Join Louisville DSA and UofL YDSA for a screening of the “Union” documentary at the Floyd Theater (2100 S. Floyd St.) on Saturday, October 11 at 6 pm. Learn more about the movement to organize Amazon and how you can contribute in the fight against this corporate juggernaut.

Join us on Sun. 10/12 @ 2p (Lannan Memorial Park) for our 1st annual Louisville DSA Socialist Softball Game to support the LDSA Building Fund! Watch as comrades battle it out on the pitch—an epic showdown between the Strike City Sluggers & the River City Reds.

October Events! Lots of ways to learn, socialize, and get involved in our priority campaigns, Solidarity City and Get On The Bus. For the most up-to-date calendar of our events and meetings, subscribe to our online calendar at 🔗 calendar.dsalouisville.org

Celebrate the Week Without Driving w/a TARC Scavenger Hunt!🔎🚌 Complete at least THREE clues in the scavenger hunt (using TARC!), w/photographic evidence, & claim a prize at the Week Without Driving Meet-up on Sun. 10/5 @ 12-2pm in Shelby Park. ALL ARE WELCOME!

Join us NEXT Wednesday, October 8, at 6pm at Woodbine Chamber (236 Woodbine Street) for a Trans Solidarity Strategy Town Hall hosted by Solidarity City. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! ✊⚜️

Ever wondered who really holds the power in Louisville (& beyond)?🤔Join us to find out on Thu. 10/2 @ 6:30p (900 S. Shelby) at the launch of & discussion about the 1st edition of the Unmasking Power Zine.📖 Zines will be on sale for a $5 suggested donation. All are welcome!💕

Building a strong socialist movement requires care & solidarity. Join us Tues 9/30 @ 6:30p for a hands-on workshop to learn practical skills like active listening & radical empathy to be a more resilient & humane movement. Let’s build the world we want to live in, together. ✊🌹

Get On The Bus invites you to celebrate A Week Without Driving, 9/29–10/5! This annual challenge for drivers to learn firsthand about the barriers & challenges nondrivers face & how to work together to create more accessible communities for all. Everyone can participate!

@repmcgarvey.bsky.social office in DC is getting flooded w/ emails asking him to oppose the Block the Bombs Act. Please, call (202) 225-5401 & tell him to support the act. The Louisville office is (502) 582-5129. Only call once (they track who calls rather than just volume).

Join us for the Get On The Bus monthly campaign meeting NEXT Tue. 9/23 @ 6:30p (Public Library Downtown Board Room, 301 York). Come strategize with us as we start to focus on getting a referendum on the ballot to raise the occupational tax & fund the Growth option of TARC 2025.

Fri. 9/19 @ 7p is the 2nd & final (pts 3 & 4) of a reading group📖for Eric Blanc’s “We Are the Union.” We’ll discuss key themes, share insights & questions & explore how (& if) the book's lessons apply to our own contexts. Author Eric Blanc will join us by Zoom. All are welcome!

Join us for a Nature Walk🌳Sat. 9/20 in Cherokee Park @ 2p. Meet at Hogan's Fountain. It's a great opportunity to enjoy one of Louisville's Olmsted Parks, get to know your comrades & meet new people interested in LDSA. ALL ARE WELCOME so bring friends (human & canine alike)!

Join us THIS Thursday, September 18 at 7pm (900 S. Shelby Street) for the next Solidarity City ✊⚜ campaign meeting. Find out how you can get involved in the fight to protect trans youth and immigrants in our communities. All are welcome! Learn more at🔗solcity.dsalouisville.org.

Sat. 9/20 @ 11a is our bi-monthly General Mtg @ First Unitarian Church (809 S. 4th). Not a member but want to learn more before joining? This is a great way to get started! ALL ARE WELCOME, only members can vote. Virtual option available for members in good standing upon request.

