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Week of June 7, 2021 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Should DSA-LA nominate Maikiko and Sydney to run for DSA's National Leadership? |
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DSA Los Angeles has had two members declare their interest in running for a seat on the National Political Committee (NPC), the highest decision-making body in our organization between conventions.
DSA-LA members can vote to nominate them to run using a ballot that has just been released and will appear in your inbox from "SurveyMonkey". Ballots will be accepted until 4pm on Sunday, June 13. If you do not see a ballot, please contact [email protected]
Note "Nomination should not be seen as an endorsement of a candidate or their politics, but as an affirmation that the member is active in the work of DSA and is constructive and comradely towards their fellow members."
RESOURCES
Also - This election is being facilitated through SurveyMonkey, and some members may have opted out of receiving emails from SurveyMonkey, causing ballots to automatically bounce. In order to opt back in and receive a ballot, please complete this form and then contact [email protected] |
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SAVE THE DATE: Branch Meetings |
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All 5 of our Branches will be hosting Branch meetings Saturday, June 19 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
We'll be discussing emancipatory organizing all across the county! All members should join to learn about the latest projects and opportunities to get involved and to meet other socialists. |
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Event Recording: "Local Chapter, National Org: How does DSA Los Angeles fit into the overall vision of DSA?" |
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If you couldn't make it to Saturday's event, you can still watch a recording and hear from some great speakers.
"Learn about the national dimension of our local organization, hearing from speakers involved in national work. We’ll also have speaking and Q&A time with a few local members who are seeking the chapter’s endorsement to run for National Political Committee." |
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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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Healthcare Justice Committee Meeting |
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(TODAY) Monday, June 7 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Please RSVP HERE to join us for our June Healthcare Justice Committee meeting! We’ll be discussing updates on our 2021 priorities, including passing AB 1400, reproductive justice actions, and educational events centering health equity. |
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Mutual Aid Skill-Share Subcommittee Meeting |
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(TODAY) Monday, June 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 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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Labor Committee June General Meeting |
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Wednesday, June 9 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Join us on Wednesday, June 9th at 7:00 PM for our monthly Labor Committee meeting. We will be discussing workplace organizing, the labor movement, and opportunities for DSA members to organize and build worker power.
The core of DSA-LA’s labor work is our Labor Circles program. If you are interested in joining a Labor Circle or forming a new Circle, you can begin by filling out the Socialist Workplace Survey. The survey will help us map where we are in LA’s economy and identify where we have workplace, industry and union membership densities to organize around. Take a minute and fill out the Socialist Workplace Survey today! |
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Westside Branch-Building Phonebank – New Member Outreach |
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Thursday, June 10 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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Westside comrades – join Westside Branch Coordinators, Captains, and Neighborhood Organizers for a phonebank dedicated to reaching out to all new members in our growing branch to connect them to DSA-LA’s Neighborhood Solidarity Program. We’ll be getting in touch with new Westside members to learn about their (and their neighbors’) housing situations during the crisis and opportunities for neighborhood-specific mutual aid organizing – and we’ll be connecting them to ongoing hyperlocal organizing in their area. If you’ve never phonebanked before, no worries! This hosted phonebank is a great way to get involved in our branch’s work, and there will be time built in to walk comrades through the script and the overall process, step-by-step. Join us to make calls designed to build working class power, block by block on the Westside. ✊ |
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SFV Branch Community & Trust Building Session 7: Graduating, Reflections, Evaluation, Closing |
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Saturday, June 12 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm |
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Do you live, work, or play in the San Fernando Valley? Join us for the next session of our Community and Trust Building series for the SFV Branch! Old or new members, all are welcome! Getting to know each other a bit, building trust, and recognizing our own strengths and weaknesses in movement building can help us be better organizers and stronger as a community. This session we will be discussing communication styles, talents, and gifts. Any SFV Branch member can join for any of the sessions they wish to be a part of! After you RSVP, you will be emailed the information to join. All sessions will be held in English, with ASL interpretation available upon request. Please email [email protected] at least 3 days in advance to request ASL interpretation or for any other accessibility requests. |
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Mutual Aid’s Rules & Roberts Robert’s Rules Training |
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Saturday, June 12 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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The Mutual Aid Committee is bringing back our parliamentary decision-making training, based on Paolo Pedercini’s RULES AND ROBERTS, a democratic role-playing game for 3-3000 people that uses Robert’s Rules of Order as its base. This 3-hour campaign will give you a fun, fresh, and enjoyable introduction to the sometimes-confusing system of parliamentary process that we use both in the Mutual Aid Committee, and in DSA-LA in general.
If you’re interested in participating, please make sure to check out the rulebook here, and fill out the (quick!) character sheet, to prepare for your JOURNEY into the LAND of PARLIAMENTARY FANTASY, which RESEMBLES but is LEGALLY DISTINCT FROM other POPULAR ROLE-PLAYING GAMES. |
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Coastal Areas Neighborhood Meeting |
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Sunday, June 13 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
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Neighborhood Meetings are part of DSA-LA’s Neighborhood Solidarity Program—our chapter’s campaign to strengthen and grow socialist organization by uniting with our neighbors through tenant organizing, mutual aid work, and political study. This and all other Coastal Areas Neighborhood Meetings are open to new and long-time comrades who live in the range of coastal cities and areas, including: Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey, Playa Del Rey, Playa Vista, Del Rey, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Malibu, Topanga, and the Pacific Palisades. Our third Coastal Areas Neighborhood Meeting will build on discussions and projects outlined in our previous meetings, including organizing work in solidarity with Street Watch in Venice and Mar Vista. Our study topic for this meeting will be Socialist Struggles for Decommodified Public Goods. Totaling ~20 pages, the following set of recommended excerpts and articles provide a foundation for interactive discussion: Labour Wants to Free Us From the Market, by Thomas Hanna / Saoirse Gowen (Jacobin Magazine, 2019) This piece goes over decommodification through the lens of government intervention and how universal programs—specifically the NHS—can be used to take public goods out of the market. Decolonial Feminist Economics: A Necessary View for Strengthening Social and Popular Economy by Natalia Quiroga Diaz (Viewpoint Magazine, 2015) Along with presenting some different forms and features of solidarity/popular economies, the reading contextualizes them with examples from South America focusing on a decolonial and feminist perspective. Seven Ways to Build the Solidarity Economy — by Emily Kawano (Open Democracy, 2018) A brief explanation of some ways individuals can foster a solidarity economy. |
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Fearless Cities Workshop 2 of 4 |
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Sunday, June 13 @ 7:00 pm |
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Come learn about socialist municipal politics across the world in our Fearless Cities Workshop. We’ll meet every at 7pm. every Sunday in June to read Fearless Cities. We’ll discuss how we can bring anti-capitalist, mass-democratic politics to our neighborhoods.
In night 2, we’ll discuss pages 40-70. Here’s our study guide. |
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