Plus: Eunisses and Fatima campaign launches, and more!
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Week of February 1, 2022
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

California DSA and Local Subgroup Election Results

Congratulations to the newly elected CA DSA delegates and subgroup leaders! Members can see the results of the election here: https://talk.dsa-la.org/t/california-dsa-and-local-subgroup-election-results/616

DSA National endorses Hugo Soto-Martínez!

DSA has nationally committed to electing Hugo Soto-Martínez to LA City Council, and we need your help! On Sunday, January 31, over 40 people showed up to the first DSA-LA -led canvass for Hugo's CD13 campaign — a record turnout of canvassers!

To get campaign updates, donate, or sign up for an upcoming event, click here: https://dsa-la.org/dsa-la-for-hugo/

We (still) want to hear from you -- Fill out the new and improved member survey today!

We want to learn as much as possible about the people who make up DSA-LA. This information will help us gather crucial feedback, connect chapter organizers with members who have skills and resources to share, and gain a better understanding of the demographics of our membership base. It should take around 5 minutes to complete.

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!

Mutual Aid Book Club: Butch Anarchy

TONIGHT! Tuesday, February 1 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

[CONTENT WARNING] This session will touch on themes of the oppression and violence queer women, nonbinary people, and people of color face under patriarchal society. The Mutual Aid Book Club is continuing forward 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 screening a brief video featuring Leslie Feinberg, discussing ‘Butch Anarchy‘ by Lee Shevek, and sharing our expectations going into the book we’re about to read.

Please RSVP to this event to get connection information.

The Mutual Aid Book Club meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month.

CalCare tabling w/ Healthcare Justice in Altadena – Wednesday

Wednesday, February 2 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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:

  1. Universal coverage to all Californians as a human right
  2. A single, public program that would pay for all necessary and appropriate care for California residents
  3. Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, reproductive care, long term care, and more
  4. Freedom to choose the doctors and hospital of your choice, with no narrow networks restricting what provider you can see
  5. Care that is free at the point of service, with no copays, deductibles, or prior authorizations
  6. A just transition for the workers who may be displaced or otherwise affected by the switch to CalCare; and
  7. Patient care based on patient need, with no financial incentives to delay or deny care, provided based on the professional judgment of your care provider, not corporate boardrooms

Join us as we table to educate on AB1400 Single Payer Healthcare for California. Help gather supporters for healthcare for all. 2 hour shifts

Sign up here

Westside Branch Phonebank

Wednesday, February 2 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Westside comrades – join organizers for a phonebank dedicated to reaching out to members in our branch to share information on this year’s priority campaigns and invite them to our upcoming serious of Neighborhood Meetings to get involved in campaign work.

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.

DSA-LA Climate Justice Committee Monthly Meeting

Thursday, February 3 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Greetings Climate Justice Team, 

Join our first meeting of 2022. 

We will be discussing the following, 

  1. Los Angeles Energy Justice Motion
  2. L.A Green New Deal is under Attack. Stop Scattergood. (See link for Agenda item L2)
  3. Presentation by Safe Streets for All Ballot Initiative

Sign the petition! Open School Playgrounds as Community Parks Petition

If you have other issues that you would like the committee to discuss, please reach out to us to be added to a future agenda. [email protected]

DSA-LA for Fatima & Eunisses Working Groups Launch

Thursday, February 3 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Join DSA-LA’s Electoral Committee as we launch our campaigns for Fatima Iqbal-Zubair for California State Assembly and Eunisses Hernandez for Los Angeles City Council. In this meeting, we’ll talk about the candidates, their existing campaigns, and how DSA-LA builds our organization to help them win. We’ll elect Working Group leadership and have some next steps on how we start campaigning.