Update:
The Labor Committee meets in-person on June 8, 2023 at 6pm in Organize Sacramento, 1714 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA.

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Hello Comrades! Take a look at what Sacramento DSA has in store this month and see how you can get involved.

Announcements

Read through the announcements and learn about any updates or requests to the General Membership.

Comms Standing Committee - first meeting!

Exciting announcement everyone: we are re-forming the Communications Standing Committee!

This group works on both internal and external communications, helping shape our relationships with the public and our members. We will support campaigns, craft messaging to promote our work, and engage our community. This is an amazing opportunity to get involved in impactful work, and a great way to get engaged for members less comfortable with in-person campaign work like canvassing. Our first meeting will be June 27 at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom.

Local Convention Planning Group

Do you want to get more involved with the Chapter and don't know how?

Are you organized and detailed-oriented? Do you like creating programs and schedules?

Be part of the Local Convention planning group!

Local Conventions are the "highest deliberative body of the Local to amend its structure and decide the political priorities of the Local between Local Conventions".

A lot of planning and work goes into planning a Local Convention and it takes a village to make this happen.

If you are interested, please get in contact with a Steering Committee member or email [email protected] for more information!

Enter in a raffle by completing our Conflict Skills Survey!

What Is It:

The goal of this survey is to help identify member's greatest barriers to participation in the chapter and sources of chapter conflict in order to guide the efforts of the newly formed conflict navigation working working group.

Survey URL:
https://forms.gle/MJxxsJx6Cx7mF2i77

Raffle Details:

- Must enter contact information to be entered in the raffle.

- The earlier you fill out the survey the more chances you have to win!

- After first 80 responses, participants are entered in raffle for two $10 gift cards

- After 160 responses, all participants who haven't yet won are entered in raffle for a 1 year Jacobin subscription

- After 200 responses all participants who haven't won are entered in to raffle of Vivek Chibber's "Confronting Capitalism" and Kate Aranoff's "A Planet to Win."

- If we reach 300 responses we will have a special surprise raffle.

Interested writing a blog post?

Do you feel passionate about a certain leftist topic? How about current events? Are you a good writer? If you answered yes, we would love to host your writing on our Sacramento DSA blog located on our website!

Our last entry is a few years ago, so we are hungry for new leftist content to display.

If interested, please email Chapter Secretary, Jessie, at [email protected].

Upcoming Sacramento DSA Events

Events are a great way to plug into the spirit and culture of Sacramento DSA. Subscribe to our Google Calendar here. Feel free to join your fellow socialists in the upcoming event(s) below. Hope to see you there! 🌹

Mutual Aid Committee >> Bi-Weekly Distribution >>

Monday, June 12, 2023 5:30-7pm, and
Monday, June 26, 2023 5:30-7pm
Cesar Chavez Park

Join the Mutual Aid Committee for our next Mutual Aid Monday meal & supply distribution! We meet at the corner of 10th & I st. at Cesar Chavez Park. Come find out what we're all about and how you can get involved! We have a variety of ways for you to help out in person.

Ongoing donations needed: tents (the larger, the better), sunscreen, tarps, bug spray/wipes, gently used clean/new bedding, gently used clothing & shoes for all adult sizes & genders, clean socks, underwear (all sizes & genders--especially larger sizes), deodorant, dry shampoo, baby powder (travel-sized please), self-defense tools, menstrual products, lotion, hair care products for all types of hair, floss, dog supplies, and more. We also go out to encampments from time to time and could always use help if that better fits your availability/capacity.

Can't make it out to distributions but want to support? You can make an ongoing donation here.

Email us if you have any questions or would like help coordinating a donation: [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you out there!

-The Mutual Aid Committee 🌹

New Member Orientation >>

On Saturday June 3rd and Saturday June 10th, Sac DSA will be welcoming new members to the chapter.

NOTE: All members are welcome to attend.

This orientation is broken up into two parts:

In session 1 (June 3rd) we will learn about the history of DSA, our chapter, and our current campaigns and committees.
In Session 2 (June 10th) we will learn some basic organizing tactics and more about DSA's overall strategy.

Come through if you are new to Sac DSA or just want to refresh your organizing skills. We encourage members who choose to attend to come to both sessions if they can. We look forward to seeing you comrades!

Mutual Aid Committee >> Beer & Roses >>

Friday, June 9, 2023 7:00pm-10:15pm
Drake's: The Barn

985 Riverfront St, West Sacramento, CA 95691

We're hosting Beer and Roses this June 9th! Join our mutual aid comrades to discuss upcoming mutual aid drives and much more!

SocEd & Labor Committees >> Sacramento Labor Rising >>

Thursday, June 22, 2023, 7:00pm-9:00pm

Sierra 2 Center, Room 10

2791 24th St, Sacramento, CA 95818

From Starbucks workers to teachers, working people across the country have been standing up with a renewed sense of urgency to fight for what is rightfully ours. Join us on June 22nd to connect with workers organizing in the Sacramento region, hear inspiring stories from recent worker's struggles, and get involved in DSA's campaign to support UPS worker's strike this August.

Upcoming Committee and Working Group Meetings

Committees and working groups drive much of the energy in Sacramento DSA. Learn more about our Committees on our Sacramento DSA website here. Then feel free to join any of the upcoming Committee meetings below. We are hope to see you in an upcoming meeting soon! 🌹