Upcoming Events

🌹Tuesday, December 3 (6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): 📚 What is DSA? (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Tuesday, December 3 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Ecosocialist Monthly Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Wednesday, December 4 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): New Member Happy Hour (In person at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia)

🌹Wednesday, December 4 (6:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Tenant Organizing Working Group Meeting (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Thursday, December 5 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialist Working Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Friday, December 6 (2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.): Office Hours (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Friday, December 6 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Tenant Organizing Social (In person at Karl’s Beacon, 1355 Taraval)

🌹Friday, December 6 (7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.): Film Screening: Nihon Sekigun x PFLP Declaration of War (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Sunday, December 8 (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Training & Outreach (Meet at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Sunday, December 8 (7:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.): Labor Movie Night: Four Winters: A Story of Resistance and Bravery in WWII (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Monday, December 9 (6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group (On Zoom)

🌹Monday, December 9 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board Reading Group: San Francisco Reds (On Zoom)

🌹Wednesday, December 11 (6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): 🌹December General Meeting (Zoom; in person location TBD)

🌹Saturday, December 14 (5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): DSA SF Community Dinner (In person at 1916 McAllister)

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

Events & Actions

Support the Appeal of the SFMTA RV Ban!

The Homelessness Working Group is helping fight SFMTA’s ban on RVs parking overnight around the city, and we need your assistance! RVs are critical homes for those who would otherwise be on the street — but the city keeps punishing vulnerable people.

Speak out by filling out this form to email the Board of Supervisors, asking them to overturn the RV ban. And save the date to give live public comment on December 10!

🎊 DSA SF Holiday Dinner 🎊

Join DSA SF for a holiday dinner on Saturday, December 14, 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at 1916 McAllister. Come wind down with your favorite socialists before we recharge for the struggle to come in the new year. Bring friends, family and something small to share.

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 canvassing. 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.

Upcoming Events

🌹Tuesday, September 24 (6:00 p.m.): Emergency Protest – All Out for Lebanon at the SF Federal Building (In person at 90 7th St.)

🌹Wednesday, September 25 (5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): ☎️🌹Phonebank for Extreme Dean (In person at 1630 Haight)

🌹Wednesday, September 25 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Independent Outreach (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Thursday, September 26 (5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Weekday Mobilization for Jackie Fielder (Meet at 3389 26th St.)

🌹Thursday, September 26 (5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): ☎️🌹Phonebank for Extreme Dean (In person at 1630 Haight)

🌹Thursday, September 26 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialist Working Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Thursday, September 26 (6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): Ecosocialist Monthly Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Thursday, September 26 (7:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.): Palestine and Socialism Study Group: Session 2 (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Friday, September 27 (12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.): Office Hours (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Saturday, September 28 (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.): Extreme Dean Door Knock Mobilization (Meet at Alamo Square at Scott and Hayes)

🌹Saturday, September 28 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Food Service – Castro (Location TBD)

🌹Sunday, September 29 (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.): Jackie Fielder for D9 Supervisor Mobilization (Meet at Holly Park at Holly Circle & Bocana)

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

🌹Monday, September 30 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Wednesday, October 2 (6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): New Member Happy Hour (In person at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia)

🌹Friday, October 4 (11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.): No Appetite for Apartheid Canvass (Meet in person at 876 Valencia)

🌹Saturday, October 5 (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Outreach Training (In person at 1916 McAllister)

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

Events & Actions

Emergency Protest TODAY: All Out for Lebanon!

There is an emergency protest today (Tuesday, 9/24) at 6:00 p.m. at the SF Federal Building at 90 7th St. in response to Israel’s attack on Lebanon this week.

Heavy Israeli air raids have killed 324 people, including 24 children, and seriously injured over 1,200 people. In response, the Bay Area is mobilizing a protest to show our solidarity with Lebanon and the Lebanese people, demand an end to Israel’s violence and escalation in the Middle East, and an end to the United States’ ongoing complicity in Israeli war crimes.

Palestine and Socialism Study Group

Looking to learn more about the history of the Palestinian liberation struggle with like-minded comrades? Been skeptical about whether socialist theory has anything to offer to the movement? Join DSA SF’s Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialist Working Group on Thursday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss these questions and more.

This event is the 2nd of 3 sessions in this series. In the last session, we covered some of the historical realities that underpin the Zionist movement and the establishment of the state of Israel.

