Celebrating Success in the March 5 Primary!
We're thrilled to announce our success in the March 5 Primary elections! Our CADEM-endorsed candidates, Jessica Morse for CD3 and Neva Parker for AD5 have advanced to the November 5, 2024, General Election! Congratulations to both campaigns on this significant achievement, and let's continue to show our support to ensure their success in November. With your help, we can make it happen!
Both campaigns are gearing up for a series of house parties this spring, emphasizing direct personal contact with the candidates. If you're interested in hosting a house party, please contact the Morse campaign at houseparties@morseforcongress.com or visit the Parker campaign's website at www.nevaparkerforassembly.com. Your involvement can truly make a difference.
How Do We Improve Voter Turnout?
by
Barbara Smith
Community Engagement Committee Chair
We know the importance of voter turnout to our candidates' success. Although Placer's turnout was better than the state average, results show the electorate is apathetic, disengaged, and wary of both political parties.
However, there are immediate actions we can take to propel our candidates to victory:
Create well-informed voters - Disinformation is rampant on social media, and it causes voters to disengage. The best way to combat disinformation is to put the candidates in direct contact with constituents by hosting house parties. To find out more, please contact the campaigns directly:
houseparties@morseforcongress.com https://www.nevaparkerforassembly.com/volunteer
Repeat the message - On average, we need to be exposed to a message at least SEVEN TIMES to remember it. Repeated personal contact will bring success this November. If you are an active phone banker or canvasser, thank you for your efforts, and bring your friends! If not, we would love for you to join us. You can sign up here https://linktr.ee/cdpnorcal
Help voters make a plan - take our Pledge to Vote and encourage your friends, family, and neighbors to do so as well.
As we step into the campaign season, The Placer Democrats are ready to serve as your reliable source for accurate, up-to-date information on how you can actively participate.
Earth Day 2024
Sierra College is gearing up for its unique annual EARTH DAY festival on Thursday, April 25, from 10 AM - 3 PM. This isn't just any festival; it's a fun-filled day dedicated to celebrating our amazing planet and addressing the climate crisis. The festival is a hub of knowledge, offering resources on various environmental topics, from deforestation to managing water resources to starting a compost pile. It's a platform that promotes sustainability, encourages green lifestyle choices, and shares best practices. Moreover, it's not just about learning but also about taking action. Some groups participating in Earth Day offer volunteer opportunities for students or inspire them to engage in environmental activism.
Read moreBalance?
I hesitated to blame my former colleagues, the esteemed members of the Fourth Estate, for the deterioration and manipulation of facts in today’s news reporting. However, any news organization that would consider hiring an election denier willing to overthrow a fair election is part of the problem—they all are. Our political system is now a kaleidoscope of normalized destructive lies because of misguided editorial decisions to seek balance rather than truth.
Was NBC serious, or was it a bad dream?
Read moreA Message from Our Chair Kathleen Crawford
The March 5, 2024, Primary Election is our first big test in supporting our 2 CADEM endorsed candidates, Jessica Morse for CD3 and Neva Parker for AD5. If your ballot is not yet in the mail nor delivered to a drop box or a Voting Center, it's THE most important thing for you to do as soon as possible. Of course, this is a Presidential election, and re-electing the Biden/Harris ticket is crucial for our democracy and freedoms. The federal Senate race is aggressively contested, and CADEM delegates did not endorse it. Choose carefully, and there could possibly be two Democratic candidates on the ballot in the November General Election.
Read moreWell-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
In honor of Women's History Month, we take this opportunity to shine a light on some of the women whose accomplishments have contributed to our stories.
Read moreWeapons of Class Destruction
Throughout history, power grabbers have tended to find their way into classrooms. I assume the goal is to indoctrinate the next generation to their way of thinking and being. I call it a thinly closeted mind control movement to benefit the few and serve even fewer. To enhance a catchphrase, you can follow the money and privilege if you want to know who they are.
Meme: In all of history, the good guys were never the ones banning books.
Sad and true.
