To view this on the COS website, click here [[https://conventionofstates.com/south-dakota-newsletter|south-dakota-newsletter]] ---- ====== South Dakota Newsletter ====== ---- |{{https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=340262416774709&ev=PageView&noscript=1?1x1|Facebook PageView}}\\ \\ ==== This website uses cookies to improve your experience. ====\\ \\ Please [[https://www.whatismybrowser.com/guides/how-to-enable-cookies/|enable cookies]] to ensure you get the best experience on our website\\ \\ \\ \\ ====== Convention of States South Dakota  ======\\ \\ ======     ======\\ \\ ======   ======\\ \\ | [[https://conventionofstates.com/southdakota|Home]] | [[https://conventionofstates.com/sd-get-involved|Get Involved]] | [[https://conventionofstates.com/sd-events|Events]] | [[https://conventionofstates.com/news?utf8=%E2%9C%93&filters%5Bstate%5D=43|Blog]] | [[https://conventionofstates.com/sd-leadership|Legislature]] | [[https://conventionofstates.com/endorsements|Endorsements]] | **Newsletter** |\\ \\                                                                                              \\ \\                                                   {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/99766/99766_original.jpg?600x406}}\\ \\ ===== Convention of States South Dakota Newsletter  =====\\ \\ =====                                  =====\\ \\ ===== Sept 25, 2025 =====\\ \\  \\ \\ **  Read and listen to this news letter and pass it on to you family, friendsand even your legislators. **\\ \\ **                     %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%***\\ \\                                                   {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/101046/101046_original.png?400x711}}    \\ \\                      %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%\\ \\ ** Sept 25. 2025**\\ \\ ** President Trump** speaks out about Convention of States. 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Also several panel discussion  that the National Staff  participated in. \\ \\ There are many photos that I wanted to share in this email, but for some reason  I can not upload them to put in here for some reason. I will keep working on it. \\ \\  \\ \\                     %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%\\ \\                             ** Happy Article V Day!   **                                                   As you well know, on September 15, 1789, the state- and people-initiated amendments clause was permanently added back into Article V of the Constitution.                                                                                                                           {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/100843/100843_original.jpg?500x375}}\\ \\  \\ \\ **                     %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%**\\ \\ **                      Charlie Kirk is Assasinated Sept 10, 2025**\\ \\ **{{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/100829/100829_original.jpg?310x365}} {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/100830/100830_original.jpg?310x249}}   He will be greatly missed. A great patriot, a loving husband and father. Taken from us far to soon. May this be a great Turning Pont  in America and arounf the world. **\\ \\ **https://www.facebook.com/conventionofstates/posts/pfbid0sHDFe5LBDsnPVeZf7EP6ks4cKHgKnGvfGrsuBkX8KumxuNuL2z9hiXGC1iiYcDyKl?rdid=gjCGCEE51ByAJdGC#**\\ \\ **                         %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%***\\ \\ **                                  A Great Labors Day Weekend**\\ \\ **                                                          {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/100445/100445_original.jpg?600x468}}**\\ \\ **          %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%**\\ \\                      **Grassroots Groundbreakers Chat **\\ \\ On this month's program, entitled "Leading with Grit, Grace, and a Deep Love for Liberty", host and Convention of States Action chief grassroots   {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/99375/99375_original.jpg?100x67}}officer Mike Ruthenberg chats with South Dakota State Director Shirlee Meier.                                                              \\ \\ The newest edition of the engaging Convention of States Action podcast series "Grassroots Groundbreakers" is now [[https://conventionofstates.com/grassroots-groundbreakers|available by clicking here! ]]\\ \\  \\ \\ **          %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%***\\ \\                        **State Information Analyst-SIA**\\ \\ Are you up fed with the waste, fraud, abuse, reckless spending, federal overreach, career politicians. If you are as upset about these things as I am.                                                                                                                  What if I told you, you could see career politician reined in, fiscal responsibility restored to our nation, and federal overreach ended and you could make that happen.                                                                                 If you could devote 4 hours a week to the cause of liberty. I believe this is possible. I hope that you will take a minute and watch the video above. We have roles that we need to have filled here in South Dakota.                                