This session will focus on frameworks outlined in Lenin’s Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism and The Right of Nations to Self Determination. Join us in a political discussion about how these frameworks can inform the current movement to liberate Palestine from the river to the sea.

This will be a hybrid event at 1916 McAllister St and on Zoom.

Volunteer with the Dean Team This Week!

We have ONE WEEK before ballots drop, so we’re pulling out all the stops! Come volunteer with the Extreme Dean Team this week. We have five different opportunities for you to show up and show out:

• 9/24: Turnout Tuesday (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at 1916 McAllister)
• 9/25, 9/26: Phonebanking (5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at 1630 Haight)
• 9/28: Canvass with the DSA (Meet at 10:00 a.m. at Alamo Square at Scott and Hayes)
• 9/29: Rally for Rent Control and Affordable Housing with Yes on 5 and Yes on 33 (10:00 a.m. at Raymond Kimbell Playground at Geary and Steiner)

Door Knock with the Jackie Fielder Campaign This Sunday!

Come door knock with the Jackie Team this Sunday, September 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Holly Park (Holly Circle and Bocana) and get out the word out about her campaign! We’ll be talking with our neighbors in D9 about what makes Jackie great and stacking voter IDs. Come out and help us get a socialist elected to represent District 9!

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.

Benefit Concert for Gaza

Join your DSA SF comrades and our coalition partners on Saturday, October 5th at a benefit concert for Gaza, in support of the steadfastness of the Palestinian people facing this ongoing genocide. This will be a night of Palestinian art and culture, with performances by Ramzi Aburedwan & his Dalouna Ensemble featuring Ouday Al Khatib. All proceeds of the event will be donated to the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance (MECA). MECA has been instrumental in providing emergency assistance to families who have fled their homes. Discounted early bird tickets are available until this Friday!

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

🌹Wednesday, 12/13 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): HWG Reading Group – Mean Streets (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Wednesday, 12/13 (6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): December Chapter Meeting (Zoom and in person at 209 Golden Gate Avenue. Doors open at 6:45 p.m., meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.)

🌹Friday, 12/15 (12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.): Office Hours (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Sunday, 12/17 through Monday, 1/1: ❄️Chapter-Wide Winter Break❄️ (See you in January!)

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

Events & Actions

Ceasefire Update from the Electoral Board

Last Tuesday (12/5), District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston introduced a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and provision of humanitarian aid. Over 2,000 San Francisco residents turned out to make public comment, including many DSA SF members. Despite this showing of popular support, many Supervisors are still too afraid to sign on to the resolution. We urge all members to email their supervisors using this template for talking points.

Moments like these highlight the importance of having a Democratic Socialist in office. Please help DSA member Dean Preston keep his seat in 2024 by making a contribution to his re-election campaign.

Submit Your Nominations for Chapter Leadership!

Hello, comrades! We are now opening nominations for chapter leadership! Please fill out this form if you would like to nominate yourself or a comrade for a leadership position!

Leadership positions for the following chapter bodies are up for chapter-wide elections:

• Labor Board (5 seats)
• Electoral Board (5 seats)
• Mutual Aid Priority Leadership (3 seats total, 1 vacant)
• Chapter Coordination Committee Co-Chairs (2 seats)
• Education Board (3 seats)
• Ecosocialists Committee Co-Chairs (2 seats)
• Tenant Organizing Working Group Co-Chairs (2 seats)

The following chapter bodies will be holding internal elections, which will be ratified by the chapter:

• Homelessness Working Group Co-Chairs
• AfroSocialists & Socialists of Color Committee Co-Chairs

Elections and ratification votes will be held tomorrow at our December chapter meeting!

Smolidarity is Coming Back for the December Chapter Meeting!

The chapter is coordinating childwatch for the upcoming chapter meeting in December! If you are a parent or caregiver and you would like to bring your kids to the meeting, take a moment to fill out this form so we can make sure we have enough volunteers and the right supplies on hand.

If you would like to help out with the chapter’s smolidarity efforts, drop a line in the #priority-mutual-aid channel on Slack!

Get Your DSA Pet Calendar

We will be selling our beautiful pet calendar at the chapter meeting this Wednesday! A perfect gift for your loved ones and a great way to commemorate great moments of socialist history.

