Newsletter

Hey College Dems!

First off, we would like to congratulate Mayor Menino and City Councillors John Connolly, Stephen Murphy, Ayanna Pressley and Felix Arroyo on their victories! We would ESPECIALLY like to congratulate newly elected Newton Mayor SETTI WARREN! Thank you to everyone who joined us to help Setti win. We did it!

We would also like acknowledge the hard work you all put into defending marriage equality in Maine, into re-electing Governor Corzine in NJ and electing Creigh Deeds as Governor of Virginia. These were difficult losses for the party, but we will recover. If anything, we will work even harder to ensure victory come 2010, when we will have the opportunity to elect another Democratic senator for Massachusetts and re-elect Governor Patrick as well as fight in countless mid-term battles across the nation.

Not all of Tuesday's results (outside of Massachusetts) were bad: Washington state voted to protect domestic partnerships, Bill Owens and John Garamendi were elected to the House in NY-23 and CA-10, respectively.

This week instead of a regular meeting we will be attending a screening of The People Speak http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156524/, a documentary based on Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States and produced by Howard Zinn and Matt Damon in conjunction with The History Channel. Howard Zinn will be attending the screening. If you would like to attend, we have a block of seats reserved for the College Dems. Please reply to this email and we will send you a ticket. The documentary is being screened TOMORROW (Thursday November 5th) at Tsai at 7:00pm; doors open at 6:30pm. Read more here: http://www.facebook.com/ThePeopleSpeakonHISTORY#/ThePeopleSpeakonHISTORY?v=app_7146470109

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A few more things:

1. Volunteer and meet Howard Zinn!
The organizers of the Howard Zinn is looking for volunteers. If you are interested (and there's a possibility of meeting Howard Zinn), please email Amanda Bagwill at amanda.bagwill@cegny.com

2. See Rachel Maddow!
Everyone's favorite pundit, Rachel Maddow, will be moderating a panel at the MassHumanities' symposium "Soldiers and Citizens: Military and Civic Culture in America" at BC on November 7th. Her particular panel will take place from 3:45-5:00pm and will also include Andrew Bacevich.

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One year ago today, young people across the nation came together to elect Barack Obama to the United State presidency, and we must join together again to support his agenda for healthcare reform. Please if you haven't already, contact your representatives, and sign the Y.I. Want Change petition http://yiwantchange.org/

As always, stay blue, and have a great week!

See you Thursday,
Esha Rakhit
President, BU College Democrats

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Hey Dems!

We have a lot going on this week! Tomorrow (Monday, October 25th) we are co-sponsoring the City Council at Large Debate (6-8pm, in CGS 129) with the Student Union, so come out and here what the perspective City Councilers have to say on issues that are important to you. On Thursday we will be meeting at 6pm, a little earlier than normal, so that we can phone bank for the NJ governors race before the meeting. If you can't come early to help out don't worry we will start the actual meeting at 7pm just like normal. This week we will be discussing the media, because when the White House goes up to bat against Fox News what else could we talk about?

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A few more things:

1. City Council at Large Debate on Monday with info (6-8pm in CGS 129)
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=157686863730

2. GOTV rally with Setti and John Kerry and volunteering on Sunday http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=179831246968

3. If anyone is interested in volunteering for any of the municipal campaigns here in Boston either Mayoral or City Council, send us an email at bucollegedemocrats@gmail.com and we will put you in contact with the campaign!

4. New Jersey vote by mail blurb- Are you from New Jersey? Are you registered to vote in New Jersey?
New Jersey is one of only two states in the nation to hold a gubernatorial race this year. The outcome of this election will have national significance and will serve to either validate or undermine President Obama's progressive national agenda.
If you are from New Jersey and registered to vote in New Jersey, please visit www.njvotefromhome.com to register to Vote by Mail. With one simple form, you can request to have you ballot mailed to you at school! THE LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IS THIS TUESDAY (OCTOBER 27TH).

5. Massequality is putting in a big effort to make sure that Prop 8 in Maine doesn't pass (Maine currently has gay marriage prop 8 is to get rid of it just like in California). Massequality is providing transportation up to Maine to canvass on Oct. 31 and Nov. 3. They are also phonebanking all this week from 11am to 9pm everyday! If you would like to get involved just shoot us an email (bucollegedemocrats@gmail.com)

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Lastly, if you're interested in blogging for the BU College Democrats, or just want to see what we all have to say, please visit http://bucollegedemocrats.com/blog, and if you're thinking about interning this semester, check out our internships page at http://bucollegedemocrats.com/internship.php for dozens of Democratic and progressive internship listings!

As always, stay blue, and have a great week!

See you soon,
Nora Burnham
Vice President, BU College Democrats

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Meetings Every Thursday at 7pm in Sargent 102.

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