Working Groups
Working groups are tied to our priorities, initiatives and causes.
The electoral working group is charged with managing our endorsement process for public officials, identifying candidates for local races, and lifting up local DSA members to run for office. They keep updated information on current city council movements, particularly in Raleigh, and make actionable suggestions to other working groups.
Electoral Working Group
There is a lot of behind-the-scenes work and infrastructure necessary to ensure socialism can happen. The Growth, Development, and Outreach Working Group ensures members are properly onboarded, provides training for organizational tools, conducts surveys of membership, and creates reports detailing the membership involvement of our organization.
Growth, Development & Outreach Working Group
The International Solidarity Working Group organizes local support for international struggles for liberation. This includes actions around feminism in Venezuela, response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and solidarity with the Palestinian movement for Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions. They focus on organizing alongside communities impacted by the administration of US empire.
International Solidarity Working Group
The Labor Working Group organizes labor across the Triangle, particularly supporting Amazon & Starbucks workers.
Labor Working Group
Expanding left-wing political education is vital for the advancement of the socialist movement. The Political Education Working Group conducts a monthly book club, covering titles such as We Do This 'til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba, and hosts a biweekly socialist curriculum. Through these venues, they provide the tools to link individual campaigns to broader political struggle.
Political Education Working Group
The Queer and Trans Solidarity Working Group organizes against anti-queer & trans rhetoric on school boards. They conduct outreach to queer and trans students, teachers, other school staff. They also develop legal and financial resources to help trans folks with name changes.
Queer and Trans Solidarity Working Group
The Tenant Organizing Working Group organizes tenants in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill/Carrboro. They started a tenant union open to all tenants in the triangle. They organize directly in housing complexes, canvass, and have tenant meetings. They also meet to discuss political education articles, essays, and other writings about tenant organizing and housing issues.
Tenant Organizing Working Group
The Raleigh Ecosocialist Working Group takes on projects that seek to bring an end to extractive imperialist capitalism while constructing systems that build sustainability, labor power, and racial justice.