My name is Elizabeth Cage and I am nominating for the position of Vice Chair.

Im an American-Australian an immigrant and dual-citizen, resident of Sydney for nearly 17

years. I vote in Virginia.
Originally from Chicago. Lived for various lengths of time in Washington DC, New York City,
and Baltimore and also worked on political campaigns in North Carolina, California, Nevada, and
Virginia.
Hold a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science, Portland State University; MA in Intl
Communications, Macquarie University; and an M Litt in US Studies from the University of
Sydney.
I have just come home from a mid-life gap year spent travelling, on my own, including some
4700 kilometres by bicycle in Europe and Australia. Im slowly blogging my way through the
journey here: www.elizabetheverettcage.com
I returned from that journey and then the Republicans nominated a fascist so I wrote this op-ed
for the Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/donald-trump-has-scared-
me-back-into-politics-the-similarities-between-nazism-and-trumpism-20160719-gq8roh.html
I spent four months volunteering with the Hillary Clinton campaign in Virginia.
Before Id even gotten on the plane to come home Id put my hand up to help with the Womens
March, Sydney. I became one of the lead organisers and spokespeople for that event including
doing this live-cross to BBC World from my bedroom - https://vimeo.com/200530374
What Id like to achieve as Democrats Abroad, Australias Vice-Chair:

Work to identify, register to vote, and engage with as many of the US citizens living in Australia
as possible.
Work to channel the energy of woke Americans living abroad into the efforts to elect Democrats
wherever they may run.
Develop a stronger grass roots community of Democrats Abroad through Meet-Ups or Huddles
more groups in more places.
Spread the workload and develop capacity by recruiting more members to take leadership roles
and responsibilities as local organisers, social media managers, committee chairs, etc
Look for opportunities for Democrats Abroad to partner with like-minded Australian groups.
More on my political/professional background:

15 years handling media and PR for Major League Baseball International (Sydney)
Member of Democrats Abroad since 2004 (or so)
Steering committee member: Peter Garrett for Kingsford-Smith (2004)
National Advance Staff 1996 Presidential Election and the Clinton White House from 1994-1996
Campaign Manager for state house and state senate primary races in Oregon (1994)
Office of Presidential Correspondence, the White House (1993)
Media logistics on the Presidential Inaugural Committee (1992-3)
California Democratic Party Presidential Student Corps Intern in the Los Angeles media office
(1992)
Delegate to the 1992 Democratic National Convention from Oregons 4th CD
District office intern for Congressman Peter DeFazio (D OR-4)
Co-founder of College Democrats at both University of Oregon and Portland State University
Volunteer, Harvey Gantt for US Senate, Charlotte NC (1990)
Further details here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethcage/