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14 Oct

This Week in the CDSA (October 14 – October 21)

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Good Morning Chicago DSA, Folks, it’s been just a week since my last email to you all and, thanks to all of you, there’ve been some real good changes to our organization. If you missed it, last week we endorsed three candidates for alderman - Byron Sigcho Lopez in the 25th Ward, Rossana Roriguez in the 33rd Ward, and Carlos

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11 Oct

WATCH: Jason Van Dyke Verdict Draws Activists to Emergency Response Rally

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The Chicago DSA Communications Committee was out at the Emergency Response Rally organized by CAARPR for the Jason Van Dyke verdict. #Justice4Laquan Check out our video

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07 Oct

This Week in the CDSA (October 7 – October 14)

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Good Morning Chicago DSA, A lot of stuff happened this week, and let me tell you, I had an amazing four paragraphs written for you all filled with like, sage advice and clever musings. Unfortunately, none of that got saved because I'm an idiot and now I'm in a time crunch, so here's the gist of it: 1. The Jason Van Dyke verdict was good

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30 Sep

This Week in the CDSA (September 30 – October 7)

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Good Morning Chicago DSA, It's finally starting to feel like fall here in Chicago, just in time for a couple of north side Lift the Ban canvasses yesterday. Kudos to everybody who was out there knocking on doors in the chill air. If you missed out on yesterday's fall weather canvassing, you're in luck! There's another one today in Roger's

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16 Sep

This Week in the CDSA (September 16 – September 23)

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Good Morning Chicago DSA, What a week! Oh, what a week it's been. Where do I start? The Chicago Hotel Strike. For those unaware, workers from 27 different Chicago hotels are on strike and more may join them soon. They're striking for better health insurance. CDSA has voted to endorse the strike and stand in solidarity with the workers,

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11 Sep

Photos From Our Anti-Nazi Cookout

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This last Sunday, September 9, 2018, Chicago DSA hosted an Anti-Nazi Cookout in Kilbourn Park as a community response to the white supremacists who put up swastika stickers all over the park and hid razor blades behind them. The cookout was a fun-filled event where DSAers and people from the neighborhood came out to meet, eat some delicious food,

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09 Sep

This Week in the CDSA (September 8 – September 15)

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Good Morning Chicago DSA,   I hope everybody had an excellent week. I know many of us had a particularly excellent Tuesday when we found out that our terrible, no good, very garbage mayor Rahm Emanuel would not be running for a third term in office. There's still a lot of time between now and the elections but it's an exciting time to

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08 Sep

CDSA Communications Committee elections reflect chapter growth

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At the August CDSA Comms meeting held on August 27, voting was held for both bylaws adjustments and Comms Team Member leadership positions. The group voted unanimously to amend the existing bylaw language concerning the group name from “Communications Working Group” to “Communications Committee.” A Second amendment was raised for

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08 Sep

Notes from August 11, 2018 CDSA Executive Committee Meeting

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August 11, 2018 Chicago DSA Executive Committee Meeting Crossroads Conference Room Chairing: Leonard Pierce Minutes: Joseph Altura Agenda   Committee Members in Attendance: Joseph Altura Pedro Bortoto Ramsin Canon Ed Corcoran Ryan Lange Robin Peterson Leonard Pierce Lillian Osborne Committee Members Absent with

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04 Sep

Lift the Ban Coalition Marches on Illinois State Senate President John Cullerton’s House

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https://youtu.be/M9uM8bAtEHQ On the morning of Saturday, August 18, more than 50 members of the Lift the Ban Coalition and the Grassroots Education Movement (GEM) coalition marched to State Senate President John Cullerton's house in Ravenswood and camped out until afternoon. Cullerton has blocked legislation for statewide rent control and an

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