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Submarine Halloween Gala This Friday Night!

Hey everyone! The fundraising working group is very excited for our DSA Halloween Event on Friday from 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm at Venusian Gardens! The theme is Submarine Halloween, so please bring your fabulous oceanic and underwater-themed costumes! We will be having a raffle and costume contest, drinks, fajitas, and some spooky camaraderie on the dancefloor. Children are welcome with adult supervision. This is open to members and non-members, so bring your friends before you head out for late-night fun!

Suggested $15. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

We do have a few outstanding needs for this event:

1. We are looking for members who are willing to contribute food and beverages for this event. Fajita ingredients (e.g., steak, chicken, veggies), tortillas, fixings (e.g., sour cream, cheese, guac, salsa, etc.). Sign up here.
2. Volunteers to check people in, manage the raffle table, and assist with set-up and breakdown.
3. If you have items for raffle, let us know!

Thank you and please reach out with any questions!

LSU New Orleans YDSA: Autumn Harvest, Project NOLA, and What’s Next –Artemis Crocker

The LSU New Orleans YDSA chapter has seen a lot of change in the past few weeks! I’m here to keep the greater chapter informed!

First, our Autumn Harvest! LSU New Orleans YDSA is hosting our Autumn Harvest food, clothing, and health drive! On October 29th and 30th and November 2nd – 4th, from noon to 2:00, the YDSA chapter will be collecting donations in person in the University Center! Please consider dropping off some donations! Anything left over after distributing these supplies directly to in-need students in their dorms will be donated to the New Orleans chapter for the upcoming Winter Clothing Drive or Fork and Knife Club.

Next is the status of the Surveillance Out of Schools campaign! The chapter is proud to report an INCREDIBLE victory. Project NOLA, a local mass AI surveillance company, is officially being evicted from the LSU New Orleans TRAC Building. We will be shifting the campaign’s focus towards preventing Flock, Axon, and Project NOLA from surrounding our campus with cameras like they have with Tulane and LSU Baton Rouge’s campuses. Please come join us for our public demonstration in the quad (out front of the Earl K. Long Library) on Halloween day from noon to 3:00 so we can show the administration exactly what students, faculty, and New Orleanians think about mass AI surveillance.

Direct Service & Health Justice: Undue Medical Debt Fundraiser and Brake Light Clinic Updates

Our next Direct Service meeting is Tuesday, October 27, at 6:00 pm, online. Join us in planning our next Fork & Knife Club for November! We are thrilled to have you, however you can contribute.

Our Crush Medical Debt Campaign with Undue Medical Debt, Indivisible NOLA & WHIV has raised $725 so far toward our $15k goal. We are planning fundraising events for this campaign for both November 19th at 7:30pm at The Dog House for a comedy show and December 10th at Allways Lounge at 10:30pm. Flyers are available at the Healing Center if you’re able to drop some off to display in local businesses. If you’d like to donate please click here.

Our Winter Clothing Drive will be accepting donations of coats, socks, beanies, and other winter clothes (clothes for all ages welcome) for our Brake Light Clinic in December.

Direct Service always accepts donations for supplies.

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Get Plugged in to Political Education!

Our next Commission meeting will be at 6:15 pm on October 28 on Meet. We will be going over assigned chapters from The World That Made New Orleans and assigning more chapters. All are welcome to participate!

Please come to our November 1 planning meeting to help us plan for a Quarterly Forum on Electoralism in December! We need speakers and panelists!

Submit your nominations for a new Night School Chair on the Discord or email hello@dsaneworleans.org by November 22 (subject line: ATTN POLI-ED Night School Chair Nomination).

Monthly Language Exchange

Hables español? (Or want to?) We’ve kicked off our monthly language exchange with members of Unión Migrante by chatting about topics big and small in Spanish and English. Join us for our next exchange in November to charlar y tomar cafecito with your local comrades! To learn more, check in with our Immigration working group at the next General Meeting or drop any questions in the immigration-advocacy chat on Discord.

No Spanish? No problem! All are welcome to join our next working group meeting on November 2 at 6:30 at the Healing Center or on Discord.

Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color: Monthly Meeting

This group not only seeks to develop our chapter’s membership to be more reflective of the demographics of New Orleans, but also serves as a hub for Black, Indigenous, and Socialists of Color to discuss our unique & shared experiences as socialists in community. Mark your calendars for November 7 for our next social!

Volunteer for Lauren Jewett for Congress, LA-01!

Volunteer Hub | Contribute | 7:30p Monday volunteer calls | Request a sign

Election Day is Tuesday November 3, 2026. Special education teacher, DSA member, and longtime United Teachers of New Orleans (AFT Local 527) member Lauren Jewett is running for Congress in LA-01, which covers much of the Greater New Orleans metro, Lakeview, and parts of Uptown and Mid-City. She’s fighting for public schools and their teachers; Medicare for All, reproductive freedom, and keeping our hospitals open; paid family leave and universal childcare for every worker; restoring our coast with union jobs; and ending the billionaire takeover of our government.

Community Calendar

Monday, October 26

Early Voting
8:30 am – 6:00 pm (through 10/27, except Sunday)
Locations

DSA for Lauren Jewett Weekly Call
7:30 pm – 8:15 pm (Mondays)
Volunteer | Meet

Sober Soc Support Group
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Meet

Tuesday, October 27

Early Voting
8:30 am – 6:00 pm (through 10/27, except Sunday)
Locations

International Working Group Meeting
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
RSVP | Meet

Direct Service & Health Justice Meeting
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Meet

Wednesday, October 28

Queer Soc Meeting
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Meet

New Orleans Poli-Econ Commission
6:15 pm – 7:00 pm
Online

Electoral Committee Co-Work & Talk
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Wednesdays)
Online

Thursday, October 29

LSU New Orleans YDSA Autumn Harvest Drive
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
University Center, 2000 Lakeshore Dr

Local Council Meeting
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Meet

Friday, October 30

LSU New Orleans YDSA Autumn Harvest Drive
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
University Center, 2000 Lakeshore Dr

DSA Submarine Halloween Gala
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Venusian Gardens & Art Gallery, 2601 Chartres St

Saturday, October 31

Lauren Jewett Canvassing
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Location TBD

LSU New Orleans YDSA Demonstration Against Mass Surveillance
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
UNO Quad, 2000 Lakeshore Dr

Sunday, November 1

Coffee With Comrades
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Coffee Science, 410 S Broad St

Poli-Ed Committee Meeting
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm (first Sunday)
Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av #258 – Meet

Chapter Orientation
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
RSVP

Sober Socialists
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Sundays)
Meet

Down the Road

November 3 Election Day
November 7 AfroSOC Social
November 19 Undue Medical Debt at the Dog House
November 21 New Orleans DSA General Meeting
November 22 Coffee with Comrades Northshore
December 10 Undue Medical Debt at Allways Lounge