Be a panelist! Young voters can be devoted volunteers and lifelong advocates for elected officials and candidates who are willing to address their concerns. How can you connect with young voters as a candidate or elected official? What issues do they care about? How do they like to engage in politics — online and offline? [...]
Have fun while supporting our troops! In honor of Veterans’ Day, College Demswill be hosting a Charity Gala on Friday, November 11th, from 8pm -11pm in the Alumni House (next to Thurston). GW Psychology Professor PaulTschudi, a veteran himself, will open our celebration with remarks,and following that will be a good old College Dems party [...]
Get Out the Vote! Help keep the Virginia State Senate in Democratic hands! Join us this Saturday and Monday as we enter the final “Get Out The Vote” push for the Virginia State Senate elections. We’ll be knocking on doors on Saturday and making phone calls for election eve on Monday. Democratic control of the [...]
One of the best burger joins in DC! Burgers are a big deal in DC thesedays. Join the College Dems for the first stop on our DC Burger Tour: Black + Orange in Dupont Circle. Reviewed by Membership Director,Trevor as “the best burger I’ve ever had in this city… ever,”Black + Orange is a place [...]
Open-Mic Poetry Night Outing! Join the GW College Dems to see PoetryNight at Busboys and Poets on Wednesday, November 2nd! Busboys andPoets is one of the best and most well-known restaurants in DC, andif you’ve never been there before, come see what the hype is about!College Dems will be paying for your admission into Poetry [...]
The GW Graduate School of Political Management will be hosting a webinar for its master’s in Political Management on Friday October 28th at 12:30 pm. If you are interested in attending, please register here
Campaign for Barbara Favola! Join the College Democrats as we help out our sister campaign in Virginia! Knock on doors for State Senate candidate Barbara Favola and defeat the spooky Republicans trying to buy the Commonwealth of Virginia. Wear Halloween-themed and colored clothing! (No costumes please, we don’t want to scare the voters). There will [...]
Assistant Democratic Leader in the 112th Congress! Congressman James Clyburn is the U.S. Representative for South Carolina’s 6th congressional district, serving since 1993. He is the Assistant Democratic Leader in the 112th Congress and the third ranking Democrat in the House. President Barack Obama said of Congressman Clyburn: He is “one of a handful of [...]
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and the CT delegation would like to invite all students who hail from Connecticut to our annual Connecticut Congressional Reception. Refreshments will be served and students will have an opportunity to meet their representatives and senators. It will be held on November 2 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in room B340 [...]
The US-YDI requires 20 political and internationally minded undergraduate students for two months of intensive lobbying at the United States Congress. Approximately 5 of these 20 individuals, who have proven their ability to work on the international political stage, will be chosen to represent the United States as part of the first ever UN Youth [...]
GW Law is launching a Political Law Studies Initiative. The student group the Election Law Society is the student arm. Our first event is tomorrow night, October 18 at 8 pm in Lerner 301 of the Law School. We are co-sponsoring a lecture with Harvard Law Professor and founder of Rootstrikers, Lawrence Lessig. Professor Lessig is a [...]
Join the Georgetown University College Democrats on October 18th for an evening in Gaston Hall with Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, a proud double Hoya and the original sponsor of the DREAM Act.Senator Durbin earned a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service in 1966 and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1969. He [...]
Assistant Democratic Leader in the 112th Congress! Congressman James Clyburn is the U.S.Representative for South Carolina’s 6th congressional district, serving since 1993. He is Assistant Democratic Leader in the 112th Congress and the number three Democrat in the House. President Barack Obama has said that Congress Clyburn, “One of a handful of people who, when [...]
Kelts v. Parsons! Instead of hearing your professors drone on-and-on in lecture, wouldn’t you rather watch them battle it out in a debate? Well… now you can! Professor Kelts and Professor Parsons will be debating on the economy, this Thursday, at 7pm in the Amphitheater on the 3rd floor of the Marvin Center. Come hear [...]
CD membership outing! Come see Ides of March this Wednesday night at 7pm in Georgetown! Meet at the Foggy Bottom metro station at 630pm and we’ll walk over together. Spend some time with George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, and your fellow College Dems’ and see how Hollywood does politics! We’d love to see you there. [...]
Come on our second campaign trip! Coming on the Kentucky campaign trip this weekend? Come to the Kentucky Campaign Trip meeting and get info about where we’re going and what we’re doing. Attendance isn’t mandatory, but we strongly encourage you to come to meet everyone else coming on the trip! If you’re still interested in [...]
MEDIA STRATEGY AND EVENT PLANNING FIRM SEEKS INTERN FOR SPRING 2012 Paid Internship. Deadline to Apply is October 31, 2011 Rabinowitz/Dorf Communications, a Washington, DC media consulting and public affairs firm, specializing in political non-profits, progressive foreign policy, religious and ethnic affairs, and academic research is looking for part/full-time interns for the spring semester. [...]
Link to application: http://OFA.BO/springHQ Our Spring internship is an opportunity for your students and graduates to gain hands-on experience with a United States presidential campaign and strengthen their skills as future leaders. Spring interns with Obama For America will learn firsthand about the grassroots efforts that drive our campaign and how what we do here [...]
Join GW Invisible Children and our cosponsoring organizations on Monday, October 3rd to watch Invisible Children’s latest documentary, “Tony”, hosted by roadies who have been traveling the country (including a native Ugandan)! There will be time for questions and discussions with the roadies after the event, as well as great Invisible Children merchandise! So come [...]
Topic: Money in Politics U.S. Representative John Yarmuth represents Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. In his third term, Congressman Yarmuth was appointed to the Committee on Budget, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Ethics. The Congressman will be speaking about the state of money in [...]
