Interested in taking the first steps to organize your workplace, but don’t know where to start?

Join us Sunday, May 1st starting at 12:30 PM at the Little 5 Points Community Center for a workplace organizer training featuring guest speakers and resources to help you get started! Learn how to spot union-busting tactics from your boss and how to have organizing conversations with your coworkers.

This training will take place as a part of ATL Radical Art's May Day weekend festivities, so make sure to check out the rest of the neat events going on as well, including a screening of Sorry to Bother You at 7:30 PM Saturday night at the Georgia Beer Garden. All events are free and open to the public.

"As a long-distance runner, I did not train for sprints but for marathons. Fighting for peace, justice, and democracy is a demanding and continuing challenge. Activism entails walking on union picket lines, protesting tenant evictions, canvassing door-to-door for electoral campaigns, or engaging in other community organizing work (...)

Read the full article on going the distance as a Socialist and an organizer from our very own comrade Milt on Red Clay Comrade!

Sons of Confederate Veterans and other white supremacist individuals are planning a rally at Stone Mountain for "Confederate Memorial Day" this Saturday, April 30, despite many groups calling on Stone Mountain to cancel the event.

We must make is clear that racism has no place in our city! Join ATL DSA and other community groups at a counter-rally this Saturday, April 30th at 9am at 922 Main St. Stone Mountain. If you are unable to or feel unsafe attending in person, Stone Mountain Action Coalition has a resource guide for social media posts and individuals to contact and urge them to cancel the event.

On Friday, May 6th at Eyedrum, local bands are organizing a benefit show with Atlanta DSA to benefit Starbucks Workers United. We'll raise funds for solidarity work with Starbucks workers, and share resources and information on workplace organizing. Bring your vaccination cards to show at the door. Entry is free for Starbucks workers!

Workers at Cumberland Mall's Apple store are the first in the country to officially file for a union, potentially covering over 100 workers!

ATLDSA has been in touch with some of the organizing workers at this store, who are requesting that anyone visiting the mall stop by at any time during business hours and offer some words of encouragement for their historic efforts.

The store is set to vote in May, and we will continue to update our chapter members as further developments arise.

If you are interested in supporting local workers or would like to organize your own workplace, reach out to ATLDSA's Labor committee at [email protected] for more information! 

Bernie has made plans to re-introduce Medicare for All legislation this year, and National Nurses United have taken the initiative in asking Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to sign on as original co-sponsors to the bill once it is introduced.

Georgia is currently low on signatures, so please take just a few seconds to sign the petition and share with anyone else who believes that healthcare is a human right!

For 13 years, Atlanta DSA's Douglass-Debs dinner has brought together Atlanta’s progressive community to honor outstanding role models and leaders, celebrate our accomplishments during the past year, and enjoy an evening of comradeship.

This year, our keynote speaker will be AFL-CIO Southern Regional Director Charles Clark. We will host the 2022 Douglass-Debs Dinner in the IBEW hall on Pulliam Street in downtown Atlanta on Friday, June 3, 2022.

The dinner is a great opportunity to meet with other community activists and hear from inspiring speakers.  Tickets are $50, with reduced-cost tickets available for students and other low-income comrades. We look forward to seeing you there!

For more info visit atldsa.org/dinner

DSA is partnering with the Organizing for Power global training program and invite DSA chapters, national committees, and individual members to participate.

Core skills you will work on:

• Organic leader identification
• Word choice
• Conducting structured organizing conversations
• Charting and list work
• Developing structure tests to gauge, show off and build power

Logistics:

• The training series launches May 10 and runs for six consecutive Tuesdays, finishing June 14.
• Each session is held twice for its global audience, first from 12:00 - 2:00 PM and again from 8:00 -10:00 PM.
• This training is FREE.
• But, advanced registration is REQUIRED and May 2 is the registration deadline.

Our Chapter calendar at atldsa.org/calendar has even more meetings and events!