Happy Spring
April 21 Meeting
Wednesday, April 21, 7 pm
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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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.
Monica Andrade, ACLU of Michigan
March 17 Meeting
March 17, 2021, 7 pm
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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February Meeting
February 17, 7 pm--Club Elections!
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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January Meeting
January 13, 2021, 7 pm--note date, this is 1 week earlier than usual.
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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December Meeting
Dec. 9, 2020, 7 pm
Election Recap & Attorney General Dana Nessel
Special guest, Attorney General Dana Nessel, will be giving us an update from her office.
Time to celebrate all our hard work and success on turning Canton so very blue!!
Let's get together one last time before we say goodbye to 2020. I'll be inviting all our newly-elected Democrats to join in.
Zoom link:
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Ready to Volunteer? Weekend of Action!!
We will be having a "Weekend of Action" on Fri. thru Sun. Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 10:00am - 1:00pm. The address is 47286 North Pointe Dr, in Canton. It would be great if you all could join - and bring a friend or four. We will be hanging door hangers for the people who are voting at the polls on Nov. 3.
Let's get it done!
A Message from Our President:
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!
Club Monthly Meetings & Social Event Hour
Monthly Meeting
Membership meetings occur the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 7pm-8:30 pm, followed by a social hour at a Canton establishment. Our meetings provide an opportunity to learn from a variety of speakers invited to discuss hot topics in all levels of government, plus updates from our Elected Representatives.
The Club provides us with an unparalleled chance to meet candidates and ask questions about their platforms. In fact, leading up to the 2020 primary elections, most Michigan candidates running for local, state and federal contests spoke at least once at our meetings or events.
Social Event Hour
The Social Event Hour occurs immediately following our monthly meetings from 8:45-10pm. We believe that our community has many great things to offer and we want you to come and experience them with us. Each month the Canton Democratic Club chooses a different Canton business to go to after our monthly meeting. This is an opportunity for club members, guests, volunteers, candidates and elected officials to gather in a less formal setting to get to know each other on a more personal level while trying the many different restaurants and gathering places throughout Canton Township. We advertise the locations of our events each month on our social media pages. Please join us at one of our monthly Social Event Hours. We look forward to seeing you at the next gathering!
Past Social Event Hours were held at:
JB's Smokehouse
Tony Sacco's Pizza
Authentikka Canton
Shakers Bar & Grill
La Shisho Palace
Buffalo Wild Wings
Basement Burger Bar
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