New board in the Neustadt: SPD relies on volunteering and digitization!

New board in the Neustadt: SPD relies on volunteering and digitization!

On April 10, 2025, the SPD local association of the Neustadt chose a new board, as Sensor Magazin . In an extremely exciting session, Julia Wagner was confirmed as the co-chair and Lennart Lüdke as the new co-chair. The other board members are also made up of tried and tested.

The new executive board consists of Anna Keller and Alexander Klein as deputy chair, Nicolas Wenzel as cashier and Joschka Cheeky as secretary. In addition, Rainer Christ, Erik Donner, Dr. Jens Gnau, Anna Höfkes, Thea Laubis, Egzon Maliqi, Johannes Ricard, Franziska Schmitt, Gerardo Unger Lafourcade and Yvonne Wuttke elected as assessors. In the election, the old board said goodbye to the previous members Achim Heidenreich, Lukas Bußmann, Esther Höfler, Joachim Schulte and Andreas Winheller.

a active local association with over 300 members

With over 300 members, the SPD local association Neustadt is the largest in the Mainz SPD sub-district and in the region. The board plans to determine contact persons for new members as well as working groups and public relations. In addition, one wants to focus more on social media work. The new town shop on Lessingplatz is already open to various voluntary activities, which indicates an active commitment of the members.

The members regularly participate in events, such as the dirt path day of the city of Mainz. A public event is also planned: A tour of birds on April 26th will take place under the direction of Gerardo Unger Lafourcade. Board meetings are generally public and take place in the Neustadtladen on the second Thursday of the month between 7 and 9 p.m. Further information can be called up on the website of the local association: SPD-Mainzneustadt.de .

networking via local association networks

In addition to the activities in the local association, the SPD is also active nationwide. On January 12, 2025, several thousand Facebook pages of SPD structure and members published a common text to demonstrate against rights. This online demo under the motto "We are many against the right" showed the great cohesion and punch of the network, as forwards

An innovative network called "We are many" has set itself the goal of mobilizing 100 local associations by the end of the year. This is an initiative that was launched at the digital meeting in December and now combines over 50 SPD groups from all over Germany. Martin Nissen, Co-Chairman of the SPD International, is actively involved in the monthly video conferences that active members from various local associations. The network also plans to establish a stronger connection to the members and the base through various actions this year.

The new board in Neustadt and the national commitment in the SPD show that the party is willing to position and develop both locally and nationally.