Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

I had the privilege of traveling with the VCU Young Democrats this past weekend to Charlottesville for their annual Virginia Young Democrat State Convention at UVA. This is where all chapters of Young Democrats converge to deal with organizational business, network with other Young Democrats, and most importantly-to have fun.

The central region caucus is currently comprised of two active chapters, VCU and Metro Richmond Young Democrats. VCUYD is the second largest Young Democrats group in the state with over 350 registered members. This, along with other chapter activities, adds up to give the group the third highest voting delegation in Virginia, higher totals than Virginia Tech, UVA and George Mason. The 11 members who traveled to Charlottesville got to exercise roughly six votes per person.

We had a very successful convention, with several VCU students being elected to leadership positions on the state Young Democrats executive board. Katie Ford was elected vice president of communication, Tavarris Spinks was re-elected executive board secretary and Raymond Danny Barefoot was elected as caucus chairman. Gonzalo Aida was elected vice chairman. VCU Young Democrat chapter President Jon Ward was re-elected president of the council of presidents.

VCU Young Democrats is a large campus organization that does a lot of community and campaign activities; however, the VCUYD presence on campus is often minimal. We encourage all progressive-minded individuals to join our Facebook group and to come out to our meetings, which are usually held on Thursday evenings.

We offer students the ability to network with like-minded individuals, get work experience in political fields, to have fun and enrich their college experience.

Sincerely,
Darrell Coffey