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DSA FOR RASHIDA

After our February General Meeting, Metro Detroit DSA voted overwhelmingly in favor (207 YES, 4 NO, 3 ABSTAIN) of re-endorsing DSA member Rashida Tlaib for Congress for a third time. It was our highest turnout for a vote ever!

Now you have one more decision to make: Will you make this campaign our biggest ever?

Do you want to see a strong DSA for Rashida campaign that:

• shows people that democratic socialism is alive and well in the post-Bernie era?
• expands our base into new working-class areas?
• forges new connections with local unions and community colleges?
• raises Metro Detroit DSA’s profile nationally?
• activates our members, recruits new members, and builds new leaders?

We can do a lot more than knock some doors between now and the August primary election, but ONLY if you get involved early! We can use this campaign to connect with people about demands that matter: Medicare For All, a Green New Deal, good union jobs with a living wage, education & housing for all, canceling student debt, and more. We can also connect people who love Rashida with DSA! But a powerful campaign is only going to be possible with mass participation from our membership.

Ready to take the next step to win socialism in Michigan? Here’s how:

• Come to the next Electoral Committee meeting to help us build the campaign! We meet every Tuesday at 7PM on Zoom (Zoom meeting link here). If you’re a member, you can also join us in the #electoral channel in Slack (if you aren’t already on Slack, email a dues receipt to [email protected] to be invited). 

• Join the DSA for Rashida Comms Team! We need all researchers, writers, artists, designers, and online posting warriors to bring your brain and muscle for a beautiful propaganda operation! The first step in building our campaign will be creating the physical and digital materials that we share both online and in-person with folks while organizing in Rashida’s 12th Congressional District. Share your contact information here to find out about the first Comms Team meeting!

DYLAN WEGELA ENDORSEMENT REQUEST

The Electoral Committee has received an endorsement request from Dylan Wegela, a candidate for State Representative in the 26th District (Garden City, Westland, Inkster, and Romulus). Dylan is a public school teacher, education activist, and former Union president that helped spark the 2018 #RedForED movement in Arizona, resulting in returning $400 million to the state education budget. You can view his website here and his endorsement questionnaire here.

Over the next few weeks, we will be researching both the district and Dylan’s opponents before interviewing Dylan and deciding on whether or not we should decline to endorse or move it to the Steering Committee, our 25 member elected leadership body. If approved by the Steering Committee, it would be moved to a General Meeting for a final decisive vote by membership. Read about our endorsement policy here and read our 2022 electoral strategy here.

In order to vote on the endorsement, members must have attended at least two Electoral Committee meetings within the last year so be sure to join us every Tuesday at 7PM on Zoom (Zoom meeting link here)! We will share more information once we have a date set to interview Dylan. 

Solidarity forever,

Detroit DSA
http://www.metrodetroitdsa.com/