UK College Democrats

Flyer/handbill that the University of Kentucky College Democrats will be posting and passing out during K-Week and prior to the first meeting on Aug. 31st.

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As you may know, we had been looking for a new logo and if you’ve been following us on Twitter or Facebook you know that we have some awesome new logos.

We want to thank CDA Communications Director, Dana Cronyn, for designing our great new logos.

Hey everybody,

We’re looking for a new logo.  The current logo can be seen at the top of this page or at this link.

If you are a graphic designer, or just someone who knows their way around Photoshop, we’d like your help.

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We’re looking for something modern, cool, and flexible.  We’ll be using this logo on all official UKDems communication and literature, as well as the official UKDems twitter account, facebook group, etc.

I’d love to hear, and more importantly see, your ideas.  Email me at: Justin.Lamb@uky.edu

Thanks,

Justin

First off, let me introduce myself.  I’m Justin Lamb, a Political Science and Philosophy Junior at the University of Kentucky (obviously) and I’m the President of UKDems for the ‘09-’10 school year.

That being said let’s move on to the new E-Board for this coming year (as an aside, I encourage the E-Board to list their contact info below):

President: Justin Lamb

• Email: Justin.Lamb@uky.edu
• Twitter: twitter.com/JustinLamb
• Facebook: facebook.com/LightandRefreshing

Vice President: Sarah Short

• Email: sarah.short@uky.edu
• Facebook: facebook.com/sarah.short

Secretary: Jordan Panning

Treasurer: Nick Whitt

• Email: nicholas.whitt@uky.edu
• Twitter: nwhittuk10

Historian: Nichole Stark

Philanthropy Chair: Stephanie Hopkins

I’d also like to introduce our two non-voting officers for the upcoming year:

Membership Director: Courtney Roberts

Webmaster: Robert Kahne

Congratulations to all of our new officers!

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I am happy to report to you that, the UKDems and Midway College Democrats teamed up to go to the College Democrats of America Convention together. To tag on to this, I want to commend the Kentucky delegation for representing our great Commonwealth to the nation.  So, thank you to UL, Midway College, and our own UK delegation for making KY proud!

I would also like to, on behalf of the UKDems as well as the College Democrats of Kentucky, congratulate all of the new CDA officers elected during the 50th CDA Convention!

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If you would like to receive more information from us:

Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/UKCollegeDems

Join the Facebook group: UK College Democrats

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Finally, as the school year begins to close in on us, I want to remind you that the first UKDems meeting will be Aug. 31st at 7:30p in rm. 211 of the Student Center.  Everyone is welcome at this or any of our meetings.  I hope that you have had a great summer and I look forward to seeing everyone back on campus!

-Justin Lamb, President

Ok, so this weekend is kind of a big deal. Whether you’re a Democrat working to elect progressive leadership which cares about America, or if you’re a social justice activist celebrating the past 25 years of the Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice, this is an important year.

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As those of you reading may know, all four of you, we are heading out at 6 pm today, after phone banking to help Bruce Lunsford ‘Ditch Mitch‘, to Portsmouth, Ohio. Wish us luck, as we work in the Appalachian Rust Belt to help Barack Obama win Ohio. We’ll be knocking on doors, phone banking, attending festivals, and just having general merriment and revelry as we spread the message of Hope in Ohio. However, I know many of you will not be joining UK College Democrats out there, due to other commitments.

If you cannot join us, please join the hardworking people of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, who are working with CKCPJ, Greenthumb, and WRFL to bring a great free campus at 7 pm tomorrow night on the Student Center patio at UK. This 2nd Concert for the Commonwealth, which will feature Devine Carama, Varsovia, and Groove Manifesto, is part of both Operation Voter Madness from the Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, and also kicking off the 20 Days for Peace and Justice by the Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice. So, if you’re not helping elect a progressive candidate at that time, come celebrate progressive values and social justice (isn’t that redundant?).

I know it’s been a long time since yours truly has posted, but I’ve got a schedule that I can post with again. (Thank the Lord!)

