King County Democrats

Hear from candidates for state party chair at a forum organized by the "Unity Coalition" of constituency caucuses
(Below is the text of a letter from Unity Coalition Coordinator, Luis Moscoso)

Dear Party Officer/Leader:

On behalf of the Unity Coalition I am very pleased to invite you to attend the first State Chair Candidates Forum this coming Sunday, January 8 in Renton, WA. [[]Please see attached flyer for more details.]

You might be asking yourself, "Who is the Unity Coalition?"
The Unity Coalition is an ad hoc group consisting of eleven of our recognized Democratic Party caucuses:
African American Caucus; Agriculture Rural Caucus; Asian Pacific American Caucus;
Disability Caucus; Federation of Democratic Women; Hispanic/Latino Caucus; Jewish
Caucus; Labor Caucus; Progressive Caucus; Stonewall Democrats; & Veterans Caucus
And, "Why are they doing this now?"
As soon as Mr. Berendt notified us that he was resigning from the Chair a group of individuals from these caucuses came together to discuss how they could play a constructive role in vetting the prospective candidates. This idea had been floating around since our Central Committee meeting in Pasco when members of the Affirmative Action Committee (AAC) talked about developing a new Action Plan for the committee. It was felt that the AAC and some caucuses needed a venue for discussing their various and mutual concerns directly with the Central Committee.

One of the ideas that came forth was to form a Unity Coalition that would provide a venue to discuss and promote caucus issues to the larger Party. The idea of having a Candidates Forum seemed to be an opportune way for us to provide input to the Party about how we'd like more direct interaction and dialogue with all State Party Officers, the Executive Board and the Central Committee.
By collectively presenting our concerns to the prospective candidates we will be raising everyone's awareness about what's important to us as the Party transitions in this very important election year. It is not the intention of the Unity Coalition to consense around one particular candidate. Each caucus is free to endorse, or not endorse, depending on its own membership. Only the Central Committee can determine who the next Chair will be and how we will all go forward together.

The Unity Coalition wants a chance to share our interests with everyone. We wish we could replicate this forum in other parts of the state. But it was all we could do to accomplish this much over the holidays. The minutes of the Forum will be made available to the entire Central Committee prior to the election on Jan. 28, 2006 so that they may consider the Candidates' responses to our questions.

Please feel free to contact any Caucus Leadership or members you may know about this. I'm sure they'd like to hear from you. We look forward to your feedback when this is completed.

Warmest regards,
Luis Moscoso
Unity Coalition Coordinator
425.776.9061
Posted on: 1/3/2006 11:15:51 PM by robdolin@wuxx.com
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