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My name is Cyn, and I'm a student organizer and one of your delegates to DSA National Convention! I'm writing to share a little about me and why I need your help getting delegates like me to Chicago this August. <[link removed]>



I grew up in New Jersey, and I got swept into socialism during Bernie's first presidential run and the simultaneous teachers' strike wave. I saw a mass movement of people willing to fight for someone they didn't know, and it changed my life. I joined YDSA (Young Democratic Socialists of America) on my college campus, and since then I've cut my teeth as a socialist labor and electoral organizer as the Co-Chair of National YDSA and UC Berkeley YDSA, a Head Steward in UAW Local 2865, a member of Unite All Workers for Democracy, and the Field Coordinator for Eduardo Martinez for Mayor of Richmond. Through the Bernie campaign, the teachers' strike wave, and the meteoric rise of the socialist movement, I learned about the class nature of society and became empowered to fight it through organizations like DSA.



The National Convention is central to the democratic functioning of DSA, as well as our ability to make effective political interventions in the world. At convention, member-organizers from across the country gather to synthesize our experiences, debate strategy, elect new leadership, and decide our organization's political priorities. One of the most important debates we'll have at the convention is about YDSA, the place where I came into my own as a socialist organizer. I believe that democracy is power. Only if we give YDSAers the right to shape their own organizing will young socialists like me develop into sophisticated political leaders who will sustain our movement. It's really important to me that I can get to convention and vote on the future of YDSA. So I'm asking you: please pitch in so my fellow delegates and I can get there! <[link removed]>



Friend, the political success of our National Convention –– and DSA more broadly –– is deeply dependent on grassroots fundraising. Getting just one delegate to convention costs $1,300. <[link removed]>Without the financial support of people like you, students like me who can't afford to get to Chicago on our own couldn't vote on the political direction of our movement. And then DSA's decision-making would be beholden to the very class that is responsible for the social crisis of our times. Chip in now so working-class and low-income DSA members like me can shape the future of our organization. <[link removed]>



Coming out of Convention, I hope to see a strong, democratic DSA that is prepared to unite people across the left political spectrum and root democratic socialism in the working class. Please join me in supporting our National Convention delegates who are working to make that happen. <[link removed]>



Solidarity,



Cyn H.

UC Berkeley YDSA

East Bay DSA







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