On Wednesday I sent you an email about our meeting with the White House and what we can do to provide quality affordable health care for all Americans. Based on that meeting we created a simple, yet powerful way for you to take actions in the fight for health care: contacting your Senators, writing letters [...]

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Yesterday, in the wake of losing our biggest health insurance reform advocate, Senator Ted Kennedy, YDA Executive Vice President Rod Snyder and Political Director Hailey Snow met at the White House with the Administration to learn about the impact the health care epidemic is having on young Americans. YDA pledged to take action to fight [...]

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For those of you that do not know me, my name is Cassi Peters and I am your new Chair of the YDA Rural Caucus. My team of great rural leaders across this country and myself are ready to get to work for you. We are very excited about the future of this caucus and will be working to formulate an action plan in the very near future.

The caucus does have appointed positions available. These positions will help very much with the elected officers and will become an integral part of our team. I encourage all of you to apply and please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about the responsibilities or expectations of each position.

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The Women’s Caucus of the Young Democrats of America is currently seeking talented young ladies to fill four administrative positions on the caucus and eight regional appointments. For two of the administrative positions we are seeking two individuals: one east of the Mississippi and one west of the Mississippi.

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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 [...]

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This weekend, over a thousand Young Democrats came to the 2009 YDA convention in Chicago and I am honored to have been elected your new Young Democrats of America President.
During the campaign I made a 24 point pledge to get YDA working again by bringing new members into your local chapters, helping us fight for [...]

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The Manhattan Young Democrats held two training sessions at the 2009 YDA National Convention last week. Here are the presentations from their sessions: Community Organizers Take On Marriage Equality and Community Organizers Take On New Media.

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