Join us Wed. 9/17 @ 6:30p for a Comms Workshop about developing pressure campaigns. Many of LDSA's campaigns include demand letters, phone/email scripts & other materials that inform & motivate people to take action & effect change in our communities. All are welcome!

The Solidarity City campaign needs you to stand up for trans youth and immigrants in our community and PACK 👏 THE 👏 ROOM 👏 at the Louisville Metro Council Meeting THIS Thurs. 9/11 at 6pm (601 W. Jefferson St.).

Join us THIS Sun. 9/14 @ 5p for our 2nd Board Game Night at the Chess Education Foundation (2908 Brownsboro Rd.). Feel free to bring your own board game.🎲Come enjoy the company of your comrades & bring a friend! (NOTE: this is an alcohol-free event.)

Join us on Sat. 9/13 11a-1p (900 S Shelby) for our Gender Affirming Clothing Swap! Bring gently used clothes to exchange or just yourself—all are welcome! Spread gender euphoria w/an inclusive range of sizes.

Kentucky State AFL-CIO's Stand with Workers Rally is TOMORROW Friday, September 5 at 4pm! mobilize.us/s/f2GaNC

We have a lot of exciting events planned for September! We hope to see you around. 😊

Enjoying the day off, access to sick leave, paid vacations, decreased income inequality & other worker protections? Thank the labor movement! “The Labor Movement was the principal force that transformed misery & despair into hope & progress.” –MLK Jr. Happy Labor Day!🌹✊

Join us Sun. 9/7 @ 6p for Bosk & Beyond featuring a rank-and-file BlueOvalSK–Glendale worker speaking about the organizing efforts there & Teamsters organizer Bryan Trafford giving insight into new Amazon organizing & how these efforts are connected. All are welcome!

Join us Tues. 9/2 @ 6p (900 S. Shelby) for a movie night to celebrate Labor Day!🎥We'll watch “Harlan County, USA,” a documentary exploring the thirteen-month-long coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, KY in the 1970s. ✊ All are welcome—feel free to bring drinks & snacks!🍿

Join us THIS Sat. 8/30 @ 11a in Central Park (1340 S 4th St) for a discussion about the historical & political context of liberation theology. Come connect with your comrades, meet new folks, & share your perspective while enjoying coffee & donuts. All are welcome!

Get On The Bus's monthly campaign mtg is NEXT Tue. 8/26 @ 6:30p (Library downtown, Board Room, 301 York). It's never too late to get involved in the fight for better public transit in Louisville. We hope to see you there—all are welcome!

Join us Thu. 8/28 @ 6:30p (900 S. Shelby) for the Gender Blender, a mixer for marginalized genders! Come connect w/ mentors in the chapter, socialize, & get to know your comrades. 🌹 This event is open to women (trans & cis), nonbinary people, & trans men. We hope to see you there! ♀️💞

Show your #solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org! Sign the No Contract, No Coffee pledge NOW 🔗 starbucksworkersunited.controlshift.app/petitions/no...

Join us for a Know Your Rights Clinic with Solidarity City on 8/24 @ 2p & learn how to protect immigrants in our community! This event is FREE & open to the public, but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED to attend. Event location will be provided upon registration. bit.ly/rights-clinic

Join us THIS Sun. 8/17 @ 6p for Board Game Night at the Chess Education Foundation (2908 Brownsboro Rd.). Feel free to bring your own board game.🎲Come enjoy the company of your comrades & bring a friend! (NOTE: this is an alcohol-free event.)

Join us THIS Thurs. 8/14 @ 7p for the next Solidarity City ✊⚜️ campaign mtg. Find out how you can get involved in the fight to protect trans youth & immigrants in our communities. All are welcome!

Today is the first day of school for JCPS students and the best time to remember: our teachers and students deserve more! Stand up for students and teachers—join DSA!🌹🔗dsausa.org/join

August events! Lots of ways to get involved, we hope you can join us this month. 😊

Join us THIS Thu. 7/31 @ 6:30p for our bi-monthly General Mtg @ First Unitarian Church (809 S. 4th). Not a member but want to learn more about us & the work we do before joining? Our general mtgs are a great way to get started—ALL ARE WELCOME!

