Hey folks! Hope you're doing alright and looking forward to our APRIL GENERAL MEETING this Saturday 4/22 at 12pm noon! Please note! We're changing venue and the meeting will now be at PARISH HALL (2533 Columbus Street).

This month, we'll be taking up our Electoral Strategy for 2023-2025. We'll be discussing the resolution that our Electoral Working group is putting forward for our convention in June, but we need your input! What races do we want to focus on? Where can socialists win in New Orleans? What do we need to get us there?

We'll also be voting on a resolution to authorize our Voter Guide to recommend against Sheriff Hutson's controversial millage proposal that would increase taxes to pay for prison improvements.

Finally, we're excited to announce that we'll be hearing from guest speaker Travis Bost from the University of Toronto on the topics of underdevelopment, asset-stripping, and elite power in New Orleans.

We'll need to hit quorum to make the official business official, so make sure to either be there in person, online, or get a proxy in advance. Zoom participants can register here. If you can't make it, you can ask for a proxy by emailing [email protected]. Please do so before Saturday's meeting. Check in on the chapter Slack for full resolution texts as well.

There will be free food and drinks, and it should be a great discussion. Hope to see you there!

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Here's what else is happening this week:

Political Education Reading Series "Remaking New Orleans" – Thursday, 4/20 at 7pm

Political education is essential to our work to build a socialist future. Come join us at Parish Hall (2533 Columbus Street) from 7:00-8:30 to discuss the book Remaking New Orleans. We will discuss Chapters 6, 11 and 12. You can download the PDF here. We will have food and drinks available! If you can't make it in person, you can Zoom into the meeting with this link.

Make Entergy Pay Campaign — Thursday, 4/20 at 7pm

Please join us online as we discuss how to take back control over our local power utility. It's sewer socialism for the 21st century, y'all! Join the call here at 7pm. We'll be discussing Entergy New Orleans' plans to jack up rates (again) to pay for the grid hardening we were promised for decades. How do we fight back? Join us!

Solidarity y'all — DSA New Orleans Local Council

New to DSA? Check out our chapter's new member resources here. If you've got any questions about how to get involved or the work our chapter is doing, give us a shout at [email protected].

Not yet a member? The most important tool that the working class has is organization. We're strong when we fight together. We have to build a durable, mass political organization to wield the kind of power we need to win real change in our society. If you aren't a dues-paying member of DSA yet, join today!

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