- Temo T. and Nathan F., ATX DSA Electoral Committee Co-Chairs
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- Temo T. and Nathan F., ATX DSA Electoral Committee Co-Chairs
RSVP for the next Electoral Committee meeting here: actionnetwork.org/events/austi...
If you were involved with and inspired by this campaign, we implore you to join our Electoral Committee meetings as we debrief this campaign and plan for the next opportunity to make the DSA difference, and if you’re not already a DSA member, join us at austindsa.org. Solidarity forever!
The next time our movement runs for any office, it won’t be a new concept to demand compassion in our system, for kids to stay in their schools, and families to stay in their homes.
Through this, we pitched a vision of local co-governance with the broader public, something that can only be done by challenging the establishment in elections. A vision at the foundation of DSA - not just the status quo.
This race was an opportunity to talk to thousands of people about our chapter's priorities, including abolishing the student prison pipeline and keeping renters in their homes amidst the housing affordability crisis.
This campaign was the only one endorsed by this chapter and committee this cycle. That is because we stand for much more than lines on a ballot - we stand for a new vision of racial, social, and economic justice at the People’s Court and in our elected offices.
Together, we earned 9,500+ votes, knocked on 15,000+ of our neighbors’ doors, hosted over a dozen canvasses, called hundreds of our members and neighbors, and most importantly: fostered the growth and dedication of many new organizers who will continue to serve our community after this campaign.
Andrew Hairston giving a speech at the Election Night Watch Part, holding purple flowers.
Comrades posing for a photo at a canvass.
Comrades posing for a photo at a canvass.
Comrades posing for a photo at a canvass with City Council member Mike Siegel and Travis County DA Jose Garza.
The electoral committee would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the hundreds of DSA comrades, community members, and volunteers who made the Andrew Hairston for Justice of the Peace campaign possible and a success. Though we did not win at the ballot box, we achieved so much.
THIS WEEK WITH AUSTIN DSA Monday, 3/9, 7 PM Membership Engagement Committee Meeting Virtual meeting to discuss and execute the committee's ongoing priorites. *Chapter members only! Tuesday, 3/10, 7 AM Austin DSA Run and Coffee Club A beginner-friendly 2 mile run with comrades and a post-run coffee hour at Epoch Coffee! Tuesday, 3/10, 6:30 PM Abolish ICE Campaign Meeting Join us virtually for the campaign's first meeting, planning how we will combat ICE in Austin! Wednesday, 3/11, 6 PM AfroSoC Caucus Meeting First virtual meeting for the Afrosocialist and Socialists of Color (AfroSoC) Caucus! RSVP for events at austindsa.org/events
THIS WEEK WITH AUSTIN DSA Thursday, 3/11, 7 PM Communications Committee Meeting Join our regular virtual meeting where we discuss and execute upcoming projects! Saturday, 3/14, 1 PM Austin DSA Power Hours Come meet comrades at Better Half to get campaign, committee and chapter work done! Sunday 3/15, 5 PM Bring Your Own Hobby Night! Join us in the Triangle State neighborhood for a BYO-Hobby night! RSVP for events at austindsa.org/events
Austin DSA events for the week of March 9 through March 15.
RSVP at austindsa.org/events, also accessible through the linktree in our bio!
COFFEE SOCIAL! Celebrating 1 year of Austin's best run club! 9 AM: Optional 2 mile run/walk. All levels welcome. 9:30 AM: The celebration begins! With cake, party hats, and comrades. March 8th at Epoch Coffee, 221 W N Loop Blvd
The ONLY run club in Austin is celebrating its first full year of operation! Join us for coffee and cake at 9:30 AM, Sunday, March 8. If you'd like to join our usual leisurely 2-mile run, we'll meet in front of Epoch at 9 AM.
Socialist Happy Hour: South Hang out with the coolest socialists in South Austin! St Elmo's Brewery, 440 E St Elmo Rd, G-2 Friday, March 6th, 7 to 9 PM
Join us for our South Side Socialist Happy Hour, now at St. Elmo's Brewery! This is a great opportunity to catch up with old comrades and make new ones. We'd love to see you there. Can't make this one? Catch us again on the 3rd Friday of each month!
Political Education Committee/AfroSocialist Caucus Event: BLACK PEOPLE AGAINST FASCISM Sunday, March 8, 4 to 5:30 PM Hybrid event - RSVP for location and Zoom A talk on how to identify fascism and how to fight it using three Black radicals as references: Idris Robinson, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Bobby Seale.
Join us Sunday, March 8, at 4 PM, for a presentation that will address how to identify fascism and how to fight it using three Black radicals as references: Idris Robinson, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Bobby Seale.
