Events & Actions

Events with a 🐣 are especially new-member-friendly!

🌹 Tuesday, October 14 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Wednesday, October 15 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): 🐣 What Is DSA? (In person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Thursday, October 16 (5:00 PM – 6:30 PM): Keep Market Street Moving Flyering (in person at Market St & Montgomery St)

🌹 Thursday, October 16 (7:30 PM – 9:30 PM): “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco” – TOWG Reading Group (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Friday, October 17 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Friday, October 17 (7:00 PM – 9:00 PM): 🐣 Maker Friday (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Saturday, October 18 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 HWG Food Service (Castro St & Market St)

🌹 Sunday, October 19 (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM): Divestment Strategy Session (1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, October 19 (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM): 🐣 SF EWOC Flyering (in person at Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley Park, 50 Fell St)

🌹 Sunday, October 19 (3:00 PM – 5:00 PM): Palestine Study: Understanding Zionism and Imperialism (1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, October 19 (5:30 PM – 7:15 PM): HWG Reads “Capitalism & Disability…” (in person at 1916 McAllister St and on Zoom)

🌹 Monday, October 20 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board x Divestment Priority Meeting (in person at 1916 McAllister St and on Zoom)

🌹 Tuesday, October 21 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (in person at 1916 McAllister St and on Zoom)

🌹 Wednesday, October 22 (4:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Zohran Debate!! (in person at The Savoy Tivoli, 1434 Grant Ave)

🌹 Thursday, October 23 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Thursday, October 23 (6:30 PM – 9:30 PM): The Internet: Live & In-Person w/Dean Preston! (in person at the Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St)

🌹 Thursday, October 23 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, October 26 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Capital Reading Group (in person at 1916 McAllister St and Zoom)

🌹 Monday, October 27 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)

🌹 Monday, October 27 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (in person at 1916 McAllister St and Zoom)

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.

📖 DSA SF Tenant Organizing Reading Group – “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco” 

San Francisco has always had an affordable housing shortage, but solutions outside of the private sector have long been neglected or overlooked. Join us as we learn about the history of one proposed solution: public housing.

Our four-part reading group will meet every other Thursday at 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM hybrid in person at 1916 McAllister and Zoom with RSVP to discuss John Baranski’s book “Housing the City by the Bay”. The next meeting will be Thursday, October 16.

If you wish to join please RSVP here!

🎨 Maker Friday

On Friday, October 17 from 7:00 – 9:00PM we’ll be preparing for the No Kings protest! Join us at 1916 McAllister to make signs and flyers. 🐣 Everyone is welcome!

Join SF EWOC to Organize the Unorganized!

The SF local of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) needs to get more workplace organizing leads so we can increase union density! We will have monthly regular strategizing and flyering events on the first and third Sundays of every month at 1PM. Our next flyering event will be  Sunday, October 19th at 1:00 PM at Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley. RSVP here!

Our strategy sessions (held at the DSA SF office, 1916 McAllister) will determine what neighborhoods and tactics to use at the next flyering event. You don’t need to be a volunteer or organizer with EWOC to attend! Our next strategy session will be Sunday, November 2nd at 1:00 PM at 1916 McAllister. RSVP here!

Palestine Study on Zionism: Understanding Zionism and Imperialism for Palestine Liberation

Join DSA SF on Sunday, October 19 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at 1916 McAllister St for the upcoming Palestine Study exploring the foundations of Zionism and how we fight imperialism for Palestinian liberation. We will equip ourselves with a precise understanding of the history, foundations, aspirations, and contradictions of Zionism in order to fight for Palestinian liberation. Participants will walk away from this first session with a precise understanding of the forces that propelled the colonization of Palestine and how US imperialist interests continue the efforts today. This curriculum is designed especially for those new to DSA, the Palestine movement, or those deepening their commitment to being anti-zionist. RSVP here!

📖 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 every other Sunday evening starting in September for 4 or 5 sessions at 1916 McAllister. The next session is Sunday, October 19. For more info, register here: bit.ly/martacd and check the events calendar for latest details.

🐣 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 October 23rd!

Ready to Build Real Power? Join the Organizing 4 Power Training!

Want to take your organizing skills to the next level? We are looking for at least 10 members interested to attend the upcoming Organizing 4 Power (O4P) training! O4P isn’t just another workshop. It’s a world-class, hands-on program used by organizers globally to win strong campaigns. This is your chance to gain proven tools to:

  • Recruit & motivate members more effectively.
  • Tell powerful stories that inspire action.
  • Identify & develop new leaders from within our ranks.
  • Build strategic campaigns that create real change.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to make a bigger impact—whether you’re new to organizing or a seasoned pro.

Interested in joining our cohort?
We need at least 10 people to sign up by Oct 18th!  Reach out to Erich Fiederer on slack or email labor board (labor@dsasf.org) to let us know!

The class will be 5:00-7:00PM at the office (1916 McAllister) on November 18th and 20th, then again on December 2nd and 4th.

Let’s invest in our skills and build our power together!

Reportback: Hold Airbnb Accountable with DSA SF!

IFPTE Local 21, SEIU Local 1021, UNITE HERE Local 2, and over a dozen other unions and community organizations are protesting Airbnb as the tech giant sues San Francisco for $120 million! Companies like Airbnb use our city as their personal playground while not paying their fair share. At a time when public services are crumbling, budget cuts run rampant, and housing has become more scarce and expensive, Labor Board is endorsing this campaign in support of our workers.

This past Wednesday, October 8th kicked off the campaign with a press conference outside of Airbnb’s headquarters at 888 Brannan. Comrade Firas (of IFPTE Local 21) gave a strong speech condemning Airbnb’s corporate greed, displacement of workers, and reliance on the very same public services and beautiful city that they’re refusing to pay taxes for. Capitalism enables and encourages billionaires and corporations to avoid paying their fair share, and we will not let them get away with it!

Support this campaign by signing and sharing the pledge to boycott Airbnb, and coming to a flyering event!

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.

Interested in helping with the newsletter or other day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running? Fill out the CCC help form.