June 2024 Chair Report

Volunteers “door knocked” neighborhoods simultaneously in a multitude of different cities in Congressional District #3 the first Saturday this month. The action was organized to explain to voters the positions of Jessica Morse, our candidate for Congress. Our volunteers understand that voters are the last defense. Thus, communicating with them face-to-face is the one electioneering tactic which is indispensable. It is also a lot of fun when done in groups.

This month also saw the beginings of the organization of a new Democratic Club in Lake Wildwood. Thirty people met to hear about local DEM activities and how the local party is organized in Nevada County. There was also discussion on Project 2025, the playbook authored by the Heritage Foundation (longtime conservative think tank in Washington DC) and backed by a group of large corporations for radically altering governance to reflect MAGA priorities that are at odds with liberalism and traditional conservatism, too, for that matter. It was good to see a small community so concerned and willing to take action. For more complete information on Pproject 2025 read Shelley Frost's article listed above under "Check Out Our Blog."

I also visited this month the Tahoe Truckee Democratic Club. Thirty individuals in that area of Nevada County met and received an update on local DEM activities in Nevada County.

Other efforts this month included a “Democracy Workshop” where a practiced Placer County activist, Barb Smith, came up the hill to show us advanced techniques for writing Op Eds and Letters to the Editor. These Democracy Workshops are informative and educational. The goal is effective action using proven electioneering techniques that win.

Strategic efforts incorporate regional coalition partners such as Sierra Forward, the CD3 Regional Partnership, and the CD3 Regional Organizing Council. Only through long-term steady efforts to think regionally while also contacting voters locally, one-on-one, will we successfully defend our freedoms, our Democracy, and the planet.