Twin Ports Democratic Socialists of America, a chapter of DSA, based in Duluth, MN.

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  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
September 12, 2021 at 2:59 PM

🌹 The Other Way You Can Help Azrin

Dear Comrade, My last message asked for donations and yard sign requests, and a number of you responded, which is awesome. When we endorse candidates, we commit to helping them. Now we are asking for your help door knocking. This is vital. If you have never done it before, you will be trained.…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
September 11, 2021 at 1:44 PM

🌹 Let The City Council Know: Keep Funds For Crisis Response

Dear Comrades, Racial Justice Working Group organizer Angel Dobrow forwarded this appeal to mobilize: The Greater Downtown Council has claimed $300K for their Clean Streets program from funds the Community Crisis Response organizers thought were being set aside to allow the creation of a commu…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
September 9, 2021 at 1:43 PM

🌹 Two Quick Actions To Help Azrin's Campaign

Dear Comrades, One of our awesome endorsed candidates, Azrin Awal, needs our help. She is in a tight race, and although she came in first in the primary, it remains highly competitive. Running for at-large city council is just plain hard. It takes a lot of foot power, and it takes a lot of money.…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
September 6, 2021 at 2:09 PM

Correction: Parade starts at 11 AM, not PM

Dear Comrades, Yes, 11 AM, not a new midnight parade in Cloquet in case you were wondering. See you soon, and sorry for multiple emails. In solidarity, John Krumm TPDSA Secretary (If you have been receiving these emails and aren't a member yet, we want you to join! Our goals are both broa…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
September 6, 2021 at 1:14 PM

🌹 Additional Info For Today's Parade

Dear Comrades, I left out the parade start time for today in Cloquet. The Labor Day Parade starts at 11 pm. If you try to reach the float by around 10:45 you should be good. Look for the float at the corner of Avenue B and N. 18th St. Yesterday's Pride Parade was a ton of fun and people were h…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
September 5, 2021 at 12:52 AM

🌹 Parade Schedule For Tomorrow and Monday

Join Us! Dear Comrades, It was great to finally table at a big event and meet so many people. To the more than twenty new subscribers, welcome. We need people to march with us! Tomorrow we bring out the big float and head to Superior for the Pride Parade. We will be handing out Medicare …
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
August 30, 2021 at 3:53 PM

🌹 Chapter News and Events

Dear Comrades, In case you missed it, our Racial Justice Working Group recorded a great presentation about the actual CAHOOTS model, presented by a CAHOOTS worker. If you want to learn how it functions, it's well worth watching. I think you might be surprised at how ambitious the program is. Clic…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
August 23, 2021 at 2:58 PM

🌹 News and Events For This Week

Dear Comrades, This is a full week! Today at 7pm, Tone is asking us to join him other climate activists from around the area at City Hall in a Circle of Resilience. Bring your fully charged cell phones as you will be calling a few city officials. Tone is asking that those who can't make it tak…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
August 21, 2021 at 6:43 PM

📣 Cahoots Zoom Presentation Thursday 6 PM

Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, Twin Ports Democratic Socialists of America and Duluth Community Safety Initiative present: Alternative Crisis Response a presentation on CAHOOTS ([link removed]) of Eugene, Oregon by guest speaker Berkley Carnine, Thursday 8/26 6PM! Berkley is a…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
August 19, 2021 at 2:59 AM

🌹 March Thursday Against Line 3, For The Climate

10 am Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: The major new UN IPPC climate report ([link removed]) has been in the news, although judging by the seriousness of the report, it hasn't been in the news enough. In short, we are running out of time. As our State Senator Jen McEwen said in a press c…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
August 16, 2021 at 1:11 PM

🌹 News And Events For This Week

Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, This is a big week for Line 3 activism. On Wednesday, August 18th at Bayfront Park at 12 pm Honor the Earth holds a big Water Is Life: Stop Line 3 Festival ([link removed]) featuring over 14 acts, local and national. Then the next day, Thursday at…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
August 9, 2021 at 2:56 PM

