Seattle Democratic Socialists of America

District 4 Mutual Aid
2021-07-08 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-07-15 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-07-22 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-07-29 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-08-05 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-08-12 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-08-19 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-08-26 16:30 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) and 23 more dates | University Playground Park, 4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Thursday at 4:30pm, come to University Playground Park (4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105) to distribute supplies. Bring medical supplies, snacks, and clothes. To get involved, you can also contact Rosa Hayes through the DSA Slack. If you want to contribute financially, send money with the note “mutual aid” to @historynerd1791 on Venmo.

District 2: BBQ @ Seward Park - meet us near shelter 2
2021-07-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Seward Park (near Shelter 2), Seward Park, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Join us for our BBQ in Seward Park on Thursday, July 8, 6.30pm @ Seward Park, meet us near shelter 2, https://goo.gl/maps/5TLExrDiB1cUbXC78 . Please bring something to drink and eat → to coordinate that, use this table. If you can, please bring your own reusable plates, cups etc.

District 4 Mutual Aid
2021-07-09 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-07-16 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-07-23 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-07-30 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-08-06 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-08-13 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-08-20 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-08-27 19:00 - 20:30 and 1 more date | University Playground, 4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Friday at 7pm, come to University Playground Park (4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105) to distribute supplies. Bring medical supplies, snacks, and clothes. To get involved, you can also contact Rosa Hayes through the DSA Slack. If you want to contribute financially, send money with the note “mutual aid” to @historynerd1791 on Venmo.

District 2: Soccer and social - back at Brighton Playfield
2021-07-10 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-07-17 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-07-24 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-07-31 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-08-07 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-08-14 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-08-21 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-08-28 17:00 - 19:00 and 1 more date | Brighton Playfield (next to Aki Kurose Middle School), 6000 39th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Join us → Saturdays, 5pm at Brighton Playfield

District 6 Kickoff Meeting
2021-07-14 20:00 - 21:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Are you a DSA member in District 6 (Dan Strauss’s City Council district)? Would you like to meet other DSA members who live near you?
This is a district group that is just starting out. We’ll be getting to know each other and finding out where we have mutual interests. Whether you’ve been to a number of Seattle DSA events or are joining us for the first time, we value what you have to say!
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District 2: DSA National Convention Preparation
2021-07-22 18:30 - 20:00 | WA
Join us for a discussion on the upcoming National Convention. We’ll highlight some resolutions, discussions around the platform – and want to hear your thoughts about all of that!

Action Meeting: Nikkita for 9! Socialists & Elections. Next District 3 Meeting
2021-07-29 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
The August 3rd primaries is fast approaching, and Nikkita Oliver is in a strong position to advance to the general election. They have a raft of endorsements from labor to community organizations and have fielded an impressive army of volunteers to doorknock and host community events.
And it’s paying off big time – according to a recent poll Nikkita Oliver has twice the support of their nearest opponent, 26% to Sara Nelson’s 12%. However, with 50% of those polled unsure who they will vote for there’s plenty of work that still needs to be done. And we can help: Join a doorknock! Talk to a neighbor! Vote!
Join District 3 DSA members this Thursday to discuss Nikkita Olivers platform and what we can do to help in the final days. We’ll also discuss why socialists run for office, whats the role of socialists when elected, how we can hold them accountable to the community/movements that elect them, and what the role of DSA is in electing socialists, and more!
We’ll also discuss the extreme weather driven by the climate crisis that is causing havoc and death across the globe.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85686743189

District 3 Meet Up
2021-08-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Powell Barnett Park, 352 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Hello D3-ers,
This Sunday (8/8), 5pm at Powell Barnett Park we will be having another exciting D3 Meet Up!
We hope to keep these meet ups on a regular schedule of every other Sunday at 5pm. Feel free to bring any games, ideas, food, and drink that bring you joy. There is also plenty of space if anyone has a soccer ball to kick around.
We look forward to seeing you all and talking all things socialist and more!

