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| Greetings!
Never has our DuPage Democratic Party had so many deeply committed and qualified people getting things done. Below you will get a quick sense of what the Democratic Party of DuPage has been creating in JUST THE MONTH AND A HALF that has transpired between today and Jan 9th, 2017. Thanks to all the action groups and their leaders AND TO YOU who are about to join one or more of these tremendous folks getting so much done in our quest to meet our 3 Goals for 2018:
Regain control of the Governor's Office and, thus, the 2020 remap Elect 6 TOP QUALITY County Board Candidates to make a swing block Teach every motivated Dem (and there are lots!) exactly how to move every voter in their neighborhood in EVERY ELECTION!
As if that weren't exciting enough, we still have a wonderful SPRING Gala to look forward to and a crack team planning every moment, so get tickets while you can (last minute purchases may not be an option this year).
This article in MOTHER JONES about Mr Ellison will probably be a good convincer for you. Remember, if you are a current member (through April 2017) or become a member before you purchase your gala tickets, you can get our special Members-Only price link.
A quick note from Gala co-Chair, Michelle Gale:
I'm Michelle Gale, co-lead of the Gala Action Group, and I'm excited to share that we are running our largest gala ever, with Keith Ellison as our keynote speaker!
I'm asking for your help to make this gala the ultimate community-building event, inspiring and encouraging Democrats like you! We are the resistance. We need your help to spread the word and raise funds to WIN BLUE in 2018.
3 ways you can help Turn DuPage Blue right now: - Send the brochure above to your contacts list, friends, and any business owners / non-profit connections you know. They will want to know!
- Visit our Facebook Event, RSVP yourself, and "share event" to all your Democrat/Chicagoland friends, and on your page! They need to know so they don't miss it! (I shared it with 100 friends just yesterday!)
- Tell every Dem you know - on the street, at the office, and in the grocery store - to visit dupagedemocratsgala.com and get their tickets before we sell out!
Thank you in advance for CARING & FIGHTING to Turn DuPage Blue, get 6 Democratic women on County Board & elect a Democratic governor!
Michelle Gale and Eileen Steed , Gala co-leads |
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| | MEET OUR NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR! Choose your Action Group today. |
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| Meet our New Program Director, Dawnn Basaraba!
Many of you already know and love this ball of fire who has really turned up the heat for the DPDC with her work on the Gala, as the Chairman of the Bloomingdale Township Democrats and as the mastermind behind the Hillary Clinton Operation that helped HRC win in DuPage by 15 points!
We are so proud and pleased to announce that Dawnn has accepted a new leadership role as DPDC Program Director. Dawnn oversees the vital Strategic Action Groups (below) which would hardly exist without all the love, enthusiasm and time she has put into helping create them and our magnificent January 9th event. When you see her, please give her a congratulatory hug (she will love it!).
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Read what these Action Groups, under the direction of our new Program Director, have been creating since Jan 9th. Then, click the link to join the group(s) that YOU feel most aligned with and the Co-Leaders will get in touch with you soon. Having done an amazing job with the 1/20 PUT YOUR BLUES TO WORK DAY, the Events committee is the group which will run in-house events as well as support those of other Action Groups like the Behind the Veil Event Tonight (sold out). If you like event planning and creating great outreach for our organization, Please click this link to Join them. |
GROUND TEAM *Hosted the first of many training sessions to come teaching the basics of effective canvassing along with tips on how to spot when and if a campaign is being effective in it's ground game. *Discussed the importance with our volunteers on how keeping focused on our main goals will aid us in being able to achieve more nuanced ones in the future *Created a power point presentation that will be available to township PC directors and others interested for condensed and simple training sessions *Have launched multiple canvasses on the behalf of Wayne Township Highway Commissioner Martin Mcmanamon, our only imcumbent Township race.
YOUND DEMOCRATS
We're making some progress in the Young Dems group.
As of today, we've reached out to lead social studies and government teachers in high schools all across the county. Our goal here is to set up a fellowship on a semester basis, to keep a steady flow of young volunteers moving through our office.
YDs are doing an awesome job getting college students plugged into the College of DuPage Democrats group. We're also coordinating with Democratic organizations at other colleges to bring in volunteers for events and our upcoming local elections. WANT TO HELP THE YOUNG DEMS?