🌹 Coming Up This Week

Vote Tomorrow! Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, Tomorrow is of course election day in the Duluth, so for those of you who live here, make sure you head to the polls. A quick reminder of our endorsed candidates: On Wednesday at 5:30 our Racial Justice Working Group meets. Email Ly…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
August 8, 2021 at 3:19 PM

🌹 Final Push For Our Endorsed Candidates

Get Out The Vote! Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, Today is the final door knock opportunity for Azrin's campaign. If you have been meaning to help, now is your chance! The weather should be better in the afternoon. FINAL PRIMARY GROUP DOOR KNOCK: Today! Sunday 5:00-7:00 p.m. (l…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
August 5, 2021 at 2:11 PM

🌹 Today Is The Day!

Join us. Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, Today we march in the Spirit Valley Days Parade, and we want you to join our float. Some of our regular, most active members are either out of town or will be marching with Azrin (which is good). That means we need all of our other available…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
August 2, 2021 at 12:32 PM

Correction About The Parade

Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, Everything was correct about the parade except the date! The Spirit Valley Days parade is on the 5th, Thursday. Line-up is still at 6 pm, on 59th ave W. between Raleigh and Grand. Go to this link ([link removed]) for more information and to share. Ou…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
August 1, 2021 at 5:02 PM

Two Asks For This Week!

Dar Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, We have a couple asks for this week. First, our candidates need your help. The at large race is particularly competitive. Here's the information: "Hello all! Please join us for the final push before the August 10th election! We'll be out today f…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
July 26, 2021 at 12:59 PM

🌹 Chapter News and Upcoming Events

Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, We had a great meeting last night. Senator Jen McEwen filled us in with news of the founding meeting of the Democratic Socialist Caucus of the DFL, and then we had a good discussion with her on a variety of topics, from the Minnesota Health Plan to the …
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
July 25, 2021 at 1:36 PM

🌹 Meeting today, 4 pm

Update from Senator Jen McEwen! Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, Our monthly meeting is today at 4 pm. Originally we were scheduled to screen Ashlie Castaldo for endorsement, but she has withdrawn from consideration. This leaves us with more time to spend talking with Jen and workin…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
July 19, 2021 at 3:45 PM

🍞 Chapter News and Events 🌹

Meeting Next Sunday! Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, Our monthly chapter meeting is next week at 4 pm. Some people are becoming frustrated with zoom. You are not alone. Almost all of us are. Our meeting space at the Central Hillside Community Center, however, is still unavailable f…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
July 12, 2021 at 3:01 PM

🌹 Chapter News and Events

Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, We have a Racial Justice Working Group meeting this week. It might be at a new time (Thursday instead of Friday). Email Lydia at [email protected] to find out specifics and get on the list. Sunday at 2 pm we have our Steering meeting, this time at Ton…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
July 8, 2021 at 5:18 PM

New Meet-up place for 6pm door-knock

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: Today's Joint Azrin and Mike city council door-knock has a new location: "The weather is looking great and we are on for a joint Azrin/ Mike Mayou door knock. Please let me know if you can make it (if you haven't already)! We'll be meeting at 6:00 p.m.…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
July 7, 2021 at 2:37 PM

🌹 Campaigns and Events -- Midweek Update

Things are going on Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, There is so much going on I had to send a mid-week update. In chapter news, the many comments last night at the City Council Meeting in support of Community Crisis Response were great. While the city and county are quite suppor…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
July 5, 2021 at 11:20 PM

🌹 News And Events For This Week 🌹

Here's what's up... Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, We have a number of events this week. Tonight at 8 pm our Labor Engagement Group meets to plan for this weekend's Chapter Check-in, which will be partly a pot-luck, and partly a float decorating event. Use this link ([link remo…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
July 5, 2021 at 2:04 PM

🌹 Call Your City Councilors This Tuesday

Now is the time to act! Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, Our Racial Jusitce Working Group would like to pass on the following call to action: TUESDAY 7 PM - CALLING FOR SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE Hello fellow organizers, We are CALLING FOR SPEAKERS at …
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
June 30, 2021 at 2:25 PM