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1_w5qodK4g                              If you want to help save this nation for us and the generations to come. If you have leadership skills, or are a people person, or have organizing skills, or like building relationship, you can have an impact at COS as a Grassroots Coordinator.                                                                                  Right now here in South Dakota we are looking for a few patriots to step up and fill this role. It only takes a few hours a week. We will give you all the training and resources you need to be successful. All you have to do is put in the time and be devoted to the cause.                                                        If you love our country and are at all interested please click on the link        \\ \\ **                               %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%***\\ \\ **                        Long Overdue Article V Convention of States **\\ \\                          This is the 6th and last in a series by **Aaron Levisay**            {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/98648/98648_original.jpg?160x76}}  Lots of links to guide you.                                               To Read  [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/the-long-overdur-case-for-article-v-convention-of-states-6|CLICK HERE]]\\ \\                     **ENJOY!!!**             \\ \\                        %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%*\\ \\                         **Long Overdue Article V Convention of States**\\ \\ {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/98410/98410_original.jpg?140x66}}    This is the 5th in a series of 6 by **Aaron Levisay**       Lots of links to guide you                                                              To Read  [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/the-long-overdur-case-for-article-v-convention-of-states-5|CLICK HERE]]\\ \\                                           **ENJOY!!!!   **\\ \\  \\ \\                  %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%\\ \\                     **Long Overdue Article V Convention of States**\\ \\  {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/97443/97443_original.jpg?115x54}}  This is the 4th in a series of 6 by **Aaron Levisay**       Lots of links to guide you                                                              To Read  [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/the-long-overdur-case-for-article-v-convention-of-states-4|CLICK HERE]]\\ \\                                           ENJOY!!!!         \\ \\               %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%*\\ \\                   "The Long Overdue Article V Convention of States",\\ \\  {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/97010/97010_original.jpg?160x76}}                                                                                     This is the 3rd in a series of 6 by Aaron Levisay       Lots of links to guide you  To Read  [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/the-long-overdur-case-for-article-v-convention-of-states-3|CLICK HERE]]\\ \\                       ENJOY!!!!\\ \\ **                 %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%**\\ \\  {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/95819/95819_original.jpg?110x52}} This is the 2nd **** of a serires of six by Aaron Levisay on a Long Overdue Article V Convention of States. There are a lot of links to each series for you to click on and learn. ENJOY!!!       [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/the-long-overdur-case-for-article-v-convention-of-states-2|CLICK HERE ]]\\ \\ **                       %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%**\\ \\ **       Aaron Levisay**   State Content Writer has written up six blogs called             **"** **A Long Overdue Case for an Article V, Convention of States "       {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/95863/95863_original.jpg?125x59}} **This is the first one of six. There are a lot of links for you to check out, This first on has the most links, but it is well worth the time and effort to check them out.     To read the blog  [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/the-long-overdur-case-for-article-v-convention-of-states|**CLICK HERE**]]    Enjoy!!! \\ \\                        %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%\\ \\ Listen to Mark telling you of the Wise words of John Quincy Adams             \\ \\                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec9s90L7hLg\\ \\  Wise Words From John Quincy Adams   We must all do our duty that we     have been called to do as our part. \\ \\                                                                                         \\ \\                    %%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%%%**%%*\\ \\   \\ \\                        {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/75966/75966_original.png?450x220}}        \\ \\                       ================= ======= ====\\ \\                           | | ---- | __Page Metadata__ || |Login Required to view? |No | |Created: |2020-04-06 21:30 GMT| |Updated: |2025-10-05 22:30 GMT| |Published: |2020-04-05 07:00 GMT| |Converted: |2025-11-11 12:38 GMT| |Change Author: |Chris Orr | |Credit Author: | |