Doing Good in Your Neighborhood:
Young Dems make hygene packs in Katrina region
By Anna Weisfeiler (MA)
Jackson, Mississippi, Young
Democrats from across the country had more on their minds than
just the recent sweeping Democratic victory and organizational
business. Beyond simply learning about their host state, YDA
members wanted to give back to the community they were visiting
and help those affected by the Katrina..
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and see pictures...
YDA in Taiwan
By Luther Lowe (AR)
From the YDA Minority Caucus Listserv
College Caucus Chair Luther Lowe recently spent a week in Taiwan
to represent YDA in a program hosted by the Democratic
Progressive Party of Taiwan. During the trip, YDA was
represented as part of an international delegation to observe
democratic processes and provide feedback.
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Speaker Pelosi:
We Kept Our Promise
Via email
"We have demonstrated that
the Congress of the United States is not a place where good
ideas and the optimism of the American people go to die. It's a
place where issues that are relevant to the everyday lives of
America's working families will receive the respect and the
change they desire."
- Speaker Pelosi, 1/18/07 Read more...
Would you Like to Be a Delegate to the
DNC Presidential Nominating Convention in 2008?
By Chris Gallaway (VA)
As an active Democrat, you have
the unique opportunity to be a part of the 2008 presidential
race in an exciting way - as a delegate to the DNC Presidential
Nominating Convention that is being held in Denver, CO.
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Policy Makers should focus on uninsured youth
By Lauren B. Goode (OH)
Bird flu. Meningitis. Sexually transmitted diseases. With the threat
of global pandemic and the continued spread of infectious diseases,
the fact that many young people are uninsured is troubling. In 2004,
13.7 million young adults aged 19 to 29 completely lacked health
care insurance.
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Spread the Word
As young people we are uniquely positioned to leverage the power of social software to spread our message. On the morning of election day, YDA started a campaign to encourage using a YDA logo as your profile pic on social networking services: http://www.yda.org/actions/98/replace-your-myspace-and-facebook-pic-with-this-one. If you haven't changed your profile pic and/or added YDA as a Friend on MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, or Spaces, now is a great time to do so.