This 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
Read MoreCDSA Executive Committee Minutes March 9, 2019
By CDSA Secretary
March Chicago DSA Executive Committee Meeting March 9, 2019 Manning Library Approved April 6, 2019 Chairing: Lucie M & Leonard P Minutes: Joe A Committee Members in Attendance: Joe A, Will B, Melinda B, Ramsin 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, Amy
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (April 7 – April 14)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, Wow. What a week. I'm so proud of us. I would write more about how great it was but that op-ed in the Tribune by our illustrious co-chairs says it all. Let's keep the momentum going. There are a lot of great events on the calendar for this upcoming week. Time to build on last week's victories and keep moving
Read MoreChicago Democratic Socialists Win 3, Maybe 4 Seats on City Council With Historic Election Night
By CDSA Secretary
Chicago Democratic Socialists Win 3, Maybe 4 Seats on City Council With Historic Election Night CHICAGO —Three aldermanic candidates endorsed and supported by Chicago Democratic Socialists of America won seats on city council last night in the Chicago municipal runoff elections. In the 20th Ward, Jeanette Taylor won with
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (March 31 – April 7)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, It's Runoff Election season! Well, for some of the races it's more like a Run"oof" Election cause the candidates are so bad, amirite? But not our endorsed candidates! They're all exceptional, and they're going to bring real socialist power to Chicago. I know I've talked about it a lot over the last 6 months but
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Chicago DSA Stands in Solidarity with #StopLightfoot
By Sean Duffy
Chicago DSA supports the call to #StopLightfoot being led by young queer organizers of color, the very same who have be leading the fight against racist policing and police violence in our city for the last several years. As laid out in detail on StopLightfoot.com, Lori Lightfoot is not the progressive she claims to be; she is a career defender
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (March 24 – March 31)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, This has been on the bulletin board the last few weeks but I wanted to highlight it: the Soc Fem Working Group's Abortion Bowl-a-thon bowling team, the Bowletariats, is raising money for the Chicago Abortion Fund. They have a goal of $10000 and are a little over half of the way there. Folks. Help them get that
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (March 17 – March 24)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, Spring is here (ish)! The nice weather (relatively speaking) we've been getting means that going outside and heading to a canvass or a working group meeting is even easier now. We're now less than 3 weeks away from the runoff elections, so make sure to find time in your calendar to get out and support one of our
Read MoreCDSA Executive Committee Minutes February 9, 2019
By CDSA Secretary
February Chicago DSA Executive Committee Meeting February 9, 2019 UE Hall Approved March 9, 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, Sierra C, Ed C, Sean D, Sean E, Anna F, Tina G, Isa J, Lucie M, Robin P, Leonard P, Zach S, Simon S, John
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