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Week of August 2, 2021 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Update from Steering Committee regarding vacant at-large steering seat: |
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Steering has reviewed the list of candidates in the context of our workplan for the remainder of the year. Given the current focus on national convention and the imminent shift to work on local convention in October, we believe that the timeline for onboarding a new member of Steering would be too compressed to prepare them to meaningfully take on major chapter responsibilities. We appreciate the interest in building out our chapter infrastructure and processes and encourage members who are interested in leadership to consider running for an elected position for the 2022 calendar year. We also encourage members who are interested in supporting the chapter to fill out the skills survey 2 to work with AdCom on supporting Steering with various chapter projects.
On Tuesday, 17 August, Steering will hold an open house meeting open to all members interested in learning more about how Steering runs its weekly meetings, what’s discussed, and how we make decisions. More information will be shared with members as we get closer to the date.
Thank you and solidarity. |
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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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Night Out for Safety and Liberation at El Serano Community Gardens |
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(TODAY) Tuesday, August 3 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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El Sereno For All presents Night Out for Safety and Liberation is an alternative to the police-run national #NightOut where we come together to reimagine what #SafetyIs outside of prisons and policing. When we care for our communities, we all grow.
GET YOUR FREE TICKETS at https://nosl21.eventbrite.com.
DATE: Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 TIME: 6:00 – 9:00 PM LOCATION: EL SERENO COMMUNITY GARDEN, 5466 Huntington Drive El Sereno, Los Angeles CA 90032
Agenda: 6:00 – 6:30 PM: DINNER 6:30 – 7:00 PM: SPEAKERS 7:00 – 8:00 PM: DISCUSSION GROUPS 8:00 – 8:30 PM: REPORTBACK 8:30 – 9:00 PM: CLEANUP
Speakers include: – MELINA ABDULLAH, Professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA and Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles – VALERIE VARGAS, aunt of Anthony Daniel Vargas who was murdered by Los Angeles Sheriff Deputies – CELIA PEREZ, transgender advocate who was incarcerated for 29 years
Street Vendors: – MIRNA CORTEZ will vend pupusas, huaraches, quesadillas – MARIBEL RODRIGUEZ will vend tacos de birria
Resources include: – Free produce by PEOPLE’S PANTRY LOS ANGELES – Know Your Rights training by NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD – Native plants raffle by COYOTL AND MACEHUALLI – Nature collages for youth by FLOWER HEAD ART SPACE
GET YOUR FREE TICKETS at https://nosl21.eventbrite.com.
Contact [email protected] or (323) 825-3020 for more information.
Join us this year for #NOSL21. |
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Mutual Aid Book Club: Jackson Rising Part 3 |
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(TODAY), Tuesday, August 3 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Self-Determination in Jackson, MS is a chronicle of one of the most dynamic experiments in radical social transformation in the United States. The book documents the ongoing organizing and institution building of the political forces concentrated in Jackson, Mississippi dedicated to advancing the “Jackson-Kush Plan”. For Session 3 of 3 we will be covering Parts V. and VI., GOING FORWARD & AFTERWORD. Guest facilitation will be done by founding and current members of Cooperation Jackson! All proceeds from book sales support Cooperation Jackson’s general fund. Email [email protected] for help obtaining a free to read digital copy and/or for links to places to purchase or donate. 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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Hollywood Assistant Working Group Meeting |
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(TODAY) Tuesday, August 3 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
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If you’re an assistant in Hollywood, you know how hard it can be to work in this industry: from the mailroom to an exec’s desk, the life of an assistant is underpaid, overworked, and underrepresented.
If you’re interested in changing that, make sure to RSVP to this event, where we’ll discuss the current state of the industry for assistants, the obstacles assistants have towards equitable employment, and what can be done to organize around fair wages and working conditions. Hollywood Labor is a group within DSA-LA and DSA-LA’s Labor Committee that focuses on issues pertaining to the entertainment industry in Los Angeles. We fight for a Hollywood that works for all workers to fight for a more fair and equitable industry. If you’d like to get involved, please sign up on our intake survey here! Come join us for a discussion of how to continue our work – and if you’re a new member, learn more about us!
Any questions? Feel free to email us at [email protected] |
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Table for AB1400 – Altadena |
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Wednesday, August 4 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
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Please RSVP to join us for our tabling for AB1400! We’ll be educating on Single Payer healthcare at a farmers market. |
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Mutual Aid Brake Light Repair Training |
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Wednesday, August 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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In preparation for upcoming Free Brake Light Repair Clinics, the Mutual Aid Committee is looking to train potential volunteers — and anybody else interested! –on how to change car brake lights! It’s a really handy skill and (generally) it’s much easier than you might think if you’ve never tried it before. This training will consist of, essentially, practicing removing and handling the brake lights on our own vehicles. Non-car transit and carpooling are still encouraged, but we will only have the vehicles we bring to practice on, so hands-on experience may be limited by how many vehicles we have on site. Please RSVP for more details on our meeting location. |
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South Bay Neighborhood ‘Know your rights’ Canvass |
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Saturday, August 7 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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DSA-LA’s Neighborhood Solidarity Program is a campaign to strengthen and grow socialist organization by uniting with our neighbors through tenant organizing, mutual aid work, and political study. Let by local South Bay Neighborhood Organizers, this ‘Know your rights” canvass is organized to build connections and solidarity with renters in Torrance, to ensure they know their rights (emergency protections & state-wide rent relief) and have the resources and support they need to claim their rights and connect these struggles to our fight for an affordable city. New and long-time socialist organizers and community members in the South Bay are welcome to join; this event kicks off with a training at the beginning to make sure comrades have all of the information and resources they need. |
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Climate Justice August Committee Meeting |
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Saturday, August 7 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
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Commit to addressing our climate emergency in a real way, and join DSA-LA Climate Justice Committee for our monthly meeting! This meeting we will be strategizing more on the LA100 Campaign and joined by Maro Kakoussian from STAND-LA to discuss their important work on ending neighborhood drilling in Los Angeles. |
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Palms & Culver City Neighborhood ‘Know your rights’ Canvass |
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Sunday, August 8 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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DSA-LA’s Neighborhood Solidarity Program is a campaign to strengthen and grow socialist organization by uniting with our neighbors through tenant organizing, mutual aid work, and political study. Let by local Palms & Culver City Neighborhood Organizers, this ‘Know your rights’ canvass is organized to build connections and solidarity with renters in Palms, to ensure they know their economic rights during the pandemic (including state-wide rent relief, child tax credits, emergency broadband, & more) and have the resources and support they need to claim their rights and connect these struggles to our fight for a Los Angeles the working class deserves. New and long-time socialist organizers and community members in Palms & Culver City are welcome to join; this event kicks off with a training at the beginning to make sure comrades have all of the information and resources they need before knocking doors. |
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