Chairman Howard Dean to Address College Democrats of America Convention

[MaineDem]

Chairman Howard Dean and Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to Address College
Democrats of America Convention
The Battle for A Better America Continues

Washington, DC-Today, College Democrats of America (CDA) announced that
DNC Chairman Howard Dean and Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack will address this
year's CDA convention participants. For the first time during a mid-term
election year, CDA will hold its convention outside of Washington, DC,
on the campus of Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. Holding
this year's convention outside the beltway is consistent with Democratic
efforts to organize and reach out to voters several months before the
election, by running a 50 state strategy that refuses to take any vote
for granted.

The 2006 CDA convention, themed "The Battle for A Better America
Continues", will help organize and galvanize youth voters to participate
in the 2006 and 2008 elections, in which Democrats will offer Americans
a bold agenda for change versus Republicans' failed policies of more of
the same.

During the 2004 election, record numbers of youth voters turned out and
made their voices heard. This year's mid-term elections will give young
people a historic opportunity to speak out against the failed Republican
policies that have done nothing to address the concerns of young
Americans about enormous student loans, astronomical gas prices and
limited job opportunities.

The CDA convention will play an important role in preparing
participants to join the fight for a better America, offering on-site
training, workshops, candidate forums and opportunities to hear from
dynamic leaders in the Democratic Party.

Who: DNC Chairman Howard Dean, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack
What: College Democrats of America Annual Convention
When: July 20, 2006- July 23, 2006
Where: Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri

For press credentials please contact Amaya Smith at 202-863-8148 or
[e-mail]. For additional convention information visit:
http://convention.collegedems.com

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candidate or candidate's committee.

[madfloridian]

1. I notice he has had a couple of events with that group today in DC

http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/06/200_interns.php

200 Interns
Posted by Tracy Joan Russo on June 12, 2006 at 06:11 PM
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When I read that DC was packed full of interns during the summer months I didn't quite believe the hype.

I was wrong.

Governor Dean spoke during the College Democrats of America "Summer of Change" Speakers Series today. The event was held at the DNC and when I popped down to cover the event, I could barely make my way into the room.

I would say it was "standing room only" but I was barely able to get inside the doorway.

Governor Dean's main message to the interns: Make a difference, run for office:
"I think you can do it, but you can't do it unless you run for Congress, you can't do it unless you run for Mayor, you can't do it unless you from for City Council or for School Board office"

He went on to answer questions about the 50-State Strategy, winning in 2006, energy policy and the Bush Administration (...incompetent and inept in every thing they do...") and then closed by once again, encouraging the interns to consider running for office, and if not running themselves, than to consider working on a campaign and reminded them, "not to underestimate the power someone your age has over my generation."

http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/06/lunch_with_gove.php
Lunch with Governor Dean
Posted by Tracy Joan Russo on June 13, 2006 at 02:32 PM

"A day after he spoke at the “Summer of Change” speaker series to over 200 Democratic interns, hosted by the College Democrats of America, Governor Dean sat down for a brown bag lunch with 30 DNC interns and answered tough questions on a variety of topics, including the Iraq war, how to run a campaign, and even if he would throw out the first pitch for the DNC softball team.

“We’re creating a revolution here,” the Governor said, referring to the sweeping change that my generation (18-30 year olds) will bring to America, “and we need to be in every state. We need to appeal to hope and empathy.”

Chairman Dean stressed how he hopes the Democratic Party can be a vehicle for change in America, and he urged us to aspire for more than the bare minimum in the political process, hoping that one day we’ll become campaign operatives or run for office ourselves.

To actually run for office myself one day seems like such a crazy idea, but Governor Dean is right; to make the world a better place, we have to do more than just show up to the polls. We have to be a part of the change."

(Zack Karram is a Summer Intern in the DNC Internet Department and submitted this post.)

[Cha]

2. Yes! You don't start a

grassroots "revolution" in 18 or so states..you cover the whole 5-0..anywhere you have chance!

Thanks, Dean!