“ IMMIGRATION ISSUES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND BEYOND”

          OCDW June 24th Meeting Starting at 7:30pm

          The Orange County campus of Durham Tech

(For directions to the campus, see:  http://www.durhamtech.edu/html/aboutdt/directionsorange.htm)         

       The June 24 meeting of the OCDW will focus on immigration issues

       with discussants Paul Cuadros and Hannah Gill.   Both are experts

       on North Carolina’s Latino/a immigration and migration issues and are

       authors, whose books will be available for sale and signing at the

       meeting.

Paul is author of A Home on the Field: How One Championship Soccer Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town America

(The small town is Siler City). 

            Hannah is co-author of Going to Carolina del Norte:  Narrating Mexican

            Migrant Experiences, and the author of The Latino Migration Experience

            In North Carolina:  New Roots in the Old North State.

Members may be interested in attending “Papers,” a documentary film that highlights stories of undocumented youth, with a community discussion to follow. 

            Wednesday, May 26^th at 7pm in the Hanes Theater of Chapel Hill

              High School.   Sponsored by the Adelante Education Coalition

              Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocate and the Latino Student Assocation

              Of Chapel Hill High School.

 Orange County Democratic Women

Join The Women To Women Win Elections Campaign!!

What do we need to do?

1.     Recruit new voters. 

Make sure that every woman in your network of friends and acquaintances knows that her promotion of voter registration takes only one question:

Are you registered to vote?

And, if the answer is no, have voter registration forms in your car or nearby.

2.     Get out the vote.

Phone or send e-mail or send letters to your network of friends and acquaintances encouraging and persuading them to inform themselves about the candidates through the OCDP voter guide on-line (www.orangedems.us) or in hard copy available from the OCDP office, and to vote early or vote on primary election day.

     Registration books close for the Primary on April 9

Primary Election Day:  May 4 from 6:30am to 7:30 pm at precinct polling places

For additional information: Phone:  245 2350, or http://www.co.orange.nc.us/elect/2010ElectionInformation.asp

Orange County Democratic Women
Meeting – Thursday February 25

7:30 – 9:00 PM

Durham Technical Community College – Orange County Campus

525 College Park Drive in Hillsborough.

Directions:  http://www.durhamtech.edu/orangecountycampus.htm

Featuring the Political Junkies: Michael Carmichael and Steve Gheen

                   Steve Gheen, a North Carolina attorney and veteran of many Democratic political campaigns, is the founder of The Political Junkies, a webzing.  He has held Democratic Party leadership on the state and national levels, and his passion is working for Democratic victories. Michael Carmichael worked as a political consultant for at least eight US Democratic presidential campaigns, as Press Secretary and Special Assistant Attorney General under NC Attorney General Rufus Edmisten, and for over two decades based in Oxford, England, as advisor to international political and commercial clients.  Discussing politics, history, culture and American presidential campaigns, Carmichael has appeared as a public affairs expert on the BBC’s World Service, Today, Hardtalk and PM, as well as on NPR, SKY, Al-Jazeera and European network broadcasts. The Political Junkies plan to talk about “Democratic Women: from Women's Rights to Political Power.”  They are also prepared to comment on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision changing law regarding corporations’ political contributions.                      

Membership renewal time is here. Please note the attached Membership Application.  To simplify our record keeping, we ask you to complete this form each year and to submit it, along with your check for dues and any contribution you might choose, to the treasurer by mail or to one of the officers at an OCDW meeting.  We ask you to renew your membership by March 31.

Orange County Democratic Women Meeting
Thursday November 19^th

7:30 – 9:00 PM

Rev. Sharon Freeland, Executive Director of the Orange Congregations in Mission in Hillsborough, and Chris Moran, Executive Director of the Inter Faith Council, will discuss the work of their agencies and the strain on human services in Orange County during the current difficult economy.  The public is invited.

The meeting will be held at the Durham Technical Community College – Orange County Campus, 525 College Park Drive in Hillsborough.

Directions:  http://www.durhamtech.edu/orangecountycampus.htm

Please join the Orange County Democratic Women
on Thursday, September 24^th
at 7:30 – 9:00 PM in OWASA Community Room
(lower floor of the Administration Building)
located at 400 Jones Ferry Road in Carrboro
 

This meeting includes a forum, open to the public, featuring Chapel Hill - Carrboro Board of Education Candidates.  Each candidate will answer specific questions from our moderator, after which there will be a time for responses to questions from those attending.  Candidates for the three seats are: Michelle (Shell) Brownstein, Mary Anne Gucciardi,  J.M. (Joe) Green, Gregory McElveen, Christine Lee, and Susana L. Dancy.