May Meeting

 Please  join us for our May Membership Meeting. We will be joined by Christine  Jensen, Executive Director for the Michigan Democratic Party. Christine has been involved in Democratic politics in Michigan for many years and is extremely knowledgeable, having run multiple campaigns in the past.

Zoom info: 

Link to join meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84904313371?pwd=akQrTE9kVjNjdFpnZkJIL2p1YjBJdz09

Meeting ID: 849 0431 3371
Passcode: 730994

We  hope you can join us for our April membership meeting. Our featured  speakers will be Monica Andrade, from ACLU of Michigan, and our State  Senator Dayna Polehanki. 

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Meeting ID: 849 0431 3371
Passcode: 730994

Monica  is an attorney with the ACLU of Michigan, where she advocates for and  protects the civil rights of the immigrant community. In this role, she  has been involved in many of the ACLU’s legal challenges on behalf of  immigrants’ rights, including Hamama v. Adducci, Malam v. Adducci,  Michigan Immigrant Rights Center v. Department of Homeland Security, and  multiple lawsuits on behalf of Jilmar Ramos Gomez, a U.S. citizen and  Marine Corps combat veteran who was unlawfully detained by ICE and placed in proceedings based on his ethnic background.

Before  joining the ACLU of Michigan, Monica represented children in immigration court through MSU’s Immigration Law Clinic and handled eviction cases at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau through an Equal Justice  America Legal Service Fellowship. She was also an intern at the ACLU of Arizona and a judicial extern for Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget Mary McCormack. 

Prior to law school, Monica was a case worker at an in-custody substance abuse treatment and education program in Flagstaff, Arizona where she worked with individuals to develop transition and treatment plans post-release.

In 2020, Monica was selected by the Detroit Bar Association as the recipient of their Outstanding Young Lawyer award. She is also the current Co-Chair for the Michigan Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee  Rights.

Senator Polehanki will be giving us a Lansing update and taking us through the 39 GOP voter suppression bills currently in the Michigan State Senate. 

Before her election to the state legislature, Sen. Dayna Polehanki was a leader in the classroom.

She is a two-time Teacher of the Year award winner and has almost 19 years of experience in the classroom.

Dayna  is up for re-election in 2022 and we, as a Club, are making a commitment to help keep her in office. She has done a tremendous job representing our district. 

Please join us for our March membership meeting on St. Patty's Day. We have some great speakers joining us. 

We will be hearing about the state's budget from Dwayne Barnes, Community  Engagement Specialist for Detroit for the Michigan League for Public  Policy. https://mlpp.org/connecting-with-communities-and-expanding-my-family-at-work-and-at-home/

We  also will be hearing from Seth Furlow, UniServ Director, Region 2-A,  for  the Michigan Education Association, about the reopening of schools  and how we can help teachers feel safe at work. https://mea.org

Hope everyone can join us!

 
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Meeting ID: 849 0431 3371
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 We will be holding our club elections at this meeting. 

Our club bylaws state:
To  be able to vote in the election, a member has to be current on 2021  dues (as of 11:59pm the day before the meeting) and have attended at  least 2 of the meetings in the six months prior (July 2020 to January  2021) to this meeting - which includes all Zoom monthly meetings and  volunteer events. 

If you do not qualify, you are still welcome to join us .. we just ask that you don't vote for the board positions. 

Please send an email to cantondemclub@gmail.com with any nominations or questions about the process.

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Happy New Year! Canton  Democratic Club's January Membership Meeting will be one week early with our featured speaker,  Mark Brewer -- Former Chair of MI Democratic Party, President of Association  of State Democratic Chairs and DNC Vice Chair; campaign finance,  election, nonprofit, and union lawyer. Our usual 3rd Wednesday of the month meeting date is Inauguration Day, so join us on Jan. 13 for our meeting and enjoy watching the Inauguration on Jan. 20. 

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 The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), social distancing  and having to quarantine ourselves for an undetermined amount of time  are taking their toll on all of us. We wanted to make sure to reach out  to our valued members and check-in on your well-being. Please feel free  to contact us if you are in need of any assistance. We are happy to  check-in, via phone or video, and see if we can connect you to the right  resource for help.
 

We are doing our best to adjust to this unprecedented situation. At this  point, we have postponed our brunch, canceled our spring gala and we  are looking into ways to convert our April 15th meeting to a  teleconference. We will keep you posted with any updates. 
 

Keeping our local Democratic community safe and strong is of the utmost  importance to us. I'm also listing some possible resources and volunteer  opportunities. 
 

Please take care of yourselves and we will see you soon. 
 

Sonia Patel
President, Canton Democratic Club

We have links to some COVID 19 resources available here.  Please send any links to additional resources to cantondemclub@gmail.com. Thank you!