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  • YDA Announces New Executive Director, Prepares for 2012 Election

    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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  • 2012 High School Kick-Off Call

    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 [...]

  • YDA Statement on the Resignation of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)

    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 [...]

  • Young Democrats of America Statement on the President’s State of the Union Address

    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 [...]

  • State of the Union

    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 [...]

  • Young Democrats of America Statement on the South Carolina Primary

    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 [...]

  • YDA praises White House decision on contraception and womens’ health

    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, [...]

  • Faith & Values Leadership Summit in Washington, DC

    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 [...]

  • New Hampshire Young Dems offer analysis of Tuesday’s primary results

    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 [...]

  • Padilla: Young people are fed up with Washington gridlock, not Obama

    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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