The University of Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor organization is working to rebuild a grassroots movement of Democratic politics on this campus. We are chartered through both the College Democrats of Minnesota and the Minnesota Young DFL. We give students access to the elected officials that represent them at the campus, in City Hall, the State Capitol, and in Washington. We work on issues that matter for students. We have a record of fighting for students' rights and work to enlarge our organization through collaboration with other progressive student organizations.

 

The U-DFL boasts a membership of roughly 500 students and community members, and we are always looking for new members to join with us (sign up for our mailing list).  Our events take place throughout the year, so even if you can not attend our meetings, you can always join us at one of our events.  As an organization, we provide students and community members the opportunity to take place in a whole array of events:

 

Educational Events:  Rock the Cauc (a caucus awareness concert), candidate debates, speakers (this year we brought in a number of our elected officials such as Mike Hatch, Mike Erlandson, and John Lesch, and we also host local activist from environmental, pro-choice, anti-Bush groups.

 

Social Events:  After all our hard work, we have fun through events such as barbeques and trips to see the Twins or Gophers preceded by tailgating.  Everyone is always welcomed to these.

Campus Politics:  endorsing and supporting liberal students for our student government