Historically, our public education was comprised of part facts, part bullshit. Textbooks celebrate the white power structure, elevating it to hero status and even using inaccurate imagery of a non-physical God while villainizing the rest of us non-white, non-male humans. I was fortunate; my elementary school teachers told us our textbooks were filled with lies, racism, and white supremacist leanings. And once the age of enlightenment hit, (the 60s, not the other one), we began to recognize the flaws in what we passed off as public education.
Read moreA Message from Our Chair Kathleen Crawford
February 2024
February is a time for celebrations – everything from Black History Month to Valentine’s Day to President’s Day, including Leap Year on February 29. If you are a senior citizen, you can remember when there were separate holidays for Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthday commemorations, but the need for a 3-day holiday weekend proved irresistible for the combination of a Presidents’ holiday on the third Monday of February as a result of the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill passed in 1968. It is still officially called Washington’s Birthday because Lincoln’s birthday had never officially become a designated Federal Holiday.
5 Black Leaders that Shaped the Labor Movement
As part of our commemoration of Black History Month, our Communications Committee is pleased to share this article from the National Education Association website.
These Black leaders had strong visions for the future of the labor movement, uniting broad coalitions for racial justice, worker rights, and the welfare of all.
Read moreResolutions for Democracy
When Webster reveals its word of 2024, it may well be anxiety. A common theme of many of our conversations is fear and concern over the future and the outcome of this year’s election. True, much is beyond our control, but there are concrete actions we can take daily to stave off helplessness and promote hopefulness.
The author of this list of Resolutions for Democracy is Jessica Craven. It’s a practical guide to embracing the election year chaos and thriving.
A Message from Our Chair Kathleen Crawford
Yes, it is 2024, and goodbye to 2023! I hope your recent holiday celebration with family and friends was rewarding with many happy memories as well as being restful and healthy. Politically, 2024 is a marathon through the Presidential Election in November, but first, we must sprint to the March 5 Primary here in California. Mark your calendar for the MLK event at the Johnson Springview Park in Rocklin on January 15 – come by to say hello and show support for our values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Read moreHocus Pocus won’t put Food on the Table
Do you remember watching your first real magic show, the audience in full awe with their mouths agape and the inevitable “How did they do that?” echoing throughout the room? A great magician seems to float with charisma, endowed with some enigmatic power to defy the laws of gravity and reality, doing things we mere mortals cannot.
At some point, rational thinking returns, and we recognize that the magician’s success depends on their ability to deceive us. They have no superpowers. We begin to see how they use distraction through hand movements and gobbledygook to keep us from seeing what’s really happening.
Donald Trump is a colossally failing magician. His illusion of power has been exposed, and we see how incredibly weak he truly is. Grossly lacking in intelligence and experience to lead our country through even minor challenges, when we faced dealing with climate change and a pandemic, he chose hocus pocus.
2024: The Year We Learn the Truth About America Will Ignorance and hatred become the national pastime?
"The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment for promoting human happiness."
George Washington, January 9, 1790
(Hold your breath George, we might have to shelve this quote).
Is there any other continent or country in the world like this one? The answer is/was no. For whatever reason, the forces of the Universe conspired to create a meeting place of Indigenous Peoples, invaders, enslaved people, immigrants, treasure hunters, humanitarians, and thieves of all makes and models. Our history is neither all good nor all bad; it is the story of diverse people with diverse purposes sharing space. Some days, we got it right. Let’s hope in 2024 we don’t get it tragically wrong.
Read moreHow to talk about Trump's Dictator Remark
With the walls closing in, Trump's rhetoric is increasingly bombastic and hyperbolic. That doesn't mean we should ignore it. His recent comments mirroring Nazi propaganda and invoking dictatorship reinforce the magnitude of this election. How do we respond? This article from The Message Box, a newsletter about political and message strategy by former Obama advisor Dan Pfeiffer, offers expert advice.
Read moreA Message from Our Chair Kathleen Crawford
Where to begin? November was a hectic month – canvassing started in both Roseville and Lincoln. Planning and reservations began for our December 13, 2023, Winter Solstice holiday party and fundraiser! The CADEM Endorsement Convention provided controversy and demonstration on the Cease Fire in Gaza issue and the vital work of selecting endorsed candidates. Two local Democrats were endorsed, so congratulations are due to Jessica Morse in CD3 and Neva Parker in AD5.
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