If you were able to come to our February Democratic Club meeting, you had the chance to hear from two wonderful speakers. Laura Hill let us know about the amazing work being done through her organization Youth to Teen. If you'd like to get involved, you can follow their Facebook page to find out more. At the meeting, Laura mentioned that transportation is often one of their greatest needs.

Sean Johnson from the Maryland State Education Association also spoke, and would like us to share some links and resources with all of you! You can explore everything the MSEA does for our teachers at their website. Also, each year the MSEA tracks about 500 bills-- Sean says that the easiest way to follow all of the legislation that could affect Maryland's education system is to sign up for their newsletters. You can read the latest newsletter at this link. At our meeting, he spoke on how Hogan has not been good for Maryland's teachers or our students, and more information about that can be found here. The MSEA is also planning a march to Fix the Fund on March 19; if you'd like to attend, please visit this link to RSVP.

We've got a ton of stuff coming up in March! This coming Saturday, March 3, is the St. Mary's College Democrats and DCC's "Catch the Blue Wave" event at St. Mary's College Daugherty-Palmer Commons at 5pm. Come meet the 2018 Candidates and hear remarks from Kathleen Matthews-- chair of the Maryland Democratic Party. If you have a Facebook account, you can RSVP here.

Julia Nichols, our Democratic Candidate for Delegate 29C is continuing her listening tour. This month, you can find her at the Lexington Park Library Meeting Room B, March 17 from 9:00 to 10:15 am.

AnnMarie Abell, Democratic candidate for St. Mary's County Commissioner, invites you to a Sunday Breakfast at the Olde Breton Inn on March 18 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. To find out more and to purchase tickets, please visit her event page.

Laura Hart, our Voter Outreach Committee Chair, has scheduled another training opportunity for anyone interested in registering voters. Please e-mail Laura at [email protected] so that she can coordinate with the Board of Elections instructor to prepare materials for you. The training will be on March 19 at 6:00 pm at the Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad.

Our monthly Club Meeting is on March 19 at 7:00 pm at the Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad. Krish Vignarajah, Democratic candidate for Maryland governor, will be joining us!

St. Mary's Democratic Club meeting for North County

Charlotte Hall Library
Wednesday, January 10th
5:45-7:45pm

This is a great opportunity to come out and get to know our officers, some of our candidates-- and learn what we are, what we do, and how you can get involved. Let your northern county friends know! If enough people can come out, we hope to make a northern county meeting a regular Club event.

Maryland Governor Democratic Candidates Meet & Greet

The Women of Action of Charles County have worked hard to put an entire slate of events together-- if you wanted to meet any of our Democratic candidates for Maryland governor, now's your chance! Rushern Baker will be down here January 24th, and Alec Ross will be here January 30th. For more information on all these (and more!) events, please visit the WOACC events page.

UPDATE: RESCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 12
Krish Vignarajah
Lifestyles of Maryland
101 Catalpa Dr, La Plata
February 12
6:30pm

Rushern Baker
Body of Christ Church
12379 Kaine Pl, Waldorf
Wednesday, January 24th
6:30pm

Alec Ross
Boston's Restaurant & Sports Bar
10440 Odennell Pl, Waldorf
Tuesday, January 30th
6:30pm

St. Mary's Democratic Club Meeting

Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad
Monday, January 15th
7-8pm

The president of the St. Mary's NAACP chapter, Dr. Janice Walthour, will be speaking on the history and meaning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Club officers and committee chairs will also be outlining their plans for 2018.

Julia Nichols Fundraiser

Julia Nichols, a Democratic candidate for Maryland Delegate 29C, is hosting an important fundraiser this month, on January 20th. From Julia:

"Please join me for a fun evening as we raise much-needed funds for my campaign. Live music, a silent auction and speakers former Delegate John Bohanan (Dist. 29B), former Delegate Sue Kullen (Dist. 27C), and Delegate Jazz Lewis (Dist. 24)!"

Tickets and information for her fundraiser are available at her website (pay online or by check).

See you out there!

NAACP Canvassing Workshop

Lexington Park Library
Monday, January 29th
6-8pm

The Political Action Committee of NAACP #7025 seeks to increase voter registration and voting. This workshop aims to teach volunteers how to canvass a neighbor and register voters.

Interested in supporting the St. Mary's County Democrats? Come spend time with us in November:

Precinct and Block Captain Training

November 5th,1:15pm
Lexington Park Library
21677 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Blvd
Lexington Park, MD 20653

Laura Hart, the chair of our campaign committee, will be hosting a training for anyone who would like to become a Precinct Captain or Block Captain.  If you'd like to be a part of a grass roots-focused effort on getting Democrats elected, this is for you!

St. Mary's Veterans Day Parade

November 11th
8am-9am Meet at Leonardtown Middle School
10am-12pm Veterans Day Parade in Leonardtown Square

We will be supporting our service members and veterans in the St. Mary's County Veteran's Day Parade. Our parade is consistently one of the largest Veteran's Day parades in Maryland, and is followed by a wreath-laying ceremony. 

To march with us in the parade, you can sign up at this link. 
We will be meeting between 8:00am and 9:00 am at Leonardtown Middle School (not in Leonardtown Square, the location of the parade). A bus will take you to the parade staging area, where we will line up, and the parade will begin at 10:00am. We expect the parade to end around 12:00pm or so. We would like to request that you wear a blue or white shirt, or you can buy a St. Mary's Democrat's T-shirt here. If you served in one of the Armed Forces, feel free to wear your uniform instead! If you would like to march with us as a candidate, please keep in mind that the parade organizers have requested that nothing be thrown or distributed along the parade route.

If you cannot walk the entire length of the parade, you can still join us at any point while we are walking.

Candidate's Listening Tour

November 13th
6:00-7:30 pm
Lexington Park Library
Meeting Room A

Julia Nichols, who is the Democratic Candidate for State Delegate 29C,  and Brian Crosby, the candidate for 29B, will be at the Lexington Park Library to listen to their constituents about their vision for St. Mary's County.

Club Meeting

November 20th, 7pm
Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad
21685 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Blvd
Lexington Park, MD 20653

Join us in discussing campaign happenings, community events and more!