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<[link removed]>My name is Eva Schultz, and I’m a UC Berkeley student and Labor Chair of Cal YDSA. Here on campus, we train young organizers on the nuts and bolts of organizing, from one-on-one conversations to public speaking. And when the UC tries to squeeze more and more out of workers for less and less, we always show up on the picket line. Throughout my time as an undergrad, East Bay DSA has been there to help me grow as an organizer and to stand with us in labor struggles.Make this work possible - start monthly dues to East Bay DSA >> <[link removed]>



(This is not the same as paying dues to national DSA, which many of you already do. East Bay DSA only receives a portion of national dues, but if you give monthly dues to the chapter, 100% of them will come straight to East Bay DSA!)



When I was in high school, it was a frightening time to be a young woman. States started passing abortion bans, foreshadowing the all-out attack on reproductive rights that’s ramped up this year. It was a visceral feeling - that I might not be able to control my own life choices - and it stuck with me. When I arrived on campus, I joined YDSA, but I didn’t yet see myself as political at all. But through organizing with comrades like you, I realized the attack on my reproductive rights was part of a bigger picture - everyone deserves free healthcare, and the way we get there is a mass, working-class movement for democratic socialism.



Now, I’m a committed leader in Cal YDSA, and we’ve got a high-stakes labor struggle right around the corner. Our comrades in the academic workers’ union, UAW 2865, are fighting for livable wages, since most barely earn enough to live. But the UC loves to tell these workers that they’re being “paid in experience,” that they “should be honored” to be exploited by such a prestigious university. We won’t stand for it. Whatever the academic workers need, Cal YDSA is ready to throw down.



If a strike comes, for these workers or any workers on campus, you can bet my YDSA chapter and I will be standing on the picket line, together with our comrades in East Bay DSA.Help us students pull off some unstoppable strike support - start monthly dues now >> <[link removed]>



I’m so inspired by East Bay DSA for the organizing we work on together. I regularly attend the chapter’s labor solidarity meetings, where we gear up for possible strikes together. We just partnered on a Night School, working with East Bay DSA’s Political Education Committee. And I get to talk about politics and organizing with my mentors, like Daria and Richard, who help me navigate being a student and an organizer - especially as the lives of young people like me have been dramatically reshaped by the pandemic. They support my leadership and help me think about my future, and I'm so grateful to them.



I’ve grown so much as an organizer and as a person from East Bay DSA’s mentorship. And I hope you’ll make it possible for the chapter to do that for many more students like me. Support East Bay DSA’s work developing young organizers like me - become a monthly donor now >> <[link removed]>



Solidarity,



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Eva Schultz

Cal YDSA Labor Committee Chair

UC Berkeley Class of 2024







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