I have read through (well I sorta skimmed
) but I didn't see a particular challenge stated.
Our organizations are NON-PROFIT SERVICE groups. By law, we must refrain from any type of partisan acitivity as a group else we risk our tax-exempt status and all of the other benefits to our status. For example, we can register people to vote but we cannot pick and choose which people we want to register. We can disseminate information on candidates but we must do it for ALL and not just particular ones who go along with our agenda; we are NOT a PAC.
To a previous poster's point, just because the group cannot be a political voice, it doesn't mean that it's individual members are not activist. Most of our Black elected and appointed public officials in Maryland are Greek so we are active! DST has regular social action meetings with legislators at the national, state AND local level.
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