Our latest Updates newsletter features a poem by an anonymous poet, which was read during a weekly vigil at an ICE Detention Center in Burlington, MA earlier this month. The writer, a naturalized U.S. citizen, is an immigrant who sought and was granted political asylum some years ago.
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2025 SHDTC Updates Newsletters
- Issue 78-One People
- Issue 77-Constitution Day
- Issue 76-My Roots
- Issue 75-Good Trouble Lives On
- Issue 74-South Hadley Food Drive
- Issue 73-Human Rights
- Issue 72-May Day! May Day!
- Issue 71-No Kings in America
- Issue 70-Hands Off 2025!
- Issue 69-Make Some Noise
- Issue 68-State Sen. Jake Oliveira
- Issue 67-Dan Carey, Clerk of Courts
- Issue 66-Welcome Mark Ames
- Issue 65-Welcome Homar Gómez
- Issue 64-I'm Done
Addresses
Mailing Address:
South Hadley DTC
P.O. Box 82
South Hadley, MA 01075
Email:
southhadleydemocrats@gmail.com
Find us on: www.facebook.com/SouthHadleyDTC www.instagram.com/southhadleydems
South Hadley DTC
P.O. Box 82
South Hadley, MA 01075
Email:
southhadleydemocrats@gmail.com
Find us on: www.facebook.com/SouthHadleyDTC www.instagram.com/southhadleydems
Officers
Paul Dobosh & Ann Stockton, Co-Chairs; Susan Newton, Ex-Officio; Leonard Finkowski, Vice Chair; Tom Lake, Treasurer; Christie Reardon, Secretary; Lori Souder, Affirmative Action & Outreach Advisor
Our Legislators
SHDTC Meetings
The South Hadley DTC normally meets at 6:30pm on third Thursdays in the Trustees' Conference Room at the South Hadley Public Library for hybrid in-person/online meetings (Library+Zoom). The library is located at 2 Canal Street, South Hadley. Any date and/or venue changes will made on a month-to-month basis.
State Democratic Convention:
State Elections:
S. Hadley Annual Town Election:
BUSINESS MEETINGS (6:30pm):
January 9, 2025 (note date change)
February 20, 2025
March 20, 2025
April 10, 2025 (note date change)
May 15, 2025
No meeting in June
July 16, 2025 (note change from 7/17)
August 2025, Summer BBQ
September 18, 2025
October 16, 2025
November 20, 2025
No meeting in December
SHDTC Annual Caucus:
Monthly in-person gatherings for coffee, breakfast goodies, and casual conversation are held at 8:30am on First Fridays at Tailgate Picnic Deli, 7 College Street in the Village Commons. Please join us!
FIRST FRIDAY MORNING GATHERINGS (8:30am):
January 3, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
February 7, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
March 7, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
April 4, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
May 2, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
June 6, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
No gathering in July
August 1, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
September 5, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
October 3, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
November 7, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
December 5, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
January 3, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
February 7, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
March 7, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
April 4, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
May 2, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
June 6, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
No gathering in July
August 1, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
September 5, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
October 3, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
November 7, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
December 5, 2025 at Tailgate Picnic
Saturday, March 29, 2025; Community Room at South Hadley Public Library, 2 Canal St; Registration 12-12:30pm; Caucus begins at 12:30pm
Platform Convention; Saturday, September 13, 2025; Mass Mutual Center, Springfield MA
Next state elections occur in 2026
Tuesday, April 8, 2025; Polls Open 7:00am to 8:00pm at South Hadley High School, 153 Newton Street
Resources
- 50501 (FiftyFiftyOne)
- ActBlue-Donate to S. Hadley DTC
- Blue Voter Guide
- Fair Fight | Stacey Abrams
- Climate Action Now | Western Mass
- DemCast
- Democracy Docket
- Field Team 6
- Focus for Democracy
- Force Multiplier
- General Strike US
- Her Bold Move
- Indivisible-Swing Left Western MA
- Massachusetts Democratic Party
- MassVOTE
- Media and Democracy Project
- Mobilize--Events
- Movement Voter Project (MVP)
- National Democratic Party
- Partners 4 Democracy
- Political Revolution
- Political Revolution--Events
- Public Citizen
- Run for Something
- Sister District Project
- S. Hadley DTC on Facebook
- South Hadley-Election Info
- Swing Blue Alliance
- The Big List of Protests
- The States Project
- Volunteer Blue
- Vote 411-Election Info
- Vote Forward
- VoteInMA-Voter Resources
- VoteRiders
- Vote Save America
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Archive-2024 SHDTC Updates Newsletters
- Issue 63-A New Age of McCarthyism
- Issue 62-Native American Voting Rights
- Issue 61-Not an Option
- Issue 60-My Ballot
- Issue 59-Run for Local Office
- Issue 58-Downballot Candidate
- Issue 57-2024 Blue Wave
- Issue 56-What's Best-Get Busy
- Issue 55-Project 2025
- Issue 54-Hail Proudly
- Issue 53-Take Action
- Issue 52-Earth Day
- Issue 52R-Resolution on Gaza
- Issue 51-The Appeal of Autocrats
- Issue 50-Threats to Democracy
- Issue 49-Black History Month
- Issue 48-Voter Motivation
- Issue 47-SHDTC Subcommittees
- Issue 46-Int'l Day of Education
- Issue 45-DNC Convention 2024
Archive-2022/23 SHDTC Updates Newsletters
- Issue 44-Let's Get Started
- Issue 43-Thanksgiving
- Issue 42-Remembering Our Veterans
- Issue 41-I'm Right, You're Wrong
- Issue 40-2023 MassDems Convention
- Issue 39-Mi Casa is Not Su Casa
- Issue 38-I Have a Dream
- Issue 37-Dog Days of Summer
- Issue 36-Bidenomics
- Issue 35-Reparations
- Issue 34-Juneteenth, Pride Month
- Issue 33-Pride Month
- Issue 32-Dems Membership+Caucus
- Issue 31-Town Meeting
- Issue 30-Mental Health Policy in MA
- Issue 29-Sahrawi Refugees
- Issue 28-Mental Health Month
- Issue 27-Student Voice on Climate
- Issue 26- Eco Poetry and Song
- Issue 25-So. Hadley & Sustainability
- Issue 24-MHC and the Environment
- Issue 23-Native Plants
- Issue 22-Stop the Hate
- Issue 20-Black History Month
- Issue 21-International Women's Day
- Issue 19-Martin Luther King Day
- Issue 18-Happy New Year
- Issue 17-Thanksgiving
- Issue 16-The Halloween Party
- Issue 15-Ballot Questions
- Issue 14-Mass Dems Update
- Issue 13-Voting Matters
- Issue 12-Immigration
- Issue 11-Food Insecurity
- Issue 10-Mental Health
- Issue 9-Labor Day
- Issue 8-Primary Election
- Issue 7-Climate
- Issue 6-Saving Democracy
- Issue 5-Roe Overturned
- Issue 4-Juneteenth
- Issue 3-Gun Violence
- Issue 2-Voting Rights
- Issue 1-Reproductive Rights