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Website     Get Involved     Elections     About     Blog     Contact March 3, 2017    Deputy DNC Chair Keith Ellison starts a Unity Tour with DNC Chair Tom Perez this week and Keynotes our 2017 Gala on Sunday, April 23 That´s Right, We´re it.  Greetings! Rebecca Solnit's wrote in her book Hope in the Dark; "And then every now and then, the possibilities explode. In these moments of rupture, people find themselves members of a "WE" that did not exist until then, at least not as an entity with agency and identity and potency; new possibilities suddenly emerge, or that old dream of a just society reemerges and-at least for a little while-shines. Utopia is sometimes the goal. It's often embedded in the moment itself and it's a hard moment to explain, since it usually involves hardscrabble ways of living, squabbles and eventually disillusionment and factionalism-but also more ethereal things: the discovery of personal and collective power, the realization of dreams, the Birth of bigger dreams, the sense of connection that is as emotional as it is political, and lives that change and do not revert to old ways even when the glory subsides." WE are the WE that WE have been waiting for.  Because Mr Perez and Mr Ellison understand the radical importance of this WE, they, too, have begun a serious unity tour this week.  See an article on that here. What WE most need  to unify on are ALL of the wonderful, rational, economically-sound, people-centered policies that have been pushed through by Democratic presidents and legislators in the U.S. and not let the incidental political squabbles of the day distract us from deep pride and the sense of meaning that comes from being the Protectors of these values. And WE hope that you agree and will, if able, be attending our celebration of The Democratic Party, so alive and well in DuPage, with our special keynote, Deputy Democratic National Committee Chair, Keith Ellison. This is our main fundraiser of the year and the more dollars we get in for tickets, advertisements in the gala book, sponsorships and table purchases, the more flexibility we have to provide up to the minute responses to the needs of this very challenging time in history. Those dollars STAY RIGHT HERE in Dupage to do the most essential work for the long haul and Keith Ellison is coming to help us do that. Please be there. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR INDIVIDUAL TICKETS   FOR MEMBERS-ONLY TICKET LINK WRITE US HERE A BROCHURE FOR TABLES AND SPONSORSHIPS CAN BE FOUND HERE  AND NOW A QUICK WORD FROM OUR CHAIR, BOB PEICKERT As a party, the DPDC is on better footing and more unified than ever to meet our 3 goals of defeating Rauner, electing 6 county board members and teaching every interested Democrat in DuPage how to positively affect voter turnout in their neighborhoods. Yesterday was one more step that puts Chairman Cronin on notice that his good old boys club is about to come to an end. Defeating Rauner and electing 6 county board members to counter bad group-think policy is the next one; In last night´s executive committee meeting--its 50 members made up of the officers of DPDC, townships chairs and proportionally-elected delegates from all 9 townships--the  DPDC voted to oppose SB 1592, legislation proposed by County Board Chair Dan Cronin that claims to consolidate a governmental body and create a bi-partisan election commission under the direction of the County Clerk. It does neither. Cronin's proposed legislation would allow him to appoint the Democratic commissioners and does not reduce the size of government. We urged Democratic legislators to oppose the bill and simply allow for the County Board to dissolve the current Election Commission and let the County Clerk conduct the elections as is done in the other 100 counties in Illinois. BY THE WAY, IF YOU STILL HAVEN'T SIGNED UP TO BE A PART OF THIS AMAZING MOVEMENT... Find YOUR Action Group here! Bob Peickert, Chair, DPDC                                                    DONATE  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 given, you should have or will be receiving your membership card in the mail soon and may use it to claim a discount on your ticket for our April Gala with Keith Ellison. We thank you for helping us grow our organization. "Suppose you had the revolution you are talking and dreaming about. Suppose your side had won, and you had the kind of society that you wanted. How would you live, you personally, in that society? Start living that way now!" Paul Goodman,  (1911-1972), American novelist, playwright, poet, psychotherapist, and social critic Let´s live that way together, The Democratic Party of DuPage County Democratic Party of DuPage County  |  630-629-1125  |  info@dupagedemocrats.com  |  http://www.dupagedemocrats.com

