Connecticut Young Democrats Present Party and Politic w/ Dj Envy by Ratasha Smith

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A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT COREY P. PARIS Hello friends, Many of us in this movement have often been told to wait our turn, pay our dues and learn the game before entering politics or gaining support from the political machine in our state. We want to fully focus on ensuring that young people are never turned away from the political process. Faced with doubt around aligning ourselves with the status quo of playing the game, we often forego our own passions to participate in the process that promulgates antiquated convictions and ideologies. It is important that we identify, connect, train and promote young people who have a burning desire to run for office, to become organizers and to change the course of history in this state. We want for their seat at the table to come long before many have been told it might be possible to attain. Earlier this year, we announced that we are cooperating with DNA Campaigns, a political consulting firm and staple of Connecticut politics, committed to providing training and advocacy. With this partnership and your help tonight, we will create the Build the Bench initiative, focused on bringing together young people, regardless of their background and access, from across the state, to be trained on running for office and running campaigns, so that they may be able to change the course of their own destinies. Build the Bench is aimed at grooming homegrown candidates, right from CTYD. This work is hard, it is emotionally draining, but it is well worth it because we aim to change the narrative on young people in the state and on the quality of life for all those who hope to build the movement for a greater purpose. We cannot do this without your help. We need your financial support. We need you to share our vision with your networks and more. We need you to contribute to this once in a generation opportunity. Help us build capacity for all those who need our support. In Solidarity,

Corey P. Paris President, Connecticut Young Democrats

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WELCOME President Corey P. Paris, Host Host,, Connecticut Young Democrats

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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS June Archer Archer,, Moderator, Motivate U Podcast A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE HONORABLE MURIEL BOWSER Mayor Mayor,, District of Columbia PANEL DISCUSSION

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CALL THE TUNE: ENGAGING THE NEXT GENERATION Ian Conyers, Former State Senator, Michigan, Thirteenth Senate District Ben Jealous Jealous,, President, People For the American Way Congressman Andy Kim Kim,, New Jersey, Third Congressional District Lieutenant Governor Shelia Oliver Oliver,, New Jersey Speech Thomas Thomas,, Rapper, Arrested Development BEAT THE DRUM: HARNESSING POLITICAL POWER THROUGH THE DNC Assemblyman Michael Blake, New York, Seventy-Ninth District & Vice Chair, DNC Jamarr Brown Brown,, Democratic National Committeeman, Young Democrats of America State Senator Gary Winfield Winfield,, Connecticut, Tenth Senate District FACE THE MUSIC: MILLENNIALS TAKING CHARGE Jennifer Blemur Blemur,, President, District of Columbia Young Democrats Lezlie Braxton-Campbell Braxton-Campbell,, President, Young Democrats of Massachusetts Fatima Heyward, President, New Jersey Young Democrats Dontavius L. Jarrells Jarrells,, Chairman, YDA Black Caucus Gabriela Koc Koc,, Executive Vice President, Connecticut Young Democrats Jovan C.Richards C.Richards,, President, New York State Young Democrats JAM SESSION DJ Envy, Host, The Breakfast Club FINAL STAGE Conclusion of Program

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RAASHAUN “DJ ENVY" CASEY A native of Queens, New York, DJ Envy has worked with Hip-Hop/R&B legends like Jay-Z, Fabolous, Janet Jackson, Nelly, Cam'ron and DMX.The young DJ has been recognized for his hard work. He’s a three time “Justo Mixtape Award” winner and he won the award for “Most Influential Radio DJ” at the Underground Music Awards in 2008. DJ Envy hosted his own midday show on Power 105.1 in New York before joining Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee as co-hosts of The Breakfast Club. After only two years on Power 105, the show was dubbed the number one radio program in the nation by “The Source” Magazine and is widely regarded as the most informative and entertaining Hip Hop and R&B morning show today.Each morning, fans of The Breakfast Club tune in to hear their unrivaled interviews and conversations with celebrities and hip-hop artists, entertainment news, fresh music mixes, along with their signature blend of honesty and humor. One of the top-rated Hip Hop and R&B morning radio programs in New York, The Breakfast Club was launched into national syndication by Premiere Networks in August of 2013 and currently airs on nearly 100 stations nationwide, in addition to broadcasting on iHeartRadio.com and the iHeartRadio mobile app, iHeartMedia's free all-in-one streaming music and live radio service, and Revolt TV. Premiere also syndicates Weekends with the Breakfast Club, which features the 20 hottest songs on the charts alongside DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God’s signature interviews with megastars like Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj and hip-hop icons such as Rick Ross, Waka Flocka and Gucci Mane. DJ Envy also hosts a weekly show on Sirius Satellite Radio’s Hip Hop Nation channel where he spins the most requested songs in the nation and interviews some of the most popular celebrities on air. The busy DJ formerly hosted MTV2’s Sucker Free and Week in Jams, and co-produced The Heart of the City showcase to discover hot new talent.DJ Envy has participated in events for companies like Boost Mobile, Metro PCS, Scion, Carol’s Daughter, Sean John, Reebok, Foot Locker, Azzure, Varcity Clothing, Baby Phat, Sprite and Phat Farm. He has been featured in XXL, King Magazine, the Source, Vibe, Rides, Dub, Plush, Complex and Foundation Magazine.If he’s not on your radio, coming through your satellite station, or on your television, multi-talented DJ Envy is behind the turn tables in premiere night clubs throughout NYC, the nation and even the world.

