University Democrats featured in Campus Progress!
Posted: Friday, November 6, 2009
Great job on the coverage Udems. This battle is ours to win!
U of I Students Rally for Real Health Care Reform
By misspronounced - Oct 27th, 2009 at 6:34 pm EDT
It was in Iowa that legions of
students and young people came out to support then-Senator Barack Obama
during the 2008 presidential election. Nearly a year later, during the
University of Iowa's homecoming parade on October 9th, students and
members of the local community used the same kind of grassroots student
activism to demonstrate their commitment to health care reform.
Following the parade, students held a rally where they collected over
150 signatures for a petition. The actions were part of a week-long
educational campaign on health care reform for U of I students and
community members organized by University of Iowa Democrats.
Joining the U of I Democrats were the Johnson County Democrats,
Congressman Dave Loebsack, and U.S. Senate candidates Bob Krause and Tom
Fiegen, among many other activists and supporters of health care reform.
The University of Iowa Democrats were pleased with the turnout, and
consider the event a huge success. Check out some pictures from the
event below!
See the link: http://www.campusprogress.org/page/community/post/misspronounced/C2cX
City Council Election Satellite Voting
Posted: Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Date: October 27th to November 3rd
Locations vary by day, see website http://www.johnson-county.com/auditor/voter/0911sat.htm
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Johnson County Democrats BBQ
Posted: Monday, October 19, 2009
On Saturday, Oct 24 Johnson County Democrats will be hosting their annual BBQ at Hills Community Center 110 E Main Street Hills. Doors open 2:00pm. Food served until 6pm. Program approximately 3:30-5pm.
We would like to arrange a car pool so please let Meredith know ASAP if you are able to make it. If you’re willing to volunteer at the event please inform me as well.
New events have been posted!
Homecoming Week!
Posted:Monday, October 05, 2009
Hey everyone,
Get ready for a great week! Tomorrow we kick off our first day of our healthcare reform educational campaign!! This is our week to prove not only to our campus but to our elected officials that students DO CARE about healthcare reform!
Each day this week we will be on the Cleary-walkway during the lunch hours wearing our sandwich boards and having students sign a petition supporting our President's plan for healthcare reform. At the same time, we will be urging students to walk with us on Friday during the parade and reminding them to come to our after-party on Friday night.
Press releases are being sent out and we already have an interview lined up with DITV! This week we will be changing our facebook statuses with different healthcare reform slogans each day and recommending that others do the same. Below are facebook and twitter accounts statuses for each day.
I hope everyone is as excited as I am about this campaign. I know many of you have been getting discouraged about what has been happening in committee. However, we still have a chance that Congress will produce a great piece of legislation. We need to remind students of this; they need to call and write their legislators urging for reform! So lets get out there and show this campus and the rest of the nation that students are not silent! We are NOT INVINCIBLE! We WANT HEALTHCARE REFORM!!!!
Monday
Young people care about health care reform! Join UDems Hawkeyes for Health Care campaign this week. Repost this is your status and visit www.uiowa.edu~udems to find out more about this weeks events!
Tuesday
Young adults represent 1/3 of the uninsured. We are in need of health care reform! Join UDems Hawkeyes for Health Care campaign this week. Repost this as your status and visit www.uiowa.edu~udems to find out more about this week’s events!
Wednesday
What the chuck, Grassley?! Stand up for young Iowans. We want health care reform! If you support reform repost this as you status and join UDems Hawkeyes for Health Care campaign this week. www.uiowa.edu~udems for more info!
Thursday
YES WE CARE about President Obama’s plan for health care reform! Repost this as your status and join UDems Hawkeyes for Health Care campaign if you care! www.uiowa.edu~udems for more info!
Friday
…is a Hawkeye for Health Care reform! Repost this as your status and join us tonight for the Homecoming parade and after party at David’s Place if you support reform!
Welcome back to Campus!
Posted:Tuesday, September 08, 2009
We are the University Democrats! Our group is affiliated with the College and Young Democrats of Iowa. We a are chartered College Democrats of America organization.
This year our group will be focusing on promoting President Obama's agenda and also the improving the image of Democrats on the U of Iowa campus. In particular, we will be using new media tools to get the campus as active in the health care fight as they were during the elections.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, Sept 15 in the Indiana Rm of the IMU 8-10 PM. We have a lot on our agenda and we look forward to you being there!