Team Englin spent another rainy Saturday afternoon knocking on doors throughout the 45th district and sharing David’s strong progressive agenda for the future. David focused his energy on meeting families in Alexandria’s public housing neighborhoods, whom he has gotten to know well.
“Sometimes it’s nice just to check in and see how people are doing,” said David. “Some of the hardest working people I know live here in the Berg — people who work 60 or 70 hours a week and still don’t make enough to get by because minimum wage is insultingly low and the costs of health care, housing, and other basic needs are so high. We need to recognize that poverty is not a personal moral defect — it is a defect in our ability as a community to live up to our claim of liberty and justice for all.”
Later that evening, David attended the annual awards dinner for the Alexandria NAACP, where the keynote speaker was the Honorable Ronald V. Dellums, former congressman from Oakland, California, who recently announced that he is running for mayor of Oakland.
“I think everyone in the room was moved by Congressman Dellums’ strong message of hope and call to activism and social justice,” said David.
Sunday morning David joined several other candidates for delegate as well as Leslie Byrne and a representative of her far-right opponent, Bill Bolling, at a candidate’s forum hosted by Beth El Hebrew Congregation, where David, Shayna, and Caleb are members.
Join Team Englin on Tuesday or Wednesday evening this week for Volunteer Night or Saturday at 2 p.m. to keep fighting for every possible vote. Check the Campaign Calendar for details and let Mel know when you’re coming: volunteer@davidenglin.org or 703-549-3203.
