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Week of March 21, 2022 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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This Saturday! DSA-LA March Chapter Meeting |
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Saturday, March 26 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Join members of DSA from across LA County to learn about current campaigns and to make important decisions together at our second Chapter Meeting of the year! 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. |
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One more week to get rent control on the ballot in Pasadena |
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Saturday, March 26 @ 10:00 am Sunday, March 27 @ 10:00 am |
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The campaign for rent control in Pasadena is entering its final week of signature gathering. Please come join us for the final push! |
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GND4PS LA Public Education Town Hall Series – How Charter Schools are Segregating LA |
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Tuesday, March 22 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
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DSA-LA’s Green New Deal for Public Schools LA campaign is hosting a 3-part public education town hall series (via Zoom) that gets at the core of the fight to defend and fully fund our public schools. If we want to win a robust Green New Deal for LA public schools, we must ensure that our schools are well resourced, fully staffed, and protected from capitalist forces that seek to privatize and siphon funding from public schools that serve the majority BIPOC working class communities of LA County. The second installation of our town hall series is “How Charter Schools are Segregating LA”. In this town hall, we will discuss how charter schools have expanded over the last two decades, diverted public funding away from traditional public schools, and exacerbated racial and class disparities in educational outcomes. We will be joined by guest speaker Arlene Inouye, Secretary of United Teachers Los Angeles. To prepare for this town hall we have a shortlist of readings for attendees to review in advance. We highly recommend reading the articles listed below as they will contribute to a collective discussion of the issues facing our public schools and how we can organize to build the schools students deserve. Readings for the town hall:
Supplemental Readings for the town hall: We look forward to your participation in this town hall conversation, and to working together to build stronger public schools! |
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ICYMI: What's Happening in Ukraine? panel discussion |
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On March 13, DSA-LA hosted a panel discussion to discuss anti-war efforts in Russia, grassroots evacuation networks in Ukraine, as well as various left perspectives from the region on the war, imperialism, and the global position of Eastern Europe. You can watch a recording of the panel here: https://youtu.be/SoE54O5mjEs |
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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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TODAY! Monday, March 21 @ 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! The Subcommittee will be continuing the planning and research of community and personal edible gardens with a focus on indigenous plants and proper composting methods. Please RSVP for meeting connection information. |
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SFV Marxism Reading Group: Open Veins of Latin America – Session 1 |
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Tuesday, March 22 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Please join us for our discussion of the book, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano (1971) on Tuesday, 03/22/22 from 7:00PM – 9:00PM PST. The discussion group is open to all, including DSA members outside of the San Fernando Valley and non-DSA members. In Open Veins, Galeano covers topics such as colonialism, imperialism, and dependency theory in Latin America through histories of European colonization and exploitation of natural resources and US imperialism. Please RSVP for Zoom connection information and the text. |
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DSA-Led Canvass for Hugo! |
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Sunday, March 27 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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Hugo Soto-Martínez’s candidacy is an incredible opportunity to elect a longtime socialist union organizer and core chapter member; to activate hundreds of our members in a diverse, renter-heavy district; and to keep building coalitions with labor and broad social justice campaigns across Los Angeles. We’ll be meeting in Elysian park at 1:00! If you’ve never canvassed before: we will provide you with a thorough training, pair you up with someone experienced/confident, and make sure you are comfortable going out. Don’t worry — we got you! You will need:
COVID Protocol: If you are feeling sick or exhibiting any of the known symptoms of COVID-19 and its variants, please stay at home and rest! As we wait for this surge to subside, we will adapt our trainings to provide maximum protection during training and at the door- to take care of each other and the broader CD13 community. If you have not been vaxxed and boosted, please do so if you can. All our staff are fully vaxxed + boosted. Canvassers should wear a mask during training and canvassing. For maximum protection, please wear a high quality mask — N95, KN95, KF94 are strongly advised. The campaign will try its best to provide these masks to you when possible, but if you are able to bring your own, please do so. Paid for by Hugo Soto-Martinez For City Council 2022 16633 Ventura Blvd #1008 Los Angeles, CA 91436 |
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Mutual Aid Committee Meeting |
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Monday, March 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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