July Electoral Committee Meeting
2021-07-15 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | On Zoom, WA, United States
The Seattle DSA Electoral Committee normally meets on the third Thursday of the month at 7 PM.
Check the electoral committee channel on DSA Slack for an agenda.
Please RSVP here then check your email for zoom details.

M4M4ALL Coalition Planning Meeting
2021-07-16 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-07-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Fridays, 6-8pm (recurring from June 25 to July 23)
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85066020646?pwd=[REDACTED]
The Movement to enact and implement Medicare For All will be materializing as nation-wide Solidarity events on July 24, 2021, under the banner “March For Medicare For All.” Locally, grassroots organizing towards a march in Seattle is currently in progress. All are welcome to the coalition’s planning meetings on Fridays from 6-8pm on zoom.m4m4all.org

District 4 Mutual Aid
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, 2021-09-03 19:00 - 20:30 | 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.

Seattle DSA Healthcare Working Group
2021-07-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA Healthcare Working Group and stand with us in our fight for health justice!
In our weekly meetings we’ll be discussing our current projects, including our organizing around Medicare for All, education on healthcare/policy, and much more.
New members are very welcome!!!
RSVP for Zoom Link

Census Phone Banking
2021-07-17 13:00 - 14:30 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Help us make phone calls to reach out to EVERY member of Seattle DSA so we can better understand the make-up of our chapter and provide valuable information to Working Groups, District Groups, and the Local Council which will help us engage more members and build power for socialism!
We’ll start with a training to get everyone oriented to the phone banking process before doing an hour of calls, after which we’ll chat about how it went at the end. We’re only making calls to DSA members so it’s very easy — people are generally happy to hear from you! When you RSVP you will be taken to a link for this event – remember to mark it on your calendar.
RSVP HERE FOR MONDAY 7/12
RSVP HERE FOR THURSDAY 7/15
RSVP HERE FOR SATURDAY 7/17

District 2: Soccer and social - back at Brighton Playfield
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, 2021-09-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Brighton Playfield (next to Aki Kurose Middle School), 6000 39th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Join us → Saturdays, 5pm at Brighton Playfield

Housing Justice Working Group Visioning Retreat
2021-07-18 14:00 - 18:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA’s Housing Justice Working Group visioning retreat and help us build a strategy for socialized housing!
In our first 5 months, Seattle DSA’s Housing Justice Working Group led a Legislative Town Hall; rallied for Tenant and Amazon worker rights; and joined coalitions to fight for tenant rights in King County and organize against the anti-homeless Charter Amendment 29. This retreat is an opportunity to reflect on what we’ve learned and welcome new members.
Serious snacks, amazing comrades and a little music! This event will be held outdoors at a private home in Columbia City. RSVP HERE for details.

Stop the Right-Wing Recall! SDSA In-Person Fundraiser with Kshama Sawant, Briahna Joy Gray & Meagan Day
2021-07-18 16:00 - 20:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Millionaires and billionaires are lining up against Kshama and supporting the recall effort. The Kshama Solidarity Campaign needs our material support.
Join your comrades in-person for food, drink, and merriment in an effort to fundraise for the Kshama Solidarity Campaign, featuring Briahna Joy Gray and Meagan Day as speakers, as well as SDSA members!

Sunny R, Seattle DSA member and PRO Act organizer
Olivia L, Seattle DSA Local Council member
Briahna Joy Gray was press secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign, and is currently co-host of popular podcast Bad Faith.
Meagan Day is a staff writer for Jacobin, and co-author of the book Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism

Kshama will need all the help she can get. Big money is lining up against her, and the Recall Campaign has already raised over half a million dollars. Donors to the recall campaign include Amazon Senior VP Doug Herrington and billionaire developer Martin Selig. To go up against this elite donor class, we’ll need thousands of small-dollar donations.
Come on out and eat, drink, enjoy a bit of music, and be merry with fellow socialists – and please bring your checkbook or credit card!
The event will be held at a private home in Columbia City. Please RSVP at the link below, and we will send you the venue information.
If you can’t join us, you can still make a contribution to this important campaign at https://www.kshamasolidarity.org/donate.
Note: This event will be livestreamed starting at 5:30 PM. For details, visit https://seattledsa.org/kshama/

RSVP HERE FOR THE ADDRESS!

