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Housing Committee feels so loved after the show of support for our upcoming campaign at the General Body Meeting! We look forward to reaching out and getting to know everyone interested in participating. Keep an eye on your inboxes! Housing Committee is still in need of a permanent standing committee meeting time, but, because August is a weird month with a lot going on, we are going to meet Wednesday, August 1st from 7:00-8:30 at the Little Walnut Creek Austin Public Library Branch, 835 W Rundberg Ln, Austin, TX 78758.

This is an open, non-voting meeting for all Austin DSA members to come talk about how they think our chapter of DSA should approach electoral politics. How should Austin DSA interact with the Democratic Party? What kind of candidates should Austin DSA support? How can we bring forward our own candidates? If you'd like to present a point of view at this meeting, please email [email protected] for more details.

No agenda, no work. Bring yourself, bring your friends and be amongst comrades!

Meeting to review candidate responses. PLEASE read the responses BEFORE coming to the meeting.

Austin Pride is August 11th!!

Last year we passed out DSA literature and buttons, and talked to folks on the sidelines. This was a great way to engage with people and have meaningful conversations about queer liberation and anti-capitalism. Join us while we put together queer zines, buttons, flyers, and more.

BYO Beverages & Snacks! We'll have the art supplies....If you want to help during pride, email [email protected]

General body meeting for the Williamson County DSA. Come join us !!

It's that time again! Come knock on some doors and talk to people about healthcare and socialism.

DSA has paired with Our Revolution and National Nurses United to fight for single payer healthcare. Join us on August 5th to canvas in District 35, home of ostensibly progressive congressperson Lloyd Doggett who has refused to sign on as a co-sponsor for H.R.676, the house version of Bernie Sanders' Medicare-For-All bill.

Come out, grab some breakfast, do a little training, and go talk to your neighbors in Austin and help organize Texas for single payer. The fight for universal healthcare is going to be a long one, and we need your help to build the movement from the bottom up!

Join us August 5th 11am at Spiderhouse for a Drag the Vote planning meeting. This is not a Queer Coalition creation, but is something we are helping out with. Please join this meeting as we help plan a variety show that’ll have VDRs available to register people to vote. Find out more here:

If candidates want our endorsement, they've got to answer our questions. Come talk to the people who want our endorsements and help our chapter make an informed decision.

This year at Pride, we'll be handing out literature about Queer Liberation and Austin DSA's Queer Coalition along with buttons. We believe this approach to be a meaningful way to engage with folks. There's no set end time so you can still have fun at pride.

We'll be meeting at the Starbucks on 10th & Congress to divvy up the lit & buttons. Many know that the parade has been taken over by corporate sponsors and non-lgbtq folks. This will be a great opportunity to talk to people on the sidelines and remind them that they have the power to build a better world, through democratic socialism.

If you want to join, please sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b094fa9a923a7fd0-pride

(The Parade should start around 8. Keeping in mind road closures, 6:30 should be a stress free time to convene)

The second weekend of two weekends of canvassing and part of DSA's Medicare For All National Day of Action!

DSA has paired with Our Revolution and National Nurses United to fight for single payer healthcare. Join us on August 5th to canvas in District 35, home of ostensibly progressive congressperson Lloyd Doggett who has refused to sign on as a co-sponsor for H.R.676, the house version of Bernie Sanders' Medicare-For-All bill.

Come out, grab some breakfast, do a little training, and go talk to your neighbors in Austin and help organize Texas for single payer. The fight for universal healthcare is going to be a long one, and we need your help to build the movement from the bottom up!

The Religion and Socialism committee meets every month directly before the general body meeting.

We'll hear from Erika from the Lilith Fund, and break out into working groups for reproductive juastice, community conduct, domestic violence outreach, and feminist education. Bring a computer if you have one, and don't hesitate to reach out to [email protected] if you have questions or want to add to the agenda!

Noise demo against fascist white supremacists, neo-confederates, alt-right, militias, white nationalists and like groups, as a counter protest against a "march against far-left violence" at Austin City Hall just one week after Unite the Right 2 in Washington, DC.

We must make Austin an uncomfortable venue for their types. NO PLATFORM FOR NAZIS! Please join us and bring your voices, your noisemakers and your signs. This is Austin's Unite the Right. Other cities, like Shelbyville, Tennessee, and Philadelphia, have discouraged fascists and run them off from their cities. Let's do it, too, and send them on their way, less willing to return! Let's be loud and proud, Austin!

Needs: funds for whistles and bandanas, snacks and water for protestors

Street medics will be available

Guidelines at the noise demonstration:

Please don't film counter protesters without their consent--taken out of context, it could cause someone unnecessary legal problems

Don't talk to police

Respect all tactics (whether you agree with them or not, and in turn your tactics will be respected-- don't point out someone's behavior you think is bad, because you could be horribly mistaken)

Don't peace police

Choose clothing that doesn't easily identify you as a counter protester

Come with a buddy or a group

Bring a bandana and noisemakers
*megaphone
*pots and pan lids, a kitchen utensil to make noise
*drums
*rocks in a tin can
*whistles
*kazoos

Document or film police actions, get badge numbers, check the time of interaction