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Week of June 6, 2022 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Election Night Party! |
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Tuesday, June 7 @ 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm |
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Come join DSA-LA as we watch the results of the 2022 Primary Election roll-in! The event is open to the public, so please invite your friends and neighbors. The event will be hosted in the outdoors courtyard, but we ask that everybody is vaccinated and bring their vaccine cards! Food and drinks will be available! All ages are welcome. |
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Venezuelan Feminist Tour Picnic and Discussion |
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Saturday, June 11 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
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Having just ended 2022 election primaries and needing to take a solid break, we invite all DSA-LA members to a picnic where you can relax and enjoy a sunny day at the park while also listening to Venezuelan Feminist organizers engaged in the socialist struggle. DSA International Committee and CODEPINK are teaming up to host three Venezuelan feminist activists, Mónica M., Anggie H. and Yolimar M., to the United States to discuss the impact of illegal US sanctions against their country and how they disproportionately hurt women and children. Between May 28th and June 11th, they are slated to tour no less than 7 US cities: NYC, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Durham (NC), Portland (OR), San Francisco, and Los Angeles to end as guest speakers at The People’s Summit. DSA-LA has endorsed the People's Summit and supporting our international guests finalize their delegation tour. |
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Free Abortion, On Demand, Without Apology 2: Latin American Struggles |
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Thursday, June 9 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Building on DSA-LA’s first socialist feminist teach-in on strategies and organizing models to win free abortion on demand, without apology – this second teach-in focuses on lessons we can learn from Latin American struggles for legal abortion. With an emphasis on recent victories in Mexico and Argentina, this event will interrogate the decades-long antecedents of these victories from across the region. Interactive discussions will highlight the groups and coalitions that built, maintained and grew massive grassroots movements and the specific strategies they employed in local and national fights to overcome entrenched resistance by the Catholic Church, the conservative parties—and in some cases—the ambivalence or opposition of leftist politicians themselves. |
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The deadline to submit Local Convention resolutions is June 12 |
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Thursday, June 9 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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It's gonna be a red hot socialist summer! DSA-LA's annual convention is happening on Saturday, July 16. Details can be found here: https://dsa-la.org/event/convention-2022/ This is a reminder that the deadline to submit resolutions for consideration and debate at convention is next week, at 11:59pm on Sunday June 12. |
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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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Election Day Door Knocking! |
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Tuesday, June 7 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm |
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Door Knock on Election Day! We will have a 10am launch and a second shift at 3:00pm! However, feel free to come at any hour.
Join us on Election Day for door knocking! Sign up and our organizers will reach out to you with the meetup location (usually the day before).
We can only build community power if we are talking to our neighbors. Come join 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!
Paid for by Hugo Soto-Martinez For City Council 2022 16633 Ventura Blvd #1008 Los Angeles, CA 91436 |
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Labor Committee June General Meeting |
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Wednesday, June 8 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
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Join us on Wednesday, June 8th at 7:00 p.m. for our monthly Labor Committee meeting. We will be discussing workplace organizing, the labor movement, and opportunities for DSA members to organize and build worker power. The core of DSA-LA’s labor work is our Labor Circles program. If you are interested in joining a Labor Circle or forming a new Circle, you can begin by filling out the Socialist Workplace Survey. The survey will help us map where we are in LA’s economy and identify where we have workplace, industry and union membership densities to organize around. Take a minute and fill out the Socialist Workplace Survey today! |
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Housing & Homelessness Committee Meeting |
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Thursday, June 9 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
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Come through to discuss the context and ramifications of the recent Hillside Villa Tenants Association victory. We’ll also touch on possible priority resolutions for the upcoming DSA-LA Convention in July! Lastly, we’ll have updates and announcements regarding Street Watch. See you there, and don’t forget to RSVP and join the Housing and Homelessness committee each month to help us with tenant organizing work! |
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