This past weekend the Young Democrats of America held their fall conference in Orlando, FL. I, along with about 250 others nationwide, traveled to the sunny city for a weekend full of wonderful meetings, trainings, planning sessions, and fun with friends we only get to see every 3 months or so.
I started my weekend off [...]
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After months of hard work and many conversations yesterday lasting until 4 this morning, the votes have been cast and unfortunately we did not get the 2010 Winter Conference we were originally bidding for.
However as a sign of our hard work and dedication to YDA the decision was made to grant Topeka the 2011 Winter [...]
I’ve been in DC this week for conferences and meetings, but the conference I’m at today is called A Better Deal, for young people who are trying to navigate the economy in such troubling times. I’ve told you these stats before: youth have twice the unemployment than the rest of the country despite having [...]
What’s tall, loud, and loves to cause trouble?
In the relatively new phenomena known as the “Netroots” there are a plethora of wonderful writers and activist working to change the world. One of the best out there is my wonderful trouble making friend, Sarah Burris.
Sarah has worked with numerous campaigns from presidential to city [...]
Last week (Aug 5 – 9) I was in Chicago, IL for the 2009 Young Democrats of America National Convention. Aside from being in an awesome city and being around tons of young people with similar beliefs, the convention proved to be an incredible learning and networking experience.YDA is more than a social club it [...]
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