Working Groups
In addition to our geographically-based branches, NYC-DSA has campaign and working groups that focus on specific issues.
Electoral
The Electoral Working Group is Focused on recruiting and socialist candidates for local office, and building a field program to support them. They also develop resources that explain how local and state government work.
email:
electoral@socialists.nyc
LAbor
The Labor Working Group works with labor unions and rank and file union workers to make existing unions more democratic, help create new unions, and support striking workers to build worker power.
For additional resources: Emergency Worker Organizing Committee (EWOC)
email:
labor@socialists.nyc
Trans Rights
The Trans Rights and Bodily Autonomy (TRBA) Working Group organizes to defend and expand trans rights, abortion access, and reproductive freedom across New York. They are also home to NYC-DSA’s Trans Rights, Class Fight priority campaign.
Other Inquiries:
trba@socialists.nyc
Immigration Justice
The Immigrant Justice Working Group is organizing to protect the rights of immigrants being targeted by ICE and other agencies. We believe all people deserve a dignified existence, no matter their citizenship status.
email:
immigrant.justice@socialists.nyc
Universal Childcare
The Universal Childcare Working Group seeks to build a more affordable city for NYC families by fighting for free full-day year-round childcare for all children ages 0-5 and pay parity for childcare workers.
Other Inquiries: childcare@socialists.nyc
Anti-War
The Anti-War Working Group is dedicated to countering US imperialism and resisting US regime-change operations and interventions in foreign wars and conflicts.
email:
antiwar@socialists.nyc
Ecosocialist
The Ecosocialist Working Group stopped a multi-billion-dollar corporation from building a new fossil fuel plant in Astoria. We passed what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the “most ambitious pieces of climate legislation in [New York’s] history,” the Build Public Renewables Act. We’re not done yet.
email:
climate@socialists.nyc
Tech Action
The Tech Action Working Group develops a socialist perspective on the use of technology and strategies to resist the Big Tech’s hegemony in politics, economics, and culture.
email:
tech.action@socialists.nyc
Racial Justice
The Racial Justice Working Group focuses on deepening our understanding of the history of racism and advancing work such as police abolitionism.
email:
racial.justice@socialists.nyc
Housing
We currently have two main housing work streams:
- House the Future aka Green Social Housing, email: socialhousing@socialists.nyc
- Tenant Organizing, email:
tenants@socialists.nyc
Socialist Feminist
The Socialist Feminist Working Group seeks to fight the oppression of cis women, trans people, and gender nonconforming people through economic and social means.
email:
socialist.feminism@socialists.nyc
Healthcare
The Healthcare Working Group is organizing to win a universal, publicly funded health system, including by passing the New York Health Act (NYHA).
email:
healthcare.nyc.dsa@gmail.com
Democracy
Democratize New York! organizes for reforms that bring more democracy to everyday New Yorkers. This includes electoral reform that would overcome hurdles to democracy in the US and reforms that would enable more direct democratic control of our city.
email:
democracywg@socialists.nyc
Transit
The Transit Working Group organizes around transit issues, to make transit more affordable, extensive, and equitable. The crisis of public transit in New York City is one of working-class survival. Without reliable, dignified, and free mobility, people are pushed further from jobs, communities, and political participation itself. Transit organizing is essential to confronting this crisis head-on and working toward a more livable city where transit serves and centers human needs.
Admin Committees
NYC-DSA has additional committees that focus on supporting all working groups, campaigns, and branches with their work. These admin committees are a way for people with specific skills or experience to contribute across the chapter’s work.
Comms Committee
The Comms Committee supports our communications efforts across the entire chapter, through work in press, social media, design, video, email, and more! We build out robust narratives for the chapter at large and support the work of our various working groups. Fill out the form to be onboarded – our leads would love to get you involved!
Fundraising Committee
NYC-DSA’s fundraising committee is responsible for all chapter fundraising and can be called upon for specific high-priority fundraising efforts deemed necessary by the chapter steering committee or the citywide leadership committee. This committee is broken down into digital communications, large-dollar donors, events, and budget and finance subcommittees.
email:
treasurer@socialists.nyc
Tech & Tools Committee
NYC-DSA’s Tech & Tools Committee is responsible for the technical systems of the chapter such as calendar.socialists.nyc, canvass.socialists.nyc, our membership systems and data infrastructure you can’t see, and the website you’re looking at right now. If you’re a UI/UX designer or have any kind of software or web development experience, IT administration, or other, please join us.
email:
tools@socialists.nyc
Membership Committee
NYC-DSA’s Membership Committee works to ensure members flow into and through the chapter across three core pillars:
(1) Member Growth: bringing new and diverse people into NYC-DSA
(2) Member Development: helping members develop political identity and organizing skills
(3) Member Morale: fostering connection, community, and fun
email:
membership@socialists.nyc