🗓 What's Going On this Week? 🗓
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Want to get more involved? Attend a committee meeting or upcoming event!
Looking for more events? See our monthly calendar! 📆
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🍻 Thirsty Thursday Social: Eat, Drink, and Be Marxist 🍻
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Eat, Drink, and Be Marxist is BACK! Every Third Thursday, DSA members will gather at Red's Beer Garden, 1328 Boulevard SE, Atlanta, GA 30315 at 6 PM to socialize, make connections, and discuss the upcoming business for Saturday's General Meeting. Be prepared to meet someone new, and drink responsibly! This event will officially end no later than 9pm, but may end earlier -- however, the beer garden stays open until 10.
Since COVID is still a risk, we ask that you only attend if you're fully vaccinated. We'll be meeting up in the outdoor patio area!
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Canvass for Gabriel Sanchez
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Join us to knock doors and build support for the Gabriel Sanchez campaign this Saturday at 10AM!
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🌹📅 Save the Date: ATLDSA Annual Convention 📅🌹
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Save the date for our annual chapter convention on Saturday Jan. 27 at 2 PM! We will discuss and debate resolutions to decide priorities for the next year, and also hold our annual officer elections. All members are encouraged to attend!
COVID Policy: As with all of our General Meetings, we expect all Convention attendees to be fully vaccinated and wear masks during all of Convention except while speaking at a microphone. Masks will be provided.
A few additional pre-convention gatherings:
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✊ Workplace Organizer Training ✊
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Want to organize your workplace but don’t know where to start? How to talk to your coworkers? How to build a team of organizers out of your coworkers? How to build your campaign? What to do when the boss responds badly to your organizing?
Join us for the next Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee’s Foundational Training Series, on Wednesday, January 17th.
There are virtual trainings the next 4 Wednesdays 8-9:30 (1/17, 1/24, 1/31)
Spots are limited to 200 participants, but you can always sign up for the next training series!
Week 2: Bringing Coworkers Together
Wednesday, January 17
8:00–9:30 p.m. ET/5:00–6:30 p.m. PT
Week 3: Demands, Targets, and Escalation Tactics
Wednesday, January 24
8:00–9:30 p.m. ET/5:00–6:30 p.m. PT
Week 4: Getting Over Fear and the Boss Campaign
Wednesday, January 31
8:00–9:30 p.m. ET/5:00–6:30 p.m. PT
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✏️ Socialist Night School ✏️
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Join us for "What Is Socialism," our first Socialist Night School event of 2024!
In this introductory session, we'll discuss socialist organization, democracy, and DSA's theory of change. Participants will learn how the volunteer work we do as part of DSA fits into a larger revolutionary strategy.
🌹 This session is designed for newer members and those who are relatively new to socialism, but everyone is welcome.
A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP
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✊Labor & Green New Deal Panel!🌱
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How would an ecosocialist Green New Deal change work and labor, and what is the role of unions, bargaining for the common good, and rank-and-file organizing to help us win GND struggles in the near and long term? Join DSA’s GND Campaign Commission and National Labor Commission to hear from organizers from across the country about their work and how it fits into the theory and practice of a just transition and socialist horizon.
Panelists:
Vanity Amano - Vanity is a public school teacher and a member of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA).
Sydney Ghazarian - Sydney is a former GNDCC organizer who works for Labor Network for Sustainability. She is a member of DSA LA.
Gustavo Gordillo - Gustavo started and led the campaign to win the Build Public Renewables Act in New York. He's a union electrical worker and member of NYC DSA.
Marcelina Pedraza - Marcelina has been a union electrician for 25 years and is currently a member of UAW Local 551 at Ford Chicago Assembly Plant. She is also a member of UAWD, a rank-and-file caucus of UAW members. She is a community organizer passionate about environmental and workers’ justice, and as Board President of the Southeast Environmental Task Force, is fighting for a cleaner neighborhood.
A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP
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All over the country, labor organizers are organizing on the shop floor to build strong, militant, and democratic unions. From Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) to Unite all Workers for Democracy (UAWD), the impact of union reform movements is loud and clear. Labor union reform caucuses have helped elect union leadership that's willing to put up a fight - helping Teamsters secure a historic union contract, and leading UAW to launch an unprecedented strike led by the rank-and-file.
Join Atlanta DSA's labor committee for an info session and workshop on union reform caucuses. We'll cover topics like: What is the goal of union reform? What are some examples of successful union reform movements? How can you get involved in your local union reform efforts?
This workshop is open to anyone, although union members are strongly encouraged to attend.
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📚Free In These Times Subscription📚
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Are you a member of Democratic Socialists for America? If so, you’re eligible for a free one year (10-issue) subscription to In These Times magazine.
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Commit to Solidarity Dues today by giving your 1% for the 99% to grow our mass movement and build the working class power we need to WIN — and get a limited-edition union-printed Solidarity Dues Bandana!
DSA members' dues money goes towards all our great work in labor solidarity, electing socialists to office, and more. Help us meet our fundraising goals by volunteering for a national solidarity dues phone bank!
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🏠YDSA Convention Solidarity Housing!🏠
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YDSA's 2024 Conference will be in Atlanta, March 1-3! We're going to need help housing YDSA students from all over the country. If you're an Atlanta DSA member with room to spare, sign up to be a host using this form.
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Interested in getting involved with ATLDSA's Labor Committee? Email [email protected]!
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Atlanta Democratic Socialists of America - atldsa.org
Fighting for the many, not the few
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