Friend --
Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign for President. As a result, our East Bay DSA independent campaign for Bernie is officially over. See East Bay DSA's official statement on the close of our campaign here <[link removed]>.
Despite this, our hard work won most of the East Bay for Bernie - a massive win, especially considering Bernie lost the East Bay in 2016. What did it take to help win the Bay for Bernie? To recap:
- In December 2018 we passed a resolution calling on Bernie to run.
- Since that time, we knocked on over 30,000 doors, and made over 5,000 positive identifications of Bernie voters.
- We had dozens of crowd canvasses, debate watch parties, fundraisers, and distributed canvasses.
- Over 730 people volunteered for the East Bay for DSA campaign including with our distributed canvassing program which hosted over 100 canvasses!
- We expanded our canvassing operation through the Build the Bay for Bernie campaign, going to different locations in the East Bay each weekend.
- We helped start 4 new Youth DSA chapters.
- Our Art team created banners, signs, and a beautiful Bernie Mobile to canvass the neighborhoods
- We raised over $12k and opened our new office!
In sum, we talked to tens of thousands of working-class people in the East Bay about Democratic Socialism and our vision for a better world. In an area with some of the highest rents and most extreme income inequality in the world, we brought in hundreds of people to socialist organizing and together took on the billionaire class.
Our movement for democratic socialism has grown so much stronger and will outlast the end of Bernie’s campaign. Now is the time to keep up the fight! Our chapter is about much more than the Bernie campaign, and here are some ways you should get involved right now:
- Join our Mobilizer program <[link removed]> to reach out to new members and volunteers.
- Join the East Bay DSA Virtual General Meeting <[link removed]> this Saturday at 1:00 to learn more about our chapter! Zoom link here <[link removed]>.
- If you haven’t already, join DSA <[link removed]>!
The pictures below help to capture the energy and enthusiasm for our campaign, which was the largest DSA for Bernie campaign in the country!
February 29, 2020 - Final Canvass for Bernie
East Bay DSA Office during the Bernie Campaign
March 3, 2020 - Protesting a Biden Appearance in Oakland
Bernie Mobile, used to canvass the neighborhoods
BART Canvass
In Solidarity,
East Bay DSA for Bernie <[link removed]>
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