Kristina Fox, erstwhile of Ocean State Action and a champion for so many progressive causes, is the newly elected president of the Young Democrats of Rhode Island. I caught up with her on Facebook earlier today as she was waiting at TF Green to fly to the Young Democrats national conference in San Antonio, Texas.
Here’s most of our conversation:
I’m happy to! YDRI is an organization made up of young folks (young defined as less than 36 yrs old) who work to improve and empower our RI community in keeping with the principles of the Democratic party: equality, diversity and inclusiveness. All of us became involved with YDRI because we care deeply about RI, and want to ensure that we get back on the path to success. As wonderful as our home is, there’s a lot of unjust things happening. We want to change that.
Right now our top priority is building building building up our membership! We want young dems from Woonsocket to Westerly involved in our work. To that effect, we’ll be having an event at the Galilee Beach Club in Narragansett on Monday August 19th. It kicks off at 6:30pm. I’m really looking forward to it
Most importantly we want to empower and involve young folks in the political process. Unemployment, affordable housing, access to quality affordable health care, work supports, education, civil rights: these issues, and a whole host of others, deeply impact young Rhode Islanders. Yet, for the most part, we aren’t at the table when decisions are made. That needs to change. When we make our voices heard, we have a better RI.
Like the general Dem party, we’re a big tent. If a person identifies as a Democrat, that person is 100% welcome in YDRI. A twentysomething self-identified Democrat who doesn’t believe in marriage equality, a woman’s reproductive rights or tax equity? I’d love to have tea with this person and understand where they’re coming from.
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Then she had to board her plane. Congrats Kristina and have fun in San Antonio … here’s hoping next year’s Young Democrats convention is held in Providence or Newport (or both).
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