Join other Royal Oak Democrats for drinks and fellowship. These bar night events have been well-attended and fun, please join us if you are free:
Join us to help serve dinner to local people who lack a home:
Our guest speaker Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. If you've never heard Ms. Nessel speak before you do not want to miss this meeting!
If you are interested in serving as a precinct delegate we will have forms and notaries at this meeting.
Our meetings are always free, kid-friendly, and open to the public. Membership dues are $10 per person per year, but dues are not required to attend our meetings.
Join other club members as we walk in the annual Royal Oak St. Patrick's Day Parade:
Thora Hanses will lead our local phone bank between now and the March 10th primary. It will meet every Monday, 4pm - 8pm, until Monday, March 9th:
Bring your own cell phone and a laptop or tablet. If you do not have a laptop or tablet let Thora know and we can arrange to borrow one for you.
The "One Campaign" is the Michigan Democratic Party coordinated campaign for the 2020 election. "Coordinated" means coordinated voter contact for all of the different levels in the 2020 election (President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, State House).
Bring your own cell phone and a tablet or laptop if you have one. If you don't have a cell phone/tablet/laptop the campaign will furnish you with one.
We're searching for a volunteer to lead our club choir. No experience neccessary, you just need to be able to read music and organize some harmony. Reply to this email if you are interested.
Other items of interest to Royal Oak Democrats
The Action Network has called an emergency rally to protest a Trump administration plan to send Border Patrol tactical teams to sanctuary cities. These tactical teams are normally used against drug- and gun-runners along isolated areas of the border. The Trump administration is now deploying these officers to intimidate cities that refuse to hand over immigrants for deportation.
Write postcards to help re-elect State Rep Padma Kuppa and spending time to re-connect with other Padma supporters. Postcards, addresses, pens, and appetizers provided.
A night of cocktails and comedy featuring Nicole Aimee Schreiber, to benefit "Fems for Dems" and "A More Perfect Michigan PAC":
A More Perfect Michigan PAC supports Democratic candidates for the state legislature. Fems for Dems is an independent PAC that supports progressive candidates
Oakland County environmental advocates will unveil the first-ever major climate platform for Oakland County. Sponsored by the Sierra Club, Clean Water Action, Michigan League of Conservation Voters, NAACP, Michigan Coalition of Human Rights, Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice and others.
A More Perfect Michigan PAC supports Democratic candidates for the state legislature. Fems for Dems is an independent PAC that supports progressive candidates
This convention will elect delegates to the State Convention on March 21st in Lansing:
This convention will endorse Democratic candidates for the state supreme court and any other state-wide offices on the ballot this year.
Our sister organization Indivisible Fighting 9 meets every second and fourth Wednesday, 7pm - 8:30pm:
2nd Wednesdays are regular membership meetings. 4th Wednesdays are usually a combination of working meetings (writing letters and postcards) and meeting candidates for office.
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their respective electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote in the 50 states and DC.
Once states representing 270 electoral votes join the Compact it will go into effect. The Compact has passed in 15 states plus DC, for a total of 196 electoral votes.
To learn more about the NPVIC and the Michigan grassroots campaign to pass the bill, like their Facebook page at “National Popular Vote MI”: https://www.facebook.com/groups/688528687982161/