Thank you to all who attended our Breakfast Meeting this morning!
If you weren’t able to attend, or wish to review & share the content that was covered, we’ve uploaded all of the segments to our YouTube channel.
We’ve also made our Meeting Notes available which have links to those videos as well as links to news articles and other resources that were brought up today.
We look forward to working together to make our county, our state, and our country a better place to live for all!
Yours Democratically,
Our Speakers
Sue Berkowitz Director of the SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Sue has decades of legal activism under her belt, fighting on behalf of those often left behind by our governmental and legal systems. She shares with us the work that she and her associates at the SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center have been doing on behalf of SC residents in need.
When I first decided to run for Chair of the GWCDP, I took some considerable time to reflect on my motives for pursuing it and what my vision would be for the Party should I win.
I sketched out the visual logo to the right to help me focus on the four main ways in which we achieve our ultimate goal:
Make our city, county, state, and country a better place by electing Democratic candidates that share our core values of governance.
One day, I will take the opportunity to detail out the plan I drew up in those early days, but it goes without saying that the Coronavirus lockdown threw a major wrench into them!
One of the areas I’m very proud to say we’ve beaten all expectations falls under the PARTICIPATION heading: Being more visible in the community, serving our neighbors in various capacities, and living the motto “Democrats Care!”.
With our new Community Care Movement under the leadership of Wanda Moore, we’ve been absolutely knocking it out of the park – and we’re getting noticed for it! Below, you will find a number of different examples in the past few months where we’ve been out in the community making a difference.
You can help this movement continue and grow in two ways: Volunteer and Donate! We need people to help adopt a highway and keep it clean, spend time with local children, and visit our elderly citizens. We utilize a portion of your generous donations to deliver pizzas to COVID healthcare workers and to help equip our city youth football league.
Please help us continue to be a force of positive change in Greenwood County, SC year-round and not just during election cycles!
GWCDP News
At our last Breakfast Meeting, Dr. Matthew Logan spent time with us to discuss how the COVID pandemic affected Greenwood County and how the vaccination rollout is making a difference.
As a small token of thanks to Dr. Matthew Logan and the countless healthcare workers that have fought so hard to keep Greenwood County safe and healthy during the COVID pandemic, we delivered over a dozen hot pizzas on a cold rainy day to two vaccination centers. We can never thank you enough for what you’ve endured on our behalf!
Yes, a bunch of Republican Senators just went on the record saying it’s perfectly A-OK for a sitting US President to incite a mob attack on our nation’s Capitol. To be honest, there’s already so much that’s been said on that subject, I don’t think I can add any new insight or perspective. History will remember it for what it was.
Instead, I’d rather share that I’m actually feeling quite hopeful and optimistic about our future! Below, you will read about our Volunteer of the Month, Tammy Sampson. It is my view that our most precious resource in the Greenwood County Democratic Party are the volunteers. Without people like Tammy who play a role in spreading the Democratic way, we’re no more than a social club – and social clubs simply do not change the world!
As Dr. Robert Saul shared with us at our last Virtual Breakfast Meeting, everyone can play a part, no matter how big or small. Dr. Saul works to improve the community through his words and published books and letters. Tammy played her part out on the streets distributing signs and driving neighbors to the polls.
In this newsletter, you will see many other examples of those volunteers who are making a difference one conversation, one distributed meal, one educational seminar, one poem at a time. YOU can get involved in your special way as well. Help edit a video, design a brochure, write some postcards, stuff envelopes, share a post on Facebook, represent a voting precinct, or even run for office!
If you are curious about how to get started, join me at my first ever Virtual Office Hour this Monday, Feb. 15 at 6 pm. You can connect via Zoom or call in on your phone (312) 626 6799, Meeting ID: 815 2263 4736. I truly look forward to hearing from you!
Preparing for our monthly Virtual Breakfast Meetings is one of my favorite activites as your Chair. Some months, it is a challenge to acquire guests and produce segments of interest and value to you.
Then sometimes, like this upcoming Saturday, I am absolutely blessed with an abundance of speakers bringing valuable and timely content.
Dr. Mathew Logan will be talking about the COVID vaccine, discussing its safety, effectiveness, and availability. If you have any questions for Dr. Logan, please e-mail us at info@gwdcountydems.org by no later than 9 am on Friday, Feb 5.
We were also very fortunate to get the time of Dr. Robert Saul, an absolute treasure from Greenwood County, whose recent book “Conscious Parenting” contains a surprising and timely take on a subject that’s very relevant to our activities as a political party.
