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Week of August 30, 2021
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Take the National DSA Member Survey by 8/31

Thank you in advance for filling out the 2021 DSA Membership Survey! This survey should take no longer than ten to fifteen minutes of your time.

 

The survey will ask you some basic questions about your engagement with DSA, your political and personal identities, your opinions of our organization, and a few other critical questions. 

Vote on a Democratic Socialist Program for DSA-LA

Check your email to find your ballot to vote on ratification of the DSA-LA Democratic Socialist Program (“Program”) for our chapter implementation of the "Build a Bench" priority resolution that we passed at our 2020 Annual Chapter Convention.

 

Please review the final draft of the Program by going to this link: https://bit.ly/DSA-LA-Program. 

 

Your ballot also includes a short introduction section that provides an overview of the Program, what it is and what it is not, and how it will be used in our work.

 

Your ballot is open and you can vote any time between now and this coming Monday, September 6, by 11:59pm PST. Results will be announced via an email from the Steering Committee on Tuesday, September 7. To discuss next steps after the ratification vote, join the Electoral Committee at the monthly meeting on Thursday, September 9, at 7:30PM (https://dsa-la.org/event/el-pol-090921/).

September 11: DSA-LA Chapter Meeting

Date and Time: September 11, 3-5pm

This meeting is intended for DSA-LA Members in Good Standing.

Please ensure your Membership is current in advance of the meeting if you wish to participate. You can check your current status here.

If you do not check in advance, we will be unable to resolve any membership issues on the day of the meeting.

 

Fecha y hora: 11 de septiembre, 3-5pm

Esta reunión está dirigida a los miembros de la DSA-LA que estén al corriente de pago.

Por favor, asegúrese de que su membresía está al día antes de la reunión si desea participar. Puede comprobar su estado actual aquí.

Si no lo comprueba con antelación, no podremos resolver ningún problema de afiliación el día de la reunión.

2021 DSA-LA Local Convention: Bulletin #1

With local convention coming soon, and the resolution submission deadline approaching (September 8th!), there may be many who have never written a resolution before... but who have ideas for shaping our chapter's priority campaigns for the next year!

 

If you have ideas, but are looking for advice on how develop them into a formal resolution proposal, please join our upcoming RESOLUTION WRITING WORKSHOP! Hosted by our current campaigns coordinator Leslie C as well as our regional staffer Garrick R... attendees will learn about how to develop effective campaigns that can activate our base in order to achieve winnable goals.

CALENDAR

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!

Resolution Writing Workshop for Local Convention

Wednesday, September 1 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Want to help shape our chapter’s organizational priorities? Then consider writing a resolution for a Priority Campaign to be adopted at our upcoming local convention.

At this event, Steering Committee member Leslie C, and our regional staff representative Garrick R, will be sharing a presentation about how to develop and propose a meaningful campaign that the entire chapter can get behind. Bring your ideas or show up even if you don’t have ideas yet!

Although the membership will ultimately only choose 3 campaigns at our upcoming convention, the process should be just as collaborative as it is competitive. Let’s work together and sharpen each other as we learn how to develop campaigns that can actually make a material difference in LA County.

AgitProp Committee Meeting

Wednesday, September 1 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Want to contribute to to the cause? Love film and other types of media? Then come to our bi-weekly AgitProp Meeting! We’ll discuss all the latest projects we are working on as well as talk about new and upcoming projects! We have a lot to talk about so be sure to attend!

Green New Deal for Public Schools Working Group Meeting
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Thursday, September 2 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Winning transformative Green New Deal demands will require accelerated militancy from working class movements demanding radical expansion of public goods. This campaign will engage with the Congressional infrastructure fight to build mobilized constituencies for Green New Deal for Public Schools (GND4PS) legislation and beyond!

The campaign will organize key labor, student, parent and other groups around the bill and for future struggles locally and nationally. We aim to politicize a public institution that exists in every community and from which we can make broad-based demands for aggressive Green New Deal investment in public services and infrastructure.

Join us as we build out the campaign and demand a Green New Deal for Public Schools.

We are calling on local congressional representatives Linda Sanchez, Karen Bass, and Judy Chu to co-sponsor the Green New Deal for Public Schools. Sign the petition now and let our representatives in congress know we support a Green New Deal for Public Schools!

South Bay Neighborhood ‘Know your rights’ Canvass

Saturday, September 4 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

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.

Led 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 canvassing training at the beginning to make sure comrades have all of the information and resources they need.