Frederick Douglass Democratic Club will lay the groundwork for powerful coalitions of public housing residents, seniors, low income families, young professionals, small business owners and college students from all racial groups working as a team to participant in increasing the number of Democratic voters in the 69th Assembly District.
Frederick Douglass Democratic Club recognizes that African-African and Hispanic communities throughout NYC historically have a lower voter registration, voter turn-out and participation in the political process in contrast to other communities.
After 20 years of mean-spirited public policies from a Republican controlled City Hall, Frederick Douglass Democratic Club is committed to increasing the number of African-African and Hispanic voters who vote in the 69th Assembly District in support of the citywide campaign to elect a progressive Democrat to City Hall in 2013 and beyond.
Frederick Douglass Democratic Club will help develop the next generation of local Democratic Party leaders and help them plan their strategies, frame their messages, and dispel myths as they communicate with voters.
Moving forward, the Frederick Douglass Democratic Club plans to run its own members for Democratic District Leaders, State Committee Members, County Committee Members and for City, State and Federal offices (or support incumbents or challengers from outside its club that share their values).
Frederick Douglass Democratic Club will invest in local candidates who are new thinkers with new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing our community.
Frederick Douglass Democratic Club will help local candidates develop the nuts-and-bolts grassroots political organizing skills they will need to mobilize voters and to deepen their political analysis and their visions for fundamental political change.
Frederick Douglass Democratic Club will offer a wide range of integrated campaign training to local voters seeking to participate in the political process, including: fundraising, voter registration, collection of ballot signatures, phone banking, the distribution of campaign literature and election day "get-out-the-vote" activities.
Frederick Douglass Democratic Club is in it for the long haul not just the next election cycle.
The members of Frederick Douglass Democratic Club understand very clearly that the political winds of social justice could change on Election Day and thus require their constant attention and participation in the political process.
Frederick Douglass Democratic Club will provide its members with a permanent capacity to address and if need be remove the political barriers that impede the adoption of public policies that benefit our communities.
NOTE: Frederick Douglass Democratic Club does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