RSVP: buff.ly/Tekx1jq
Around 50 comrades smiling for a photo with raised solidarity fists. The people in the center are holding an Andrew Hairston for Justice of the Peace banner.
Today is the Big Day! Make sure to get out and vote if you haven't yet, and if you live in Travis County's Justice Precinct 1, vote Andrew Hairston for Justice of the Peace!
Find your polling place: buff.ly/Fe8ihGt
📸 Photo by Caleb R
THIS WEEK WITH AUSTIN DSA Monday, 3/2: Austin DSA Power Hours, 6 PM Come meet comrades at Central Library to get campaign, committee and chapter work done! Tuesday, 3/3: Austin DSA Run and Coffee Club, 7 AM A beginner-friendly 2 mile run with comrades and a post-run coffee hour at Epoch Coffee! Primary Election Night Party, 7 PM Meet us at Batch on Manor for an Election Night watch party with Andrew Hairston for JP1! Wednesday, 3/4: Austin Against Apartheid Meeting, 6 PM Regular virtual meeting for our campaign focused on Palestine solidarity and action. RSVP for events at austindsa.org/events
THIS WEEK WITH AUSTIN DSA Wednesday, 3/4: Homes for All Campaign Meeting, 6 PM Join us virtually as we plan to make the city bond work for the working class! Friday, 3/6: South Side Socialist Happy Hour, 7 PM Join us at Ani’s Day and Night to catch up with old comrades and make new ones! RSVP for events at austindsa.org/events
Austin DSA events for the week of March 2 through March 8.
RSVP at austindsa.org/events, also accessible through the linktree in our bio!
Housing has become a central focus in the current affordability crisis, and Austin has not been immune from sky-rocketing housing costs. Austin DSA’s Homes for All campaign advocates for affordable city-owned housing in our city, to be financed by the 2026 Bond.
The City Council is expected to hear formal recommendations from the Bond Election Advisory Task Force (BEATF) in April. This will impact how the city allocates infrastructure funding within our community.
In Austin DSA, we firmly believe housing should be affordable, sustainable, and owned by the public. This includes housing for individuals and families of all sizes and means, infrastructure that minimizes its environmental impact, and housing that is not controlled by self-interested landlords or financial institutions.
Do you share the dream of Austin becoming a city that supports working people and ensures that no one is crowded out of Austin because of housing costs? Join the next Homes for All campaign meeting on March 4 at 6:00 pm and stand in solidarity for an affordable Austin!
Do you share the dream of Austin becoming a city that supports working people and ensures that no one is crowded out of Austin because of housing costs? Join the next Homes for All campaign meeting on March 4 at 6:00 pm and stand in solidarity for an affordable Austin!
RSVP: buff.ly/g3EPqtS
We're canvassing for Andrew one last time before Election Day on Tuesday. Join us tomorrow at 10 AM! Newbies welcome, we will pair you up with an experienced canvasser!
RSVP: buff.ly/HUAG6tc
You can also donate to the caretaking efforts for George Floyd Square in MN here: buff.ly/7I0lTlo
Andrew Hairston, if elected to Justice of the Peace in Precinct 1, plans to implement virtual appointments, so our undocumented neighbors can't be detained by ICE at the courthouse, keep kids in schools, and keep families in their homes.
As they gain first-hand experience of what a city under siege by federal agents is like, they're reminded how important it is to have an infrastructure of support at the local level, including from those who have the power to protect vulnerable members of our community from institutional harm.
Words from Austin DSA's Co-Chair Gumbo, who is currently in Minneapolis for @twin.cities.dsa's incredible Bring the Heat, Melt the ICE week of action, learning tactics to combat ICE from comrades on the ground.
Early voting is happening now, February 24th, until Friday, the 27th, and then election day is March 3rd! There is one opportunity left to canvass for Andrew with us before then, this Saturday at 10 AM.
RSVP: buff.ly/AWiyixj
And of course, make sure to get out and vote!
NEW EPISODE Austin DSA Batcast Hairston for Peace: No One is Disposable On YouTube and Spotify
The justice courts are the one place where working-class people are most likely to experience the legal system. This court is responsible for: Evictions cases, Civil cases less than $20,000, Fine only criminal offenses, and Trauncy These courts hear thousands of cases a year. It is thousands of hours of time off for families. It is thousands of hours of stress for individuals navigating the legal system for the first time. And it is your friends and neighbors that will be directly impacted by a court where in the 2022 primary, only 15,549 ballots were cast in a precinct with over one hundred thousand registered voters.
