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	February 2019
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					1 ■ 2019 Young Workers Summit 2019 Young Workers Summit February 1, 2019 @ 4:00 pm - February 3, 2019 @ 12:30 pm Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark, 4140 Governors Row, Austin, TX 78744, USA At the December General Body Meeting, Austin DSA voted to send 30 DSA members from our chapter and around the state/region to the Young Active Labor Leaders Summit in February. If you're interested in attending, please fill out this form. Hundreds of social justice warriors, young activists and community leaders will join together in Austin for the (YALL) Young Active Labor Leaders biennial Summit 2019. Ignite the FIGHT! Strategize, Organize, Mobilize! It's about shifting the rules and building power so that working communities can thrive and young workers can enjoy the fruits of their labor. Too many of our family members, friends, loved ones and neighbors are overworked, underpaid and underemployed. And far too many young workers are barely making it from day to day. Let's take action. Facebook page for this event. See more details •	2 ■ 2019 Young Workers Summit 2019 Young Workers Summit February 1, 2019 @ 4:00 pm - February 3, 2019 @ 12:30 pm Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark, 4140 Governors Row, Austin, TX 78744, USA At the December General Body Meeting, Austin DSA voted to send 30 DSA members from our chapter and around the state/region to the Young Active Labor Leaders Summit in February. If you're interested in attending, please fill out this form. Hundreds of social justice warriors, young activists and community leaders will join together in Austin for the (YALL) Young Active Labor Leaders biennial Summit 2019. Ignite the FIGHT! Strategize, Organize, Mobilize! It's about shifting the rules and building power so that working communities can thrive and young workers can enjoy the fruits of their labor. Too many of our family members, friends, loved ones and neighbors are overworked, underpaid and underemployed. And far too many young workers are barely making it from day to day. Let's take action. Facebook page for this event. See more details •
3 ■ National DSA Call on Green New Deal National DSA Call on Green New Deal February 3, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm DSA National Ecosocialist Working Group is having a national call to discuss the ecosocialist work DSA chapters are doing across the country and to involve members in our national discussion about the Green New Deal. We're creating a Green New Deal platform and want to make sure it aligns with the values and campaigns other DSAers are working on or want to work on. The platform is meant to ensure that any national Green New Deal is centered on radical restructuring driven by excluded groups and pushing concrete demands for energy democratization and de-commodification, jobs guarantees, public banking, and single-payer healthcare. If these are things you dig, join the call to help finalize our platform and discuss a strategy to win it! Zoom Call See more details •	4	5	6	7 ■ Eco-Socialism Meeting Eco-Socialism Meeting February 7, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Austin Central Library, Austin Public Library, 710 W Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701, USA Monthly meeting of eco-socialism committee. See more details •	8 ■ DSA Socialist Hour! DSA Socialist Hour! February 8, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Easy Tiger Linc, 6406 N Interstate 35 Frontage Rd Suite 1100, Austin, TX 78752, USA Our next monthly Happy Hour will occur on the Second Friday of the month due to the YALL Convention happening on the first weekend of the month. Join us at the newest Easy Tiger location at The Linc on Friday, February 8th! Easy Tiger Bake Shop & Beer Garden at The Linc also serves Cuvee Coffee drinks; hot, iced and Chai teas; pretzels, sandwiches, sausage, charcuterie boards and pasteries. See you soon! Facebook link of the event See more details •	9 ■ Queer Coalition Committee Meeting Queer Coalition Committee Meeting February 9, 2019 @ 3:00 pm - 4:45 pm Carver Branch, Austin Public Library, 1161 Angelina St, Austin, TX 78702, USA We'll be going over the legislative session plans, taking names for new co-chairs, and planning what actions to take during pride. See more details •
10 ■ Medicare for All Canvass! Medicare for All Canvass! February 10, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 2:30 pm IBEW Local Union 520, 4818 E Ben White Blvd #300, Austin, TX 78741, USA This is our first large canvass in Lloyd Doggett's district in 2019! We will be welcoming coalition groups from Texas Organizing Project and Our Revolution, including some organizers from San Antonio who will be sharing their successes as they push forward in the arm of Doggett's district that reaches into San Antonio. See more details ■ Criminal Justice WG Feb- Homes not Handcuffs Criminal Justice WG Feb- Homes not Handcuffs February 10, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm 12706 Lamppost Ln, Austin, TX 78727, USA We will be focusing hard on Homes Not Handcuffs, working up literature, and potential outreach and canvassing ideas. Link to event's Facebook page See more details • •	11 ■ Leadership Committee Meeting Leadership Committee Meeting February 11, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Monthly LC Meeting. Email [email