Seattle Democratic Socialists of America

Tabling for Shaun Scott at Capitol Hill Farmers Market
2024-07-30 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
It’s time to bring socialism to Olympia! Canvas with us to support SDSA-endorsed candidate Shaun Scott as he runs to represent the 43rd legislative district in the WA state assembly.
Shaun now has an opponent, Andrea Suarez, the founder of We Heart Seattle, a non-profit that has frequently been accused of its anti-homelessness practices. Suarez has raised over $50,000, with many of her donations coming from business owners and landlords. We need DSA member energy to win this campaign!
No experience required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!
Check back for RSVP link!

Raise the Wage Renton Implementation Tabling - Farmer's Market
2024-07-30 17:00 - 19:00 | Renton Farmers Market, 233 Burnett Ave S, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
The Raise the Wage Renton campaign was successful! Initiative 2302 passed with 58% of the vote, and as of July 1, 2024, Renton has the highest minimum wage in the nation.
Come get the word out to Renton workers and residents at the Renton Farmers Market. We’ll meet Renton residents and workers, pass out lit and answer questions, making sure everyone knows what the new law means.
RSVP here!

Local Council Meeting
2024-07-30 19:00 - 19:45, 2024-08-06 19:00 - 19:45, 2024-08-13 19:00 - 19:45, 2024-08-17 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-08-20 19:00 - 19:45, 2024-09-03 19:00 - 19:45, 2024-09-10 19:00 - 19:45, 2024-09-17 19:00 - 19:45 and 1 more date | Online (Zoom Call), WA
The Local Council (LC) is the elected leadership body which serves the members of Seattle DSA. During these short weekly check-ins, LC members will primarily be ensuring work is on track, though pressing business may occasionally be discussed and voted on. Members are welcome to observe LC meetings by RSVPing here.
The LC has an informal check-in meeting every Tuesday (except the fourth Tuesday of the month for the GMMs) from 7:00pm – 7:45pm over Zoom and a longer meeting every Saturday before a GMM from 3:00pm – 4:30pm.
If there’s something specific you’d like to bring to the Local Council, please fill out the LC Request Form which can be found on the private resources page of our website.
If you are a member that has not yet been added to our Slack (which is required to log in to the private resources page), you can request to be added here.
Please note that on rare occurrences, LC meetings will be cancelled due to holidays or unusual circumstances and these changes may not always be reflected on this calendar — if you show up to the meeting and aren’t let in after 5 minutes, that is almost certainly what has happened.

Board Games and Buddies: Capitol Hill
2024-07-30 19:00 - 23:00, 2024-08-06 19:00 - 23:00, 2024-08-13 19:00 - 23:00, 2024-08-20 19:00 - 23:00, 2024-09-03 19:00 - 23:00, 2024-09-10 19:00 - 23:00, 2024-09-17 19:00 - 23:00 | Raygun Lounge, 501 E Pine St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Putting the party back in politics.
Board games and (root) beer with some local left homies at a cool bar.
Just having a good time + getting to know folks.

Tabling for Shaun Scott at Wallingford Farmers Market
2024-07-31 17:00 - 19:00

Canvass for Shaun Scott at University of Washington
2024-08-01 18:00 - 20:00
It’s time to bring socialism to Olympia! Canvas with us to support SDSA-endorsed candidate Shaun Scott as he runs to represent the 43rd legislative district in the WA state assembly.
Shaun now has an opponent, Andrea Suarez, the founder of We Heart Seattle, a non-profit that has frequently been accused of its anti-homelessness practices. Suarez has raised over $50,000, with many of her donations coming from business owners and landlords. We need DSA member energy to win this campaign!
No experience required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!
RSVP Here

Palestine Solidarity Tabling at Capitol Hill Link Station
2024-08-01 18:30 - 20:30
Join us at the Capitol Hill Link Station to build the movement for Palestine Liberation!
Let’s keep building the movement to cut ties with companies linked to Israel’s genocide. Come talk to people in our community about our consumer boycott campaign of the companies most active in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
Then we’ll head out for a social and to brainstorm how to keep building our campaign.
RSVP Here!
No experience is required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!

Canvass for Shaun Scott in Fremont
2024-08-03 11:00 - 14:00

SDSA Hackathon
2024-08-03 15:00 - 21:00 | BECU Columbia City, 4712 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, 98118, United States
Come join the SDSA Tech Committee to build community and collaborate on tech projects that will help us build winning campaigns!
All are welcome and no tech experience is required to come! We will have games, music, pizza — come hang out even if you don’t know how to hack anything.
RSVP Here!
BYOB and some snacks to share, as well as a laptop if you have one. We’ll be at a comrade’s apartment with indoor access and a covered outdoor patio. If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the Tech Committee Slack channel!

