New Durham Democrats

Thursday February 11th, the Tri Town Dems are have our meeting at Emma Ramsey Center in Milton, @ 7PM. Our guest speaker will be Carol Shea-Porter! http://www.sheaporter.com/

• Fight for 15 Rally  February 15, at 6:00 PM The location is still to be determined. Sponsored by Occupy NH Seacoast. Keep track on Facebook.  https://www.facebook.com/events/939430879459045/
• The Somersworth Dems are having their Committee meeting  February 18th at 7 pm. The feature is gubernatorial candidate Mark Connolly.
• Durham House Party for Colin Van Ostern Sunday, February 28 at 4:30 PM - 6 PM Home of Rich Stanley & Chris Somma, 130 Mill Road, Durham, NH Please RSVP to Shannon MacLeod at shannon@vanostern.com or (603) 290-5848.  https://www.facebook.com/events/170770613291370/
• Save the Date! The Dover Dems are having their 9th Annual Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner on March 14th. The keynote speaker is the great Governor Maggie Hassan. More details to come.

Next Meeting    Our next scheduled meeting will be on March 10, at 7:00 PM in the New Durham library.Adjournment

We will have a guest speaker at our January 14th meeting.
Kristy Martino, U.S. Poverty Grassroots Organizer from RESULTS, will describe her group’s work to train volunteers to advocate for education, health, and economic opportunity by influencing policy makers.  RESULTS can provide training and research for action.

RESULTS Mission and Vision
Volunteer profiles and how we train and support them to become effective advocates
Our RESULTS (key success in making tax credits for working families permanent this year)
Special projects: REAL Change youth fellowship and Experts on Poverty
Seacoast and NH/ME RESULTS chapters

RESULTS is a movement of passionate, committed everyday people. Together they use their voices to influence political decisions that will bring an end to poverty.
Volunteers receive training, support, and inspiration to become skilled advocates. In time, volunteers learn to effectively advise policy makers, guiding them towards decisions that improve access to education, health, and economic opportunity.

With every hour of their time, volunteers multiply their impact through the enormous power of advocacy — whether it’s helping change policy to support millions of families putting food on the table or helping raise billions of dollars for the world’s most vulnerable children.

Backed by the in-depth research and legislative expertise of staff, RESULTS advocates realize the incredible power they possess to use their voices to change the world.

RESULTS Educational Fund, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that:

• Performs cutting-edge research and oversight.
• Educates and mobilizes the public, policy makers, and the media.
• Supports powerful citizenship by training volunteers in public speaking, generating media, and educating their communities and elected officials on issues of poverty.
• RESULTS, Inc., a nonprofit, grassroots advocacy 501(c)(4) organization:
• Pushes for specific policies and legislation to address poverty.
• Empowers people to become powerful voices for the end of poverty through grassroots advocacy.

For more information, visit: http://www.results.org/