Posted February 8, 2012 at 1:22 AM
by Alejandra Salinas, President, College Democrats of America
From Yale College Democrats Chapter President Zak Newman
The Yale College Democrats have been doing some pretty big things lately and have shown through their activism what it truly means to be a College Democrats. Both politically and legislatively The Yale Democrats have not missed a beat in engaging their student body and becoming active on important issues to them, their community and Democrats.
Last semester they started and continue to be very involved through their election committee in the very important Democratic primary for the Open United States Senate seat, being vacated by Joe Lieberman. They have hosted a forum with each one of the candidates Congressman Chris Murphy, Former Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz and State Representative William Tong. Where they talked about why they are running for Senate, their vision for Connecticut and the country, how important college students are in the electoral process and then participated in active discussion with the Students.
They brought out about 90 students for a State of the Union Watch Party, which they used to kickoff their semester, recruit more members to get involved in their initiatives and had an active discussion after the speech about how to get involved and help the President’s re-election campaign.
On the legislative front through the legislative committee, they are working with Governor Malloy and several Democratic leaders in the legislature to help lobby and pass landmark reforms on important issues such as education and have a statewide day of action coming up in February where they will be working with other schools in Connecticut to help lobby on education issues and more.
The Yale College Dems continue to show what it means to be an active college democrats and I am honored to be their representative.
Check out photos from the Yale College Democrats “Change is” Ad
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