Join CDM for its 2008 Annual Convention, being held Saturday April 5th and Sunday, April 6th at Boston College. See this full story for the complete scoop.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Tentative Agenda
3. Declaration of Intent to Run for CDM Statewide Office
4. Convention Location/Directions
5. Convention Registration/Housing
6. College Democrats of America Convention Update

 

At Wellesley college, Hillary Clinton's alma mater, young women are split on the Clinton vs. Obama issue, The Washington Post
reports. For instance: Katie Chanpong and Aubre Carreon Aguilar are
both feminists and political activists. "If you're a woman, you vote
for Hillary because of what it means to women everywhere," says Ms.
Chanpong, a sophomore. Ms. Aguilar, a senior, says: "If I'm supposed to
vote for Hillary just because I'm a woman, that's kind of sexist." The
female-only school finds many of its students are having to decide what
it means to be a feminist, writes Eli Saslow. "Do you vote for a woman
to shatter the glass ceiling and further the cause? Or do you make an
empowered, individual decision that is not confined by gender?" Ona
Keller, the co-president of Wellesley College Democrats, is "hard-core
Wellesley." She wears vintage ERA T-shirts, calls incoming students
first-years instead of freshmen. "Everybody who knows me thinks of me as a feminist," Ms. Keller says. "Nobody imagined I wouldn't vote for Clinton."

The REAL Race Begins November 10th!

A conference to promote political activism at Boston University

The first non-partisan, statewide, student-run conference for change

 

 

One year before the election, college students across the northeast
will start the "The Race to 2008." Hosted by Boston University on
November 10th and 11th, this conference with college groups from
throughout the region will energize campuses to reach a common goal of
political activism for the benefit of colleges and their communities.

The two-day conference will transcend political parties by
incorporating issue-advocacy organizations and provide an opportunity
for students to network with elected officials, 2008 campaign
representatives, notable alumni, and respected professors from the
Massachusetts community.

It's time to begin setting the agenda for this critical election, and
"The Race to 2008" wants to unite hundreds of students from Boston
University and the Massachusetts community. We want people concerned
with bringing about national change by initiating the momentum at the
college level.

Attendees have the opportunity to learn methods and means to bring the
excitement back to their schools through speakers and workshops over
the weekend. We want to activate interest as well as educate others on
political, economic, social, and environmental issues central to this
election. We're encouraging everyone to get out the vote as well as get
out and vote.

Boston,
Massachusetts -- Joseph "Joey" Hanzich, Membership Director
for College Democrats of Massachusetts (CDM) from 2004 to 2005, died
last Thursday. He was 22.

Mr. Hanzich energetically contributed
to a variety of Democratic causes, serving as Vice President of the
Harvard College Democrats, as well as on the Executive Board of CDM.
When not involved in politics, he directed Harvard's Relay for Life
cancer fundraiser and was a member of the American Cancer Society.

CDM Ba-ROCKS, Hill-BLAZES, and Edward-IZES CDA Convention!

Columbia, South Carolina -- The College Democrats of Massachusetts (CDM) attended the 2007 College Democrats of America Annual Convention hosted by the University of South Carolina last week. CDM arrived at the convention with 13 delegates from 10 different Massachusetts schools, which garnered a total of 38 electoral votes for the organization, making it the third largest delegation in the country.

While visiting South Carolina, the College Democrats of Massachusetts helped to elect one of their own, CDM Finance Director Kyle Schulberg (Stonehill ’08), to the position of Director of Development for the College Democrats of America. Schulberg, who has previously served CDM as Legislative Director and South Shore Regional Director, also founded a chapter of College Democrats at Stonehill College.

Two members of CDM's E-Board, Finance Director Kyle Schulberg, and Webmaster Matt Zagaja, recently participated in the College Democrats of America's weekly podcast, as a part of a segment on Summer Washington D.C. Interns.

Check it out at CDA's podcast website!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New CDM Executive Board Gets
to Work

Boston, Massachusetts
-- Monday, June 18, 2007 — The College Democrats of Massachusetts’ newly-formed
Executive Board has jumpstarted its work for the coming year and its officers
are laying the groundwork for the significant progress they plan to make during
their one-year terms.

The Executive Board members elected at the College Democrats
of Massachusetts (CDM) Annual Convention this spring finished, just last night,
selecting two additional and very qualified college democrats to remaining
Executive Board (E-Board) positions, thereby rounding out the board and setting
the stage for an amazingly productive year.

Our President, Kendra Salvador, was recently profiled in her hometown newspaper on the South Coast.

Read about her "passion for politics" here!

 

Bentley College Democrats President, Chris Campbell stands up for the students of Massachusetts:

Read about it here! 

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