Message from the Chair, May '08

As we head into summer I am both enthusiastic and a bit tired of what has been a very rollercoaster ride primary season. High points at the Global Primary, and the International Meeting in Vancouver have been inspiration , but lows in all the divisive scanadal politics so rampant in the corporate media have left many activists, volunteers, and party leaders tired. It is the outpouring of new voters, new hope, and new focus that keeps us going and for that I thank all of the members of DAJ who have reached out and pitched in over the last 5 months. You have helped keep me optimistic. Read more about the challenges ahead of us, below.

Special thanks got to Martha M. for working with National Azabu to set up a new weekly voter registration table, and to Mike for his work on GOTV. Thanks go to Mike P. Terri, Mike S. Chris, Miki and many others for their work on our podcast site. Thanks to Ray in Osaka for his great work getting out the word on Kansai events, To Ron, Jenise and others who help with Movie nights.

And thanks to the officers of DAJ for getting so much work done over such a short time.

We need your help this summer. Can you help with voter reg? Can you help organize events? Can you help with database clean-up, administration work, media outreach, ad work, design work, web work? We need it all. Let us know what you can do to help take back our country.

Most of all, don't delay, register to receive you Absentee Ballot asap to make sure you get it in time and that all our votes get counted.

Also, be sure to head over to the new DA website and participate in the many groups, discussions and information sharing happening there!