Newsletter: January 2026 
President's Report
Welcome to the New Year Southern Lehigh Dems!
We have a lot of work to do this year and I hope you are ready to get into action. The natural instinct for many of us in our cold gray winters here in Pennsylvania is to stay home and huddle up, but we have a country to save! And dues to pay! See below!
Please plan to attend our kick-off meeting on Tuesday, January 13 at Inspire, the Coopersburg Community Center, 538 Thomas Street, Coopersburg. Meeting will start at 6:30, but soup and social time will be at 5:45 PM. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to bring a crock pot of soup or help out. We’ll be talking about candidates and what SLDC will be doing during the primary. Please bring your ideas. Our group works best when we get together and listen to each other. Candidates are welcome and are invited to network and talk.
District 7 House candidate websites can be found here: Southern Lehigh Democrats - Candidate Information Spring 2026 We’ll update other candidates' information as soon as we get it, so check back!
Our primary this May 19th will see candidates for Governor and PA State Senate and House, and our local Precinct Committee People (PCP). We’re looking for people who vote at Bible Fellowship Church, DeSales University and Lower Milford Township to run for PCP and hope that the current PCP’s at our other precincts will run for re-election. PCP’s are the first rung on the leadership ladder of the Democratic Party and primary contact with voters. Learn more about the role here. Let’s keep on making our party better! Contact [email protected] for more information.
Good news!
All of our candidates who won elections in November have been sworn in and have started working for us. See the pictures here Southern Lehigh Democrats - Photo Gallery And while you are there, look at our Blue Women’s walking group – We’re starting our fourth year of walking every Wednesday!
Here is a new way to canvass. Ground Truth - Voters are feeling disenfranchised and not heard by candidates. Ground Truth canvassing is a method where we talk to more voters and pass on their feelings directly to the candidates. (See dates below.) Learn more about this method: https://youtu.be/U2AKCQdwNVY?si=oAjNF8PAC_s8BqQn
Calendar of Events
Important Dates:
EVERY MONDAY – protest outside of Representative Ryan MacKenzie’s office on Cedar Crest Drive 12- 1 pm. Mondays with Mackenzie · Lehigh County Democratic Party No need to sign up – just show up!
January 13, SLDC Monthly meeting, 6:30 Inspire- Coopersburg Community Center, 538 Thomas Street (Soup and Social prior to meeting starts 5:45)
January 14, Virtual training for Ground Truth Canvassing Listen to Win: Empathetic Conversations Training with Swing Left · Swing Left
Saturday, January 24 and Sunday, January 25 Ground Truth Canvassing in Allentown. https://www.mobilize.us/volunteerblue/event/875714/
January 25 Forum for Candidates for House District 7 in Northampton County https://www.mobilize.us/norcodemspa/event/872941
Looking ahead:
Tuesday, February 10, PCP meeting. Location TBD – Information session for anyone interested in being a Precinct Committee Person. See above for specific precincts.
Wednesday, February 11 we’re partnering with LCDC for a zoom candidate forum. We’re working out the logistics, but I think we’ll start off with the US House candidates and then have our own SLDC zoom with our PA House and Senate candidates and details about the Petitions signings.
Saturday, February 21 Popcorn and Petitions 10 – 3 PM at Inspire, the Coopersburg Community Center, 538 Thomas Street. Volunteers needed for set up, tear down and minding petition tables.
Saturday, March 7 Pretzels and Petitions 10 - 4 PM at Inspire, the Coopersburg Community Center, 538 Thomas Street. Volunteers needed for set up, tear down and minding petition tables.
Updates from the Treasurer
It's that time of year....
Dues are $15/person per year and can be paid online here ActBlue — Southern Lehigh Democratic Committee, in person at our January meeting or February petition signing, or by mail: Southern Lehigh Democratic Committee (SLDC), PO Box 365, Coopersburg PA 18036
Donations above the dues amount are always appreciated!
Did You Know...?
Did you know – The newest park in Upper Saucon Township, Moyers Lake, is set to open to the public later this year? Here are the plans: Moyers_Lake_Master_Site_Plan_Update.pdf
Lehigh County Council meetings are recorded – Watch their reorganization meeting (featuring Sarah Fevig!) to see how a congenial bi-partisan group can work together: Oath of Office/ Organizational Meeting - Zoom
Indivisible zoom calls are Thursdays at 3:00 - National zoom call that keeps me going. Register here: What's the Plan with Leah and Ezra · Indivisible
Thanks go to:
Many thanks to our hosts Donna and Dave S for opening their home for the end of year holiday event. We had a chance to connect with each other as well as meet and speak with candidates running for US Federal, PA State and PA Representative positions. There was lots of good food and great dialogue.
Additional thanks go to Ken and Patti M for an end of year donation. We are grateful.
