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Our next chapter-wide branch meetings are set for Saturday, September 14th, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. This is our first assembly as a chapter since our national convention in Atlanta, so we’ll take some time to learn about the national priorities that were decided on there with our chapter’s delegates and discuss how to implement them together. 

Join us to learn more about how we can build a stronger socialist movement in Los Angeles! RSVP for the Central, Valley, and Westside branch meetings today.

And if you’re new to DSA-LA, would like to meet a few new comrades, and want to plug into our work, sign up for a New Member Meet & Greet, for the half hour before the branch meetings start. RSVP for the Central, Valley, and Westside.

If you’re the guardian of a little one, you can also RSVP for Child Watch if you’d like to engage in the meeting a bit more independently. We have volunteers, toys and activities, and a whole little setup at all three of our branch meetings so the child that you’re caring for will have fun, companionship, and supervision while you’re perhaps more free to participate in the meeting. And alternatively: kids are more than welcome to join their guardians in our meetings! Have them sit with you if it’s best, DSA is kid-friendly. :)

And if you’d like to get involved in our Child Watch project, or you’re a returning volunteer and want to help at any of the branch meetings above, Click here!

SAVE THE DATE: LOCAL CONVENTION, OCTOBER 19th

Speaking of conventions! Our own local convention representing DSA across Los Angeles County will take place on October 19th at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Koreatown. Be sure to mark your calendars so you can join literally hundreds of socialist Angelenos as we decide on our chapter’s priorities for the upcoming year. For more information, check out our convention webpage, and stay tuned for more information on proposed resolutions, trainings on Robert’s Rules, and other parliamentary fun.

Please note! It’ll also be essential for 20 percent of our membership to join us at convention so that we meet quorum! So if you are brand new to DSA-LA, or you've been in the organization since before its big membership boom, RSVP for Convention! 

If you need to pay National Dues so that you can vote at DSA-LA's convention, then join today at THIS LINK and RSVP for Convention! 

And if our national dues are too steep for you right now, we understand, so in response we've created our special Comrades for Comrades program, which sponsors new comrades’ dues. If you’re having difficulty paying dues at this moment: check out Comrades for Comrades! And then, we implore you, RSVP for Convention!

STATE SENATOR PORTANTINO: VOTE YES ON #AB1482 THIS WEEK

This week, State Sen. Anthony Portantino, who is the Chair of the State Senate Appropriations committee, will decide whether or not to support the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, AB 1482.  We need your help to get this bill out of his committee in order to pass!

This bill will protect millions of Californians from homelessness by prohibiting rent-gouging and unjust evictions. The bill limits allowable rent increases to under 10% per year for multi-family buildings more than 15 years old and single family homes owned by large corporations. It would require landlords to provide a just reason for eviction. If this bill doesn’t pass, corporate landlords like Blackstone will continue to force California tenants out of their homes with gigantic rent increases. If the bill does pass, millions of California renters could be protected from dangerous rent gouging and unjust evictions.

Please call Sen. Portantino at (626) 577-9944 and let him know where you stand.

You can also connect with him on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

BACK TO SCHOOL w/ DSA-LA

School's back in session for comrades of all ages as we’re proud to announce the return of our socialist evening study series, A Class on Class! This fall we’ll be covering imperialism and the many ways it manifests internationally and domestically. A full reader and details on how to register the study series will be coming this week, so keep an eye out for more info in your inbox.

We’ll also be hosting some great speakers coming to LA this September. First up:

• September 14th: Help kick off our Class on Class with leftist historian and activist Max Elbaum, who will be joining us to discuss his new book, Revolution in the Air, which covers 1960s radicalism and the anti-imperialist projects of the New Communist Movement. This talk will take place immediately before our next Central branch meeting, so come early to join in on the dialogue. You can see more information and RSVP on our calendar, as well as find sample readings from the book here and here. 

We hope to see you back in class this fall! 

DSA-LA for BERNIE LEADERSHIP NOMINATIONS

We’re currently filling out the leadership of our Bernie 2020 Campaign Working Group and we want you to throw your hat in the ring!

The positions are:

• Co-Chairs (2)
• Agit Prop Coordinators (3)
• Canvas Leaders (6-9)
• Financial Compliance Officer (1)
• Membership Director (1)
• Press Secretary (1)
• Policy Committee Member (1 per issue)
• YDSA Representative (1)

If any of these positions pique your interest, just fill out this form here. The only requirement is a passion for democratic socialism and for Bernie to be the President! If you know of anyone with skills that would be a good fit for these roles, please pass this along. We’re looking to fill these positions as soon as possible, so apply today.

GIVE RED, A BLOOD DRIVE FOR THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL LA

Our next Give Red blood drive, benefiting the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, will be held Saturday, September 7th. But we actually need to give the hospital at least a week’s notice that we’ll be coming as a group, so if you're available on Saturday the 7th anytime from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and you’d like to help out, please RSVP by this Thursday, August 29th!

FINALLY: WE PUT SOME MERCH ON OUR SITE!

Show your solidarity and look cool at the same time with either (or both!) of our two excellent, union-made, DSA-LA T-shirts available for purchase on our site now. 

We also have limited posters from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Los Angeles People’s Fundraiser w/ DSA-LA last year. Designed by Seen Studio, union-printed by Mitchell in LA. There aren't that many of these left, get a piece of socialist history!

Pick-up is currently only available for T-shirts and AOC @ DSA-LA prints at our upcoming chapter meetings. So order today, and pick up in person at your local branch meeting on September 14th. https://www.dsa-la.org/merch

THIS WEEK AT DSA-LA:

Tuesday, August 27th

6:00 p.m: Marshal Training w/ Red Rabbits NYC, RSVP

Wednesday, August 28th

4:00 p.m: #JackieLaceyMustGo w/ BLM-LA, other allies, RSVP

7:00 p.m: Healthcare Committee Meeting, RSVP

7:00 p.m: Political Education Committee Happy Hour, RSVP

7:30 p.m: Climate Justice, Utilities Strategy Working Group Mtg. RSVP

Thursday, August 29th

2:00 p.m: RSVP Deadline: Give Red: CHLA Blood Drive on 9/7, RSVP

7:00 p.m: AgitProp Committee Meeting, RSVP

7:00 p.m: NOlympics Working Group Meeting, RSVP

7:00 p.m: Electoral Politics Committee Working Session: Committee Endorsement Process: RSVP

Saturday, August 31st

12:00 p.m: Street Watch LA Training, RSVP

1:00 p.m: Street Watch LA Meeting, RSVP

Sunday, September 1st 

2:30 - 8 p.m: Solidarity w/ Food Not Bombs LA: RSVP

Solidarity Forever! 🌹

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