Ecosocialism Discussion Meeting
2021-07-18 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-08-15 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-08-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual, WA, United States
Join us to discuss articles, books, and current events. Expanding our understanding of ecosocialist theory helps us develop effective strategies for bringing about transformative changes. Questions? Email greennewdeal@seattledsa.org
Zoom info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85275481242?pwd=[REDACTED]
Join by phone: 253 215 8782
Meeting ID: 852 7548 1242
Passcode: [REDACTED]

PRO Act Rally
2021-07-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Henry M Jackson Federal Building, 915 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA, United States
From the AFL-CIO and Washington State Labor Council:
President Biden has consistently urged Congress to send the PRO Act, labor law reform and civil rights, democracy and economic stimulus legislation, to his desk—but the Senate hasn’t yet. So we’re rallying and marching across the country, calling on our senators to pass the PRO Act now.
More information and registration here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/pass-the-pro-act-29
The PRO (Protecting the Right to Organize) Act is a key element of the national Green New Deal strategy in DSA. Our phone calls have made a difference in getting key Senators on board. Now we need to support our movement partners to pass this bill!

District 4 Mutual Aid
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, 2021-09-02 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-09-09 16:30 - 17:30 and 1 more date | 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: DSA National Convention Preparation
2021-07-22 18:30 - 20:00
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!

*RESCHEDULED* Tech Worker Labor Organizing and Education Monthly Meeting
2021-07-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual, WA, United States
Due to a scheduling error, the Tech Worker Labor Organizing and Education that was listed for this date and time will actually take place next Thursday evening. Event info will be posted shortly. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Canvass for Nikkita Oliver
2021-07-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Beacon Hill Playground, 1902 13th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Meet at 10 AM at Beacon Hill Playground for a get-out-the-vote canvass! New canvassers will be provided in-depth training and there’s snacks!
Join Seattle DSA, Sage Leaders, and Emerald Youth Organizing Collective to bring the movement into office and electing Nikkita Oliver to Seattle City Council!

March For Medicare For All - SEATTLE
2021-07-24 13:00 - 17:00
July 24, 1-5pm at Westlake Park, 401 Pine St, Seattle.
The Movement to enact and implement Medicare For All will be materializing as nation-wide Solidarity events on July 24, 2021, under the banner “March For Medicare For All.” Please join Seattle DSA and a growing coalition of individuals and organizations as we collectively demand healthcare justice. We’ll meet at Westlake Park at 1pm, then march to Seattle Center. Speaker and entertainment line-up will be announced shortly. Tabling opportunities also available.
m4m4all.org
mobilize.us/marchformedicareforallm4m4all-1/event/388622

Labor Committee Meeting - July 2021
2021-07-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Seattle DSA members in unions and/or actively involved in labor organizing: join the Labor Committee for our monthly meeting! The agenda and other details will be posted in the #labor channel on Slack. RSVP through the Action Network link below.
RSVP here!

Online New Member Orientation
2021-07-28 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-08-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Come to learn about what Democratic Socialism is all about, what we can learn about capitalism and socialism from the current uprisings and the pandemic, and how YOU can get involved with Seattle DSA’s efforts to engage in mutual aid and building power for a socialist future in which people come before profits. You don’t need to be an official member to attend – “DSA curious” folks are welcome!
RSVP for Zoom Link

District 4 Reading Group: Caliban and the Witch
2021-07-29 18:30 - 20:00 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Join the District 4 reading group July 29th at 6:30 pm to read “Caliban and the Witch” by Silvia Federici — https://libcom.org/library/caliban-witch-silvia-federici. We will be reading the last Chapter “Colonization and Christianization”.
This event is open to DSA members and anyone curious about DSA.
Zoom Details:
https://washington.zoom.us/j/92223147165
Meeting ID: 922 2314 7165

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

Tech Worker Labor Organizing: Lessons from Hollywood Worker Organizing
2021-07-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Come join our monthly labor organization meeting with special guest- Alex W, who is heavily involved in Hollywood labor!
Like the tech industry, Hollywood includes workers making a wide range of wages, including higher salaried workers who most wouldn’t expect to be interested in labor organizing. Hollywood Labor has found a lot of success reaching workers of all types as they realize that their labor is exploited, and bringing Hollywood workers in to advocate for workers in other struggles.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMof-iurz4tE9YN9PNWPoeIw-a-xzXLIdwj
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

SDSA Healthcare Working Group
2021-07-31 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-08-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-08-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-08-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-09-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-09-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
We meet each Saturday from 12-1 PM.
Seattle DSA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93732252124?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 937 3225 2124
Passcode: [REDACTED]
One tap mobile
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Canvass for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council District 9!
2021-07-31 12:00 - 14:00 | Rainier Playfield, 3700 S Alaska St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Meet at 12 PM at Rainier Playfield (3700 S Alaska St) for a get-out-the-vote canvass! New canvassers will be provided in-depth training!
Join Seattle DSA and the Nikkita Oliver Campaign to bring the movement into office and electing Nikkita Oliver to Seattle City Council!