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW DNC POWER TEAM OF CHAIR, TOM PEREZ, AND DEPUTY CHAIR, KEITH ELLISON. THIS IS PROGRESS.   Website     Get Involved     Elections     About     Blog     Contact March 3, 2017   Congressman and Deputy DNC Chair Keith Ellison Keynotes our 2017 Gala on Sunday, April 23 RESIST, RECLAIM, REVITALIZE Greetings! Now that the Perez/Ellison Team is in power at the DNC, we look forward to the roll-out of the resist, reclaim and revitalize movement within our party. WE, TOO, must continue to keep up the pace, not easing on our support, en masse, of a people-centered and progressive agenda. Please refer to our recent blog post on the "10 things" by Michael Moore (found here) and watch for future posts on our site and in our other social media outlets about immediate actions to resist, reclaim and revitalize right here in DuPage. Ask your friends to join the DPDC and get involved in an action group (see below). Arm-chair quarterbacking WILL NOT DO this time around.  Our great good fortune continues as we move within two months of our amazing annual gala this year featuring our new Deputy Chair of the DNC, Congressman Keith Ellison. Additionally, Action Groups, under the direction of our new Program Director, Dawnn Basaraba (see a piece from her below) are taking DuPage by storm doing everything from making a peace wall around an Islamic center to holding special events like "Behind the Veil" last Friday, from creating amazing media strategies to align our message and support our three 2018 goals to reaching out through weekly phone banks. PLEASE get involved. Did we mention that arm-chair quarterbacking will not do this time around? We hope you will support both our, and the new DNC chairs', progressive agenda by joining us on April 23rd at the Carlisle in Lombard. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR INDIVIDUAL TICKETS   FOR MEMBERS-ONLY TICKET LINK WRITE US HERE A BROCHURE FOR TABLES AND SPONSORSHIPS CAN BE FOUND HERE  AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR, DAWNN BASARABA My friends, I cannot tell you how thrilled and honored I am to have been appointed Program Director especially at this energized restart point of the Democratic Party of DuPage County.  The tireless dedicated efforts of our past and present seasoned volunteers under Bob Peickert's, The Executive Committee's and Amy Rohrer's  phenomenal and strategic leadership, have led us to this huge leap in growth and talent.  Programs and systems are rolling out everyday and we are building bonds and partnerships with Action for a Better Tomorrow,Indivisible and other groups.   Will Illinois Go Red?  Not on our watch! 2017 is our year to build, grow and lay infrastructure. It hurts so good,knowing we are feeling the growing pains to win 2018 and beyond.  We are the Protectors of this land and our fellow humans.  I am delighted  to introduce to you some new, and seasoned, leaders who have stepped up to share their time, talents, and treasure with us: College & High School Youth Team: Derek Miller and Samantha Wilson CommunicationsTeam: Dan Bailey, Amanda Recupio, Walt Zlotow Country Board Team: Arlene Kendorski and Liz Chaplin Data Analysis Team: Paul Farber Elected Officials Liaison Team: Erin Crilly and Sana Singh Election Protection Team: Janet Wagner and Justin Major Executive Team: Bob Peickert, Dawnn Basaraba, Amy Rohrer, and Karen Hoffman Gala Team: Michelle Gale and Eileen Steed General Events Team: Paul Adams and Liz Ward Google Suites Support Team: Cathy Clarkin, Trevor Torrence and Patrick Caruso Graphics: Joe Costa, Tina Tyson-Dunne Ground Team: Alex Franklin and Ben McAdams Membership and Sponsorship: Bob Peickert Office Volunteers Team: Carol Gabert, Susan Kasprowicz, and Laura Font Phone Banking: Donna Conrad and Melina Kline Strategy Team for PR: Suzanne Magnuson, Sara Kurganov and the leaders of the Communications, Graphics Social Media Teams Social Media: Carrie Brasser and Kathy Errera Votebuilder: Alfonso Gutierrez                                                   CORRECTION FROM LAST WEEK! Last week, we accidentally left out an important link in our chain of Action Groups: the people behind the Google Suites Tech support which has propelled us even farther than we imagined twice as quickly. Many thanks to Therese Jilek, Jessica Buttimer and Cathy Clarkin, who is the leader of the Tech group with Trevor Torrence and Patrick Caruso. Here is what the Tech Team is up to and you can join them by writing to gsuitesupport@dupagedemocrats.com with JOIN TECH in the subject line: The newly formed Tech Support team set up G-Suite for the Affinity Groups to help them collaborate and communicate. Tech Support continues to train volunteers in the implementation of G-Suite and is working toward assigning at least one Tech Support volunteer to each Affinity Group. The assignedTech Support volunteer will maintain online files, troubleshoot issues, and help craft technical solutions for affinity group leaders and members. Long term, we are working toward a more efficient way to gather and maintain volunteer contact information. STILL HAVEN'T SIGNED UP TO BE A PART OF THIS AMAZING MOVEMENT? Find YOUR Action Group here! POP QUIZ!!! Something people have been asking for is on its way very soon! CLICK THIS LINK to decide which one you want to order today! DONATE  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 given, you should have or will be receiving your membership card in the mail soon and may use it to claim a discount on your ticket for our April Gala with Keith Ellison. We thank you for helping us grow our organization. Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.  Paul Wellstone We recognize you. Democratic Party of DuPage County Democratic Party of DuPage County  |  630-629-1125  |  info@dupagedemocrats.com  |  http://www.dupagedemocrats.com

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