This Week In The CDSA (July 1 – July 7)
By Chicago DSA Communications
Good Morning Chicago DSA, It's a very light week this week, what with the holiday and all. Hopefully all of you can find time to celebrate with friends and/or family, hopefully without too much masturbation to The Concept Of America involved. If you're not otherwise busy,
Read MoreThis Week In The CDSA (June 24-June 30)
By Chicago DSA Communications
Good Morning Chicago DSA, It's been an odd week. It's officially summer now, not that you'd know it from the weather, and our federal government continues to operate concentration camps right out in the open. And no, we will not be having any debate on whether they are
Read MoreCDSA General Meeting Minutes March 2, 2019
By CDSA Secretary
March 2019 Chicago DSA General Meeting March 2, 2019 Chicago Teachers Union Hall Approved June 8, 2019 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 1:09PM December 2, 2018 by Lucie M. The Executive
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (June 17 – June 23)
By Chicago DSA Communications
Good Morning Chicago DSA, Hello everyone! I, as you may have expected if you read last week's email, am not Zach Shearer. I am Caleb Nordgren, and I was elected the new CDSA Communications Coordinator this past week. Technically, my term doesn't start
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (June 9 – June 16)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, For those of you that weren't able to make it - our Membership Convention yesterday was a success! Over 160 people came out. Four of our elected alderpeople gave rousing speeches. We got a fantastic report from our treasurer Ed where we learned that the Debs Dinner made over double what we'd hoped for. We voted as
Read MoreCDSA 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,
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (June 2 – June 9)
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
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