News & Notes, September 2022
DFA Meetups Return!
Starting this month!
Mark the dates. Location TBA
October 19. A panel of people with school board experience will address the upcoming elections, with particular focus on education issues. 7 pm
November 9. DFA co-chair Leon Reed and Gettysburg College professor Char Weise will give a first impressions analysis of the 2022 elections: local election results and key national results. Who will organize the House and Senate. Gains/losses in Pennsylvania and other state races. How the election deniers did. How does this affect the Biden administration going forward? Impact on 2024? 7 pm
December 7: DFA potluck. Fun and fellowship. Fundraiser for SCCAP/CARES. Discussion of DFA’s plans for 2023, including political candidate training initiative.
Get Ready to Run
DFA has targeted next year’s races for supervisor, school board, and elections supervisor and is trying to get more Democrats to run. When the time comes, we will be reviving the training programs we used to run, covering topics like:
How/why you should run
Getting ready to run
Organizing your message and your campaign
Getting on the ballot
Presenting your message
Running for local office isn’t for “other people.” We need you. See the “Get Ready to Run for Office” article for some ideas about what you can do now.
Writing by DFA members
Clicking on the link will take you to the article.
Gettysburg Times op-eds
Katy Giebenhain, EVERYONE does better when EVERYONE does better, September 8,
Tom Deloe, What they do matters, September 26
Letters to the Editor
Tony McNevin, Voters deserve the light of day, September 23
Carolyn George, Qually Supporter, September 20
Steve Niebler, Supports Qually, September 10
DFA blog
Mastriano: Race to the Bottom, September 28
Can we turn PA 13 Purple?, September 20
What I learned listening to young people, September 20
The Insurrectionists and the people defending the country, September 15
Election nullification, PA style, September 15
Run for something in 2023, September 12
Tour the African American History Museum
Avoid the ticket line, the drive, and the parking nightmare
YWCA Bus Tour, October 10
Have you avoided touring the African American History Museum either because of ticketing hassles or driving/parking hassles? Well, the YWCA has solved both problems. They’re organizing a bus tour, October 10. Departure at 8:45, arrival c. 11 am, lunch on your own, all afternoon to tour. Contact
https://www.facebook.com/events/national-museum-of-american-history/bus-trip-from-gettysburg-to-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-cult/418555210264275/