Saturday, October 22, 2011 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Extraordinary Ventures
200 S. Elliott Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Catering provided by A Southern Season

TICKETS: $25 per person
**Limited Seating – payment deadline is October 10th – no refunds after this date**

Please download the form with ticket ordering information by clicking HERE.

Location will be at OWASA

ORANGE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN

MEETING ON JUNE 23, 2011 STARTING AT 7PM

THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS, 202 Cardinal Drive, HILLSBOROUGH

  From Chapel Hill/Carrboro:  Take old NC86 to the intersection of Cardinal Drive (at McDonald’s and the BP station).  Turn left onto Cardinal Drive and continue to the top of the hill.   Or, take I-40 and exit at Exit 261and turn right toward Hillsborough.  Go to the intersection of Cardinal Drive (at McDonalds’ and the BP station). Turn left and continue to the top of the hill. From Hillsborough: Take S. Churton through downtown heading south and under I-85. Turn right at the intersection of Cardinal Drive (at McDonald’s and the BP station).  Continue to the top of the hill.

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GENDERED JUSTICE…OR INJUSTICE?
WOMEN AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

From investigation to sentencing and incarceration, we’ll hear about and discuss gender-related issues and dilemmas that confront police officers, judges, incarcerated women and those representing them with:

        Judge Beverly Scarlett, District 15-B, District Court

        Sabrina Garcia, Chapel Hill Police Department’s Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Specialist

        Michelle Luecking-Sunman, Senior Staff Attorney, NC Prisoners Legal Services

        State Senator Ellie Kinnaird

ORANGE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN

* Meeting summary from the Feb. 24 meeting as well as the amended by-laws are attached to this blog post.

FEBRUARY 24, 2011 MEETING AND PROGRAM
7PM AT OWASA

ROGERS ROAD, THEN AND NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE

Come participate in OCDW’s February 24th program to commemorate Black History Month and African-American history past, present and future through the lens of the Rogers Road neighborhood. Hear community members talk about the neighborhood's own efforts to grow and change, how it escaped a landfill expansion, and its plans to create a vibrant new chapter for itself.

Panelists: Gertrude Nunn who grew up in that rural part of town in the days before integration when she and her cousins walked through the woods to the original Morris Grove school; Judy Nunn Snipes, Minister Robert Campbell and David Caldwell, Jr. to talk about the campaign they waged joined by volunteers from UNC to relocate the landfill expansion and generate community advocacy for environmental justice; and Rev. Thomas Nixon who will speak about St. Paul AME’s plans to move from deep downtown to Rogers Road where there is land and community support to build a new church and a dynamic community center that will enrich the entire northern boundary of Chapel Hill.

We’ll be voting on changes to the OCDW’s By-laws. A proxy form and the By-laws with amendments are available from Ann Rauchbach (asrauch@nc.rr.com)
Just a reminder about the 2011 membership dues. The membership form is available from Sue Jackson (knowlesjackson@gmail.com)
 

 ORANGE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN

ORANGE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN

MONTHLY MEETING SUMMARY, AUGUST 26^TH, 2010

The meeting was called to order by Co-president Renee Price at 7:35pm.

1. Announcements by Co-president Price

• The meeting date coincides with the 90^th anniversary of ratification of the 19^th Amendment to the Constitution that granted women the right to vote.
• A Dem candidates’ forum, co-sponsored by the OCDP, will be held on Sept. 28^th starting at 7 pm in the Chapel Hill Town Council Chamber in the Chapel Hill Municipal Building on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd next to the fire station.

2.  Approval of minutes from the May and June meetings

       Absent a quorum, approval of the May and June meetings was deferred.

3. Upcoming Programs announced by Program Chair Mary Bushnell

• Dem Candidates’ Forum on Sept. 28^th in the Chapel Hill Town Hall’s Council Chambers starting at 7pm.
• Energy Issues, Resources, and the Energy Future in North Carolina presented by Gary Saunders on October 28th starting at 7:30 in a Hillsborough area venue, which will be announced.
• Election 2010 Retrospective on November 18^th, time and venue to be announced.

The Program Committee will be discussing and determining topics, dates and venues for forthcoming programs in 2011, and members were encouraged to submit their ideas to the Program Chair or OCDW officers.

4.  Membership report from Co-secretary Ann Rauchbach

        OCDW membership currently stands at 66 paid members.  New and renewal memberships are being received. 

5.  Treasurer’s report from Treasurer Sue Jackson

        The treasury balance is $1484.85, with payments having been made for the Rebecca Clark scholarship to the Foundation of Durham Tech/Hillsborough campus and for most expenditures for materials and supplies for the letter-writing program.

6.  Women-to-Women Win Elections program

        Lists of first-time Dem women voters in Orange County in 2008 had been prepared by Linda Chewning and distributed to members during registration.    Program Chair Mary Bushnell described the process to be followed and materials available for letter-writing.  Members were asked to contact Linda Chewning about returned mail which will enable updating of the Vote Builder database. 

       The results of the program:   35 participants wrote 476 letters!!!

The meeting adjourned at 9:15.

Respectfully submitted by Co-secretary Lynn Knauff 

There will be no meeting in July.   The August 26th meeting at OWASA will be a Women to Women Win Elections program, a hands-on workshop to promote voter registration and voting by and among women through direct contact by e-mail and/or letter to family/friends/neighbors/colleagues.   Materials provided will include templates, OCDW stationery, and stamps, and laptops will be available.  Details of the program will be posted in early August.  In September, the OCDW will host a Dem candidates' forum, co-sponsored by the OCDP.  Details, including date and venue, will be posted in August.

 “ 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