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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 Northeast Midwest South West
Karl Knobler, 510/524-3247, msgs 415/789-8497 1256 Monterey Avenue, Berkeley, CA. 94707 karl.knobler@gmail.com SACRAMENTO VALLEY : Duane Campbell, 916/361-9072 campd227@pacbell.net SAN DIEGO : Virginia Franco, 619/287-5535, 6142 Romany Drive, San Diego CA 92120 dsasandiego@cox.net SAN FRANCISCO: Ross Boylan, 415/550-1062, voicemail 415/789-8497, 11 Panorama Dr., San Francisco, CA 94131-1243 RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org |
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