GOTV Sprint for Shaun Scott at Gas Works Park
2024-08-04 11:00 - 15:00 | Gas Works Park, 2101 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
It’s time to bring socialism to Olympia! Canvas with us to support SDSA-endorsed candidate Shaun Scott as he runs to represent the 43rd legislative district in the WA state assembly.
Shaun now has an opponent, Andrea Suarez, the founder of We Heart Seattle, a non-profit that has frequently been accused of its anti-homelessness practices. Suarez has raised over $50,000, with many of her donations coming from business owners and landlords. We need DSA member energy to win this campaign!
Shaun’s running on a platform to build affordable housing, tax big corporations, advance labor rights, and improve sustainability! His endorsements include The Stranger and tons of major unions. More at betterwashington.org
No experience required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!
RSVP Here

Socialist Soccer!
2024-08-04 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-08-11 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-08-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-08-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-01 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Volunteer Park- Amphitheater, 1139-1157 Volunteer Park Rd, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Come play soccer with fellow socialists! This is a fun, enjoyable way to get outdoors, exercise, and meet friendly socialists as well as non-socialist soccer enthusiasts!
All genders and skill levels are welcome! Safety is our top priority. To participate you must abide by our norms and agreements to avoid injuries and help us take care of one another.
Join us at Brighton Playfield in South Seattle. Map: goo.gl/maps/c74cytjrRB1vpT7h7
We almost always play on the most southern edge of the field.
We confirm if we have enough players each Sunday on a socialist soccer Signal chat. To be added, download the Signal app, and email your phone number to tdupuis42@gmail.com with a request to be added.

Housing Justice Working Group
2024-08-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-09-01 19:00 - 20:00
Seattle DSA’s Housing Justice Working Group!
A sponsor of the Peoples Breakfast.
Working towards a massive expansion of publicly-owned green social housing.
Building a fighting tenants movement.
We are now running a hybrid meeting format!
Join us on Zoom for the business portion of the meeting starting at 7:00pm, running till 8:00pm!

Join Zoom Meeting
​​ https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81447061739?pwd=[REDACTED]

Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gxhFExgKMXDKUolOVPxah77RF-9_9FgiOh8-CtpfPCU

Canvass for Shaun Scott in Eastlake
2024-08-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Rogers Playground, 2516 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA, United States

FIGHT FOR SEATTLE'S MINIMUM WAGE: City Council Meeting 8/6 (In-person or virtual)
2024-08-06 13:30 - 15:30 | Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98104, United States
Seattle’s minimum wage is under attack.
The presence of workers and community members alike are needed at the Seattle City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 6th, at 2 PM. Show up in-person by 1:30 PM or call in. RSVP for a how-to guide on the process.
Ten years after the Fight for 15, Seattle City Council member Joy Hollingsworth has indicated that she’s down to take the side of restaurant lobbyists and permanently end the sunset clause for tipped workers for businesses with less than 500 employees. The ten-year phase-in period for these businesses ends soon (2025), and workers are set to receive at least a $3 pay raise. In the final year of the phase-in period and final weeks of this session, restaurant lobbyists have taken private meetings with the City Council to try to permanently stop this agreed-upon end to the two-tiered wage system. Let’s get one thing straight: Any business built off of the exploitation of its workers is not entitled to be in business at all. Seattle Restaurant Alliance’s concerns about pandemic hardships and inflation fall flat if their solution is to punish some of the people who have been affected by these issues the most: workers!
Joy Hollingsworth’s policy is an attack on hundreds of thousands of Seattle workers who barely make ends meet on these wages as it is, and an insult to customers who are tired of subsidizing wages. This legislation would also open the door for more downward pressure on the tipped hourly wage. Bonuses would be included in compensation (sorry, what?), and the divide within the proposed two-tier minimum wage system would continue to grow with each increase tied to inflation. Subminimum wages for tipped workers promote racial and gendered wage gaps that have only widened throughout the decades.
Business owners and Seattle Restaurant Alliance board members came out in full force for the last City Council meeting. Let’s remind them who they’re outnumbered by in this city. Whether you can testify from the perspective of a worker who is directly affected by this legislation, or as a customer of these businesses who won’t accept this attack on workers’ wages, let’s fight this together!
Join us at Seattle City Council’s August 6th meeting (in-person is more preferred, but virtual is a great option as well!) to let them know we do NOT support going back on the minimum wage deal we made ten years ago.
If you’d like to learn more about how to testify in person or virtually, please indicate on the RSVP form and someone will reach out to walk you through the process.