Ecosocialism Lawn Sports
2021-08-01 18:00 - 20:30 | Myrtle Edwards Park, 3130 Alaska Way, Seattle, 98121
Come out and play some lawn sports overlooking beautiful Puget Sound with the Ecosocialist Caucus. Not good at lawn sports? Bring a picnic and just hang out. Meet up at the footbridge to enter the park along 3rd Avenue.
Questions? Email greennewdeal@seattledsa.org

Seattle DSA for Stephanie subcommittee
2021-08-02 17:30 - 19:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Monthly meeting of the Seattle DSA for Stephanie subcommittee.
We meet on the first Monday of the month.
RSVP here and please spread the word.
Agenda will be posted later.
Alternatively, if you want to help with the work but can’t make monthly meetings, you can sign up to volunteer for specific tasks.

Nikkita Oliver Primary Night Party
2021-08-03 18:00 - 21:00 | Equinox Studios, 6555 5th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98108, United States
Join Nikkita Oliver’s campaign on Primary Election night for food, live music, and more!

DSA Tabling at Columbia City Farmers' Market
2021-08-04 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-08-11 08:00 - 17:00, 2021-08-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Columbia City Farmers Market, 3651 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Let’s get out there and talk to our neighbors about DSA-endorsed campaigns. In District 2 (south Seattle) we have:

Nikkita Oliver for city council
Stephanie Gallardo for Congress
I-1362 Universal Healthcare signature gathering

Look for the Seattle DSA table across the street from the PCC entrance on South Edmunds Street.
We will have table, banner, literature, yards signs, I-1362 signature forms, hand sanitizer, sunscreen etc. Just bring your positive attitude and a mask.
Please RSVP here (encouraged but not required)

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!

DSA Happy Hour
2021-08-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
RSVP Here
Are you interested in learning more about Seattle DSA? Are you socially exhausted, anxious, and feel like capitalism is extracting your vitality?
Join us for a very casual social “Happy Hour” to ask questions, meet other new DSA members, and meet experienced DSA organizers. Don’t be shy, come for 2 minutes and bounce or chat us up for the whole hour.
There is no need to be a DSA member to come to this event. All are welcome. If you are an experienced DSA member and you want to talk to newer folx, come through and share some of that coveted institutional knowledge!

August General Membership Meeting
2021-08-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA for our August General Membership Meeting! This will be a business meeting. We will post resolutions in Slack and ActionNetwork as they become available. We will also email them to our members. This meeting also is the second Tuesday because National Convention is the first week of August.

This is a virtual meeting. For Zoom login info, please RSVP by registering here!
The proposed agenda for our monthly membership meeting will be posted here shortly. If you have an announcement or suggestion for the agenda, please email info@SeattleDSA.org or contact the Local Council on Slack.

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

DSA Tabling at Des Moines Farmers’ Market
2021-08-14 11:00 - 14:00 | Des Moines Farmers Market, 22307 Dock Ave S, Des Moines, WA, 98198, United States
Let’s get out there and talk to our neighbors about DSA-endorsed campaigns. In South King County we have:

Stephanie Gallardo for Congress
I-1362 Universal Healthcare signature gathering

Look for the Seattle DSA table or email electoral@seattledsa.org
We will have table, banner, literature, yards signs, I-1362 signature forms, hand sanitizer, sunscreen etc. Just bring your positive attitude and a mask.
Please RSVP here (encouraged but not required)

Divest SPD meeting
2021-08-17 17:00 - 18:30 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Tonight we’ll have a quick update about our campaigns to get Seattle Foundation and Starbucks to divest from Seattle Police Foundation and reinvest in BIPOC community organizations. We’ll also be talking about a potential change to the mission statement of Divest SPD which may alter the course of the group in future months as well as laying the groundwork for new folks to step into the co-chair roles. Juicy stuff and we hope you can make it whether you’ve been coming for months or are brand new!
RSVP HERE for the Zoom link.

