Sudbury Democratic Town Committee

UPDATE

Thanks to all our volunteers and donors! We delivered 27 boxes of food to Sudbury Food Pantry!

When: Jan 16 2023 – 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Please join the Sudbury Democratic and Republican Town Committees in honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by donating to the Sudbury Food Pantry.

Where: Drop off food and/or cash donations at 30 Meadowbrook Circle, Sudbury MA 01776.

Items Needed:

• Baking (brownie and cake mix, oils)
• Condiments (mayo, mustard, ketchup, salad dressing)
• Canned Fruit
• Meals (canned pasta and chili, taco kits, boxed potatoes, pasta, boxed rice (eg Near East brand)
• Snacks (full size cookies, crackers, chips)
• Canned tomato (sauce and diced)

Here are some photos from 2022

Early voting is now open. Election Day is Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Make sure you fill in BOTH SIDES of your ballot: Not only are there candidate elections on the front side, but also four Questions (Fair Share tax, dental insurance, liquor licenses, driver safety with undocumented people) on the reverse side. Check out our page on How To Vote.

We are marching in the Sudbury Fourth of July parade. Join us! We assemble at noon in Division 4 in Chiswick Park. Set your sat nav to 490 Boston Post Road and enter the parking lot . Here is the Map. We set off at 1pm and will march to the town center whose tri-centennial is this year.

More info:

Chamber of Commerce

Township “Parking is available at the entrance to Chiswick Park (GPS Address 490 Boston post Rd) and/or at the Noyes School Bus lot at Town Center” Enter the Noyes school bus lot from Concord Rd by the Town Pound. (See map linked above.)

First parish tri-centennial

“Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”

Representative Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming

Jan 6th hearings. Roe overturned. The mid terms are on November 8th and the choice is clear (a) democracy or (b) tyranny like that of “The Handmaiden’s Tale.” Join us in supporting (a). Force Multiplier has created two convenient donation pages for the critical House and Senate races:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/forcemultiplier2022houseslate

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/forcemultiplier2021senateslate

SDTC voted to support relief of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Please donate to one or both of the following vetted and worthy causes.

1. UKRAINIAN CHARITABLE PLATFORM

Ukrainian Charitable Platform is a U.S. 501(c)3 non-profit, Tax ID: 92-2121044

Russia’s war in Ukraine has many fronts. The Ukrainian Charitable Platform (UCP) focuses on helping families, children and communities to survive, heal, and rebuild.

Click here for Ukrainian Charitable Platform’s donation page

Click here for flyer in PDF format Title: “Monitoring visits to grassroot projects and initiatives supported by Ukrainian Charitable Platform and its partner organization, Ukrainian Education Platform. August-September 2024. Kyiv Region”

2. CENTER MAKOR

Jewish Educational and Cultural Center

https://www.centermakor.org/help-ukraine/

We will send all donations and will pay bank fees for electronic transfers if needed.

https://www.centermakor.org/medical-supplies/  LINK INCLUDES LIST OF NEEDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES

The township Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commission has launched a project called:

Sudbury Lived Experiences

The idea of racism, prejudice, and identity bias is sometimes abstract and fuzzy. This project brings it into focus with powerful stories from your neighbors. Here is the idea:

“Storytelling for change. We believe that for Sudbury to be a place of belonging, it must be a place of equity. Lived Experiences collects local stories to document identity-based experiences, including racism and prejudice, IN SUDBURY—from people who live, study, visit, or work in Sudbury. Our survey is anonymous and—if you want it to be—confidential so that you can tell your story without fear. Our goal is to make Sudbury a better place to live, work, learn—or just be. By understanding the experiences of individuals in our community, we can raise community awareness and collaborate with local advocacy groups and our Select Board to effect change.”

Do you have a story to share?

https://www.sudburylivedexperiences.com/

Update 2:

We did it! It passed! Congrats to Sustainable Sudbury and everyone else who made it happen!

