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SUMMARY:2025 CCDP Annual Convention
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to invite all registered Cleveland County Democrats to our 2025 CCDP Annual Convention! This is going to be a great one! SO BE SURE YOU REGISTER BELOW TODAY TO  SECURE YOUR SEAT FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT. \n\n\n\nA few of the items on the agenda:  \n\n\n\nWe will introduce our newly elected precinct officers and our elected Democratic officials. Qualifying resolutions from the precincts will be presented. And we’ll elect new CCDP officers to lead our party forward from 2025-2027.You’ll hear from Chair Kent Blevins\, First Vice Chair Justin Matthews\, and a surprise guest.  \n\n\n\nOf course\, there will be amazing refreshments and an awesome silent auction — both thanks to the Democratic Women of Cleveland County. You go\, ladies!But the cherry on top is our very special guest speaker\, Dr. Gene R. Nichol\, who is traveling from Chapel Hill to share his message with us. If you’ve never heard Dr. Nichol speak or read any of his books or articles\, you are certainly in for a treat. And those of us who have heard him before can’t wait to hear him again! \n\n\n\nFrom the UNC School of Law website: \n\n\n\nGene Nichol is a professor of law teaching courses in the constitution and federal courts. He was president of the College of William & Mary (2005-2008)\, law dean at the University of Colorado (1988-1995) and dean at UNC from 1999-2005. He is the author of LESSONS FROM NORTH CAROLINA: Race\, Religion\, Tribe and the Future of America (Blair Publishing\, 2023); INDECENT ASSEMBLY: The North Carolina Legislature’s Blueprint for the War Against Democracy and Equality (Blair Publishing\, 2020); THE FACES OF POVERTY IN NORTH CAROLINA: Stories From Our Invisible Citizens (UNC Press\, 2018); FEDERAL COURTS (5th ed. 2021\, Marshall & Wells). He’s published articles in the Harvard\, Yale\, Chicago\, Michigan\, Pennsylvania\, Duke\, California\, and Virginia law reviews\, and the Supreme Court Review\,  He’s been a columnist for the Raleigh News & Observer for 20 years and for the Charlotte Observer and Durham Herald for many years. He’s also written for The Nation\, the Washington Post\, Southern Cultures and Slate Magazine. \n\n\n\nIn 2003\, Nichol received the ABA’s Edward Finch Award for the nation’s best Law Day address. In 2004-5\, he was named Carolina’s pro bono professor of the year\, was inducted into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine\, and Equal Justice Works named him pro bono dean of the year. In 2008\, he received Oklahoma State University’s Distinguished Alumnus Award; the “Courage To Do Justice Award” from the National Employment Lawyers Association; and the Thomas Jefferson Award for defense of religious liberty from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. In 2013\, the NC Council of Churches gave Nichol its Faith Active in Public Life Award; the NC-ACLU named him its W.W. Finlator Award winner; and UNC gave him its Thomas Jefferson Award — the university’s highest faculty honor. In 2014\, he received the McCall Teaching Award from UNC School of Law and the University of Colorado’s Joanne Arnold award for courage in defense of civil liberty. \n\n\n\nIn 2018\, he was invited by the faculty of the University of Michigan to give the annual Davis\, Markert\, Nickerson Academic Freedom Lecture and received UNC’s Wettach Award for research excellence. In 2024 he received the North Carolina Justice Center’s Lifetime Champion of Justice honor. Nichol attended Oklahoma State University\, receiving a degree in philosophy and playing varsity football. He obtained his J.D. from the University of Texas\, graduating Order of the Coif. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Dr. Nichol here: https://law.unc.edu/people/gene-r-nichol/ \n\n\n\nSo let’s get you registered now and make sure you get to enjoy this special day with your Democratic friends. Just click the blue buttton below that says REGISTER NOW. It’s free. And you can’t beat that price with a stick!
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/2025-ccdp-annual-convention/
LOCATION:North Carolina Cooperative Extension | Cleveland County Center\, 130 S Post Rd\, Shelby\, North Carolina\, 28152\, United States
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