Appendices and footnotes for the April 2022 report
- Will Bakker -LU, RVC
This page presents the footnotes and appendices for resolutions included in the Resolutions Committee’s report on draft texts, released April 29, 2022.
Please note that this additional information was provided by the authors and primary sponsors of resolutions in order to provide background information regarding the topics of their resolutions. This material is not an integral part of the resolutions, nor does adoption of a resolution by the DPCA constitute endorsement of these claims or sources.
You can find footnotes and appendices for each resolution below (save those with no additional information). Lists of co-sponsors will be created after final texts are distributed, approximately May 14. Those lists will be linked here once the lists are closed, no later than 12 hours before the start of the Global Meeting.
- 1 Resolution Directing Democrats Abroad (DA) to include Veterans and Military Family Members under Representation Goals when electing delegates under future Delegate Selection Plans (DSPs)
- 2 Resolution to Keep the Pershing Hall Collection and the Time Capsule in France as part of its Cultural Patrimony and as a Memorial to American Veterans of World Wars I and II; and that its Oversight be transferred from the DVA to the ABMC
- 3 Resolution in support of Establishment of Democrats Abroad Global Gender-Based Violence Task Force
- 4 Resolution to Catalogue Our “Standing Resolutions”
- 5 Resolution in Support of Statehood for Washington, D.C.
- 6 Resolution on the Climate Emergency
- 7 Resolution to Establish a Standing Voter Protection Committee
- 8 Resolution Supporting the Repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
Resolution Directing Democrats Abroad (DA) to include Veterans and Military Family Members under Representation Goals when electing delegates under future Delegate Selection Plans (DSPs)
1 “Representation goals” as defined here is intended to mirror the definition and description of the representation goals mentioned in the 2020 DA DSP (Section VII – Affirmative Action), viewable here: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/democratsabroad/pages/19989/attachments/original/1576839215/COMPLIANT_DA_DSP_11.26.19_%281%29.pdf?1576839215.
2 Examples of barriers to voting faced by veterans and military families include, but are not limited to: the late arrival of overseas absentee ballots through no fault of the voter; the deportation of individuals who had voluntarily signed up with the military with the broken promise of gaining U.S. citizenship upon service; U.S. service-members from the District of Columbia or a U.S. Territory who have no voting representation in Congress, the inability to vote for service-members occupied in combat situations, civilian veterans abroad unable to utilize international postal services to the United States during the COVID-19 era, and denial of service-members’ opportunity to voice political and government opinions, among other issues.
3 On May 26, 2021, the Chairwoman of the DNC’s Veterans and Military Families Council, Jan Donatelli, informed the resolution author of her full support for Democrats Abroad including veterans and military families within its next and all future DSPs. Evidence of this communication is available upon request from any member of the Democratic Party.
Resolution to Keep the Pershing Hall Collection and the Time Capsule in France as part of its Cultural Patrimony and as a Memorial to American Veterans of World Wars I and II; and that its Oversight be transferred from the DVA to the ABMC
Appendix
In 1928 the American Legion Building at 49 rue Pierre Charron, Paris 75008 France – since known as Pershing Hall – was purchased by the Legionnaires of Paris Post 1, acting as The American Legion Building Corporation, Inc., to serve as a monument and memorial to the World War I American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) commanded by General John J. Pershing.
When the project experienced financial difficulties in 1936, the U.S. Government took over the property as a permanent U.S. Memorial – under the trusteeship of the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) -- and, as stipulated in the property deed, assumed responsibility for management and maintenance.
The building was the headquarters of the American Legion inaugural unit Paris Post 1; Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 605; and various French-American associations until all were evicted in 1993 and management was turned over to a realtor. Historic artwork, furnishings, and documents were inventoried by the U.S. government, removed from the building, and sent to various locations for storage. After being abandoned at French national museums for almost three decades, a small portion of this rich heritage has recently been found.
Due to lack of oversight by the DVA, memorials and plaques required to stay in Pershing Hall per the 99-year property lease have not been there for years. In addition, during renovations in 2019, the historic Château Thierry stone and a time-capsule containing other historic documents and artifacts commemorating the inauguration of the building were extracted by the American Battlefield Monuments Commission (ABMC) and are now in its custody.
Currently DVA proposes to reduce the memorial requirements in the lease and the entire collection of Pershing Hall artifacts now risks being taken out of the country, raising concern that veterans in France will lose valuable parts of their history and culture.
Resolution in support of Establishment of Democrats Abroad Global Gender-Based Violence Task Force
APPENDICES
EXAMPLES DESCRIBING THE RANGE/NATURE OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence
Sexual
Verbal
Physical
Economic
Emotional
Reproductive
Religious
Rape,Sexual Assault, Stalking
Intimate Partners
Incest
Drug-facilitated
Multiple Perpetrators
Children
Conflict, refugee, immigrant
Adult Supervisors
Multiple, helping and professionals
People in Authority (military, prison, school, workplace, etc.)
