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Week of November 15, 2021 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Announcing the 2021 Nominations Committee |
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Congratulations to DSA-LA members Ava Z., Haley P., and Violet C. who will make up the 2021 Nominations Committee! What is Nominations Committee? - It is a three person body tasked with independently organizing, managing, and tabulating the elections for the Steering Committee, Branch Coordinators, and Subgroup Officers. The committee will release information about the election schedule soon! |
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2022 Campaign Kickoff Meeting & Organizing Training |
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Tuesday, November 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
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At October's Local Convention, DSA members passed three exciting priority resolutions for the chapter—the DSA-LA Organizing Institute, Childcare For All, and the Green New Deal for Public Schools in LA—to build socialist power and fight for material change. On Tuesday, join the DSA-LA Steering Committee for an organizer skills training and a presentation about the chapter’s plans to implement these new campaigns! RSVP below for Zoom information. Click below to fill out the application/interest form for any of the resolutions with which you want to get involved: |
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DSA-LA Ideological Diversity Forum |
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(TODAY) Monday, November 15 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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DSA-LA’s Conflict Resolution Team (CRT) is facilitating a forum for all chapter members to share with each other the things that shape their own political ideology and how ideology shapes their work in DSA. How do you identify your political tendency? How do we work together across tendencies? What should we do when ideological differences lead to conflict and harm? Join members of CRT and comrades across the chapter on Monday, November 15 from 6pm to 8pm for the first in a series of dialogues we are planning about the health of our organizing culture. The forum will be conducted in English. ASL will be provided upon request. |
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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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Mutual Aid Skill-Share Subcommittee Meeting |
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Monday, November 15 @ 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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Mutual Aid Book Club: Capitalist Realism Part 1 |
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Tuesday, November 16 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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The Mutual Aid Book Club is taking on the brain worms that are affecting us all with Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism. This is the first of two parts, in which we’ll be reading Chapters 1 to 5 of the work. Come and try your best to un-learn the boundaries placed on us by the society all around us, to learn to dream again of a brighter tomorrow. Reading the work isn’t required to attend for discussion, but those who need access to the work for free can find it at https://libcom.org/files/[Mark_Fisher]_Capitalist_Realism_Is_There_no_Alte(BookZZ.org).pdf 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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The Immigration Justice Committee’s November Meeting! |
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Tuesday, November 16 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Brrrrrr, it’s cold out there! Oh, I’m not talking about the weather. I’m talking about the Democrats’ electoral chances, as they continue to refuse to pass policies overwhelmingly popular with majorities of Americans. And for our purposes, continue to uphold many, MANY vicious Trump-era immigration policies. As there is no major party that channels our interests, the interests of the American working class and the interests of immigrant communities from here to Long Island, I suppose we’re gonna have to pick up the slack! And if that interests you, why not come to our monthly meeting, which is going to be held this month ONLINE on Tuesday, November 16th at 7pm! We’ll discuss taking part in DSA-endorsed (and DSA member) Hugo Soto-Martinez’s city council campaign against Mitch O’Farrell, as well as participating in local campaigns such as the LA Justice Fund. Hope to see you there! |
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CalCare tabling w/ Healthcare Justice in Altadena – Wednesday |
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Wednesday, November 17 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
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CalCare (AB1400) will be reintroduced in the CA Assembly in January! Join us as we table to educate on CalCare (AB1400) in Assemblymember Anthony Portantino‘s district. Help gather supporters for a Medicare for All style program in California. 2-hour shifts. Like Medicare for All, CalCare is built on 7 core principles:
Join us as we table to educate on AB1400 Single Payer Healthcare for California. Help gather supporters for healthcare for all. 2 hour shifts |
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CalCare tabling w/ Healthcare Justice in South Pasadena – Thursday |
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Thursday, November 18 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
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CalCare (AB1400) will be reintroduced in the CA Assembly in January! Join us as we table to educate on CalCare (AB1400) in Assemblymember Anthony Portantino‘s district. Help gather supporters for a Medicare for All style program in California. 2-hour shifts. Like Medicare for All, CalCare is built on 7 core principles:
Join us as we table to educate on AB1400 Single Payer Healthcare for California. Help gather supporters for healthcare for all. 2 hour shifts |
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LA Neighbors4Neighbors Access Center |
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Thursday, November 18 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
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The LAN4N Access Center is a monthly event offering supplies and services to unhoused neighbors across the Westside. Depending on which jobs and shifts they sign up for, volunteers can transport unhoused guests to and from the event, help with set-up or take-down, or staff booths providing food, clothing, hygiene and other supplies. We have basic amenities like showers, toilets and laundry, and local providers offer a range of services including: CalFresh, street medicine, vaccines, HIV/STD testing, legal services, caseworkers, IDs, phones and more. Interested volunteers can sign up by emailing [email protected]. Volunteers sign up to volunteer for one or more two-hour shifts (9-11, 11-1, 1-3, 3-5) or other jobs including picking up materials or transporting unhoused guests to and from the event. We also welcome donations and other services if you’re interested! Free parking is available one block over on Short Avenue. NOTE: LAN4N may be moving its monthly access center to Saint Bede’s Episcopal Church (3590 Grand View Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066) with ample parking in the surrounding residential neighborhood. |
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