Join us for food and drink (specials included) and a Karaoke contest!

Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

50/50 Raffle. Winner picked at the event.

Admission Fee: $5.00

There will be a voter registration table and Obama 2012 information at the event.

Contact Amanda Knapp for more information.
(845) 264-1923
PoliticalAffairs@FIUCollegeDemocrats.COM

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ARE YOU FIRED UP and READY for VICTORY in 2012?

The Miami-Dade Democratic Party Needs YOU!!!!

Our Agenda will include: 2012 Obama Campaign Information, Election for DEC Treasurer and our Swearing In Ceremony for new DEC members.

Attendance is FREE and open to ALL Democrats!   For more information, contact our DEC Office at (305) 477-4994.

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Click here  and Sign Up today.  Space is Limited…

Fired Up and Ready for VICTORY in 2012!!!

SOCKS – something we all take for granted – are in short supply for our soldiers abroad.  Please drop off a pair of new, “dark” socks at any of the locations below, and we will ship them to our armed services overseas.

For more information, please contact Jesus Medina at Mr.Jesus.Medina@gmail.com.

Drop Off Locations:

 
 DEC Office: 810 Godfrey Road, Suite 402 A Miami Beach, FL 33140
SEIU Office: 14645 Northwest 77th Avenue Miami Lakes, FL 33014
AFSCME Local 199 Office: 6405 NW 36th St. Suite 113 Virginia Gardens, FL 33166
Union Hall: 4349 NW 36th St, Miami Springs, FL 33166

And… bring a pair to our Jan. 31st and Feb. 28th meetings!

OR we will come to you! Click here for more info.

Tampa, FL – Last week, Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith and Democratic Party leadership joined with nearly 500 community activists to rally against the GOP’s voter suppression law. The law, passed last spring by Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-led legislature, is currently under review by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The “Our Voice, Our Vote” rally took place outside the courthouse where a congressional hearing, held by U.S. Senators Bill Nelson and Dick Durbin, examined the impact of the new voting law now taking effect in Florida.

“With nearly 1 million Floridians out of work, the Governor and Republican-led legislature have chosen to restrict our right to vote instead of keeping their promise to create jobs,” said Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith. “It’s time to focus on helping Floridians, not hindering them at every turn. It is time to stop playing politics with the right to vote.”

“The GOP rammed through this dangerous and transparent voter suppression law aimed directly at making it harder for Floridians to vote,” said State Representative Mark Pafford, who introduced a bill to repeal the GOP’s voter suppression law. “They may have the power in Tallahassee but they don’t have the power in our communities. This is our voice, our vote. We will not be silent.”

Last spring, Gov. Scott and the Republican-led legislature rammed through a dangerous and transparent voter suppression law aimed directly at making it harder for Floridians to vote. They are criminalizing voter registration, virtually putting the League of Women Voters out of business and disenfranchising thousands of young voters and college students by preventing people from changing their address at the polls. The GOP has also made it more difficult for hard-working Floridians to vote by shortening the number of days and hours for early voting.

Smith continued, “Of all our rights, the right to vote is the most sacred. Women and minorities fought to get it and our soldiers fight to protect it. Playing politics with voting needs to stop and it needs to stop now.”

The Labor Department said that unemployment fell in 37 states in December, rose in three and remained unchanged in 10. That’s similar to November, when joblessness declined in 43 states, and October, when it dropped in 36.

The three states that reported increases were Hawaii, New Mexico and Rhode Island. Nevada posted the highest unemployment rate, at 12.6 percent, followed by California’s 11.1 percent. North Dakota had the lowest rate, at 3.3 percent.

Last month, 25 states reported an increase in total jobs, while 24 states said they lost jobs. The figures are different than the unemployment rates because rates can fall even if a state doesn’t add new jobs. Unemployed workers who give up on their job searches, for example, are no longer counted as unemployed, thereby reducing the rate.

Nationwide, employers added 200,000 jobs in December and the country’s unemployment rate fell for the fourth straight month to 8.5 percent.

Hiring picked up toward the end of 2011 as the economy improved. Analysts expect the economy expanded at an annual rate of about 3 percent in the October-December quarter, up from an anemic 0.9 percent pace in the first six months of last year.

By Associated Press, Published: January 24

Invite you to a State of the Union Town hall discussion with Ms. Jane Oates Assistant Secretary for the Employment and Training Administration U.S Department of Labor Thursday, January 26th, 2012 • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus Room 2106 300 N.E. Second Avenue Miami, FL 33132

The White House, U.S. Department of Labor, and Mrs. Sandra Ruiz invite you to participate in an event focused on President Obama’s State of the Union Address, featuring Ms. Jane Oates, U.S. Department of Labor Assistant Secretary for the Employment and Training Administration , on Thursday, January 26th from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

The event is free of charge, though pre-event registration is required and space is limited. This event is closed press.

Please RSVP to Gholar.Ashanti.F@dol.gov.

 (1) Share your State of the Union Photos

Are you joining a watch party this evening? Or making a night of it at home? Either way, we want to show off all the ways Floridians are showing our support for President Obama.

That’s why we’ll be posting our favorite photos to FL.barackobama.com, Twitter, Facebook, and more—make sure yours are included by sharing them at: http://OFA.BO/FLpics

And if you’re tweeting tonight, don’t forget to use the hashtag #SOTU2012 in your updates so we can find them!

 (2) Find a State of the Union Watch Party

Volunteer hosts have stepped up across Florida to organize watch parties. If you aren’t sure where you are going to watch tonight, why not meet up with other supporters near you?

Find a watch party by visiting—http://OFA.BO/SOTUfl

 (3) Stream the State of the Union on your computer

We’ve got you covered even if you can’t make it to a television. You can stream President Obama’s address tonight at http://www.barackobama.com/state-of-the-union

 (4) President Obama’s special message

President Obama recorded a special message to preview the State of the Union address tonight. Take a minute to watch it here: http://OFA.BO/9gw6nm

Attendance is FREE.  Everyone is invited!

Also, City Hall Restaurant will be offering Happy Hour Specials during our event!
Arrive early for FREE Parking!

Ready for VICTORY in 2012!!!

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