Dearest Comrades,

Following our new social & business meeting pattern, September features a regular business meeting (with a special guest)! Below you'll find a handful of announcements about what the chapter is up to right now - and how you can get involved!

Here are some details about the business meeting first:
Monday - September 13th, 2021 | 6:00pm to 8:00pm on Zoom | Register here!
The work:

• Green New Deal for Public Schools
• Abolition Resolution
• Motion to Oppose the "Let's Do Better" ballot initiative
• Report backs, announcements, community welfare and...

Our special guest from national - regional organizer Glenn :) - will be leading a training during the second half of the business meeting. Here's a quick blurb about the training - which should be particularly interesting to new/ish members! See you there!

Building a Mass Working Class Organization
Description: Why build a mass organization and what will it take? This training includes historical context, discussions, and breakouts to explore the idea of building a mass organization, and why DSA is committed to becoming a mass working-class organization.

What you will take from it: a base level understanding of Y/DSA as a political project, the fundamentals of our uniting politics, and more clarity around what we’re trying to build together.

CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS

🌹 DSA Orientation
Next meeting: Wednesday, September 15th & 29th | 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Join us here for the 15th and here for the 29th.
New member? Been around but not sure what's new? Find out how to get plugged in here!

🌹 {Newly Minted} Palestine Working Group (#wg-palestine on Slack)
Next meeting: Monday, September 13th & 20th| 6:00 - 7:00 PM  Join us here!
The Palestine working group met for the first time this past week. 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!

🌹 EcoSocialist Committee
Next meeting: Monday, September 13th & 20th| 7:00 - 8:00 PM  Join us here!
The committee meets every other Monday over Zoom with in-person options in the works. We are taking the lead here in Denver for the nationwide Green New Deal for Public Schools campaign so teachers, school staff, parents- and youth especially - join us!

🌹 Electoral Committee Meeting/Social Hour
Next meeting: Monday, September 20th | 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us here!
This Sunday (9/12) at 3pm we'll be kicking off a canvass for Bryan Lindstrom for Aurora City Council hosted by current Aurora City Council members Alison Coombs and Juan Marcano! We'll be meeting at Hinkley HS parking lot in Aurora. For more info, email electoral@denverdsa.org

🌹 Housing Justice Committee
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 6th | 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 September and want to help mitigate the crisis, please email Wren at housingjustice.committee@denverdsa.org!

🌹 Steering Committee Meeting
Next meeting: "Organizing Council" for all members, Steering and Committee Chairs.
Wednesday, September 16th | 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! 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.