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ASSEMBLYMAN MICHAEL BLAKE New York State Assembly Member Michael Blake was born in The Bronx, New York to Jamaican Immigrants. He is in his third term, representing the 79th District. In the NY State Assembly, Blake is the chairperson of the subcommittee on Mitchell-Lama and member of the following committees: Banks, Correction, Election Law, Governmental Operations, Housing, Veterans’ Affairs, Black, Puerto Rican & Asian Legislative Caucus and Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force. His mother, Hilary, overcame homelessness and breast cancer to work 40 years at a manufacturing plant. His father, Headly, cleaned hospital rooms and was a proud member of 1199SEIU. Blake attended New York City public schools before graduating from Northwestern University. After a career in journalism, Blake began his political career in the 2006 “Yes We Can” training program. He then managed three winning state legislative races in Michigan, became President Obama’s 2008 Iowa Caucus Constituency vote director, and served in eight additional states, including Michigan, where his team won all seven races as part of their Coordinated campaign. Blake later served as White House Associate Director of Public Engagement and Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. In 2012, Blake was National Deputy Operation Vote Director for President Obama. Blake sits on the board of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, is an Honorary National CoChair of the New Leaders Council, and, in 2016, became the first sitting elected official to serve as a fellow at the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

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JAMARR BROWN Jamarr Brown serves as the Director of Electoral Programs at re:power. He stewards and grows c4 partnership strategies and develops and oversees a portfolio of electoral and public leadership programs on behalf of re:power. Brown has over 10 years of experience working as a political strategist, healthcare advocate, trainer, and nonprofit leader. Prior to joining re:power, he served as the National Training Director for Tom Steyerâ€™s presidential campaign, where he led a national leadership development program for staff, volunteers, community leaders and issue advocates. Jamarr served as the Organizing & Training Director for Planned Parenthood Texas Votes (PPTV). In that role, Brown managed the statewide leadership development, public affairs, grassroots organizing and issue and electoral campaign work in conjunction with Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas. Under his leadership, the number of Planned Parenthood supporters across Texas grew by 600,000 and the organizing team trained over 3,000 activists to advocate for the full spectrum of reproductive rights and services.

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IAN CONYERS Ian Conyers has spent his career at the intersection of technology policy and social change. Throughout a career in the public sector, he has held various positions at the intersection of culture, technology and public policy. He received a Masterâ€™s in Urban Planning and Bachelor's in Government from Georgetown University. Conyers served under former Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, focusing on Disadvantaged Businesses Incubation and Community Development. He then led disruptive technologies at iCore Networks (acq. by Vonage), participated in federal and local political campaigns, and has advised late-stage startups. Returning home to Detroit, he was elected in 2016 at age 27 to state Senator, making him the youngest state Senator in Michigan history. He represented Detroit in the Michigan Senate from 2016 - 2019. He was Minority Vice Chair of the Transportation Committee and was a member of the Economic Development & International Investment, Energy & Technology, and Banking & Financial Services Committees in Michigan's State Senate. Following his service in the Senate, Conyers has focused on early-and-growth stage startups â€” leading Legislative Affairs at Eaze, and is shifting the ecosystem to drive opportunity and equity for underrepresented founders. He joined Bright Ventures as Chief Strategy Officer in 2020. Conyers is an avid runner who enjoys travel and has been to over 50 countries in addition to 47 of the United States and territories.

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BEN JEALOUS Ben Jealous has spent his professional life at the nexus of social change, media and emerging technologies. He is a former Democratic Nominee for Governor of Maryland, former National President & CEO of the NAACP, former Executive Director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), and for more than half a decade has been investing in social impact startups. While at the NAACP, Jealous led a series of wholesale changes in how the organization used social media and related technologies to enhance its organizing. He is a visiting scholar at the Annenberg School for Communication. His efforts started with proving the efficacy of online viral voter registration drives in the 2008 Presidential Election. The NAACPâ€™s numbers of online activists really took off when Jealous began using their platforms to organize support for individuals fighting injustices in the criminal justice system. The last such campaign he led for the NAACP signed up more than 600,000 new activists on email and approximately 400,000 via text in less than two weeks. These efforts have also been credited by a major polling firm with shifting public opinion and paving the way for landmark civil rights state legislative victories.

