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Week of December 20, 2021 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Announcing the Local Officer Election Results! |
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The vote has closed for our contested Local Officer races with 365 total votes cast and Nominations Committee is ready to announce the results! All candidates with a star next to their names were elected by acclamation, as they ran unopposed. You can read candidates' statements here: https://dsa-la.org/2022-dsa-la-local-officer-election-candidate-statements/ (5) At-Large Steering Committee Members Aura Vasquez David Abud Miloš Jack Suria-Linares Yvonne Yen Liu
Recording Secretary Andre Arguelles
Communications Director Lori D*
Campaigns Coordinator Leslie C*
Treasurer Nick H*
YDSA Coordinator Abdullah Farooq*
Central Branch Coordinators Alex M* Arielle S*
Eastside and San Gabriel Valley Branch Coordinators Janet Hurtado* Janet Yuen*
San Fernando Valley Branch Coordinators Duane Paul Murphy*
South Central Inglewood Branch Coordinators Adriana Cabrera*
Westside Branch Coordinators Mark Gaynor*
ChildCare 4 All Working Group Co-Chairs Carley Towne* Farzana W*
Withdrawn candidates: Allisandra Valdez, Jason Small
Thank you to everyone who participated in this election, and please stay tuned for upcoming Committee and Subgroup elections and California DSA delegate elections in January!
Para español, haga clic aqui: https://dsa-la.org/2021-2022-chapter-leadership-election-results/ Ava, Haley and Violet Nominations 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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Mutual Aid Book Club: Hegemony, Patriarchy, Climate Crisis, & Hope |
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Tuesday, December 21 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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[CONTENT WARNING] These readings touch on themes of the oppression and violence women, nonbinary people and people of color face under patriarchal society. The Mutual Aid Book Club is moving on in our series on Alienation. In transition between Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher and leading into Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg we will be reading two shorter pieces which bridge the themes of the two works; The Limits Of Hegemony by Wayne Price and The Destruction Of The Earth Is A Crisis Of Masculinity by Tasha Diamant. The first goes into an analysis of prefigurative strategy, liberalism, Gramsci’s ‘Hegemony’, and offers hope for the future. The second poses our Ecological Crisis as the result, potentially, of Human Society treating the Natural World the way we treat each other: patriarchal and performative dominance. 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 December Meeting! |
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Tuesday, December 21 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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The contradictions are coming fast and hard these days, and while there’s not much we can do about the big picture (you know, the forces that have been brewing for centuries), DON’T DESPAIR! There are literally THOUSANDS of things we can do on the ground to make life better for people! So join the Immigration Justice Committee this month on Tuesday 12/21 from 7-9pm IN PERSON at the Highland Park Brewery in Chinatown (1220 N. Spring St., Los Angeles)*. Have a drink and some tater tots as we recap the year and talk about strategies to dismantle ICE and the arrest-to-deportation pipeline! *There’s free street parking nearby and we will be in the outdoor patio area. Proof of vaccination is required of all guests 12 and over for entry into the brewery. |
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CalCare tabling w/ Healthcare Justice in Altadena – Wednesday |
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Wednesday, December 22 @ 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, December 23 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 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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DSA-LA for Hugo Holiday Fundraiser |
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Thursday, December 23 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
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Join us for our DSA-LA for Hugo Holiday Fundraiser Livestream for some laughs and to support our goal of electing socialist candidate Hugo Soto-Martínez to Los Angeles City Council District 13! RSVP to receive a link to the livestream! Donate to the campaign here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dsa4hugo So far our confirmed incredible lineup includes Sarah Squirm, Rajat Suresh & Jeremy Levick, Megan Koester, Maggie Maye, Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans, Derek + @Dril, The Shrimp Boys, and more to be announced! Can’t join us that night? There are still ways to help! Sign up for updates from the DSA-LA Hugo Working Group here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-the-dsa-hugo-soto-martinez-working-group-mailing-list |
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Mutual Aid Committee Meeting |
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Monday, December 27 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Join the Mutual Aid Committee for our twice-monthly committee meeting, where we’ll be discussing ongoing and upcoming committee work, as well as helping folks get plugged into other work throughout the city. New members always welcome! Please RSVP for meeting connection information. Mutual Aid Committee meetings are held on the second and fourth Monday of each month. |
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