Ypsilanti

Come join us in the gallery room (downstairs) at Riverside Arts Center for our May Regular Meeting! All are welcome to attend, and if you need a ride or child watch services, please let us know on here or via email at huronvalleydsa@gmail.com.

We will be doing a clothing and goods swap from 4-6pm before our meeting. Anything left over will be donated!

6:00pm-6:30pm: Free food and mingling
6:30pm-8:00pm: Meeting!

Housing Affordability & Accessibility Committee monthly meeting

Riverside Arts Center
Thursday, May 9, 2019 7pm-9pm

Draft Agenda
1. Welcome

2. Recap of feedback (oral & written) received at Housing Forum

3. Audience Participation

Members of the public are encouraged to ask questions and share feedback/ideas/perspectives with committee members, including with respect to the following:

Hang out with local Bernie supporters at this most excellent coffee and tap house. All are welcome.

https://www.facebook.com/events/702193546849921/

Join Sen. Jeff Irwin and Rep. Yousef Rabhi for a Town Hall focusing on the concerns of transgender community members. This will take place on April 25 from 6-8 PM at the Ypsi Corner Health Center.

Doors going directly to the event space are to the right of the main entrance, and will open at 5:50 pm. An elevator to the event space is available through the main entrance.

There will be snacks.

Challenges like PFAS contamination, climate change, and poor public transit and suddenly attracting lots of legislative action. Join us for an engaging talk to learn about what's going on at the State Capitol to address some of Michigan's most pressing environmental issues.

Presenters:

Alexis Blizman
Legislative & Policy Director, Ecology Center

Charlotte Jameson
Energy Policy & Legislative Affairs Director, Michigan Environmental Council

The City of Ypsilanti Housing Affordability & Accessibility Committee will host an Open Housing Forum in the RAC Gallery Thursday, May 2nd @ 6:30pm.

Stay tuned for more information!

https://www.facebook.com/events/787784221590350/

Beginning in December 2018, Sunrise has had several meetings with Rep. Debbie Dingell's staff in Washington DC and Ypsilanti, MI. In January, we met with Rep. Dingell herself. She has yet to endorse the Green New Deal resolution (that currently has 91 House Co-Sponsors and 12 Senate Co-sponsors). Additionally, the majority of the Democratic Presidential Candidates supports this resolution. In February, the voters of the Michigan Democratic Party passed a resolution supporting a Green New Deal.

Join us on International Worker's Day, or May Day, this year in Ypsilanti to celebrate Spring and all of the labor that makes our community grow.

The day will be arranged into three parts, beginning at noon in the Riverside Arts Center with a "Free University." This will be a time for folks to check out workshops and discussions or hang out with the Ypsilanti Gathering Space during its re-opening! YGS will be soon a spring supply drive, so bring warm(er) weather gear, toiletries, and the like.

This is an informal hangout with no agenda, just good beverages and chatting. If cost is a barrier, we'll buy you a cup. This is a great way to find out about DSA and/or just meet some cool people!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2615184895220916/

The weekly meeting of the Washtenaw County chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. This is a chance to meet, talk and socialize with fellow members of the campaign in an informal setting.

https://www.facebook.com/events/539354416586316/