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Sep 6, 2011, 10:37:05 AM9/6/11

Beginning on November 12th of 2011, Students for a Democratic Society will
be hosting our annual national convention in Milwaukee, WI. We want to
spread the word far and wide so that SDSers across the nation and
progressive students can begin making plans to attend this exciting and
important convention the weekend of *November 11th thru the 13th.*

For Milwaukee SDS, a lot of logistics and money go into making sure that
people are housed and fed. If your in a chapter and have the ability to
bring food for either yourselves or non-perishables that can feed
approximately 150 people, please indicate that on the registration form!
This will help us cut costs and and will allow us to focus more on making
this convention a success!

If you are not in a chapter but would like to support our efforts, SDS on a
national level is ALWAYS looking for charitable donations. Your contribution
can help raise scholarship money for SDSers who are lacking travel funds.
Please consider donating here: http://www.newsds.org/?q=node/13

The national convention has consistently been a space that youth and
students throughout the country gather to share progressive ideologies,
ideas for action, and methods of organizing. We have done this in the past
through plenaries, inviting speakers and hosting a variety of workshops
taught by and for SDSers and other progressive youth. Workshop topics have
included everything from how to make a flyer, how to run successful
campaigns on your campus, and Mud-Stenciling. These skill shares are a part
of what makes our conventions memorable and our movements stronger. While we
do have limited space for what we can accomplish over the weekend of the
convetion, *we encourage everyone to submit workshop proposals that they
might be willing to teach.* You can do this on the registration form below.

Lastly, this year we are really encouraging all chapters to fundraise
locally to contribute to their own methods of transportation. While SDS on a
national has some money there's not a lot so we are asking local chapters to
attempt to cover enough of their own expenses. Hosting a hang out or a party
that comes with a $5 cover at the door is an easy way for friends and
supporters to invest in your activities. Sending letters to supportive
faculty or staff on your campuses that ask for a donation is another easy
way to raise money for your chapter. Need other ideas? Email us at
students4demo...@gmail.com or start a thread on the SDS facebook
page.

If you are planning to come to the convention, please fill out the
registration form as soon as possible. This will help us with planning when
it comes to housing, food, reserving rooms, and allocating funds. In
addition, there are limited funds available for travel stipends if you
and/or your chapter needs financial help in getting to Milwaukee. These
funds are limited, and we encourage chapters to look primarily at
fundraising locally or getting your school to sponsor you – but don’t be
intimidated to apply!

We look forward to an exciting convention. Everyone's involvement is what
will really make it great!

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:16 PM, <dirty...@riseup.net> wrote:

> Hi Stephanie,
>
> This is Nathan from Animas SDS. The chapter is more or less on stand-by
> for the time being. We'd like to still be kept in the loop and listed, as
> we often still organize the student body under the banner of SDS (we're
> actually organizing for a March 20th anti-war march, which we've done here
> every year marking the anniversary of the Iraq invasion/occupation).
>
> The best contact is still:
>
> Animas SDS
> anima...@riseup.net
>
> Nathan
> anima...@riseup.net
> 970-403-4315
>
> (there may be another contact person listed, in which case they shouldn't
> be, because they're long gone)
>
> http://www.myspace.com/animas-sds
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/animas-sds
>
> I've graduated but am still in the Durango community organizing and doing
> so hand in hand with many students, but my participation in SDS on any
> larger level (conference calls, conventions, voting on proposals at a
> national level, etc.) will be extremely limited. Right now I'm focusing
> mostly on getting a Solidarity Network (think Seattle Solidarity Network)
> going in Durango to fight foreclosure evictions mostly.
>
> Thanks for the inquiry. Keep us listed. We're simply a bit static at the
> moment but things could kick up again at any time.
>
> Peace,
>
> -Nathan, Animas SDS
>
> > Hi there-
> > My name is Stephanie, I'm with the National Working Committee of SDS and
> > at
> > the U of MN Twin Cities chapter.
> > I'm using a really outdated chapters database that has not been updated
> > for
> > a while. Your chapter and contact info is on there as a chapter that has
> > been active in the past, so I'm reaching out to you to see if:
> > 1.) Is your chapter still functioning and active
> > 2.) If so, who are the best contacts for that chapter?
> > 3.) If not, will you let me know so you won't have to receive an email
> > similar to this again?? :)
> >
> > So I'm trying to contact active chapters about two major things that have
> > come up in the national phone calls.
> > One is the SDS national call to action for education rights on March 2nd.
> > Here is the statement:
> > http://newsds.org/?q=category/campaigns/2011-march-2-defend-education
> > We're trying to get as many chapters out as possible so we can project it
> > broadly. Do you think your chapter will be able to do anything this day??
> >
> > Second, we have a new campaign we're trying to motivate chapters to get
> > involved with:
> > Stop FBI Repression and FBI off Campus
> > Here is the call to action:
> >
> http://newsds.org/?q=category/campaigns/2011-stop-fbi-repressionfbi-campus
> > Here are flyers for campuses:
> > http://www.stopfbi.net/resources/flyer/no-fbi-our-campus
> > There are ways to get involved (sign the petition, have professors sign
> > the
> > academic petition, pay for speakers to come to your campus, etc)
> > It is an important campaign because one SDSer is facing jail time b/c of
> > these raids, a number of SDSers were harrassed by FBI to try to gain
> info,
> > and this grand jury process is a scare tactic to shut down movements.
> > How familiar are you with what has happened?
> > Do you think your chapter can try to mobilize some info sessions or what
> > not
> > around this issue?
> >
> > Hope things are well, thanks for the time,
> > All best,
> >
> > --
> > Stephanie Taylor
> > www.umnsds.wordpress.com
> >
>
>
>

--
Stephanie Taylor
www.umnsds.wordpress.com

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