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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
10:00 AM
Contact: Sam Spencer
Phone: (919) 322-YDNC
sam@ydnc.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Young Democrats of North Carolina released the following informational graphic opposing Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger's working class tax hike:

This Saturday, August 4, Young Democrat Day will celebrate the service-minded Millennial Generation by giving Young Democrats across North Carolina the opportunity to give back through registering voters, donating blood, collecting canned food, and more. Events are planned in Murphy, Asheville, Black Mountain, Dallas, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Clayton, Elizabeth City, Wilmington, and Manteo. Follow the action starting at 4 AM using the #YDDay hashtag!

Click for a full list of events and sign up form!

All over the state, Young Democrats will spend the weekend making a difference. Gaston Young Democrats will help distribute school supplies, Mecklenburg Young Democrats will donate blood, Guilford Young Democrats will collect cans to combat a shortage at the local food bank, and Young Democrats from Asheville to Wilmington will register voters.

What does the North Carolina Democratic Party stand for?

After being in power for a hundred years, the last two have felt like a whirlwind. Republicans are moving (backwards) on a number of different fronts and they are doing it quickly. After a hundred years of sitting on the bench they knew exactly what they wanted; Amendment One, Women’s Right To Know, Fracking, dismantle public education, etc. Even if what they stand for is hate, sexism and shortsightedness, they at least stand FOR something.

On the other hand, for the last two years Democrats have been pushed against a wall. All we can do is try to slow down the attacks to public education, women’s rights, the environment, ec. The biggest thing in the Governor’s budget? A temporary extension of a sales (read: regressive) tax hike...not exactly New Deal stuff.

YDNC Officers will travel from Murphy to Manteo on August 4th to celebrate Young Democrat Day. Young Democrat Day will celebrate Young Democrats across our State. Young Democrats have always fought to give young North Carolinians a seat at the table while elevating the tenor of our political discourse, and we've often been the first organization to give a voice to the ideas of the future.

BlueNCers are welcome to join in by attending one of many events (example below) or by tweeting on the #YDDay hashtag.

On Saturday May 19 at congressional district conventions across North Carolina, 20 YDNC members and youth (under 36) were elected as North Carolina delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. These 20 delegates include College Democrats of North Carolina Vice President Keylin Rivera (UNC Greensboro & Gaston County), North Carolina Association of Teen Democrats President Vibhav Kollu (Cabarrus County), LGBT Democrats President Ryan Butler (Guilford County), YDNC District Chairs Justin Conley (Macon County) and Nick Carpenter (Cleveland County), Buncombe YD President Parker Sloan, and YDNC President Sam Spencer (Mecklenburg County).

From YDNC Secretary Zoe Riddle-Fawcett:

I woke up yesterday morning with hope. For months, I refused to listen to those who said we were fighting an impossible battle. In a society that was built on and continues to thrive off of inequality, one must always have hope. When I heard Amendment One had passed, the emotions I felt were almost unbearable. The hope I had managed to hold onto had been crushed. I looked down at the "I'm Voting AGAINST Amendment One" pin still attached to my purse and tears immediately began to pour from my eyes as I thought of all the citizens in North Carolina whose lives will be unjustly disrupted by this amendment.

The Young Democrats of North Carolina (YDNC) elected our 2012-2013 executive board at the Young Democrats and College Democrats of North Carolina Convention at the Blake Hotel in Charlotte on March 31st. Sam Spencer of Davidson will continue as President for a second year; Gabriel Seth Koch of Wilmington will serve as Vice President; Zoe Riddle-Fawcett of Winston-Salem and Manteo will serve as Secretary; and Councilman Andy Ball of Boone will serve a second two-year term as National Committeeman to the Young Democrats of America.

If you've read BlueNC in the month, you know the Young Democrats of North Carolina are having a convention this week. What you may not have heard about are the two empowering events that begin and end the convention.

On Friday March 30, the YDNC Women's Caucus concludes its celebration of Women's History Month with the Young Democrats of North Carolina Women's Caucus Legacy Reception, honoring four Democratic Women including Charlotte's very own Susan Burgess & Samara Foxx. On Sunday April 1, our convention weekend concludes with a Day of Action Against the Constitutional Amendment (aka Amendment 1).

Please join the Young Democrats of North Carolina Women's Caucus tonight at 7:30 PM for a Conference Call about the Republican War on Women with Representative Susi Hamilton (D-New Hanover). Rep. Hamilton will talk with attendees about what we can do to stop efforts in Raleigh and across the state to reverse years of progress towards equality.

Caucus Call Line: 1-619-326-2700 Access Code 620-6727#
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For more information please e-mail women@ydnc.org.