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Week of March 15, 2021 |
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The risk of exposure to COVID-19 is still very real.
We need to be extra vigilant and mitigate the risks of infection, particularly for those who are older or who have pre-existing conditions. For the sake of our collective health, please remember to wear a mask when you leave your home, practice social distancing, and wash your hands frequently. This pandemic has shown us that the health of one is the health of all so we all need to take responsibility for our common well-being.
There are some easy ways to safely stay connected to the chapter, such as: signing-up on the front page of our website to receive our weekly newsletter, checking the calendar on the site for upcoming virtual events, and joining DSA-LA’s Slack.
In solidarity, DSA-LA |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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🗣 DJ Needed this Saturday! 🎧 |
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🎧 🎧 🎧 We're looking for a DJ for this Saturday's Chapter Meeting (March 20th)! If you’re a DJ (or a performer of any kind!) and want to use your talents in DSA, please fill out the survey here. Thanks! 🎧 🎧 🎧 |
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Registration Required DSA-LA Chapter Meeting - March 2021
Meeting details, including voting information, available online now |
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Saturday, March 20 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Join members of DSA from across LA County to learn about current campaigns and to make important decisions together at our March Chapter Meeting! At our meeting next Saturday, members will have the opportunity to vote on 3 important proposals! You can register and view the proposals via the event page here You can submit a comment in advance of the meeting here You can read comments which have been submitted here If you have any questions about anything related to this meeting, please ask! Deadline to register for this event is Wednesday, March 17. Due to the fact that voting and debate will happen at this meeting, it will only be open to DSA-LA Members in Good Standing. If you are not sure about your membership status, please be sure to pay or renew dues by this coming Thursday, March 18th. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to confirm membership status for people who join after that date. |
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Anticapitalism for Artists - Weekend Series |
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The Hollywood Labor subcommittee of the Democratic Socialists of America, Los Angeles (DSA-LA) proudly invites you to “Anticapitalism for Artists!” Friday, March 19th
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CALENDAR |
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The following list is only a highlight of what's happening this week with DSA-LA. Please check out our online calendar for full list of committee meetings & chapter events! Be sure to also follow our Instagram & Twitter for real-time announcements and calls-to-action! |
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Neighborhood Meetings |
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All members are encouraged to attend their neighborhood meetings! You can meet socialists in your area for political education, mutual aid, and tenant organizing. Learn more about the Neighborhood Solidarity Program here. Mid-City, Pico-Union, Arlington Heights & Harvard Heights Neighborhood Meeting
Downtown & Chinatown Neighborhood Meeting
Neighborhood Solidarity Phone Bank – Central Branch
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Education Worker Circle Meeting |
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(TODAY) Monday, March 15 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
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This meeting will be held over Zoom. To RSVP and receive the Zoom link, click here. Education Workers Circle is a Labor Circle started in the Labor Committee aimed at creating a progressive-left space for teachers and workers in the K-12 and university environment. Join us as we talk more about building power in the workplace and our unions, from public and charter schools to the university campus. Anyone who works in a school or university campus interested in building worker power inside and outside the classroom is invited to join! |
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Political Education Committee Meeting |
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(TODAY) Monday, March 15 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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Join the Political Education Committee for our monthly administrative meeting. Help us plan for our upcoming events, including trainings, Night Schools, and more! |
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Social Service Workers for Empowerment and Liberation (SSWEL) March meeting |
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(TODAY) Monday, March 15 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Click here to RSVP, and receive Zoom details. |
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Mutual Aid Book Club: Indigenous Anarchic Hierarchy |
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Tuesday, March 16 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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For this Mutual Aid Book Club series, we are pre-screening this film: Kanehsatake: 270 Years Of Resistance, directed by Alanis Obomsawin. If you’d like to watch the film on your own or can’t make a screening time (tbd) you can watch the film here. Please RSVP to this event to get connection information. The Mutual Aid Book Club meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month. |
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Immigration Justice Committee’s March Meeting! |
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Tuesday, March 16 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Hi friends! March’s monthly meeting is just around the corner, and this month, we’ll be continuing to evaluate the projects we’ll be dedicating our time to in 2021, and in addition, we’ll be discussing Biden’s continuing deportations of black migrants. All IJC meetings are bilingual in Spanish and English! |
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Neighborhood Council Candidate School Session #5 |
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Wednesday, March 17 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
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So you’ve been elected or appointed: what do you do now that you’re in office? Learn how to use the city’s council file system, write a community impact statement, and demand action from your city officials. Presented by Electoral Politics Committee, Neighborhood Council Subcommittee. |
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Electoral Politics Committee Meeting |
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Thursday, March 18 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Join the Electoral Politics Committee for our bi-monthly meeting on Zoom. Remember: per committee bylaws, in order to sign electoral politics committee proposals and vote on proposals you must have attended a meeting in the last 3.5 months. We enforce this bylaw when proposals are presented and votes are taken to shape our electoral organizing work. |
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Mutual Aid Skill-Share Subcommittee Meeting |
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Friday, March 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
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The Mutual Aid Skill-Share Subcommittee is dedicated to giving our members a platform to share their skills and support each other with free resources. If you have a skill to share or want to help us encourage skill shares in your branch, neighborhood or committee, please join us! Please RSVP for meeting connection information. |
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PRO Act Relational Organizing Zoom Party |
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Friday, March 19 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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Click here to RSVP and receive Zoom details Join us Friday, March 19th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM as we call our friends / distant connections to attend our PRO Act Phonebanks! Our trainers will help you identify people in your life to recruit to phonebank. We’ll also give you talking points to convince people why it’s so essential for our US Senators to pass the PRO Act – to strengthen our unions & so we can pass the Green New Deal. |
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Mutual Aid’s Prisoner Outreach Solidarity Team |
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Sunday, March 21 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
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Join the Prisoner Outreach Solidarity Team (POST) this week to write birthday letters to political prisoners in the US. Every first and third Sunday POST gets together to learn a bit about the political prisoners whose birthdays are coming up, then we put on some music and write our letters. All are welcome! Please RSVP to this event for connection information. |
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