District 4 Reading Group: Orientalism
2021-08-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Join the District 4 reading group August 12th at 6:30 pm to read “Orientalism” by Edward Said. We will be reading the Introduction. Here’s a pdf of the Intro and Chapter 1 https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2014/12/Said_full.pdf
This event is open to DSA members and anyone curious about DSA.
Zoom Details:
https://washington.zoom.us/j/98196028905
Meeting ID: 981 9602 8905

District 6 Meetup and Social
2021-08-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Golden Gardens Park, 8498 Seaview Pl NW, Seattle, WA, 98117, United States
Join the newly-re-formed District 6 working group for a potluck social and the chance to meet in-person, outdoors, for some food and fun! If you live in Ballard, Queen Anne, Fremont, Crown Hill, Phinney Ridge, Greenlake or Greenwood, come meet your neighbors in Seattle DSA. Sign up to bring something for the potluck here.

District 2: Open planning meeting with D2 coconveners
2021-09-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/SDSA-D2

District 2: Review of DSA's National Convention - reports, explanations, comments, follow up
2021-09-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Columbia City Patio, Rainier Ave/S Ferdinand St, between Geraldine’s and Lottie’s, WA, United States
We will review and discuss our DSA National Convention at our next D2 meeting this Thursday, September 9, 6.30pm – outdoor & in person → at the Columbia City Patio, Rainier Ave/S Ferdinand St, between Geraldine’s and Lottie’s.
DSA held a successful National Convention from July 30 to August 8 over Zoom. 1,240 delegates gathered to discuss the political priorities and adopted a new DSA Platform. Justin Roll, Seattle DSA’s delegation leader, will kick of reports and discussion at our meeting. If you want to read a bit about the convention in advance, here are different takes from different angles:
– from David Duhalde (Socialist Majority Caucus)
– from the Reform & Revolution caucus
– from the DSA Observer Twitter blog

D4 Mutual Aid
2021-09-10 16:30 - 18:00, 2021-09-17 16:30 - 18:00, 2021-09-24 16:30 - 18:00, 2021-10-01 16:30 - 18:00, 2021-10-08 16:30 - 18:00, 2021-10-15 16:30 - 18:00, 2021-10-22 16:30 - 18:00, 2021-10-29 16:30 - 18:00 and 13 more dates | University Playground, 4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Friday at 4:30pm, come to University Playground Park (4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105) to distribute supplies. Bring medical supplies, snacks, and clothes. To get involved, you can also contact Rosa Hayes through the DSA Slack. If you want to contribute financially, send money with the note “mutual aid” to @historynerd1791 on Venmo.

Texas Abortion Ban - Roe v Wade Overturned in Texas. How can we fight the Right wing offensive? Next District 3 Mtg
2021-09-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join District 3 members (all are welcome!) to discuss…
The Texas abortion ban is an unprecedented and draconian attack on reproductive rights. For the first time since the passage of Roe v Wade in 1973, the US Supreme Court has consciously failed to protect the constitutionally protected right for abortion, effectively overturning Roe v Wade for millions of women in Texas.
While this dastardly law effects all women, it will disproportionately impact poor women, women of color, undocumented immigrants, and Black women all of whom make up the majority of women who seek abortions in Texas. This law represents a clear and present danger to reproductive rights and it is not at all certain Roe v Wade will survive, especially given the raft of copycat bills following in its wake and the Mississippi “heartbeat” bill the US Supreme Court will begin deliberation on in the fall.
What is the Texas abortion ban, how is it different? How can we defeat the right wing offensive? Join District 3 to discuss these important questions and how abortion rights were won in the first place. We’ll also discuss what we can do in Seattle to join the National Day of Action against the abortion ban on October 2nd.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82412261425

District 2: BBQ near Seward Park Shelter 2
2021-09-23 18:30 - 20:00 | Seward Park (near Shelter 2), Seward Park, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States

District 5 Canvass for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9
2021-10-07 17:30 - 20:00 | Licton Springs Park, 9536 Ashworth Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Join Seattle DSA Members as we canvass in District 5 on Thursday, October 7 at 5:30 PM to support Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9.
We’ll meet-up and train at Licton Springs Park before hitting the streets. All are welcome and share this widely!
Register to Canvass D5

