via Zoom
Seamus Campbell, President of IND, convened this special meeting and explained that it was called because our endorsed candidate for President, Joseph Biden, had dropped out of the race. We therefore need to endorse new candidates for President and Vice President,
The membership unanimously endorsed Kamala Harris for President and Tim Walz for Vice President of the United States.
Seamus announced that the Judicial Convention, which met last week chose the following candidates for Supreme Court: Adam Perlmutter, Chris Robles, Inga O’Neill, Jeffrey Sunshine, Keisha Alleyne, Lisa Lewis, and Sharen Hudson. The membership voted unanimously to endorse these candidates.
Carlos Calzadilla announced the launch of a new initiative: Disrupt Project 2025. The goal of this national campaign is to help voters understand the potential impact of Project 2025 on their own lives. The initiative is being led by young people, but people of all ages are welcomed and needed to move it forward. For more information, members are encouraged to go online to DisruptProject2025.org.
Seamus announced that:
- School supplies can be brought (or mailed via Amazon) to Jo Anne Simon’s office at 341 Smith Street in support of the annual School Supplies/Backpack drive.
- IND was recently named the sixth most powerful Democratic club in New York State by City and State.
- IND will have the single largest delegation on any political club in New York State at the Democratic National Convention.
- Various clubs. In NYC are organizing DNC watch parties.
- Jo Anne Simon will speak at the New Mexico delegation’s breakfast meeting during the Convention and Seamus Campbell is speaking to the DNC Disability Caucus.
- Many opportunities to support our candidates in the national elections are available and can be found online at mobilize.us. There are weekly phonebanks for Harris.
- IND’s annual jazz brunch fundraiser will be held on September 8. Tickets are available online at the IND website.