Sudbury Democratic Town Committee

On March 9 at 10 a.m., Democrats will convene at First Parish, 327 Concord Road, Sudbury, to elect 13 delegates and 4 alternates to represent Sudbury at the 2024 State Democratic Convention. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. and close at 10:15 a.m.

Registered and pre-registered Democrats in Sudbury 16 years old by Feb. 15 may vote and be elected as delegates or alternates during the caucus. Youth (age 16 to 35), people with disabilities, people of color, veterans, members of the LGBTQ+ community not elected as delegates or alternates are encouraged to apply to be add-on delegates at the caucus or by visiting massdems.org/massdems-convention. The 2024 Convention will be in person at the DCU Center in Worcester on June 1. At the conclusion of the caucus, a conference will be held to elect 13 representatives to the Senate District Conference on March 23 2 p.m. (location tbd) and elect one person to fill a male State Committee member seat.

Those interested in getting involved with the Sudbury Democratic Committee should contact Carmine Gentile at cgentile33@gmail.com or 978 443-9898.

Title: METROWEST BLUE AND BEYOND (MWBB)

Speaker: Former State Senator David Magnani

When: Wednesday. February 7th, 2024 at 7:00PM

Where: Goodnow Public Library, 21 Concord Road, Sudbury MA 01776

From the speaker:

“It’s a big election year and I’ve been thinking about how I can make a difference. Perhaps you share my frustration that there is little I can do in Massachusetts that will have much of an impact on the Presidential election. The outcome of the Presidential election will be decided by voters in a handful of other states.”

That’s where “Metrowest Blue and Beyond” (MWBB) comes in!!!

“We research and provide support to on-the-ground community organizers in three key swing states. In this election cycle we are providing support to organizations in Arizona, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

“MWBB uses strict criteria to screen the organizations they support. The organizations must be local, have a track record of success, and they must directly recruit, hire, train, and pay community organizers. They must also have a focus on communities of color, low propensity voters, and critical voting geographies. This model proved very successful in both the 2020 and 2022 elections, with MWBB playing a role in each of those elections.

MWBB has

● experience,

● a successful model, and

● an experienced leadership team”

Sponsored by the Sudbury Democratic Town Committee

Please join the Sudbury Democratic Town Committee in honoring the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by donating to the Sudbury Food Pantry.

Monday, January 15, 2024 

10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Drop off at 30 Meadowbrook Circle, Sudbury

Items needed include:

• Canned Meals (chunky soups etc)
• Cereal: all types of boxed and instant cereals
• Canned Tomato: sauce and diced
• Pasta:  all kinds
• Boxed Rice (Near East, Rice A Roni)
• Boxed Potatoes

Please note that unfortunately the Pantry doesn’t have facilities to accept and store fresh produce.

About the need that Sudbury Food pantry serves:

We recently completed our annual year-end client-visit analysis and I thought I’d share some of our findings. In 2023, we served 992 individual clients (327 new for 2023) who in turn picked up food for 3191 family members in 79 cities and towns. Client visits grew by 10% over 2022 and 54% over 2021.

While many economic indicators signal inflation is easing, food is not one of them, particularly in our community. A recently released report by Consumer Affairs found grocery prices nationwide were 5.3% higher in November than a year ago, while prices in Massachusetts were 6.6% higher (#6 highest increase among 50 states). While an improvement from 2022, over two years, prices have spiked 25.5 percent which roughly corresponds to the demand we’ve seen for the Pantry’s services over the past two years.

These numbers help explain why your work and collected donations are so important to serving those who may not be able to simply dig a little deeper into a pocket to make up the difference at the grocery store. Your time and effort truly makes a difference!

Good luck and thanks! – JT, Paul and Mary

Our stand-out on the third anniversary of the January 6th attempted coup got a positive response from passers-by in Sudbury town center today.

Join us at our regularly scheduled stand-out on Fridays 4:30-5:30p at the intersection of Concord Rd and Rt 27, opposite the town hall. Message info@sudburydemocrats.org for details.

On Saturday, June 17, the Sudbury Democratic Town Committee will convene in person in The Commons at First Parish of Sudbury, 327 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA 01776 to elect 13 delegates and 4 alternates to represent Sudbury at the 2023 State Democratic Convention. Doors open at 9AM for a prompt 10AM start.

