UncategorizedApril 23, 2012 8:27am

Submit Nominations for Young Gets It Done

MYD’s Young Gets It Done (YGID) is the premier Young Democrats event of the summer, and MYD’s largest event of the year. The event attracts over 300 young, active, and progressive supporters, as well as a myriad of elected officials.

Each year, YGID honors 5 leaders under 35 who have kicked ass, and made a successful contribution to our communities.

As YGID continues to establish itself as the marquee Young Democrats event of the summer, we thought it would be a great idea for our readers, members, and friends to submit nominations for this year’s Top 5 Leaders Under 35. All submissions are Anonymous (link below)

Submit your choice here:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N72QB6X

Our past nominees have been:

2009: Lt. Dan Choi, Hon. Micah Kellner, Justin Krebs, Hon. Jessica Lappin, Hon. Daniel Squadron

2010: Hon. David Carlucci, P.J. Kim, Micah Lasher, Ari Melber, Hon. Jumaane Williams

2011: Marvin Bing, Natasha Dillon, Ava Farkas, Lincoln Restler, Jose Luis Zacatelco

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Take Action, UncategorizedApril 6, 2012 10:00am

New York Cares Spring Day

On Saturday, April 21st, MYD will be joining over 5,000 volunteers for New York Cares Spring Day (formerly Hands On New York Day) to clean and revitalize public spaces throughout the city.

This is also the third anniversary of the signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.  If you haven’t read it yet, check out a recent blog post – A Call to Serve (ow.ly/1Ju09h) – on the significance of this day.

Our team site for this day of service is the Friends of Dag Hammarksjold Plaza, the “Gateway to the United Nations” (ow.ly/1JUnvv).  We’ll be rolling up our sleeves to get this historic space ready for the summer.  More details to follow about the project.

Would you like to join us?

· Visit www.newyorkcaresday.org
· Select “Register”
· Choose “Join a Team” and select “Manhattan Young Democrats” from the drop down menu

As MYD is a past participant, the registration fee to join the team is half price ($10).  When signing up, use discount code NYCDS12HALF.  The funds defray the considerable costs that go into the day.

Team registration is underway and will last through next Friday, April 13th.  Sign up soon to get your spot.

Would you like to be our team leader?

On New York Cares Spring Day, team leaders work with the Site Captain to setup supplies, keep the team on track and coordinate post-volunteer drinks.

This is open to anyone and will be a great opportunity to come together as a team to give back.

I hope to see you on April 21st!

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Learn Something, MYD ItselfApril 4, 2012 5:43pm

“Sex, drugs and community boards?”

Last year MYD’s Vice President Ahmed Tigani made a commitment to get more young people involved in their local community boards.  We even hosted a representative from the Borough President’s office who spoke to our members about applying for membership.

So imagine our delight to read this headline in today’s Politicker:

Stringer Adds Youngsters To Community Board

Earlier this year, Manhattan BP Scott Stringer announced a plan to infuse the stodgy community boards with new members in their 20?s and 30?s, and today he announced that half of the 82 new members of the community board fit that demographic.

Not only are there more young people on the Manhattan Community Boards than ever before, but we are proud to say that several MYD members were included in that list, including our Secretary, Cory Evans.

For more information about Community Boards, you can check out Borough President Stringer’s website.

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UncategorizedApril 2, 2012 1:17pm

Scenes from MYD’s 3rd Annual Engendering Progress!

Thanks to everyone who came to Engendering Progress!

Nearly 200 people packed into Greenhouse on March 21st to join MYD in honoring some amazing women and their inspiring work: Pamela Barnes, President and CEO of EngenderHealth; Rachel Soares, Senior Associate of Research at Catalyst; and Emily May, Co-founder and Executive Director of Hollaback!, who is working with the City Council to connect Hollaback! apps to New York City’s 311 system.


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Learn Something, Take ActionMarch 29, 2012 10:00am
For Your Reading, NewsMarch 28, 2012 3:54pm

Trayvon Martin and the 2012 Elections

The following piece was originally posted at Young Movement, Inc.  It is posted with the permission of its author, Roy Paul, a fast emerging political commentator, journalist and analyst.

February 26, 2012 started out as any ordinary day for Sabrina Fulton.  Little did she know that her life had already taken a turn towards a dark place of no return.

Ms. Fulton’s 17 year old son Trayvon Martin lying dead in a morgue in Florida was about to become another face of what is still very wrong and unjust with our society and criminal justice system.   When the tragic news of my fellow fallen brother finally swept the national headlines, I couldn’t help but wonder if my own mother would someday be confronted with a similar horror.  After all, she has definitely expressed those concerns with me on numerous occasions.

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