Clay County Democratic Party Monthly Meeting

All Clay County Democrats are invited to attend our monthly meeting at The Corner Coffee Shop in Hayesville.  The Clay County Democratic Party monthly meeting is on the fourth Tuesday of each month with our speaker starting at 6:00 PM followed by an opportunity to socialize at 6:30.  The CCDP holds its business meeting starting around 7:00 PM, and this meeting is also open for all Democrats to attend if they wish.

The speaker for this month is Julia Buckner. Julia is an extremely talented and experienced organizer and fundraiser, having worked with campaigns, political parties, PAC’s, and non-profits.

Julia completed her undergraduate work at Western Carolina University, graduating as a NC Teaching Fellow, and spent eleven years teaching high school science. She took her summers off as an opportunity to continue her work with the United Methodist Church, leading work teams from across the country as they traveled to the far western region of our state repairing homes and building relationships within our Appalachian communities.

Leaving the classroom to pursue full-time ministry, Julia became the director of program ministries and later the director of development and marketing at the Hinton Rural Life Center in Hayesville, NC.

This intersection of community development, faith, and politics led Julia to Emory University where she obtained her M.Div. degree in 2009. Julia’s academic research centers around missiology, and she is a past faculty member at Emory University’s Regional Course of Study School.

During the 2008 election cycle, Julia became involved with the Clay County Democrats, volunteering for the Obama team, and learning for the first time what “GOTV” actually stood for. She has served as President of the Tri-County Democratic Women, is a past Chair of the Clay County Democrats, was the President of the Democratic Women of NC, was our first statewide Organizing Director, and has managed several legislative and state-wide campaigns.

In 2017, Julia’s work took her to Raleigh where she served as the Finance Director for the North Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus raising over 2 million dollars and helping to flip the six seats we needed to break the Republican supermajority. Most recently, Julia was serving as the Executive Director for the Mecklenburg Dems and when she isn’t knee-deep in election statistics she’s trying in vain to organize her basement!