Hey Comrades!

 

EARLY VOTING STARTS TODAY! We are excited to release our 2024 Voter Guide. Our chapter democratically debates and votes on any endorsements and recommendations that members propose.


🌹New Orleans DSA endorses🌹

  • Gabriela Biro – Orleans Parish School Board District 2
  • Devin Davis – U.S. Representative 2nd Congressional District

🌹New Orleans DSA recommends🌹

  • Mel Manuel – U.S. Representative 1st Congressional District
  • YES on Charter Amendment 1 (Workers’ Bill of Rights)
  • YES on Charter Amendment 2 (Housing Trust Fund)
  • NO on Lakeshore Crime Prevention District Proposition
  • NO on Mid-City Security District Proposition

We explain the difference between endorsements and recommendations in the appendix at the end of this guide.

Here's what's in this week's update:

VOLUNTEER FOR DEVIN DAVIS & GABRIELA BIRO!
Early voting is just around the corner, so we need to get out the vote for our endorsed members, Devin Davis & Gabriela Biro! Volunteer support can make a HUGE difference in these campaigns, and the more shifts we fill, the closer we come to victory.

Sign up here to work a Get Out the Vote shift for Devin Davis

Join Gabriela's WhatsApp group for volunteer updates here!

Canvasses are Saturday mornings in and around Gentilly. You can also message Gabriela in the chapter Slack!

FUNDRAISER:
STRIKE BACK! Make Entergy Pay + Below Sea Level Aid

Our Make Entergy Pay campaign & Below Sea Level Aid are hosting a night of music, costumes, tarot card readings, and an OPEN BAR for the early birds at Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal St.) to fundraise for our campaign's Entergy Survival Power Outage Kits & Resource Guide and BSLA's mutual aid programs. Come out and have fun for some good causes! $25 cover, 21+

Join us Sunday October 20th!

COMMUNITY EVENT:
ACAB Zine Fest

THIS SUNDAY, 10/20 FROM 11AM-7PM: Check out the New Orleans Art, Crafts, and Books Zinefest at the Fred Hampton Free Store (5523 St. Claude Ave.) for info distro, small press, print artists, music and more, then join Make Entergy Pay & Below Sea Level Aid for the STRIKE BACK! afterparty!

GENERAL MEETING:

10/26 -- Parish Hall and on Zoom at LINK, with discussions about building power on election day and Make Entergy Pay's campaign and Power Outage Resource Guide.

GENERAL MEETING QUALITY FEEDBACK SURVEY

If you've attended a General Meeting in person or virtually, please fill out our quality survey! Your Local Council is working to improve the quality and accessibility of our General Meetings and want everyone's voice to be heard.

 

Solidarity forever,

New Orleans DSA Local Council