China Standard Time

 THE FUTURE IS ACCESSIBLE! 

Consider making a donation to help get out the VOTE in 2022. Please donate today: https://www.democratsabroad.org/dc-donations

Join us for our latest read: DALCC BOOK CLUB: LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL: A STORY OF THE BURIED LIFE  by Thomas Wolfe.  For more information on the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1290071.Look_Homeward_Angel

Democrats Abroad Global Seniors and Disability Caucuses invite you to join us for our monthly Social -- a time for Seniors and members of the Disability Caucus to connect with one another and discuss topics of concern and information. We will reflect, discuss, plan, and strategize together from the comfort of our own homes and with no duties or assignments! This will be fun as we can discuss freely any topic we would like.  

When: Friday May 27, 2022 at 9.00 am Eastern time

 Want to help US overseas voters request and send in their ballots? Want to make a difference in the midterm elections this fall? Learn the basics about voting from abroad by joining this workshop. See below for local times on Sun May 29

This training is the foundation of any volunteer work you do with Democrats Abroad! Whether you are helping out at a voter registration table or plan to become an online voter assistance volunteer using Intercom - join this workshop to learn the basics.

All ideas & questions about GOTV are welcome! Help us broader our reach and deepen our impact - Please bring another US voter!

This training is hosted by the Asia-Pacific GOTV team – but any Democrats Abroad members can join!

• Sun May 29 => Asia Pacific Local Times
• Auckland: 3PM
• Sydney: 1PM
• Tokyo/Seoul: 12noon
• Bali/Perth/Hong Kong/Beijing/Taipei/Singapore: 11AM
• Hanoi/Bangkok: 10AM
• New Delhi: 9:30AM
• Kazakhstan 8AM

Facilitated by Anne O’Connell, DA Kazakhstan

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LET’S CELEBRATE!

The first Democrats Abroad Women’s Caucus was created in 1992 by three staunchly feminist women in Paris France, 30 years ago. , And, it has grown to a powerhouse of activist women who are  stronger than ever in 2022. 

But is there cause for a celebration? Are women better off today than they were back in that famous “year of the woman” in 1992? Does the old feminist mantra “three steps forward two steps back” still hold true? 

It sure does. 

Backlash has hampered the feminist movement since the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 – but it hasn’t stopped us from moving forward.  A brutal pandemic and years of nonstop political and cultural polarization, a war in Europe, and the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan have left us all, especially women, in the dark.  And, as we all know, women are the first victims of repressive regimes.  But we are undaunted. We have   become the driving force of our societies and the future depends on us.

Join us on June 18 to celebrate our 30 years of activism in Democrats Abroad.  Listen to experts and activists who are behind - and in front of - the feminist movement and are taking those three steps forward. 

JUNE 18, 2:00 PM TO 5:30 PM CET
At the American University of Paris, 6 rue Col Combes, 75007
In-person and online!

RSVP below to register for this hybrid event - reserve your spot, online or in person!

At the GOTV leaders monthly meeting, we will share our newly developed GOTV plans, ideas for building upon what we have already done this year and our strategies for getting out the vote in the midterms. Find out more about what is working / not working in each context and develop our know-how.

There are more than 500,000 eligible voters in the Asia Pacific Region who are not members of Democrats Abroad AND most of them did NOT vote in 2020. We can really make a difference in the 2022 Midterms by reaching out to just a sliver of these people!

Basic agenda for May 29 2022

1. Meeting Purpose
2. GOTV plans for the rest of the year 
3. GENERATING MOVEMENT: phone banking!
4. Trainings and materials 
5. Collaboration on events
6. Actions items and next steps 

Local Times => Sunday May 29 11am Japan time

• Auckland: 2pm
• Sydney: 12noon
• Tokyo/Seoul: 11:00am
• Perth/Hong Kong/Beijing/Taipei/Singapore/Bali: 10am
• Hanoi/Bangkok: 9am
• New Delhi: 7:30
• Western Kazakhstan 7am
• Facilitated by Sarajean, DA Japan &  AP GOTV Coordinator and all you leaders in AP

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