Clayton County Democratic Committee Party hosts watch party for fourth night of DNC

JONESBORO, GA. – The fourth night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) has concluded with Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepting the party’s Presidential nomination.

The Clayton County Democratic Committee Party in partnership with the Clayton County Federation of Democractic Women hosted a watch party at Nouveau in Jonesboro for a night of community engagement and updates from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

The Clayton County committee showed up and showed out for this special night. The energy was high while everyone watched the final night of the convention. The room echoed in “Harris-Walz” and “For Democracy”.

The crowd also was attentive at every moment during the final night of the DNC watch party clapping, yelling in excitement, and eyes were glued to the TV screen.

When Kerry Washington brought out her on-screen husband Tony Goldwyn from the Hit TV show Scandal, saying, “When we fight, we win. When Kamala wins, America wins”, the crowd at Nouveau shouted the same thing back at the screen.

A member of the Clayton County Democratic Committee Party Herman “Drew” Andrews described tonight as a “historic event.”

He also said the watch party is to bring the community together. “We’re doing this to bring the community together, so we can watch our next President Kamala Harris receive the nomination and we’re excited about that,” he said.

Additionally, the Mayor of Jonesboro Donya Sartor also stopped by with her Goddaughters to engage with the community and watch Harris receive her nomination.

Sartor said the importance of showing up was more specifically geared to her goddaughters and ensuring their futures are secured in many ways.

“My son is 30, so a lot of the issues now, I have to think not just for my older children, but for the younger ones, talk about women’s reproductive health, and being able to make choices somebody else is going to make a decision for them and their body is alarming to me,” Sartor said.

She said she raised a son and she never knew she’d be raising two girls and having them in her life, so the freedoms she wants them to have, not only for their reproductive rights, but Sartor wants them to see women, not just like her and her position, but Harris and her positions they can achieve higher.

“It’s a number of reasons we can talk about such as the economy, housing, and everything else, but it boils down to day-to-day that someone’s in a position that’s going to secure their future when I’m not around and I think this is a good way to do it,” she said.

Additionally, Sartor also said as much as her family can partake in this process, she is going to make sure they are as involved as possible.

“I’m hoping Madam Vice President will make it back to Georgia, so they’ll get a chance to actually see her with their own eyes,” she said.

Additionally, Andrews said the organization is working specifically on getting people to the polls.

“We’ve done incredible with registering folks, but we want to make sure that leads to them going to vote and that’s what we’re looking for,” he said. “If they need a way to the polls, then we will help them find a way to get them there, if it’s childcare, we’re working with some other organizations that offer that service and it will help them get to the polls.”

He said they are doing challenging work to ensure people will show up into early voting and in November to elect Harris as the next President.

With election night speedily approaching, Andrews gave some words of advice to people who may still be undecided or have decided to not take part in this year’s presidential election.

“I think our former First Lady Michelle Obama said it best and that’s no one should be sitting on on the sidelines, even if you’re undecided,” he said. “You deserve a better America, and one side doesn’t want to provide you that opportunity, so we need to focus on Kamala [Harris] and move forward and not backwards.”

Unfortunately, before Harris could take the stage, watchers were told to leave the venue as the place was closing, however, it’s safe to say the energy for the Democratic party and Harris has grown exponentially and people are ready to get her in office.

There are less than 80 days until Election Day.

For information on how to vote, visit https://www.claytoncountyga.gov/government/elections-and-registration/ .  To follow for future events, visit https://www.facebook.com/claytoncountyfdw/ .

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