GCDP Book Club - Winter EditionJan 9, 7:00pmGCDP Book Club 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 9, 2025 Location will be released on January 2 Led by Sarah Bills and Jenn Leclaire
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities Rebecca Solnit
Read this short book while sipping on eggnog, and join other Democrats in a community-building book discussion for the new year.
Hope in the Dark was written to counter the despair of radicals at a moment when they were focused on their losses and had turned their back to the victories behind them and the unimaginable changes soon to come. In it, she makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argued that radicals have a long, neglected history of transformative victories, that the positive consequences of our acts are not always immediately seen, directly knowable, or even measurable, and that pessimism and despair rest on an unwarranted confidence about what is going to happen next. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/791-hope-in-the-dark
Bring your read book to the January 25 retreat, where we will re-purpose our copies as door prizes!... See MoreSee Less
GCDP Executive Committee MeetingDec 19, 7:00pm440 West Main Street , Fairborn, OH, United States, Ohio 45324This is the monthly meeting of the Executive Committee. Please email chair@gcdp.org for details,... See MoreSee Less
Help set strategies and focuses for the next election season.
All are welcome - all current committee heads and other leaders, please join us. If you want to become involved for the first time, you are welcome too!
Limit of 175 people. All day event. Lunch provided. Schedule details to come.
Please email communications@gcdp.org to let us know if you have any dietary restrictions so we can accomodate them when we order lunch.
STILL I RISE - By Poet Laureate Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Volunteer Appreciation Celebration!Nov 13, 5:30pm2450 Dayton Xenia Rd, Dayton, OH 45434-7168, United StatesIt's time to CELEBRATE the hard work of SO MANY Democrats here in Greene over the past year! From our volunteers to our Precinct Captains, to our candidates, we ALL gave our all, and it's time for GCDP to give BACK!
Join us for pizza and drinks at Old Scratch Pizza in Beavercreek, as we gather to share our stories, and recognize those who really SHINED this election cycle!
Stop by any time - informal awards will be around 6:30pm.
We appreciate you so much. We hope you can make it!... See MoreSee Less
Road Rallies - Greene County Wide!Nov 2, 10:00am440 West Main Street , Fairborn, OH, United States, Ohio 45324We are at it again - spending the Saturday before the election OUT ON THE STREETS, letting people know not just WHO to vote for, but WHEN!
We will have up to 6 different locations during the day - times and locations will be announced ASAP. Shifts are 2 hours long. Bring a chair, and yourself, and we will provide the signs and banners!
GCDP Book Club - Winter EditionJan 9, 7:00pmGCDP Book Club
7:00 pm, Thursday, January 9, 2025
Location will be released on January 2
Led by Sarah Bills and Jenn Leclaire
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Rebecca Solnit
Read this short book while sipping on eggnog, and join other Democrats in a community-building book discussion for the new year.
Please sign up at mobilize.us/s/8QYuFd so we know you're attending!
Hope in the Dark was written to counter the despair of radicals at a moment when they were focused on their losses and had turned their back to the victories behind them and the unimaginable changes soon to come. In it, she makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argued that radicals have a long, neglected history of transformative victories, that the positive consequences of our acts are not always immediately seen, directly knowable, or even measurable, and that pessimism and despair rest on an unwarranted confidence about what is going to happen next.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/791-hope-in-the-dark
Bring your read book to the January 25 retreat, where we will re-purpose our copies as door prizes! ... See MoreSee Less
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GCDP Executive Committee MeetingDec 19, 7:00pm440 West Main Street , Fairborn, OH, United States, Ohio 45324This is the monthly meeting of the Executive Committee. Please email chair@gcdp.org for details,
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A Blueprint For Greene - Democratic Leadership Retreat 2025Jan 25, 8:30amGreene County Board of ElectionsCome join us as we look back to look forward towards November 2025.
Help set strategies and focuses for the next election season.
All are welcome - all current committee heads and other leaders, please join us. If you want to become involved for the first time, you are welcome too!
Limit of 175 people. All day event. Lunch provided. Schedule details to come.
Please email communications@gcdp.org to let us know if you have any dietary restrictions so we can accomodate them when we order lunch.
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STILL I RISE - By Poet Laureate Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard ’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.
Volunteer Appreciation Celebration!Nov 13, 5:30pm2450 Dayton Xenia Rd, Dayton, OH 45434-7168, United StatesIt's time to CELEBRATE the hard work of SO MANY Democrats here in Greene over the past year! From our volunteers to our Precinct Captains, to our candidates, we ALL gave our all, and it's time for GCDP to give BACK!
Join us for pizza and drinks at Old Scratch Pizza in
Beavercreek, as we gather to share our stories, and recognize those who really SHINED this election cycle!
Stop by any time - informal awards will be around 6:30pm.
We appreciate you so much. We hope you can make it! ... See MoreSee Less
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Road Rallies - Greene County Wide!Nov 2, 10:00am440 West Main Street , Fairborn, OH, United States, Ohio 45324We are at it again - spending the Saturday before the election OUT ON THE STREETS, letting people know not just WHO to vote for, but WHEN!
We will have up to 6 different locations during the day - times and locations will be announced ASAP. Shifts are 2 hours long. Bring a chair, and yourself, and we will provide the signs and banners!
Please register to indicate your willingness to participate.
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GOTV for the November 5 ElectionOct 5, 10:00amThis is IT! It's time to make sure Democrats GET OUT THE VOTE for the critical November election.
Shifts are happening all day Saturday, and starting at noon on Sundays.
Sign up for a canvassing shift today! you will be trained and sent out with a partner if you desire! Dates and times at this link:
www.mobilize.us/ohcc/event/691761/
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GCDP at the Spring Valley Potato FestivalOct 5, 9:00amSpring Valley, OHPeace, Love, and Potatoes! Come see us at the Potato Festival in Spring Valley this weekend! We're in booth 80, on Main St..
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