Love Jaime Harrison! Love EMERGE!

Thank you Jaime, from Sonoma County! Thank you A'shanti for Emerge!

Good afternoon! Denver CO

Greetings from Austin, TX!

Hi from Palo Alto!

Heather Booth, Washington, DC LOVE YOU ALL!

<3 Jamie Maniscalco in Miami

Hi from Menlo Park (Bay Area) CA

Linda from Guilford, Ct

Good Afternoon from Prescott AZ

Elizabeth Belenchia Hilton Head Island

I’m in the 2021 Emerge Class in Denver ;-)

Bill from Philadelphia PA

hello from central Jersey, Princeton!

Nashville, TN

Stacey Keare in Woodside

Good Afternoon, Nichelle from Warren Twp, NJ

Atkinson, NH

Vanessa Warheit, Emerge CA ’21 member, calling in from Ohlone territory in El Cerrito, CA

Stacie from Emerge Alabama here!

Seattle!

Good afternoon. Emerge Ca Class 2021 from Los Angeles, CA.

Rachael from Davis, CA

Hi. Here from Morgan Hill. Emerge Class of 2021!

Holly from Tontitown, Arkansas

Jennie Savage from Palo Alto!

Diane from Louisville KY

Jessica Speiser, Los Altos (Bay Area), California

Make sure to post in chat to both panelests and attendees!

Freda from Tennessee!

Hi from Dallas! Jaime, the second time in two days! I was on the Lawyer’s call yesterday! Regina Montoya

Hi, my name is Ingrid, Emerge Alum 2019 from South Central Los Angeles

Amy Sutherland

Laura Siena from Philly

Thank you both from mauree Jane Perry, San Francisco, Home of EMERGE!

Hello from Las Vegas, Nevada!

Hello Jaime and A'shanti. Crystal Sawyer-White from Antioch, CA

Hello, thank you for this conversation - zooming in from Philly

Emily Carmichael, Emerge WA Deputy Director, calling in from Seattle, WA.

Emerge NJ '19

Thank you, Jaime and Ashanti, from San Mateo, CA. Class of 2018!

Congratulations Chairman Harrison!!!

Thank you for being here Mr. Chairman!

I'm from SC, have known Jaime for many years. He's better than he seems. He's wonderful! I live outside of Charlotte NC

Judy Borcz, Redwood City, CA

Hey other Bay Area folks! And everyone. Thanks for having this event!

Congratulations A'shanti on your 2nd year!!

Katie Ricklefs Alumn 2008. Lafayette Ca

I so wish you were our Senator from SC but so happy you are now running the DNC!

Thank you, Jaime, for your early recognition of and support for A'shanti's talents!

Hello from Oakland!

EMERGE Necklace, Love it!!

Hi Everyone, So excited to join everyone from Nashville, TN!!!

Excited to be here. Thank you for this event. And thank you Jaime for acknowledging the pain of our AAPI community.

zooming in from Princeton NJ!

Hi Everyone! Karen from Northport, Maine

Thank you for addressing the violence suffered yesterday by the AAPI community.

Hello from the South and Jaime’s home State: Greenville,

SC

YES! 50-State Strategy is so wonderful

Agreed!

Yes! Howard Dean's 50 -state strategy was great. I was a part of that 50 state staff. We did a lot great work in TN with that program.

Love the focus on the state parties and 50 state strategy. Coming from a red state in the south…very excited!

Are you thinking of any “national messaging” for 2022?

Nettles’ represent!

From a state, Maine, that is split between blue and red. Thanks for the 50 states strategy

Stacy also recommends that Dem candidates have a solid, cohesive message: “Health care, jobs, and justice”. Will the DNC put out such a message in order to put all candidates on the same page?

YASSSS! Running on 22 or 24!

Texas lost the state legislature by 11,000 votes. That’s not a lot of votes in a state with 29 million people.

Texas can do it yall!

And we have terrible turn out in Texas, so we could have easily made up that difference in non-voters alone

Louisiana, too!!

