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21Dec

October Chicago DSA General Meeting October 7, 2018 Hairpin Arts Center Approved December 2, 2018 Chairing: Leonard P & Lucie M Parliamentarian: Ramsin C Minutes Joe A The quarterly membership meeting of the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America (CDSA) was called to order at 1:06PM October 7, 2018 by Lucie. Leonard introduced the Executive

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21Dec

November Chicago DSA Executive Committee Meeting November 10, 2018 Crossroads Conference Room Approved December 8, 2018 Chairing: Lucie M & Leonard P Minutes: Joe A Committee Members in Attendance: Joe A, Will B, Melinda B, Zoe C, Spencer C, Sierra C, Sean D, Sean E, Anna F, JP K, Isa J, Ryan L, Lucie M, Heather M, Lillian O, Robin P, Leonard

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16Dec

Good Morning Chicago DSA, Besides the consistent and crucial work being done with our CDSA endorsed candidates for the February election - sign up at http://bit.ly/CDSA2019 - there are some great things to lift up from this past week, like: All the new folks who showed up to the Labor Working Group Supporting a protest against

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09Dec

Good Morning Chicago DSA, We had an incredibly full week this last week. Many of you got up early in the mornings and were out on the picket lines supporting striking ACERO charter school teachers. For those of you who aren't super familiar with the strike or haven't been keeping up to date on it - I recommend checking out this article in the

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03Dec

Good Morning Chicago DSA, Folks, I need to apologize. I totally forgot to send out an email this morning and I am truly sorry for that. I know you expect the best from me and that means top-notch email authoring that's delivered fresh every Sunday morning. It won't happen again! But, since this email is late, I've got a couple things to

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25Nov

Good Morning Chicago DSA, Woof, what a week it's been (for holiday-themed Netflix original movies - there are a lot of them up now!). While this past week was a little DSA-light, we have quite the week coming up that's full of organizing meetings, educational events, reading groups, fundraisers, etc. Truly, you name it, we've got it! There's

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18Nov

Good Morning Chicago DSA, Happy Thanksgiving! I think last year this time I wrote about how you should go and talk with your family or friends about socialism or something like that. Do that again! But also this year just like, enjoy the holiday. Relax a bit. Eat some good food. Hang out with people you love. Hopefully, you don't have to work.

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17Nov

October Chicago DSA Executive Committee Meeting October 13, 2018 Crossroads Conference Room Approved November 10, 2018 Chairing: Leonard P Minutes: Joe A Committee Members in Attendance: Joe A, Will B, Melinda B, Waleeta C, Zoe C, Spencer C, Sierra C, Ed C, Sean D, Sean E, Anna F, Zev F, Tina G, Isa J, Heather M, Lillian O, Robin P, Leonard P,

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11Nov

Good Morning Chicago DSA, As I'm sure you all are aware, election day this year had, well, mixed results. I don't know the exact number that one but DSA candidates fared pretty well and now we've got socialists in Congress! That's no small thing. Also, Scott Walker lost his job and that guy is a human turd so solid win there. The losses we did

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04Nov

Good Morning Chicago DSA, Well. Here we are. The week of November 4 - November 11. Election Day is nigh! There's been a lot of the usual hootin' and hollerin' about who's going to win the House and Senate for the next two years and how important it is to vote this time around. And that's all well and good. Voting is important even if the best

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