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MYD General Meeting Tomorrow Night!

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow at our monthly general meeting. We’ll be joined by City Council Member Margaret Chin who will discuss some of the most pressing issues facing our city. We’ll also talk about our plans to support Marriage Equality and our campaign against hydrofracking! So drop by and join the conversation. Drink specials all night! Facebook event HERE.

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Tuesday’s Monthly General Meeting & Happy Hour

Join the newly elected and appointed 2011 MYD Board as we plan and execute our year with all of you at our February General Meeting & Happy Hour NEXT Tuesday, 2/15, from 7-11pm! We will have a special guest speaker – David A.C. Turley, Statewide Field Organizer for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). David will talk to us about working to get marriage equality passed in New York this year. Take a gander at this oh so well spoken young fella to remember what we’re fighting for: http://gomyd.com/2011/02/03/the-truth-about-family/. Also, if you are a new member this year, come and learn about all of our Issue Oriented Committees – what they have been doing so far, and how you can get … More >>

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MYD 2010 Policy Platform – Up For Review!

Our Issues Oriented Committees have been working hard on their policy platforms and we’ve been able to narrow and focus our goals to a few key policy points. A quick tear-sheet of the platform is available for download (2010 Platform Tearsheet – 8.17.10), full descriptions are available on the website HERE (where you can also check out the 2009 Policy Platforms). At tomorrow’s General Meeting the IOC chairs will go over their platform and we will have the opportunity to discuss them. If you’re interested in helping frame the issues that are important you as a Young Democrat we encourage you to join the committees so we can start planning activities and advocating on these ideas. For the 2010 Election … More >>

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Meeting TOMORROW, New Location!

Via Elizabeth Kanter, MYD’s Event Director: Was your weekend a blur of soccer, ahem, football ‘fans’ running amok?  Did any bar with a TV spontaneously turn into the 4 train during rush hour?  Well we have your place of refuge tomorrow night – join MYD for our monthly meeting and drinks at our fun NEW, larger venue: RS Lounge! While we sit in the cool A/C, we’ll be talking about the upcoming campaign season, upcoming Issue Committee events, and our newly-formed Good Government Task Force to fight corruption in NY politics. We continue to be committed to electing truly progressive leaders and cleaning up the systemic corruption plaguing Albany.  We will also be watching MYD’s ‘Take Back New York’ video … More >>

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MYD Meeting Tonight! New Location!

Quick reminder that tonight’s General Meeting is at a new location: MYD General Meeting and Post-meeting Drinks Van Diemens – 383 3rd Avenue, near 28th Street (map) 7:00 – 8:00pm, drinks begin at 8:00pm MYD Directors and IOC Chairs will be giving an update. Followed by guest speaker, candidate Reshma Saujani. Stay for a few drink specials after the meeting. Check out the agenda here.

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About Last Night

So last night was the monthly MYD general meeting, which from watching the reaction of President Benninghoff as more and more new faces arrived, was a really great turnout – and at least speaking for the New Media team, that got us pretty pumped. We were also quite psyched to match faces to email addresses, as well as make some new friends and laugh at some new jokes as the Guinness was flowing at PS 450 afterwards. You can expect a summary of the meeting ASAP. In the meantime – this much is clear: Something is happening at MYD. And what that will mean is what all of us get to shape in the coming weeks and months. So get … More >>

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