🌹 Knock Knock

Knock Knock Knock! Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: The city council races are ramping up with primaries in August, and we have two endorsed chapter members to support. This week it's Azrin's first official door knock. I'll paste in the info below. ------------ "We are beginni…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
June 28, 2021 at 4:09 PM

🌹 Chapter News and Events

Join Us! Dear Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: This week we mostly have news, not meetings. The Racial Justice Working Group will soon meet with a number of other organizations in town so they can fine tune a strategy to achieving a Cahoots style rapid response system for mental healt…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
June 25, 2021 at 1:34 PM

Meeting Agenda and Labor Action

Show Solidarity Saturday! Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: Our monthly meeting is Sunday, 4 pm. U ([link removed] ) se this link to register ([link removed] ) . The agenda is as follows: 1. Approve minutes and Agenda (3) 2. Introductions (10) 3. Treasurer's report (5) 4. Pride Fest…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
June 21, 2021 at 2:47 PM

🌹 Chapter News And Events

The Week Ahead Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: We have a couple things going on this week, and our monthly meeting is Sunday. Today (Monday) at 6:30, the Labor Engagement Group meets in person for brats and Labor Day Parade float planning. If you would like to be involved, we could u…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
June 15, 2021 at 2:25 PM

Juneteenth Volunteers Needed

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: Saturday the 19th is also Juneteenth, and the NAACP is putting on an event celebrating Black joy. We aren't tabling this year, but one of our members volunteers with the African American Men's Group, and he says they could use more volunteers to help with se…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
June 14, 2021 at 4:11 PM

🌹 Chapter News and Events

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: Our Racial Justice Working Group meets Friday at 5:30. They are always looking for more help. Email Lydia at [email protected] and she will send you the link to participate. I don't see any Ecosocialist Working Group meetings scheduled for zoom this week, …
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
June 11, 2021 at 2:53 PM

Reminder and Correction

Chapter check-in! Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: This is a reminder that our in-person, back yard chapter casual get-together is Saturday at 6 pm at Kyrsten and Troy's house. The correction is that the address is 3724 Allendale Avenue (not 3734) in Duluth. To get there, take Woodland t…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
June 7, 2021 at 3:37 PM

Chapter Check-in and more

Join us! Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: We have a chapter check-in this Saturday, 6 pm. Like the last one, this will be in a member's yard, this time at Troy and Kyrsten's house in Woodland. These are casual get-togethers, meant for fun, mutual support, discussion and more. They are al…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
June 1, 2021 at 4:15 PM

Line 3 Caravan Send-Off and Welcome

At The Rose Garden Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: This week the big event is the Line 3 Wisconsin Solidarity Caravan welcome and send-off. Tom and Brian have been calling members, so you may have already heard about this. We welcome people coming in to town at 5 pm at the Duluth Rose G…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
May 28, 2021 at 7:08 PM

Community Crisis Response--The Video

For those who missed it Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: The Racial Justice Working Group recently held a fantastic event with a presenter from DASHR (Denver Alliance For Street Health Response) speaking about how they recently managed to start a community crisis response program. This…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
May 24, 2021 at 9:51 PM

🌹 Endorsements! And more chapter news

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: Last night at our monthly meeting we elected our DSA convention delegates. Tom Julstrom will be our delegate, and Angel Dobrow will be our alternate. This will be a more difficult week long convention in some ways because it is all online, so I want to thank…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
May 17, 2021 at 1:23 PM

Important Event Today, 3 PM

Your Weekly Calendar Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: Today at 3 Pm we have this important event that our Racial Justice Working Group is involved in. Please attend if you can: "Please attend and support the Duluth Community Safety Initiative press conference on MONDAY MAY 17 at 3pm a…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
May 12, 2021 at 3:19 PM

🌹 Updates From Our Racial Justice Working Group

Please read! Hello DSA members and supporters: We have an update and TWO asks. The Racial Justice Working Group spent the fall/winter researching alternative policing models, meeting with county employees, mental health professionals, and other community organizers to address racism embedded i…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
May 10, 2021 at 4:08 PM

🌹 News and Calendar for May 10 (with one correction)

