Tompkins County Democratic Committee

The TCDC Annual Wine & Cheese Spring fundraiser was held May 6 at the lovely Foundation of Light. Led by Events Committee Chair Susie Monagan, approximately 80 guests attended to enjoy delicious appetizers, sips of wine, and to socialize with friends and neighbors.

Several TCDC members attended the all-day  NY-19 Votes Coalition Summit in Oneonta NY on April 25. This was a great opportunity to meet other activists from our diverse NY-19 swing congressional district.

by Carolyn Maloney

In 1916, suffragists Alice Burke and Nell Richardson did something radical enough to shake a stalled democracy back into motion: they climbed into a gold Saxon motorcar—the Golden Flyer—and drove 10,700 miles across the country to demand voting rights for women. At a time when few women had driver’s licenses, or traveled alone, and women’s political participation was dismissed outright, their journey was nothing short of revolutionary.