protected] if you'd like to attend or have an idea or issue you'd like to bring up! See more details •	12 ■ February Feminist Action Committee Meeting February Feminist Action Committee Meeting February 12, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm Cepeda Branch, Austin Public Library, 651 N Pleasant Valley Rd, Austin, TX 78702, USA Come learn how you can help with the chapter's brand-spankin-new Reproductive Justice Priority! We'll also be discussing Lilith Fund's Bowl-a-thon for abortion access, advocacy at the Texas Legislature, and electing new committee chairs. For agenda, click here! Facebook page of the event. See more details •	13 ■ Socialist Night School: Marxism 101 Socialist Night School: Marxism 101 February 13, 2019 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Cepeda Branch, Austin Public Library, 651 N Pleasant Valley Rd, Austin, TX 78702, USA https://www.facebook.com/events/2278378045734242/?active_tab=about Socialist Night School is an approachable and participatory place for DSA members to come learn about about democratic socialist perspectives, history, theory, and praxis. This program is intended for people with all levels of knowledge. Whether you’ve read every word of Marx front-to-back, or if you’re a little shaky on what exactly we mean by “socialism,” Socialist Night School is for you. Socialist Night School is largely discussion-based and entirely non-judgmental. There are no right or wrong answers, no quizzes or tests, and no bad questions. This month's Socialist Night School will be about Marxism. The figure of Karl Marx looms large over socialism. More than perhaps any other figure in history, Marx is associated with the socialist tradition and socialists throughout history have looked to Marx for guidance and a framework for their politics. But Marx wrote a ton of stuff (and contradicted himself all the time), and his writings can be very unapproachable for contemporary readers. Moreover, the followers of Marx, over the last century and a half, have disagreed with each other frequently, and it can be really tricky to figure out what exactly people mean by “Marxism.” At this edition of Socialist Night School we’ll try to present an introduction to Marxism so that people can have a solid footing to make sense of the various different types of politics that fit under the umbrella of Marxism. See more details •	14 ■ Tech Committee Meeting 💖 Tech Committee Meeting 💖 February 14, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Ask Garrick for address See more details •	15	16 ■ Mutual Aid Committee Meeting Mutual Aid Committee Meeting February 16, 2019 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm See more details •
17 ■ February Health Justice Meeting February Health Justice Meeting February 17, 2019 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm 6104 N Hampton Dr, Austin, TX 78723, USA February's Health Justice meeting will include updates from all our newly-formed subcommittees: Canvassing, Ally-organizing, Research, Education, Paid Sick follow up, Reproductive Rights, and ADAPT collaborative opportunities. We have a lot of deep work going on and need volunteers in every one of these areas. 2019 is going to be a tremendous year for health justice! If you'd like to read more about our subcommittees before attending the February meeting you can, right here! See more details •	18	19 ■ General Meeting General Meeting February 19, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 2200 Justin Ln, Austin, TX 78757, USA See more details •	20	21 ■ Housing Committee Meeting Housing Committee Meeting February 21, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Austin Central Library Room 621, Austin Public Library, 710 W Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701, USA Hey comrades, third Thursdays are HoCo meetings, and we've got a big one. Get ready for some really exciting reportbacks, tenant solidarity action, radical housing education, and putting an end to the criminalization of people experiencing homelessness in our city. Don't forget - since outstanding co-chair Maddy has stepped down, we will be electing a successor at this meeting as well. Please reach out to Maddy and/or Marina if you have any questions about the role. Rough agenda: Co-chair election! Homes Not Handcuffs! BASTA / tenant organizing! Not In The Plan event! Build DSA reporting on Prop A campaign! Future work: ADAPT support at the lege, partnering with ACC to build affordable student housing, West Campus Neighborhood Association collaboration, and perhaps more! https://www.facebook.com/events/283311702362967/ See more details •	22	23
24 ■ Canvass for Medicare For All! Canvass for Medicare For All! February 24, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 2:30 pm 1606 Nickerson Street, 78704 Come through to create more socialists through door-to-door contact. We're going to get single-payer healthcare and beyond! Read up on all the wonderful resources the national DSA Medicare For All Committee has put together, here: https://medicareforall.dsausa.org See more details •	25 ■ Immigrant Rights Committee Meeting Immigrant Rights Committee Meeting February 25, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm See more details •	26 ■ Labor Committee Meeting Labor Committee Meeting February 26, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Details TBA See more details •	27	28

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February 2019