Labor Working Group Monthly Meeting
2024-08-06 18:00 - 19:30 | 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
This event is hybrid: Join us in person at the Capitol Hill Branch Library, or over Zoom.
Please RSVP for the Zoom link.
Join comrades to discuss our ongoing labor organizing and meet others involved in labor organizing work. We will discuss and plan any upcoming labor work and ongoing campaigns. There will also be updates on any labor organizing our members are involved in.
Look for the full agenda in the labor channel on Slack!

Palestine Solidarity Tabling at U District Light Rail Station
2024-08-08 18:30 - 20:30 | U-District Link Station, 4300 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98105
Join us at the U District Light Rail station to talk with UW students about building the movement for Palestine Liberation!
Let’s keep building the movement to cut ties with companies linked to Israel’s genocide. Come talk to people in our community about our consumer boycott campaign of the companies most active in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
RSVP here!
No experience is required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2024-08-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Armistice Coffee Roosevelt, 6717 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA
Join us 8/8 at Armistice Coffee Roosevelt to discuss two readings: “Extractivism and Resistance in North Africa” by Hamza Hamouchene and “Violence and Care” by Maggie Fitzgerald . After these, on 8/22, we will start discussing the book The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet (Brett Christophers, from Verso).
Our discussions seek to inform strategies for winning a democratic socialist society that thrives ecologically. You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and you can feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read. All are welcome!
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org .

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2024-08-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
Seattle Public Schools recently announced plans to close 20 Elementary schools starting in the 2025 school year. In one of the richest cities in the US, home to billionaires and some of the most profitable corporations in the world, this is an unacceptable and unconscionable attack on public education and our communities.

Join us for a discussion on how to fight back! RSVP here.

Palestine Solidarity Tabling at Beacon Hill Arts Festival
2024-08-10 12:00 - 14:00 | Beacon Hill arts festival, S Roberto Maestas Festival St, Seattle, 98144, United States
Join us at the Beacon Hill Arts Festival to gather boycott pledges & talk with community about building the movement for Palestinian Liberation!
Let’s keep building the movement to cut ties with companies linked to Israel’s genocide. Come talk to people in our community about our consumer boycott campaign of the companies most active in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
RSVP Here!

No experience is required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!

Peoples' Breakfast: U District
2024-08-11 08:00 - 11:30 | University Heights, 5031 University Way, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Contact JJ Bartlett to sign up: 360-319-2009
Masks required in-kitchen! Must be vaccinated!

Scrambled Eggs, 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) = 10:00am – Food Runs Out.
Stay for the whole time or show up to one shift!
Operated 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.

Scale to Win Training
2024-08-12 18:30 - 19:30
Need to send texts to drive turnout to events your committee or working group is leading? Please join the SDSA Tech Committee and Joey S for this training on how to set up + send text blasts using Scale to Win.
Open to: all Working Group chairs, Tech Committee members, and anyone else who might need to set up text campaigns in the future!
RSVP Here for Zoom info!

Boycott War Profiteers Orientation
2024-08-14 18:00 - 19:00
Join the Palestinian Solidarity Working Group for an orientation to our Boycott War Profiteers Campaign!
Learn how you can help build the movement to boycott and divest from companies linked to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and support Palestinian liberation. This orientation will be held on zoom.
RSVP here for the link to join!

🍉Palestine Solidarity-Internationalism WG Meeting 🍉
2024-08-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual. RSVP for details, WA, United States
Bi-weekly PSIWG Meeting! RSVP here for zoom link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/psiwg-bi-weekly-meeting-815

Electoral Working Group Post Primary Social
2024-08-16 18:00 - 21:00
Comrades –
We’ve all been hard at work for months to help sending Shaun Scott to the general. We’re thrilled with the results from the primary, and it’s thanks to your efforts that we can celebrate, recharge, and get ready for the general now.
Join us for our post primary social in Roosevelt! Once you RSVP, you’ll be sent location details.
RSVP HERE

Raise the Wage Burien Canvass
2024-08-17 11:00 - 13:30 | Burien Library, 400 SW 152nd St, Burien, WA, 98166, United States
Raise the Wage Burien needs our help securing their place on the February ballot! Come join us this Saturday August 17 at 11am at the Burien Library to help collect the final signatures to qualify for the ballot!
RSVP Here

Annual Summer Picnic!
2024-08-17 16:00 - 20:00 | Jefferson Park, 3801 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, 98108, United States
Join us at Jefferson Park Shelter #03 to celebrate our work at the DSA Summer Picnic! We kindly ask that anyone who wants to contribute to the potluck to bring pre-cooked/ pre-package food items. Drinks and lawn games to be provided. Please reach out to Will Siegel, if you want to attend but are having trouble finding transportation.

