As COVID19 tightens its grip on society, global stock markets have collapsed by 30%. Unemployment is soaring, 16 million in the last 3 weeks, and threatens to crest double digits, as high as 20% according to Goldman Sachs.  We don’t know what the full impact will be but what we do know is, like the ... Read more

Join District 5 this Saturday at 3:00pm for a covid-19 organizing strategy session followed by a discussion about who should pay for this crisis. During the COVID-19 strategy session we want to discuss what we can do to apply pressure to elected officials / employers now. What tactics should we take as a group to pressure ... Read more

COVID 19 has universally affected our neighbors and communities.  Even relatively well-off workers are suddenly coping with working from home and childcare, while the most vulnerable now find themselves competing for ever scarcer resources. While we are all feeling the effects of this crisis, some workers are disproportionately affected. Frontline and essential workers, who are ... Read more

These meetings will be primarily focused on actions we can take in the immediate term. We will start by pressuring state electeds. We will discuss progress from prior meetings, as well as different tactics we can take. This will include pressuring electeds, tenant organizing, and mutual aid. Finally, we will plan some actions for people ... Read more