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Week of February 28, 2022 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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A record week for the Pasadena Rent Control campaign, with four weeks to go |
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Saturday, March 5 at 10:00 am Sunday, March 6 at 10:00 am |
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The campaign to get rent control on the ballot in Pasadena just had its best week of canvassing, collecting over 700 signatures in a single week. Volunteers like you are making this possible! This ballot measure is a major opportunity to protect Pasadena renters, over 50% of whom are rent-burdened. With just four weeks left, the campaign is 90% of the way to its signature gathering goal -- come out and help us cross the finish line! |
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Victory for striking Bakers Union workers! |
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🗣Striking gets the goods! Four months ago, BCTGM Local 37 workers in Santa Fe Springs walked off the job. Last night they ratified a deal that will materially uplift our community. Their determination is a model for working Angelenos facing soaring prices and stagnant wages. DSA-LA is proud to stand with workers across the County demanding the full fruits of our labor. As workers continue to fight back, stand with us ⏩ https://dsa-la.org/workers |
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Application deadline EXTENDED for the DSA-LA Organizing Institute! |
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DSA-LA invites members to apply to our first ever Organizing Institute, a training series to develop members into leaders through skills training and support. In six training sessions, you will learn the fundamentals of Building a Mass Organization, Building Capacity and Developing Leadership Skills, Structured Organizing Conversations, Strategic Campaigns & Building Coalitions, Navigating Conflict, and Administrative Skills. Sessions will run on Saturdays from 11am-2pm on April 9 and 23, May 7 and 21, and June 4 and 18. If you're passionate about making the world a better place, the Organizing Institute will help you gain the tools to do so. All DSA-LA members are welcome to apply! We especially encourage members from historically underrepresented communities to apply. Click here for the application form and to apply. Applications will be open from Monday, February 14th to Saturday, March 5. Click here for more information on what to expect. Click here if you would like to nominate a fellow DSA member to participate. |
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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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Political Education Committee Meeting |
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TODAY! Monday, February 28 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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Join the Political Education Committee for our February general meeting! We will be talking about upcoming events and continuing to develop materials and education events for our chapter campaigns. Whether you a regular member or a brand new attendee, we welcome you to join us on Zoom this month so you can get plugged into this work! |
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Mutual Aid Committee Meeting |
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TODAY! Monday, February 28 @ 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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DSA-LA 4 Eunisses WG Weekly Meeting |
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Tuesday, March 1 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
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Join the DSA 4 Eunisses Working Group for our next official meeting! We’ll discuss the next steps toward getting Eunisses elected, talk about opportunities to get involved, and shape DSA’s vision for this campaign. Follow the button below to RSVP, and we’ll send you the Zoom link and any other pertinent information. We’re excited to see you there! |
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Mutual Aid Book Club: Stone Butch Blues Pt. 1 |
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Tuesday, March 1 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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[CONTENT WARNING] This session will touch on themes of the oppression and violence queer women, transgender people, nonbinary people, and people of color face under patriarchal society.
Mutual Aid is graduating to book three in our four book series on Alienation Under Capitalism. Stone Butch Blues, Leslie Feinberg’s 1993 first novel, is widely considered in and outside the U.S. to be a groundbreaking work about the complexities of gender. Feinberg was the first theorist to advance a Marxist concept of “transgender liberation.” Sold by the hundreds of thousands of copies and also passed from hand-to-hand inside prisons.
This first of five sessions will cover chapters 1-6. Reading is not required for participation however you can download a free copy of Feinberg’s Book here: https://www.lesliefeinberg.net/
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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Westside Branch Phonebank for Childcare For All Kick-off |
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Wednesday, March 2 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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Westside comrades – join organizers for a phonebank dedicated to reaching out to comrades to invite them to our upcoming canvass kick-off for Childcare For All on March 12th! ✊ 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. |
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Childcare for All: Canvassing 101 Training |
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Saturday, March 5 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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On Saturday, March 5 from 11AM-1PM at Elysian Park, join the DSA-LA Childcare for All Working group to learn about the nuts and bolts of community canvassing. At this event, participants will…
This event is open to everyone! More about the DSA-LA Childcare for All campaign: Universal Childcare will provide play-based childcare to every worker in Los Angeles County, and ensure childcare jobs are public and unionized! Who needs Universal Childcare? Children! Universal childcare levels income inequality in the long term. It provides all children with regular meals and clean and safe facilities where they can play, interact with others, learn, and grow in healthy, wholesome, and developmentally appropriate ways. Parents! In most families, both parents work, and childcare is a necessity. Only 14% of infants are covered under current subsidies for childcare and 41% of all preschoolers. Working families can expect to pay a third of their annual household paycheck on child care alone. Parents deserve Universal Childcare! Childcare Workers! Childcare workers, overwhelmingly women and people of color, work in substandard conditions and are paid a median wage of $23,760. Early childhood educators receive few to no benefits or workplace protections. Childcare providers deserve well-paying, union government jobs with full benefits and protections! All Working People! Childcare is so expensive that some people delay or forgo having a family. Just like public education, we shouldn’t be paying out of pocket for something that is essential to our children and society! We need universal childcare just like we need to continue funding public education, so everyone can grow, learn, and flourish. |
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Education Workers Circle |
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Monday, March 7 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
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Join the Education Workers Circle to build power in your workplace and a socialist presence in your union! K-12 and University educators welcome. |
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Healthcare Justice Committee Meeting |
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Monday, March 7 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Please RSVP here to join us for our March Healthcare Justice Committee meeting! We plan on discussing our work plan for the year and more. Zoom link will be provided directly to RSVPs, and an agenda will be sent prior to the meeting. |
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