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SUMMARY:Christian Nationalism: An Update
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URL:https://demswvc.com/event/christian-nationalism-an-update/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:How Democrats Can Win
DESCRIPTION:Here are links to the information that was covered and/or referenced. \nWe started with a half-hour talk by Ezra Klein (originally recorded before last November’s election): \nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/opinion/democrats-liberalism-elections-crick.html \nWe then moved to the state of democracy in the U.S. As I then mentioned\, there are three organizations that rate the state of democracy in countries around the world: Freedom House in the US\, a think-tank associated with the Economist magazine in England\, and V-Dem in Stockholm. The 2026 V-Dem report was recently released. One quick note from the Executive Summary of the V-Dem report says it all: “The USA loses its long-term status as a liberal democracy – for the first time in over 50 years.” Here is a link to the full 2026 V-Dem Report on the 2025 State of Democracy across the world: \nhttps://www.v-dem.net/documents/75/V-Dem_Institute_Democracy_Report_2026_lowres.pdf \nAnd then we talked about the need to do much more than just elect Democrats. Here is the link to the article noting that we cannot rely on the democracy we had to protect us! It failed us before and it can and will fail again! We must build the democracy that we were promised\, but that was never fully delivered! (Thanks to Margaret Babcock for pointing me to this article!) \nhttps://antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/how-democracies-win \nAnd here is a bonus: the 2026 state of democracy report from Freedom House (“The Growing Shadow of Autocracy”); although not quite as damning of American democracy as V-Dem\, it notes the serious decline in the state of democracy in the U.S.: “Among countries rated Free\, the United States\, Bulgaria\, and Italy have experienced the year’s largest declines. In the United States\, an escalation in both legislative dysfunction and executive dominance\, growing pressure on people’s ability to engage in free expression\, and the new administration’s moves to undermine anticorruption safeguards all contributed to the negative score change. The United States lost 3 points on the report’s 100-point scale\, bringing its net decline since 2005 to 12 points\, more than any other country rated Free during the same period except for Nauru and Bulgaria.” Here is a link to the full report: \nhttps://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2026/growing-shadow-autocracy#democracy-and-freedom-will-endure
URL:https://demswvc.com/event/how-democrats-can-win/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:General Meeting: Meet the Food Hub Team
DESCRIPTION:click here to access the slides:
URL:https://demswvc.com/event/general-meeting-meet-the-food-hub-team/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="(Ms.) Ross Fairweather":MAILTO:rossfair63@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T100000
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SUMMARY:Our Broken Election System
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URL:https://demswvc.com/event/our-broken-election-system/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:Education
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SUMMARY:PA’s Budgets: Current & Future
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URL:https://demswvc.com/event/pas-budgets-current-future/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T130000
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SUMMARY:Jess Branas\, candidate for PA 197th House District.
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URL:https://demswvc.com/event/jess-branas-candidate-for-pa-197th-house-district/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T130000
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SUMMARY:Nancy Mannion speaks\, candidate for Democratic nomination for US House of Representatives
DESCRIPTION:Dems Club General Meeting Slides 2026-01-27 V2
URL:https://demswvc.com/event/nancy-mannion-speaks-candidate-for-democratic-nomination-for-us-house-of-representatives/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T130000
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SUMMARY:Kristy Gismot speaks about United Way Lancaster
DESCRIPTION:Kristy Gismot\, VP Resource Development\, United Way\, Lancaster\, PA \nSolicitation of your ideas\, suggestions and feedback
URL:https://demswvc.com/event/kristy-gismot/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="(Ms.) Ross Fairweather":MAILTO:rossfair63@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:David LaMotte speaks on how to change the world
DESCRIPTION:We will present David LaMotte’s video on how to change the world. It is not naive to think you can change the world\, it is naive to think you could be in the world and not change it\, but that change happens in community. Business meeting follows.  Come join us.  All are welcome. \nClick here to see slides: Dems Club General Meeting Slides 2025 Sept \nClick here to see the meeting minutes:  Dems General Meeting Minutes 2025-09-30
URL:https://demswvc.com/event/david-lamotte-speaks-on-how-to-change-the-world/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="(Ms.) Ross Fairweather":MAILTO:rossfair63@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T100000
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SUMMARY:Judicial Elections and Retention
DESCRIPTION:Our own Jerry Henige will discuss the importance of retaining existing Democratic judges as well as electing new ones.  Come join us.  All are welcome. \nClick here to see slides from the event: UoD Judicial Retentions and Elections
URL:https://demswvc.com/event/judicial-elections-and-retention/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250819T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250819T113000
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SUMMARY:Court Appointed Special Advocates
DESCRIPTION:Understanding Our Democracy: Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children;  Tuesday\, August 19th  @10 am\, Education Room at the Cultural Center \nErin Small is returning as our guest speaker. She will talk to us about CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children). Their Mission is to provide a qualified and compassionate court-appointed volunteer advocate to every child who is abused and neglected\, to ensure the fundamental human right of having a safe\, nurturing\, and permanent home is met. To date\, they have served over 1\,200 children. Please join us; everyone is welcome.
URL:https://demswvc.com/event/court-appointed-special-advocates/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T133000
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SUMMARY:Billionaires Win! Families Lose!
DESCRIPTION:We will look at the Reconciliation Bill that just passed the US House of Representatives. \n  \nClick on this hotlink to see the slides used in this presentation: UoD Billionaires Win
URL:https://demswvc.com/event/34739/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T100000
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SUMMARY:Funding for Local School Districts
DESCRIPTION:Susan Spica (Education Voters PA) and Erin Small (candidate for Hempfield School Board) will update us about what is happening with federal and state education funding for local school districts. Pennsylvania’s state funding system for education was declared unconstitutional in 2023. Learn what steps have been taken to remedy this situation and what you can do to support a 2025-2026 state budget that will bring our public schools closer to constitutional school funding. Please join us … everyone is welcome. \nFor more information\, click on one or more of the following links: \nCyber Charter Waste – front \nCyber Charter Waste – back \nLancaster County Lampeter-Strasburg SD \nLancaster County SD of Lancaster
URL:https://demswvc.com/event/may-22-2025/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T230000
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SUMMARY:The State of American Democracy - Our Democracy At Risk
DESCRIPTION:We will look at what two scholars of democracy say about actions of elected leaders around the world that paved the way for democratic failures. Using their framework\, we will review the history of our democracy. We will look at how the actions of our leaders over the last 30 years have put our democracy at risk … and what we should do to restore the guardrails of our democracy. \nTo see the PDF containing the slides of the event\, click on this hotlink: Our Democracy At Risk: January 21st\, 2025
URL:https://demswvc.com/event/the-state-of-american-democracy-our-democracy-at-risk/
LOCATION:Cultural Center Education Room
CATEGORIES:Education
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