CDSA Executive Committee Minutes May 11, 2019
By CDSA Secretary
May Chicago DSA Executive Committee Meeting May 11, 2019 UE Hall Approved June 1, 2019 Chairing: Lucie M & Leonard P Minutes: Joe A Committee Members in Attendance: Joe A, Will B, Melinda B, Ramsin C, Waleeta C, Spencer C, Ed C, Ed C, Sean D, Sean E, Anna F, Amy G, Isa J, JP K, Ryan L, Lucie M, Lillian O, Robin P, Leonard P, Anthony Q,
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By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, I woke up Saturday morning (2 AM) to my girlfriend whispering in my ear, "They passed the RHA". So, yeah, they passed the RHA! Now on its way to Pritzker's desk, the Reproductive Health Act is a CDSA-endorsed state bill that recognizes abortion as a fundamental right and modernizes Illinois’ reproductive rights
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (May 26 – June 2)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, For the first time in a long while I can truly say we've got a light events week this week. I remember there were a couple times when I first started putting this email together when there weren't any events on the calendar. It was pretty sad, and my emails then were rough. We're not quite that light this week, but
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (May 19 – May 26)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, Folks, there's been some real shit happening in Alabama this week. Fascist politicians are trying to take away our abortion rights. Fuck that. Everybody has benefited from an abortion. We need them and we need to fight for them. Abortion must be free, on-demand, and without apology. It's news like this that
Read MoreCDSA Executive Committee Minutes April 6, 2019
By CDSA Secretary
April Chicago DSA Executive Committee Meeting April 6, 2019 UE Hall Approved May 11, 2019 Chairing: Lucie M & Leonard P Minutes: Joe A Committee Members in Attendance: Joe A, Melinda B, Waleeta C, Spencer C, Zoe C, Ed C, Sean D, Sean E, Anna F, Isa J, JP K, Ryan L, Lucie M, Heather M, Lillian O, Robin P, Leonard P, Simon S, John
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA May 12 – May 19
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, Before we get into the events for this week, I have a quick call to action from members of the Labor and Environmental Working Groups: We are asking all Chicago area DSA members to register your opposition to a bill -- HB 1633 -- now moving swiftly through the Illinois legislature which seeks to put new
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (May 5 – May 12)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, I want to dedicate this week's opening section to the Bowletariat, CDSA's abortion bowl-a-thon team. They've been fundraising for the Chicago Abortion Fund for a number of years now but this year they took it up a notch, raising $12,880. They were the highest raising team from Chicago. The second place team came in
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (April 28 – May 4)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, It's officially over! Deb Mell has conceded the 33rd Ward election to Rossana Rodriguez! That means that there are now 6 Democratic Socialists in city council. Huge congratulations to Rossana and everybody who worked on her campaign and everybody who lives in the 33rd Ward and now has a kick ass new alderman. It
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (April 21 – April 28)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, Happy holidays to all those who celebrated this weekend, whether it was Passover, Easter, 4/20, or any combination thereof. There are plenty of great events on the schedule this week but one to definitely be aware of is that next weekend marks the kickoff for this year’s M4A canvassing. That’s right, we’ve
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (April 14 – April 21)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, I want to extend a huge thank you to everybody involved in putting on the Chicago regional DSA conference that's wrapping up today. We had a ton of people in this chapter who stepped up in a big way and made this a successful weekend. Whether you hosted someone on your couch for a couple of nights, or if you helped
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