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  • What Alzheimer’s research cuts and firings mean to you 

    What Alzheimer’s research cuts and firings mean to you 

    On March 3, 2025, the Trump administration stopped $65 million in funding for Alzheimer’s disease research at 14 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRCs).  The administration also fired NIH scientists and workers sorely needed to advance Alzheimer’s research.

    People diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and those at higher risk of getting the disease (such as children of parents with the disease) need to know that research funding cuts will stop  improvement of the current temporary treatments.  Also, Younger/Early-onset Alzheimer’s  happens to people in their 40’s and 50s, so funded clinical trials are required to approve new treatments that must be started early-on in the disease.  

    Research funding for Alzheimer’s has passed in a bipartisan way, largely because everyone knows family or friends who has/had the disease.  With truthful, continuing research and earlier diagnosis, we can stop Alzheimer’s from taking precious lives.   

    You can help by using your voice to support ALZ research funding.  Contact your state elected officials to share your opinion about these funding cuts…click here to see how easy it is!  

    Alzheimer’s Association resources:

    • Call our national 24/7 Helpline anytime: 1.800.272.3900 or visit alz.org 
    • Join an Alzheimer’s Association support group. Some groups are just for people with early onset Alzheimer’s. Find a support group in your area
    • Whether you’re living with memory loss or caring for someone who is, ALZNavigator™, an online interactive tool, will guide you to your next steps.

    The Rocky Hill Democratic Committee is another way to share your voice and take action.  As your local democrats, we will continue to share Events and Actions.  Stay informed by signing up for our newsletter, and reading the latest news.

  • Three ways to fight back in March

    Three ways to fight back in March

    Trump and national Republicans are taking a hammer to our institutions – Medicaid, USAID, and the FBI, just to name a few. Many of us are feeling restless. What can we do to protect ourselves, our community, and our democracy?

    Change will come when we take action. Below are 3 tools highlighted by CTDems to communicate, organize, and support candidates.

    Please share this article with anyone who may find it useful.

    Expose the harm Medicaid cuts would have on Connecticut residents 

    A graphic showing medicaid recipients in Connecticut by District. In the west, a dark blue district shows 210,000 people who are enrolled in Medicaid
    Medicaid Enrollment in Connecticut
    Source: the CTDems Medicaid Reliance by Congressional District Dashboard

    CTDems have put developed a Medicaid Reliance Dashboard to show where Republican proposed cuts to Medicaid will hurt people, if they aren’t stopped.

    Click HERE to see the Dashboard. (CTDems will soon offer a dashboard for SNAP benefits as well.)

    Learn to Organize

    If you’re itching to take action, you don’t have to start from scratch. CTDems maintains an online guide with how to mobilize within local Democratic parties, activist groups, and interest groups. It also provides links to get trained on everything from running for office to organizing protests.

    Click HERE to read the CTDems Activist Guide.

    Campaign Nationally

    We have an opportunity to make a difference in several critical elections.

    Special Elections

    Florida Special Elections candidates Gay Valimont (left) and Josh Weil

    Help mobilize voters in Florida for the HD1 and HD6 special elections on April 1st. The Dem candidates are Gay Valimont and Josh Weil. They organize with Mobilize.us , which is another fantastic tool to discover volunteer opportunities.

    On April 1, there will be a special election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The winning side will hold a four-to-three majority on the state high court. The court faces decisions on abortion, voting access, the state’s collective bargaining laws, and its congressional maps.

    Gubernatorial races

    There are two Gubernatorial races this November, one in New Jersey and one in Virginia. We have a real shot at winning BOTH and sending a clear message to the White House that voters are unhappy and unsupportive of the GOP agenda.

    Support Abigail Spanberger for Virginia HERE and Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey HERE.

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    As your local democrats, we will continue to share Events and Actions you can take to make a difference nationally, at the state level, and right here at home in Rocky Hill.

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    We will get through this together. 

    TJ