PAD July Updates

UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS! LET'S GET TOGETHER AND MAKE THE MOST OF SUMMER!

The North Haverhill Fair: July 26–30. This is a great, fun, old-fashioned fair. If you’ve never been part of it, here’s your chance. The Grafton County Democrats need some help at their booth for a two-hour shift. To sign up, visit here! At the booth, we will be raffling off five “banned” books, among other activities. While there you can enjoy live performances, contests, oxen pulling, racing pigs, and lots of fun fair food and crafts. The North Haverhill Fairgrounds are located at 1299 Dartmouth College Hwy. in North Haverhill. We hope to see you there!

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Rumney Old Home Day: August 12. Plymouth Area Democrats have participated in this neighborhood party for decades. Located at the Rumney Commons, it is lively and well-attended. We need you to help us at the booth.. where we will be selling buttons, bumper stickers, — and, of course, our messaging.

Here is the schedule of available booth shifts:

7:30am Set up booth – Joyce (plus 3 others)

8-10am Joyce (+ 1 other person)

10am-Noon (2 people)

Noon-2pm (filled)

2-3:30pm plus take-down (2 people)

Please email Joyce Weston, if you’d like to help. Either way, please drop by, it will be a blast. We will not be marching in the parade this year, but it’s worth coming by early to watch.

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Plymouth Town-Wide Yard Sale: September 10. We will be collecting sellable items for our yard sale. This is a good time to clean out the closet! Stay tuned to the newsletter for more information.

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September 27 Monthly Meeting: Our usual pot luck followed by a brief business meeting and guest speaker, Manchester Mayor and Gubernatorial Candidate Joyce Craig. Mayor Craig is committed to building strong communities, protecting abortion access, supporting public schools, and increasing affordable housing.

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FROM THE CHAIR'S CHAIR

It recently occurred to me that we are only six months away from the Presidential primary. Our primary system is messy this year because of Biden’s efforts to remove New Hampshire from our long-standing status of “First in the Nation.” Even if Biden doesn’t show up, we still need to rally and get out the vote.

About 50% of young people, ages 18–29, voted in the 2020 presidential election. That was an 11-point increase from 2016. And they tend to vote Democratic. This encouraging trend illustrates that we should work on this demographic locally, to get more students and young people registered and fired up to vote in January. Registering to vote is easy and free, so if you know someone 18 or older who has not taken this first step, tell them to go to vote.gov and download the National Mail Voter Registration Form.

The Plymouth Area Democrats will make a robust effort this fall to reach the PRHS and PSU students with this message. We can win the election — one vote at a time. — Joyce Weston

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GET TO KNOW THE GRAFTON COUNTY DEMOCRATS: The Grafton County Democrats publish a regular newsletter on legislative issues impacting our area. Check out their most recent newsletter and subscribe. You can also get updates by following GCD on Facebook.

If you haven't already, be sure to check out Conversation Canvassing through the GCD. Their next workshops are: Monday, July 17@ 7 pm, Thursday, August 3@ 7 pm.

http://www.conversationcanvassing24.org/

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: New Hampshire is located on N’dakinna, which is the ancestral homeland of the Pennacook, Abenaki, and Wabanaki Peoples past and present. Plymouth Area Democrats acknowledge the spiritual and physical connection to the aki (land), nebi (water), awan (air), olakwikak (flora), and awaasak (fauna) of the alnobak (people) who have stewarded N’dakinna throughout the generations and who continue to carry forward the traditions of their ancestors.

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