After Facing Threats By State Federations To Denounce Organization, College Democrats Of America Agree To Demands
Dozens of College Democrat State Federations made demands against the College Democrats of America (CDA), citing ‘racism and classism’ amid the organization. Within 48 hours, three board members resigned and CDA committed to their demands.
In an
open letter published June 30, a coalition of state Democrat federations alleged “racism and classism” within the CDA and gave an ultimatum for several demands. These include the resignation of the CDA president, promise of CDA executive board members to not seek reelection, and commitment by any new board members to seek reforms.
Agreeing to
demands for ‘structural change’ on July 1, CDA
announced support for CDA President Mikaela Guido’s resignation, and said “we fully commit to using the next five weeks of our remaining term to start the implementation of all demands made by our state federations.”
The CDA statement apologized to Matthew Nowling, the executive board member who made
calls for change against the “fundamentally racist” organization and resigned from being CDA’s communications director June 2. Nowling wrote, “my efforts to promote diversity within the organization have been twisted by multiple members of the board…I’ve constantly been ostracized, undermined, and mocked.”
After Facing Threats By State Federations To Denounce Organization, College Democrats Of America Agree To Demands