Please see the proposed resolution and the member vote announcement in the News section.
Recently, TCDP passed a resolution denouncing racism, bigotry, and anti-Semitism in response to legislative, institutional, and personal attacks on members of certain groups in our community and nation. Part of that resolution was an undertaking to ask members and associates to join in the actions to counter that trend. This last week the TCDP Chair, Katie Naranjo, requested NETCo Dems to consider joining them with our own resolution similiar to TCDP's.
Attached is the revised proposed draft of such a resolution based on the one presented at the NETCo Dems meeting on November 20th.
Several members at the meeting offered comments for additions that are worth considering; however, the meeting was not a conducive to that consideration. Accordingly, the discussion was moved to this Forum. I have received a number of improvements not posted here, which are included in this version.
The intent is to consider and select appropriate changes and update the proposal NLT Friday, December 3rd and to conduct an online vote for approval, hopefully, to conclude by Friday, Dec 10th.
Please use the comments section to this post to offer improvements the document. Please focus on the idea you want to include.
Note that you will have to join the Forum to comment. Please read the article on getting an account on our news page at https://www.netcodems.com/post/the-forum-is-open-join-us-here-s-how.
I would like so see something that more strongly acknowledges that anti-Semitism exists in our own ranks (not just the "left" and the "right"), often without awareness. The episode that brought about this activism (which I so sincerely applaud) is an example of that lack of (self) awareness. Perhaps an additional paragraph in the "pledge" section:
Pledge to educate the NETCo membership about anti-Semitism in both its obvious and less obvious/more subliminal forms, thereby developing a stronger awareness of its existence and practices within the Democratic Party, addressing anti-Semitism when identified, and eradicating it from our ranks;