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SUMMARY:2025 Annual Precinct Meetings: Waco
DESCRIPTION:Join your Democratic neighbors from Waco precinct for your annual precinct organizational meeting via Zoom. \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE: https://www.mobilize.us/clevelandcountydemocrats/event/767516/ \n\n\n\nNot sure which precinct you’re in? You can look that up right here: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/. Or leave us a message at (704) 457-9840. We’ll be glad to call you back and help you.
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/2025-annual-precinct-meetings-waco/
CATEGORIES:Precinct Meetings
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SUMMARY:CCDP Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Stay turned for details\, but know that we will get together in April on our regular meeting date\, the first Thursday of every month. So mark you calendar\, and plan to join us!
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/ccdp-monthly-meeting/
LOCATION:CCDP HQ 2024\, 106 W Marion St\, Shelby\, North Carolina\, 28150
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SUMMARY:DWNC Region 2 Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join Pam Genant and special guest speaker\, Lisa Jewel\, in Hickory for a meeting of the Democratic Women of North Carolina\, Region 2.  \n\n\n\nLunch will be provided.
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/dwnc-region-2-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Catawba County Democratic Party Headquarters\, 2247 S Center St\, Hickory\, North Carolina\, 28602
CATEGORIES:District Meeting
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SUMMARY:Hands Off! Cleveland County Fights Back
DESCRIPTION:Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. We are fighting back! \n\n\n\nThey’re taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care\, our data\, our jobs\, our services—and daring the world to stop them. This is a crisis\, and the time to act is now. \n\n\n\n🚨 On Saturday\, April 5th\, we’re taking to the streets to fight back with a clear message: Hands off! 🚨 \n\n\n\nThis mass mobilization day is our message to the world that we do not consent to the destruction of our government and our economy for the benefit of Trump and his billionaire allies. Alongside Americans across the country\, we are marching\, rallying\, and protesting to demand a stop the chaos and build an opposition movement against the looting of our country. \n\n\n\nA core principle behind all Hands Off! events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values. \n\n\n\nCheck out handsoff2025.com for more information. \n\n\n\nTO JOIN US ON SATURDAY\, aPRIL 5\, PLEASE CLICK THE BIG BLUE BUTTON BELOW AND SIGN UP NOW. \n\n\n\nYou’ll receive additional instructions after you sign up\, and we’ll contact you again prior to the rally.
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/hands-off-cleveland-county-fights-back/
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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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SUMMARY:CCDP Movie Night - April 2025
DESCRIPTION:This month\, we’re screening THE BRAINWASHING OF MY DAD by Jen Senko. \n\n\n\nTHE BRAINWASHING OF MY DAD pulls back the curtain on one of the most successful propaganda campaigns in American history—how right-wing media transformed not only the nation’s political landscape but the personality of one ordinary man. What began as a daughter’s quest to understand how her once easygoing\, apolitical father became an angry right-wing devotee unearthed a far-reaching phenomenon affecting millions of families and friendships now fractured by right-wing radicalization. The film traces the intentional rise of a right-wing media machine—backed by libertarian billionaires\, conservative think tanks\, and political operatives—designed to manipulate public opinion\, sow division\, and shift the political center to the far right. With deep historical context and intimate storytelling\, the film exposes the hidden forces behind the decades-long campaign to pave the way for oligarchic rule at the expense of democracy itself. \n\n\n\nCome grab a bag of popcorn\, watch the movie with us\, and join in the discussion afterward. It’s sure to be an interesting evening.
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/ccdp-movie-night-april-2025/
LOCATION:CCDP HQ 2024\, 106 W Marion St\, Shelby\, North Carolina\, 28150
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SUMMARY:DWCC Book Club - April 2025
DESCRIPTION:What we’re reading and discussing this month: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Fascism [is] the work of a woman who knows authoritarianism when she sees it. And she sees the seeds of it not only in a slew of leaders hell bent on subverting democratic norms—Turkey’s Erdogan\, Venezuela’s Maduro\, Hungary’s Orbán\, and others—but also in Donald Trump\, whom she calls in the book ‘the first antidemocratic president in modern U.S. history.’” — The Daily Beast \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMessage from DWCC Book Club Chair\, Renee Bumbaugh: \n\n\n\n\nThis month’s book is “Fascism: A Warning” by the late Madeline Albright. Written during Donald Trump’s first “reign\,” it was the Secretary of State’s effort to inform us of what she had experienced firsthand while growing up in Eastern Europe. Katie and Carol will lead us in this very timely discussion.You are welcome to bring a small appetizer\, and Charlotte will prepare a simple dessert.  Thank you\, and see you on the 29th.  \nRenée
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/dwcc-book-club-april-2025/
LOCATION:Charlotte Jackson\, 1809 Country Garden Dr\, Shelby\, North Carolina\, 28150
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Sign-Making Party
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a sign-making party at the Dem HQ this Wednesday\, April 30 from 3-5 PM in preparation for the MAY DAY STRONG rally on Thursday\, May 1. A limited amount of supplies will be provided\, but extras are welcome. Let’s get revved up for the BIG EVENT and let our voices be heard! 📣
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/sign-making-party/
LOCATION:CCDP HQ 2024\, 106 W Marion St\, Shelby\, North Carolina\, 28150
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