Category: Meetings

Professor to discuss women candidates

Post author By admin
Post date July 10, 2020

Dr. Rosalyn Cooperman, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington, will present a talk on “Women’s Political Candidacy in the Age of Trump” on Tuesday, July 21 at 7 p.m. via Zoom video conference. There is no cost to attend, but your registration in advance is required in order to receive the Zoom login information. Those without access to Zoom video can still participate by telephone and should indicate phone-only when registering. Please register by sending an email to Jen Heinz, LOW Dems Program Chair, at jenheinz6103@gmail.com by Monday, July 20.

Dr. Cooperman will discuss the political candidacy to Congress of women, drawing on examples from the two most recent election cycles, 2018 and 2020. She’ll share her perspective and her research on how women navigate gender and party on the campaign trail. Her talk will be followed by a question and answer period.

Rosalyn Cooperman is Professor of Political Science at the University of Mary Washington. Professor Cooperman earned a B.A. in Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Ph.D. in Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses on women’s political participation, campaign finance, and the political behavior of party activists, and her work has been published in the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, American Politics Research, and Social Science Quarterly. Since 2004, Cooperman has served as a Principal Investigator for the Convention Delegate Study (CDS), a survey of Democratic and Republican Party delegates. The CDS, initiated in 1972, is the longest standing survey of U.S. party activists. Since 2016 Professor Cooperman has served as an Expert Contributor for Gender Watch, a program of the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University, which tracks women’s political candidacy in U.S. elections. Professor Cooperman is presently working on a book manuscript, Pink and Blue Waves in Old Dominion: Women Legislators in the Virginia General Assembly.

The Zoom login information will be sent to all registrants the day before the program. If you have not used Zoom before, no worries! Please indicate that when you register and a time will be scheduled for Zoom training in advance of the program.

Questions may be directed to Jen Heinz at jenheinz6103@gmail.com. We hope you can join us!

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Considering the high cost of prescription drugs

Post author By admin
Post date February 13, 2020

Caravans to Canada to purchase insulin. Legislation passed by the House to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices is languishing in the Senate. And, according to Kaiser Family Foundation research, 79 percent of Americans believe the cost of prescription drugs is unreasonably high. Clearly, this is an issue of significant concern to Americans of all ages.

Please join us for a stimulating conversation on this important issue. All are welcome.

The LOW Democratic Club will host John M. “Jay” Shiver on Wednesday, March 11 at 1:30 p.m. in Classroom 2 of the LOW Community Center for a talk that will explain the problem of high prescription drug costs, the challenges to creating a fix, and how this fits into the larger discussion of health care in America.

The Virginia Democratic Presidential Primary is Tuesday, March 3. Virginia is one of the “Super Tuesday” states this year. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and voting is at your usual polling place.

Our March 11 meeting will include a discussion of the primary results.

Jay Shiver, MHA, LFACHE, LFAAMA, has extensive experience in healthcare as a hospital and health system executive, physician practice management executive, consultant and, for the past decade, an assistant professor at George Mason University. He works with Boards and senior management developing strategic vision, creating integrated delivery systems, re-engineering business process, hospital operations and physician practice management. He is widely published and speaks nationally and internationally.

He and his wife Debbie own a home here at Lake of the Woods.

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Club members reveal favorites

Post author By admin
Post date February 13, 2020

A straw poll of those attending the club’s Feb. 12 meeting produced surprising results. Attendees were asked to name their favorite candidate in the competition for the Democratic nomination for president.

Pete Buttigieg — 10
Mike Bloomburg — 9
Amy Klobuchar — 4
Bernie Saunders — 1
Joe Biden — 1
Elizabeth Warren — 1

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Let’s talk about protecting those you love

Post author By admin
Post date January 13, 2020

In this month dedicated to love, the February meeting of the LOW Democratic Club on Wednesday, February 12 at 1:30 p.m. at the LOW Community Center, will focus on protecting those you love, particularly your children and grandchildren, from the risks associated with access to unsecured firearms.

In 2019, there were 238 unintentional shootings by children resulting in 99 deaths and 149 injuries in the US.

Gail Costello, group lead for the Culpeper-Orange-Madison Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, will describe the Be SMART program, which was developed to increase awareness of this issue and promote responsible gun storage.

The program is focused on taking five simple steps to help prevent accidental shootings by children: Secure all the guns in your home and vehicles; Model responsible behavior around guns; Ask about the presence of unsecured guns in other homes; Recognize the risks of teen suicide, and Tell your peers to Be SMART.

Ms. Costello will also talk generally about the proposed gun safety legislation now before the General Assembly and the specific legislation Moms Demand Action is advocating for during the session.

The club’s January meeting was cancelled due to bad weather, so, at the February meeting we will also get a legislative and campaign update from Bettina Weiss, campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, and hold our presidential straw poll.

Voters should keep in mind that the Democratic presidential primary will be on Tuesday, March 3. Virginia is a “Super Tuesday” state. Make plans to vote at your usual polling place between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.

More about Moms Demand Action

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Physician to explain single-payer insurance

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Post date August 19, 2019

Retired Fredericksburg physician Jay Brock will speak to the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club Sept. 11 on the topic “Single-Payer Medicare for All? Liberal? Conservative? Actually It’s Both.”

“Our current multiple payer system of health insurance has failed to solve the twin problems of lowering costs and covering everyone,” Brock said. “We need to change how we fund and pay for our care — without changing our medical delivery system.”

He said he will explain how a single-payer insurance system will cover everyone as it controls medical costs with principles that will appeal to both liberals and conservatives.

The program will take place at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 11 in Classroom 2 of the LOW Community Center. Everyone is welcome without regard to political affiliation.

Brock, a native New Yorker, is past president of the Fredericksburg Area Medical Society and former chairman of the Department of Family Practice at Mary Washington Hospital.

He attended medical school at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he also completed a residency in family practice. He joined the medical faculty at McGill, first as an instructor, and then as a full-time assistant professor of family practice.

He retired from active medical practice in 2014.