RSVP Here
Ph: 314-853-7316
Em: siegelbill804@gmail.com

Peoples' Breakfast: U District
2024-08-18 08:00 - 11:30, 2024-08-25 08:00 - 11:30 | University Heights, 5031 University Way, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Contact JJ Bartlett to sign up for cooking: 360-319-2009
Masks required in-kitchen! Must be vaccinated!

Scrambled Eggs, 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) = 10:00am – Food Runs Out.
Stay for the whole time or show up to one shift!
Operated 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.

Not Another Bomb: Protest Solidarity Action with Gaza
2024-08-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Cal Anderson Park, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
As political decision-makers gather for the Democratic National Convention this August, join us on Sunday to send a message to the establishment: the people call for not another bomb! In order to achieve a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, the U.S. must stop arming Israel’s brutal war and occupation on Gaza by enacting an immediate arms embargo.
Sponsored by the coalition of groups behind the Uncommitted movement, protests like this one in Seattle are being organized nationwide to coordinate and coincide with the DNC.
Join us at Cal Anderson Park at 12 PM on August 18th.
RSVP here!

Electoral Working Group Monthly Meeting
2024-08-19 18:00 - 19:30
Come join our August Electoral Working Group Meeting (Virtually)!
We’ll be discussing the results of the Shaun Scott campaign and hopefully be looking forwards towards the general election, a retrospective on RTWR, and discuss our upcoming Electoral Strategy Retreat!
Zoom link provided upon RSVPing.
RSVP HERE

Housing Justice Working Group
2024-08-20 18:00 - 19:00
Seattle DSA’s Housing Justice Working Group!
A sponsor of the Peoples Breakfast.
Working towards a massive expansion of publicly-owned green social housing.
Building a fighting tenants movement.
We are now running a hybrid meeting format!
Join us on Zoom for the business portion of the meeting starting at 6:00pm, running till 7:00pm!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86599877159?pwd=[REDACTED]

Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gxhFExgKMXDKUolOVPxah77RF-9_9FgiOh8-CtpfPCU

Service Industry Workers BBQ
2024-08-21 16:00 - 19:00 | Genesee Park and Playfield, 4316 S Genesee St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Working in the restaurant industry is hard work. Let’s relax and have a little fun together before the summer is over.

This industry is tough, but so are we. We’re funny, we’re creative, we’re social. We form strong bonds with our coworkers and find ways to make the work a little more bearable. When we have each other’s backs, we can change our workplaces! When we change our workplaces, we can change the industry!

Join us on Wednesday, August 21st from 4-7pm at Genesee Park to blow off some steam and connect with other restaurant workers who understand the struggle and want to do something about it!

Pick up some resources about your rights in the workplace, hear from workers organizing for change, play some games, and enjoy some yummy food and drinks. 😎

Invite your co-workers, friends & family — all are welcome!

RSVP here!

Palestine Solidarity Tabling at Capitol Hill Light Rail
2024-08-22 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-09-05 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-09-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Capitol Hill Light Rail Station, 140 Broadway E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Join us at the Capitol Hill light rail station to build the movement for Palestine Liberation!
Let’s keep building the movement to cut ties with companies linked to Israel’s genocide. Come talk to people in our community about our consumer boycott campaign of the companies most active in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
RSVP here!
No experience is required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2024-08-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Armistice Coffee Roosevelt, 6717 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA
Join us 8/22 at Armistice Coffee Roosevelt to discuss the book The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet (Brett Christophers, from Verso), starting with the first 3 chapters.
Our discussions seek to inform strategies for winning a democratic socialist society that thrives ecologically. You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and you can feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read. All are welcome!
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org .

EWG Strategy Readings Discussion
2024-08-24 11:00 - 15:00
Join us for our first ever EWG Strategy Reading Group Discussion!
We’ll be reading various articles and resolutions that lay out party/electoral program models that have been proposed by writers and DSA members from around the country.
This is going to be a critical exercise for us to engage in as we continue to build power and learn to run campaigns. We highly recommend you make it through the readings beforehand and take notes!

None of the individual readings, with one exception are longer than just a few pages. Check them all out here: tinyurl.com/dsaelectoralstrat

We’ll be hosting in person in Columbia City, with location TBD! We’ll have a lunch break with pizza as well. Look forward to seeing you there!
RSVP HERE

Local Council Meeting
2024-08-24 15:00 - 16:30 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
The Local Council (LC) is the 9-member elected leadership body of Seattle DSA serving the general membership. We check-in on zoom most Tuesdays and have a longer meeting typically on zoom once a month on a Saturday. Any SDSA member in good standing may listen in. RSVP for zoom link.

