Update: Voting Begins For Special Election

To Seat A New Chapter Organizer

Last month, one of our four elected organizers stepped down from the SacDSA Steering Committee and the vacancy must be filled ASAP.

Nominations were collected via email, Slack, and general inquiries and we now have 3 candidates to choose from.  The winner will be seated on the chapter's steering committee and assume all responsibilities of the organizer position until the annual chapter elections in November 2025.

Ballots will be sent to members via Opavote shortly after this email and voting will end Saturday, May 10th at 11:59 PM.  No late ballots will be counted or accepted.

Only SacDSA members in good standing may participate and vote in this election!

If you are a DSA member but do not receive a ballot soon after this email, it means your dues have lapsed and it's time to renew.  Go to dsausa.org/join to renew your dues, then send us proof of your renewal and we will send you a ballot.

Each candidate provided a brief statement.  You can read more about your candidates below.

Best of luck to all candidates, we appreciate you for stepping up.  Happy voting, SacDSA! :-)

 I’m running because I was asked to. When I first joined DSA back in 2021 I was being a pain in the ass and asking the same question to all of our most active folks: what are we actually doing to create a multi-racial working class movement? I got a mixed bag of answers. I became the RSC co-chair, not knowing jack shit about organizing, and got to it.

Now, after being a labor organizer for going on three years, working on multiple union campaigns, and winning one, I want to help guide the new co-chairs and continue the project that drew me to the DSA in the first place. Creating a multi-racial working class movement. I will give everything I can to this project, as the elected organizer or not.

I'm running for the Organizing position on the Steering Committee to help improve member engagement. My immediate focus will be on the following:

1. Membership Onboarding & Integration

 2. Leadership Development Pipeline

3. Meeting and Event Optimization

4. Communications Ecosystem Development

To whom it may concern,

My name is Joshua Daniel and I am running for the Organizing officer position of our Sacramento DSA chapter. I am currently working at my family company helping operations where needed and am also a student at Sacramento State. I am very motivated to seize this moment of political awareness that has captured our neighbors. Making change that truly meets the needs of the people, is sustainable, and is protective of our collective humanity in a world where it's always at risk of being cast aside in the name of expansion and profit.

I was born in Los Angeles to an immigrant father and my mother who was born in the U.S. to her Immigrant parents. My Grandfather worked hard to set a strong foundation for us and made a successful family business. The 2024 presidential election made me see the lack of competence and political will in the Democratic party. After the total defeat of what is supposed to be a xxxxxx against oppression, I found people in Sacramento who want to organize and be that xxxxxx for themselves. I joined a BDS working group and that working group led me to be introduced to the BCLI Training by Organize Sacramento. Talking to our members about their needs, their stories, and their fights is crucial to making them feel confident in fighting for a socialist future. In my work with individuals and organizations, I aim to prioritize the individual’s own personal understanding of their conditions and capabilities. I believe the personal journey is inexorably intertwined with the ability to analyze the powers and systems that dominate our lives. I have a lot of energy, ambition, and determination to form a widespread coalition across the nation that can fight the battles that need to be fought. I’m tired of being told that “we can’t do anything about what the government does”. I want to give whatever I can to bring about a better world for not just my neighbors but all people around the world that are harmed by the callous systems who have seized our collective humanity. 

I hope through my actions as an elected Organizing Officer I can bring in and prepare new members and old, to tackle the issues that face each of our communities. There is a feeling of helplessness pervading my neck of the woods. I feel my neighbors yearn for better conditions but can’t communicate how that could come about. They hunker down, say they need to just work harder for a bigger paycheck, then all will be fine. Accepting assistance is seen as an indication of personal failure. I want to bring power in organizing areas that hold some of the most beautiful and kind souls who know what hard work is. I want to be a part of empowering those who have been abused then abandoned by a profit seeking system that gets more excited at public-private partnerships than community welfare. I want to assist in bringing about a new era for Americans, an era that is defined by humanity, art, ecology, and meaningful lives. 

We are in dire need of more communities that can keep each other safe. 

Thank you for your consideration,

Joshua Daniel