Dear Fellow Democrats,
Like many of you, this past week I witnessed the conclusion of a fantastically successful Democratic National Convention. We’ll have a full update for you soon from the Central Committee members who attended in person, including one of our associate members who was a delegate!
There were two themes that crystallized for me while watching the speeches, hearing the music, and watching the reactions of the audience. One was the sheer and unrepentant joy (beginning with what former President Clinton called Vice-President Harris’ “5000-watt smile”) of the festivities, and the other was the recurrent admonition to “do something.”
As Democrats, we can truly find joy in what we do - we work to bring fairness to our economy, justice to our citizens, security to our nation, and peace to our world. If this is not work that inspires happiness, I don’t know what is. And to me, Kamala Harris epitomizes the “happy warrior” and I personally could not be happier that she is our candidate for President. She is an inspiration to all of us to “get to some business,” and, as we heard many times throughout the convention, to “do something.”
This summer, our volunteers have taken that admonition to heart. Since June 29, our volunteers have
Knocked on 1,099 doors in Edgewood, Abingdon, Bel Air North, Fallston, Havre de Grace
Written 1277 get-out-the-vote (GOTV) Postcards and 849 postcards to newly registered Democrats
Made 2957 outreach phone calls to recruit new volunteers and 254 GOTV phone calls
Staffed the Havre de Grace Independence Day parade and two First Friday events
More events are planned and will increase in frequency and intensity as we approach the election and as our number of committed volunteers grows - and that’s happening: since the beginning of the year, we have added more than 80 new potential volunteers who have signed up here.
If you haven’t knocked doors before, we’ll train you. If you haven’t phonebanked before, we’ll show you how. If you haven’t written postcards before, we’ll guide you. We in the Harford Democratic Party are committed to leave nothing on the table this fall. Join our band of happy warriors, and help us elect Blane Miller, Angela Alsobrooks, and Kamala Harris!