Update:

Update: We only got through the first 18 articles last night (May 2). At this rate we’ll need all three continuation dates (tonight (3rd), tomorrow (4th), and the 9th). Let’s hope we can keep a quorum going until Article 58!
“Except for the election of Town Officers, no meeting shall be legal unless a quorum is present, and a quorum shall consist of one hundred registered voters; once a quorum has been assembled, the continued existence of a quorum shall be presumed until a count of the voters present, which shall be taken upon the call of seven or more registered voters, establishes that a quorum is not present.“

The Committee considers town politics non-partisan and rarely gets involved (although of course individual members get involved as it suits them). However, at our April 13th meeting we voted to endorse a citizen-led motion, Article 58, for action on the climate crisis at a town level. Hiring a Sustainability Director costs money, but it pays off: Natick hired one and ended up saving a lot more than the project cost. And it helps to save the planet. Here is more information from the petitioner, Alex Vei:

“Dear Friends and Neighbors,

We are very grateful to the Sudbury Democratic Town Committee for their recent endorsement of the Climate Emergency Declaration (Article 58) on the warrant for Sudbury’s 2022 Annual Town Meeting. As many of you know, Town Meeting starts tomorrow evening Monday May 2^nd 7:30 PM at the L-S Regional High School.

I invite you (and any voters you can bring) to attend and vote YES on 58, the Climate Emergency Declaration. With your help, we can win this vote and help Sudbury take important actions to urgently respond to the risks posed by climate change.

Not only would Article 58 publicly acknowledge that Climate Action Now must be a priority for our town, it would take steps towards a comprehensive plan and enhanced staffing for sustainability and climate in Sudbury. For more information about Article 58 and the reasons for supporting it, please see: https://www.sustainablesudbury.org/climate-emergency/

As for logistics…I understand not everyone has the time or ability to attend the entire Town Meeting. Notably, Article 58 will be the final article and it may not come up during the first night. Currently planned continuation dates include Tuesday 5/3 and Wednesday 5/4.

To help, we are planning to use e-mail periodically during the Town Meeting to keep people informed of progress through the agenda and be present at the right times. If you’d like to get these e-mail updates, you are most welcome to sign up using: https://tinyurl.com/SudburyCELetter.

Thank you for your consideration of supporting Climate Action Now in Sudbury by voting YES on 58!

Best Wishes,
Alex Vai

On Behalf of the Sudbury Climate Emergency Working Group

The town hall is lit with the colors of the Ukraine flag.

The annual town elections are on Monday March 28, 2002. There are several changes compared to last year. The covid-era no-excuse mail-in ballot option was not renewed, so the two main choices are in-person and (if you qualify) absentee mail-in. There is a third “emergency” option: if you have been exposed to covid or are sick, you should NOT go to the polling station. Instead call the township on 978-639-3351 for voting options from home.

In addition, to these voting changes, the precincts have also changed.

Full details are here.

The Sudbury Democratic Town Committee regards town elections as non-partisan and does not endorse any particular candidate, so Google around, do your own research, and vote your conscience!

As a starting point, here are links to the 2022 League of Women Voters Sudbury Candidates’ Forums:

Access the programs from the www.sudburytv.org or lwvsudbury.org home pages or from the links below. There are five forums: Select Board, L-S, Goodnow Library, Board of Health, and Uncontested Races. Each program is fully indexed. Click on a question or respondent in the indexing to navigate to that part of the program.

Select Board

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School

Goodnow Library

Board of Health

Uncontested Races (note: there are some signs for write-in candidates around the town, so “uncontested” might refer to “on the ballot”. For example Richard Williamson, incumbent Sudbury Parks & Recreation Commission member, was omitted from the ballot due some kind of snafu. If you want to vote for him write in his name and his address, 22 Farmstead Lane.)

LWV Sudbury
www.twitter.com/lwvsudbury
www.instagram.com/lwvsudbury