March Happenings

March General Membership Meeting [Hybrid]

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Gather with your comrades for Sacramento DSA's bimonthly general membership meeting. Connect with leadership, comrades, hear about committee happenings, learn about upcoming events and community organizing.?

Date and Time:?Saturday, March 18th at 1:30 PM

Location: Zoom, In-person location TBD

This February we hosted our first fundraiser to support our office fund. We also hosted the Northern California DSA regional organizing retreat in the same weekend! We want to thank extend our sincerest thank you's to everyone who participated - from those who helped plan the fundraiser and organizing workshops, to everyone who came out and joined us for pasta, thank you! Together we were able to raise about $3,500! We're that much closer to our goal of opening a community space that will help us grow democratic socialism in Sacramento. Thank you for your support in reaching this goal. If you would like to join the office working group to continue this work please email [email protected] to indicate interest.?

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Racial Solidarity Committee

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The Racial Solidarity Committee will be meeting to discuss upcoming organizing plans for the year, the creation of our community needs survey, and much more!?

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Working Meeting for Community Survey

Date and Time: Sunday, March 19, 10:00 am

Location: Vinhouse Tea & Coffee, 8112 Sheldon Road ste 200, Elk Grove, 95758

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Racial Solidarity Committee General Meeting

Date and Time:?Wednesday, March 29, 6:00 - 7:00 PM

Location:?Zoom

Join the Labor Committee next Thursday to discuss upcoming organizing. Please reach out to [email protected] to join.?

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Date and Time: Thursday, March 9th, 6:00 PM

?Join us this weekend and the next for our quarterly new member orientation! The orientation will be broken up into two parts and take place at the Carmichael Public Library and the Arcade Public Library Meeting rooms.

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Day 1: We will cover basics of DSA, history of our Sacramento DSA chapter, and getting involved with our committees. Join us for this session Saturday, March 4th from 12:00 - 3:00 PM.

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Location: Carmichael Library Meeting Room, 5605 Marconi Ave, Carmichael, California 95608

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Day 2: We will cover organizing skills like the importance of goal-setting, the working class, and learning more about the labor movement. Join us for this session Saturday, March 11th from 12:00 - 3:00 PM

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Location:?Arcade Library Meeting Room,?2443 Marconi Ave, Sacramento, CA 95821

International Committee

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The International Committee will be hosting its monthly meeting on Thursday, March 30th from 7:30 - 9:00 PM on Zoom.?

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Date and Time:? Thursday, March 30th, 7:30 PM

Location: Zoom

March Dues Renewal Drive

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This March we are writing letters to DSA members to renew their memberships ahead of our national convention in the Fall! If you would like to join us to write postcards to our comrades please email [email protected]?

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Need to update or renew your membership dues? Visit?https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/.

Our steering committee meets every Monday from 6:30-7:30 PM to discuss chapter-wide organizing, strategic planning, and so much more! If you have any questions for SacDSA leadership or if you're just free on Monday night, feel free to stop by!

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Date and Time: Mondays (Recurring), 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Location: Zoom

Mutual Aid

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Join the Mutual Aid Committee for our twice monthly meal distributions at Cesar Chavez Park!

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Dates and Times:

Monday, March 6th, 5:30 PM

Monday, March 20th, 5:30 PM

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Location: Cesar Chavez Plaza,?910 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

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Email?[email protected]?with info about your contribution or dish.

To support the work of our mutual aid committee you can sign up to donate here?.

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Join the socialist education committee this March to discuss upcoming organizing and events!

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Date and Time: Tuesday, March 7th, 7:00 PM

Location: Bonn Lair, 3651 J St, Sacramento, CA 95816

Interested in creating a resilient democratic socialist movement? Then consider joining our conflict skills working group where comrades are hosting monthly meetings to discuss strategies for building effective relationships in DSA.?

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Date and Time: Wednesday, March 1st, 7:30 PM

Location: Zoom

Monthly Committee Representative Meeting

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Join our committee representative meeting this month to discuss chapter-wide strategic planning, committee organizing plans, and much more!

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If you are a committee representative or DSA member and want to suggest a topic for this meeting please email [email protected]

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Date and Time: Sunday, March 19th,? 2:00-3:00 PM

Location: Zoom

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The Healthcare Committee will meet to discuss organizing the California Medicare for All Campaign and the March 25th and 26th days of action with the California Nurses Association.?

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Date and Time:?Thursday, March 23rd, 5:00 PM

Location: Zoom?

Save the date!?The California Nurses Association will be hosting a weekend of canvassing to support the passage of Calcare at the legislature this year!? Please reach out to?[email protected]?to find out more info to join.?

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Date and Time: March 25th and 26th,

Time TBD

Location: TBD

21st Annual Cesar Chavez March and Celebration

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Comrades will be joining the Cesar Chavez March through downtown Sacramento this month. This event is hosted by United Latinos, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and the Sacramento AFL-CIO. Join us for celebration and solidarity!

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Date and Time: March 25th, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Location:?Southside Park, 2115 6th Street, Sacramento, CA?

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Steering Committee Vacancy

The Steering Committee is short one organizer. Been a member for at least three months? Does this role sound up your alley? To find out more about the position and apply click here.

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