- Murphy Awards Recap
- Convention Updates
- State Legislature Wraps Up 2009
- Chapter Events Coming Up
Murphy Awards Recap
Wednesday April 1st was a fun night as YDG handed out the 2009 Murphy Awards to some surprised guests. Calvin Smyre was honored with the 2009 Friend of the Young Democrats awards, Dubose Porter was the recipient of the 2009 Smack-down Award, and a host of others. See the complete list here.
A big thank you to our sponsors of this year's Murphys - Juliana Illari, UFCW Local 1996, The Milway Family, Rep. Ralph Long, Georgia AFL-CIO, Stephen Suitts, Chris Anderson for YDA President, IBEW Local 613, Stacey Evans, Mike & Susan Berlon, Teamsters Local 728, Catherine Smith & Jerry Tyler
Convention Updates
Programs and schedules have been added online to theConvention Section of our website. There is no shortage of training and educational programs as well as an awesome reception and dinner planned with Senator Max Cleland and Democratic Party of Georgia Chair Jane Kidd on Saturday evening. If you are not registering for our Convention, but would like to purchase a ticket for either the dinner or VIP Reception, click here.
If you need to Register for Convention, which includes access to YDG programs, General Assembly (for YD members) and also includes a ticket for dinner on Saturday evening, click here. Stay tuned to our website for any latest news on 2009 State Convention.
YDG's Womens' Caucus and Minority Caucus are sponsoring a Community Service Event at this year's State Convention. They're collected toiletries and other items for Circle of Hope, a local domestic violence shelter in White County. For details on the project, check out their facebook event here - http://www.facebook.com/events.php?ref=sb#/event.php?eid=61749258822
A big THANKS to our Convention Sponsors - Catherine Smith & Jerry Tyler, Juliana Illari, UFCW Local 1996, Crystal Strait for YDA President, Teamsters Local 728, Chris Anderson for YDA President, IBEW Local 613, White County Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Georgia, Amir Farokhi for Atlanta City Council. If you'd like to join this distinguished list, click here for information on Sponsorships.
2009 Legislative Session Wrap
Huge Budget cuts, a transportation fiasco, closures of rail and bus service at MARTA, and a host of other blunders and bad legislation were tempered with major victories for worker rights, passage of part-time unemployment benefits, and better mental health services for abused children.
All-in-all, the 2009 Legislative Session proved that Republicans do not have the ability to govern, partcularly in the areas of Education, Transportation & the Economy. Democrats stood firm on many issues affecting all these areas and more, and we proved once again that our Party is the ONLY Party concerned with the well-being of ALL Georgians.
Thank you to all the Young Democrats who attended Capitol Days, wrote, called and emailed your legislators, and generally kept the pressure on the Assembly to Do The Right Things. As in the Election of 2008, Young People, Young Democrats, are coming out in record numbers to take action on issues affecting all of us, every day.
Chapter Events Coming Up (from www.georgiayds.org/events)
April 6, 7:30PM - Young Democrats of Emory Debate at Emory University
http://www.georgiayds.org/events/index.cfm?Fuseaction=EventDetail&e_id=51901
April 7, 7PM - KSU Democrats Meeting
http://www.facebook.com/events.php?ref=sb#/event.php?eid=68094846602
April 17-19 - Young Democrats of Georgia 2009 State Convention at Unicoi State Park & Lodge in Helen, Georgia
http://www.georgiayds.org/contact/index.cfm?Fuseaction=contact
May 2 - Community Service Event with Democrats Work in Atlanta
http://democratswork.org/index.php?page=events&view=eventdetail&eventid=590
May 6, 6:30PM - Young Democrats of Atlanta Monthly Business Meeting
Manuels Tavern, corner of Highland Ave & North Ave in Atlanta
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