Working Groups
In addition to our geographically-based branches, Portland DSA has multiple member-led working groups that focus on specific issues. You can find each working group’s events and meetings on the main chapter calendar.
Ecosocialism
The Eco-Socialist Working Group fights for both the long-term and short-term actions necessary for a working class response to the climate crisis, focusing on transit, the relationship between labor and the climate movement, and the defense of Portland’s ecology and environment.
Electoral
The electoral working group campaigns to win candidate races, ballot initiatives, and legislative priorities, fighting to build a genuine socialist alternative to the two-party status quo at all levels of government, including independent electoral structures and internal candidate recruitment.
Housing & Tenants’ Rights
The Housing Working Group organizes Portland’s renters to realize their power and confront the landlord class, building a mass movement of working class Portlanders in citywide campaigns for housing justice, and to win a Renters’ Bill of Rights.
portlanddsahousing@gmail.com
Immigrant Justice
The Immigrant Justice Working Group provides education, trainings, and outreach aimed at empowering and protecting immigrant communities against anti-immigrant policies, raids, and deportation campaigns.
Labor
The Labor Working Group trains rank-and-file organizers to energize and support existing unions, organize the unorganized, and build the socialist movement in workplaces. Organizers encourage, support and assist Portland DSA members to “salt” into workplace organizing campaigns or establish campaigns where none exist.
Palestine Solidarity & BDS
The Palestine Solidarity and BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) Working Group is a part of the local struggle in support of the liberation of Palestine, and works to implement the campaigns of the international BDS movement in the Portland area.
Political Education
The Political Education Working Group supports the political development of the chapter, by making resources available to members and non-members, and by coordinating and organizing reading groups, presentations, panels, and other events.
Resiliency
The Resiliency Working Group organizes projects and campaigns around questions of resiliency and crisis response, developing skillshares and providing trainings for DSA members and community networks.