Denise Joy

Template:TOCnestleft Denise Joy is a Billings Montana activist

Socialist victories

November 7, 2017 city council seat victories for socialists include self-described democratic socialist Tristan Rader in Lakewood, Ohio; and Democratic Socialists of America members Denise Joy in Billings, Montana, who won by more than eight hundred votes; Charles Decker in New Haven, Connecticut; Justin Farmer in Hamden, Connecticut; and Joel Sipress who won with 67 percent of the vote in Duluth’s 2nd District. Democratic Socialists of America Buffalo vice chair Brian Nowak also won a seat in Cheektowaga, as did dues-paying Democratic Socialists of America member Ross Grooters, who ran a campaign championing clean water and living wages.

Billings DSA comrades

Nadine Smith November 15, 2017 ·

Attending A People's History Reading Group with Fitzgerald Jerry Clark, Julia Johnson, Josh Schleining, Denise Joy, Hank Fuller, Jane Collins, Randy Heinz and Jim Waldhalm at Mazevo Coffee Roasters & Espresso Bar.

DSA elected official

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) today (11/9/17) announced that its membership now includes 15 new elected officials. This is in addition to 20 elected already in offices around the United States. On Tuesday the DSA was represented in 25 elections across 13 different states. Four of those running have national endorsements from the DSA, and many others were supported by our local chapters.

Denise Joy (I) City Council Ward 3, Billings MT .

Socialist City Councillor

In November 17 Denise Joy was preparing to take a seat on the Billings City Council representing Ward 3.

After finding herself 11 points behind her challenger in the city primary, Joy went on to win by 17 points. And she did it as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Joy is Montana's only DSA member elected to public office. It wasn't a major tenet of her candidacy — the Billings City Council elections are nonpartisan. But it was no secret, either, and her volunteers came from the small contingent of Billings DSA members.

Joy said that making it as a Democratic Socialist in Billings, in a ward that showed strong support for Donald Trumpov, depended on her contact with people during the campaign.

“The label of 'socialist' may make people nervous," Joy said. "But what it means is paying it forward and investing in our community. And that doesn’t scare them.”

By day, Joy is a special-needs assistant at Ben Steele Middle School. She grew up in Hardin. She works with the Amend Park Community Garden, which she says is a socialist idea.

She doesn't think that's too radical.

“It’s all about affordability. It’s all about living wages, and that’s what people care about. And that’s a part of socialism. That’s a part of the idea that collectively, we need to address these problems,” she said.

Billings DSA Organizers

Members of the Billings Democratic Socialists of America Organizers, Closed Facebook Group, December 13, 2017 included Denise Joy.

Renter's bill of rights

Billings DSA added an event., March 4 2018;

Join Councilwoman Denise Joy and Billings DSA as we plan our newest campaign: To establish a renter's bill of rights in Billings. Rent control, anti discrimination, more low income housing, and other ideas have been discussed regarding this issue. Let's make a positive change for low income residents in Billings- together!

"Friends make friends vote!"

Amelia Marquez for HD 52 May 30 ·

Friends make friends vote!

Get your ballots in by Tuesday or head to the Metra on Tuesday to vote. You have until 8pm on Tuesday.

Paid for by Amelia Marquez for HD52| Democrat| Vicki Dickinson, Treasurer | 1121 Rays Lane, Billings, MT 59101 — with Gerane Mae, Rafael Marquez, Penny Ronning, Sara Hagen Hull, Patrick Scott-Wilson, Amy Denise, Tammy Mehlhaff, Autumn Gullickson, Jade Bahr, Kathleen O'Donnell, Hank Fuller, Ella Currier, Marshall Mayer, Jeff Blatnick, Jen Gross, Glenda Brauneis, Andy Boyd, Bekah Kellison-Decker, Danielle Egnew, Chris Kellison-Decker, Alayna Foster, Christl Domina, Denise Joy, Katie Sutton, Amelia Danielle Marquez, Anita Green, Nathalie Wagler, Rockie Gomez, Faranak Argani, Alexander Andrews, Yvonne Williams, Nadine Smith, Shea Gerard, Dakota Hileman, Sonia Davis, Rebecca Contreraz Marquez, Alejandro Marquez, Allie Hay, Drew Mammel, Josh Schleining, Keenan Weatherford, Marian Pesta Bradley, Debbie Macias Brown, Anne Giuliano, Renee Stonebraker, Casey O'Donnell, Christopher Goodridge and Randy Heinz.

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