Congratulations to the new Executive Board
The Montgomery County Young Democrats (MCYD) elected a new executive board on Tuesday as the organization intensifies its work to elect progressive Democrats across the state in 2012. The newly-elected officers – President Dave Kunes, Executive Vice President Alexis Reed, Director of Communications Abraham Saffer, Director of Programming John-Ubong Silas, Director of Membership Kelly Holleran, Director of Finance Amit Mistry, Secretary Nik Sushka and President Emeritus Barbara Henderson – represent the diversity of Montgomery County’s...
read moreMaryland House of Delegates Passes Marriage Equality 72-67
Last night in Annapolis, history was made. And the Montgomery County Young Dems helped make it happen. For months, Young Dems have been making phone calls all over the state, encouraging people to contact their electeds and vote for equal rights for GLBT Marylanders. We’ve been lobbying in Annapolis, and we campaigned to elect officials who were supporters in the first place. It all paid off last night, when 70 Democrats and 2 Republicans voted to pass the Civil Marriage Protection Act HB 438. The bill moves now to the Senate, where it...
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The Montgomery County Young Democrats (MCYD) strives to educate and motivate our peers to become involved in the political process by supporting strong, progressive candidates and policies. MCYD is a 501(c)(4) organization that offers a voice for young people who seek progressive change in order to secure a just and stable future for all of the county’s residents. MCYD members live, work, or go to school in Montgomery County and are the age of 39 or younger. But we always welcome the involvement and support of the “Young-at-Heart.&#
read moreNews: Young Dems Celebrate End of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the US’s policy on gays serving in the military, officially ended at midnight on Sept. 20, and to celebrate the Montgomery County Young Democrats hosted a happy hour in Gaithersburg. “Fifteen thousand service members have been discharged because of their sexual orientation,” said Barbara Henderson, president of the County chapter of the Young Democrats. “Before [President Bill] Clinton, it wasn’t illegal to be gay in the military,” she added, saying that many of the...
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