❄️Winter Break❄️

At the last chapter meeting, members passed a Holiday Break Resolution calling for a pause in regular chapter activities from Sunday, December 17th until Monday, January 1st. This break is intended to give folks time to rest, relax, and recuperate as we enter the winter season.

What this means in practice is a pause in our organizing for the latter half of December, including canceling regularly scheduled chapter body meetings, fewer events being held, and some chapter coordination functions like CCC support, new member onboarding, and the newsletter taking a break for a couple weeks.

We hope chapter members will take this period to recuperate and recharge so we can all return energized in the New Year.

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.

Questions? Feedback? Something to add?

We welcome your feedback. If you have comments or suggestions, feel free to reply to this email or send a message to the #newsletter channel on Slack.

For information on how to add content, check out the Newsletter Q&A thread on the forum.

Upcoming Events

🌹Tuesday, 10/10 (6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): Ecosocialist Book Club: Steven Higashide’s Better Buses Better Cities (Zoom)

🌹Wednesday, 10/11 (6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): October Chapter Meeting (Zoom and in person at 518 Valencia)

🌹Friday, 10/13 (12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.): Office Hours (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Friday, 10/13 (7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.): ⚽DSA SF Soccer League – Team Orcas (In person at 601 Mission Bay Boulevard North)

🌹Saturday, 10/14 (11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Office Hours (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Tuesday, 10/17 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): 📚How to Be an Organizer (Zoom)

🌹Tuesday, 10/17 (7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.): DSA National Convention Discussion (Zoom)

🌹Wednesday, 10/18 (6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): 📚What is DSA? (New Member Meeting) (In person at 1916 McAllister)

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

Events & Actions

October Chapter Meeting on Wednesday, 10/11

The October Chapter meeting is tomorrow, October 11th, from 6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.! You can attend remotely on Zoom or in person at 518 Valencia.

This meeting will include:

• reports from various committees and working groups, including updates from the Chapter Coordination Committee, the Homelessness and Fundraising Working Groups, and the Electoral Board
• a vote on a bylaws amendment to our corporate donations policy
• discussion of a future vote on reducing the size of the Steering Committee

Chapter meetings are an excellent way to find out what’s happening within the chapter and for members to make their voices heard, whether you’re brand new to DSA SF or a longstanding member.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Reports

Palestinian Solidarity Protest on 10/8

In response to the situation in Palestine, DSA SF and East Bay DSA members organized a contingent for a protest hosted by the Palestinian Youth Movement. Protestors marched down Market Street in support of Palestine as a show of support and solidarity.

Thank you to the folks who got everyone together so quickly, and those who showed up to the protest.

Team Dean Update!

DSA SF member Dean Preston (elected District 5 Supervisor) has been busy this past month. Some highlights: 

• Moving legislation through the Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee which prohibits security guards from drawing their weapons to protect only property. This legislation was a response to the murder of Banko Brown by a Walgreens security guard. 
• Holding a hearing on the city’s response to car break-ins, in which departments reported in the Park Smart campaign and SFPD reported that they close less than 2% of reported break-ins each year. The office will be following up on suggestions made in Dean’s memo to departments and those brought forth by residents. Stay tuned! 
• Putting the Board of Supervisors on record in expressing concern for Rec & Park’s unceremonious moving of the Heart of the City Farmer’s Market over the market’s objections. The office has scheduled a follow-up hearing on October 19th and is ready to use the Board’s subpoena power if needed. 
• Living rent-free in the mind of Elon Musk, who twice called for Dean’s jailing. It’s no surprise that the world’s richest man has a problem with a socialist who has used his power effectively to tax some of the richest people and companies in San Francisco, and we are proud to have partnered with DSA SF to do it! 
• Last but not least: Being grateful and excited to once again win DSA SF’s endorsement for District 5 Supervisor in the November 2024 race. We’ve accomplished a lot but we are just getting started!

Excited about our work? You can reach out to Will Sw., the rest of the Electoral Board at electoral@dsasf.org, or Melissa H. on Slack if you have any concerns or questions about anything related to Dean’s office, City Hall, or campaign work!

