Events - Grand Rapids Democratic Socialists of America

	April 2025
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		1	2	3	4 DSA: How to Do Democracy in DSA DSA: How to Do Democracy in DSA April 4, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm HOST: DSA Growth & Development Committee RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/roberts-rules-101-2025-4-4 "DSA is a democratic organization, but what does that mean? We have to fairly and transparently balance both the wills and needs of our members even when there are deep differences in perspectives. If that sounds challenging, that’s because it is! This training will introduce you to the tools to make and execute decisions democratically, including delegation of authority, parliamentary process, and consultative democracy. This is a course for all experience levels of DSA members, and we will tailor the content to your learning goals!" See more details •	5 Monthly Chapter Meeting & Social Hour Monthly Chapter Meeting & Social Hour April 5, 2025 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm The DAAC, 1553 Plainfield Ave NE #4, Grand Rapids, MI 49505, USA The GRDSA meets the first Saturday each month to join in community with our comrades and discuss chapter business. The meeting is proceeded by Social Hour, 12-1 pm. The meeting starts at 1 pm. RSVP: grdsa.org/rsvp Zoom is available for folks who cannot make it in person. See more details •
6 Coffee w/ Comrades Coffee w/ Comrades April 6, 2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Common Ground, 1319 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA Get caffeinated and plot the revolution! See more details Protest for Progress: Trans Day of Visibility Protest for Progress: Trans Day of Visibility April 6, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Veterans Memorial Park, 101 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA HOST: Protest for Progress DETAILS: https://www.facebook.com/events/922928959923245/ "Trans Day Of Visibility Rally! Come together to support each other and celebrate trans folks. This is a peaceful gathering to voice your thoughts, sing a song or recite a poem. Participates need to stay on the sidewalks , out of the road and move for pedestrians. Please refrain from any negative response to feedback. We encourage smiles and waves in response. We have the signs , just need hands to hold them. 1-3 at Veteran’s Memorial Park Rain or Shine!" See more details DSA: Mass Call to Defend Trans Healthcare DSA: Mass Call to Defend Trans Healthcare April 6, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm HOST: DSA Trans Rights and Bodily Autonomy Campaign Commission RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/dsa-trba-mass-call-to-defend-trans-healthcare "Join DSA's Trans Rights and Bodily Autonomy Campaign Commission on Sunday April 6th at 6pm eastern time for a Mass Call to Defend Trans Healthcare! We'll talk about campaigns DSA chapters from NYC to LA have been waging to defend our healthcare and the next steps in this fight." See more details • • •	7 Communications Working Group Communications Working Group April 7, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm The Communication Working Group meets on Zoom every other Monday evening. See more details •	8 Steering Committee - Member Engagement Meeting Steering Committee - Member Engagement Meeting April 8, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Steering Committee meets twice a month on Zoom. The first meeting focuses on member engagement. Typically, the first Wednesday following the Chapter Meeting. You do not need to be on the Steering Committee to attend. See more details •	9 Reading Group: No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane McAlevey Reading Group: No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane McAlevey April 9, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm The Stray, 4253 Division Ave S Suite A, Grand Rapids, MI 49548, USA RSVP Join us on Wednesdays, February 26, March 12, & 26, to discuss No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age, by Jane McAlevey. This book has become indispensable for activists since its release in 2016. Focusing on the labor movement in the US, No Shortcuts presents a strategic plan for seizing working class power from the capitalists and their government benefactors. McAlevey demonstrates the failures of strategy that underpin the dominant approaches. Many organizations focus on advocacy or mobilizing and neglect true organizing. We must come together and decide for ourselves what our goals are. There are no shortcuts for our movement. Organizing strategy must prioritize taking and holding power, first and foremost. The status quo is not written in stone. McAlevey presents a strategy, along with practical tools and tactics that lend clarity to the path of class struggle and liberation. This is an opportunity for anyone and everyone interested in what it takes to usher in a better world. We will be exploring the mechanics of how organizing unleashes working class power. See you there! See more details •	10 Political Education Planning Meeting Political Education Planning Meeting April 10, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Political Education Meets Monthly on the 2nd Tuesday on Zoom See more details •	11	12 Labor Working Group Meeting Labor Working Group Meeting April 12, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Lotus Brew Coffee, 211 Diamond Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506, USA The Labor Working Group meets at Lotus Brew Coffee every other Saturday evening. See more details •
13 Housing Working Group Housing Working Group April 13, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm The Housing Working Group meets on Zoom or hybrid every other Sunday afternoon. See more details •	14 Political Action Meeting Political Action Meeting April 14, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Political Action Working Group meets on Zoom every other Monday evening. See more details •	15	16	17	18 Tech Working Group Meeting Tech Working Group Meeting April 18, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm The Tech Working Group will be meeting on Zoom. See more details •	19
20 Coffee w/ Comrades Coffee w/ Comrades April 20, 2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Common Ground, 1319 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA Get caffeinated and plot the revolution! See more details •	21 Communications Working Group Communications Working Group April 21, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm The Communication Working Group meets on Zoom every other Monday evening. See more details •	22	23	24 Steering Committee - Chapter Agenda Meeting Steering Committee - Chapter Agenda Meeting April 24, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Steering Committee meets twice a month on Zoom. The second meeting focuses on setting the Agenda for the next Chapter Meeting. Typically, the Wednesday one-and-a-half weeks before the next Chapter Meeting. You do not need to be on the Steering Committee to attend. See more details •	25	26 Labor Working Group Meeting Labor Working Group Meeting April 26, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Lotus Brew Coffee, 211 Diamond Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506, USA The Labor Working Group meets at Lotus Brew Coffee every other Saturday evening. See more details •
27 Housing Working Group Housing Working Group April 27, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm The Housing Working Group meets on Zoom or hybrid every other Sunday afternoon. See more details •	28 Political Action Meeting Political Action Meeting April 28, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Political Action Working Group meets on Zoom every other Monday evening. See more details •	29	30

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All of the events listed above are open to the public. Most of the events are hosted by the GRDSA but we also promote events for other groups.

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