Comrades!

It's a spooky Striketober and we have an exciting announcement for you! This November's business meeting has become Cranksgiving instead! We are going to push our scheduled business meeting from November to December in order to give us more time to plan a business meeting and a perfect excuse to host a Cranksgiving event within our community!

Never heard of Cranksgiving? It's a bike-based food/goods drive that happens all across the country. We'd like to host one that's accessible and gives people things they can actually use or need and these events are a wonderful opportunity to provide food & community to the 1 in 9 Denver households that experience food insecurity each holiday season. Here's where we need your help: if you are interested in planning this event, have connections to a food bank, or want to volunteer to organize/run the event, please email: [email protected].

CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS:

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Membership Turnout and Engagement (5min ask for feedback)

This chapter is what we make of it. So much of the work that we do is the result of folks willing to organize and show up to do the work - no matter whether it's electoral, direct action like supporting a picket line, eviction defense, or mutual aid. In that same vein, we are working on a membership survey to find out what our members (like you) want this chapter to look like going forward! Whether you've just recently joined or have been here since the founding of our chapter we want your input! Your help in designing this survey will allow us to craft a launching point for the chapter as we move into 2022! It will also be a great opportunity to discuss COVID safety protocols for indoor business meetings and socials in the coming months. Our aim is to hold our first event back at the Washington Street location sometime in December. If you are interested in helping us design the survey, please join the membership-working group on slack (wg-membership) or email Greg at [email protected]!

With Solidarity,
Greg V - Fundraising Chair

🌹 DSA Orientations
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 27th | 7:00 - 8:30 PM Join us here for Oct 27th

New member? Been around but not sure what's new? Find out how to get plugged in at the next call!

🌹 Electoral Committee
Next meeting: Monday, November 1st | 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us here!
The election deadline is rapidly approaching for our 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! Our upcoming canvassing dates are:
- Saturday (10/23) at 10am
- Sunday (10/24) at both 10am and 2pm at Highline Park.

🌹 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 10/24/21. Register here!

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 one full week remaining to educate voters about the costs and consequences of I-303 - Let’s Do Our Best is looking for volunteers!

Please join us this weekend for neighborhood canvassing!!

• Saturday (10/23) 10:00 am - meet at Sonny Lawson Park
• Saturday (10/23) 12:30 pm - meet at 4961 Lowell Blvd, Denver, CO 80221, USA
• Sunday (10/24) 11:00 am - meet at 13th and Washington

• Chalk @VoteNo303, www.oppose303.com, and/or Vote NO I-303
• Volunteer to make calls or texts
• Donate to the campaign.
• Talk to your friends and family about voting NO on 303!

To get involved email the campaign at [email protected] or join us at an event. Keep up-to-date with our campaign events calendar at www.oppose303.org

🌹 Eco-Socialist Committee
Next meeting: Monday, Oct 27th | 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

Stay tuned for updates on the campaign to get NEWR passed.

🌹 Palestine Working Group (#wg-palestine on Slack)
Stay tuned for updates on this working group.

🌹 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, November 1st | 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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