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VOTEBUILDER
Vote Builder group has been focused on getting Vote Builder group members trained on the basics to VB. Me and two other members attended an admin training of VB run by ILDCCA and Ken Kimber, the state's voter file admin. We are next going to focus on learning "my campaign" side to VB and gauging whether to use it for keeping all of our volunteers organized. From there, we'll work with members to designate which volunteers are a township's go to vote builder. WANT TO LEARN TO USE THIS GREAT TOOL? Click here SOCIAL MEDIA
Our group has been very enthusiastic and has been working very hard! · We are merging all of the Facebook pages into one for consolidated and consistent coverage · The group has divided up to take responsibility for content sourcing and creation for all social media pages · Social media content repository and posting calendars have been created · Steps are currently being taken to update the website WANT TO BE IN THIS GROUP? CLICK here
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PR & Graphics has completed several projects over the last month. -Created great flyers for two events: "Put Your Blues to Work" and "Behind the Veil-Women's Role in Islam" -Created several poster designs to represent our fight against Trump, Rauner, and their Republican allies Future goals include: -Cleaning up and making the YouTube channel more accessible -Creating an organized database with photos from events -Help raise media awareness for our Gala event in April Join PR and Graphics by clicking here |
COUNTY BOARD TEAM
We have created a FB page for our group and we communicate through the page.
We have had good turn out at DuPage County Board meetings.
Several people have given thoughtful public comments during the meetings.
We have had a few people attend committee meetings.
The board members are noticing the people in attendance.
PHONE BANKING Phone banking has already begun and we have all sorts of causes to support and connections that we want to make to capitalize on all the energy in the air. Would you like to help the Phone Bank Action Team?
OFFICE VOLUNTEERS Office Volunteers have identified meeting spaces within the Main Office and Annex, created a calendar to reserve meetings, cleaned the office, developed office etiquette rules, updated the Volunteer Informational Handbook, conducted an orientation meeting for approximately 25 office volunteers and obtained a new contract for enhanced internet and WiFi service. We are currently in the process of developing the office volunteer schedule to staff the office, organizing the office to be more neat and professional and working on the install of the enhanced internet and WiFi service. Like to help in the office?
MEMBERSHIP/ SPONSORSHIPS
January was the best membership month in, we believe, the history of this organization and will continue to be a priority for two reasons: People who have even a small financial skin the game, take greater ownership (Many of our new members came in at 5 or 10 per month. WONDERFUL!)
As we focus on the gala, we are making sure all democrats in DuPage who would like to see Keith Ellison on April 23rd now they can receive a nice discount on that ticket by being a Blue ($50/year) or a Gold ($100/year) member.
Become a member today hereJoin our Membership Team hereBecome a sponsor of our gala by writing to us here |
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| Preparing to run election protection operation for the April Municipal Election. Monitoring the goings-on at the Election Commission. EP is developing our key initiatives and will form groups and assignments. In the meantime, all members have been requested to do g-suite training so we can go virtual. Voter suppression will be something we look into heavily. |
We have been analyzing the registration and voter records (>750,000 registered voters) for all of the townships in the County. To date we have identified the precincts in Wayne and Lisle townships that have the highest percentages of registered Democrats as well as the precincts with the highest percentages of Democratic ballots requested in the 2016 primary. This has been sent to the Ground Team and we will use this data to precisely target voting blocks and reach voters by phone.
WOMEN AND MINORITIES OUTREACH Women and Minorities Outreach- this week on February 24, 2017, we are hosting UCARE's event- Behind the Veil: Women's roles in Islam. We are at capacity and still receiving several requests to attend! More events ahead so if you Want to work with us? CLICK HERECOMMUNICATIONS TEAM Communications group met, reviewed our mission and divided into subgroups who started planning. One is to write and possibly video group members' stories of how Rauner being governor has affected them. Another has 2 reports posted on the Dem website. Members our group, Social Media and PR graphics will meet next Tuesday Feb 28 to plan and coordinate our efforts. ELECTED OFFICIAL LIAISON The Elected Officials Liaison Team had our first team meeting last night to layout group norms and expectations, then we got started on our first training session for building relationships with elected officials! Our first action item for the week is to follow up on Gala invitations to elected officials, with a special focus on securing sponsorships! Over the next month our volunteer team will continue to brainstorm ways in which we can strengthen the bridge between our membership and their representatives, adding value for our members, inspiring sustained participation in our organization, and increasing support for our shared goals. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR TEAM. |
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| | Funneling all of the motivation and energy that has been inspired by recent events is very exciting and, yep, you guessed it, costly. If you have not yet made a contribution to the Democratic Party of DuPage--$5/month is delightful--please do so now. If you have recently joined, you should have or will be receiving your membership card in the mail soon. |
We are all in this together and our world will be changed for the better because of each of us.
Appreciatively,
Democratic Party of DuPage County
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