There is still time to register for the MLK Voice 4 Youth program! If you have young people in your lives, encourage them to get involved. Registration is open for this year’s contest until December 17th at https://www.ywcade.org/homepage/events/mlk-voice-4-youth-2022/, first place wins $2000!
We are so excited to partner with Ridgewood JOLT to welcome Author and former State Chair of the Ohio Democratic Party, David Pepper to break down the threat to Democracy that we are facing. We must be aware and share our knowledge to fight back. Please register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gec7U9fE7f8W4idqd_bZSzML3jb4yPwCbGWG-SJf2Us/edit to be sent a zoom link.
Board determines historic commission has jurisdiction over historical society
A bicyclist rides past the menhaden fishing net reel along Third Street. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Nick Roth | The Cape Gazette | November 5, 2021
The Lewes Board of Adjustment has voted 3-1 to uphold a commission’s authority to deny placement of a menhaden fishing net reel on the Lewes Historical Society’s campus.
Board member Luke Mette said the question before his body was not about the net reel, but rather the jurisdiction of the city’s historic preservation architectural review commission. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
If you missed it, or just want to watch it again, the SDARJ Town Hall – Student Voices Matter: Racial Dynamics in School is available for viewing on the SDARJ YouTube Channel at: https://youtu.be/JIZf5UGshsE
Cape Gazette | October 25, 2021
Because Black voices are conspicuously missing from high positions in areas of life that affect everyone, the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice is launching “Black Voices” magazine.
“Black Voices” will speak to the need of listening to these voices as equal partners in order to build a more just and equitable democracy.
Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
The SDARJ November Town Hall will feature the voices of current and recently graduated students from across the State. We will explore the current status of racial dynamics in our schools based on students’ real-life experiences. We will discuss, from a student perspective: what school administrators and faculty are doing to improve racial dynamics and what challenges remain; the implications of having a faculty that reflects the diversity of the student body; the importance of teaching a more complete version of American history; and the issues that are on the minds of students today. Register for this Town Hall at: https://sdarjstudentvoices.eventbrite.com
All over the country, anti-voter extremists are passing laws to marginalize Black and Brown voters. The Freedom to Vote Act would stop those attacks by establishing a bold set of national standards to protect democracy so that no matter where you live or what you look like, your right to vote will not be infringed. Yet the bill has been blocked by a Senate rule, called the filibuster.
Please join us on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. to learn about the racist history of the filibuster and why it must be reformed or eliminated to protect the freedom to vote for all of us. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZ0rd-2qpj8tHtJw2…
You can also read Senator Tom Carper’s Delaware Online opinion editorial “No barrier — not even the filibuster — must stop our obligation to our democracy” here.
Delaware State News | October 24, 2021
By Charlotte King and Clara S. Licata
What is the big deal about expanding voter rights? You wouldn’t think that legislation making it easier for people to vote would be a problem. Shouldn’t every state want its citizens to have a polling place nearby with convenient hours or the option to vote by mail? The Freedom to Vote Act would guarantee that and more, but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has said the act is a solution in need of a problem.
Is it? According to the Brennan Center for Justice, 19 states have enacted 33 laws limiting, not expanding, voting rights. This is the actual problem. This state legislation reduces the number and hours of in-person polling places; limits or eliminates the option to vote by mail or severely limits the number and locations of boxes to return vote-by-mail ballots; transfers election responsibility from neutral, nonpartisan state, county or local officials to partisan appointees; institutes severe criminal penalties for innocuous election mistakes by local officials; and cements partisan gerrymandering.
Read the entire Delaware State News article here.