On what it means to have a democratic socialist justice of the peace: “The idea is to have DSA and tenants unions in the court, which is public and accessible, and kind of connect working-class people who are navigating these incredibly stressful, really dilitterious proceedings, like bouncing babies on their lap, trying to figure out how they're going to pay $5,000 in back rent in a week. Having comrades in that space and having me as a socialist on the bench, I think we can really try and build working-class power here in Texas.” - Andrew Hairston Candidate for Travis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Austin DSA member
Portrait of Andrew Reginald Hairston for Travis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1. Photo: Lauren Slusher
In this episode of the Austin DSA Batcast, we talk to Andrew Hairston, candidate for Justice of the Peace, about the responsibilities of a JP, who they serve, and what it could mean to have a Democratic Socialist represent us.
Watch on Youtube: buff.ly/iyHAHQw
Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/glygtH7
Austin DSA member giving a talk on German Communists in the Civil War
Crowd gathered at Barrett's Too listening to the talk
Member from Austin DSA's Austin Against Apartheid campaign taking to an attendee about the campaign
Teams gathered playing trivia
Photos from our first-ever Solidarity on Tap event on February 12th at Barrett's Too! 3 of our members gave talks on niche parts of socialist history, followed by trivia based on the talks! Keep an eye out for the next installment announcement (potentially coming in May 👀)
📸 Photos by Caleb R
February General Body Meeting Tuesday, February 24th, 6:30 to 9 PM First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, 4700 Grover Ave Virtual Attendees: RSVP for Zoom link It's a potluck! Please wear a mask!
TOMORROW! Join us for our monthly General Body Meeting! Austin DSA gathers monthly for updates on our current campaigns, rousing political speeches, and to vote on what the chapter should work on. This meeting will be both in-person and virtual. RSVP for the Zoom link!
Zoom: buff.ly/VjQKdhi
2 CANVASSES LEFT! Canvass with us for Andrew Hairston, Austin DSA-endorsed candidate for Travis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 1. Saturday, 2/21, 12:30 PM to 3 PM. Cherrywood Coffeehouse, 1400 E 38th 1/2 St. Joined by Council member Zo Qadri and University Democrats! 2. Saturday, 2/28, 10 AM to 12:30 PM. North Oaks Neighborhood Park, 820 Plaza Dr. Hosted by Austin DSA Leadership Committee!
With less than two weeks left until election day, there are just TWO opportunities left to canvass for Andrew Hairston for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1!
New canvassers and members welcome! We'll have training, coffee, and snacks.
RSVP for 2/21: buff.ly/vtAUl0d
RSVP for 2/28: buff.ly/AWiyixj
EDIT: Due to the forecasted thunderstorm tomorrow morning, Saturday’s canvass has been rescheduled for Sunday at 1 PM, still at Ben Fisher Park!
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/austi...
Screenshot of Andrew Hairston's endorsement in the Austin Chronicle, reading: Retiring Judge Yvonne M. Williams has two qualified candidates vying to succeed her: Ciara Parks, currently general counsel for the Travis County Juvenile Probation Department and an associate judge for the city of Manor, and Andrew Hairston, a civil rights attorney and Education Justice Project director at Texas Appleseed. Though we declined to endorse Hairston when he challenged Judge Williams in 2022, we publicly encouraged him to run again. This time around, we were persuaded by Hairston’s stated intention to center racial, economic, and social justice at the People’s Court.
Also, thank you to Austin Chronicle for the endorsement!
An adult and small child watching performer on stage.
Fundraiser attendees smiling for a photo.
Fundraiser attendees smiling for a photo.
Andrew Hairston and fundraiser attendee smiling for a photo.
Election day is March 3rd, and early voting begins this coming Tuesday, February 17th! We're canvassing every Saturday, and the next canvass is this Saturday at 10 AM at Ben Fisher Park. New canvassers and members welcome! We'll have training, coffee, and snacks.
RSVP: buff.ly/vtAUl0d
Andrew Hairston smiling for a photo with members of Austin DSA's electoral committee.
Medieval Snails performing on stage.
Fundraiser attendees smiling for a photo.
Fundraiser attendees smiling for a photo with Andrew Hairston poster prints.
Photos from our fundraising concert for Andrew Hairston last Friday! Thank you to everyone who came out to support our endorsed candidate for Travis County Justice of the Peace and help us reach our fundraising goal! Shout out Medieval Snails & Front Plate States for the tunes!
📸 Photos by Caleb R
RSVP: buff.ly/o5hhBa0
Love Letter to Minneapolis: Letter Writing and Winter Weather Kit-Packing From Austin to Minneapolis, Abolish ICE! Some materials provided, please bring socks and gloves to donate! Sunday, February 15, 2 to 4 PM Batch Craft Beer and Kolaches, 3220 Manor Rd
This Sunday, join us in writing letters of love and solidarity to comrades in Minneapolis and pack winter weather and first-aid kits for their mutual aid programs!
Letters, envelopes, and some kit materials will be provided, but we ask that folks bring warm socks and gloves to donate as well!
