Hello friends and comrades!
This is your invitation to attend our first in-person meeting in 20 months! We are very excited to see you in person this Saturday at 2pm at Washington Street Community Center, 809 S Washington St. The meeting will also be on Zoom - register for the Zoom call here. 
To attend in person, please read about our COVID safety protocols and then RSVP here! To keep the air as virus-free as possible, we will be limiting attendance to 50 people, so RSVP now!
2:00pm - 3:00pm: Chapter Business
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Town Hall Panel on 2020's Electoral Campaigns
In your RSVP,
you can indicate if you'd like to receive a free rapid COVID test -
please arrive at least 15 minutes early if you want one. We will also be
providing KN95 masks for all. We can't wait to see you again!
Ps. Don't forget - the membership survey will be open until the end of this year!
CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS:
Click here to view our event calendar.
🌹 DSA Orientations
Next orientation: Wednesday, December 22nd | 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: Currently being moved! A link to join the next meeting will be posted in slack in the Electoral committee channel. For now: Sign up here for a 2022-focused one-on-one with the electoral chair! They would love to connect and find out ways to plug folks into our work, debrief 2021, or hear your ideas for 2022! If none of these times work please reach out and we'll get you plugged in some other time
🌹 Abolition Working Group
Next meeting: Sunday, December 19th | 7:00 - 8:00 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!
Additionally, the Abolition-Zine is on its second edition and is currently looking for 1) submissions of any kind and 2) Someone who would like to help facilitate the process of gathering, editing, and generally coordinating the creation of the zine! No prior experience is necessary and there are several members already working on the zine who are eager to help. All you need is a can-do attitude and the desire to organize! Email [email protected] for more details - or simply pop into the #abolition-zine channel on our slack and type something similar to, "I'd like to help out!"
🌹 Eco-Socialist Committee
Next meeting: Monday, December 13th | 7:00 - 8:00 PM Join us here!
A huge thanks to everyone who turned out on December 2nd for the Public Hearing on Xcel's Electric Resource Plan! We PACKED the Zoom room! They had to extend the meeting over an hour after the original end time to hear from everyone.
We're keeping the pressure next Friday 12/17 10:30 am with a rally at the Public Utility Commission's office. RSVP for the event and spread the word! You can also organize with us by coming to our next meeting on Monday 12/13 7:00 pm on Zoom or emailing us at [email protected]
🌹 Housing Justice Committee
Next meeting: Wednesday, January 5th | 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. 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, December 13th | 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.
🌹 Labor Committee Meeting
Next meeting: Saturday, December 11th | 10:00am - 11:30 AM Join us here!
We
will be holding our flyering action for the Kelloggs Boycott at 5:00 pm at the Capitol
Hill King Soopers this Saturday (after the general business meeting).
We're also currently working on strike support and DSA4USPS. We have also formed an emergency workplace organizing subcommittee to take workplace organizing requests from national. More updates to come - a lot going on - get in here!
🌹 Palestine Working Group (#wg-palestine on Slack)
Next meeting: Wednesday, January 12th | 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us here!
🌹 Tech Committee MeetingNext meeting: Tuesday, January 25th | 6:30 - 8:00 PM Join us here!
🚨NEW MERCH ALERT🚨
Did you see that DDSA now has a store up on the site? Head there now to see a couple of shirts designed by your very own comrades and pick one up if you fancy it.
"A better world is possible."
In solidarity,
Matthew Rambles, Communications Chair
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Donate directly to Denver DSA
If you like the work we're doing, please consider donating directly to the chapter so we have the financial means to keep doing it! While we receive quarterly dues shares from National, your direct donation to Denver DSA gets money into organizers’ hands quicker. We have one-time and monthly options of virtually any amount available. Give us socialist cash to beat capitalist trash!
https://denverdsa.org/donate
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.
