Follow links for details
Friday JAN 31 6:00 PM
DSA MoCo 🌹 Happy Hour
Not Your Average Joe’s, 8661 Colesville Rd Suite C-153, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Downtown Silver Spring get-together. Follow link for details
FEBRUARY
Saturday FEB 1 12:30 PM
DSA for Bernie Canvass in Arlington, VA!
Court House, Arlington, VA 22201
ONE MONTH until Super Tuesday; make sure Virginia shows up for Bernie.
Follow link for details
Saturday FEB 1 7-midnight
Stomp Out Slumlords Movie Night
Colony Club, 3118 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010
Screening “RENT REBELS: Resistance Against the Sell Out of the City”, a documentary about the tenant movement in Berlin. Follow link for details
Sunday FEB 2 2:00 PM
MoCo DSA 🌹General Branch Meeting
Connie Morella (Bethesda) Library, 7400 Arlington Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814
Monthly planning and organizing meeting. Follow link for details
Sunday FEB 2 1:30 PM
Stomp Out Slumlords: Anti-Eviction Canvass
L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station, 600 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024
Come help us connect tenants facing eviction with legal resources. Follow link for details
Monday FEB 3 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM
Iowa Caucus Watch Party
sPACYcLOUd Lounge 2309 18th St NW · Washington, DC
Tuesday FEB 4 6:30 PM
Ecosocialist Principles for a Green New Deal
Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Socialist Night School session. Follow link for details
Friday FEB 7 6:00 PM
Libertarian Socialist Caucus (LSC) Happy Hour
1314 9th St NW, , Washington, DC 20001 Follow link for details
Friday, February 7 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
DSA for Bernie Debate Watch Party
Penn Social 801 E St NW · Washington, DC
DSA for Bernie has a debate watch party
Saturday FEB 8 12:30 PM
DSA for Bernie Alexandria Canvass
King Street Station, 1900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22301
We only have ONE MONTH until Super Tuesday, and we need to make sure Virginia shows up for Bernie! Help us reach our goal of knocking 5,000 doors in Virginia during the month of February. We will be in Alexandria
Sunday FEB 9 3:00 PM
Metro DC DSA Monthly General Body Meeting -- Get Labor-literate!
Location TBA
The monthly meeting of the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America. Follow link for details
Tuesday FEB 11 7:00 PM
Steering Committee Meeting
Institute for Policy Studies, 1301 Connecticut Ave NW #600, Washington, DC 20036
All members are welcome to attend,
Tuesday FEB 11 7:00 PM
Migrant Justice Working Group: Campaign Planning Session
501 3rd St NW, 501 3rd St NW, Washington, DC 20001
As ICE detains and deports immigrants every day, they are helped by for-profit companies. These profiteers allow ICE to function. Follow link for details
Tuesday FEB 11 7:30 PM
New Hampshire Primary Watch Party
Penn Social, 801 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004 Join us on February 11 as we await the results of the New Hampshire Primary! Where do you want to be when those results come in? Make sure you’re surrounded by fellow socialists!
Thursday FEB 20 6:30 PM
Disability Justice Working Group
The Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC 20009
Planning and organizing meeting. Follow link for details
Thursday FEB 20 7:00 PM
NOVA Branch DSA 🌹 Organizing Meeting
Thomas Jefferson Library, 7415 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, VA 22042
Monthly NOVA DSA organizing and planning meeting. Follow link for details
Saturday FEB 22 12:30 PM
DSA for Bernie Canvass in Northern VA!
BERNIE NEEDS YOU – This canvass will be just TEN DAYS before Super Tuesday, and we need to do everything we can to make sure Virginia shows up for Bernie! Help us reach our goal of knocking 5,000 doors in Virginia during the month of February.
Tuesday FEB 25 7:00 PM
Steering Committee Meeting
Remote only meeting
Get Zoom info at Slack: # steering Follow link for details
Tuesday FEB 25 7:30 PM
DSA for Bernie 2/25 Debate Watch Party
Join us for the last Democratic debate of February! The SC primary will be right around the corner on the 29th, and Super Tuesday just after that. We always say the debates are ones not to miss, but this is REALLY one you do not want to miss.
Thursday, February 27, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Trumpism and All-American Nativism: Socialist Night School
Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library 4450 Wisconsin Ave NW · Washington, DC
It is often said that with the election of Donald Trump nativism was raised from the dead. But although his actions may often seem unprecedented, they are not as unusual as many people believe. Daniel Denvir, author of All-American Nativism: How the Bipartisan War on Immigrants Explains Politics as We Know It explains the long but often forgotten history that gave us Donald Trump. Follow link for details
Saturday FEB 29 12:30 PM
February 29 Get Out the Vote Canvass
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE to reach voters before Super Tuesday, and we need to do everything we can to make sure Virginia shows up for Bernie! Help us reach our goal of knocking 5,000 doors in Virginia by the end of February. We will be in canvassing in Virginia, location TBD Follow link for details
INFO ACCESS
PUBLICATIONS SCHEDULE: Updates for February will be sent Fridays, February 7, 14 and 21 and the March issue of the Washington Socialist will be sent Friday, February 28 with an article deadline of Saturday, Feb. 23. Send article submissions to [email protected]
FAQ
>How many newsletters, updates and articles have we published? Articles on what topics? Check our Index here.
>What does the MDC DSA local chapter do, week in and week out? See our working groups, caucuses and campaigns in the DMV here.
> What can I find out from MDC DSA Slack and how do I join?: Many of our campaigns, working groups and caucuses keep the conversation going between meetings on our MDC DSA Slack platform. If you are a DSA member in good standing and aren’t on our Slack you may not be getting the full picture about the rich array of activities suggested above in the chapter structure link. To get on Slack, use the email by which DSA knows you and request access from [email protected]