Palestine Solidarity Tabling at Fremont Sunday Market
2024-08-25 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-08 11:00 - 13:00 | Fremont Sunday Market, 3401 Evanston Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103
Join us at the Fremont Sunday Market to build the movement for Palestine Liberation!
Let’s keep building the movement to cut ties with companies linked to Israel’s genocide. Come talk to people in our community about our consumer boycott campaign of the companies most active in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
RSVP Here!
No experience is required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!

August General Membership Meeting
2024-08-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Southside Commons and online, 3518 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Join us for our largest monthly gathering to discuss issues and learn what the chapter has been up to, what is on the horizon and how to get involved. In-person and online.
RSVP and zoom link HERE

🍉Palestine Solidarity-Internationalism WG Meeting 🍉
2024-08-29 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual. RSVP for details, WA, United States
Bi-weekly PSIWG Meeting! RSVP here for zoom link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/psiwg-bi-weekly-meeting-815-2

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2024-08-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Armistice Coffee Roosevelt, 6717 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA
Join us 8/29 at Armistice Coffee Roosevelt to continue discussing the first 3 chapters of the book The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet (Brett Christophers, from Verso).
Our discussions seek to inform strategies for winning a democratic socialist society while thriving ecologically. You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and you can feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read. All are welcome!
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org .

Raise the Wage Burien Solidarity Canvass
2024-08-31 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-01 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-02 11:00 - 15:00 | Burien Library, 400 SW 152nd St, Burien, WA, 98166, United States
Join other DSA members for an extravaganza solidarity canvass with Transit Riders Union over Labor Day Weekend to help get the last 800 signatures needed to qualify for the ballot! Burien has implemented a uniquely regressive minimum wage policy that we need to help overturn with this ballot initiative! We’ll be out for two shifts (11am and 1pm) Saturday, Sunday, and Monday to help RTWB get over the finish line!

RSVP HERE

Peoples’ Breakfast: U District
2024-09-01 08:00 - 11:30, 2024-09-08 08:00 - 11:30, 2024-09-15 08:00 - 11:30, 2024-09-22 08:00 - 11:30 | University Heights, 5031 University Way, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Contact JJ Bartlett to sign up: 360-319-2009
Masks required in-kitchen! Must be vaccinated!

Scrambled Eggs, 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 outdoors) = 10:00am – Food Runs Out.
Stay for the whole time or show up to one shift!
Operated 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.

Tech Committee Meeting
2024-09-03 17:00 - 18:00
Want to use your tech skills for good? The SDSA Tech Committee meeting is a great place to find out about current work you can plug into, plus imagine other ways to use tech to support SDSA organizing.
Join our monthly virtual meeting to hear about what the committee has been up to and get connected to ongoing work!
RSVP here!

Socialist Job Fair Postering
2024-09-03 17:30 - 19:00 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Our last job fair was a great success with 58 attendees. In our to make our next one on October 6th a success we need to get the word out.
Join us in postering for our next socialist job fair.
We are going to be putting up posters in the U district.
RSVP Here:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/fall-socialist-job-fair-postering-2/

Hands Off Seattle's Minimum Wage Canvass with RWU
2024-09-03 17:30 - 19:30 | Café on the Ave, 4201 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Restaurant lobbyists are pushing the Seattle mayor and City Council to permanently cut Seattle’s tipped workers’ wages in the coming weeks. Seattle became the first major city in the US to pass the $15 minimum wage in 2014, and many other cities have since followed suit. If the two-tiered wage system is preserved, it will embolden lobbyists in other cities to go after minimum wage legislation. Workers kept Seattle businesses afloat during the pandemic and continue to face steep cost of living increases year after year. For a city with 11 billionaires and over 50,000 millionaires, this raise for restaurant workers is long overdue.
Join Restaurant Workers United and Seattle DSA as we canvass restaurants in U District on Tuesday, September 3rd. RSVP here.
We’ll be meeting at Cafe on the Ave at 5:30 PM, along with DSA members postering for the fall Socialist Job Fair!

Seattle DSA for Shaun Scott Subcommittee Meeting
2024-09-04 18:30 - 20:00
Join us for an in person Seattle DSA for Shaun Scott Subcommittee Meeting!
We’ll be running through our normal list of tasks but also distributing canvass kits for shift leads, doing shift trainings, and relax with some pizza!
The first portion of the meeting will be hybrid, so if you can’t make it RSVP and you’ll still get the Zoom link.
RSVP HERE

How to Stop School Closures? From Seattle's 2009 School Closures to the 2024 Cuts
2024-09-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Beacon Hill Library, 2821 Beacon Ave S #5813, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
How to Stop School Closures?
The Fight to Stop Closures in Seattle From 2009 to 2024

Thursday, September 5, 6pm
Hybrid meeting: At the Beacon Hill Library – and Online
Seattle DSA’s Working Group SOS – Save Our Schools invites you to our meeting with speakers from the Social Equality Educators, the rank-and-file caucus at that time in Seattle’s Education Association, who fought against school closures in Seattle in 2009 that were almost all reversed, to help us draw some conclusions for our effort to stop the planned school closures in 2024. The plan to close 20 out of 70 elementary schools in Seattle for the school year 2025/26 is the largest attack on public education in the nation since the school closures in Chicago 2013.
We will also offer updates on the school district plans in 2024 – and how we plan to fight back.

