Learn How to Gather Signatures for Ballot Measures

Comrades,

It’s an election year, and that means it’s time to brush up on how to get out there and get signatures to support our ballot measures! This week, the Electoral Board is holding two training events on the basics of canvassing, including how to gather signatures and how to train your fellow comrades to do the same! Winning socialism at the polls takes months of on-the-ground work at every step of the process, and this is step one. There will be one session this Thursday, February 10 at 6:30 p.m. and one session on Saturday, February 12 at 1:00 p.m., both in-person at the DSA SF office on 1916 McAllister Street. You can use the form linked here to register for either one – hope to see you there!

Solidarity,

DSA SF Comms Committee

Events Calendar

🌹 Wednesday, 2/9 (6:45 p.m.): DSA SF February Chapter Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Thursday, 2/10 (6:30 p.m.): DSA SF Signature Campaign Training (in-person at DSA SF office, 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Saturday, 2/12 (1:00 p.m.): DSA SF Signature Campaign Training (in-person at DSA SF office, 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Saturday, 3/19 (2:00 p.m.): Ecosocialist Book Club: Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future (in-person, at the Panhandle in Golden Gate Park)

For more events, click here.

Announcements

DSA SF and East Bay DSA are collaborating on a monthly labor newsletter called THE PICKET LINE to highlight important developments in the left labor movement here in The Bay and beyond. We are seeking first-hand accounts, stories, essays, and reporting from organizers on the front lines of the struggle. Email us at **dsal4b-labor-newsletter@googlegroups.com** to share your story with us and we can help you craft it into a short piece for our readers. **Sign up to receive the newsletter here** and **see archived issues here**.

Join us for the February chapter meeting tomorrow night

Our February chapter meeting is **tomorrow, February 9 at 6:45 p.m. on Zoom**. Join your comrades as we discuss chapter business and get updates from our chapter priorities, committees and working groups!

Reading Groups

Ecosocialist Book Club: Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future

Join the DSA SF Ecosocialist Committee’s book club for a special one-shot discussion in March. We’re reading and discussing Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future – **you can get the book here**. The Ministry for the Future is a novel about the near future of climate change – the environmental cost, the human cost, and how we might work collectively for a different future. Open to all – **register now**!

Organize a Healthcare Labor Circle with us!

Help us organize a healthcare labor circle! We are hoping to connect with members who work in healthcare in San Francisco. Our first step would be to organize an informal meet and greet among members to discuss where people work, what issues they face, and what a healthcare labor circle might look like. If you are interested in getting involved in this process please send an email to hansen.weaver@gmail.com.

Phone bank for tenants’ rights!

The Daybreak PAC is hosting weekly phone banks every Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. where we call District 5 tenants. It’s a great chance for DSA members to help protect tenants from eviction and assist folks in applying for rent relief!