Archive Month: July 2024

Comrades at the Hunter Gatherer

Thanks to the Hunter Gatherer meetup organized on June 30th, DSA Columbia’s Mutual Aid Working Group has now gone two-for-two on successful outreach events. Seven new contacts are now keeping up with DSA Columbia’s newsletter, and a potential collaboration with Time Bank is in the works!    The main branch of our working group, Columbia […]

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Your Donations at Work: Unhoused Benefit Fund

We appreciate all our donors and volunteers who are helping make a big difference in the lives of Columbia’s growing unhoused population. These donations allow us to provide both survival supplies and material comforts for the folks we serve. During the winter, a hot cup of coffee (supplies for which were purchased by your donations!) […]

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Solidarity Dues and Why They Are Important

DSA at the national level has been going through a rough time. The current National Political Committee (NPC) has been hard at work preparing the budget for the next fiscal year. Unfortunately, this has been a much harder time than anyone could have expected. The NPC elected at our latest convention inherited a financial deficit […]

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Mutual Aid Working for Columbia’s Unhoused

2023 was a watershed year for the city of Columbia’s hostile response to the rising unhoused population. Spearheaded by Republican mayor Daniel Rickenmann, the city has passed several ordinances that only make life more difficult for this vulnerable population. Condemned by the SC ACLU and a large group of local advocacy groups, these new rules […]

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