Newly Elected Leadership, Ongoing Efforts, and other updates for June, 2023.
Hello Comrades!
This email is your guide to all the updates, events, and information that Phoenix DSA has to offer for the summer of '23.
Today, we will meet our chapter's newly elected leadership and delegates to this year's DSA National Convention, discuss chapter efforts in support of the national Strike Ready campaign, announce upcoming events, and more!
Phoenix DSA's 2023-24 Executive Committee
On May 27, 2023, the Phoenix Chapter of the DSA held its yearly General Meeting and elected six members in good standing to lead the chapter on the Executive Committee for one year.
To read the pre-election candidate statements submitted by any of your new Executive Committee members, please click on their name or their picture!
"DSA is at a turning point. After the explosive growth following Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign and the subsequent election of Trump, DSA has been losing members, struggling to obtain wins through priority campaigns, and finding itself increasingly abandoned by the elected officials it helped put into office.
Despite this, DSA remains a sizable, membership-based, democratic organization with real life to it. DSA remains the best place for socialists in the US to organize. Through national and local challenges, our chapter still stands more than 400 members strong! But to fully access this amazing potential, we must address political questions and material realities in a comradely, democratic manner, so that we may take action and build the chapter together!
That is why we joined as a slate and put forward a collective, agreed-upon vision for the chapter. Phoenix DSA will grow in influence and numbers by regularly engaging our membership, directly confronting the political questions that face our movement, and committing ourselves to the development of serious, sustained campaigns that will both develop and demonstrate our power.
Through these experiences, we can improve DSA and will position our chapter to fight for a socialist future!"
On May 27, 2023, at the Phoenix DSA's yearly General Meeting two members in good standing were elected to serve as the Mutual Aid Committee Chair and the Labor Committee Chair respectively. The members elected to serve as Committee Chairs are listed below. To read any newly elected Committee Chair's candidate statement, please click on their name!
Inactive committees did not hold elections for chair at this year's General Meeting, but they can do so upon reinstatement! If you're interested in getting involved with Phoenix DSA's committee work, JOIN THE DSA and reach out to [email protected] for more information.
Phoenix DSA's chapter delegates to the '23 DSA National Convention
On May 27, 2023, at the Phoenix DSA's yearly General Meeting, eight members in good standing were elected to serve as the chapter's delegates to the 2023 DSA National Convention, to be held from August 4 through August 6, 2023 in Chicago Illinois. The members elected to serve as national convention delegates are listed below. To read any delegate's candidate statement, please click on their name!
Congratulations to Nia Amazeen for her election to the role of Chapter Delegation Chair!
Staying STRIKE READY (Priority Campaign)
DSA Labor Solidarity Fundraiser!
On June 24, from 3:00pm until 5:00pm, Phoenix DSA will be at Tempe's Westside Multi-Generational Center rallying to raise money for the DSA Labor Solidarity Fund. This event is in preparation for the potential UPS strike which would start August 1st. We'll be in the large multi-purpose room (the senior center).
We are in the process of contacting members in good standing to talk about our STRIKE READY efforts and get everyone involved when possible! If you want to help build up our chapter and support the labor movement, please consider joining us at a virtual phonebank effort this month. More information will be made available on this topic soon, and if you have any questions or wish to get involved sooner, please reach out to [email protected] with your information and request.
Regular Meeting - June 17, 2023 (1:00-3:00pm)
This month's Regular Meeting is being held on Saturday, June 17 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. We will be introducing our new Executive Committee and Committee Chairs, hearing updates from our committees and voting on any resolutions submitted by members.
If you've made it this far, congratulations! You've done a communism. Way to go, champ.
But seriously, organizing for socialist policies in a "purple" state like Arizona can be exhausting. Burnout is real, and isolation only makes it worse. So if you're unionizing your workplace, writing ballot initiatives, preparing to run for office, supporting mutual aid efforts, or fighting for a socialist future, we have space for you. You are not alone!
If you have questions, comments, or ideas, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We're happy to help neighbors in need, and we're always excited to meet new comrades!
If you aren't a member, but you want to get involved, then JOIN THE DSA TODAY! Let us know that it's official by forwarding your welcome email to [email protected] once it arrives. We look forward to working together!
We hope to see you all at our June 24th Strike Ready Fundraiser! But in the meantime, have a great month and solidarity forever!
Quote of the Month:
"We will be victorious if we have not forgotten how to learn."
- Rosa Luxemburg: The Crisis in the German Social Democracy (1918)
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