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Hi Everyone,
This Saturday, we will be holding our November General Meeting. The General Meeting is the most important meeting we hold each month - it's the highest decision making body in the whole chapter. This is where we all come together to make collective decisions about how to proceed - what kind of work we should take on, how we should structure ourselves, what our political values should be. If you can only make one DSA meeting each month, you should come to this one and make your voice heard!
DSA New Orleans continues it's fight in solidarity with public library workers and coalition partners to push for a No vote on Proposition #2 of the December 5th vote. We're making quick progress with support from organized labor and community partners. The Save Our Libraries coalition is a diverse group of librarians, unions, parents, activists and concerned citizens. Even with this coalition growing every day, we still need all hands on deck to spread the word about this millage that threatens to cut 40% of the libraries' funding, a cut that would be sure to result in layoffs. There are a wide variety of ways to be involved that you can find here.
Luckily for us, we are growing at a record pace. DSA recently completed it's first national and intentional recruitment drive. From October 1st through November 11th, DSA surpassed our goal of adding 10,000 new members. 12,941 new members joined DSA, and another 2,015 lapsed members renewed their dues. New Orleans DSA was the number one recruiting chapter in the entire country by percentage with 163 referred new members! That was 379.1% of our overall goal! We're proud of everyone who participated and excited for everyone who joined!
Considering our massive boost in membership, we want to check in to make sure that our General Meeting time is accessible. If you have input, you can fill out this form.
Solidarity,
DSA New Orleans Local Council
P.S. New to DSA? Check out our chapter's new member resources here. You can also always email [email protected] with questions about how to get involved or about the work our chapter is doing.
P.P.S. Not yet a member? The most important tool that the working class has is organization. We're strong when we fight together. We have to build a durable, mass political organization to wield the kind of power we need to win real change in our society. If you aren't a dues-paying member of DSA yet, join here!
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New Orleans DSA Upcoming Events Worker Power Louisiana. Interested in workplace organizing or learning about the history of organized labor in the South? Join our labor committee, Worker Power Louisiana, on their biweekly calls. Register for this meeting here., November 17th @ 6:30 PM.
Direct Service Committee: Mutual Aid + Neighborhood Organizing. Every other Wednesday, our Direct Service Committee will be meeting to discuss ongoing mutual aid and neighborhood organizing projects, including our Brake Light Clinics. Everyone is welcome to join! Register for the meeting here. Wednesday, November 18th @ 6:30 PM. DSA Free Food Distribution. Come join us every Friday afternoon just outside the Southern Rep theater in MidCity to distribute food, register folks to vote, and offer information about the DSA! Or come to pick up a meal! Drive through or walk up, because there is such a thing as free lunch under socialism. 2541 Bayou Rd. Friday, November 20th from 4 PM to 7 PM.
October General Meeting. Not sure where to plug in to our organizing? New to DSA? Have you heard about us but not sure what we are about? This is our monthly General Meeting, which is the largest convening of our chapter membership each month. We'll get updates about ongoing campaigns and projects. We'll hear from our coalition partners on what they're working on, and we'll make collective decisions about the direction of our chapter. Come and make your voice heard! Register for the call here. Saturday, November 21st @ 2 PM.
Political Education Planning Call. Whether you're new to DSA or have been around for years, one thing's for sure: the learning never stops! Join us to help develop a political education program for the chapter so we can better apply lessons from history and theory to our contemporary lives and organizing work (and vice-versa!). Register for this recurring call here. Sunday, November 22nd @ 11 AM.
BIPOC Caucus Meeting. Monday, November 23rd @ 5:30 PM
Join other black and brown folks to discuss organizing and politics in an exclusively POC space. Register for the call here.
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National DSA Upcoming Events
Workplace Organizer Training Program: Mapping and Charting a WorkplaceJoin the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) for our five-session organizer training program, designed for people interested in joining a union, addressing safety or equality issues at work, or just learning more about labor! No previous experience required! ***Make sure to register for each session separately.*** These sessions are on Wednesday evenings, 7-8:30pm CST DSA Q&A With Briahna Joy Gray and Virgil Texas Thursday November 19th 7pm CST Interested in DSA but haven’t joined yet? Looking to get involved in the fights to stop evictions, win Medicare for All, or defund the police, but unsure how to get started? Frustrated with the limited possibilities of national, top-down politics and looking for an alternative? Join DSA leaders from across the country to talk about how organizing as socialists and engaging in mass, bottom-up movement struggle is the best path forward to winning our demands and building a better future, together.
The Spirit Of Black Radical Traditions
The spirit of black radical traditions, at their best, can turn the world upside down and help usher in a political economy of dignity, voice, and decision-making power for working-class communities. Liberationist streams of black radical spirituality are as contemporary as Alice Walker’s call for democratic socialist womanism, as old as Reverend George Washington Woodbey’s Black Baptist socialism and beyond. Thursday November 19th 6:30pm CST
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