District 6 Canvass for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9
2021-10-14 17:30 - 20:00 | Linden Orchard Park, Linden Ave N & N 67th St, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Join Seattle DSA as we canvass District 6 for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9 on Thursday, October 14 at 5:30 PM
We’ll meet up and train at ​Linden Orchard Park (Linden Ave N & N 67th St, Seattle, WA 98103​) before heading out. All experience levels welcome — especially if you’re a new member!
RSVP to Canvass D6

District 2: SDSA D2 strategy discussion and new organizing team election
2021-10-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States

District 4 Canvass for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9
2021-10-21 17:30 - 20:00 | University Playground, 4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join Seattle DSA Members as we canvass in District 4 on Thursday, October 21 at 5:30 PM to support Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9. We’ll meet-up and train at University Playground before hitting the streets. All are welcome and share this widely!
Register to Canvass D4

District 1 Canvass for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9
2021-10-21 17:30 - 20:00 | Roxhill Park, 2850 SW Roxbury St, Seattle, WA, 98126, United States
Join Seattle DSA Members as we canvass in District 1 on Thursday, October 21 at 5:30 PM.
We’ll meet-up and train at Roxhill Park before hitting the streets. All are welcome and share this widely!
RSVP to Canvass D1

District 3 Canvass for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9
2021-10-28 17:30 - 20:00 | Jimi Hendrix Park, 2400 S Massachusetts St., Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
​Join Seattle DSA Members as we canvass in District 3 on Thursday, October 28 at 5:30 PM to support Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9.
We’ll meet-up and train at Jimi Hendrix Park before hitting the streets. All are welcome and share this widely!
Register to Canvass

District 2: Review Nikkita and NTK campaign, outlook Stephanie Gallardo campaign - special feature: Who is Adam Smith?
2021-11-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Columbia City Patio, Rainier Ave/S Ferdinand St, between Geraldine’s and Lottie’s, WA, United States
Hi comrades,
Come join us in person, physically distanced at the outdoor Columbia City Patio, https://tinyurl.com/ColumbiaCityPatio, Thursday, November 18, 6.30pm to reflect together on the recent elections locally and nationally.
Though we didn’t win the Nikkita Oliver and Nicole Thomas-Kennedy campaigns, we laid important groundwork for the democratic socialist future we are fighting for.
Many of us are taking well-earned time to rest and reflect after fighting hard to get Nikkita and NTK elected. A lot of us are worried about what things are going to be like in Seattle now with a new mayor and a “law-and-order” Republican city attorney.
We are reeling, too, from the national election results. We are shouldering the gutting disappointment of what’s been cut from the spending bills and the betrayal of the Progressive Caucus. The right made gains, as the Democrats’ failed to deliver on the expectations of working class and oppressed people. Obviously, this also made it harder for the left in Seattle to win.
Now, the corporate media is blaming the left for those losses! After not delivering on canceling student debt, expanding health care, defending voting rights of BIPOC communities, free public colleges and so on, the New York Times Editorial Board urges the Democrats to further shift to the right and “return to the moderate policies and values that fueled the blue-wave victories in 2018 and won Joe Biden the presidency in 2020”!
Let’s come together, reflect on the campaigns and share ideas on how to move forward, including hearing more about Stephanie Gallardo’s campaign to unseat incumbent moderate Democrat Adam Smith in 2022.
In solidarity,
Your D2 CoConveners
Harris Liebermann, (206) 962-1352, mrharris315@gmail.com
Phil Rudd, (214) 557-6208, philliprrudd@gmail.com
Stephan Kimmerle, (612) 203-7493, stephan.kimmerle@gmail.com

District 2: Soccer 2pm Brighton Playfield + Social 4pm HillCity Tap House
2021-12-12 14:00 - 16:00, 2021-12-19 14:00 - 16:00, 2021-12-26 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-01-02 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-01-09 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-01-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-01-23 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-01-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Brighton Playfield (next to Aki Kurose Middle School), 6000 39th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Every Sunday, you all are invited to join us at 2pm at Brighton Playground (next to Aki Kurose Middle School) to play soccer and at 4pm for a social at the HillCity Tap House (5303 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118)