RSVP

Palestine Solidarity Tabling at Capitol Hill QFC
2024-09-06 18:15 - 19:45 | Capitol Hill Light Rail Station, 140 Broadway E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Join us at the south Capitol Hill QFC to build the movement for Palestine Liberation!
Let’s keep building the movement to cut ties with companies linked to Israel’s genocide. Come talk to people in our community about our consumer boycott campaign of the companies most active in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
RSVP here!
No experience is required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!

General Election Kickoff Canvass for Shaun Scott
2024-09-07 11:00 - 14:00
We’re kicking off our campaign for the general election! Help us elect Democratic Socialist member and candidate Shaun Scott to Olympia.
Thanks to volunteers like you, we did great in the primary election election, with Shaun winning 59% of the vote!
We can’t stop yet though – business and landlord interest groups can now consolidate around far-right candidate Andrea Suarez. We can beat Andrea Suarez and her wealthy donors, but only with mass action. Join us to get the word out about Shaun and win this general election.
We’ll be meeting at Montlake Playfield at 11am. No experience required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!
Who is Shaun Scott? Read more about him here.
RSVP Here
Can’t make this canvass? Check out other options on our calendar!

Socialist Job Fair Postering
2024-09-07 15:00 - 16:30 | Capitol Hill Light Rail Station, 140 Broadway E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Our last job fair was a great success with 58 attendees. In our to make our next one on October 6th a success we need to get the word out.
Join us in postering for our next socialist job fair.
We are going to be putting up posters in Capitol Hill.
Capitol Hill
923 E John St
Seattle, WA 98102
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/fall-socialist-job-fair-postering

Coffee Social @Victrola Coffee
2024-09-08 12:00 - 14:00 | Victrola Coffee Roasters, 411 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112, United States
Join us at Victrola Coffee for a coffee klatch to discuss Seattle DSA and politics.

Fall Socialist Job Fair Postering
2024-09-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Beacon Hill Light Rail Station, 2700 Beacon Ave S., Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Our last job fair was a great success with 58 attendees. In our to make our next one on October 6th a success we need to get the word out.
Join us in helping to get the word out for our next socialist job fair.
We are going to be putting up posters in Beacon Hill.
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/fall-socialist-job-fair-postering-98/

Labor Working Group Monthly Meeting
2024-09-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Capitol Hill Branch Library, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
This event is hybrid: Join us in person at the Capitol Hill Branch Library, or over Zoom.
Please RSVP for the Zoom link.
Join comrades to discuss our ongoing labor organizing and meet others involved in labor organizing work. We will discuss and plan any upcoming labor work and ongoing campaigns. There will also be updates on any labor organizing our members are involved in.
Look for the full agenda in the labor channel on Slack!
Note: Our LWG meeting schedule has changed.

September’s meeting will be Wednesday, 9/11 at 6:30pm
October’s meeting will be Thursday, 10/3 at 6:30pm
Future meetings will be on the first Thursday at 6:30pm (unless group decides otherwise)

Vigil for Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
2024-09-11 18:30 - 21:00 | Alki Beach Acoss from Blue Moon Burgers, 2504 Alki Ave SW, Seattle, WA, 98116
UW graduate Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot and killed on Sept 6 by the IDF while peacefully protesting the illegal occupation of the West Bank. Please join this vigil and honor the request of the family that political messaging be limited to a demand for an investigation. Guests are encouraged to bring flowers, candles, photos of Ayşenur, cards, posters, artistic pieces, blankets, foldable chairs, and umbrellas in case of rain.
If folks feel called to do so, finger food or sweets to share are welcome. But if dropping off food, fill out form tinyurl.com/vigilfoodsignup, and label items with ingredients, allergens, dietary restrictions (halal, kosher, vegan etc.)

🍉Palestine Solidarity-Internationalism WG Meeting 🍉
2024-09-12 08:00 - 17:00
RSVP Here for Zoom Link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/psiwg-bi-weekly-meeting-912
Join us for our regular Palestine Solidarity Working group meeting where we’ll be talking about how next steps in our BDS campaign, events in the community, political updates and how members can get more involved.

