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OUR MISSION

We are the Antrim County, Michigan Democratic Party — and we believe Democracy Needs you.
 
Our Mission

The ACDP is an active, grassroots organization that focuses on issues that affect us all. This means meeting the needs of the people by serving social justice, civil liberty, and the common good. We support the full participation of all elements of society in the political and governmental processes.  Our members are moderates, progressives, independents and those who lean right or left. We are entirely inclusive.

 

Membership 
Membership is open to all U.S. citizens who are residents of Antrim County.  Membership in the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) includes membership in the ACDP. If you wish to be involved on a local level, ACDP-only membership is available.
 

Executive Board

  • Chair             Veronica Welter

  • Vice Chair      Steve Foley

  • Treasurer       Martha Davidson

  • Secretary       Maureen Lorenz

OUR BELIEFS

RAISE INCOMES AND RESTORE ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS

  • Raising Workers’ Wages

  • Protecting Workers’ Fundamental Rights

  • Supporting Working Families

  • Helping More Workers Share in Near-Record Corporate Profits

  • Expanding Access to Affordable Housing and Homeownership

  • Protecting and Expanding Social Security

  • Ensuring a Secure and Dignified Retirement

  • Revitalizing Our Nation’s Postal Service

CREATE WELL-PAYING JOBS

  •  Building 21st Century Infrastructure

  •  Fostering a Manufacturing Renaissance

  •  Creating Good-Paying Clean Energy Jobs

  •  Pursuing Our Innovation Agenda: Science,   Research, Education, and Technology

  •  Supporting America’s Small Businesses

  •  Creating Jobs for America’s Young People

FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC FAIRNESS AND AGAINST INEQUALITY

  • Reining in Wall Street and Fixing our Financial System

  • Promoting Competition by Stopping Corporate Concentration

  • Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes

  • Promoting Trade That is Fair and Benefits American Workers

BRING AMERICANS TOGETHER AND REMOVE BARRIERS TO OPPORTUNITIES

  • Ending Systemic Racism

  • Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

  • Reforming our Criminal Justice System

  • Fixing our Broken Immigration System

  • Guaranteeing Civil Rights

  • Guaranteeing Women’s Rights

  • Guaranteeing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights

  • Guaranteeing Rights for People with Disabilities

  • Respecting Faith and Service

  • Investing in Rural America

  • Ending Poverty and Investing in Communities Left Behind

  • Building Strong Cities and Metro Areas

  • Promoting Arts and Culture

  • Honoring Indigenous Tribal Nations

  • Fighting for the People of Puerto Rico

  • Honoring the People of the Territories

PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS, FIX OUR CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM, AND RESTORE OUR DEMOCRACY

  • Protecting Voting Rights

  • Fixing Our Broken Campaign Finance System

  • Appointing Judges

  • Securing Statehood for Washington, DC

  • Strengthening Management of Federal Government

COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE, BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY, AND SECURE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

  •  Building a Clean Energy Economy

  •  Securing Environmental and Climate Justice

  •  Protecting Our Public Lands and Waters

PROVIDE QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE EDUCATION

  •  Making Debt-Free College a Reality

  •  Providing Relief from Crushing Student Debt

  •  Supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions

  •  Cracking Down on Predatory For-Profit Schools

  •  Guaranteeing Universal Preschool and Good Schools for Every Child

ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL AMERICANS

  •  Securing Universal Health Care

  •  Supporting Community Health Centers

  •  Reducing Prescription Drug Costs

  •  Enabling Cutting-Edge Medical Research

  •  Combating Drug and Alcohol Addiction

  •  Treating Mental Health

  •  Supporting Those Living with Autism and their Families

  •  Securing Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice

  •  Ensuring Long-Term Care, Services, and Supports

  •  Protecting and Promoting Public Health

  •  Ending Violence Against Women

  •  Preventing Gun Violence

PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND KEEP FAITH WITH OUR VETERANS

  •  Defense Spending

  •  Veterans and Service Members

  •  Military Families

  •  A Strong Military

(Kiril Kudryavtsev/pool photo via AP)

CONFRONT GLOBAL THREATS

  •  Terrorism

  •  Syria

  •  Afghanistan

  •  Iran

  •  North Korea

  •  Russia

  •  Cybersecurity and Online Privacy

  •  Non-Proliferation of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons

  •  Global Climate Leadership

PROTECT OUR VALUES

  •  Women and Girls

  •  Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People

  •  Trafficking and Modern Slavery

  •  Young People

  •  Religious Minorities

  •  Refugees

  •  Civil Society

  •  Anti-Corruption

  •  Torture

  •  Closing Guantánamo Bay

  •  Development Assistance

  •  Global Health

  •  HIV and AIDS

  •  International Labor

A LEADER IN THE WORLD

  •  Asia-Pacific

  •  Middle East

  •  Europe

  •  Americas

  •  Africa

  •  Global Economy and Institutions

Because Democracy Needs Us.

Please remember to contact your United States Senators and thank them for their tireless and brave service! And call your United States Representative Jack Bergman and remind him that we are his constituents and he is being mute in a time of serious crisis.

Click on their name for contact information.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin                    Sen. Gary Peters                    Rep. Jack Bergman

Antrim County Democratic Party

P.O. Box 331, Elk Rapids, MI 49629

antrimdemsmich@gmail.com

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