What is Socialism? What is DSA?

Fall New Member Orientation

This Saturday, 11/8

2PM

Calling all new and prospective DSA members! Join Seattle DSA's Member Engagement Committee for an introduction to socialism and our DSA chapter.

After RSVPing, you will receive the Zoom link in your email.

This is the first in a series of three meetings for our Fall 2025 New Member Cohort - join us for all three to get to know the chapter, get an introduction to core concepts in socialist theory and organizing methods, and meet fellow members.

Don't forget to register for the second and third events in the series!

Meeting 2 - Theory and Practice Reading Group on Saturday, November 22 at 2 pm

Meeting 3 - Cohort Graduation Social on Saturday, December 6 at 2 pm

Free, Universal Childcare:

A Community Conversation

Please share with all the Seattle parents and childcare providers in your life!

Seattle Democratic Socialists of America wants to bring free, universal childcare to Seattle. We need help from Seattle parents and childcare workers to craft your ideal child care system, which will serve as the basis for our 2026 city-wide ballot initiative. Come to this event to share your experiences with the current of the childcare system in Seattle, and help us build something better.

Free childcare from a licensed provider will be available on-site, with fun activities and food provided!

Join us at one of three focus groups:

Central District

November 8th

10am-12pm

2300 E Yesler Wy, Seattle, WA 98122

Northgate

November 8th

3:30-5:30pm

10548 5th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98125

Rainier Beach

November 9th

10am-12pm

9125 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118

Rally Outside Starbucks Roastery!

Thurs Nov 13

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

1124 Pike St

92% of Starbucks Workers United union members have just voted to strike!

Join union members, community supporters, and Seattle DSA at this rally at the (closed) Capitol Hill Roastery at 1124 Pike St. The rally will start promptly at 4pm! Look for the Seattle DSA banner!

If you’re a union member, call your representative or shop steward and ask if your union banner will be at the rally! A show of solidarity and strength in Starbucks’ hometown will go a long way.

If you’d like to join Starbucks workers on the picket lines, sign up for our Strike Ready program here. Pickets will be rotating, so we’ll let you know where and when you can join the line, and other ways that you can support the strike!

Strike Ready for Starbucks workers!

In the past weeks, Starbucks has laid off nearly 1,000 workers in the Seattle area as part of a nationwide "restructuring." Union members aren't deterred: the company plans to spend $1 billion to revive its "coffeehouse feel" rather than negotiate in good faith with its workers. 92 percent of SBWU members have voted to authorize a strike to begin 11/13!

If you sign up and indicate that you want to join a picket line, we'll let you know where you can go to support them! Picket locations will be rotating, but we'll have the schedule to help you get to the location that works for you.

Bake Sale for the SBWU Strike Fund!

Sun Nov 23

10:30am
New Freeway Hall (5018 Rainier Ave S)
RSVP

Come buy some treats in support of Starbucks Workers United's strike fund! Cash and cards both accepted. Donations will go directly to the strike fund, no middle step.