Upcoming events
We hold general meetings on the first Tuesday of each month (with exceptions) and also host panels, workshops and study groups.
Organizing committee meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month. Feel free to join us at an OC meeting if you’re interested. You don’t have to be in working group leadership to attend!
Email religious.socialism@socialists.nyc for more information about any event.
Back to School Rally: End Shelter Evictions and Ensure Stable Housing for Students
NYC-DSA Religious Socialism invites you to join CM Hanif, CM De La Rosa, CM Avilés, and Comptroller Lander for a rally to end shelter evictions in Washington Heights located at The Turf Field at Audubon Park, 550 W 170th Street at 10am on Wednesday, September 4th.
Setting a Larger Table: Creating a World of Economic, Racial, and Social Justice
Join DSA members Andrew Wilkes and Gary Dorrien for a conversation with Dorothee Benz about their latest books.
NYC-DSA Sing-a-long
Sing-in-Solidarity, the official choir of NYC-DSA, is hosting a Hootenanny sing-a-long at my place in Bushwick!
Red Rainbow Coalition-building Happy Hour
In lieu of our originally planned August meeting, the Red Rainbow Coalition is hosting a coalition-building happy hour on Saturday, August 26th from 5-9PM! We're following up our kick-off meeting with a social hour to get to know each other better as we work to shape the Red Rainbow Coalition.
Red Rainbow Coalition - First Meeting
Join us in a coalition that aims to strategically counter recent attacks on reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights while building vital organizing skills!
An Evening with Joerg Rieger
The DSA Religion and Socialism WG invite you to an in-person evening discussion with theologian Joerg Rieger on his ideas of building alliances through deep solidarity.
Religion?! In My Feminism?: A Reproductive Justice Conversation
This is your invitation to join the NYC-Socialist Feminists and Religious Socialists for a four-part conversation on reproductive rights from perspectives of religion and feminism. We will be learning about the radical principles of reproductive justice and then critically applying those principles to a discussion on reproductive rights as portrayed in several religious traditions.
Karaoke Fundraiser for Asylum-Seeking Migrants @ Judson Memorial Church’s Radical Hope Mutual Aid Center
Since this summer, thousands of asylum-seeking people have been arriving in NYC every week. Judson Memorial Church, an LGBTQ+-positive church in the Village, is hosting the Radical Hope Mutual Aid Center. Please join NYC-DSA's Queer Caucus and Religious Socialism Working Group for a karaoke fundraiser for Judson Memorial Church's Radical Hope Mutual Aid Center!
Justice and Hope in the New Year: An In-Person Meeting at the Church of the Village
After almost three years the Religion & Socialism Working Group will be meeting again in-person!
The theme of this meeting will be justice and hope, and we will be discussing socialist movement victories of the past year and our hopes for next year.
September Abortion Rights Subcommittee Meeting
With Roe v. Wade overturned, we as religious socialists again have a responsibility to act. The questions we face are enormous — what should we do?
What is our particular role in this fight, as religious people? What spiritual and ideological tools, what sources of people power do we have access to that the non-religious people that we fight alongside do not? What special resources do we have access to as members of DSA, the most powerful socialist organization in the United States in many decades? What skills and connections can we bring to the table as artists, as intellectuals, as spiritual people, as members of a religious congregation, as residents of New York City? How can we wage this fight in a way that is sustainable, that won’t fizzle out when we are faced with the push-back and frustrations that we are bound to face in the coming years?
Please email at religious.socialism@socialists.nyc us to learn more about the work that we are doing in our Abortion Rights Subcommittee.
September General Meeting: “What is the purpose of religious left organizing?”
Join us on Thursday, September 8 for our next general meeting.
Labor Day Weekend BBQ
This is your official invitation to join us at our end-of-summer BBQ event on Sunday, September 4 at Dan's place in Bushwick.
Event info:
Sunday, September 4 from 3pm-10pm
Register below for address
Bring something you'd like to eat!
This event will be a celebration of Labor Day and our hard work on our various initiatives. It will also be a great opportunity for us to get to know each other better—especially those of us who are new to the group.
This is a potluck style event, so please bring anything you'd like to eat or drink. We have a grill, so foods that require grilling are welcome! You should also feel free to bring along anyone you know who has a passion for religion, socialism, or both.
Please take a moment register for this event so we can estimate how many people will be there. We're really excited to meet you all in person — hope to see you there!
July Reading Group Meeting
Our third reading group meeting of 2022 will be held on Thursday, July 21, from 7-8pm, via Google Meet! We'll be discussing Chapters 10-14 of Religious Socialism: Faith in Action for a Better World.
Abortion Rights Subcommittee Meeting
With Roe v. Wade overturned, we as religious socialists again have a responsibility to act. The questions we face are enormous — what should we do?
Poor People’s Campaign March on Washington
Gather in Washington D.C. with us for a Mass Poor Peoples and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls.