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I am excited to share with you an event you do not want to miss. Nina Turner, will be featured at four events on four islands from February 9th-11th. The speaking and social engagements with question and answer components are sponsored by the Democratic Party of Hawaii.

“Nina Turner brings to our islands national experience and insight on resisting the regressive political tide, unifying around issues, and organizing communities to build an equalizing and transformative grassroots movement to advance the public interest and revitalize our democracy” said Tim Vandeveer, Democratic State Party Chair.

Nina is a former State Senator from Ohio, President of Our Revolution, Member of the DNC Unity Reform Commission, and a Founding Fellow of the Sanders Institute. A champion for progressive causes such as labor, women’s reproductive health, voting rights, and the eradication of wealth and income inequality, Turner forms deep connections with people from all walks of life.

Known as an eloquent, inspiring speaker, Nina will be visiting O‘ahu, Maui, Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i Island to share and connect with island communities.

Tickets for the statewide, grassroots fundraising events will be $27.

O‘ahu - Feb 9th - Artistry Kaka‘ako 6pm-9pm http://ninaturneroahu.eventbrite.com

Hawai‘i Island - Feb. 10 - YMCA Hilo 11:30am-1:30pm http://ninaturnerhilo.eventbrite.com

Maui - Feb 10th – Pukalani Community Center (Mayor Hannibal Tavares Center) 6-8pm -http://ninaturnermaui.eventbrite.com

Kaua‘i - Feb 11 – Kaua‘I Veterans Center 4-6pm http://ninaturnerkauai.eventbrite.com

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://hawaiidemocrats.org/ninaturner/

We hope to see you there!

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Randy Gonce

Young Democrats State Central Committee - Male Representative

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"Hawaii Democrats also installed a new Sanders-connected state chairman, Tim Vandeveer, in the months after Sanders decisively defeated Clinton in the state’s March caucuses. A liberal activist and outspoken Sanders supporter, Vandeveer said since Trump's win on Tuesday he's focused on re-calibrating his party there and wanted his party to lean more on its backbone, organized labor. "I mean, without laying blame, and I've seen a thousand different sources laying blame at the feet of a thousand different people, we have to recognize that what we did in this last election didn't work. Whatever the reason, whatever the reason it didn't work," Vandeveer said. "We have a model, it wasn't invented by Bernie Sanders but was certainly utilized by Bernie Sanders, of organizing and appealing to the frustrations of working class voters that did work in some of the most progressive states in our country, the traditional Democratic states, which Secretary Clinton unfortunately did not carry. And that model needs, in my opinion, to come to the fore once again. Because Democrats have got to find their mojo and people right now are scared." The plan, Vandeveer said, is to work more on organizing with labor unions and move toward the Sanders model of fundraising. "I think we've got to do what I just said, which is organize, start training our people, start being more transparent with the way we're funding our party and it means returning our funding by and large to grassroots donations," he said. "And that's not an ideological thing. That, in my mind, is something that makes good financial sense because the party in my opinion has been a series of peaks and valleys financially." On Wednesday Vandeveer joined a call hosted by the Association of State Democratic Chairs to discuss where to go next after the election. The wide-ranging call included a discussion on how to reinvigorate their parties in the states as Democrats look to overhaul the DNC in Washington. "We're talking about next steps as far as what the structure of the party looks like. We just started to begin the discussion yesterday about the future of the DNC," Vandeveer said of the call. "But folks know that something's gotta give and people in the party have got to trust our DNC and that's not something that by and large the membership has right now, especially the folks that came out of the Bernie Sanders camp."

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Supposedly this will begin to live stream the Our Revolution kickoff event in 3 hours, and the actual live stream with Bernie begins almost 3 hours after the video says it'll start streaming, at 9PM eastern/6 Pacific/3HST

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http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/ruggles-beats-incumbent-paleka-puna-council-race GO BERNIECRATS!

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HAWAII: Primary ballots need to be cast/received by 6PM!!!

berniecrats.net > Hawaii

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Don't forget, Hawaii:

Mail-in ballots have already been sent out and should have been received by now. Our primary is August 13 for those of you walking in/don’t trust mailing them in.

Javier Ocasio for CD1!!! Dennis Miller Russell Ruderman Harry Kim Jen Ruggles David Farrell Tulsi Gabbard

These aren’t perfect people, some people like Brian Schatz didn’t even vote for Bernie, but let’s not forget to look at the big picture, experience, connections, means, and progressiveness. Thank you!