Support the Bi-State Socialism Summit

UPDATE: Thanks to your generosity we raised $560 within a day of posting this GoFundMe. We have raised enough to make sure the event is going to happen. We are raising our target now with the goal of providing free lunch to everyone coming in for this event.

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The Quad Cities DSA is hosting the Bi-State Socialism Summit on October 12. We are going to have educational speakers and break out sessions on a number of different topics. The full schedule of events is at the bottom of this note. The funds we are raising will go towards these purposes:
- Venue reservation fees
- Insurance required by the venue
- Food (we'll be providing lunch)
- Printing materials for the schedule and classes
- Reserving a venue for a social event
Our chapter has enough funds to cover roughly half of the estimated costs. We are asking people to support us so we can put on a good event. 

Here is the full schedule of the Socialism Summit:

Friday, October 11 
Meet and greet and social gathering

Saturday, October 12
9:30 to 10:00 - Doors open and registration
10:00 to 10:15 - Welcome and opening remarks
10:15 to 11:00 - Speaker - Reyma McCoy McDeid 
11:00 to 12:00 - Breakout session #1
12:00 to 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 to 2:00 - Breakout session #2
2:00 to 3:00 - Panel Discussion on LGBTQ Liberation
6:00 to ??? - Social Event

Here are more details on our speakers and classes:

Reyma McCoy McDeid will be giving a speech titled "The myth of 'red' rural America: how DSA can save progressives by shifting the harmful narratives about non-urban USA". Reyma is the Executive Director of Central Iowa Center for Independent Living in Des Moines and a former candidate for the Iowa State legislature. She works to both engage disenfranchised people into the political process and educate elected officials on the issues that impact the country's most marginalized communities. She also maintains Iowa's most unapologetically progressive social media space, which can be found at www.facebook.com/reymamccoymcdeid.

The classes being offered during the breakout sessions are:
- Accomplices Not Allies - Taught by activist and QCDSA Chair AJ Reed
- Without Intersectionality There Is No Justice - Taught by activist Cici Reece Bernstrom
- Socialism 101 - Taught by activists Joe Rodriguez and Josh Caffrey
- Housing Justice - Taught by Davenport Civil Rights Commission member Cody Eliff

Here are the panelists for the LGBTQ Liberation discussion:
- Viminda Shafer - LGBTQ services coordinator for The Project of the Quad Cities
- Gini Lester from Community Alliance Action Network
- Jolene Gosha of Metro Trans Umbrella Group
- More panelists may be added as the event gets closer.

Help us make this event happen!