General Election Canvass for Shaun Scott
2024-09-12 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for a canvass as the general election campaign has begun! Help us elect Democratic Socialist member and candidate Shaun Scott to Olympia.
Thanks to volunteers like you, we did great in the primary election, with Shaun winning 59% of the vote! We can’t stop yet though – business and landlord interest groups can now consolidate around far-right candidate Andrea Suarez. We can beat Andrea Suarez and her wealthy donors, but only with mass action. Join us to get the word out about Shaun and win this general election.
We’ll be meeting at Rogers Playground at 6 PM. No experience required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers! If you’re running late, we’ll have someone train you up when you arrive.
Who is Shaun Scott? Read more about him here.
RSVP Here
Can’t make this canvass? Check out other options on our calendar!

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2024-09-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Armistice Coffee Roosevelt, 6717 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA
Join us 9/12 at Armistice Coffee Roosevelt to discuss chapters 4 thru 6 of the book The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet (Brett Christophers, from Verso).
Our discussions seek to inform strategies for winning a democratic socialist society that thrives ecologically. You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and you can feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read. All are welcome!
Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org .

Canvass for Shaun Scott, followed by Boeing Machinist Solidarity!
2024-09-14 10:30 - 13:00 | Roanoke Park, 950 E Roanoke St, Seattle, 98102, United States
Join us for a canvass as the general election campaign has begun! Help us elect Democratic Socialist member and candidate Shaun Scott to Olympia.
Thanks to volunteers like you, we did great in the primary election, with Shaun winning 59% of the vote! We can’t stop yet though – business and landlord interest groups can now consolidate around far-right candidate Andrea Suarez. We can beat Andrea Suarez and her wealthy donors, but only with mass action. Join us to get the word out about Shaun and win this general election.
We’ll be meeting at Roanoke Park at 11am. No experience required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!
After the canvass, we hope you join us on the Boeing strike picket lines! Boeing workers will vote to strike on Thursday and the strike could begin as early as Friday. If the workers vote to strike, help us show some socialist solidarity to the brave workers on the picket line! Rides to Renton will be provided if you are interested.
Who is Shaun Scott? Read more about him here.
RSVP Here
Can’t make this canvass? Check out other options on our calendar!

Picket with the Machinists in Renton!
2024-09-14 12:00 - 16:00 | Logan Ave N & N 8th St, Renton WA, 98057, Logan Ave N & N 8th St, Renton, 98057, United States
If you’re seeing this, then IAM 751 members have voted to REJECT the tentative agreement that their union reached with Boeing and take their fight to the picket line.
Seattle DSA is mobilizing our members to Renton for the 12-4pm shift on Saturday, 9/14. We will meet up at the Northwest corner of Logan Ave N & N 8th St, just southwest of the Renton Landing.
Parking around the picket lines will be extremely limited, so try and carpool with a friend if possible and arrive early to find a spot.
Social to follow the picket a few blocks away: https://seattledsa.org/event/boeing-machinist-strike-social/
Sign up for more information about future picketing here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/strike-ready-for-the-machinists
Let’s show some solidarity and win big for the Machinists!

Boeing Machinist Solidarity Social
2024-09-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Hop Garden, 351 Park Ave N, Renton, 98057, United States
Seattle DSA stands in strong solidarity with IAM 751 machinists at Boeing, as they fight for a living wage, more democratic control in their workplace, and safety for all of us. Pending the results of their contract TA vote, join us in supporting the machinists on the picket line from 12-4pm on saturday.
Then join us for a drink and some food at Hop Garden in Renton at 4pm! And sign our pledge at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/strike-ready-for-the-machinists to show your solidarity!
If the IAM contract is settled before the 14th, we’ll still hold this social!

Picket line meetup at noon (pending TA vote)

General Election Canvass for Shaun Scott
2024-09-15 11:00 - 14:00
Join us for a canvass as the general election campaign has begun! Help us elect Democratic Socialist member and candidate Shaun Scott to Olympia.
Thanks to volunteers like you, we did great in the primary election, with Shaun winning 59% of the vote! We can’t stop yet though – business and landlord interest groups can now consolidate around far-right candidate Andrea Suarez. We can beat Andrea Suarez and her wealthy donors, but only with mass action. Join us to get the word out about Shaun and win this general election.
We’ll be meeting at I-5 Colonnade at 11am. No experience required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!
Who is Shaun Scott? Read more about him here.
RSVP Here
Can’t make this canvass? Check out other options on our calendar!

Electoral Strategy Readings Discussion
2024-09-17 08:00 - 17:00
Join us for our EWG Strategy Reading Group Discussion! This event is a shortened version of our previous reading group discussion, and aimed for those who didn’t make it the first time but feel free to come for a second round if you’re interested! We will have dinner as well.
We’ll be reading various articles and resolutions that lay out party/electoral program models that have been proposed by writers and DSA members from around the country.
This is going to be a critical exercise for us to engage in as we continue to build power and learn to run campaigns. We highly recommend you make it through the readings beforehand and take notes!

