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Democratic Party Platform

10 Friday Jan 2020

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Democratic Party

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Climate Crisis, Democratic Party Platform 2016, Equal Pay, Gun Reform, Health Care, National Security, Social Security, Voting Rights

Have you read the current Democratic Party Platform?

Every four years the Democratic Party adopts a platform to express its values and commitment to America. This year an updated platform will be adopted at the Democratic National Convention.

The last platform was adopted in 2016. “Whether it’s health care, the economy, education, gun reform, equal pay, voting rights, national security, or the climate crisis, the Democratic Party understands that there’s no single issue that matters more than the rest. Democrats are tackling these issues and others every day.”

The “planks” of the 2016 Platform were:

  • Raise Incomes & Restore Economic Security for the Middle Class
  • Create Good Paying Jobs
  • Fight for Economic Fairness & Against Economic Inequality
  • Bring Americans Together & Remove Barriers to Opportunities
  • Protect Voting Rights, Fix our Campaign Finance System, & Restore our Democracy
  • Combat Climate Change
  • Build a Clean Energy Economy & Secure Environmental Justice
  • Provide Quality & Affordable Education
  • Ensure the Health & Safety of all Americans
  • Provide Principled Leadership
  • Support our Troops & Keep Faiath with our Veterans
  • Confront Global Threats
  • Protect our Values
  • Be a Leader in the World

Maybe it would be well for all of us to read the current Democratic Platform for ourselves in preparation for the adoption of the 2020 Party Platform in July.

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ACLU presentation at PG DEMS Meeting

05 Tuesday Mar 2019

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in 16th VA Senate District, General Assembly, Prince George Democrats, Prince George Politics

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ACLU, ACLU of Virginia, Delegate Lashrecse Aird, Mateo Gasparotto, non-felon voting rights, Senator Rosalyn R. Dance, Tammie Miller Jennings, Voting Rights

Mateo Gasparotto (ACLU) speaking:

Mr. Gasparotto, Investigator with the ACLU of Virginia, will dicuss the issue of voting rights for incarcerated non-felons at our meeting on March 7. His approach may focus on the legal path, consisting of finding a plaintiff with standing, possibly identifying data to demonstrate the scope of the problem, and pursuing a legal suit.

The Committee has been exploring the voting needs of incarcerated individuals who are either serving sentences for misdemeanors or are incarcerated while awaiting trial. Their information about and access to absentee voting is impaired just by the fact of incarceration, but these are persons who otherwise are eligible to vote, don’t have access to the absentee ballot.

The Committee will have Senator Rosalyn Dance (VA Senate District 16) speaking at our April 4th meeting, pehaps joined by Delegate Lashrecse Aird (VA House District 63), to discuss not only the 2019 General Assembly Session, but also some legislative approaches that might assist in getting better absentee voting rights for non-felons faster than can be accomplished through the court process. Tammie Miller Jennings and others have already been exploring this topic with General Assembly members.

While we don’t know the numerical scope, we know it is likely a statewide issue.

Plan on joining the discussion on Thursday night at 6 pm at the Prince George Human Services Building, 6450 Admnistration Drive, Prince George Government Complex.

Other updates:

  • report (written) on 4th Congressional District Committee
  • Invitation to attend 4th CD Committee Meeting April 13 @ Virgina Diner, Wakefield, at 11:30 am
  • Report from the Voter Analysis Committee
  • Updated March Events provided by Supervisor Floyd Brown, Jr., below
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Prince George Civil Rights Pioneers To Be Honored

08 Thursday May 2014

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Uncategorized

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Join the Prince George Democratic Committee, as well as branches of the NAACP, SCLC and other organizations in honoring Civil Rights Pioneers from our county at the Union Branch Baptist Church, 3356 Union Branch Road,  on Saturday, May 17, 2014 from 3 – 5 pm.

The 2014 Honorees are The Honorable Samuel L. Bland, Deacon Junius Lee Briggs, Deacon Alexander A. Johnson, Sr., Deacon James E. Hill, Deacon Timothy Thweatt, Sr, and Deacon Walter H. Watson, Sr.

The Honorable Rosalyn R. Dance, 63rd Virginia House District, will be the keynote speaker and will be presenting the awards.

The event is free and open to the public.  Union Branch Baptist Church is ADA accessible,

Contact Carroll Briggs at briggsccmasonry@aol.com or 804-861-1099 for more information.

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