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CONGRESSMAN ANDY KIM Congressman Andy Kim was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018. He represents the 3rd Congressional District of New Jersey, which stretches from the Delaware River to the Atlantic Ocean encompassing most of Burlington County and parts of Ocean County. Congressman Kim grew up in South Jersey, the proud son of Korean immigrants. His father and mother raised Andy and his sister in South Jersey because of the top notch public school system and safe communities. He attended public K-12 schools and credits the quality of his education with helping him become a Rhodes Scholar and leading national security expert. Congressman Kim is a dedicated public servant, who believes service is a way of life. He worked as a career public servant under both Democrats and Republicans, and served at the Pentagon, State Department, the White House National Security Council, and in Afghanistan as an advisor to Generals Petraeus and Allen.

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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHEILA Y. OLIVER Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver was inspired as a young girl to be a fighter for the voiceless when her eyes were opened to societal injustices and inequities around her, often citing “A Tale of Two Cities” as her youth awakening. She has since pioneered a successful career in public service advocating for social justice, women’s equality, and education, ultimately becoming the first woman of color to serve in a statewide elected office in New Jersey history. In addition to her role as Lieutenant Governor, she serves as Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, where she has led efforts to strengthen and expand initiatives for fair and affordable housing, community revitalization, homelessness prevention, and local government services that support New Jersey’s 565 municipalities. Under her leadership, the Department has also expanded and leveraged a wide range of initiatives aimed at assisting distressed municipalities, including the federal Opportunity Zones tax incentive, the newly revived Main Street New Jersey program, Urban Enterprise Zones, the Neighborhood Preservation Program, and the Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit program, which received increased funding. In her role as Acting Governor, she has signed multiple bills into law, including those that established a Caregiver Task Force to identify ways to support people taking care of loved ones who are elderly or disabled, require all public school students in grades 6-8 to receive financial literacy education, strengthen equal pay for equal work by preventing employers from asking employees’ previous salary history, and protect employees from wage theft. Across her career, Lieutenant Governor Oliver has worked in the public, non-profit, and private sectors, and has taught numerous college courses. She has served as a member of both the East Orange Board of Education and the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. In 2003, she was elected to serve the 34th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly. A trailblazer in every sense of the word, in 2010 she became the first African-American woman in state history to serve as Assembly Speaker, and just the second in the nation’s history to lead a state legislative house.

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STATE SENATOR GARY WINFIELD Senator Winfield has been an instrumental leader in helping to reshape conversations surrounding criminal justice, juvenile justice and immigration policy. In 2015, Senator Winfield wrote and championed legislation aimed at reducing police use of force, including requiring the operation of body cameras and cultural competency training for all officers. In years that followed, Senator Winfield helped lead passage of legislation to raise the age at which juvenile arrestees could be tried as adults. In 2018, after a series of high-profile incidents between residents and law enforcement, Senator Winfield led passage of two distinct pieces of legislation to improve community relationships with law enforcement and fortify trust in the state’s justice system during the 2019 legislative session. The first, House Bill 380, prohibits law enforcement officers from firing at a motor vehicle unless there is an imminent threat to the life of the officer or bystander and requires release of body cam footage after a deadly use of force accident; and Senate Bill 880, which increases prosecutorial transparency by requiring the state to collect, report, and publish information about prosecutors’ decisions on a public website each year. In 2019, Senator Winfield’s passion for effective policy led him to draft and champion legislation permitting any state legislator to request the preparation of a racial and ethnic impact statement triggering the mandatory production of such statement, making Connecticut the first state in the nation to pass such a law. In addition to racial impact statements, Senator Winfield also engaged in an eight hour debate to protect and strengthen the Connecticut Trust Act, which passed both the House and Senate respectively. Prior to serving in the Connecticut General Assembly, Senator Winfield voluntarily left both his positions as a field advisor for Alston Power Inc. and as an electrical construction manager for a power plant in Milford to assume the role of a community activist, operating among members of his community for social change.

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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH District of Columbia Young Democrats Indiana Young Democrats New Jersey Young Democrats New York State Young Democrats Young Democrats of America Black Caucus Young Democrats of Massachusetts Young Democrats of North Carolina Young Democrats of Oklahoma

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