🗓 What's Going On in August? 🗓
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Want to get more involved? Attend a committee meeting or upcoming event!
Looking for more events? See our monthly calendar! 📆
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🍽 Tickets Available for 2023 Douglass Debs Dinner 🍽
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Each year since our Atlanta DSA chapter formed in 2006–except for a two-year pandemic gap–we have invited Atlanta’s progressive community to our Douglass-Debs awards dinner, to help us honor outstanding role models and leaders, celebrate our accomplishments during the previous year, and enjoy an evening of comradeship. Last year’s dinner resumed this tradition with great success.
In keeping with our tribute to organized labor, we will host the 2023 Douglass-Debs Dinner in the IBEW Hall Auditorium at 153 Richardson Street SW in downtown Atlanta on Saturday, August 26, 2023.
This year, we plan to honor the contributions of:
- The Feminist Women’s Health Center, an abortion clinic fighting to keep its doors open while Georgia’s six-week ban remains in place
- WRFG-FM, Atlanta’s progressive noncommercial community radio station, which is celebrating its 50th year on the air.
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The dinner is a great opportunity to meet with other community activists and hear from inspiring speakers. Ticket sales and patron contributions will raise funds for our coalition partners, local community organizing, and labor union strike support. Reduced-cost tickets will be available for students and other low-income comrades.
For more information contact us at:
[email protected].
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Also, we look forward to celebrating Teamsters 728's impactful year as we are joined by guest speaker Elizabeth Laster, part time UPS package handler and Union Steward.
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🌹 General Meeting This Saturday! 🌹
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Join us for Atlanta DSA's monthly General Meeting this Saturday, August 19, 12pm – 3pm! We will hear the latest from our chapter's campaigns and committees, discuss current events in the chapter, and debate and vote on resolutions. All members are encouraged to attend!
This meeting will be held in person, with an informal potluck/social starting at NOON, and business running from 1:00-3:00 PM. So bring your favorite dish, and a friend that's curious about getting involved with DSA. We'll also be hearing from surprise guest speakers about a local labor organizing campaign!
We'll be at Communications Workers of America Local 3204 on 279 Logan St SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
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🌹 New Member Orientation: What Is ATL DSA? 🌹
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What is Atlanta DSA? Whether you just joined DSA, you’re a longtime member looking to get more involved, or you want to know whether DSA might be your political home, this info session and Q&A will be a chance to learn more about socialism and DSA and to get an overview of our chapter.
Join us to learn how you can get involved with fighting capitalism and building socialism in Metro Atlanta and beyond!
This event is happening Saturday, August 19, 12pm – 1pm at Communications Workers of America Local 3204 on 279 Logan St SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
Please email any questions or comments to [email protected].
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🎯August Workplace Roundtable🎯
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Ever thought about organizing your workplace, but don't know where to start? Join ATL DSA's labor committee for an in-person workplace roundtable at 711 Catherine St SW every third Monday of the month from 7:00-9:00 PM.
This roundtable will be an informal discussion on workplace organizing strategies, and what challenges people are facing in their own workplaces. Be prepared to introduce yourself, and share your experiences and advice with comrades on having workplace organizing conversations, strategies, and more! This event is open to members and non-members of all levels of experience!
This month, we will review Lesson 3 of Secrets of a Successful Organizer, which you can purchase at your next DSA event for $15. Sign up for the August Roundtable here.
Plus, in September, we're also hosting an official Labor Notes Secrets of a Successful Organizer Training Saturday Sept. 16 from 9AM-3:30PM. If you're a union member or actively organizing your workplace, sign up for the September training here:
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🌈March in the October Pride Parade!🌈
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March with us in the 2023 Atlanta Pride Parade on October 15 alongside the Atlanta-North Georgia Labor Council, United Campus Workers, and other unions! If you're an Atlanta DSA member, we want you there!
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✊ Make Green Jobs Good UNION Jobs! ✊
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Auto Workers are on the frontlines of the fight for a just transition, and the climate movement stands with them! Join the call on August 17 at 4:30 PT/6:30 CT/7:30 ET to learn more about the climate movement's stake in the United Auto Workers' (UAW's) union contract negotiations, including from UAW special guests! We'll also share how you can show up for workers during this defining moment in the clean energy transition. Hosted by the Labor Network for Sustainability.
Register today!
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🚗 Brake Light Clinic in South Cobb with Atlanta DSA 🚗
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Come volunteer with us September 2nd from 10am - 2pm at the Family Life Restoration Center in Mableton. We will be replacing brake lights for folks in our community free of charge. If you or someone you knows wants to volunteer or needs their lights replaced come and see us!!!
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✊ Support The Reproductive Freedom Act! ✊
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Atlanta DSA has officially joined Amplify Georgia’s Reproductive Freedom Act campaign. As a coalition member, we’ll continue our work to spread awareness and garner support from citizens and legislators for the RFA, which enshrines fundamental protections for reproductive freedom into Georgia law, repeals medically unnecessary and harmful abortion restrictions, and expands access to abortion care. If you haven’t already, please sign a petition of support for the RFA, here. To learn more about the Reproductive Freedom Act, read our article in the Red Clay Comrade, and be on the lookout for future actions around our work with the RFA Campaign.
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Atlanta DSA's Book Club explores a range of topics in socialist theory. In our biweekly meetings, we discuss big picture ideas about history, economics, and politics. This week we are reading "The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House" from Audre Lorde's Sister Outsider. Join us Thursday August 24th at 7 PM to join in the conversation. Hope to see you there!
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