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| − | In March 2009 [[Rannfrid Thelle]], a transplanted activist from Norway’s Labor Party and now a college teacher in Wichita, Kansas, decided to try to form a DSA local in Wichita. She contacted [[Chris Hicks]], a YDS activist at Wichita State, who put her in touch with [[Stuart Elliott]], a labor activist and longtime DSA member. A call to Frank Llewellyn provided the practical info to get off on the right track..<ref>[http://www.dsausa.org/dl/Summer_2009.pdf Democratic Left, Summer 2009]</ref> | + | In March 2009 [[Rannfrid Thelle]], a transplanted activist from Norway’s Labor Party and now a college teacher in Wichita, Kansas, decided to try to form a DSA local in Wichita. She contacted [[Chris Hicks]], a YDS activist at Wichita State, who put her in touch with [[Stuart Elliott]], a labor activist and longtime DSA member. A call to [[Frank Llewellyn]] provided the practical info to get off on the right track..<ref>[http://www.dsausa.org/dl/Summer_2009.pdf Democratic Left, Summer 2009]</ref> |
[[Category:Wichita Democratic Socialists of America]] | [[Category:Wichita Democratic Socialists of America]] | ||
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Template:TOCnestleft Chris Hicks has been active in student and progressive politics at Wichita State University in the late 2000s as a leader in the Student Labor Action Project, Campus Progress, Political Science Club, and Young Democratic Socialists.[1]
Atlanta DSA convention
Young Democratic Socialists members Maria Svart, Nicole Iaquinto, Flavio Hickel, Jr., Chris Hicks and Alyssa Cundari (University of Miami) attended the Democratic Socialists of America National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia in November 2007;[2]
Wichita DSA
In March 2009 Rannfrid Thelle, a transplanted activist from Norway’s Labor Party and now a college teacher in Wichita, Kansas, decided to try to form a DSA local in Wichita. She contacted Chris Hicks, a YDS activist at Wichita State, who put her in touch with Stuart Elliott, a labor activist and longtime DSA member. A call to Frank Llewellyn provided the practical info to get off on the right track..[3]
Young Democratic Socialists
As of September 2009 Chris Hicks was Coalitions Coordinator of the Young Democratic Socialists[4].