Spring Is In The Air [my previous message was missing a link to the YDSA event, so this is the correction. Always send a test message...] Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, Here's what is happening this week: Tonight, 7pm, the Labor Engagement Group meets to continue work on the Pro …
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
May 10, 2021 at 4:02 PM

🌹 News and Calendar for May 10

Spring Is In The Air Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates, Here's what is happening this week: Tonight, 7pm, the Labor Engagement Group meets to continue work on the Pro ACT and more. Use this link to join us ([link removed] ) . More members are always welcome. Friday, 5:30 pm, the Raci…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
May 3, 2021 at 2:42 PM

🌹 Weekly News and Calendar

What's Up and What's Happening Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: In chapter news, our May Day event was great, even with low attendance. Speaker quality was very high, and it was really good to focus on workers and organizing for a day. You can find a nice gallery of photos on the labor p…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
April 26, 2021 at 1:34 PM

🌹 Your Weekly Calendar 4-26-21

Let's Pass The PRO Act! Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: Before I list our regular working group meetings, I want to remind you of our main event this week, our May 1st event in Superior celebrating International Workers Day and promoting the PRO Act. Our event has received endorsements …
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
April 22, 2021 at 2:27 PM

🌹 Monthly General Meeting, Sunday 4PM

Agenda and More Inside Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: Our Monthly membership meeting is 4 pm this Sunday. You can register for it here. ([link removed] ) Non members are welcome! One topic of discussion will be our upcoming PRO-Act event, May 1st, at City Center Park, 12 Noon, Super…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
April 19, 2021 at 3:25 PM

🌹 Your Weekly Calendar and Chapter News

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: We have some good stuff coming up: Tonight at 7 pm, our Labor Engagement Group continues planning for our PRO-Act/May Day event. Use this link to attend ([link removed] ) . For now, passing the PRO Act is DSA's number one priority. Friday at 5:30 our R…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
April 14, 2021 at 1:20 PM

Justice For Daunte Wright Event, Today, 4 PM

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: Today at 4 pm a number of people will be gathering at the Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial in solidarity with Twin Cities area people protesting the police homicide of Daunte Wright. If you come, please wear masks and socially distance even if you are fully i…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
April 12, 2021 at 4:45 PM

🌹 Your Weekly Calendar and Chapter News

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: We have a number of meetings and events this week. All of our committees and working groups are open to new participants! Tonight, Monday, 7pm there is a Labor Engagement Group meeting. Help with planning our May 1st event in Superior. Register here to at…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
April 5, 2021 at 2:47 PM

🌹 Your Weekly Calendar 4-5-21

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: You have some upcoming meetings this week: Today, Monday, the Labor Engagement Group, 7 pm. Help promote the Pro-Act and plan a Mayday event. Register for the meeting here ([link removed]) . Friday, 5:30 PM, The Racial Justice Working Group. Join them …
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 3:40 PM

🌹 Your Weekly Calendar, 3-29

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: We have a number of upcoming events this week: Monday, today at 7 PM, we have our Labor Engagement Group meeting. Register here to attend ([link removed]) . Plans are moving forward on promoting the Pro-Act and creating a nice Mayday event in Superior. We…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
March 27, 2021 at 1:10 PM

March Resceduled to Sunday, 10 AM

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: The March to Stop Line 3 has been rescheduled to 10 AM Sunday due to weather. It still starts at Endion Station by the Lakewalk. In solidarity, John Krumm TPDSA Secretary ============================================================ ** Facebook ([lin…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
March 26, 2021 at 3:23 PM

March Saturday, Meet Sunday

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: Today at 3 PM the NAACP is holding a press conference at city hall concerning racial discrimination in policing and what needs to be done about it. It will also be livestreamed on Facebook ([link removed]) . Tomorrow, Saturday morning at 10 AM, there is a…
  Twin Ports DSA · [email protected]
March 22, 2021 at 4:28 PM

🌹 Your Weekly Calendar, March 22

Twin Ports DSA Members and Associates: We have some great ways for you to plug in this week! Tonight (Monday) is our Labor Engagement Group meeting. DSA is going all out promoting the Pro-Act (The Protect The Right To Organize Act). Our Labor group wants to wage a one month campaign, and has c…