CT DSA Working Groups
Most of CT DSA’s external-facing organizing happens through many Working Groups (WGs), supported by the Steering Committee to organize across Connecticut. Working Groups organize around specific issues or identity groups and seek to bring members together based on their passions. They usually have their own Organizing Committees, which may be elected positions.
Housing Justice
Regular Meetings: Third Monday of the Month, 7 pmThe Housing Justice Project, CT DSA’s housing working group, fights for a socialist understanding of housing. We organize tenant struggles to improve conditions, decrease rents, and move towards guaranteed housing for all. Our goal is to end the commodification of housing, ensuring democratic control and decarbonization while dismantling racism, policing, displacement, and extraction. Join the Housing Justice Working Group and get involved.
Labor Working Group
Regular Meetings once a month on Wednesdays at 7 pmThrough collaborative training and political education, CT DSA’s Labor Working Group empowers workers to organize their workplaces — unionized or not — to the end of democratic, militant, worker-led vehicles for collective action. We also engage in solidarity organizing, turning out to picket lines across the state to support striking workers, from Starbucks Workers United to Amazon Teamsters and more.
Political Education Working Group
Regular Meetings: Wednesdays, once a month, 7:00 pmCT DSA’s Political Education Working Group organizes meetings and education series to build shared political consciousness and organizing skills among members. We have monthly meetings where we read together and discuss our ongoing, in-person initiatives. Our in-person work includes one-off political education events, running the Socialist Night School series around the state, and the Socialist Literacy Corps in New Haven.