Category Archives: News

Find Your Polling Location

If you live on-campus, use our handy chart to locate your polling location. If you live off-campus, please click here to find the address and a map of your voting location.
Remember, election day 2009 is Tuesday, November 3rd!

Policy & Government Career Fair

If you’re a member of PennDems, you probably have some interest in politics.  Maybe some of you are even looking for a career in policy or government after college.  If so, check out the Career Services 2009 Policy and Government Career Fair, Friday October 9th, 11am-3pm.
Full list of participating groups, and info session locations for [...]

Town Hall with Senator Arlen Specter

Join Pennsylvania’s Senator (and Penn alumnus), Arlen Specter, and the Penn Democrats for a Town Hall Meeting on Friday, October 9th at 4:30PM in the Hall of Flags.  RSVP to guarantee a seat here.

Hearing on College Affordability with Senator Bob Casey

On Monday, October 5th Senator Casey will be holding a hearing in Philadelphia examining the importance of college affordability and student aid.

Make $125 on Tuesday 9/29

This Tuesday, there is a special election in the 24th Senatorial District and the Anne Scheuring for Senate campaign will pay you $125 to canvass for her for the day.

PennDems for Specter & PennDems for Sestak

PennDems members are getting involved in the 2010 primary elections by taking leadership roles in the campaigns.  There are great resources on campus if you want to get involved.
Colin Kavanaugh [email], Southeast Pennsylvania Coordinator of Students for Arlen Specter, is also leading the PennDems Campaign Subgroup for the Senator.  Their first meeting is tonight, 7:30PM [...]

Politics & Pizza TOMORROW!

Come out to our next Politics & Pizza General Body Meeting to talk politics, eat pizza, meet other Dems, and learn about opportunities for involvement!  We’ll have reps from the Sestak and Specter campaigns, a discussion about healthcare, and then we’ll break up into committees to let all our new members help plan events, outreach, [...]

Mayor Nutter Addresses PennDems Freshmen

Mayor Nutter came to campus last night to welcome PennDems members back to campus and to give a special welcome to Philadelphia to all of the new freshmen.

BBQ Postponed due to Rain

The Welcome Back BBQ we’re cosponsoring with the College Republicans will take place tomorrow, Sunday 9/13, due to rain. Tomorrow’s forecast…perfect weather for a BBQ: 80 degrees and sunny.
The BBQ is in the Fels courtyard at 3814 Walnut Street, 4pm.

Q&A with Mayor Nutter

Come see the Mayor of Philadelphia as he addresses Penn students on politics in the city and other topics relating to you! The speech will be followed by a question and answer session, so you’ll have the chance to ask him a question and have your voice heard by the leader of our city!  The [...]