Detroit

Join us in Detroit for an exciting event with Democratic candidate for governor Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Democratic nominee for congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In a historic upset last month Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th Congressional District, unseating a 20-year incumbent. Doors open at 6PM. This event is free and open to the public, we hope you can make it!

Location: WSU Student Center Ballroom

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Join us as we nominate and endorse candidates for office across Wayne County

This will also be our July local meeting

Offices up for consideration for nomination or endorsement at this caucus include:

U.S. Congressional House District 13

State Senate Districts 1-7

State House Districts 1-17, 19-21, 23

Wayne County Commission seats

Wayne County Community College seats

Wayne County Judgeships

Other local offices including city councils and school boards

Light refreshments will be provided

UPDATES:
WORKSHOPS! We have 40+ lined up, including:

-Relational Organizing: How talking with the people you know can sway elections with Planned Parenthood Action

-Reproductive Justice 101 with Spark Reproductive Justice Now

-Get that #YouthVote with NextGen America

-Diversity Doesn't Equal Inclusion: Intersectionality & Cross-Movement Building with Community Outreach Group

-Nothing About Us Without Us: Centering Disability Justice in Reproductive Justice Conversations with the Disability Visibility Project

DRESS CODE: Dress in bathrobes, and towels. Wear your best swimsuit or beachwear and bring your signs. bring your shower caps, loofahs and lets march the streets "whos water, our water"

******WE WILL GATHER AT ATWATER BREWERY about 5:30-6:00pm the march will start at 4 walking from Atwater through Chene Park.. up the Riverwalk...small rally will take place around the GM REN CEN SPLASH FOUNTAIN*********Then marching up through Hart Plaza onto Woodward Avenue following into a Direct Action at Campus Martius Park.

Moratorium Now!, People’s Water Board, and the Coalition to Oppose the Expansion of US Ecology are gathering this coming Wednesday, July 18th at 4pm in front of Cobo, where the Letter Carriers Convention will be taking place. This national convention is a perfect platform for local coalitions and others to come together and gain national exposure to some of the most pressing issues plaguing our city.

Debate Watch Party and Meet & Greet.

WDIV-Local 4 and the Michigan Democratic Party will host “Decision 2018: Democratic Gubernatorial Debate” with three Democratic candidates for Michigan Governor at 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 19.

The debate will originate from the WDIV-Local 4 studios in downtown Detroit.

We are channeling our solidarity and rage through art to evoke a collective empathy and resistance. We demand an end to family separation across all communities.

Come join us on Saturday, July 14th at 6pm in front of the Spirit of Detroit as we continue the fight to end family separation through visual art, spoken word, and music from local artists.

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Transportation is the largest and fastest growing source of carbon pollution in the United States. Our cars and pickup trucks account for 47 percent of oil used in the United States and nearly one third of our greenhouse gas emissions.

Michigan voters are under attack, and we need your help.

Join us on Tuesday, July 10th at 12:00pm in Detroit to stop the attack on Michigan's redistricting proposal.

A measure to end gerrymandering in Michigan just qualified for the November ballot -- and it's already under attack. A dark money group is backing a lawsuit to stop the people of Michigan from voting on whether to end gerrymandering.

Event includes afternoon of poems, songs, and art to keep us all doing what needs to be done. JWJ works on: organizing Detroit and Macomb residents, conducting Runaway inequality workshops, support for D-15, One Fair Wage, Earned Paid Sick Time, Voters Not Politicians, Promote the Vote and other issues.

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