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.

Updated Website!

We finally have an updated website, with the help of the National Tech Committee from national DSA! It now has a working event calendar page ;) The URL is the same but you can access it below.

New Website

Wanted: CA-DSA Delegates

Over the past few years, DSA has made major strides organizing across chapters at the state-wide level. Last year, Sacramento DSA joined a supermajority of other California DSA chapters to scale up that work by voting to form a new statewide organization.

Sacramento DSA will elect three delegates and at least one alternate, this number is based on our general membership.

Sacramento DSA Delegates will serve 1-year terms. The three winning candidates will become delegates, and runners-up(s) may serve as alternate delegate(s). If there are too few nominees, then it is the responsibility of the board to appoint alternates.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 11:59pm.

Submit your Candidacy Here

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!

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, August 07, 2023 5:30-7pm, and
Monday, August 21, 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 🌹

Electoral Committee >> Happy Hour with Katie Valenzuela!

Wednesday, August 09, 2023, 6:00pm
Porchlight Brewing Company

866 57th St, Sacramento, CA 95819

Join Councilmember Katie Valenzuela for a casual happy hour event! You'll meet neighbors and campaign supporters while enjoying one of East Sacramento's great gathering places.

Each ticket includes a drink token. All proceeds benefit Katie's reelection campaign. Food will be available for purchase from a local food truck.

Questions? Email us at [email protected]

Reserve Your Ticket Here

Beyond Walls Film Screening

Friday, August 25, 2023

Southside Park

2115 6th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818

Community, we invite you to join us for a community film screening and conversation about Beyond Walls, a collection of short documentaries that examine prison abolition from a wide range of perspectives with the hope of inspiring people to imagine and take action toward a world invested in community and not punitive practices.

Beyond Walls is an organizing initiative that uses documentary films to define and amplify what prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition means, and inspires people to imagine and take action toward a world without policing. Beyond a goal of simply changing hearts and minds, these five short films empower communities with concrete tools and actions they can take to help create a world without police and prisons."

The event is co-hosted by Decarcerate Sacramento, a local grassroots organization working to prevent jail expansions, decrease jail populations, and shift county funds away from policing and incarceration towards community-based systems of care that promote community safety and health.

Please join us for appetizers, dinner, social mixer, film screening, and a brief discussion.

NOTE: This event will be outdoors in a park, and we ask that you please bring your own chair, blanket, or whatever seating you will be most comfortable in!

Please reach out to us at [email protected] with any accessibility needs in advance, and we will do our best to accommodate.

For those who want to continue building towards a world without prisons and police, there will be resources available on how to get involved and take action in the community, as well as organizations who can answer questions. Learn more about Beyond Walls: bit.ly/Beyond-Walls Beyond Walls was curated by Center for Political Education, Critical Resistance, MPD150, and Survived + Punished.

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! 🌹