Earth Day 2024

In this Earth Day issue, Senator Ed Markey reflects on the challenges our world faces, and how President Biden and the Green New Deal have been making a difference.

• SHDTC-Updates-EarthDay_Issue52-042224
• The White House, Presidential Actions:
  A Proclamation on Earth Day, 2024
  
• Earth Day 2024 Global Theme: Planet vs. Plastics
  
• History of Earth Day: www.earthday.org/history
• History of the EPA: www.epa.gov/history
  

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Business Meetings
Our next regular business meeting is Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 6:30pm in the South Hadley Library Trustee's Conference Room. The meeting will be hybrid-online; participants may attend in-person at the Library or online via Zoom. No business meetings are scheduled in May or June. 

First Friday Breakfast and Conversation
Plan to join us at an upcoming First Friday gathering! We'll be getting together at 8:30am on May 3, and June 7, 2024 at Iona's Kitchen, 20 Main Street, South Hadley Falls (www.ionaskitchen.com). Conversation is casual, there is no set agenda, and all are welcome! 

 

SHDTC Mini-Golf Classic on May 18th!
The South Hadley Democratic Town Committee's 2024 Mini-Golf Classic Fundraiser will take place from 10am to 2pm on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Stony Falls Miniature Golf and Country Creamery at McCray's Farm in South Hadley. Plan to come with family and friends for Mini-Golf --or just come and enjoy visiting outdoors with local Dems and candidates for office. Tickets for mini-golf and ice cream are available at the door, ($12 adult, $6 age 12 and under) and include unlimited play during tournament hours and a small dish or cone of McCray's homemade ice cream. For details and information about hole sponsorships: SHDTC Mini-Golf Classic.

SHDTC Resolution on Gaza

On March 21, 2024, members of the South Hadley Democratic Town Committee voted in favor of a Resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. For the full text, see:

• SHDTC Updates-Resolution on Gaza_Issue 51-032224

Reorganization Meeting

Members are asked to attend a very brief online reorganization meeting on Thursday, April 4 at 6:30pm via Zoom for a recorded vote per MassDems rules on the slate of officers presented and confirmed by voice vote at our March meeting.

The Appeal of Autocrats

 

In our latest newsletter, SHDTC member and psychiatrist Ken Jaffee reflects on the continuing appeal of autocrats.

• SHDTC Updates-The Appeal of Autocrats_Issue 51-030524
• Merriam-Webster Thesaurus: Autocrat
  www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autocrat
• Protect Democracy: Authoritarian Threat Index
  protectdemocracy.org/threat-index
  

2024 Mini-Golf Classic Fundraiser

The South Hadley Democratic Town Committee's 2024 Mini-Golf Classic Fundraiser will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Stony Falls Miniature Golf and Country Creamery at McCray's Farm in South Hadley.

Hole sponsorships are $60 and include a full color 18x24 coroplast sign and stand, and two Mini-Golf Classic tickets for play during tournament hours and a small cone or dish of McCray's homemade ice cream. Kids 12 and under play free with an adult. Sponsors who are unable to use their tickets can choose to donate them. Tickets not requested by sponsors are donated to offer deserving families in the South Hadley area a fun day of mini-golf and ice cream. 

 

For more information or to forward sign wording, please email us (with 'Mini-Golf' in the subject line) at: southhadleydemocrats@gmail.com. Signs may be sponsored by candidates, office holders, supporters, and individuals, and may include dedications and messages of support. 

Details and payment are available on ActBlue at: secure.actblue.com/donate/minigolfclassic. To order and pay by check, mail to: South Hadley Democratic Town Committee, PO Box 82, South Hadley MA 01075.