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Thursday, February 23rd -- 2 - 2:45 p.m. -- Yale Bookstore.

Paul Begala will be signing copies of his most recent book "Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future" at the Yale Bookstore after his talk. Begala co-authored "Take It Back" with partner James Carville.

Thursday, Februrary 23rd -- 1 p.m. -- Yale Law School, Room 127.

In conjunction with the Yale Law Democrats, the College Dems will host a visit and speech by renown Clinton advisor Paul Begala. Paul Begala stormed onto the national political scene alongside partner James Carville in 1992 by leading the campaign that brough then-governor Bill Clinton to the White House. Begala served in the administration as Clinton's top advisor before joining CNN's Crossfire political talk show. He is the author of several books, including "Is Our Children Learning?", "It's the Economy, Stupid!" and most recently, "Take it Back".

His speech will last approximately 1 hour.

Thursday, February 23rd -- leave New Haven at 9:30.

The Human Services Committee will be holding a long awaited hearing on the Earned Income Tax Credit. The Yale College Democrats will lead a bus trip up to Hartford so that students can testify bfore the committee, meet with legislators, and hold a press conference downtown. All are welcome! Email eric.kafka@yale.edu to let us know you're coming!

Wednesday, February 22nd -- 8 p.m. -- Calhoun College Common Room.

The weekly statewide lobbying committee will be moved to Wednesday night this week to prepare students for Thursday's trip to testify before the Human Services Committee. We'll be working on training to meet with legislators.

Wednesday, February 22 -- 5:30 p.m. -- City Hall, 2nd Floor.

This was an historic year for CT. One year ago, as former Gov. Rowland was entering prison for placing private special interests ahead of the public good, state lawmakers were at last taking up the public’s call for meaningful campaign finance reform. Today, CT has approved sweeping reforms of state elections and provided authorization for cities like New Haven to experiment with such reform. With your support, we have fought for such authorization for the past three years. Now, we are bringing the reform debate back to New Haven, and we look forward to introducing the Democracy Fund to the Board of Alderman this month.

In preparation for the New Haven legislative campaign, we invite concerned citizens and supporters of the Democracy Fund to join us for a kick-off meeting this Wednesday at City Hall, hosted by Democracy Fund chair and president of the Board of Aldermen, Carl Goldfield. Pizza and drinks will be provided, and the event is open to the public.

The meeting will include an overview of the proposed Democracy Fund ordinance and a discussion of legislative and grassroots strategy to win the reform campaign. Your feedback and ideas are warmly welcomed; please RSVP if you are able to attend. We invite you to learn more at http://www.democracyfund.com and hope that you will join us in this final exciting step toward reform!

Tuesday, February 21 -- 9 p.m. -- WLH 120.

Join the campaign of Ned Lamont -- Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Connecticut. Ned is mounting a primary challenge to conservative Democrat Joe Lieberman, and he's being helped by scores of "Students for Lamont" groups at colleges across Connecticut. The Yale chapter is a coalition group of the Yale College Democrats. Summer internships, possibly paid, will be available. In addition, Ned will visit the College Dems next Monday at 8 pm in the Branford Common Room. For more information, contact kanya.balakrishna@yale.edu or benjamin.simon@yale.edu.

The Yale College Democrats do not endorse in primaries.

Tuesday, February 21 -- 7 p.m. -- City Hall.

Instead of our regular Monday meeting, the Dems will be attending this week's Board of Aldermen meeting, where the aldermen will be voting on a resolution expressing support for a state Earned Income Tax Credit. If you're interested in joining us, the Dems will be leaving from Phelps Gate at 6:45 to walk over to City Hall.

Monday, February 20 -- 10:30 a.m. -- City Hall.

Join members of the Connecticut Students for Just Taxation coalition and Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney and show your support for the state EITC.

Monday, February 20 -- 8:30 - 10 a.m. -- Yale Law School, Room 108.

This videoconference will link young professionals and students in the U.S., Africa, and the Middle East with world leaders at the Brookings Institution’s U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar. The videoconference will allow today’s world leaders and its rising young leaders to discuss how to improve Western-Muslim relations at this difficult time. The videoconference is part of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, a global leaders’ conference hosted by the Brookings Institution. For more, visit www.us-islamicworldforum.org. While RSVPs are not required, if possible, please RSVP to seth.green@yale.edu.