Amen!

We're ready!

Texas. Is. Ready.

#TheNewSouth

Serita. Is. Ready.

YAY, Serita!

Go Serita!!!

Serita is FANTASTIC!!

Arkansas we are more than the Hogs...

Tennessee - we are more than country music..

so grateful for our Southern States here at Emerge!!

Naysayers are people who don’t want to work.

I’m old enough to remember when Arkansas had David Pryor and Dale Bumpers!!

The South is rising again, just now the way they thought it would!

Amen!!!

Why do we have an attempted recall in CA?

Words out of my mouth Serita!

Contest Every Race!

(Just to say: YES. We need to stop playing lame defense & go on offense.)

Hello from Mauree Jane in San Francisco . This discussion is one of the best. I appreciate the specific information and strategic thinking!

We just removed the filing fee for seats that are currently held by Republicans in Arkansas. Previously the filing fee was $3000.

The GOP historically has been way better at the long game than Dems, unfortunately. What is the 10- and 20-year DNC plan?

Sweet! Go AR!

Nice work, AR!

Preach, Jaime

Amen, chairman!!

Such a relief to us in the Arkansas hinterlands, Sarah Scanlon.

Yes!!!!

Hello , Arlene from Nashvillle,TNGreat discussion

Go Sarah!!

Always a pleasure to see you, Mr. Chair! Your energy and passion carry us through.

We can’t just give up on any state. So good to hear about this effort of Emerge and the DNC as well.

Annie Cho from Los Angeles, member of Emerge CA Class of 2021.

Stacy Abrams says the Dem party has not had a cohesive message in recent elections. Her message is “health care, jobs, and justice”. Can we get behind that message for all elections?

+Amy Sutherland

So much of getting voters to turn out is about housing and addresses being accurate. That said, HOAs in Colorado are foreclosing on homes b/c none of the Federal legislation addresses them. What can we do locally to help?

Mr. Harrison. You sound great and I’m happy you are leading us as Ds. I even more convinced I did the right thing for sending you multiple donations during your Sen. campaign.

We need HR 1.

In Colorado several excellent women were running for the Senate seat when national democrats pushed John Hickenlooper, a non-progressive cis-white man. What are you doing to make the DNC more democratic, not pushing white men to run?

Voting rights and Redistricting are fundamental to the changes we seek.

on donations that was Demetrios Giannaros

HR 1 yes!

Please offer your perspective on H.R. 1. If the Dems don't end the filibuster, we know it's doomed. Is Democracy as we know it done as the pundits suggest? What else can we do?

HR1! For the People!!!!

HR1 & HR4 - CRITICAL!!!

#HR1

+1 Amy Sutherland. A unified message. HR1, HR4.

++ Alice T

I worked for the DNC during the time Gov Dean was there. The 50-state Initiative was making a difference. While Jaime was chair in SC, he made a big difference with his 46-county effort and Democrats Care. My question is Are we going to have something similar to Democrats Care on a national basis?

Couldn’t agree more. Most important issues at state and federal levels are ALL democracy reform issues!

Absolutely!

What do we need to do to get HR1 passed?

Start with filibuster reform in the Senate.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text

This is HR 1

Do you see a way forward working with the ACLU to get them to stop opposing HR1?

Therefore must do something about Senate filibuster.

LOL

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/17/hr-1-hr-4-would-reform-our-democracy-theyd-also-help-our-economy/

Shots in arms, checks in pockets! Dems get the job done!

Yes, thank you! Straight talk and actual support for people.

Yes. I agree Jaime.

I am not a fan of the Post but...

What is the DNC's approach in rural communities? Not all rural voters are "Trumpers" and many voters may have just sat out the election feeling they don't matter to any politician. Does the DNC have a rural strategy?

++ Amy Pearl…you’ve written our next slogan.

Check out: The Election Reform Agenda: A Deep Dive into HR 1 - Stanford PACS did 4 session. Excellent info.

Link, Lisa?

https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/event/the-election-reform-agenda-a-deep-dive-into-hr1/

Clean water and broadband in rural communities and tribal lands.

