Events & Actions
Events with a 🐣 are especially new-member-friendly!
🌹 Tuesday, November 4 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)
🌹 Tuesday, November 4 (4:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Zohran Mamdani Election Night Party (in person at The Plough and the Stars, 116 Clement St)
🌹 Tuesday, November 4 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Wednesday, November 5 (6:45 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Tenant Organizing Office Hours (in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Thursday, November 6 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (zoom)
🌹 Thursday, November 6 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation (in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Friday, November 7 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)
🌹 Friday, November 7 (7:00 PM – 11:00 PM): 🐣 Comrade Karaoke (in person at the Roar Shack, 34 7th Street)
🌹 Saturday, November 8 (10:00 AM – 2:00 PM): 🐣 No Appetite for Apartheid Training and Outreach (meet at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Sunday, November 9 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM): 🐣 Physical Education + Self Defense Training (in person at William McKinley Monument)
🌹 Sunday, November 9 (2:00 PM – 4:00 PM): Palestine Study: There is No Socialist Israel (in person at 1916 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA)
🌹 Sunday, November 9 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Capital Reading Group (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Monday, November 10 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)
🌹 Monday, November 10 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA / Zoom)
🌹 Monday, November 10 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board Meeting (zoom)
🌹 Wednesday, November 12 (6:45 PM – 9:00 PM): 🌹 DSA SF General Meeting (zoom and in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)
🌹 Friday, November 14 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): Social Committee Meeting (in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Saturday, November 15 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Homelessness Working Group Food Service (in person at Castro Street & Market Street)
🌹 Sunday, November 16 (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM): 🐣 SF EWOC Flyering (location TBD)
🌹 Sunday, November 16 (3:00 PM – 6:00 PM): 🐣 Organizing Mindset Training (in person at 1916 McAllister St)
🌹 Monday, November 17 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board x Divestment Priority Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)
Check out https://dsasf.org/events for more events and updates.
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! We’re also holding orientation sessions for folks, but that is not required to attend. See the 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation event for more details.
Take Action: Support a Green Public Bank for San Francisco 🌱🏦
San Francisco has the chance to make history by creating a green bank: a publicly-owned institution that invests in affordable housing, small businesses, and clean energy instead of Wall Street profits. A Green Bank Resolution was recently introduced by our Socialist in Office Jackie Fielder, and we need to show the Board of Supervisors and Mayor Lurie that San Franciscans support it.
A public bank would keep our money circulating in our communities, fund climate solutions, and help build a city that works for everyone — not just the wealthy.
Take two minutes to send an email to the Mayor and Supervisors using our email tool.
Want to help build the campaign? Join the #public-bank channel in Slack or email ecosocialist@dsasf.org to get plugged into organizing efforts and stay updated on next steps.
NYC Mayoral Election Night Watch Party
Join us on tonight, November 4 to watch LIVE election night results for the NYC Mayoral race! DSA SF members are proud of NYC DSA member Zohran Mamdani and the tens of thousands of volunteers and comrades that have built the historic movement backing him. We will be cheering Zohran on from across the country as we watch for results. Solidarity!
📍The Plough and Stars, 116 Clement St
🕐 Tuesday, November 4, 4:00 – 8:00 PM
🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation
Come one, come all to 1916 McAllister St for our court watch orientation! You’ll learn how we are resisting ICE , how you can help, and participate in a biweekly art build. Bring questions and anti-ICE slogans! This event will take place every other week on Thursdays starting at 7:00 PM and the next one is November 6th!
Comrade Karaoke Night
Come meet your friendly neighborhood socialists and blow off steam at Comrade Karaoke Friday, November 7 at 7:00 PM at the Roar Shack (34 7th Street). Whether you want to sing your favorite protest song or your favorite childhood banger, we’ve got you covered! No singing ability required, only enthusiasm! Drinks will be provided for cost and there’s a $10 suggested donation to help cover the venue and raise a little money for the chapter, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!
🇵🇸 No Appetite for Apartheid Training & Canvassing
No Appetite for Apartheid is a campaign aimed at reducing economic support for Israeli apartheid by canvassing local businesses to boycott Israeli goods. Come and canvass local businesses with the Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialist Working Group!
On Saturday, November 8 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, we will be doing a training on how to talk to stores in your neighborhood, then going out and talking with stores together! Meet at 1916 McAllister St. RSVP here!
🇵🇸 Palestine Study: There is No Socialist Israel
How should socialists understand the topic of Labor Zionism with its many contradictions, and how does that understanding inform our resistance to the Zionist project?
Join DSA SF’s education series on Zionism + Imperialism as we debunk the myth of a “leftist Israel”.
RSVP here to join us Sunday, November 9 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at 1916 McAllister St.
✊ Organizing Mindset Training
Organizing is at the core of what we do as socialists — and it’s a skill that can be developed and practiced. Come join fellow comrades as we learn and discuss how we can incorporate organizing fundamentals into our day-to-day actions so that we can build stronger, more cohesive, and more active communities that can rally together against the unjust capitalist system. Whether it’s our neighbors, coworkers, friend groups, fellow transit-riders, or any other communities we interact with daily, we will always be stronger when we are organized, aligned on the most critical issues we are facing, and ready to act in unison and put our collective people power behind our demands.
Join us at 1916 McAllister St on Sunday, November 16th from 3:00 – 6:00 PM for the first iteration in what we hope will become a recurring, multi-part Organizing Mindset training. 🐣 All are invited and encouraged to attend, whether you are new to DSA, new to organizing, or a more seasoned member/organizer. This first session in particular is a great one to attend if you are interested in helping shape future iterations of this training. RSVP here!
Join DSA SF in Demanding Equitable Transit Funding
In response to Mayor Lurie’s office considering a parcel tax to address the Muni funding crisis, we joined Muni Now, Muni Forever, a coalition of community advocates and organizations, in demanding that the measure:
- Generate enough revenue to expand Muni service by 10%
- Be structured fairly, with a variable rate so smaller properties pay less and larger properties pay more
- Protect tenants from additional costs
- Scale with inflation and rising costs to prevent a similar crisis in a few years
Read the full letter here.
Make your voice heard by joining us in these demands: muniforever.org/speak-up
Reportback: Growing Community: Urban Food Production with Alemany Farm
This past Saturday, 20+ DSA members volunteered and learned at Alemany Farm (@alemany_farm on Instagram)! We cleared weeds from a plum orchard and hauled brush for compost, contributing our labor to a local producer of free, fresh fruits and vegetables. As SNAP benefits are cut and food security is put in jeopardy, it’s important to get involved with local efforts to feed the community and teach useful skills. Stay tuned for future community gardening and farming events led by the Ecosocialism working group! Thank you Alemany Farm for hosting us!
Get involved by reaching out to ecosocialist@dsasf.org or joining #ecosocialism on Slack.
Behind the Scenes
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