THE PACE, YDA's OFFICIAL BLOG
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January 26, 2012
The Board of Directors of the Young Democrats of America today announced the appointment of Emily Tisch Sussman (@EmilyYDA) to the position of Executive Director, overseeing the organization’s more than 1,500 chapters and 150,000 members across the country. Sussman will formally begin her duties on February 7. “The 70 million young people of the Millennial [...]
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January 25, 2012
I am excited to invite you to a very special 2012 kick-off conference call for High School Democrats tomorrow night, Thursday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. (EST). We will be joined by Jeremy Bird, National Field Director for Obama for America, who will answer our questions and explain why it’s so important for students get involved [...]
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January 25, 2012
Washington, D.C. (January 25, 2012)- The Young Democrats of America released the following statement on the resignation of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: “From her first entry into elective politics, Congresswoman Giffords has been a champion for issues which affect young Americans throughout our nation,” said YDA Executive Vice President Colmon Elridge. “She has invested in [...]
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January 24, 2012
The Young Democrats of America stand with the millions of poor and middle class Americans whose voices were heard in the halls of Congress this evening, as President Obama delivered his State of the Union Address. Tonight, President Obama articulated a vision for the future of the United States that is built on a foundation [...]
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January 23, 2012
Tomorrow evening at 9:00pm (EST), President Obama will deliver his fourth State of the Union address. The President will update the nation on where we are and more importantly re-articulate his vision for where we are going and how we, together, will get there. Having just experienced the re-election of an incumbent in my home [...]
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January 21, 2012
While the South Carolina Primary was the first of the 2012 primaries held in the south, the results continue to show a Republican party conflicted with its own identity yet knowledgeable that none of the remaining four candidates are ready or able to lead the United States of America into the future. Newt Gingrich won [...]
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January 20, 2012
Today, the White House issued a decisive ruling from the Department of Health & Human Services that would allow millions of women to have access to birth control through their insurance without co-pays. This decision will also now extend toward women who work at religiously affiliated hospitals and attend religiously affiliated universities. In previous decades, [...]
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January 17, 2012
YDA is excited to announce our inaugural Faith and Values Leadership Summit, which will take place March 23-25, 2012 in Washington, DC. The goal of the Summit is to develop a group of committed young Democrats eager and ready to lead at the intersection of faith and politics and redefine the political conversation around values [...]
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January 12, 2012
The following analysis of the 2012 New Hampshire primary is from New Hampshire Young Democrats Vice President Doug Lindner: The combined number of young people voting for all the Republicans in Tuesday’s New Hampshire Primary just barely exceeded the number of young people who voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 New Hampshire Primary—when he [...]
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January 10, 2012
YDA Treasurer Jonathan Padilla published an opinion piece on NYTimes.com explaining that the Millennial Generation is fed up with gridlock in Washington but has not lost faith in President Obama. “Obama has not lost young voters; Washington has. In fact, it’s the president who is one of the remaining champions young people have inside the [...]
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