Statewide Medicare for All signature gathering (Fremont)
2021-08-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
​Join Seattle DSA’s healthcare working group to gather signatures out in the community to put statewide Medicare for All on the ballot for Washington state.
No previous experience, training, or equipment required. Just bring yourself! Extra points if you bring a friend.
RSVP here (not required):
https://actionnetwork.org/events/statewide-medicare-for-all-signature-gathering-fremont?source=direct_link&

Afghanistan Falls to Taliban: What’s the way forward for Afghan’s? Next District 3 Meeting
2021-08-19 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 unfolding disaster in Afghanistan from a socialist perspective, what this will mean for everyday Afghan’s and in particular women, what this tells us about the power of US imperialism, and what a socialist solution to the crisis in Afghanistan could be.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86477524165

August Electoral Committee Meeting
2021-08-19 19:00 - 21:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
This Thursday at 7 PM is a canvassing mobilizer training as part of Electoral Committee’s August Meeting. Nikkita Oliver themself will be speaking. Electoral will be recruiting people for specific roles like mobilization, phonebanking, and turf-cutting. If you’re new to electoral organizing, there will be opportunities to learn from experienced organizers, some who have volunteered for Kshama Sawant and Bernie Sanders previously. An abolitionist and socialist can and will win in November. DSA needs your support to make it happen.
The Seattle DSA Electoral Committee normally meets on the third Thursday of the month at 7 PM.
Meeting agenda can be found here.
Please RSVP here then check your email for zoom details.

Peoples Breakfast: UDistrict
2021-08-20 08:00 - 11:00, 2021-08-22 08:00 - 11:00, 2021-08-29 08:00 - 11:00, 2021-09-05 08:00 - 11:00, 2021-09-12 08:00 - 11:00 | University Heights, 5031 University Way, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Contact JJ Bartlett to sign up: 360-319-2009
Masks required in-kitchen. Optional outdoors. Must be vaccinated.

Scrambled Eggs, Sausages, Pancakes, and Hashbrowns!
Donuts, Coffee, Hot Chocolate and Water!
Come to cook, eat breakfast, and get to know your unhoused neighbors here in the UDistrict!

Sundays at University Heights Community Center.
Cooking (off-site) = 8:00am – 9:30am.
Serving (UHeights) = 9:30am – Food Runs Out.
Stay for the whole time or show up to one shift!
Fully funded and operated by Seattle DSA in close collaboration with University Heights Community Center!
We are currently seeking financial supporters to bottom-line a breakfast day!
Each breakfast costs around $120.00 USD in Food+Equipment to serve 60 people.
Our Menu!

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.

Capitol Hill Farmers Market: Tabling with House Our Neighbors!
2021-08-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2021-08-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Capitol Hill Farmer’s Market, E Denny Way between Broadway & 10th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112, United States
SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT AND MORE HERE!
Join the Housing Justice Working Group and House Our Neighbors!
We will be conversing with folks IN-PERSON about Charter Amendment 29, why sweeps don’t solve problems, and anything else on their mind!
Get some fresh air and gain more experience with working-class folks outside the DSA bubble!
Hope to see you there!

Seattle DSA for Nikkita4Nine - Chapter-Wide Relational Organizing Mobilization
2021-08-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
This Wednesday at 7 PM, we’re mobilizing the chapter through relational organizing within SDSA to build our capacity for the Seattle DSA for Nikkita Oliver subcommittee. At this all-hands meetings, we’ll call comrades you know to bring them out to volunteer. Simply register on the form linked below for the Zoom details.
RSVP for Details

Tech Worker Labor Organizing and Education
2021-08-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Will Luckman, he/him, member of the NYC-DSA Tech Action Working Group Organizing Committee and Raksha Muthukumar, she/her, with Tech Workers Coalition NYC and Alphabet Workers Union will talk about their experiences organizing in tech with the NYC groups and Alphabet Workers Union (AWU).
When: Aug 26, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
You must register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsduGqqT0rHtxBe5NuTFOnBCLsYRNVsRRJ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

