Our phone banking team is on it! They've made over 1,600 calls in just one week. The current UK campaign is targeting voters in swing congressional districts. At this significant time, this is a great way to channel your emotions into ACTION!
Join us to learn how to make calls from your computer to ensure that all Democrats Abroad members in the UK are ready to vote in the 2020 U.S. elections.
The next training session will be on June 27th, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Ahead of the Global Presidential Primary in March 2020, we'd like to build a community of DA members throughout the country, so that when the time comes for us to vote, we're ready and mobilized. Already we've heard from members in Berkshire, South Wales, and the Cotswolds. We're working to put together groups in these areas. We'll help you to provide organizing support from our Voter Registration and GOTV teams and explain the Global Presidential Primary in detail. Email vice-chair@democratsabroad.org.uk for more information.
A reminder that Saturday, February 9, 2019 is the deadline to nominate someone (including yourself) for all roles including: officers, voting representatives, ex comm members or council members. Please submit your nominations by the end of the day (i.e. 11:59 p.m.).
The elections will take place following the Annual General Meeting and during the Biennial General Meeting of DAUK on Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at David Game College, 31 Jewry Street, London EC3N 2ET.
If you would like to nominate someone (including yourself) for any role please contact us via this nomination form by Saturday, February 9, 2019.
If you plan to attend the General Meeting, please RSVP on our pageon Eventbrite.
Have any questions, concerns or would like to volunteer at the General Meeting? Please contact the Elections Committee at elections@democratsabroad.org.uk
The GOTV team had a recap meeting of our 2018 efforts in December. In short, with the help and support of DA International, the DAUK ExComm, committee chairs and other members, our team held well over 100 drives in 2018. We registered more voters, especially students, went to more locations outside London and held more repeat drives than ever before. The upshot is we want to do more of what we did in 2018 and do it better. Absentee ballots made the difference in key races in 2018. We hope to replicate and amplify that success in 2020. DAUK members interested in helping at any level, please email gotv@democratsabroad.org.uk. A spring planning meeting will be confirmed, and drives will start in January 2020.
Incisive talk from Prof. Fran Moore of UC Davis on US progress toward climate goals since the Paris Agreement. Key takeaway: US and the world must seriously step up decarbonization efforts, to keep global warming below 2°C and prevent severe economic and environmental impacts. Key action point: Vote Democrat down ballot this November and every election going forward, to put the US government back on track on environmental policy.
If you’d like to contribute to related research and activism (laypeople welcome), please contact the DAUK Policy Network Environment & Energy group at policynetwork@democratsabroad.org.uk.
Since the start of 2018, the DAUK voter registration team has been very busy, holding drives at Arcadia, University College London, SOAS University, Queen Mary University, Canary Wharf, Cadogan Hall, Fordham University Study Abroad, New York University Study Abroad, Foundation International Education, Richmond University, Facebook, women’s clubs, international schools and several DAUK events. We’ve also held three training sessions for new volunteers and supplemented our efforts with social media, an effective way to steer citizens to votefromabroad.org.
More drives are in the works, and we’re gearing up for even more in the fall, when all study abroad students will need absentee ballots for the general election on November 6. However, we need help finding new locations and getting access to some old ones, where our contacts have moved on (London School of Economics and Kings College, to name two). We also want to reach out to many more American alumni associations. If you can help, write gotv@democratsabroad.org.uk. Huge thanks goes to the entire DAUK Voter Registration Team!
Several hundred members convened Sunday 19 March to elect a new slate of officers to lead DAUK. Those standing for the four officer positions addressed the group, followed by a vote via a show of hands. The Executive Committee and Voting Representatives to the Democratic Party Committee Abroad were elected via ballot. Others were elected to the Council by acclimation.
Election results:
Executive Committee
Bill Barnard
Christa Bosch
Elaine Capizzi
Richelle David
Eric Lee
Robert Platt
Karin Robinson
Susan Schoenfeld Harrington
Voting Representatives to the Democratic Party Committee Abroad
We may be an ocean away from the U.S.A, but there are still many ways we can get involved and make a political difference. DAUK invites you to join our new state committees project, which will focus on voter outreach and engagement on a state-by-state basis.
Space for our March 9 meeting for the first states, Virginia and New Jersey, is now full, but additional state committees will follow.
State committees will conduct research, manage voter outreach, plan events, and develop social media and communications plans. We are looking for leaders who want to make a difference and play a part in shaping the future of our nation. State committees are going to play a crucial role in getting out the vote in the midterm elections in 2018. Now is the time to get organized! If you would like to get involved, please email states@democratsabroad.org.uk.
The Democrats Abroad UK leadership elections will be held on Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 1:30 PM at Lecture Theatre B34, Basement floor, Birkbeck College Main Building, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX.
To be eligible for election or to vote in the leadership elections, you must have joined Democrats Abroad UK on or before January 31, 2017 and remain a member on all dates up to and including March 19, 2017.
The Elections Committee has contacted those candidates whose details we did not find on the membership list from the close of January 31, 2017. Following these queries, one person withdrew their nomination form. We are still awaiting a response from one candidate and hope to resolve the issue of their eligibility before the elections.
Democrats Abroad UK (DAUK) will hold it Annual General Meeting, Biennial General Meeting and leadership elections on at 1.30pm on Sunday March 19th 2017. If you want to be a candidate, then you should complete and submit this online form by February 19th 2017 so that your candidacy and statement may be circulated to the membership in advance of the meeting.
Please follow this link for further information about the positions to be elected. Follow this link for further guidance about the elections process.
The meeting will be at Lecture Theatre B34, Basement floor, Birkbeck College Main Building, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX.
If you have any questions email: elections@democratsabroad.org.uk
