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Dan Stein
On Monday, April 8th, the Yale College Democrats hosted Marie Harf, Director of National Security Policy for the Obama campaign, for a roundtable discussion. Before serving as national security policy director, Marie Harf was a CIA spokeswoman and a CIA analyst, and after the campaign she worked as the White House spokesperson for Chuck Hagel’s [...]
Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman visited the Dems on Monday, April 1, to discuss the state of current affairs in Connecticut and her life in politics. Lt. Gov. Wyman’s visit coincided with the breaking of news early that morning of a deal between Connecticut lawmakers on omnibus gun control legislation. As such, Wyman spent considerable [...]
On Monday, March 25th, the Dems joined a wide range of groups on campus to hear panelists discuss issues affecting New Haven. The panel featured Bonita Grubbs, the 2012 New Haven Register Person of the Year and Executive Director of Christian Community Action, a faith-based not-for-profit social services agency located in New Haven, and Chris George, [...]
On Thursday, February 28th, the Legislative Committee of the Yale College Democrats hosted a discussion about education reform with Yale Professor Elizabeth Carroll. Professor Carroll gave an overview of the nature of school board politics and drew comparisons between a school board elected by the people and one appointed by the Mayor, with some shades [...]
At the Legislative Committee on February 14th, Legislative Captain Jacob Wasserman ’16 gave a presentation on the National Popular Vote initiative, which would grant the Presidency to the winner of the popular vote instead of the Electoral College vote. The presentation marked the beginning of a greater effort by the Yale Dems to pursue voter [...]
For the President’s fourth State of the Union Address, over 40 Yale College Democrats gathered in the Calhoun Buttery to hear the President outline his proposals for the direction of the country. In his address, the President focused particularly on the economy, climate change, and gun violence. Much like his Inaugural Address, the President called [...]
On February 4th, around 15 Yale Dems walked over to City Hall to hear Mayor John DeStefano’s final State of the City address. The ceremony attracted much local attention, with dozens of spectators having to stand along the edges of the Aldermanic Chambers to hear the address of the city’s longest-serving mayor. During his speech, [...]
On Thursday, January 31st, around 20 Dems heard from State Representative Roland Lemar, who represents part of Yale’s campus in the Connecticut State Legislature. Rep. Lemar told the Dems that gun control legislation was the top priority of this legislative session and expects to see an omnibus gun violence bill passed by March or April. [...]
On Monday, January 28th, the Yale College Democrats hosted an Internship Panel for Dems wanting to learn more about the internship process. The panelists, four upperclassmen whose experiences ranged from a summer on a remote island in Indonesia to an summer+semester with the Obama campaign, started out the conversation by telling the audience a little [...]
After a semester full of canvassing, phonebanking, and long roadtrips to help elect Democrats all over the Northeast, the Yale College Democrats celebrated their work with a hallowed Yale tradition: Mory’s Toasting. On Monday, December 10, over twenty of Yale’s finest Democrats gathered in the Branford Trumbull room to share some of the best memories [...]
