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==DSA Racial Diversity Task Force== | ==DSA Racial Diversity Task Force== | ||
| − | In 1992 [[Michael Lighty]] was a member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] Racial Diversity Task Force - charged with finding ways of recruiting (and retaining) more "people of color" into the organization<ref>Memorandum, Steve tarzynski-May 26, 1992</ref>. | + | In 1992 [[Michael Lighty]] was a member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] Racial Diversity Task Force - charged with finding ways of recruiting (and retaining) more "people of color" into the organization<ref>Memorandum, Steve tarzynski-May 26, 1992</ref>. |
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| + | The [[Democratic Socialists of America]] delegation to the 1992 [[Socialist International]] conference in Berlin, included [[Bogdan Denitch]], (chair), [[Christine Riddiough]], (VP Socialist International Women), [[Motl Zelmanowicz]], [[Jose LaLuz]], [[Michael Lighty]], [[Jo-Ann Mort]] and [[Penny Schantz]].<ref>Democratic Left, November/December 1992, page 12</ref> | ||
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==California DSA “Key” list== | ==California DSA “Key” list== | ||
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Michael (Mike) Lighty...
DSA Conference delegate
In 1983 Mike Lighty was a San Francisco, California delegate to the Democratic Socialists of America conference in New York City, October 14-16, 1983[1]
Socialist Scholars Conference
Michael Lighty, Democratic Socialists of America and Shari Ellis were speakers on the Reports from the Front: The State of the Struggle for National Health Care panel sponsored by Democratic Socialists of America at the Tenth Annual Socialist Scholars Conference. The conference was held April 24-26, 1992 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City.
Lighty also spoke alongside Wayne Sing-Wai, CUNY; Stanley Aronowitz, CUNY, Charlene Mitchell, Committees of Correspondence, Aldyn McKean, ACT UP and Lynne Chancer were speakers on the What road for the Left? panel.[2]
Democratic Left
In 1991, Lighty was managing editor of Democratic Left, the journal of Democratic Socialists of America.[3]
DSA Racial Diversity Task Force
In 1992 Michael Lighty was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America Racial Diversity Task Force - charged with finding ways of recruiting (and retaining) more "people of color" into the organization[4].
Socialist International
The Democratic Socialists of America delegation to the 1992 Socialist International conference in Berlin, included Bogdan Denitch, (chair), Christine Riddiough, (VP Socialist International Women), Motl Zelmanowicz, Jose LaLuz, Michael Lighty, Jo-Ann Mort and Penny Schantz.[5]
California DSA “Key” list
In 1993 Michael Lighty of New York, New York, was on a list of “Key’ California Democratic Socialists of America contacts.[6]
DSA
In 1994 Lighty was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America Steering Committee[7].
Michael Lighty, San Francisco DSA, elected to the Democratic Socialists of America National Political Committee[8], at the November 1997 DSA National Convention in Columbus Ohio.
In 2007 Michael Lighty, a former National Director of DSA,[9] was Director of Public Policy for the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.
Healthcare-Now!
In 2009 Michael Lighty, Director of Public Policy, California Nurses Association served on the board of directors of Healthcare-Now! .[10]
References
- ↑ DSA Conference delegate list Oct. 12 1983 update
- ↑ SSE Tenth Annual Conference Program, 1992
- ↑ Democratic Left, Jan/Feb 1991, page 3
- ↑ Memorandum, Steve tarzynski-May 26, 1992
- ↑ Democratic Left, November/December 1992, page 12
- ↑ CA DSA Key list January 24 1993
- ↑ email from C Riddiough to S Tarzynski Dec 9 1994
- ↑ http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng56.html#anchor1041945
- ↑ http://www.dsausa.org/dl/Winter_2008.pdf
- ↑ Healthcare-Now! Board