This is Christian Kennedy co-chair of Berkshires DSA, just wanting to reach out-hope you are all doing well and staying safe. Today is Election Day-if you haven't already voted early or submitted your mail in ballot, please get out and vote today. It bears repeating that this is an extremely important election, and a top short term priority for us as democratic socialists, and as concerned human beings, should be to vote Donald Trump out of the White House, so that we can remove someone who inspires white supremacists from office and begin to pressure Joe Biden to take action on climate, pass stimulus measures for workers and their families to survive through the pandemic, to reopen cooperation with the international medical community for work on a COVID-19 vaccine, and to reform and improve our healthcare system among many other important and pressing priorities. If you are unsure about your registration status or where to vote, or want to find out what else will be on your ballot, please consult the Massachusetts Secretary of State's website:  https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ 

On Wednesday November 4th, at 5 PM Berkshires Democratic Socialists of America will be proudly standing shoulder to socially distanced shoulder with other local partner organizations such as Berkshires Democratic Brigades and Indivisible Pittsfield at Park Square, to demand that every vote is counted and to Protect the Results. We feel it is important that everyone who is safely able to, to attend-turnout will be important to demonstrate the community's support for making sure there is a transition of power in the event of a Biden victory and, potentially, a refusal by Trump to relinquish office peacefully. If you are not feeling well or you consider yourself vulnerable to COVID please do not feel pressured to attend! Event details and signup can be found here-please wear a mask when attending and practice social distancing.

Finally, there will be another March for Black Lives hosted by our community partner Northern Berkshire Intersectional Partnership in Soldiers Memorial Field in Adams on Sunday, November 8th, from 4 PM-6:45 PM. As democratic socialists we need to be continually involved in the struggle for black and brown lives,  the fight against systemic racism in our society, and police brutality. All lives can't matter until black and brown ones do. Event details can be found here and more details about Northern Berkshire Intersectional Partnership can be found here-please give them your support and follow them on social media to stay up to date on their events and communications. If attending, please wear a mask and socially distance-do not attend if you are vulnerable to COVID and/or are not feeling well.

Stay safe, rock the vote and hope to see you all at one or both of these events!

In Solidarity,
Christian Kennedy
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