Comrades!

First - A huge thank you to everyone who pedaled their way to Cheesman Park for our inaugural Cranksgiving to provide supplies to MutualAidMonday & LakotaWay - we ended up with a surprisingly large haul; your efforts were deeply appreciated!

Second - The end of the year 2021 Denver DSA membership survey is here! We’d like to hear about the issues you’re interested in working on as a DDSA member, your interest in connecting with other DDSA members in your neighborhood, and your input on meetings going forward.

Covid requires us to be flexible and adapt to the inherent risks associated with organizing in person. The current surge in cases has threatened to overwhelm our health care resources. We want to respect the wishes of those who prefer to meet in person, but in a reality where health care is not free, we also believe that it is our duty to foster as safe an environment as possible to prevent transmission. We did the research and cost analysis associated with different safety measures that are within our power to control as detailed in the survey.

The membership survey will be open until the end of this year and we will be using the December 11th general meeting as our return to the Washington St Community Center for the first time in almost 2 years - as a demonstration of what meeting with these safety measures would look like.

More details for the December 11th meeting, including a way to sign up to attend in person, are forthcoming.

CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS:

Click here to view our event calendar.

🌹 DSA Orientations

Next orientation: Wednesday, November 24th | 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us here
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: Tuesday, November 15th | 6:00 - 7:00 PM - A link to join will be posted in slack in the Electoral committee channel.
We have some exciting news for the agenda so mark your calendars people!

🌹 Abolition Working Group
Next meeting: Sunday, December 5th | 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us here!
The Abolition WG will be spending the month of December wrapping up 2021 and planning for 2022. Stay tuned for political education reading groups, guest presentations, and more!

Starting December 7th, the Task Force to Reimagine Policing and Public Safety will be launching a webinar program to bring the community together to learn and acquire skills that can help with creating safe environments in our neighborhoods and throughout our engagements at work and in life. We invite you and all of our Denver neighbors to join us in partnership with The Conflict Center for our inaugural webinar on how to de-escalate common situations with neighbors, friends, family, and others. The Task Force has had the support of Denver DSA and multiple members have been involved in supporting this effort since its inception in 2020. We hope you will join us and invite your neighbors and family members to attend as well. Learn more at www.denvertaskforce.org

Eventbrite Registration Links #1 and #2
Facebook Event Links #1 and #2

🌹 Eco-Socialist Committee
Next meeting: Monday, November 29th | 7:00 - 8:00 PM  Join us here!
Our campaign for a Just Transition to 100% Clean Renewable Energy is reaching a critical moment. The last Public Comment Session on Xcel's Electric Resource Plan is Thursday, December 2nd, 4-6pm. 200 people showed up to the last one in Pueblo and the vast majority spoke up in favor of closing the Comanche Coal Plant early and moving to 100% clean, renewable energy. Let's bring that same show of force to this final event.
Sign up to speak at https://bit.ly/xcelhearing. We're hosting a watch party. You can RSVP here. Learn more about the campaign

🌹 Housing Justice Committee
Next meeting: Wednesday, December 1st | 7:00 - 8:00 PM Join us here!
The Housing Justice Committee is kicking off phase 2 of NEWR, starting to set up working groups to plan the massive electoral campaign we'll be running in 2022 - join the next call here. In the meantime, we'll be working with the East Colfax Community Collective to help set up a rapid-response eviction defense team in their neighborhood, try to expand the reach of their legal clinics to other parts of the city, and help organize tenants to fight for their rights. If you want to get involved please hit us up by email at [email protected] or pop into the next Housing Justice meeting on December 1st!

🌹 Steering Committee
Next meeting: Monday, November 29th | 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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