Join us for the GOTB monthly campaign mtg NEXT Tues. 7/29 @ 6:30p (Library Downtown, Mtg Rm 1, 301 York). It's never too late to get involved in the fight for better public transit in Louisville. We hope to see you there—all are welcome!

The Louisville Democratic Socialists of America stand, unequivocally, with all immigrants. ✊ Read our full statement below.

Join us Sun. 7/27 @ 6p for an intro to DSA National politics + roundtable discussion of a few resolutions from this year's National Convention. Whether totally new to DSA or involved with National for years, don’t miss this event—all are welcome! RSVP 🔗 bit.ly/4m082X8

ICYMI… LDSA comrade 🌹 Robert LeVertis Bell is running to represent District 43 in the Kentucky State House in 2026! His campaign is about building the power working people need to turn Kentucky around—not just for one election, but for the long haul.

Are you excited about NYC voting for a democratic socialist? Have you been curious about the work we do in Louisville DSA & how we build socialism together? Join our DSA 101 event on Thu. 7/24 at 6:30p (900 S. Shelby) for an overview of all the ways to get involved in LDSA.

Join us Tuesday, July 22 at 6:30pm (900 S. Shelby) for the first session (discussing parts 1 & 2) of a two-session reading group 📖 for Eric Blanc’s “We Are the Union.” The author has agreed to Zoom in for our second meeting to discuss the book with us! All are welcome!

Join us Fri. 7/18 @ 6:30p (900 S. Shelby) for a movie night! 🍿 Celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Sandinistas entering Managua w/a viewing of a documentary that showcases the Nicaraguan women who fought for social change during & after the revolution. ✊ All are welcome!

Join us TOMORROW Thurs. 7/10 @ 7p for the next Solidarity City ✊⚜️campaign mtg. We'll discuss our evolving pressure campaign of Metro Council & JCPS Board for policies that protect trans youth & immigrants, as well as how YOU can help with this important work. All are welcome!

From “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” by Frederick Douglass (1852)

Plenty of ways to get involved, learn & spend time with your comrades this month, including a Movie Night 🍿 (7/18) & Book Club 📖 (7/22). For the DSA-curious, join us for DSA 101 (7/24) or a bi-monthly general meeting (7/31). 🌹 Subscribe to our calendar at 🔗 calendar.dsalouisville.org

Louisville DSA's statement on United States v. Skrmetti which upholds a Tennessee law prohibiting certain medical treatments for transgender minors.

Thank you to everyone who planned, volunteered for, donated to & attended LDSA's 2nd annual Lyman T. Johnson Dinner over the weekend! 🌹 We raised nearly $6,000 for our Building Fund. It really was an evening of solidarity and celebration. 🥳✊

Curious about DSA? Excited to support candidates who run on real working class issues? NYC just voted for a loud & proud democratic socialist & it wasn't even close. Why not Louisville? Come celebrate the official NYC primary results on Tue. 7/1 @ 6p (Trellis Brewing, 827 Logan).

Congratulations to @nycDSA and @ZohranKMamdani!🎉

Louisville DSA’s Statement on the US-Israeli attacks on Iran:

Did you know the Lyman T. Johnson Dinner is the perfect date night?! 🥰 Whether you share this special occasion w/the one you love or make it a comrades night out, join us on 6/28 @ 6p (809 S. 4th St.) for an evening of solidarity & celebration.🎉Tickets at 🔗 bit.ly/ltj25-tickets

Are you feeling a little crafty these days? Then, join us on Tue. 6/24 at 6:30p for a craft night w/ your comrades (& bring a friend!). We'll be preparing fun centerpieces & other decor for the upcoming Lyman T. Johnson Dinner on 6/28, a fundraiser for LDSA’s Building Fund.