June 4--Spring Brunch
Canton Dems January Meeting - 1-15-20 - 7-8:30pm
Special Guest Speaker: Andrea Hug, Director of the Plymouth-Canton Community Literacy Council (CLC
Special Guest Speaker: Andrea Hug, Director of the Plymouth-Canton Community Literacy Council (CLC
Special Guest Speaker: Andrea Hug, Director of the Plymouth-Canton Community Literacy Council (CLC
Andrea Hug will be giving a presentation about the Community Literacy Council (CLC). The CLC provides free English tutors to adults (18 & older), who speak English as a 2nd language. The CLC is in need of volunteer tutors in Canton, where English is a 2nd language to 20% of the population.
Mission Statement
Providing adults with basic reading, writing and communication so they may participate in their community and reach their fullest potential in life.
P-CCS Core Executive Team Members
Special Guest Speaker: Andrea Hug, Director of the Plymouth-Canton Community Literacy Council (CLC
Special Guest Speaker: Andrea Hug, Director of the Plymouth-Canton Community Literacy Council (CLC
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P-CCS Members will provide information on the school bond issue on the ballot in March 2020.
CDC Monthly Meeting - Wed. February 19, 2020 - 7-8:30pm
Legislative Update from State Sen. Dayna Polehanki
Race and Inequality with Professor Alford Young, Jr.
Race and Inequality with Professor Alford Young, Jr.
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.
As a public school teacher and small business owner, Polehanki understands how policies affect our ability to prepare students for college, skilled-trades training and good-paying jobs. She is a champion for better investment in public schools and roads, as well as policies that lower prescription drug prices and that protect our air and water.
Race and Inequality with Professor Alford Young, Jr.
Race and Inequality with Professor Alford Young, Jr.
Race and Inequality with Professor Alford Young, Jr.
Professor Young has pursued research on low-income, urban-based African Americans, employees at an automobile manufacturing plant, African American scholars and intellectuals, and the classroom-based experiences of higher-education faculty as they pertain to diversity and multiculturalism.
April 15, 2020 Meeting (Virtual)
April Meeting--Virtual
We miss our members! Hope you can all join us for our April meeting, via Zoom.
We will be getting updates from Congresswoman Haley Stevens and our State Representative Kristy Pagan. If you have questions for either of them, please email them to cantondemclub@gmail.com before Wednesday night (i.e. before April 15).
The details of the meeting: Topic: Canton Democratic Club Membership Meeting Time: Wednesday, Apr 15, 2020 7:00PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Thanks to everyone who joined this meeting!
May 20, 2020 Meeting (Virtual)
May Meeting
Please join us for our May Meeting virtually! May 20, 7 pm.
Our guest speakers will be:
State Representative Matt Koleszar, who will give us an update from Lansing. https://housedems.com/koleszar
Dr. Preeti Malani, Chief Health Officer and a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan, who will be giving us an update on COVID-19 in Michigan. https://president.umich.edu/leadership-team/direct-reports/preeti-malani/
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, https://www.waynecounty.com/elected/prosecutor/biography.aspx
We are very excited to hear from them and If you have any questions for any of the speakers, please email us at cantondemclub@gmail.com.
We also will be holding some important membership votes, including nominating/voting on our open board seats. If you have a nomination for the board, please email us at cantondemclub@gmail.com.
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Dr. Preeti Malani
June 2020 Meeting--Virtual Candidate Forum
Wednesday, June 17, 7-8:30 pm on Zoom
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Invited Candidates:
Michigan House District 20:
* Matt Koleszar (incumbent)
Michigan House District 21:
* Ethan Petzold
* Ranjeev Puri
Wayne County Commissioner:
* Melissa Daub (incumbent)
Canton Township Supervisor:
* Anne Marie Graham-Hudak
Canton Township Clerk:
* Michael Siegrist (incumbent)
Canton Township Treasurer:
* Dian Slavens (incumbent)
Canton Township Trustees (4 spots available):
* Sommer Foster (incumbent)
* Steven Sneideman (incumbent)
* Jack Bird Jr.
* Kate Borninski
* Tania Ganguly
* Robb Grandon
* Gary Hotycki
Elections matter-- especially local ones! All candidates will have an opportunity to introduce themselves, but we would like to spend a little more time on those that have a primary race. Please forward any questions, for any of the candidates, to us via direct message or you can email us at cantondemclub@gmail.com
August 19, 2020 Meeting (Virtual)
Dr. Peter Kim--Detroit 1967: Civil Unrest and Black Lives Matter
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Our featured speaker will be Dr. Peter Kim on “Detroit 1967: Civil Unrest and Black Lives Matter”
Dr. Kim, who teaches an Honors seminar on Detroit history and culture at Henry Ford College-Dearborn, will discuss local factors that contributed to the 1967 civil unrest in Detroit. The talk is intended to shed light on recent civil unrest and protests against racial injustice.
Dr. Peter Kim received his doctorate in English at Wayne State University with cognates in critical theory and cultural studies.
We also will be inviting our primary winners to say a couple words and let us know how we can help them win in November.
Canton Democratic Club School Board Candidate Forum
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 7 pm
Join event with Plymouth Democratic Club. Please see our Facebook Event here for the sign up and more info:
Day of Action--Saturday, Sept. 26
Join us for a Day of Action!
- Saturday, September 26, 2020 10 AM – 1 PM
- Meet at Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, Canton
Hello Volunteers,
We are ready to lit drop! Our Day of Action is this Saturday, September 26th from 10am to 1pm. Please meet us at Sweetwaters Cafe at 302 N Canton Center Road to get your door hangers and assigned households. Please wear a mask. Bring a friend(s) if you can. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Mary Griffith at marygriff52@gmail.com. Thank you!
We also request that volunteers download the MiniVan app on their phones if they haven't already.
Sign & Volunteer Fall Fest!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2020 AT 2 PM – 4 PM
49889 Pelham Ct, Canton, MI 48187-2169
Come join us to meet some amazing candidates, pick up a yard sign or two, explore the various volunteer opportunities with the club -- or just to enjoy a nice, fall afternoon with like-minded friends!
October 20, 2020 Meeting
Special guests: Sen. Gary Peters and Tom Kelly
Oct. 21, 7 pm-8:30 pm
Virtual--see Zoom details below.
Join us for our last membership meeting before the 2020 Election!! Senator Gary Peters and Tom Kelly, head of the Michigan for Biden campaign, will be joining us for our final push before November. Hope you can join us for this important meeting!!
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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, 2 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!
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.
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