Features July General Meeting Recap Thank you to all who attended Saturday’s General Meeting! We got updates from committees, working groups, and members about the state of the chapter and ways to plug in. We also heard from Kristian H, a steering committee member of the national Democracy Commission, about its impacts on local chapters….
Features Join Us at Tomorrow’s General Meeting –Brodie L Good morning, comrades! Tomorrow’s July General Membership meeting is a packed one! Come early for coffee at 11:30! New Business includes confirming Troy W as our second Harms and Grievance Officer (HGO) and two resolutions: 1) The creation of an EcoSocialist Working Group (EcoSoc) to organize…
Bulletins Candlelight Vigil to Honor Victims of ICE/CBP Join New Orleans DSA and our community members as we honor the victims of ICE and CBP violence with a Candlelight Vigil on Cabrini Bridge this Saturday, July 18. We will begin at 7 pm. We will also be collecting donations to help support families who can’t…
Features On Power: Babies –Dan A From the cradle bars comes a beckoning voice. It sends you spinning. You have no choice. -Siouxsie and the Banshees Why are people like Donald Trump and Elon Musk such babies? If political power is the ability to have others burn calories to do your will, then we can’t…
Features Local Convention Convened, New Leadership Elected –Bob M, Membership Chair This past Saturday our chapter’s highest decision-making body, the Local Convention, took place at the First Grace UMC. Thank you to the over 60 dues-paying members who participated in our deliberation. We had presentations on our chapter’s progress and growth over the last year,…
Features Local Convention Preview & Convention Compendium –Brodie L. Dear Comrades, Tomorrow is one of our biggest events of the year: Annual Local Convention. This is by far our largest official meeting, and this year we’re expecting 60+ people. It’s still not too late to RSVP! We will begin at 12:00pm with a social, free…
Bulletins Direct Service & Health Justice: Brake Light Clinic/Health Fair Tomorrow, June 20th, Direct Service and Health Justice will be holding a Brake Light Clinic and a Free Health Fair at 1800 AP Tureaud Ave from 11am-2pm. We will also be collecting signatures for the recall campaigns against Jeff Landry and Liz Murrill (and Sid…
Features Pre-Convention Political Discussion Series Continues Next Two Sundays –Bob M Leading up to Convention, the Chapter has been holding political discussions about what we’ve been doing, what the local organizing terrain looks like, and how we move forward. At the Labor discussion, we covered: Power mapping, using examples like the Frenchmen Street garden fight,…
Bulletins Direct Service & Health Justice: Brake Light Clinics/Health Fairs Coming in June, Direct Service and Health Justice will be holding two Brake Light Clinics, one at the Northshore Robotics STEM Festival in Covington, Saturday, June 6th at 701 N Tyler St and another Saturday, June 20th in New Orleans at 1800 AP Tureaud Ave…
Features Tonight: The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz Join us tonight at 6pm for a screening of The Internet’s Own Boy in the Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Av #258. Aaron Swartz devoted his life to the cause of internet freedom from corporate domination. Aaron helped develop RSS, Creative Commons, and Reddit….
