Events

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Next week we’re getting ahead of the long weekend for Fourth of July by getting our canvassing and phone banking done before folks get out of town. We can’t afford to fall behind in the field, so come pitch in!

5ish-8:30ish each night at our office at 631 Haight!

We know this race will take steady attention and consistently spreading the word about the Dean: the candidate with the big ideas, and the vision to get them done.

Other campaigns want you to think this is the best we can do, we know we can dream big and DO it all. But only if we do it together! We can do better for San Francisco, and we must!

Prop F, Prop C, Medicare for All, Mental Health Care for All, Social Housing: we deserve more than crumbs! We deserve lives with dignity.

We can't do it without you, nor would we want to!

https://www.facebook.com/events/691860077909184/
Next week we’re getting ahead of the long weekend for Fourth of July by getting our canvassing and phone banking done before folks get out of town. We can’t afford to fall behind in the field, so come pitch in!

5ish-8:30ish each night at our office at 631 Haight!

We know this race will take steady attention and consistently spreading the word about the Dean: the candidate with the big ideas, and the vision to get them done.

Other campaigns want you to think this is the best we can do, we know we can dream big and DO it all. But only if we do it together! We can do better for San Francisco, and we must!

Prop F, Prop C, Medicare for All, Mental Health Care for All, Social Housing: we deserve more than crumbs! We deserve lives with dignity.

We can't do it without you, nor would we want to!

Final session: Anticapitalist social movements of the recent past. Socialism(s) of the possible future. No prerequisites but interest.

Great for first-time attendees! A facilitator will be available 15 minutes before the scheduled start time to orient new members.

https://www.facebook.com/events/691860077909184/
Next week we’re getting ahead of the long weekend for Fourth of July by getting our canvassing and phone banking done before folks get out of town. We can’t afford to fall behind in the field, so come pitch in!

5ish-8:30ish each night at our office at 631 Haight!

We know this race will take steady attention and consistently spreading the word about the Dean: the candidate with the big ideas, and the vision to get them done.

Other campaigns want you to think this is the best we can do, we know we can dream big and DO it all. But only if we do it together! We can do better for San Francisco, and we must!

Prop F, Prop C, Medicare for All, Mental Health Care for All, Social Housing: we deserve more than crumbs! We deserve lives with dignity.

We can't do it without you, nor would we want to!

Interested in local politics? Have you heard about the Democratic Socialists and wanted to find out more? Are you looking for a way to be involved in your community?

Come learn about the Democratic Socialists of America, San Francisco. Hear about our projects and ways that you can get involved. A better world is possible!

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1057226874450392/

Join Kaiser mental health workers in striking for better patient care!

Picket: 7AM - 3:30PM
Rally: 11:30AM - 12:30PM

On July 10th, Kaiser workers will be going on strike to advocate for better patient care, specifically for children in the Bay Area. We welcome all to come stand in solidarity with these workers as they advocate for the rights of their patients.

You can show up at any time during the picket, but we encourage you to make it out early in the morning, or for the rally. Look for your comrades Will (in the morning) and Katie (during the rally), who will be wearing red. See you on the picket line!

On the conditions leading to the strike, from the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) statement on June 28th:

"Kaiser mental health clinics are understaffed across California, and the HMO’s lone San Francisco clinic has reached a breaking point. Children, many of whom are dealing with depression, anxiety and the impacts of bullying, now have to wait four to six weeks for their first face-to-face visit with a Kaiser mental health therapist — and just as long or longer for a return appointment. Group therapy sessions for children who are self-harming and contemplating suicide have become so crowded that some children and their parents have to sit on the floor because there aren’t enough therapists to provide them the one-on-one care needed for successful early intervention. Today, NUHW filed a complaint with the California Department of Managed Health Care, the agency responsible for regulating HMOs, alleging that Kaiser is in violation of multiple state laws and requesting an investigation.

‘We just don’t have enough resources in our clinic to provide all of the services that our patients need, and Kaiser isn’t doing anything about it,’ said Alicia Cruz, a therapist at the clinic.

The San Francisco clinic went without a manager for 18 months. Staff with no specialized experience in child therapy have been borrowed from other departments to do the initial intake appointments, and no new job openings have been posted.

Mental health clinicians, represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, have requested that Kaiser hire more therapists but Kaiser managers have ignored them.

While Kaiser has refused to increase mental health staffing, it has announced the development of a new $900 million headquarters and agreed to pay the Golden State Warriors up to $295 million for naming rights to the sports and entertainment complex surrounding the Warriors’ new arena.

‘Kaiser executives need to reverse their priorities,’ NUHW President Sal Rosselli said. ‘They’re spending billions of dollars on buildings and branding deals, but they won’t spend a fraction of that to help kids get care that could save their lives.’”

Full statement here: https://bit.ly/2G2H3sz
To learn more about the NUHW and the campaign for better mental healthcare at Kaiser: https://nuhw.org/

We look forward to seeing you there!

Join a local coalition of allies and immigrant rights advocates to stand up against the inhumane conditions of asylees and refugees in the US. Presenters will be sharing CIYJA and ILRC's information on how to respond to the ICE raids, testimonies from members of Congress who have been at the camps, and raising money for immigrants rights groups.

DSA SF will have a table at Sunday Streets, a public event that reclaims San Francisco streets throughout the summer. Stop by and say hi!
http://www.sundaystreetssf.com/sunday-streets-2019/

Regular meeting for the SocFem working group! We'll be discussing mutual aid collaboration w/ the Homelessness WG as well as our next reading.

Phonebank our membership to invite them to our chapter retrospective and convention fundraiser party at the Tenderloin Museum from 350 Alabama Street, 5-8pm! This is not the party- this is a phonebank to make sure everyone gets invited to it, so please join us in reaching out to everyone!

MUST RSVP here: https://sfbike.org/news/youre-invited-district-5-candidate-forum-on-july-15/

Local 2 Action: Cafeteria Workers working for Flagship, a Facebook contractor, Demand Respect!

https://www.facebook.com/events/714769842310892/

Help build on the victory FB bike share workers won by standing with FB cafeteria workers.

Food service and hotel workers, who are members of UNITE HERE Local 2, have fought for decades to win contracts that allow working people and immigrant workers to live and raise our families in San Francisco. Flagship, which is a contractor at the new San Francisco Facebook office that opened last year, has not agreed to give its workers the following standard Local 2 contract agreements after months of negotiations:

• An 8-hour work day
• Protection against automation
• Industry standard wages that allow workers to continue living in the Bay Area
• Affordable comprehensive union health insurance

This contract fight comes as the tech industry is expanding rapidly in San Francisco, inequality is increasing, and working people in the Bay Area face a staggering housing crisis. Food service contractors of Big Tech have a responsibility to meet the Local 2 standard, just like every other major hospitality employer. This is the cost of doing business in our city. Flagship does not deserve special treatment.