Last weekend, a dozen students who are spending their summer working to elect Democrats as part of Mark Strama's Campaign Academy made their way to Corpus Christi for the Texas Democratic Convention.
If you attended the convention, you likely noticed them in their matching Campaign Academy shirts following closely behind Rep. Strama. On their Campaign Academy blog, the students summarized the weekend.
This past weekend, about half of the Campaign Academy ventured to the Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Corpus Christi. We were looking forward to funny hats, inspiring speeches and awkward dancing, and the convention did not disappoint!
Representative Strama introduced us to many legendary figures in Texas politics, such as Bill White, Linda Chavez-Thompson, Boyd Richie, Senfronia Thompson, Glen Maxey, and Molly Beth Malcolm, who kindly shared their experiences and words of wisdom with us.
We had the opportunity of attending various caucuses, including ones representing Mexican- Americans, LGBT interests, and the Asian-American community, which shed light on the diversity and inclusiveness of the Democratic Party ....
The convention energized us for the months ahead, during which we will be working hard to turn Texas blue! We would like to sincerely thank everyone who made it possible for us to attend this convention. We learned so much and had a great time, too!
The Campaign Academy, who I've been working with since early June, also created a video documenting the weekend.
In a year where the conventional wisdom seems to be that Democrats are suffering from an enthusiasm gap, we are proud to report that's not a problem here in Texas, where over 20 high school and college students are devoting their summer vacations to working to elect Democrats up and down the ballot.