Harassment (unwanted behavior which you find offensive or which makes you feel intimidated or humiliated
spoken/written words or abuse
Offensive emails, tweets or comments on social networking sites
Images and graffiti
Physical gestures
Facial expressions
Jokes
Harassment based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation/identity, gender, age
“Quid pro quo” sexual harassment
Sexual harassment
Cyberharassment
Bullying
Psychological, verbal, economic, sexual, emotional
Enslavement & Coercion
Trafficking
Forced labor or prostitution
Violence against migrants, refugees and people in conflict situations
Forced abduction/disappearance
False imprisonment
Migrant and refugee enslavement
Reproductive coercion
Forced abortion
Forced sterilization
Obstetric violence
Patriarchal Violence
Forced Marriage, bride buying, bride abduction
Genital mutilation
Mistreatment of widows
Honor killings
Breast-ironing, foot-binding
Flogging, Stoning, Acid-throwing
Mob violence
Denial of medical care
Failure to respect freedom of choice
Forced military
Forced feeding
Sex Preference crimes (infanticide, abortion, abandonment)
Noting the distinctly vulnerable
People in institutions - military, prison, schools, care facilities
Women and girls of color
Trans individuals
Indigenous people
Elders
People with disabilities
Students
Children in family justice system
FROM DEMOCRATS ABROAD 2020 PLATFORM
“Gender-based violence is violence that is directed at an individual based on their biological sex or gender identity or gender expression. It includes physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, and psychological abuse, threats, coercion, and economic or educational deprivation, whether occurring in public or private life. This includes harassment and abuse – including female genital mutilation, violations of intersex bodily integrity, and child marriage. Sexual violence and harassment and other sexual, physical, emotional, or psychological (including verbal)abuse, threats, or coercion, and even economic or educational deprivation based on an individual’s sex or gender identity or expression is deeply rooted in harmful gender norms and inequality and exists in epidemic proportions in the United States. This has an impact on mental and reproductive health and violates rights including, in some cases, the right to choose if, when, how, and with whom to engage in sexual activity. Specific communities face disproportionate rates of gender-based violence, including Native American women, who are much more likely to be raped or murdered by a partner than other women in the United States. Transgender people, specifically trans women of color, are also at grave risk and need to be protected through legislation. Through legislation such as the Violence Against Women Act, we are committed to ending gender-based violence, harassment, or abuse wherever it occurs, whether in our homes, streets, schools, communities, in the military, or anywhere else.”
Resolution to Catalogue Our “Standing Resolutions”
* If this resolution passes, I recognize that creating work for other volunteers (when everyone is a volunteer) can be a crummy thing to do and I would of course volunteer myself to also be on this Standing Resolutions review team; but I also expect that others with past Resolutions experience and Wiki experience may naturally wish to weigh in on or lead this effort.
Resolution in Support of Statehood for Washington, D.C.
1 Research Guides: Residence Act: Primary Documents in American History: Introduction
2 https://statehood.dc.gov/page/congressional-intervention
3 2020 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia - Wikipedia
4 https://districtmeasured.com/2016/04/25/26-billion-of-taxation-without-representation/
5 https://statehood.dc.gov/page/why-statehood-dc
6 https://statehood.dc.gov/page/faq
7 https://statehood.dc.gov/page/path-statehood
10 https://statehood.dc.gov/page/path-statehood
11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Washington,_D.C._statehood_referendum
13 https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SAP-H.R.-51.pdf
Resolution on the Climate Emergency
Footnotes:
1 Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
2 IPCC, 2022: Summary for Policy†makers [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, M. Tignor, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem (eds.)]. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. In Press.
3 DPCA (Democrats Abroad) Mission Statement, (DA Vision Statement & Mission Statement )
4 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2630?s=1&r=2
5 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2630
6 Funk, C., & Kennedy, B. (2020, April 21). How Americans see climate change and the environment in 7 charts. Retrieved April 11, 2022, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/21/how-americans-see-climate-change-and-the-environment-in-7-charts/ .
7 https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf
8 The 2020 Democrats Abroad Platform (https://www.democratsabroad.org/platform )
9 Our Priorities (https://www.democratsabroad.org/our_priorities )
Link for the text “National Climate Emergency Petition” in the clause “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the DPCA supports the National Climate Emergency Petition [link available on the DA wiki] 2022, drafted by Democrats Abroad Environment & Climate Crisis Council, disseminating it in DPCA communications, and submitting it to the Biden-Harris Administration (offices of the President, Vice President, and Congress) by June 30th, 2022.”:
https://forms.gle/8Cgv6ffcvvjJdRLu7
Resolution to Establish a Standing Voter Protection Committee
1 The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule | Freedom House
2 Kosuke Imai and Gary King. 2004. “Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?” Perspectives on Politics, 2, Pp. 537–549. Copy at https://tinyurl.com/y39ndzbk
3 Ohio Cybersecurity Measures Could Block Overseas Voters
4 What Does Voter Suppression Look Like? - Democracy Docket
5 We Can't Ignore Republican Attempts to Undermine Free and Fair Elections - Democracy Docket
6 Global Voter Protection Team 2020 Report https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FQUpdf_2Y0tL68i3hnTbaooBrFcjlNHPuLYSZChotq8/
7 DA’s online helpdesks, including Voter Protection, collectively were able to help 80,000 voters with their voter questions.
9 Amicus Curiae Brief - Democrats Abroad
Resolution Supporting the Repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
1 https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-19-180.pdf
2 https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2022reports/202230019fr.pdf
5 Per State Department lists of renunciants published on a quarterly basis in the Federal Register
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