Queer Mixer Reportback

On September 27th, DSA’s Fundraising Provisional Working Group, the Electoral Board, and DSA SF member Jackie Fielder organized a queer mixer at El Rio along with East Bay DSA. The event was attended by a mix of DSA SF and East Bay DSA members along with Harvey Milk Democratic Club members, Jackie supporters, other progressives in the city, and some other folks who saw the flyer on El Rio’s Instagram.

Attendees played “queer bingo” as a way to meet and mingle with each other. There were also speakers from DSA SF and East Bay DSA and a raffle for various DSA SF merch prizes, which raised over $800 that was shared between DSA SF and East Bay DSA. Many new members also signed up to join DSA SF!

Q&A with Jackie Fielder, D9 Candidate

Jackie Fielder met with the DSA SF chapter on October 3rd to discuss her run for District 9, her political experience and values, and answer audience questions. Here are some highlights of that discussion:

• Jackie has a strong understanding of the demographics of D9, and aims to offer support and literature in multiple languages, particularly Spanish and Mandarin, in order to better connect with D9 residents. She also has a sense of the key issues D9 residents are most concerned about, from more city-wide concerns like public safety, housing, and homelessness to district-specific issues like illegal dumping in Portola, small business closures and building vacancies, and the vendors at the 24th St. BART station.
• A big focus of the campaign is bringing an indigenous understanding of the world to the SF Board of Supervisors, specifically the idea that everyone has a right to a dignified quality of life. This understanding informs Jackie’s stances on environmental justice and against the corporatization of San Francisco.

Overall, the event was informative and gave attendees a chance to learn more about Jackie and her campaign. More detailed notes on the event can be found on the #electoral-discussion channel on Slack.

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.

Feedback? Questions? Something to add?

We’re always looking for feedback. If you have comments or suggestions, feel free to send a message to the #newsletter channel on Slack.

For information on how to add content, check out the Newsletter Q&A thread on the forum.

Events

🌹Wednesday, 9/20 (6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): What is DSA? (In person at the DSA SF office at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Friday, 9/22 (12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.): Office Hours (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Friday, 9/22 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): DSA SF Soccer Club – Team Orcas (In person at 601 Mission Bay Blvd)

🌹Saturday, 9/23 (11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Office Hours (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Saturday, 9/23 (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Sock Distro (Meet in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Sunday, 9/24 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.): Sunday Streets Western Addition (In person at Golden Gate and Webster)

🌹Monday, 9/25 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Dinner Service (In person; location TBD – check the calendar and the Weekly Roundup for updates)

🌹Monday, 9/25 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Transit Labor Walking Tour! (Meet at the Ferry Building)

🌹Wednesday, 9/27 (6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): Queer Mixer (In person at El Rio, 3158 Mission Street)

For more events, click here.

Announcements

Help with HWG’s Swag Swindle!

The Homelessness Working Group (HWG) will be collecting the following items in both the office AND at the October chapter meeting on October 11th:

• hygiene products (wipes are really popular, as well as pads and tampons)
• hand sanitizer
• toiletries
• unused, unopened toothpaste/ toothbrushes
• N95 masks
• unopened snacks & drinks

Please do NOT include canned goods.

Our goal is to grab things from places that give items out for free to distribute to the homeless, so gather up all those complimentary hotel shampoos and soaps,  free tech perk snacks, and anything else you can find!

Thanks and reach out to anyone in the Homelessness Working Group or on the #homelessness channel on Slack if you have any questions!

Socializing for Socialism

Leftist Queer Mixer on 9/27 at 6 p.m. at El Rio!

Come meet your local socialist sweeties, amorous anarchists, and commie cuties for a queer mixer on Wednesday, September 27th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at El Rio at 3158 Mission Street, hosted by San Francisco and East Bay DSA!

We’ll be out on the patio. There will be DJing and dancing all night 💃

Reportbacks

September Chapter Meeting Recap

At last Wednesday’s chapter meeting, despite some technical difficulties, we heard updates from across the chapter:

• Emily presented a treasurer update
• Julian presented a Homelessness Working Group update and announced a new mutual aid project (see below)
• Hazel presented an update from California DSA
• Allyson presented an update on teacher organizing
• Faye presented an update from the Mutual Aid priority and a new oral history project

Later, the chapter heard from candidates for delegate California DSA. Matt and Sean were elected, with Alyssa and Ryan serving as alternates. Additionally, Dan and Julian were elected as co-chairs to the newly chartered Tenant Organizing Working Group.
Finally, the chapter voted unanimously to endorse EXTREME DEAN for District 5 supervisor.

