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We’re in the home stretch to elect our two endorsed
candidates, Rashida Tlaib and Abraham Aiyash. We need these incredible leaders in
politics, but that can only happen if we show up and out for them
both.
Vote for Rashida (District 13) and Abe
(District 4) tomorrow!
Don’t know where to vote?
Representative Tlaib put
together a helpful Vote
Safely page to
direct voters where to head tomorrow.
Please consider volunteering for Election Day Polling
with Rashida & Abe. There are shift times available all
day. Register at the links below:
Register
for Rashida | Register
for Abe Aiyash
The second to last Liberation Monday is today at 7 PM at
2431
Ferry Park St. If you haven’t had a chance to attend,
don’t miss this one! These
teach-ins are transformative—you’ll walk away recharged and ready to take action against
corrupt and oppressive systems.
If
you can’t make it in person, we always live stream the
event.
DSA has endorsed the campaign to
Demand
Safe Schools
launched by allies in the United Teachers of Los
Angeles (UTLA), the
Chicago Teachers
Union (CTU), among
an ever growing list of other teachers unions and community
organizations.
The push to reopen schools by both major parties is an
act of political violence. We demand NO reopening until our schools are safe for students
and all staff.
At 7:30 PM today, join
the MI
CORE Town Hall: Fighting DeVos's Corporate
Agenda via FB Live
to learn more about HB 5910 ’20 and hear local educators speak about their
experience of resisting the outsourcing of our public school services
to virtual learning.
There will be actions all this week leading
up to the Safe School Return
Rally on the State
Capitol lawn on Thursday at 9AM.
Put this up as your profile
pic if you believe in a safe reopening plan for the
fall:
Are you frustrated by police brutality and the forces
that target black and brown folk? Are you ready to stand up against
oppressive forces? Help
us organize en masse and make the City of Detroit and DPD feel the
pressure of our demands loud and clear.
A new ‘duty to intervene’ policy was introduced at this past Thursday’s
Board of Police Commissioners (BOPC) meeting that would require
Detroit police officers to intervene when they witness misconduct by
other officers. Of course, the Minneapolis Police Department had this
same policy in place and it didn’t save George Floyd’s life
At this point, we all know that
police culture will always overrule policy. Have you ever seen a cop
actually perform this ‘duty to intervene’? The Board continues to
pretend that reforms are enough to reign in an out of control police
force that has been on a murdering spree over the last
month.
The Board has spoken very little
about the fact that DPD has now shot four people this
month and killed
three of them. For some context, DPD had killed 9 people since
2015 before July.
Detroit Police Chief James Craig blamed the uptick on suspects "emboldened" by "anti-police
rhetoric."
The BOPC must address the fact that the Detroit Police
Department is entering our neighborhoods to execute Detroit
citizens. We need to continue
showing up to their meetings and demanding that they do their part to
defund, disarm, and demilitarize the Detroit Police Department in
order to rebuild our neighborhoods.
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What can you do?
Join us at this week’s Board of
Police Commissioners meeting to make a statement during public
comment!
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2:30-3 PM | Internal
DSA BOPC Pre-Meeting | Virtual
First time
joining a BOPC meeting? Need help preparing a statement for public
comment? Join this meeting facilitated by a DSA member on the Defund
The Police campaign to get help with talking points or ask any
questions beforehand.
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3-5 PM | City
of Detroit BOPC Meeting | Virtual
HERE
are ready-to-use talking points if you need help preparing a statement to make during public
comment.
On Tuesday, August 11 at 6:30 PM, join us for our
fourth class in the 2020 Summer Semester. We will be covering The Working Class as the topic.
Want to touch base with the Communications
Committee? Email [email protected]
or join the #comms_committee
slack channel!
In solidarity,
Metro Detroit DSA Communications
Committee
http://www.metrodetroitdsa.com/
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