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The 2008 South Florida Democratic Party Conference will be presented by the Florida College Democrats. Please contact Vice President of South Florida Kevin Cho Tipton for more information.

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The Jane Reno and the FCD Rock FAU

The Florida College Democrats in association with the College Democrats of FAU presented the first-ever South Florida Democratic Party Summit. The event was a huge success featuring former Attorney General Janet Reno, many members of the state legislature, and a call-to-action by Florida College Democrats President John J. Martino. The event was a great success in large part due to the great efforts of FCD South Florida Vice President Kevin Cho Tipton and FAU Chapter President Sapna Talati. Thank you so much for your efforts.

Huffington Post Coverage with Interview with FCD President John Martino
Further Coverage from the South Florida Summit

The Florida College Democrats Present...

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FCD Caucuses Ready to Make an Impact

On the far left Arielle Williams, UCF Chapter Rep for the
Women's Caucus. On the right Black Caucus Chair Michael Byrd
and UCF Chapter Rep for the Hispanic Caucus Marcelo Ramirez.

The Florida College Democrats have recently established the following caucuses:

FCD Black Caucus headed by Michael Byrd:

FCD Black Caucus Page
FCD Black Caucus Facebook Gorup

FCD Hispanic Caucus headed by Pablo Best:

FCD Hispanic Caucus Page

FCD Hispanic Caucus Facebook Group

FCD Women's Caucus headed by Karrissa Hazzard:

Coming soon!!!

Florida College Democrats Rock the J.J.

The Florida College Democrats had a great successful trip to the Florida Democratic Party's Annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner. We had members from six different chapters around the state and made presentations to many of the FDP's well-established caucuses. As we made an attempt to reintroduce ourselves to the party, we garnered much support from many party members as we should all be encouraged by our growing place within the party.

We need College Dems at the JJ Dinner in June!!!

Joe and John Martino last year at the JJ Dinner.

The Florida Democratic Party's Annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner will be on June 14th at the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, Florida. As always the FDP is looking to us to provide volunteers for the event, and will be an opportunnity for you to rub elbows with some popular party officals. You could also get the chance to be at the dinner itself as there is always a bunch of free tickets lying among party members. One FDP official also told me to have you guys bring resumes to the event as volunteering will give you the opportunnity to get an internship or job in the late summer or fall. If you are interested in being part of this exciting event please contact me at John.J.Martino@gmail.com.

Results of the FCD Elections

Congratulations to our newly elected Exec Board for the 2008-2009 School Year

Here are the elections results

Votes came in from Stetson, FIU, FAU, UF, USF, and UCF.
Results as follows:
President: 15 for John Martino, 3 abstentions.
Vice President of North Florida: 15 for Danielle Emenhiser, 3 abstentions
Vice President of Central Florida: 11 for Matthew Coppens, 7 for Miki Hirama, 0 abstentions
Vice President of South Florida: 15 for Kevin Tipton Cho, 3 abstentions
Financial Director: 15 for Joe Martino, 3 absentations
Secretary: 15 for Ben Cavataro, 3 abstentions
Public Relations Director: 14 for Amanda Campau, 4 for Jay Shannon, 0 abstentions

The FCD would like to thank all who voted in this election and all who ran. Your work is appreciated and this organization could not survive unless individuals like yourselves are will to step up to the plate. The e-board will be in transition this week.
If you have any questions or grievances concerning this election please direct them to Will Anderson at WilliamLAnderson@gmail.com

Statewide Elections

Elections will be held via e-mail. Please see the description of the election here. Each chapter is allowed three votes that will be submitted to our elections commision Will Anderson at williamlanderson@gmail.com and Zachary Moller at redldr12@ufl.edu

If you are interested in running for a position on the state executive board please e-mail them your intent to run along with a 250 word statement about yourself and your platform. After announcing your canidacy you are free to campaign to the chapters.

The following positions are up for election:

- President

- Vice President: of North, Central, and South Florida (3 positions)

- Financial Director

- Secretary

- Public Relations Director

In addition please see our facebook page on the elections
Here is the current list of canidates and the rules and regulations of the election

Statewide Meetup

On May 3rd at the University of Central Florida we will be having a statewide meetup in order to discuss officer elections and other statewide business. Everyone is welcome to attend the event which will begin at 2:00 pm. Any voting done at this meeting can only be done by students from their respective univerisities.

More information to come!

*****BRING A LAP TOP!*****

We will be training in new strategies.

FCD's First Annual J.J. Dinner

Special thanks to Congressional Candidate Christine Jennings for speaking to our guests. The night was an incredible success: we are out-raising our Republican counterparts 10:1. More importantly, we look forward to putting your donations to work.

Fairness For All Families

In October 2007, the Florida College Democrats officially endorsed the
Fairness for All Families Campaign

During a campus event for Pride Awareness Month, University of Florida College Democrats asked their peers to pledge to vote NO to the "Marriage Protection" Amendment by signing the poster picture below.