Upcoming Events

🌹Tuesday, February 25 (7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.): Abolish Rent Reading Group, Session 1 (In person at 438 Haight)

🌹Tuesday, February 25 (7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.): Organizing 102 (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Wednesday, February 26 (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): Maker Wednesday (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Thursday, February 27 (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.): Palestine Solidarity and Anti Imperialist Working Group (Zoom)

🌹Friday, February 28 (4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Friday, February 28 (7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.): Comrade Karaoke (In person at The Roar Shack, 34 7th St.)

🌹Monday, March 3 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Electoral Board Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Monday, March 3 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Monday, March 3 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Tuesday, March 4 (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): DSA Board Game Night (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Wednesday, March 5 (6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): New Member Happy Hour (In person at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia)

🌹Thursday, March 6 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Immigration Justice Priority Working Group (Zoom)

🌹Saturday, March 8 (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Training & Outreach (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Sunday, March 9 (10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.): Chapter Local Vision and Strategy Meeting (In person TBD)

🌹Monday, March 10 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Tenderloin Healing Circle (In person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate)

🌹Monday, March 10 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Ecosocialist Monthly Meeting (Zoom)

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

Events & Actions

Electoral Board Organizing to Oppose Removal of Police Commissioner Carter-Oberstone

This week the Electoral Board has organized a letter campaign, direct lobbying action, and turnout for a public commentary hearing to organize opposition to the removal of Max Carter-Oberstone. Commissioner Carter-Oberstone has supported reduction of pretext traffic stops which disproportionately affect People of Color in San Francisco, and had refused to comply with illegal requests from former Mayor London Breed’s office.

Folks who are available today, February 25 at 3:00 p.m. are invited to join us at City Hall for public comment. You can sign up to attend here. Can’t make it or also want to participate in our associated letter writing campaign? Please submit an email to the Board of Supervisors, the Mayor, and the Budget Clerk here.

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Organizing 102

Come out and flex your organizing skills with the Labor Committee in this follow up to Organizing 101. Attendance at Organizing 101 is not a pre-requisite. At this next session today, February 25, we’ll jump into what it takes to start planning collective actions with a special focus on workplace organizing. We’ll meet 7:00 p.m. at 1916 McAllister. See you there!

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Socialists in Office Hours

SFPD is requesting how many millions in overtime? What’s up with Dorsey wanting to hire some crime consultant for $300k a year? Get answers and ask questions at this week’s Socialists in Office Hours with Jackie Fielder this Friday, February 28 at 3:00 p.m.

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Maker Wednesday on February 26th 🎨

We’ll be having a Maker Wednesday tomorrow, February 26 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the DSA SF office at 1916 McAllister! Support chapter work through art or bring your own project and come hang out. We’ll be making Know Your Rights cards to support Immigrant Justice, buttons, and more. Masks are required and will be provided! See you there!

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🎙️Comrade Karaoke 🎙️

Do you like karaoke? Do you like free karaoke? Do you like radicalizing your friends and comrades with the power of song? If so, come through to the Roar Shack (34 7th St) Friday, February 28 from 7:30-10:00 p.m. It’s free with a suggested donation to the chapter of $10. We will have wine and beer available for purchase but feel free to also bring your own bevs and your comrades.

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Board Game Night

We’re hosting board game night! Come get to know your comrades while playing some board games, all are welcome. We’ll be at 1916 McAllister 7:00-9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4 with some games, snacks, and drinks to share. 

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.

Upcoming Events

🌹Tuesday, February 4 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Newsletter Training (Zoom)

🌹 Wednesday, February 5 (6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): New Member Happy Hour (In person at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia)

🌹 Thursday, February 6 (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.): Palestine Solidarity and Anti Imperialist Working Group (Zoom)

🌹 Thursday, February 6 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Immigration Justice Priority Working Group (Zoom)

🌹 Friday, February 7 (12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.): Office Hours (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Saturday, February 8 (10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.): No Appetite for Apartheid Outreach and Training (In person at UNITE HERE Local 2, 209 Golden Gate)

🌹 Saturday, February 8 (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Training and Outreach (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Sunday, February 9 (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.): Immigrant Justice Canvassing (In person at 24th St Mission BART Plaza, 2800 Mission)

🌹 Monday, February 10 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Ecosocialist Monthly Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Monday, February 10 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Electoral Board Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Monday, February 10 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Wednesday, February 12 (6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): 🌹 February General Meeting (In person at UNITE HERE Local 2, 209 Golden Gate)

🌹 Thursday, February 13 (5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Saturday, February 15 (4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.): Electoral Board Happy Hour (In person at TBD)

🌹 Monday, February 17 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group (Zoom & in person at 1916 McAllister)

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

Events & Actions

Newsletter Training

Curious about how the newsletter gets put together each week? Interested in joining the newsletter team and learning how to do it yourself? Join us on Zoom on Tuesday, February 4th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for an online tutorial! Working on the newsletter is a great way to stay engaged with the chapter and help out with vital but often overlooked work. We are particularly seeking out disabled comrades and folks with busy schedules who might not be able to make it to in-person DSA events regularly.

Check out the #newsletter channel on Slack or message Serena M for the Zoom link!

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Office Hours: Co-work With Comrades

Co-work with your comrades! Come to the DSA SF office this Friday, February 7 any time between 12:00 and 5:00 p.m. and get your DSA work or work-work done, have lunch, or just hang out.

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No Appetite for Apartheid Mobilization

Join the No Appetite for Apartheid (NA4A) campaign this Saturday, February 8 at 10:00 a.m. for a mobilization with Arab Resource Organizing Center (AROC) and Neighborhood Business Alliance (NBA)! We’ll be meeting at UNITE HERE Local 2 (215 Golden Gate) and covering stores in SoMa and the Tenderloin.

If you haven’t canvassed for our NA4A campaign, we’ll be doing a training session followed by a canvassing effort where you will have the opportunity to talk to real store employees and owners about this work. If you’ve been trained already and you want to join us for the canvassing effort, please do!

RSVP so we know how many people to organize for turfs and canvassing groups. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Know Your Rights Canvassing

Join us to distribute posters and Know Your Rights red cards to local businesses and members of our community. We’ll be meeting at 24th St Mission BART Plaza (2800 Mission) this Sunday, February 9 at 10:00 a.m.

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Organizing 102

Come out and flex your organizing skills with the Labor Committee in this follow up to Organizing 101. Attendance at Organizing 101 is not a pre-requisite. At this next session on Tuesday, February 25, we’ll jump into what it takes to start planning collective actions with a special focus on workplace organizing. We’ll meet 7:00 p.m. at 1916 McAllister. See you there!

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DSA SF Education Board: 2025 Planning Survey

What did you come to DSA to learn about? What types of educational events do you think would help our organizing work as a chapter? Help the ed board shape our 2025 educational offerings by taking this three-minute survey.

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.