None of the individual readings, with one exception are longer than just a few pages. Check them all out here: tinyurl.com/dsaelectoralstrat
RSVP HERE

Fall Job Fair Phone Banking
2024-09-17 15:00 - 16:30 | Seattle Public Libary – University Branch, 5009 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
The Seattle DSA Labor Working Group’s next semi-annual Socialist Job Fair is happening October 6th! Come help us create this amazing opportunity to build and strengthen our unions! The Socialist Job Fair exists to help socialists interested in learning and applying organizing techniques directly with people trying to unionize their workplace or organize their disorganized union shops.
So far a lot of work has been done (and continues to be done!) in effort to put up posters getting the word out about the Socialist Job Fair. We have about 40 people that have RSVP’d (with more to come) and our next step is to reach out to those folks by phone to vet them and field questions. This is an important step and we need your help!
The Labor Working Group will be hosting group phonebanking Tuesday the 17th starting at 3pm at the University Branch of the Seattle Public Library!
RSVP for Phonebank: https://actionnetwork.org/events/fall-job-fair-phone-banking/

Social Housing Candidate Forum
2024-09-17 18:00 - 19:00 | International District/Chinatown Community Center, 719 8th Ave S, Seattle, 98104, United States
Join us at the Social Housing Candidate Forum held by House our Neighbors to hear from candidates running for the 43rd LD and City Council Position 8.
SDSA endorsed 43rd LD candidate and SDSA member, Shaun Scott, will square off against an empty chair as his corporate funded opponent, Andrea Suarez, cowardly backed out of the forum. Scott stands with working people as an advocate for funding social housing through taxing rich corporations, curbing landlord profiteering through statewide rent control, and re-balancing the power differential between tenants and landlords through strong renter protections. Come hear Scott’s socialist vision for housing!
The Housing Justice Working Group will meet for an informal social after the forum.
RSVP

General Election Canvass for Shaun Scott
2024-09-19 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for a canvass as the general election campaign has begun! Help us elect Democratic Socialist member and candidate Shaun Scott to Olympia.
Thanks to volunteers like you, we did great in the primary election, with Shaun winning 59% of the vote! We can’t stop yet though – business and landlord interest groups can now consolidate around far-right candidate Andrea Suarez. We can beat Andrea Suarez and her wealthy donors, but only with mass action. Join us to get the word out about Shaun and win this general election.
We’ll be meeting at Wallingford Playfield at 6pm. No experience required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!
Who is Shaun Scott? Read more about him here.
RSVP Here
Can’t make this canvass? Check out other options on our calendar!

Socialist Educators Happy Hour
2024-09-20 18:00 - 20:00
Educators from all over (Seattle, Renton, Highline, etc…) get together, chat politics, & share about struggles in their union. All union activists and socialists are welcome to attend!
Seattle Public Schools recently announced plans to close 20 Elementary schools starting in the 2025 school year. In one of the richest cities in the US, home to billionaires and some of the most profitable corporations in the world, this is an unacceptable and unconscionable attack on public education and our communities.

Join us for a discussion on how to fight back!

General Election Canvass for Shaun Scott
2024-09-21 11:00 - 14:00
Join us for a canvass as the general election campaign has begun! Help us elect Democratic Socialist member and candidate Shaun Scott to Olympia.
Thanks to volunteers like you, we did great in the primary election, with Shaun winning 59% of the vote! We can’t stop yet though – business and landlord interest groups can now consolidate around far-right candidate Andrea Suarez. We can beat Andrea Suarez and her wealthy donors, but only with mass action. Join us to get the word out about Shaun and win this general election.
We’ll be meeting at B.F. Day Playground at 11am. No experience required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!
Who is Shaun Scott? Read more about him here.
RSVP Here
Can’t make this canvass? Check out other options on our calendar!

Picket with the Machinists in Seattle!
2024-09-21 12:00 - 18:00 | Seattle IAM Hall, 9125 15th Place South, Seattle, WA, 98108, United States
IAM 751 members have voted to REJECT the tentative agreement that their union reached with Boeing and take their fight to the picket line.
Seattle DSA is mobilizing our members to the Seattle picket lines between 12 and 6pm on Saturday, 9/21. Show up as you’re able!
Head to the IAM Hall at 9125 15th Place South and catch a shuttle to the picket lines. Shuttles run regularly and there’s no parking along the line.
Sign up for more information about future picketing here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/strike-ready-for-the-machinists
Let’s show some solidarity and win big for the Machinists!
