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Leadership Doesn’t Wait: MYD’s First County Committee Meeting
October 15 was the first meeting of the CouBennty Committee for 2009 and the Manhattan Young Democrats made history. If you weren’t there in person, you missed an amazing night, but you might have been there in spirit. MYDs success was only possible because young, engaged people decided to get involved and gave MYD the opportunity to make a difference. That night, MYD stood up to “politics as usual” — and succeeded. Brandon Chamberlin, MYD Open Seat Project candidate and now County Committeeman, nominated William Allan Benninghoff, our President, to the Executive Committee of the County Committee as 3rd Vice Chair. Underwhelming? Guess again. This action forced an actual vote of the Committee for a leadership role which, based on … More >>
The Basics of Change – Video Coming Soon!
MYD’s Open Seat Project hosted a petitioning workshop, the first in our “The Basics of Change” series to educate NYers about politics, this past Sunday at The Tank. (Shout-out to Drinking Liberally‘s Justin Krebs for the space!) MYDers and former Obama supporters alike came together to learn about how to petition and why it’s such an important step in the democratic process. Leading the workshop was The Grassroots Initiative, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to equipping civically-minded individuals with the tools they need to affect change and rejuvenate democracy one person at a time. We’ll be posting a video of the session soon, so for those of you who missed it and still want to learn about petitioning, stay tuned! And if you … More >>
