An Evening with Dan Besse

Happy New Year! I certainly hope this new year finds you in good health and in good spirits. I am pleased to announce that we will be returning to in person meetings as we move into this program year. It has been a long while since we have been able to get together, and I think I speak on behalf of the full chapter board when I say that we are truly excited to get together to see old and new friends!

This month Forsyth County Commissioner Dan Besse will be joining us to discuss his perspectives on the November 2022 election and his thoughts on the landscape heading into 2023. Dan has long been a friend of our chapter and is one of our most popular speakers having joined us after the past two general elections to share his insights about local, state, and national trends impacting issues important to Americans United.

Our meeting will be held Tuesday, January 24th, 7pm-8:30pm, at the Saal in the Single Sisters House at Salem College, 627 S Church St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. Parking is free. The event is free and open to the public. Please share this notice with anyone you think may be interested.

About Dan Besse:
Dan Besse was born in North Carolina, son of a U.S. Marine and a public school teacher. He graduated from Hickory High School (1973), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1977), and UNC School of Law (1980).
After most of a decade representing poor families as a legal aid attorney in coastal North Carolina, Dan returned to his native Piedmont and made his home in Winston-Salem. From 2001 through 2020, he represented the Southwest Ward on the Winston-Salem City Council, elected and re-elected as a Democrat to represent his constituents for five terms.
As an elected local official, he also made good transportation a special focus, including safe streets, good public transit, and a growing network of safe biking and pedestrian paths, greenways, and sidewalks. He represented the City of Winston-Salem in leadership roles on the urban area Transportation Advisory Committee, the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation, and the National League of Cities.
In both his public and private roles, Dan champions strong neighborhoods, good public schools, first-rate police and fire protection, healthy communities, a clean and green environment, equal opportunity for all, good affordable housing, good jobs for working families, and building a welcoming community for all.

We look forward to hearing from Dan, and we hope to see you next Tuesday

Best regards,
Cheryl Zukowski, AU Triad Chapter President
Jay Lerman, AU Triad Chapter Correspondence Secretary

If you have any questions, please reach out to Jay Lerman, at 336-414-8015 or [jaylerman@gmail.com](mailto:jaylerman@gmail.com?subject=AU%20Zoom%20Meeting%20October%2019th%2C%202021)