IYD VIRTUAL CONVENTION Schedule
Event Date: June 25th & 26th, 2021
F: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, S: 10 am – 3 pm + After Events
Event to take place virtually. In-person events hosted by local chapters.
FRIDAy
6:30PM
Pre-Convention Kick-Off Event
- Indiana Young Democrats Vice President, James L Wells
- Convention Planning Team
7:00PM
Business: YDA Convention & Caucus Meetings
- IYD Caucus Meetings & Officer Elections
- “The Room Where It Happens” – YDA Delegation Information Session for Cincinnati National Convention, Indiana Young Democrats National Committee Woman Dyna Martinez
8:00PM
Pre-Convention Mixer
- Results of IYD Caucus Officer Elections
- National Democratic Leadership: DNC & YDA
saturday
9:45AM
Pre-Convention Performance
- Pre-Convention Performance from Taylor Hall
10:00AM
Welcome – General Session
- Gavel In remarks delivered by Convention Chair
- Acknowledgments by Arielle Brandy, IYD President and James Wells, Vice President
- Remarks by guest speaker Indiana Democratic Party Chair Mike Schmuhl and Vice Chair Myla Elridge
- KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta of Pennsylvania
11:00AM
IYD Business
- Election of IYD officers
- Candidates of contested races make speeches
- Remarks by guest speakers U.S. Congressman Frank Mrvan and U.S. Congresswoman Cheri Bustos
- Results of the election announced
12:00PM
Lunch
- “All Of Us or None Of Us” from Decolonization to to De-Exceptionalism – U.S. Congressman André Carson and Rasha Mubarak – President Unbought Power
12:30PM
Breakout Sessions & Trainings I
- NDTC Training – How to Build Your Political Campaign Fundraising Plan
- Life After Election Day with Young Democrats Panel
1:30PM
Breakout Sessions & Trainings II
2:30PM
General Session
- KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Madam Chair Dayna Colbert of the Hamilton County Democratic Party to introduce Fishers City Councilwoman Crystal Neumann
Councilwoman Neumann to intro Rep. Mike Andrade
3:00PM
Close of Convention
Final call to action – IYD leadership
Post-Convention
Local Chapter After Events