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Be sure to come to our General Membership Meeting on Saturday, May 8th at 11AM! We'll be voting on two different endorsements - Denzel McCampbell for Detroit City Clerk, and the Detroit City Charter Revision. We'll also be voting for our National Convention Delegates as well.



Be sure to join DSA <[link removed]> if you'd like to vote on any of these endorsements or on our delegates. Don't miss this great opportunity to help decide our chapter's electoral work and how we're represented nationally!



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Now that the Detroit city budget fight is over (details on the results coming soon), our chapter's Defund the Police campaign is shifting focus to the Detroit city charter revision ballot initiative that Detroiters will vote on in August. A vote on an official chapter endorsement of this ballot initiative will be brought before membership at the General Meeting on May 8. Please read the detailed proposalHERE <[link removed][0]=AT0r9VypY6u79rm9zn556NS9NhppqoQCzBexNiSVyyZH_NJJRmfj1tQCKLolj_md7KcJ6oyVc8DCHjJ12dcTvKnlJeXy4l6am2lc5RVr7IzKLPBlZV6UcCAHNt7cDSHY1Uh7LalyLnK3XxLFHwG3to2LEtkHf0AcfuI-4skh9UXSC0aOspY4c59UtXhd_r3utxGok-BKUP7nTSiZ>or the summary HERE <[link removed]>and reply to this email if you are interested in getting involved in the campaign!



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🌹 UPCOMING EVENTS 🌹







Tuesday May 4th, 6:30-8:00PM

Socialist Night School: Lessons from the Movement for Black Lives



Join us along with speaker Robert LeVertis Bell, a public school teacher and Co-Chair of Louisville DSA, as we draw out the lessons from the 2020 uprising. Let’s explore the possible next steps for DSA and the broader movement as we insist: Black Lives Matter!



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"For more than a century, the first of May has been a day of celebration, remembrance, and activism for workers around the world. On Saturday, May 1 this year, the Metro Detroit DSA joins comrades from DSA chapters across the country to militate for passage of the PRO Act, currently before the Senate." - "Metro Detroit DSA Takes Part in National May Day Effort", by Vince Carducci and Jason Krzysiak <[link removed]>















Detroit DSA is a 1200+ member funded organization. We receive no money from outside sources so we can say things like "Defund the Police" and "Abolish ICE" without losing funding, and we will always act democratically in the interests of our members and the working class! If you're able to, we ask that you make monthly contributions as they more directly benefit our chapter. Thank you for whatever amount you're able to contribute!



If you think your dues are out of date, renew your dues here: dsausa.org/join <[link removed]>anduse the email address currently associated with your DSA membership.



If you're unsure whether your dues are up to date, reach out [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>to check!







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