As a new Chair, I’ve been very fortunate to have made friends with other Chairs throughout the state. We’ll have an interesting and occasionally humorous roundtable with Timika Wilson of Union County and Angela Geter of Spartanburg County to get their take on Party organization and activism.
We will have a quick SC Legislative update from former candidate Dense Waldrep, commentary about the proposed SC State budget from our Treasurer, George Swindell, and of course GWCDP updates including the announcement of our Volunteer of the Month!
To get information on how to join in, please sign up via Mobilize. This service also send you e-mail reminders as the event draws close.
Of course, if you are not able to make it, all of the sessions will be available on our YouTube channel after the Breakfast Meeting. But if you join live, you will have the joy of being able to leave comments and converse with other Democrats during the broadcast!
As Roe vs Wade 1973 has become a “hot topic”, the reality is that women’s fundamental human rights should never be treated as political ruins, that are won or lost. With the politicization, it has become hostile to women’s health and rights and has been successful in shaving away at the protections Roe vs Wade once provided.
Women should have the right to make their own decisions concerning their bodies and health. There are various reasons and point of views as to why one would consider an abortion. There are underage girls, who have made mistakes and got pregnant. Some girls are too young to give the child a fair chance at life. Some girls are victims of trafficking, that resulted in unwanted pregnancies.
Some women have made the decision and chose not to be parents for various reasons. Some women have birth control mishaps, that results in pregnancy, while others could be rape or trafficking survivors. For this reason, some rape survivors attempt to harm themselves and/or the baby because they couldn’t get pass the memory a such tragedy. Therefore, any or all of these scenarios should be left up to a woman to make the decisions concerning “her” body.
Women awake to the reality of forcing the Heartbeat Bill S1. As an elected official and a woman, I feel the need to speak out on this issue. It’s called FETAL Heartbeat Bill. I find it disturbing that we have elected officials from Greenwood, SC on the state level making decisions for EVERY woman in S. C. However, no one has taken the time to speak with women or allow them the opportunity to make their own decisions. I believe, an abortion decision is between God, a woman, and her husband/or significant other and their Physician.
GWCDP Executive Committee Statement on the Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Vice President Kamala Harris
Greenwood, S.C.— Today, the Greenwood County Democratic Party leadership issued the following statement commemorating the historic inauguration of Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Kamala D. Harris:
“Last week’s inauguration reaffirmed the strength of democracy in our great Nation and fulfilled the promises made by both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris when they visited Greenwood, S.C., seeking our support.
“Just as our nation was beginning to recover from one of the darkest moments in our history, we were inspired by the inauguration of the first woman Vice President of the United States, the message of unity from our new President (a lifelong servant to American people), and the powerful words of a young African American poet that shook us to our core.
“From day one, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have built the most diverse cabinet and administration in history. The Greenwood Democrats trust the Biden-Harris administration to lead with the dignity this nation deserves. We support their efforts to eliminate racism, inequality and discrimination while facing the immense challenges of stopping COVID-19, restoring the strength of our small business, and addressing historic unemployment.
“As our new leaders prepare to guide us into a future built on facts, research and data, Greenwood Democrats are excited and inspired to support this history-making presidency.
It’s time to #BuildBackBetter.”
Candidate News
Congratulation to Ms. Patricia Partlow for being sworn in as the new Greenwood City Council representative for Ward 2!
Greenwood, S.C.— Today, the Greenwood County Democratic Party leadership issued the following statement commemorating the historic inauguration of Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Kamala D. Harris:
“Last week’s inauguration reaffirmed the strength of democracy in our great Nation and fulfilled the promises made by both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris when they visited Greenwood, S.C., seeking our support.
“Just as our nation was beginning to recover from one of the darkest moments in our history, we were inspired by the inauguration of the first woman Vice President of the United States, the message of unity from our new President (a lifelong servant to American people), and the powerful words of a young African American poet that shook us to our core.
“From day one, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have built the most diverse cabinet and administration in history. The Greenwood Democrats trust the Biden-Harris administration to lead with the dignity this nation deserves. We support their efforts to eliminate racism, inequality and discrimination while facing the immense challenges of stopping COVID-19, restoring the strength of our small business, and addressing historic unemployment.
“As our new leaders prepare to guide us into a future built on facts, research and data, Greenwood Democrats are excited and inspired to support this history making presidency.
It’s time to #BuildBackBetter.”
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