From Buffalo to Seattle: Starbucks Workers Push to Unionize - How can SDSA help? Next District 3 Meeting
2022-01-13 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Since the first Buffalo NY Starbucks store voted to unionize last December, Starbucks workers across the country have announced elections to form unions at nearly a dozen stores, with at least one in Seattle – in District 3 – announcing. While the number of stores at this stage are a small fraction of the over 8000 Starbucks across the country, this is an important and exciting battle against one of the biggest corporations in the US that can inspire other workers to take action and points to a growing radicalization among a layer of working people and youth. Join District 3 members to discuss the unionization efforts nationally and locally, what the workers are demanding, the potential role of socialists in these campaigns, and how we in District 3 and Seattle DSA can support their efforts.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82056989640

D2 Discussion: New Struggles & Looming Disaster for the Dems at the Midterms
2022-01-27 18:30 - 20:00 | At the park NE of Brighton Playfield (42 Ave S/Juneau S), 42 Ave S/Juneau S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
We invite you to join us for a discussion on what we can expect in the year ahead:
New Struggles & Looming Disaster for the Dems at the Midterms
Thu, Jan 27, 6.30pm
No rain? → Outdoors, in person at the park NE of Brighton Playfield (42 Ave S/Juneau S) – Mask up please!
Rain? → Zoom meeting (we’ll send the link if needed)
Starbucks workers are organizing from Buffalo to our very own Seattle, making history for the food-service sector. Meanwhile, activists are preparing for May 1st actions to cancel student debt, while the Biden Administration makes increasingly clear this is yet another promise they will fold on. Defenders of reproductive rights are mobilizing to the best of their ability with very little leadership from mainstream liberal organizations.
It’s a time of both raised class-consciousness, and a feeling of incredible helplessness. The Democrats catapult toward disaster at the midterms, leaving space for dangerous and disingenuous right wing politicians and media outlets to paint themselves as populists. It’s up to the left and the labor movement to provide an alternative.
Jane MacAlevey said last month: “We need way more picket lines and a very different approach to them from [Biden’s] administration, or we are going to face a brutal, brutal discussion a year from now when the House and the Senate are lost … and the possibility of ongoing Trumpism.” We can add: we need way more protests to defend abortion rights, many more actions to fight racism, and many more people involved to build toward a powerful socialist movement.
However, these are scary times and many feel futile. Let’s discuss what DSA can do to build toward a powerful alternative based on the power of the multiracial working class.
See you on Thursday, January 27, 6.30pm! Hopefully in person in the park near 42 Ave S/Juneau S, or – if it rains – over Zoom (in that case we will send around a link and let everybody know that we are not meeting in person)!
In solidarity,
Your D2 CoConveners
Harris Liebermann, Phil Rudd, Stephan Kimmerle

Dark Clouds and Green Shoots: The Looming 2022 Midterm Disaster, DSA & New Struggles Next District 3 Mtg
2022-01-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Last year was hard. This year offers the same. But it also offers hope – Starbucks workers are rising up to unionize. Moreover, last years 10/2 Womens March for reproductive rights points toward the potential for mass struggle to defend Roe v Wade and broadly reproductive rights. Green shoots beneath the debris.
However, dark clouds are on the horizon.
With sinking poll numbers and large portions of Biden’s agenda in tatters, calls for a course correction are growing as fears of a bloodbath in the midterms mount. Jane MacAlevey said last month: “We need way more picket lines and a very different approach to them from [Biden’s] administration, or we are going to face a brutal, brutal discussion a year from now when the House and the Senate are lost … and the possibility of ongoing Trumpism.” We can add: we need way more protests to defend abortion rights, many more actions to fight racism, and many more people involved to build toward a powerful socialist movement.
Join District 3 members (all are welcome!) to discuss why the Biden administration is flailing, what DSA electeds could be doing, and what DSA can do to fight for reforms and build the socialist movement in 2022.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83491551797

Seattle DSA Eastside branch meeting
2022-02-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual: Discord
This online get-together is open to members of the Democratic Socialists of America, non-members who are interested in learning more about the group, and anyone else who’d like to get acquainted with the DSA and its activities.
For meeting details:

Seattle DSA members: reach out to @NeilP through DSA Slack.
All others: Direct message @SeattleDSA_East on Twitter.
