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Week of May 16, 2022 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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This weekend! DSA-LA Chapter Meeting – IN PERSON |
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Saturday, May 21 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm MacArthur Park, 2230 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90057 |
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Join members of DSA from across LA County to learn about current campaigns, including the Pasadena Rent Control ballot measure, and make important decisions together! We will keep the meeting brief, and at the end will launch a canvass for our endorsed candidates. This canvass is a collaboration between the Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martínez Working Groups. Date and Time: May 21st, 11-1 pm. 11-12pm chapter meeting, 12pm canvass launch. We'll be meeting right near the Levitt Pavilion at the northwest corner of the park. This meeting is intended for DSA-LA Members in Good Standing. |
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Launching the DSA-LA Recommitment Drive! |
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Building a mass movement is key to a socialist victory. Join the nationwide DSA recommitment campaign and help reach out to lapsed and expired members to ask them to recommit to the cause. In a moment where abortion rights are under attack and the Democratic administration is showing ineptitude and unwillingness to lead, we are experiencing a renewed popular political engagement, so now is the great time to help ask members recommit! Join one of four phone and text banking sessions to reach out to expired and lapsed members, hear what they have to say, and ask them to recommit to the DSA!
Phone banking #1 - Sunday afternoon, May 22nd: 3:00-5:00 Phone banking #2 - Wednesday evening, May 25th 6:00-8:00 |
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Save the date! DSA-LA annual convention |
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Saturday, July 16 2022 |
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It’s almost time for the biggest meeting of the year! Our chapter meets annually at our Annual Convention to discuss, debate, and democratically choose our priorities for the next year. The political landscape is shifting all the time, and we need to be able to strategically meet the moment as a mass organization – throwing our collective effort into effective work that can make a material difference in our region. This year, convention will be back in person at the LA Trade Tech College, with a remote participation or proxy-voting option. However, there are still many details to be worked out, and a LOT of work to do. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING MAKE CONVENTION A REALITY, PLEASE FILL OUT THIS VOLUNTEER INTEREST FORM. Membership: 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. Submission Guidelines and Timeline The deadline to submit proposals is June 12. Click here for registration and FAQs: https://dsa-la.org/event/dsa-la-annual-convention-2022/ |
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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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Canvasses For Fatima! |
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Friday, May 20 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Saturday, May 21 @ 11:45 am - 4:00 pm Sunday, May 22 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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Help build the movement for Fatima in AD65 by canvassing with us! 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! |
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NIGHT SCHOOL – Black Leftist Thought Part 3: Pan Africanism and Internationalism |
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Tuesday, May 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
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The DSA-LA Political Education Committee is proud to present our original Night School for 2022, A Study Series on Black Leftist Thought. Spanning March through June, this seven module series will introduce attendees to the writings, speeches, and perspectives of Black leftists through most of the twentieth century. Through original sources in writing, audio, and video, we will trace back the history of discourses introduced and developed by Black socialists, all of which have profound impact on our political landscape today. Join the DSA-LA Political Education Committee for our third class of the Political Education Committee’s 7-Part Night School: A Study Series on Black Leftist Thought Pan Africanism and Internationalism. Readings: Amilcar Cabral, The Weapon of Theory (1966), 18 pages. Julius K. Nyrere, Ujamma — The Basis of African Socialism (1962), 8 pages. Check out more classes in this series: From Civil Rights to Democratic Socialism – 5/31 Black Power, Panther Power – 6/14 Black Radicals and the Labor Movement – 6/28 Black Feminism– 7/12 |
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Climate Justice Committee Monthly meeting |
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Thursday, May 19 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
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The focus of this meeting is determining our short-, medium-, and long-term goals regarding the Electrification of LA. If you want to help shape our strategy, this is a great opportunity for that! For more information, there are two ordinances in Los Angeles City Council on Electrification: https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?fa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=21-1463 https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?fa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=22-0151 If you have other issues that you would like the committee to discuss, please reach out to us to added to a future agenda. [email protected] |
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Mutual Aid Video Night: Queerness & History in Los Angeles |
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Thursday, May 19 @ 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 transitioning between books in our four book series on Alienation Under Capitalism. For this session we will be screening two videos from Video Essayist, Kaz Rowe: https://www.youtube.com/c/KazRowe/videos
The first we screen will elaborate on LA’s Painful Queer History, the second will be decided on by attendees at the event, choose your own adventure style. |
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Labor Notes Happy-Hour Fundraiser |
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Friday, May 20 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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The labor movement is on the move and DSA LA is moving with it!
The biennial Labor Notes conference in Chicago is the largest gathering of union members and labor activists from across the labor movement in the US. From June 17th – 19th attendees will join organizing workshops, learn how to build power in their workplaces and unions, and share tactics and organizing experiences from across the movement.
DSA LA is committed to providing scholarships to send as many members to Labor Notes as possible, with a goal of providing $7,000. Scholarships will help pay for airfare, registration, and housing for our labor militants and are available to all members of the chapter.
If you want to help send this labor militants to Chicago, join us for a happy-hour fundraiser at The Red Lion Tavern this Friday, May 20th from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM to support these workers on their quest to attend the Labor Notes Conference! We’ll celebrate the movement’s successes this year, hear from labor militants about what the conference means to them, and fill ourselves with solidarity and sausage! |
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May Electoral Committee Meeting + Hangout |
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Sunday, May 22 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Elysian Park |
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Join us for an in-person Electoral Committee meeting. We'll be coming together to rally for the final weeks before the primary election day, give a rundown of LA's electoral landscape and what it takes for us to win power as socialists, reflect on our 2022 endorsement process, and have time to socialize with fellow DSA members!
Exact meeting location will be provided upon RSVP. |
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GND4PS Canvass – Reseda |
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Sunday, May 22 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Join us in Reseda on Sunday, May 22nd at 3:00 PM to knock on doors and have discussions with community members around Newcastle Elementary School about the need to invest in our public schools so they are climate resilient learning environments that nurture students and prepare our communities to take on the climate crisis.
The goal of our canvasses are to build measurable community support for the following demands we are making of the LA Unified School District Board of Education:
If you’ve never canvassed before: we will provide you with a training, pair you up with someone experienced/confident, and make sure you are comfortable going out. Don’t worry — we got you! |
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Mutual Aid Committee Meeting |
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Monday, May 23 @ 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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