The ward caucuses to elect Democrats to the state convention will be held on Sat. Feb. 11,

at 10 a.m. at Gloucester High School. Click here for details

US Rep. Tierney, Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren to speak at our annual Brunch on May 6.

Click here for details.

To buy tickets, click here.

State Rep. Ferrante to speak
at February Meeting

Please join us on Thursday, Feb. 9, for our monthly meeting. Please note that this meeting will be held at The Gloucester House, 63 Rogers St. Come at 7 p.m. for light refreshments and a half-hour social. The meeting will begin at 7:30. All Democrats are welcome.
Guest speaker Ann-Margaret Ferrante will brief us on her work for local communities and the state as well as the key issues facing the legislature this year.
Rep. Ferrante has represented the 5th Essex district in the state legislature since early 2009, following a decisive victory in the November 2008 election. She is the House Vice Chair of Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture and also serves on the joint committees for State Administration and Oversight and Ways and Means. She has been an effective advocate for the fishing industry, calling for an independent investigation of federal regulatory practices, and for reproductive and health care rights.
Representative Ferrante is an attorney with her own practice (Kieley, Visnick and Ferrante) in Rockport and Gloucester. She worked in Congressman Joe Kennedy's office, was a legislative aide to State Sen. Bruce Tarr, and served as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Fisheries Recovery Commission. Her local board service includes the Sawyer Free Library, the Northeast Seafood Coalition, the Cape Ann Savings Bank, and Seniorcare.
Ann-Margaret graduated from Gloucester High School and Tufts University, where she majored in economics and international relations. She obtained a law degree from Suffolk University in 1999, and began practicing law in 2000.

Democratic Dialog For February
Host: Helen Wiseman
Guest: Mike Wheeler
Cape Ann TV Comcast Channel 12

For more information, call 978-281-1389

Democratic Dialogue - Monthly Schedule

EVERY WEEK:
Thursday, 9:30 p.m.

Friday, 4 p.m.
Sunday, 7 p.m.

Cape Ann TV's broadcast schedule is available at http://www.capeanntv.org/Listing.cfm

First Saturdays
with Obama

Join a friendly group on the first Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. to listen to one of Obama's weekly 5-minute podcast/radio addresses.
Our next gathering is Saturday, Feb. 4, and is held at the Cape Ann Community Cinema, 21 Main St. Coffee and tea are provided; bring your own snack or purchase from the concession. For more information, call Mary Warhol (978) 491-9811.

This is a very comfortable living room type setting with easy chairs, couches, and tables which serve us well. The event is free.

The cost of the space to the GDCC is $50 per event. Donations towards this expense are appreciated and may be made by credit card through Act Blue, found below.

 Further information:  Mary Warhol (978) 491-9811

GDCC officers

The following are the officers of the Gloucester Democratic City Committee
for 2011.

Ward Chairs:

Ward 1:   Karen Budrow

Ward 2:   Jerry Oppenheim

Ward 3: Roz Frontiera

Ward 4:  Frank Crotty

Ward 5:  Christine Rasmussen

City Committee Officers:

Chair:       Catherine Bayliss

Vice-Chair:  Mike Wheeler

Treasurer:   Elizabeth Thomas

Secretary:   Mary Kingsley

Affirmative Action: Karen Bell

Our web page will now link to published writings of our members. Letters to the editor, op-ed articles, anything published in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation will be consider.

Click here to see our members' writings...

GDCC Voter Outreach Program
Feb. 4

The Massachusetts Democratic Party has developed a new postcard initiative that involves reaching out to Democrats who don't vote in every election as well as unenrolled individuals who have voted in Democratic primaries. The GDCC is enthusiastically participating in this initiative and is seeking volunteers to help mail postcards and visit homes of likely voters. We are eager to learn from the first experience and repeat the effort throughout this election year.
VoteBuilder, the powerful new database developed by the State Party, will be used to create address lists and maps for volunteers ( 3,000 perspective Gloucester voters have already been identified!!). By targeting smaller groups of these individuals we can be very effective, BUT, we need volunteers.
The time commitment is minimal. Saturday morning, Feb. 4 at 10:00am we will meet at the Gloucester Community Cinema (21 Main St.) to have a short training session, pick up materials, and visit selected neighborhoods in pairs to knock on doors.
If you would like to participate in any way (even if you can't make it on the 4th), please call Karen Bell ( 978-283-3209 ) or e-mail her at knevabell@gmail.com
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!

Upcoming calendar

Saturday, Feb. 4: Voter outreach initiative, Cape Ann Community Cinema at 10 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 11: Caucus at Gloucester High School to select delegates to state convention, 10 a.m.

Thursday, March 9: Next GDCC meeting.

Saturday, March 17: Nominations for Charles McCarthy Award due; details to follow.

Sunday, May 6: Annual Democratic Brunch

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