Events & Actions
🌹 Tuesday, August 19 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM) ICE out of SF courts! (In person at 100 Montgomery St)
🌹 Tuesday, August 19 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM) DSA SF Tech Reading Group featuring author Mike Monteiro (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Wednesday, August 20 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM) 🐣 What Is DSA? (In person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Thursday, August 21 (5:30 PM – 7:00 PM) DSA SF x UAW 4811 – Organizing Against ICE: On and Off Campus (In person at Mission Hall UCSF, 550 16th St)
🌹 Thursday, August 21 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM) Fun Committee Meeting (Location TBD)
🌹 Friday, August 22 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM) ICE out of SF courts! (In person at 100 Montgomery St)
🌹 Friday, August 22 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM) Book talk with Jaz Brisack: Get on the Job and Organize (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Saturday, August 23 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM) Divestment Strategy Session: Coalition-Building (In person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Saturday, August 23 (2:00 PM – 4:30 PM) Palestine Healing Circle (In person1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Sunday, August 24 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM) Sip ‘n’ Stitch (In person at Rise & Grind Coffeehouse, 2598 Folsom St)
🌹 Sunday, August 24 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM) 🐣 Physical Education and Self Defense (In person at William McKinley Monument)
🌹 Monday, August 25 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM) 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (In person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)
🌹 Monday, August 25 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM) Labor Board x Divestment Priority Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Tuesday, August 26 (12:00 PM – 3:00 PM) DSA x RDU Food Serve and Social 🍽️🙋♂️ (In person at Bayside Park, 1125 Airport Blvd, Burlingame)
🌹 Tuesday, August 26 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM) Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Wednesday, August 27 (6:45 PM – 8:30 PM) Tenant Organizing Working Group Meeting (Zoom and in person at Radical Reading Room, 438 Haight St)
🌹 Thursday, August 28 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM) 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Thursday, August 28 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM) Immigrant Justice Office Hour (Zoom)
🌹 Friday, August 29 (6:00 PM – 7:00 PM) Ecosoc Plant and Seed Swap (Location TBD)
🌹 Sunday, August 31 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM) Capital Reading Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Monday, September 1 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM) Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Monday, September 1 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM) Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)
Check out https://dsasf.org/events for more events and updates. Events with a 🐣 are especially new-member-friendly!
ICE Out of SF Courts!
Join neighbors, activists, grassroots organizations in resisting ICE abductions happening at immigration court hearings! ICE is taking anyone indiscriminately in order to meet their daily quotas. Many of those taken include people with no removal proceedings.
We’ll be meeting every Tuesday and Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery. We need all hands on deck. The 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM window is when we most need to boost turnout, but if you can’t make that please come whenever works for you. 1 or 2 hours or the entire time!
DSA SF x United Auto Workers 4811 – Organizing Against ICE: On and Off Campus
The Immigrant Justice Working Group, Labor Board, and UAW 4811 are teaming up for a combination know your rights and union organizing training at UCSF!
Tired of seeing your immigrant neighbors and coworkers be terrorized by masked agents? How about of the fact that we are funding ICE instead of science? Come join union members Thursday, August 21, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM at Mission Hall UCSF (550 16th St) to learn about how we can effectively organize and mobilize to protect our immigrant community.
- Learn how to handle questions from ICE officers and how to help your neighbors dealing with immediate immigration issues
- Protect your community from ICE raids
- Connect with UAW 4811 and DSA SF organizers
- Get involved in the fight to protect international workers
No Appetite for Apartheid Follow-up Canvass
This Friday, August 22, we are having a follow-up canvass for our recent No Appetite for Apartheid work. Join a team of canvassers to follow-up with stores we have already canvassed, and build a stronger base of apartheid-free store owners! If you are interested, please drop a message in the #no-appetite-for-apartheid channel on Slack or email palestine-solidarity@dsasf.org.
Palestine Healing Circle
This Saturday, August 23rd from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM at 1916 McAllister, DSA SF will be hosting a Palestine Healing Circle. We will be holding space for the anger, grief, and reverence related to this movement. Participants are asked to come with respect, an open heart, and an open mind. The circle will have a centerpiece for which the following contributions are welcome
- Unscented candle
- A flower or plant clipping
- Photos of lost loved ones
- Any small objects which hold meaning
At the end of the circle, there will be a potluck. Gifts of food and non-alcoholic drinks are encouraged if they fall within your means.
