It’s almost Valentine’s Day and Los Angeles has our hearts aflutter! Join us this week to keep building the city Angelenos deserve <3
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Fri, Feb 13, 7–10:30pm
Highland Park
Let’s raise some funds to re-elect Eunisses Hernandez to LA City Council! Meet us at the Hermosillo for live mariachi 🎺, raffles 🎟️, tarot card readings 🔮, and great food 😋
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💕 February Branch Meetings 💕
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Ready to stop doomscrolling and get organized? One of the best ways to plug into our work is by attending a DSA-LA branch meeting. These smaller, regional gatherings bring together socialists to discuss chapter plans and priorities and, most importantly, meet and connect with one another!
- San Fernando Valley Branch Meeting and Marissa Roy Canvass
Sat, Feb 14, 11:30am–3pm
- Eastside and San Gabriel Valley Branch Meeting
Sat, Feb 14, 2:30–4:30pm
- Central Branch Meeting
Sat, Feb 14, 3–5pm
- South Central–Inglewood Branch Meeting
Mon, Feb 16, 12–3pm
- Westside Branch Meeting
Sat, Feb 21, 2:30–5:30pm
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🌹 This Week in DSA-LA...🌹
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🗳️ ELECT A SOCIALIST MAJORITY 🗳️
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In DSA, we know knocking on doors and talking to our neighbors is what wins campaigns. Join us for an upcoming canvass. First-timers welcome!
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- Eunisses Hernandez (City Council District 1):
- Estuardo Mazariegos (City Council District 9):
- Faizah Malik (City Council District 11):
- Marissa Roy (LA City Attorney)
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WEEKLY POSTCARDING EVENTS
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Part social, part action, postcarding is a great way to meet like-minded Angelenos and spread the word about our endorsed candidates! See below for this week's postcarding schedule.
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- Faizah Malik: Every Wednesday at 6pm, Westside locations vary
- Dr. Rocío Rivas: Thursday, Feb 12 at 6pm at Stories Books & Cafe in Echo Park
- Eunisses Hernandez: Every Thursday at 8pm at Arroyo Club in Highland Park
- Estuardo Mazariegos: Every Friday at 6pm at Mercado La Paloma in Historic South Central
- Marissa Roy: Friday, Feb 13, 7pm at Audio Graph Beer in DTLA
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Know Your Rights Training
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Thur, Feb 19, 7–8 pm
Zoom
Our city is under attack and it's time to get prepared. In this training, learn about your rights in the event of an ICE raid or confrontation.
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Sat, Feb 21, 10am–12pm
Inglewood
Join us to connect with community businesses and neighbors to make sure they are informed about their legal rights and prepared to safeguard their workers from ICE raids.
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ICE Watch Community Patrol Trainings
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Mondays, 7–8:30 pm
Zoom
This training covers the fundamentals of ICE watch, including logistics, safety, how to record ICE activity, and other best practices. Learn the skills you need to protect your neighbors.
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Radical Love: A Socialist Valentine’s Craft + Coffee Social
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Sat, Feb 14, 10am–1pm
Windsor Hills
Join us for coffee and crafts! We’re creating space to make Valentine’s cards or work on any art projects you’ve been wanting to start. We’ll have coffee and some supplies. Feel free to bring any materials you’d like to use or share.
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SOCIAL-ism with the Palestine Solidarity Committee
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Fri, Feb 13, 7pm
Downtown
Meet us at Audio Graph Beer to chat about our campaigns and write postcards in support of Marissa Roy for City Attorney. This race is critical to the work the Palestine Solidarity Committee will be doing this year.
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Thur, Feb 12, 7pm
Downtown
Let's celebrate the recent LA rent stabilization victory—which lowered annual rent increases for the first time in 40 years!—and what work still needs to be done at Angel Street Brewery. No landlords allowed!
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Fri, Feb 20, 5:30pm
North Hollywood
Hang out with us at Republic of Pie to build community and learn how you can get involved with DSA-LA and the San Fernando Valley Branch. New members are encouraged to swing by and meet the team.
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Tue, Feb 10, 6:30–8pm
Koreatown
Are you new or newly returning to DSA? To Los Angeles? To the Left? Then join us for a DSA 101! At this orientation, we’ll talk about what capitalism is, how it functions, and why socialism is ideologically opposed to it. Participants will also learn about the history of our organization and our chapter in particular, the current projects we’re working on, and how you can get involved.
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📆 WORKING GROUP & COMMITTEE MEETINGS 📆
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Interested in a specific issue? DSA-LA committees provide a space for long-term organizing to develop policy, build coalitions, and plan for actions. Join an upcoming meeting to get involved.
- Climate Justice: Wed, Feb 11, 6:30pm
- Public Education: Tue, Feb 17, 7pm
- Palestine Solidarity: Wed, Feb 18, 7pm
- Housing and Homelessness: Thur, Feb 19, 6:30pm
- Mutual Aid: Mon, Feb 23, 7pm
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Join and Donate to DSA-LA 🌹
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Help us keep our neighborhoods safe from ICE, elect leaders who prioritize people over profit, protect tenants and workers, and fight right wing extremism. Member dues and donations provide the resources we need to stay in the fight and win for our communities.
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