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DSA members are organizing to pass the PRO Act to win a Green New Deal.
Join our local planning meeting on Thursday, April 22nd at 8:00 PM to get involved in the effort to pass the PRO Act.
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Week of April 19, 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, and checking the calendar on the site for upcoming virtual events.
In solidarity, DSA-LA |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Pass the PRO Act Planning Meeting |
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Thursday, April 22 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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SAVE THE DATE - May Day March and Car Caravan |
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Saturday, May 1 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR THE MAY DAY MARCH AND CAR CARAVAN Join us this May Day as we celebrate the radicals who came before us, and all of the comrades in the international struggle today. We celebrate the workers who filled the streets to demand an 8-hour work day, the demonstrators who have marched against war and for immigrants’ rights, and all of the workers organizing during a global pandemic for safe working conditions, a living wage, and the right to form a union. Please remember to observe social distancing, wear a mask, and wear DSA gear! |
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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
West LA & Westwood Neighborhood Meeting
Downtown & Chinatown Neighborhood Meeting
Palms & Culver City Neighborhood Meeting
Koreatown / Westlake / Mid-Wilshire & Adjacent Neighborhood Meeting Council Subcommittee Meeting
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Restaurant Organizing Project Meeting |
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Monday, April 19 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
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Work in food service? Want to change the industry for the better? Join the Los Angeles local of DSA’s Restaurant Organizing Project! We meet every other Monday 2:30-3:30 to work on and discuss our ongoing projects and share resources to help food service workers organize their workplaces. |
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Political Education Committee Meeting |
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Monday, April 19 @ 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) April meeting |
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Monday, April 19 @ 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: Braiding Sweetgrass Part 1 |
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Tuesday, April 20 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Braiding Sweetgrass looks at the intersection between biology, society, and our connection to nature, seeking to use it to heal the rifts that have been created by wide-scale social forces, unlearning our hurtful mindsets, and healing ourselves in the process. The Mutual Aid Book Club is embarking upon this journey to challenge our own internalized colonialism, seeking to ask questions while walking, and facilitate the process of learning together as comrades. To aid in this process we’ve asked for guest facilitation from the IAF-FAI, and hope that we may learn from their lived wisdom as we learn to relate to all our comrades, both on two legs and four and many, to learn new ways to know and relate to the world around us–and finding solace between them all. For this week’s reading we’ll be going over the first two sections of the book, Planting Sweetgrass and Tending Sweetgrass. The book can be obtained digitally through Hoopla, where an audiobook is also available. If members are still having trouble obtaining a copy, feel free to reach out to mutual aid leadership at [email protected] to make sure you get a copy. 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 April Meeting! |
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Tuesday, April 20 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Hi friends! With California’s vaccination rollout mired in its own means-tested morass, we’re all still living in this purgatory state tinged with “three weeks before graduation” vibes. But get rid of those “living in limbo” blahs by Zooming into the IJC April meeting! We’re going to discuss some genuinely exciting things like plans to organize within LA’s immigrant communities and our May Day action! Hope to see you there! |
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Agit-Prop Committee Meeting |
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Thursday, April 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
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Want to contribute to to the cause? Love film and other types of media? Then come to our bi-weekly Agit-Prop Meeting! We’ll discuss all the latest projects we are working on as well as talk about new and upcoming projects! |
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Mutual Aid Skill-Share Subcommittee Meeting |
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Friday, April 23 @ 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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DSA 101 |
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Saturday, April 24 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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Are you new or newly returning to DSA? To Los Angeles? To the Left? Then join us for DSA 101! At this orientation, we’ll talk about what capitalism is, how it functions, and why socialism is ideologically opposed to it. Participants will also learn about the history of our organization and our chapter in particular, the current projects we’re working on, and how you can get involved. This is not a lecture, but a meeting for new and veteran organizers. We’re excited to chat with you! Preregistration for this event is required. After RSVPing, you will receive a confirmation email with the information on how to join this meeting prior to it’s start. |
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Art & Socialism: Screening of Ways of Seeing (1972) Part 1 |
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Saturday, April 24 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Art & Socialism is all about learning and discovering how media can exist within a socialist lens and how it can be reclaimed from capitalism. This week we’ll be taking a look at Part 1 of the incredible documentary series Ways of Seeing, based on the book by John Berger. It is a seminal text discussing the relationship between art and capital. After the screening we’ll have a group discussion as well as prep for the next part of the series. |
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Q&A: CalCare Office Hours |
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Sunday, April 25 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
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Join an interactive event to discuss AB1400 – CalCare! |
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