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February is shaping up to be an incredibly busy month. It's all hands on deck before the Michigan primary on March 10!

February General Meeting 
Our meeting this month takes place on February 8, 10 am–noon at Ant Hall (2320 Caniff, Hamtramck). Members and visitors are welcome as always! If you have any accessibility or childcare needs email [email protected].

Early voting is already underway in Michigan. We are phone banking and canvassing for Bernie every week: 

+ Canvass in Southwest Detroit this Saturday, Feb. 1, 2–4 pm. Meet at 1451 Clark St. Dress warm for the weather. No prior experience necessary, you will be trained before going out and paired with a partner.

+ Detroit DSA Happy Hour Saturday, Feb. 1, 4–6 pm at Pizzaplex on Vernor. Warm up with comrades after canvassing! 

+ Phone bank for Bernie every Thursday, 6:30–8:30 pm at Red Door Digital (7500 Oakland Ave, Detroit).

+ Canvass in Hamtramck on Feb. 8 following the General Meeting, and in Dearborn on Feb. 15. 

Make your own plan to vote now! Visit michigan.gov/vote to register, request an absentee ballot, or find your City Clerk’s office to cast your vote early in person. 

College for All:
Student Debt Town Hall with Rashida Tlaib
Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 6:30 pm
Doors open at 5:30 pm
Wayne State University
Community Arts Auditorium

Wayne State YDSA and GEOC, the graduate student union, are teaming up with the Detroit DSA Public Education Working Group, MI-CORE (Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators) and Debt Collective on a Town Hall about the state of higher education.

We will have a community discussion about the movement to make public higher ed tuition-free and cancel all student debt. 

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/college-for-all-student-debt-town-hall-with-rashida-tlaib-tickets-91949289801

Bernie Sanders and the Fight for a Green New Deal with Abdul El-Sayed 
Friday, Feb. 21, 6 pm
UM-Dearborn, Social Sciences Building

Join Metro Detroit DSA, the Sunrise Movement, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for a lively discussion on why Senator Bernie Sanders is the best candidate to take on the climate crisis, his plans to build a peaceful green economy—and how we plan to get him elected President.

Socialist Night School
Our ever popular Socialist Night School starts up again on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 6:30 pm. This semester, night school will be co-hosted with Wayne State YDSA on campus in the Student Center, room 010.

The first two sessions on Feb. 5 and Feb. 19 will be on “Black Politics in Detroit,” led by Wayne State professor David Goldberg. 

Note: There is some metered street parking on Cass, or $5 parking in the “Park & Lock” on Cass just below Warren. 

Detroit DSA Media Team
Our media team is picking up steam. If you can write or edit for the newspaper, take photos, have skills related to podcasting, marketing, illustration, or graphic design, please send an email to [email protected] to be put in touch with our media team.

Medicare for All Working Group — Monthly meeting Monday, Feb. 3, 6:30–7:30 pm at the Ferndale Public Library

Socialist Reading Circle — This month the book is Revolutionary Suicide, by Huey P. Newton. The group will discuss the first half of the book on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 3 pm at Cafe 1923 in Hamtramck. 

Abortion Clinic Escorting — Saturday, Feb. 15 from 8 – 11 am in Detroit.

Wayne State YDSA — If you are a Wayne student, join the YDSA at their next chapter meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 11 in Student Center Hilberry D.

If you’re having trouble keeping up with DSA activities, check our chapter Google calendar!

Support Detroit DSA

Detroit DSA is one hundred percent funded by ourselves. Help us keep the chapter financially healthy!

In solidarity,

Danielle Aubert
http://www.metrodetroitdsa.com/