Upcoming Events
🌹 Wednesday, May 14 (6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): May General Meeting 🌹 (Zoom and in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)
🌹 Thursday, May 15 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): 🐣 Da Vinci Code Reading Group – Day 1 (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Thursday, May 15 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Immigrant Justice Working Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Saturday, May 17 (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.): No Appetite for Apartheid Consumer Pledge Canvass! (Meet outside 3100 16th St)
🌹 Sunday, May 18 (5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Capital Reading Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Monday, May 19 (5:50 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): Socialist in Office + Electoral Board Meeting (Zoom)
🌹 Monday, May 19 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Ecosocialist Planning for Vision and Strategy (In person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Monday, May 19 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board Meeting (In person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Tuesday, May 20 (7:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.): 🐣 Socialist Night School: Salting (In person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Wednesday, May 21 (6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): 🐣 What is DSA? (In person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Wednesday, May 21 (6:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Tenant Organizing Working Group Meeting (In person at 438 Haight)
🌹 Thursday, May 22 (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)
🌹 Thursday, May 22 (7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.): 🐣 Comrade Karaoke (In person at 34 7th St.)
🌹 Saturday, May 24 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Food Service (Meet at Castro St. and Market St.)
Check out https://dsasf.org/events for more events and updates.
Events & Actions
Apartheid-Free Bay Area: Consumer Pledge Canvassing
Help gather signatures in order to build public support for local apartheid-free stores and to raise awareness about Israeli apartheid! We’ll be meeting at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 17th in front of 3100 16th St. We will first train you, and then you will put that training into practice by collecting signatures at the Nakba Day Rally. RSVP here! New members encouraged to join!
Rally: Remember the Nakba, Demand an End to Genocide in Gaza
Saturday, May 17 will mark 77 years since the Nakba. Since then, Palestinians have faced genocide, displacement, and occupation under Zionism. This Nakba Day, we will rally at 16th St. and Valencia St. starting at 2:30 p.m. alongside cities worldwide to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza, a full and immediate two-way arms embargo on Israel, the release of all Palestinian political prisoners, Immediate humanitarian aid and reconstruction for Gaza, and an end to the Zionist occupation of all Palestinian land.
The world stands with Palestine—see you in the streets!
🐣 Socialist Night School: Salting
Curious about salting? Heard the term but not sure what it means? Interested in learning about salting opportunities in the Bay Area? Join the Labor Board for a Socialist Night School on salting on Tuesday, May 20 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. at 1916 McAllister. We’ll learn about salting strategies, examine past SF wins, and hear about current opportunities to salt a workplace.
Masks are encouraged but not required. Food and drink will be provided!
RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialist-night-school-salting/
DSA Karaoke 🎤
Come hang out and do some karaoke with your fellow DSA SF comrades or cool people you want to impress with your incredible singing voice! Thursday, May 22 from 7:30 – 10:00 p.m. at The Roar Shack (34 7th Street at Market). Suggested donation of $10, no one turned away for lack of funds. No songs refused, no entry denied! Cheap drinks available to purchase or feel free to bring your own! RSVP here.
Office Hours
Co-work with your comrades! Come to the DSA SF office and get your DSA work or work-work done, or just hang out. We’ll be at 1916 McAllister from 12:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. on Fridays.
EWOC Training Reportback
9 of us gathered at the Office on Wednesday with wide-eyed curiosity for the first session of the EWOC Fundamentals Training series. While some of us are actively looking to engage in workplace organizing, others are motivated to become informed and fluent supporters of the fighting section of workers. Across both groups, learning the brass tacks of Analyzing Your Workplace is the common first step, i.e. mapping the workplace for workers’ concerns, their shifts & departments, relationships, willingness to get involved and more. This all informs who we should approach to gauge interest about joining the organizing committee (OC), or a representative group of the workplace that democratically drives the strategy and bottomlines the organizing efforts. Our biggest shared takeaways from the lecture were (1) the importance of acting like a union, even if you aren’t legally recognized as one yet and (2) the fact that the OC model minimizes unnecessary risks taken by workers and is the safest method for workplace organizing. Next week, we’re going to run it back and learn all about how to Bring Coworkers Together!
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 newsletter, etc. Members can view current CCC rotations.
To help with the day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running, fill out the CCC help form.
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