Pave the dirt roads!

I was on a call yesterday with Small Business owners who continue to be plagued by access to capital for their business b/c the SBA doesn’t control the regulations of the banks that regulate the loans. In the spirit of paving the roads, do you know how the new funds will be dispersed to prevent small businesses w/o banking relationships from being left behind?

Agreed. Rural communities are important!

Postal banking!

In Arkansas we began our signature training this last weekend. I have women from Vilonia, Black Rock, Shirley, in the training and they are mad about the direction Arkansas is going.

Thank you. Tennessee is in a race to go as backwards as possible and we are working as hard as we can to make a change in rural TN.

When we have to transform our school busses into mobile hot spots so kids can learn, we have a big disconnect about resource allocation.

Amen.

I love that story! :)

Thank you for that beautiful story

HOPE

I love hearing him talk.

Absolutely!!!!

Heard it before. Brings tears to my eyes

Great story!

That story is incredible. So powerful. Hope is everything. Agree so much - that’s why Obama’s campaign was so powerful. That’s why Biden won - yes, he gave us hope again.

I breath so I can vote so i can have hope - wonderful!

Wow Wow Wow!

<3 <3

Empower us all with hope. And one gets hope by being involved with others. Hope is everything. And you give us hope, Jaime, because you get up even after defeat. Same with Stacy Abrams. It’s the person who keeps getting up again and again gives me hope. Thank you!

In our first year, every Democratic woman running statewide was an Emerge AL woman. That’s hope!

Hope

Go Alabama!!

Truth!

Awesome Stacie - congratulations and keep up the good work!!

So awesome Stacie!!!

glad to hear it, Stacie!

Make it personal.

The stories that make policies realities are so important!

If policy isn’t relatable and telling stories about real humans, then it’s not good policy.

yes, what Serita said.

Right!

Deep Canvassing is key!

Voter Suppression and Gerrymandering are two major factors of the results in Texas.

Major factors everywhere. I was a captain on the DNC voter protection hotline.

Republicans did a good job of frightening the disaffected Trumpers and the independents with their “Dems are all socialists” message. And they will use that against us again. We have got to find a different message for our progressive ideas.

Great idea on the brand!!!

I’ve said it before and I”ll say it again, Republicans are great at messaging, and we have to learn from that.

Roger Ailes from the beginning of Fox said just keep calling Dems socialists, keep repeating it.

Yes Serita and Pearl.

BE on the offense - control the narrative!! Call them out - authoritarians, fascists who don't believe in Democracy!

Brand evaluation will b critical. People like our programs but their support decreases when the Democratic brand is associated with them. So excited to hear this!🙏

We must call them all out, especially those who are so obstructionist.

Thank you!!!!

Thank you for giving us so much hope for the future of our party Jaime!!

Love our Emerge community! Thank you Jaime and A'shanti!

Thank you!

Thank you!!

Thank you….amazing!!!

Thank you!

Thank you! You’re amazing!!!

I am inspired!!

Thank you!!!

We need counter offensive to the R chant of “radical socialist agenda”

Thank you Jaime🙏🙏🙏

THANK YOU!!

Thank you so much for this amazing conversation

thank you both!

Thank you A'shanti and Jaime!!!

The future is so bright

So great to see you Jaime!

Thank you!

Thank you for your leadership of our party!! I’m so proud to be a Democrat!!

thank you Emerge for this great event

Excellent discussion, thank you so much

Thank you both so much!!!!

GREAT CONVERSATION — THANK. YOU EVERYONE! CHEERS TO ALL!

Thank you! Awesome session!

Thanks! So excited about the future of the DNC w/Jaime at the lead.

Thank you so much!!!

Thank you so much for this fantastic event!

Bravo! Super excited and full of hope!!! We’re working with Tina in WA State and love Emerge!

Thank you A’shanti and Emerge for this conversation.

<3 Thank you!

Thanks, Jamie! Please continue communicating with us little people!