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SUMMARY:Early In-Person Voting Ends - 2025 Municipals
DESCRIPTION:More information to come…
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/early-in-person-voting-ends-2025-municipals/
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SUMMARY:Election Day 2025 - Municipals
DESCRIPTION:More information to come…
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/election-day-2025-municipals/
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SUMMARY:Protest Sign-Making Party
DESCRIPTION:Click the big blue button below to sign up. Then get those creative juices going\, and come to headquarters to help us make a slew of black ‘n white “DEMOCRACY DIES WHEN…” signs for our DEATH OF DEMOCRACY protest march on November 8. Materials will be provided\, but seating is limited. \n\n\n\nHope to see you there! We have a lot of signs to make!
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/protest-sign-making-party/
LOCATION:CCDP HQ 2024\, 106 W Marion St\, Shelby\, North Carolina\, 28150
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SUMMARY:CCDP Monthly Meeting — Nov. 2025
DESCRIPTION:Details coming soon. Please save this date/time to your calendar.  \n\n\n\nNote that this meeting is starting 30 minutes later than usual to make it possible for folks to attend an important NAACP event in addition to our meeting.
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/ccdp-monthly-meeting-nov-2025/
LOCATION:CCDP HQ 2024\, 106 W Marion St\, Shelby\, North Carolina\, 28150
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SUMMARY:Protest March in Uptown Shelby — Death of Democracy
DESCRIPTION:🖤 DEATH OF DEMOCRACY Protest March 🖤 \n\n\n\n📅 Saturday\, Nov. 8 \n\n\n\n🕥 Setup at 10:30 AM \n\n\n\n🚶‍♀️ March begins at 11:00 AM \n\n\n\n📍 Shelby Court Square (Warren Street side) \n\n\n\nJoin us for a powerful\, highly-visible protest march as we mourn the erosion of democratic values—and demand better. \n\n\n\n⚫ Dress Code: Black attire encouraged but not required. \n\n\n\n🪧 Signs: We’ll have a limited number of black-and-white “DEMOCRACY DIES WHEN…” signs available. Want to help make them? Sign up for our Protest Sign-Making Party at https://www.mobilize.us/clevelandcountydemocrats/event/862932/. Or feel free to bring your own signs. Bonus points for sticking to the black-and-white theme and riffing on “DEMOCRACY DIES WHEN…” \n\n\n\n🎤 Speakers: A short slate of speakers will share brief remarks before we march. \n\n\n\n🎷 Music: We’re working to include live musicians playing in the style of a New Orleans jazz funeral. Fingers crossed! 🤞 \n\n\n\n🗺️ Route (1.6 miles): • One lap around Court Square • East on Warren Street • South (right) on DeKalb Street • West (right) on Gidney Street • North (right) on Lafayette Street back to Court Square \n\n\n\n📣 Local print and TV media will be invited. Let’s make a strong showing! Bring your walking shoes\, your voice\, and a few friends. Sign up below and help us send a message that won’t be ignored.
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/protest-march-in-uptown-shelby-death-of-democracy/
LOCATION:Court Square\, 103 S Lafayette St\, Shelby\, North Carolina\, 28150
CATEGORIES:Protest,Rally
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SUMMARY:Zooming Into the Issues with Brent Caldwell and Jonah Garson
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THIS EVENT \n\n\n\nJoin us Monday\, November 10 at 7:30 PM for ZOOMING INTO THE ISSUES with Brent Caldwell and Jonah Garson. Brent is running for U.S. Congress in NC District 14\, and Jonah Garson is your current 1st Vice Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party. \n\n\n\nThis is your opportunity to learn more about both of these gentlemen\, get updates on where things stand today\, and hear their plans to move us forward. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.This event will be held via Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link after you sign up below. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBACKGROUND – BRENT CALDWELL (https://www.caldwellforcongress2026.com/meet-brent): \n\n\n\nI was raised in the county area outside a mid-sized Southern city\, where old traditions met new opportunities. My parents\, Col. Michael Caldwell\, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) and Lt. Col. Peggy Caldwell\, U.S. Army Reserve (Ret.) met while my father was stationed in south Mississippi. After a posting in the Philippines\, where I was born at Clark Air Force Base\, and later time in Washington\, D.C.\, we returned home to be near my mother’s family. \n\n\n\nMy childhood was one version of the American Dream. With steady military paychecks supplemented by my parents teaching in local schools and community colleges\, we lived a secure middle-class life. Summers were spent traveling the country in an RV\, seeing firsthand the breadth of America. That foundation carried me from a full academic scholarship at a state school to professional politics—working for Members of Congress\, an aspiring governor\, and as a union organizer—before earning a Master’s degree at the London School of Economics and studying law at Duke University. \n\n\n\nThis life rested on the stability my grandparents had provided. One grandfather followed war service with a job in the Apollo program; another ran a Texaco station and then a fabric shop with my grandmother. Family heirlooms and stories connected us to America’s journey: a record of service in every major war since the Spanish-American War (now with the exception of Afghanistan); a reported patent for an early refrigeration device purchased by President Thomas Jefferson; and a cast-iron pot\, stolen during the Civil War and later recovered\, that sits in my home today. \n\n\n\nI am running because I fear that life of economic stability and feeling of integration with the American story is slipping away. I intend to contribute my voice to the growing chorus of Americans saying that things are broken. Too often the big money has too much of an advantage. Government seems unwilling to regulate efforts to nickel and dime the middle class but quick to regulate average citizens working to stand on our own two feet. \n\n\n\nOur country is supposed to be wealthier than ever but our town squares are shuttered and decent housing is hard to find. It seems impossible to start at the ground floor in a company and work your way to the top. And we all know tragic stories where promising people lost themselves to drugs\, drink\, or despair. \n\n\n\nThis feeling of disenfranchisement is no accident: It is the result of policy choices designed to concentrate political and economic power in the hands of a few. America has overcome aristocracy before\, and it is time again for us to plainly declare and commit to the basic principles we know are essential to good lives: Independence. Equality. Freedom of speech and expression. Freedom of worship. Freedom from want. Freedom from fear. \n\n\n\nIn doing this we can push toward new frontiers to build a great society. That is the message I will be spreading in the coming months as I travel from Mecklenburg to Gaston to Burke\, Cleveland\, Rutherford\, and Polk Counties. I invite your support\, your voice\, and your participation in this effort. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBACKGROUND – JONAH GARSON (https://www.ncdp.org/leaders/ncdp/): \n\n\n\nJonah Garson\, a Chapel Hill native\, is an attorney\, organizer\, and current First Vice Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party. \n\n\n\nAfter graduating from UNC (’09)\, Jonah worked in the NC General Assembly for Sen. Ellie Kinnaird\, Rep. Paul Luebke\, and Speaker Joe Hackney. Jonah spent time in NY while he attended Columbia Law (‘14); while he was away\, he helped to found Team4NC\, which mobilized out-of-state donors and volunteers to support NC candidates\, particularly those running in races critical to the state’s democratic revival. \n\n\n\nJonah returned to NC to serve as field coordinator for dozens of legislative challengers across the state\, and in 2019\, he was Voter Protection Director for the special “re-do” election in NC’s 9th Congressional district\, re-done due to GOP ballot fraud. He then served as the First Vice Chair and Chair of the Orange County Democratic Party. \n\n\n\nCurrently\, in addition to serving as First Vice Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party\, Jonah practices law at Parry Law\, PLLC\, a civil litigation firm based in Chapel Hill\, North Carolina. He also serves as the Governor’s Appointee on the North Carolina Education and Workforce Innovation Commission\, and on the Executive Committee of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP\, the Board of Visitors for UNC-Chapel Hill\, and the International Advisory Board of Carolina Performing Arts.
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/zooming-into-the-issues-with-brent-caldwell-and-jonah-garson/
CATEGORIES:Candidate Event,Community Event
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SUMMARY:Cleveland County Veterans Day Celebration - Nov\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Cleveland County is hosting its annual Veterans Day Celebration on Tuesday\, November 11. Most of the event details are in the graphic above. We will add more information as it becomes available.
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/cleveland-county-veterans-day-celebration-nov-2025/
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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UID:7789-1763449200-1763497800@clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com
SUMMARY:DWCC BooK Club Meeting - November\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Democratic Women’s Book Club will meet Tuesday\, November 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Cleveland County Democratic Party Headquarters\, 106 W Marion Street\, Shelby. \n\n\n\nWe will discuss Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristen Kobes Du Mez. \n\n\n\nDonald Trump\, the right\, the church\, and “militant masculinity” all rolled into one book! \n\n\n\nJoin us as we read this fascinating book that Publishers Weekly called ” a lucid\, potent history that adds a much needed religious dimension to understanding the American right and the rise of Trump.” \n\n\n\nSeveral of our members have recommended this as a very enlightening read. Our facilitator for the evening will be DeAnna Brooks from Clover\, South Carolina\, a new member of our group who read the book and graciously agreed to share her thoughts with us. \n\n\n\nSince the book was published in 2020\, it is now available in paperback. Used copies should be available as well as library copies. It can also be found on Kindle and on Audible. \n\n\n\nPlease click the big blue button below and let us know you plan to join us on the 18th! \n\n\n\nRenée Bumbaugh  \n\n\n\nP.S. Call if you any questions: 980/295-0092
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/dwcc-book-club-meeting-november-2025/
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:DWCC Monthly Meeting - November\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:We hope you’ll join us for our DWCC monthly meeting in November. The agenda isn’t fully set yet\, but you can count on it being an interesting\, efficient meeting.  \n\n\n\nAnd the DWCC monthly meeting ends\, feel free to stay over and attend the meeting of the DWCC Book Club. Sign up for the book club meeting and get more details right here: https://www.mobilize.us/clevelandcountydemocrats/event/865481/
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/dwcc-monthly-meeting-november-2025/
LOCATION:CCDP HQ 2024\, 106 W Marion St\, Shelby\, North Carolina\, 28150
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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SUMMARY:Shelby Christmas Parade - 2025
DESCRIPTION:Please mark your calendars and save this date. We will meet at 2:15 PM\, but the parade starts at 3:00 PM. More details will be sent out to all who sign up.We need volunteers to walk near our float in this parade\, pass out candy\, and wish folks a Merry Christmas. Click the big blue button below\, and JOIN OUR PARADE TEAM. \n\n\n\nLet’s make a big positive impression in our third Shelby Christmas Parade! Democrats are here; they’re more of us that you realize; we’re not afraid to be out here; and we’re your neighbors.Have any questions\, comments\, or suggestions? Please drop us an email at info@clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com.
URL:https://clevelandcountydemocraticparty.com/event/shelby-christmas-parade-2025/
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