Although they were looking forward to meeting in Denver this week,
the College Democrats of America have a bigger mission in mind:
November.
"We're looking forward to mobilizing and training
students to take back the necessary skills to lead successful college
Democrat chapters and get ready for November 2008," CDA President
Lauren Wolfe said.
Nearly 1,000 CDA members from 250 colleges
around the country are congregating in Denver. They're attending
seminars to equip them to better organize their college chapters,
recruit new members and advance Democratic issues that are important to
young voters.
Among one of the largest training sessions they attended
during the Democratic Convention was concentrated on peer-to-peer
contact in an effort to help students feel more comfortable reaching
out and sharing their views with other students.
CDA is counting on this outreach method to be one of the most effective tools its local chapters can use to reach independent voters this fall, a group that both Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are counting on to ensure victory.