How to Participate
Milwaukee DSA offers a myriad of ways to participate. We have working groups, committees, caucuses, and coalitions, as well as campaigns. We invite you to find a group or campaign that focuses on topics that you are interested in and reach out to them to get involved! You can find out when meetings are on our calendar.
CalendarTo express interest in multiple groups, please complete the Interests & Skills Survey. To reach out to individual groups, see group pages (linked below).
Interests & Skills SurveyAbout Group Types
Working Group | Works to achieve specific finite goals
Committee | Serves ongoing function within organization
Caucus | Officially-recognized group of self-organized DSA members who advocate for themselves in internal decision-making
Coalition | Connects Milwaukee DSA to external groups with common goals
Campaigns

LSC Lead Free MKE
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No New Youth Prison in Milwaukee
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Power to the People
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Working Groups

Abolition Working Group
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Cooperation Milwaukee | Counter-Power: Solidarity Economy-Mutual Aid-Assembly Working Group
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Ecosocialist Working Group
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Electoral Working Group
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International Working Group
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Labor Solidarity Working Group
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Podcast Working Group
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Starting a Working Group
Any three (3) Members may create a Working Group. Each Working Group must submit its name, specific purposes, and plans to advance the general purposes of the Chapter to the Secretary.
Following are inactive Milwaukee DSA Working Groups which may be restarted under the same criteria as for new Working Groups.
- Housing Working Group | chris@housing4.us
- Medicare for All Working Group | m4amke@gmail.com
- Socialist Feminist Working Group | mke@dsawi.org
Committees

Education Committee
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Executive Committee
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Outreach Committee
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Caucuses

Bread and Roses Caucus
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Ethical Socialist Caucus
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Latinx Socialist Caucus
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Libertarian Socialist Caucus of Milwaukee
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Starting a Caucus
A Caucus will be recognized by the Chapter if no less than five (5) Members sign a mission statement that includes the name and purpose of the Caucus. The Secretary will be responsible for recording such mission statement in Chapter records.
Following are inactive Milwaukee DSA Caucuses which may be restarted under the same criteria as for new Caucuses.
- Black Socialist Caucus | blacksocialistcaucusmke@gmail.com
Coalitions
Close MSDF
dsamkemutualaid@gmail.com
closemsdf.org
Milwaukee DSA is a member of the #CLOSEmsdf coalition, led by Ex-Prisoners Organizing (EXPO). The campaign aims not only to close the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility and end crimeless revocation, but to reimagine how we invest in people caught in the penal system.
Get the Lead Out
leadfreemke@gmail.com
leadfreemke.com
As a member of the Get the Lead Out coalition, DSA Milwaukee is fighting for the right of all people to have access to safe, clean drinking water. Along with a variety of other groups in the city, we are demanding that lead infrastructure is removed from our pipes and our homes.
≫ Learn about our active projects here: LSC Lead Free MKE
Milwaukee Autonomous Tenants Union
outreach@matunion.org
matunion.org
facebook.com/mkematu
The Milwaukee Autonomous Tenants Union is an all-volunteer organization fighting to end housing insecurity and the commodification of housing altogether. Through direct action, we organize to challenge evictions, win demands from negligent landlords, and work towards community control of housing for everyone.