Upcoming Events
🌹 Tuesday, May 27 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Tech Reading Group (In person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Tuesday, May 27 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): 🐣📕 Da Vinci Code Reading Group – Day 2 (In person at 1916 McAllister and Zoom)
🌹 Wednesday, May 28 (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): 🐣 Maker Wednesday (In person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Thursday, May 29 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Ecosoc Vision and Strategy (In person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Thursday, May 29 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Immigrant Justice Working Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Saturday, May 31 (6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.): 🐣 Chapter Movie Night: A Screening of Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba) (In person at Carr Auditorium, SF General Hospital, 22nd St)
🌹 Sunday, June 1 (5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Capital Reading Group (In person at 1916 McAllister and Zoom)
🌹 Monday, June 2 (5:50 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): Socialist in Office + Electoral Board Meeting (Zoom)
🌹 Monday, June 2 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Ecosocialist Biweekly Meeting (Zoom)
🌹 Monday, June 2 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)
🌹 Wednesday, June 4 (6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): New Member Happy Hour (In person at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia)
🌹 Thursday, June 5 (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)
🌹 Saturday, June 7 (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Outreach and Training (In person at 1916 McAllister)
🌹 Saturday, June 7 (1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.): Know Your Rights Canvassing (Location TBD)
🌹 Monday, June 9 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (In person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate)
🌹 Monday, June 9 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (In person at 1916 McAllister)
Check out https://dsasf.org/events for more events and updates.
Events & Actions
Maker Wednesday
Join us for Maker Wednesday on May 28 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.! Come make some art and connect with comrades. All are welcome, see you there!
Visioning an Ecosocialist San Francisco
Join us for “Visioning an Ecosocialist San Francisco” this Thursday, May 29 6:00-8:00 p.m.! We’ll meet in-person at 1916 McAllister to imagine, brainstorm, strategize, and plan our ecosocialist future.
🎥 Move Night: Soy Cuba
The Labor Board and Immigrant Justice Working Group are excited to announce our upcoming Spanish Language Movie Night! As part of our desire to improve our Spanish, learn more about Marxist movements in Latin America, and connect with the Spanish speaking community of San Francisco, we are going to be showing “Soy Cuba,” an 1964 international co-production of Cuba and the USSR. We are planning on having food, so please RSVP so we can know how much food to order. We will be watching at the Carr Auditorium at SF General, Saturday, May 31 from 6-8:30 p.m. Invite your friends, eat snacks, and sharpen your knowledge of Spanish and Marxism in Latin America. Hope to see you there!
Socialist in Office Reportback
At the Socialist in Office meeting on May 19, the electoral board discussed several items
- Land use permitting reforms being pushed by the Mayor which threaten gentrification of districts in the City like Calle 24
- A debrief on on the Four Pillars hearing. Notably, SFPD admitted to not being able to solve the underlying issues surrounding drug overdoses.
- Proposed ordinance from Jackie Fielder preventing unhoused families from evictions from shelters for at least a year
- The board is organizing a contingent for a rally in support of the hearing on the resolution on June 9 at City Hall. Keep an eye on the calendar for full details and a link to the RSVP which will be posted shortly.
If you would like to be involved in these conversations, join the electoral board on Mondays at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom and find us on Slack at #electoral-discussion.
EWOC Fundamentals Training Reportback
| The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) Fundamentals Training group continued with our third session. The lecture plenary was an interview with Phoebe from the Sesame Workers union, who won their union campaign this past week! Phoebe talked about how they navigated a company environment that outwardly championed community but was actually deeply anti-worker. The lecture also focused on how to escalate campaigns with actions successfully. We began our discussion section with a reaction to the plenary interview. One comrade shared how they connected to how workers at quote-unquote ‘progressive companies’ can use the company’s mission against them. For example, a pharmaceutical company’s workers can use a slogan like “wellness for all” to argue that workers deserve to be part of that too. Another comrade shared the story they heard of Starbucks workers having a catchphrase to write on coffee cups to build support for their campaign. Our assignment from last week was to have an organizing conversation with a coworker, so we also discussed our experiences with that. We helped one comrade troubleshoot their conversation, where they encountered people of the “things are okay” camp. We talked about how asking hypothetical questions has worked to open up people’s imaginations and be more receptive to joining the campaign. Things like… “what if you didn’t have to work two jobs – that this one would be enough?” Next week, we’re going to wrap up the training with a focus on inoculation and the boss campaign! |
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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