Dearest Comrades,

Our second social is upon us! Please join us this Saturday (10/9) starting at 2:00pm at Garland Park - off Cherry Creek Drive between Holly St and Monaco Pkwy. Unlike the last social, we won’t be having a full-on cookout. There will be snacks and drinks and as always you should feel welcome to bring something to share with your comrades. There will also be yard games and sign-up sheets for anything you’re interested in - along with a few casual announcements made throughout the day from various committees and active campaigns.

Additionally, we will be celebrating the NEWR campaign wrapup - whose signatures are currently being tallied by Denver Elections - alongside the wonderful news of Bryan Lindstrom's endorsement by National DSA for Ward 2 on Aurora City Council. If you are interested in canvassing for him this weekend, or anytime before election day, please join the whatsapp group! Also, be sure to check out all of the updates in the newsletter this week if you are interested in pitching in however you are able.

CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS:

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Membership Turnout and Engagement

If you are interested in helping us to rebuild our engagement infrastructure - make phone calls or send texts to connect with your comrades - please reach out to [email protected]. We will be meeting in the next couple of weeks to chat about how we think this project should take form and have a couple of current campaigns for which we can test some ideas out.

With Solidarity,
Greg V - Fundraising Chair

🌹 DSA Orientations
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 13th & 27th | 7:00 - 8:30 PM Join us here for Oct 13th and here for Oct 27th
New member? Been around but not sure what's new? Find out how to get plugged in here!

🌹 Electoral Committee
Next meeting: Monday, October 18th | 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us here!
There are 4 weeks remaining in the campaign to elect our chapter-endorsed candidate for Aurora City Council, Bryan Lindstrom! If you are interested in getting plugged into the campaign please join the whatsapp group or email [email protected] to get involved! A list of canvassing dates can be found in the graphic below!

🌹 Abolition Working Group

During the month of October, the Abolition Working Group will be meeting every Sunday at 7:00 pm. The next meeting will be 10/10/21. Register here!

The Abolition Working Group would like to thank the entire chapter for voting to endorse and fund our efforts opposing Initiative 303! The Abolition Working Group is seeking volunteers for the "Let's Do Our Best" campaign in opposition to Initiative 303 on the November 2, 2021, Denver ballot. With only a few short weeks to educate voters about the costs and consequences of I-303 - Let’s Do Our Best is looking for volunteers to help with calls, tabling, canvassing, and fundraising. Please email [email protected] to get involved. Join the campaign this Saturday 10:00am-1:00p for a park canvas and sidewalk chalking event. If you can’t join in person, please help spread the message by chalking @VoteNo303 on your sidewalk and tagging the campaign in your social media post. Or, donate to the campaign.

🌹 Eco-Socialist Committee
Next meeting: Monday, Oct 4th & 18th | 7:00 - 8:00 PM  Join us here!
We're currently working on two campaigns, 1) Green New Deal For Schools & 2) Xcel Electric Resource Plan (ERP). We recently exceeded our goal of acquiring signatures to engage in talks with DeGette, Bennett & Hickenlooper. We're now in talks with Hickenlooper's staffers to push him to publicly endorse the bill and are coordinating with numerous other local organizations. Get involved! Email us here: [email protected]

🌹 NEWR Fundraising & Signature Gathering Canvass

The campaign to get No Eviction Without Representation onto Denver’s ballot ended on Monday with over 13,000 signatures submitted to the Denver Elections office for November 2022. The final push over the last couple of weeks saw more & more canvassers hit the streets to provide NEWR with a healthy cushion of signatures needed in anticipation of some being removed as they go through the counting process. We will know in the coming weeks whether NEWR met the required threshold. Congrats to everyone who helped with NEWR for a job well done towards housing justice in our fair city. Stay tuned for updates on the campaign to get NEWR passed.

🌹 Palestine Working Group (#wg-palestine on Slack)
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 13th  | 6:00 - 7:00 PM  Join us here!
The Palestine working group met for the first time this past month. A large coalition of groups was represented at the meeting and we discussed possible campaigns/targets we could pursue locally. Join us and get involved!

🌹 Housing Justice Committee
Next meeting: Wednesday, November 3rd | 7:00 - 8:00 PM Join us here!
The Housing Justice Committee is partnering with the Covid 19 Eviction Defense Project to coordinate emergency outreach and aid responses to the coming wave of evictions as CDC protections expire. If you will have some spare time in October and want to help mitigate the crisis, please email Wren at [email protected]!

🌹 Steering Committee
Next meeting: Monday, October 18th | 6:00 - 7:00 PM  Join us here!
Our chapter's Steering Committee meets every 2nd and 4th Monday to help guide the chapter at large and promote cohesion between committees and working groups. These meetings are open to all, so please come with any questions or concerns! All members are heavily encouraged to attend steering meetings - which are often a good way to learn about what all parts of the chapter are doing.

P.S. Ready to fight to improve the material conditions of our community? Not sure what DDSA is doing or what campaigns are happening? Check out http://bit.ly/DDSA-running-info for up to date information on actions like this one and our ongoing campaigns.

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