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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.
(RED CITY NAMES denote links to local web sites)
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:
Ken Schaeffer, 212/749-9831, 240 W. 98th St., Apt. 14F, New York NY 10025
kenny.schaeffer@gmail.com
GREATER PHILADELPHIA:
John Strauss, 215/860-9529 , P.O. Box 973, Newtown, PA 18940
PhilaDSA@gmail.com
PITTSBURGH OC:
Rob Shepherd, 412/421-8503, 5848 Alderton St. #1, Pittsburgh, PA 15217-2431
roboshep@aol.com
READING-BERKS:
Bob Millar, 610/944-0991, 19 Spring Lane, Fleetwood PA 19522
lbrsmillar@earthlink.net
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
CLEVELAND OC:
Bernadette Janes, 216/228-5790, 2102 Wascana Ave., 2nd Floor, Lakewood, OH 44107
bernjanes81@aol.com
COLUMBUS:
Simone Morgen, 614-267-8517, PO Box 10506, Columbus OH 43201-9998
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
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
NORTH/CENTRAL FLORIDA OC:
Emily Browne, 352/376-7479, 3820 NW 10th Fl, Gainesville, FL 32605
emilybrowne@yahoo.com
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:
EAST BAY:
Karl Knobler, 510/524-3247, msgs 415/789-8497
1256 Monterey Avenue, Berkeley, CA. 94707
karl.knobler@gmail.com
MARIN COUNTY OC:
June Swan, 415/924-6110, PO Box 181, Corte Madera CA 94976
juneswan@yahoo.com
SACRAMENTO VALLEY :
Duane Campbell, 916/361-9072, PO Box 162394, Sacramento CA 95816
campd227@pacbell.net
SAN DIEGO :
Virginia Franco, 619/287-5535, 6142 Romany Drive, San Diego CA 92120
dsasandiego@cox.net
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY :
Don Tollefson, 818/344-4591, P.O. Box 17061, Encino, CA
91416-17061
dgtollefson@msn.com
SAN FRANCISCO:
Ross Boylan, 415/550-1062, voicemail 415/789-8497, 11 Panorama Dr., San Francisco, CA 94131-1243
RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org
SANTA BARBARA OC:
Richard Flacks, 805/962-2057, W: 805/893-3215 1603 Garden St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101
rflacks@igc.org
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