Upcoming Maine DSA Events

	August 2025
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3	4	5 Brunswick Renters Org Bi-Weekly Meeting 8.5.25 Brunswick Renters Org Bi-Weekly Meeting 8.5.25 August 5, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/brunswick-renters-org-bi-weekly-meeting-8525 Description: The Brunswick Renters Org is meeting to discuss our plan to expand our work! Please come by and give us your thoughts. Can't make this one? Click here to sign up for email alerts about actions, public events, future meetings, and more! Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. •	6	7	8	9
10	11	12 August Portland Pub Night August Portland Pub Night August 12, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/august-portland-pub-night Description: Join us for our monthly pub night on August 12th at the Portland Zoo! The social starts at 7pm but feel free to swing by any time after that for a casual hang out with your comrades. Open to all old members, new members, and friends! This is part of our PORTLAND PUB NIGHT SUMMER SERIES be sure to look out for our other pub nights on June 10th and July 8th. Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. •	13 Steering Committee Meeting Steering Committee Meeting August 13, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/steering-committee-meeting-203 Description: This is our bi-weekly steering committee meeting, all members are welcome to attend. Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. Finance Co-Chair Office Hours Finance Co-Chair Office Hours August 13, 2025 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm ────────── Chapter Account is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85418333458?pwd=AC3f3rExg26Ce2K2WJgYljxahwrD0s.1 Meeting ID: 854 1833 3458 Passcode: 095188 --- One tap mobile +13092053325,,85418333458#,,,,095188# US +13126266799,,85418333458#,,,,095188# US (Chicago) --- Dial by your location • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) • +1 360 209 5623 US Meeting ID: 854 1833 3458 Passcode: 095188 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc0vvtm8y7 ────────── • •	14	15	16
17	18 SoPo Working Group Re-Start Meeting SoPo Working Group Re-Start Meeting August 18, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/sopo-working-group-re-start-meeting Description: After a brief hiatus with changes in leadership, we're excited to share that the SoPo DSA working group will be restarting monthly meetings as a group. The agenda for the August meeting will be as follows: (10 min) Hellos & Intros (10 min) SoPo DSA Update + Co-Chair Voting (20 min) Proposal for a learning session structure and topics, gather feedback from the group. (20 min) Revisit our priorities and signups to gauge current interest and next steps. What can we accomplish for November? We plan to keep the 3rd Monday of every month as our recurring working group meeting time. Reach out via email or Slack for any questions! Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. •	19 Brunswick Renters Org Bi-Weekly Meeting 8.19.25 Brunswick Renters Org Bi-Weekly Meeting 8.19.25 August 19, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/brunswick-renters-org-bi-weekly-meeting-81925 Description: The Brunswick Renters Org is meeting to discuss our plan to expand our work! Please come by and give us your thoughts. Can't make this one? Click here to sign up for email alerts about actions, public events, future meetings, and more! Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. •	20 Fall Socialist Conference Planning Meeting Fall Socialist Conference Planning Meeting August 20, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/fall-socialist-conference-planning-meeting Description: This is the first official planning meeting for our fall socialist conference. This virtual meeting is open to members only. Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. Membership Working Group Meeting Membership Working Group Meeting August 20, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/membership-working-group-meeting-7 Description: Join our Membership committee to discuss upcoming events like the membership drive, monthly socials, new member orientations, and more! This is a great way to get involved and help the chapter grow. Agenda: Membership Buddies program to orient new members Making sure we have connections to working groups and committees for the calendar events First Friday Socials planning for Sep, Oct Orientation planning for Aug, Sep, Oct And more, items can be added to agenda as needed. Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. • •	21	22 Vigil of Remembrance for Journalists Killed in Gaza Vigil of Remembrance for Journalists Killed in Gaza August 22, 2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/vigil-gaza-journalists Description: Join the Coalition for Palestine in an action honoring over 269 journalists targeted by Israel. Gaza has become the most dangerous place to be a journalist and mainstream media remains silent. The action will begin with a reading of the 269 names published by @aljazeeraenglish after their entire team of 5 journalists, including Anas Al-Sharif, was killed August 10th in an air strike targeting their tent outside Al Shifa Hospital. Local Maine journalists will deliver speeches before leading a march around the city, stopping outside several media headquarters. The complicity of news outlets like the New York Times has been called out by the movement for Plaestinian liberation including a recent exposé by @wawog_now. The people demand that journalists around the world speak out against the targeting of their colleagues in Gaza and the ongoing genocide and starvation of Palestinians. Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. •	23 Twin Cities (Biddeford/Saco) Working Group Meeting Twin Cities (Biddeford/Saco) Working Group Meeting August 23, 2025 10:00 am - 11:30 am More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/twin-cities-biddefordsaco-working-group-meeting Description: Come join the Twin Cities Working Group for a breakfast meeting at Social House Kitchen in Saco! All members or interested folks who are not DSA members yet are welcome! We hope to chat about ways we can improve our cities. Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. Vigil for Those in Cages Vigil for Those in Cages August 23, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/vigil-for-those-in-cages-2 Description: Second attempt after the first date was postponed due to the Windham/Raymond active shooter alert. Please join us for a vigil in solidarity with all those whom ICE is currently imprisoning. Cumberland County Jail has a contract to serve as a detention facility for ICE / DHS. RSVP for the agenda/full information. Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. • •
24 August New Member Orientation August New Member Orientation August 24, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/august-new-member-orientation-7 Description: New to DSA, a returning member, or perhaps you're thinking about joining? This is the event for you! Join us for our first New Member Orientation of 2025, where we will discuss the basics of DSA as an organization, our own chapter here in Maine, and highlight how you can get involved in ways that speak to your own interests. Agenda: Introduction and Maine DSA community guidelines Intro to socialism Maine DSA chapter structure Past and current projects, objectives Mini-Action How to get involved! Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. Mutual Aid Working Group Meeting Mutual Aid Working Group Meeting August 24, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/mutual-aid-working-group-meeting-73 Description: Join us for our regular Mutual Aid Working Group meeting on Sunday, August 24th at 7PM! Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. • •	25 Portland City Council: $20 Minimum Wage Portland City Council: $20 Minimum Wage August 25, 2025 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/20-4-all Description: RSVP for talking points and to let us know how many supporters to expect! This Monday night at 4pm, the Portland council will decide whether to buckle to pressure from big business, or whether they will stand up for workers by raising the minimum wage to $20 an hour. The proposal, sponsored by Councilors Regina Phillips and Kate Sykes, which will raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour over four years (basically a buck a year), will raise wages for upwards of 17,000 workers in the city. 17,000 workers who are currently barely surviving. In an attempt to gut the proposal, Councilor Pious Ali, with support of big business, has offered an amendment that will exclude workers at businesses with fewer than 50 employees. That is more than half the workers in the city, and 80% of food and accommodation workers. Join us Monday night to tell the Council, “Yes to $20. No to excluding workers. No to the Ali Amendment!” Can't make it on Monday? You can write a letter here. Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. •	26 Labor Rising WG Meeting 8/26 Labor Rising WG Meeting 8/26 August 26, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm ────────── Chapter Account is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89739467301?pwd=taSCtzt6Uwv0FXPOTGbsKaq0Kt8wNT.1 Meeting ID: 897 3946 7301 Passcode: 167751 --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,89739467301#,,,,167751# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,89739467301#,,,,167751# US (New York) Join instructions https://us02web.zoom.us/meetings/89739467301/invitations?signature=Zr6ZPuapcIaBEamHIbZBgOqRF7vi0wquDajlfM4MPyY ────────── Maine Labor Rising Meeting 8/26 Maine Labor Rising Meeting 8/26 August 26, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/maine-labor-rising-meeting-826 Description: The Labor Rising WG is meeting to recap the current mood of organized labor in Maine, and discuss further actions to promote unity and fight for the working class. Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. • •	27 Steering Committee Meeting Steering Committee Meeting August 27, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/steering-committee-meeting-210 Description: This is our bi-weekly steering committee meeting, all members are welcome to attend. Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. •	28 Internationalism Working Group Internationalism Working Group August 28, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/internationalism-working-group Description: Maine DSA's Internationalism Working Group are our official representatives in the local Coalition for Palestine and DSA's International Committee. We meet monthly to discuss ongoing organizing, how Maine DSA can better contribute to the cause, and efforts to engage our comrades in this struggle. Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. •	29	30 MDSA x SNHDSA Beach Bonfire Party MDSA x SNHDSA Beach Bonfire Party August 30, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/mdsa-x-snhdsa-beach-bonfire-party Description: The Maine DSA and @snhdsa are teaming up for a bonfire social at beautiful Seapoint Beach on Saturday, August 30th at 6 PM! ✨RSVP please and thank you (link to RSVP is herelink to RSVP is here) - Public parking is available before the corner of Thaxter Lane and Seapoint Road. Proceed to walk down Seapoint Road to access the beach. Due to limited parking we highly recommend carpooling! - We’ll have food and smores ready to go! Some drinks will be on hand, but feel free to BYOB and bring any snacks you can’t live without. Non-alcoholic beverages are a must, this gathering is for everyone who wants to have a good time 🙂 Bug spray, telescopes, folding chairs, a swimsuit for a nighttime dip, fun card games, etc. anything (legal) you’d bring to a bonfire on the beach with your pals, feel free! Spend Labor Day weekend with your comrades, and celebrate the end of summer in style! ? RSVP HERE, NOT ON THIS CALENDAR! Mask Policy: If this event is in-person and you would like this to be a masked event, please contact a Maine DSA Accessibility Officer at accessibility@mainedsa.org at least 3 days ahead of time. For complete details about this policy, click here. •
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