Alright, rather than talking about how scary the concept is of a Vice President that does not have to answer to the legislative or executive branches, how excited I am about this weekend (where UK College Democrats are joining the Morehead State University College Democrats in Ohio), talking about voter madness, or even discussing the Concert for the Commonwealth tomorrow night (which, if you’re not in OH, you should go to…), I’m just going to talk about how important it is that we work like our lives depended on it.. because they do.

Our lives depend on having a vision of America where we all realize we are in this community together. It is the interconnection between all Americans that make the growing disparity in wealth disconcerting, and that fundamental good and services we all depend on in this country, whether it be a roof over our head, food to feed our children, the opportunity to better ourselves through education, or the health care to allow us to continue to work, are all becoming luxuries that are increasingly reserved for the privileged classes in this country. Every child deserves a roof over their head, every child deserves the best education we can give them, and every parent should not have to worry what the next illness may mean for their family.

We’ve all lived in moments where our families were not sure if they would make it. Today, more Americans than ever face these moments every day. It’s time we had a government who would listen to the 90 million Americans who go without healthcare for part of the year; the students who are being forced to take out tens of thousands of dollars to get the education to guarentee that they too can partake in the American dream they have believed in their entires lives.

I am fortunate to be a part of an organization dedicated to electing the candidates who are willing to make the tough decisions to ensure that every American can afford health care coverage, every child can afford an education, and that will reinvest in America and the American dream. From Barack Obama to Kelly Flood, from Joe Biden to Bruce Lunsford, and from Ben Chandler to Kathy Stein, we have the candidates who are putting working Americans before the moneyed interests. We have the candidates who care more about the condition of Main Street, rather than the condition of K Street.

Fired up and ready to go in Invesco!

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Hey everyone!  Last night we had our first official meeting of the year and I think it was a great start!  We had around 50 people at the meeting, which is an excellent and encouraging showing.  In case you weren’t able to make the meeting, below I’m including an abbreviated version of the minutes from the meeting so that you can keep up with the exciting things going on.

Tonight I went to the Student Government Informational Banquet, so now I know what we have to do in order to apply for a grant at some point this year for an event.  We only get one grant this year, so we’ll have to really look at what we want to accomplish and prioritize.  If you have any great ideas for an event, let us know by either leaving a comment here, by e-mailing one of the officers, or by brining it up at a meeting.

Make sure that you’re a member of our facebook group, which can be found by searching for UK College Democrats.  I’ll be sending out messages to the group about events and different things.  We’ve got a listserv that we use periodically, but probably the majority of our communication with you all will be through our Facebook group.

Reminders:

• Debate on Thursday against College Republicans - 7pm, Worsham Theater
• Canvassing for Kelly Flood and Kathy Stein this Saturday - meet at FCDPHQ at 10:30 for canvassing from 11-2
• SEEDS training this Sunday - 3-8:30

- Sarah Short, Secretary

Minutes - Meeting 9/8/08

Pizza (brought by Nichole Stark - woo hoo!) and Sign-in

Introduction to the group and Officer Introductions

Speakers:

Tess - UK Students for Obama Campaign

• voter registration drives, campus involvement

Stephen Shepherd - coordinated campaign

• canvas on Saturday mornings
• phone banking daily 9am-9pm
• some of the candidates they work for are Kelly Flood, Kathy Stein, Bruce Lunsford, Barack Obama

Brittany Ingram - Delta Sigma Theta sorority

• Presidential Affair Forum - Tuesday, September 9
• room 211, 6 pm
• College Dems reps are Hannah Alsgaard and John Ghaelian
• educate students on campaigning and the candidates

*Brief announcement about Debate against College Republicans

• Thursday, September 11
• Worsham Theater - 7pm
• Panel: Chad Reese, Hannah Alsgaard, John Ghaelian, Joe Gallenstein, Robert Kahne (maybe)

KFTC rep (Kentuckians for the Commonwealth)

• involved with environmental and social justice issues
• nonpartisan - promote voting

*Brief announcement about 3 members who went to CDA/DNC in August - more about next year’s CDA trip in a few months

Sally Evans - VIP center

• SEEDS training - Sunday, September 14
• 3-8:30
• drop by to volunteer any time

Kelly Flood - candidate for State House 75th district

• replace Kathy Stein who is running for State Senate seat
• spoke about background and reasons for running
• more information: www.kellyflood.com