West Coast / PNW Regional Healthcare Working Group
2021-08-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle DSA’s healthcare working group meets each Saturday from 12-1 PM.
This Saturday, we invite members from DSA chapters across the West Coast & Pacific North West region to join our meeting and mutually discuss strategy, infrastructure development, and coordination. The Medicare for All movement should take the moment to prepare for the upcoming midterm elections as well as to develop strategies and actions for COVID and post-COVID campaigns.
Please RSVP on ActionNetwork to receive Zoom information:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/west-coast-pnw-regional-healthcare-working-group?source=direct_link&

Labor Committee August 2021 Meeting
2021-08-31 18:00 - 19:30 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States

Stephanie Gallardo volunteer kickoff
2021-09-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Seward Park, 5900 Lake Washington Blvd S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Join us for a campaign volunteer BBQ and kickoff. Eat, get to know each other, and gear up to take action to get Stephanie to Congress!
We will do quick 15-20 volunteer orientations so you can get to know what part of our campaign you want to volunteer for.
*Masked AND outdoor event*
This event will be at Seward Park, at picnic table #1 (the one closest to the playground).
RSVP here.

Nikkita for Nine Phonebank 1
2021-09-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Want housing for all, workers rights, and less police on the streets? Want to make sure we elect Nikkita Oliver, who is a socialist abolitionist, instead of a right-wing business owner?
Phone bank with Seattle DSA’s Nikkita for Nine subcommittee on Thursday!
It’s crunch time, and we need all hands on deck to get Nikkita Oliver into City Hall in November. Come make some calls with your comrades, talk to voters and energize people to turn out for Nikkita. This will be an extremely close race, and every person you convince to turn out is another vote, and each vote gets us closer and closer to a win.
Simply RSVP HERE for the Zoom details.

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

Nabisco Workers Strike - Special Guest Speaker from the Picket Line Next District 3 Mtg
2021-09-02 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join D3 Members (all are welcome!) for a discussion on ….
The largest strike in the US is happening at 5 Nabisco production and distribution facilities in Portland OR, Richmond VA, Chicago IL, Aurora CO, Norcross GA involving over 1000 workers. Like the Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama who tried to unionize and the Frito Lays workers who struck earlier this summer, these workers are disproportionately women, immigrants, people of color and Black working people. In fact, the majority of workers in food production from field to factory are people of color, Black, and women.
It’s completely outrageous that Nabisco, who made over $5 billion during the pandemic, is now engaged in a full frontal assault on the factory and distribution workers who are responsible for those profits. This is in line with our local healthcare workers struggle at Harborview and Cascade Behavioural Health, where Big Business lauds workers as heroes (which they all are) while they take an axe to wages, benefits, and working conditions to maximize their profits.
Join us to hear from a Portland DSA member who has been at the strike line most days of the 3 week strike and is working closely with the striking workers. We’ll discuss what the main issues are, what actions the bosses are taking to defeat the strike, and how socialists are supporting the strike.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5206989259

September General Membership Meeting
2021-09-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA for our September General Membership Meeting!

This is a virtual meeting. For Zoom login info, please RSVP by registering here!
The proposed agenda for our monthly membership meeting will be posted here shortly. If you have an announcement or suggestion for the agenda, please email info@SeattleDSA.org or contact the Local Council on Slack.

DSA Tabling at Columbia City Farmers’ Market
2021-09-08 16:00 - 18:00 | Columbia City Farmers Market, 3651 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Let’s get out there and talk to our neighbors about DSA-endorsed campaigns. In District 2 (south Seattle) we have:

Nikkita Oliver for city council
Stephanie Gallardo for Congress
Nicole Thomas Kennedy for City Attorney (assuming Seattle DSA endorses her at the Sept 7 membership meeting)

Look for the Seattle DSA table across the street from the PCC entrance on South Edmunds Street.
We will have table, banner, literature, yards signs, hand sanitizer, sunscreen etc. Just bring your positive attitude and a mask.
Please RSVP here (encouraged but not required)

SDSA Happy Hour + Nikkita Oliver Relational Organizing
2021-09-08 17:00 - 18:30 | https://washington.zoom.us/j/91708325322
Do you have questions about how to get involved in DSA? Do you wanna see what the vibe is because just dropping into meetings is weird and confusing?
If so, join us!!!
We will also be taking about 30 minutes to do a teach in and relational organizing for the Nikkita Oliver campaign. If you don’t have time, that is ok, but we strongly suggest seeing how easy it is to get involved!
Hope to see you there.
RSVP Here!!!

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 | 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.

