DSA Locals

DSA currently has approximately twenty-five chartered locals. Locals serve many purposes that are critical for maintaining and developing a strong democratic socialist organization in the United States.

Through concrete political work -- educational forums and grassroots organizing campaigns -- locals help ensure that DSA is visible in cities and communities across the country. In addition, locals are where DSA members continuously learn what it means to be a democratic socialist, gain the organizing skills necessary to become effective activists, and -- through the process of sending delegates to the National Convention -- develop and debate DSA's national strategies and priorities.

The national office helps locals in their organizing by supplying them with literature, campaign materials, and occasionally with public speakers. DSA's National Director visits the locals on a periodic basis.

The organization's ruling body, the National Political Committee (NPC), actively encourages locals to organize around DSA's major national political campaigns, but there is no formal requirement that they do so. The NPC does, however, have the power to revoke the charter of a local that has fallen into extreme inactivity or is violating the political principles of the organization in some fundamental way.

A few of DSA's larger and more active locals have developed the resources to hire part-time organizers and other staff people -- but for all locals, dedicated volunteer labor is crucial. To sustain a viable local, all it takes are five or six people who have made DSA their primary political commitment.


Directory of Locals, Organizing Committees, and Youth Section Chapters
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RED CITY NAMES denote links to local web sites)

Northeast | Midwest | South | West


Northeast

ALBANY:
Mark Schaeffer, 518/463-5611, cell 518/466-9339 , PO Box 2056, Albany, NY 12220
markalban1@earthlink.net

BOSTON:
Mike Pattberg, 617/354-5078, PO Box 51356, Boston MA 02205
chair@dsaboston.org

DC/MD/NORTHERN VA:
Bill Mosley, 202/232-2500 ext.3, 1742 Hobart St. NW, Washington DC 20009
billmosley@comcast.net

ITHACA:
Theresa Alt, 607/273-3009, 206 Eddy Street, Ithaca NY 14850
talt@igc.org

MAINE OC:
Harlan Baker, 207/772-9640, 44 Mitton St., Portland, ME 04102
hbaker@maine.edu

NASSAU COUNTY:
Mark Finkel, 516/538-9882, 662 Howard Avenue, West Hempstead NY 11552
markfinkel@aol.com

NEW JERSEY
Stanley Sheats, H: 973/742-3762, W: 973/523-2900 ext.419, 150 East 33rd St., Paterson, NJ 07514
Ssheats@lsnj.org

NEW YORK CITY:
Maria Svart, 917/687-2643, c/o DSA, 75 Maiden Ln. Suite 505, New York, NY 10038
kenny.schaeffer@gmail.com

GREATER PHILADELPHIA DSA:
John Strauss, 267/566-9273 , P.O. Box 973, Newtown, PA 18940
PhilaDSA@gmail.com

READING-BERKS:
Bob Millar, 610/944-0991, 19 Spring Lane, Fleetwood PA 19522
lbrsmillar@earthlink.net


Midwest

CENTRAL INDIANA:
Marvin Williams, 317/955-2779, 1504 N. Pennsylvania St. Apt. 303, Indianapolis, IN 46202
williamsmdwjr@aol.com

CHICAGO:
Chicago DSA, 773/384-0327, 1608 N. Milwaukee Ave.,#403, Chicago IL, 60647
chiildsa@chicagodsa.org

COLUMBUS:
Simone Morgen, 614-267-8517, P.O. Box 82588, Columbus, Ohio 43202
smorgen@juno.com

DETROIT:
David Green, H: 248/855-3169, pager: 313-328-1274, 28292 Harwich Street, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
dsagreen@aol.com

MADISON:
Marc Silberman
818 Van Hise Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 53706
mdsilber@wisc.edu

TWIN CITIES:
Dan Frankot, 651/224-8262, 695 Ottawa Avenue, Saint Paul MN 55107
tcdemsoc@gmail.com

WICHITA:
Rannfrid Thelle, 316-516-5017
wichitadsa@gmail.com


South

ATLANTA
Milt Tambor, 770/390-9353, 5425 Brooke Ridge Circle, Atlanta GA 30338
mltambor@yahoo.com

CHARLOTTESVILLE OC:
Claire Kaplan, 434/295-8884, 104 Diamond Road, Troy VA 22974-3248
ckaplan@virginia.edu


West

ALASKA:
Richard Farris, 907/474-0902, PO Box 80967, Fairbanks AK 99708
E-mail: rtfarris_99708@yahoo.com

COLORADO:
Colorado DSA, 3353 Madison Avenue #U318, Boulder, CO 80303
Dave Anderson, 303/449-2511
David.Anderson@colorado.edu

CALIFORNIA: