VIDEO: DFLers Celebrate Working Families

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Good food, good company, and a clearer sense of where we've been.

Sunshine, a potluck spread worth showing up early for, and a lineup of speakers marking 250 years of the USA.

Matt Kreft and Jeff Clark (Move to Amend) made the case that corporations aren't people and money isn't speech. Peter Limbert (History Center of Olmsted County) traced Minnesota's messy 1858 path to statehood. Virginia Wright-Peterson told the story of Amelia Witherstine, the first woman elected to Rochester's school board in 1911. Mark Liebow covered the origins of Social Security and Medicare and what's at risk now. Jason Lohmann highlighted the gap between crop insurance and health insurance for farm families. Brian Swancutt (Stonewall DFL) spoke on marriage equality and the work still ahead.

Watch the full video above.