Nabisco Boycott Flyering
2021-09-11 11:00 - 12:30 | Capital Hill QFC, 1401 Broadway, Seattle, 98122
The largest strike in the US, involving over 1,000 workers, is happening at 5 Nabisco production and distribution facilities in Portland OR, Richmond VA, Chicago IL, Aurora CO, Norcross GA. Stand in solidarity with these workers and help get the word out about this strike by joining the Seattle DSA Labor Committee’s Solidarity Team in flyering at the QFC in capital hill this Saturday.
RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nabisco-boycott-flyering

Green New Deal for Public Schools Phone-Zap!
2021-09-13 09:00 - 16:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
The climate crisis is worsening every day, and little has been done by our elected officials to address the issue on the scale needed. We have an opportunity to change that. Congressman and DSA member Jamaal Bowman has introduced the Green New Deal for Public Schools Act into Congress, which would inject over $1 trillion into our public school system to make our schools more equitable, more sustainable, and more resilient. Our kids and educators deserve working and learning spaces that are healthy and allow them to thrive. In order to make this a reality though, we need to put the pressure on our elected officials to include this in the upcoming budget reconciliation package being considered by Congress.
Seattle and Whatcom DSA are partnering up to phone zap Senator Patty Murray’s office and pressure her to support this legislation. Use this form for scripts and phone numbers and to report back on your call!

Seattle DSA for Stephanie subcommittee
2021-09-13 17:30 - 19:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Monthly meeting of the Seattle DSA for Stephanie subcommittee.
We meet on the first Monday of the month, although this month we meet on 9/13 because of Labor Day holiday.
RSVP here and please spread the word.
Agenda will be posted later.
Alternatively, if you want to help with the work but can’t make monthly meetings, you can sign up to volunteer for specific tasks.

Monthly Meeting - Immigration Justice Working Group
2021-09-14 18:00 - 19:30 | https://washington.zoom.us/j/91708325322
Hi folks! It’s time for our September monthly meeting of the Immigration Justice Working Group. It will be on Tuesday, September 14th from 6:00pm – 7:30pm. We hope to see you there! Sign up here.
Items on the agenda:
– Check ins
– Discuss recent events
– Meeting report backs
– Local campaigns to support
– Accompaniment Volunteer Refresher

Nikkita for Nine DSA Subcommittee Meeting
2021-09-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
It’s crunch time, and we need all hands on deck to get Nikkita Oliver into City Hall in November. Have you signed up to organize and volunteer for DSA’s campaign to get Nikkita Oliver elected to City Council?
Come to Seattle DSA’s subcommittee meeting, to figure out how our mobilization, relational organizing, phonebanking, and canvassing operations are going, offer suggestions to fill in gaps, and more.
RSVP HERE!

Nikkita for Nine Phonebank 2
2021-09-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Nikkita for Nine phonebank, thursday september 16th at 6PM

Want housing for all, workers rights, and less police on the streets? Want to make sure we elect Nikkita Oliver, who is a socialist abolitionist, instead of a right-wing business owner?
Phone bank with Seattle DSA’s Nikkita for Nine subcommittee on Thursday!
It’s crunch time, and we need all hands on deck to get Nikkita Oliver into City Hall in November. Come make some calls with your comrades, talk to voters and energize people to turn out for Nikkita. This will be an extremely close race, and every person you convince to turn out is another vote, and each vote gets us closer and closer to a win.
Simply RSVP HERE for the Zoom details.

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

Cannabis Equity Community Listening Post
2021-09-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Taste of the Caribbean, 1212 E Jefferson St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Join Nikkita4Nine and UFCW 21 to discuss workers rights, protections, and benefits for cannabis workers. Mask and vaccination required.
Register here

Canvass for Nicole Thomas Kennedy
2021-09-18 11:00 - 14:00 | Montlake Elementary School, 2409 22nd Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112, United States
NTK has her first canvassing event Saturday from 11-2PM in Montlake with meet-up at Montlake Elementary School. Canvassing is where we door knock to talk to voters about NTK’s platform. Training for this is also provided at the beginning of each canvass! Bring a friend

Canvass for Nikkita 4 Nine
2021-09-18 11:00 - 14:00 | Bitter Lake Playfield, 13035 Linden Ave N, Seattle, WA, United States
Knock doors with the #Nikkita4Nine campaign team!
No previous experience is necessary, you can join a training session before you head out.
