On Saturday, April 20th, the Yale College Democrats hosted a public debate for all Democratic candidates seeking the office of Mayor of New Haven, attracting nearly 150 Yale students and New Haven residents. Nicole Hobbs, President of the Yale College Democrats, moderated the debate, which featured declared candidates Justin Elicker, Henry Fernandez, Gary Holder-Winfield, Sundiata [...]

Fresh off a packed Bulldog Days schedule, the Dems trekked up to Hartford on April 17th to talk to legislators about their issues as a culmination of the Legislative Committee’s work for the semester.  Meeting with legislators and their aides from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm, the team of twelve were able to mobilize support [...]

As the keynote speaker for the Yale College Democrats’ Bulldog Days celebrations, Gov. Howard Dean, former Presidential candidate and DNC Chair, helped the Dems welcome the Class of 2017 to Yale. Citing a broken Wall Street, Washington, and media, Dean praised the admitted students’ generation as a group of “Globals” who are willing to be [...]

Starting off Bulldog Days with a bang, the Yale College Democrats welcomed over a hundred potential members of the Yale Class of 2017 to campus at Blue State Coffee. Though the Dems had signs up reserving only a section of a side room for the meet-and-greet, the crowd quickly swelled to take up the entire [...]

In anticipation of the historic Supreme Court rulings on gay rights issues this term, the Yale College Democrats, joined by Yale ACLU, Fierce Advocates at Yale, and the Roosevelt Institute, hosted a discussion on Gay Marriage and the Courts on Monday, March 4th. The panel featured two distinguished panelists: Professor Kelly Rader and Joyce Chen. [...]

As the national debate on immigration reform ramped up, the Yale College Democrats teamed up with MEChA de Yale on Monday, February 25th to host a panel on local, state, and national immigration issues.  Panelists included: Ana Paulina Ochoa Espejo - Assistant Political Science Professor Armando Ghinaglia - Yale student, ES ’14 Megan Fountain and Josemaria Islas [...]