Our next chapter meeting will be Wednesday, October 11th at 6:45 p.m. Stay tuned for more details.

Labor Board Update

In the past few months, DSA SF Labor group has hit the ground running, building organizing capacity within the chapter and building solidarity with unions in varied industries across the city. Here are some highlights of the work we’ve been doing:

• Established a local SF Emergency Worker Organizing Committee (SF EWOC) in collaboration with EWOC national and East Bay EWOC. We have our first EWOC trained organizers leading and shadowing worker organizing campaigns at several companies in SF and the wider East Bay.
• Our Labor Education Subcommittee has been formed! They are planning long-term strategy for outward-facing labor education in the chapter, and for September they are facilitating a group of DSA SF members to participate in EB DSA’s new labor education series and get direct organizing experience.
• Our Tech Workers Circle has continued organizing their successful monthly outward-facing trainings and discussions, giving tech workers a place to grow class consciousness and train their labor organizing skills.
• We’re planning UPS Teamsters strike ready debrief and celebration in collaboration with the UPS Teamsters, as well as to review DSA SF’s work and create a guide for future use on similar campaigns.
• We are gearing up to support solidarity work with UAW in their negotiations with the Big 3 and considering how labor resources can best be leveraged in support of rank and file UAW workers.
• We’ve continued our work supporting our local Starbucks Workers United workers and organizers, including organizing a poster canvass to support the second union store in SF on Irving ahead of their winning union vote back in August.
• We’ve also been growing our relationship with rank and file SF Teachers and have biweekly meetings with them and the larger community members and organizations to discuss how DSA SF can support them in ongoing negotiations and if it comes to it, during a potential strike if no agreement is reached, including early planning discussions about how we could get an SF Bread for Ed campaign off the ground.

If you’d like to read more about these efforts, we have a more detailed Labor Board Update post on the forum!

Mutual Aid Priority Update

• Formed an education subcommittee, hosted its first meeting, and began to develop a course called Mutual Aid in the Socialist Struggle. We’re looking for folks to lead the courses as instructors starting in October. No experience needed, just interest! We’ll train you, and this is a great opportunity for skill development. Drop a line in #priority-mutual-aid or send Stephen A a DM.
• Explored a Bread 4 Ed mutual aid project in partnership with the Labor Board
• Continued development on a mutual aid project to complement the Extreme Dean Priority work, with a planned focus around the Buchanan Street Mall and the surrounding community, based on community input. Join us for a strategic analysis working session in the office and on zoom on Saturday, September 30th at 10 a.m. (date is tentative and to be confirmed); see DSA SF internal calendar for updates.
• Teamed up with the Fundraising Provisional Working Group (PWG) to table at Sunday Streets in the Western Addition on September 24th. Come through Sunday, September 24th, and/or drop a line in #fundraising-pwg or #priority-mutual-aid channels on Slack, or DM Edna K to help with planning!
• Hosted our first potluck at the office, which included comrades from across the chapter, and yielded some really generative conversation. We will continue to alternate our bi-monthly meetings with an in-person potluck. Our next potluck will be on September 28th or September 29th (to be confirmed); see the DSA SF Internal calendar for updates.
• Reviewed our challenges. So far one of our biggest challenges in the work has been spreading the workload out. This priority resolution has a very broad and far reaching scope, and tons of exciting potential. That is awesome, and it can easily become overwhelming. If you want to plug in and/or if you have thoughts/critique on our work so far, or moving forward, we’d love to chat with you!

If you’d like to read more about these efforts, we have a more detailed Labor Board Update post on the forum!

Chapter Coordination Committee Rotations

The Chapter Coordination Committee (CCC) regularly rotates duties among different 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. 

You can view the current CCC rotation sheet and see who is doing what here. If you’re interested in helping out with the day-to-day tasks that help keep the chapter running, fill out this form and let us know what you’re interested in!

Have feedback about the newsletter? Tell us!

We are always looking for feedback to help us improve the newsletter and make it work better for the whole chapter!

If you have feedback or questions for the newsletter team, drop your comments in the Newsletter Q&A thread in the forum, or reach out to the Chapter Coordination Committee, Serena M., or Ryan V. on Slack.