Registered and pre-registered Democrats in Sudbury 16 years old by May 23, 2023 may vote and be elected as delegates or alternates during the caucus. Youth (age 16 to 35), people with disabilities, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community not elected as delegates or alternates are encouraged to apply to be add-on delegates at the caucus or by visiting massdems.org/massdems-convention.

The 2023 Convention will be in person at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA on September 23, 2023.

Those interested in the caucus, the convention, or in getting involved with the Sudbury Democratic Town Committee should contact Tania Vitvitsky at info@sudburydemocrats.org

“Concord Stands With Ukraine” rally will be held this Saturday, March 25, at Monument Square in Concord; 3pm. If it rains, the rally will be moved to the lower ground hall underneath Holy Family Catholic Church, across the street from Monument Square. The Sudbury Democratic Town Committee and Sudbury Stands for Democracy are co-sponsors of the rally, along with Democratic Town Committee of Concord, Lincoln and Wayland. Please let us know via email info@sudburydemocrats.org if you have any questions. We hope to see you there!

UPDATE: Here are some notes Tania distributed after the presentation:

Two local non-profits helping the Ukrainian people:
UKRAINE FORWARD
https://www.ukraineforward.org/
Ukraine Forward is an initiative of the Ukrainian American Education Center, a
registered 501c(3) nonprofit. The Tax ID number is 80-0311003.
146 Forest Hills St
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 US
CENTER MAKOR
Jewish Educational and Cultural Center serving Russian-speaking Jews
https://www.centermakor.org/help-ukraine/
384 Harvard St.
Brookline, MA 02446

AUTHORITATIVE AUTHORS AND HISTORIANS
ANNE APPLEBAUM, staff writer for The Atlantic and a Pulitzer-prize winning historian. Senior Fellow at the Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University https://www.anneapplebaum.com/

SERHII PLOKHII, Mykhailo Hrushevsky professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University;
Director, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Link to publications:
https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/serhii-plokhii
Prof. Plokhii’s newest book is coming out in May: The Russo-Ukrainian War: the Return to History, W.W. Norton

TIMOTHY D. SNYDER, Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University; permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. Link to publications:
https://history.yale.edu/people/timothy-snyder

Tuesday, February 7 at 2:00 PM

Sudbury Senior Center, 40 Fairbanks Rd, Sudbury MA 01776

Please sign up by contacting the Senior Center at
978 443 3055 or senior@sudbury.ma.us
Snow date: 2/23/23 at 2:00 PM

Presented by Tania Vitvitsky:

“In October and November of 2022, I spent eight weeks in Lviv, volunteering at the Ukrainian Educational Platform (UEP), a Ukrainian non-profit, assisting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). According to the International Office for Migration (IOM), as of Dec. 5, 2022, there were 5,914,000 IDPs in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion.

Lviv, located in western Ukraine, has managed to avoid large-scale destruction but deals with frequent, sometimes daily power blackouts and often a lack of water. How do Lviv city residents manage to keep going while Russian missiles and Iranian drones cut power and water, and lay waste to near and far cities, villages, and towns? I will share my photos to give the audience a glimpse of life during war, how I managed a daily routine during frequent air raid sirens. I assisted a rapidly expanding non-profit organization working with the neediest of families and children.”

Bio: Presenter Tania Vitvitsky has been active as:

• Commissioner, Sudbury Housing Authority
• Chair, Sudbury Democratic Town Committee
• Trustee, Vice President, and Trustees of Donations for Education in Liberia, Boston, MA
• Member, Advisory Committee, Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation, Chicago, IL
• Volunteer, Sudbury Food Pantry .

UPDATE

Thanks to all our volunteers and donors! We delivered 27 boxes of food to Sudbury Food Pantry!

When: Jan 16 2023 – 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Please join the Sudbury Democratic and Republican Town Committees in honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by donating to the Sudbury Food Pantry.

Where: Drop off food and/or cash donations at 30 Meadowbrook Circle, Sudbury MA 01776.

Items Needed:

• Baking (brownie and cake mix, oils)
• Condiments (mayo, mustard, ketchup, salad dressing)
• Canned Fruit
• Meals (canned pasta and chili, taco kits, boxed potatoes, pasta, boxed rice (eg Near East brand)
• Snacks (full size cookies, crackers, chips)
• Canned tomato (sauce and diced)

Here are some photos from 2022