Upcoming Events

🌹 Tuesday, August 27 (6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): How to Be an Organizer (Zoom)

🌹 Thursday, August 29 (5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Jackie Fielder For D9 & SF Rising Mobilization (Meet at Garfield Square, 26th St & Harrison)

🌹 Thursday, August 29 (5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): ☎️ Phonebank for Extreme Dean (In person at 1630 Haight St)

🌹 Thursday, August 29 (5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): Zine Making Party (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Thursday, August 29 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialist Working Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Thursday, August 29 (7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): Palestine and Socialism Study Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Friday, August 30 (12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.): Office Hours (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Saturday, August 31 (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.): Extreme Dean Door Knock Mobilization (Meet at Jefferson Square Park, Laguna & Turk)

🌹 Sunday, September 1 (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.): Jackie Fielder For D9 Supervisor Mobilization (Meet at Palega Rec Center, 500 Felton)

🌹 Sunday, September 1 (11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.): DSA SF at SF Zine Fest (In person at City View at Metreon, 135 4th St, table 256)

🌹 Sunday, September 1 (1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.): No Appetite for Apartheid Work Session (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Monday, September 2 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Monday, September 2 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board Monthly Reading Group (Zoom)

🌹 Wednesday, September 4 (5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): ☎️ Phonebank for Extreme Dean (In person at 1630 Haight St)

🌹 Wednesday, September 4 (6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): New Member Happy Hour (In person at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia)

🌹 Friday, September 6 (6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): Unpacking the Political Climate in SF: What the ****? (Location TBD)

🌹 Saturday, September 7 (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.): Jackie Fielder For D9 Supervisor Mobilization (Location TBD)

🌹 Saturday, September 7 (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Outreach Training (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Sunday, September 8 (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.): Extreme Dean Door Knock Mobilization (Location TBD)

🌹 Monday, September 9 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Ecosocialist Monthly Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Monday, September 9 (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): Maker Monday (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Monday, September 9 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)

Check out https://dev.dsasf.org/events for more events and updates.

Events & Actions

Mobilize for Jackie Fielder & SF Rising

Let’s canvass for Jackie this Thursday (August 29th) with SF Rising! We’re meeting at Garfield Square Park at 26th St & Harrison at 5:00 p.m..  No experience required and we can train you or have you walk with a buddy if this is your first time! ​This is the most important way we can reach voters to get Jackie elected as D9 supervisor. We need all the canvassers we can get! Bring comfortable clothes and shoes to walk in.

Palestine and Socialism Study Group

The DSA SF’s Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperial Working Group is kicking off its study group this coming Thursday, August 29 at 7:30 p.m. at 1916 McAllister (and on Zoom)! Are you interested in expanding your understanding of the history of settler colonialism in Palestine and the Palestinian liberation struggle? In the first of three sessions, we discuss excerpts from Palestine: A Socialist Introduction by brian bean and Sumaya Awad, and The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi, specifically applying a socialist lens the history of the Zionist movement in the region through 1948.

Volunteer for Dean Preston’s Campaign at Fillmore Pride

Please join us this Saturday, August 31 at 10:00 a.m. for our Fillmore Pride Mobilization for DSA SF member Dean Preston’s re-election campaign. We’ll be meeting at Jefferson Square Park (Laguna & Turk) and offer  trainings to anyone who wants them!

The Fillmore, sometimes referred to as the Western Addition, is a neighborhood with a rich and vibrant history and was one of the only predominantly black neighborhoods in SF since the 50s, earning itself the nickname of the “Harlem of the West”. But, after decades of corporate planning and urban re-development (rebranded as “urban renewal”), real estate developers demolished hundreds of homes in the Western Addition, largely concentrated in black-occupied dwellings. The history of the Fillmore and the Western Addition is the story  of racism and gentrification in SF. Although tens of thousands of black residents have been displaced out of San Francisco, the Fillmore is still a proud and strong neighborhood with many residents actively organizing against gentrification and displacement. (Just ask Pat about his work with the tenant’s union at Thomas Paine!)

Black residents in the Fillmore support Dean because they know the importance of having a representative that will challenge the real estate industry and corporate developers. Dean has led the fight on anti-displacement in City Hall. Come out and knock doors for our Fillmore and Western Addition Neighbors.

DSA SF at SF Zine Fest!

DSASF will be exhibiting at SF Zine Fest this Sunday, September 1 at City View at Metreon from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.! Come by table 256 and say hi!

No Appetite for Apartheid in SF!

Inspired by long-standing Palestinian boycott tactics and the BDS call, the Palestine Solidarity Anti-Imperialist Working Group are canvassing local stores and asking them to pledge to become Apartheid-Free by dropping products from companies complicit in the genocide of Palestinians and colonization of Palestine. It’s time to turn up the heat on this apartheid regime and take apartheid off our plates!

Want to show your support? Sign our Apartheid-Free Pledge so business owners know how popular this movement is with their local customers. After signing the pledge, we would love to see you at any of our upcoming campaign strategy sessions and canvassing days. Check dev.dsasf.org/events for updates.

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.