🐣Sunday Sip ‘n’ Stitch ☕
Calling all artists for Sip N Stitch! Bring a craft while casually enjoying some drinks with comrades on Sunday, August 24th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Rise & Grind Coffeehouse at 2598 Folsom St. All are welcome!
Labor & Homelessness Working Group Food Serve and Rideshare Driver Political Education Event
Join Labor and the Homelessness Working Group for a food serve and political education event at Bayside Park near Burlingame on Tuesday, August 26th from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We need volunteers to help Homelessness Working Group with food prep and also helping with political education and serving! Pop into the #labor channel on Slack if you’re interested.
People’s Conference for Palestine
Our chapter is sending a five-person delegation to join thousands of organizers, artists, students, and community members from across North America to the People’s Conference for Palestine, taking place August 29–31 in Detroit, Michigan.
With the guiding theme “Gaza is the compass,” the conference aims to deepen our collective strategy, convene us at a critical juncture, and strengthen the mass movement for Palestinian liberation in North America. Attendees will engage in plenaries, workshops, cultural events, and organizing sessions that reflect the urgency of this moment. Our organization is proud to endorse the conference and is actively mobilizing our members to attend. We see this as a critical opportunity to connect with others in the movement, share strategies, and reaffirm our commitment to justice for Palestine.
Although we’ve voted on our official delegation, you’re still able to attend if you’d like and join up with other Bay Area organizers!
For more information and to register, visit the official conference website: 👉peoplesconferenceforpalestine.org
📩 Can’t make it? Consider donating to support the cost of the Conference.
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📖 DSA SF Homelessness Working Group Reads: Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell
Join DSA SF’s Homelessness Working Group as we read through Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell. We’ll be meeting at 1916 McAllister starting September 7th at 5:30pm and running every other week for 4 or 5 sessions. For more info, register here: bit.ly/martacd
Reports
August Chapter Meeting Recap
On August 13, comrades packed into Kelly Cullen Community for our monthly general meeting. Jenbo and Carlos held it down as co-chairs and kicked things off by recognizing the Immigrant Justice Working Group for organizing weekly ICE protests alongside our allies and for their continued efforts to protect our people. The chapter also celebrated Hazel’s recent election to the National Political Committee, the highest elected body of DSA. We heard report-backs from our chapter committees and working groups — you can read more about their work in other sections of this newsletter!
Caitlin from our Labor Board led a training on how to have effective organizing conversations. Ellyn gave an update from the Steering Committee on recent meetings between the Steering Committee, Electoral Board, SiO, the Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialism Working Group, and Divestment leads, focused on maintaining an anti-Zionist stance in City Hall. Specifically, not supporting resolutions that promote Zionism under the pretext of combating antisemitism.
The chapter voted to endorse the Keep Market Street Moving campaign, which will be led by our Ecosocialism Working Group. DSA SF is showing up to make our politics clear: Waymo off Market, power to Muni, and public transit for the people. To get plugged in, email ecosocialist@dsasf.org or join the Slack channel if you’re a member. That’s it for August — see you at the next meeting!
Palestine Solidarity and Anti Imperialism Working Group
On Tuesday, August 12th, the Palestine Solidarity and Anti Imperialism (PSAI) working group along with other comrades in the chapter gathered with hundreds of protesters at Union Square to demand accountability for the targeted assassination of journalists in Gaza who sacrificed their lives to broadcast the truth of the ongoing US-Israeli genocide of Palestinians. Saturday, we organized another No Appetite for Apartheid canvas with our coalition partners Arab Resource Organizing Center (AROC) and the Neighborhood Business Alliance (NBA). We canvased 21 stores in the Excelsior and Bayview, continuing to build relationships and encourage store owners to pledge their commitment to deshelving products complicit in apartheid. Join us in the fight!
This Friday, August 22, we are having a follow-up canvass for our recent No Appetite for Apartheid work. Join a team of canvassers to follow-up with stores we have already canvassed, and build a stronger base of apartheid-free store owners! If you are interested, please drop a message in the #no-appetite-for-apartheid channel on Slack or email palestine-solidarity@dsasf.org.
Behind the Scenes
The Chapter Coordination Committee (CCC) regularly rotates duties among chapter members. This allows us to train new members in key duties that help keep the chapter running like organizing chapter meetings, keeping records updated, office cleanup, updating the DSA SF website and publishing the weekly newsletter. Members can view current CCC rotations.
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