Bluegrass DSA

Makerspace gives $8 per month to make accessories. This does NOT roll over to the next month.

You are free to take whatever you made home with you!

The location and time are as follows:
1 - 4:30 PM, August 24th, Makerspace, Marksbury Family Branch Library, 2197 Versailles Rd, Lexington, KY 40504

BLUEGRASS DSA LIBRARY PRINT RUN AUGUST 24TH 1:00 PM 2197 Versailles Rd Lexington, KY 40504 Come to Marksbury Family Branch Library at IPM to help make zines and buttons for DSA! We'l use Fayette County Library's FREE resources 一 including S0 pages of printing and $8/month in button credits with library card. In group, we can pool credits to make more. All supplies provided come create with You are free to take home what you make!

🏃Comms: Library Run🏃

All those eligible for a Fayette County library card are welcome!!! Join us to make buttons, stickers, prints, and anything else that we can use. We need these materials for tabling and gifts for our fellow members.

REMEMBER TO SEND IN REQUESTS FOR NOMINATION!

August General Meeting Agenda BLUEGRASS DSA GENERAL MEETING AGENDA August 23rd, 2025 12PM-2PM LiUNA 189 AGENDA AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION TO BE PRESENTED BY DURATION Call to order ...

CLICK HERE FOR THE AGENDA:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Location is as follows:
12 - 2PM, August 23rd, Laborers' Union Local 189, 2631 Wilhite Dr, Lexington, KY 40503

Bluegrass DSA General Meeting 一 August 23rd, 2025 12:00pm 2:00 om Laborers' Union Local 189 2631 Wilhite Dr Lexington LIVE Live stream link available upon request

🌹August General Meeting🌹
Voting for the Communications Chair!

Come join us to participate in the democracy of the Bluegrass DSA! If you are not a dues paying member there will be a time to get to know our team! All are welcome!

🚨DUES PAYING MEMBER NOMINATE YOURSELF FOR THE CHAIR POSITION🚨

Here is the location and details ANYONE IS WELCOME

5:30 - 7PM, August 22nd, artfarm, main room, 1123 Winchester Rd, Lexington, KY 40505

BLUEGRASS DSA PRESENTS MOVIE POLITICAL EDUCATION: Night August 22nd, 2025 5:30 to 8:00PM artfarm 1123 Winchester Rd, Lexington, KY 40505, USA MATEWAN (1987)

Come join us for the film of the month which is Matewan (1987). The movie dramatizes the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia. The screening starts at 5:45 PM. Bring some popcorn and snacks!

Here are the updated upcoming events from Aug 18th - Sep 1st

Come support the renewable energy efforts at:
Lexington City Hall,
200 East Main Street.

Starting at 2:30PM, 08/19

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We stand with our allies at LiUNA189 and Central Labor Council! Come support the renewable energy efforts at: Lexington City Hall, 200 East Main Street. Starting at 2:30PM, 08/19

🚨TODAY BEFORE READING GROUP🚨

Come in support of the unions and renewable energy in the Lexington area. Your voice could make the difference for a healthier future!

We stand with our allies at LiUNA189 and Central Labor Council!

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Here is the location: 5:30 - 7PM, August 19th, Lexington Public Library, Large Meeting Room, Beaumont Branch, 3080 Fieldstone Way, Lexington, KY 40513

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Bernie Sanders Was Right to Talk About Wage Slavery. We Should Talk About It, Too. When Bernie Sanders compared wage labor to slavery in the 1970s, he wasn't equating the two. He was drawing on an emancipatory tradition, encompassing everyone from Frederick Douglass to Eugene Debs, ...

Readings:

Bernie Sanders Was Right to Talk About Wage Slavery. We Should Talk About It, Too. jacobin.com/2020/01/wage...

Deepening our Understanding of Social Reproduction Theory www.plutobooks.com/blog/deepeni...

Manifesto of the Communist Party www.marxists.org/archive/marx...

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BLUEGRASS DSA POLITICAL EDUCATION: Reading Group AUGUST 19TH, 2025 Large meeting room Lexington Public Library Beaumont Branch 3080 Fieldstone Way, Lexington, KY 40513 5:30pm to 7:00pm

🚨TOMORROW🚨

Come learn, educate, and connect with your fellow BGDSA members. DO NOT feel obligated to read. This is an experience for everyone to become more informed! The reading group is welcome to all.

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BLUEGRASS DSA LABOR COMMΙTΤΕΕ MEETING August 17, 2025, Starts at 1:00PM, Community Room B, Marksbury Family Branch Library, 2197 Versailles Rd, Lexington

🛠️Labor Committee: Meeting🛠️

⚠️TOMORROW⚠️

Join us for the first Labor Committee Meeting! We will be discussing how we can help the Starbucks Workers Union in Lexington and nationally. Also, discuss how can we help unionize the Bluegrass region! Let us learn to unionize together!

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

12:30 - 1:30PM, August 16th, Wichman Reading Room, Lexington Public Library, Central Library, 140 E Main St, Lexington, KY 40507

Join us for the Electoral Committee meeting at 12:30 - 1:30PM, August 16th, Wichman Reading Room, Lexington Public Library, Central Library, 140 E Main St, Lexington, KY 40507!

All are welcome!

Come to the location: 1 - 2PM, August 17th, Community Room B, Marksbury Family Branch Library, 2197 Versailles Rd, Lexington, KY 40504

Livestream available on request!!

BLUEGRASS DSA LABOR COMMΙTΤΕΕ MEETING August 17, 2025, Starts at 1:00PM, Community Room B, Marksbury Family Branch Library, 2197 Versailles Rd, Lexington

🛠️Labor Committee: Meeting🛠️

⚠️TOMORROW⚠️

Join us for the first Labor Committee Meeting! We will be discussing how we can help the Starbucks Workers Union in Lexington and nationally. Also, discuss how can we help unionize the Bluegrass region! Let us learn to unionize together!

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

We also want to ask those interested in pursuing local electoral politics through Bluegrass DSA what our platform should be, take stock of everyone’s personal skill sets, and how they can get involved including open city commission and board seats that membership can fill!

On the docket for the first Electoral Committee meeting, we are looking to discuss the Zohran campaign and DSA’s involvement along with the National DSA platform.

12:30 - 1:30PM, August 16th, Wichman Reading Room, Lexington Public Library, Central Library, 140 E Main St, Lexington, KY 40507

Join us for the Electoral Committee meeting at 12:30 - 1:30PM, August 16th, Wichman Reading Room, Lexington Public Library, Central Library, 140 E Main St, Lexington, KY 40507!

All are welcome!

Join in the fight to support working families! Pre-K For all supports the working parents of our communities. Every child should have the opportunity to grow up in a stress free house hold. Every parent deserves a future where they are not one pay check away from being houseless.

KENTUCKY STATE FAIR TOWNHALL PRE-K FOR ALL Join the Pre-K for All Town Hall at the Kentucky State Fair to share your input and help shape the future of early childhood education in Kentucky. *PLEASE NOTE: A TICKET TO THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR IS REQUIRED tO ATTEND THIS EVENT. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE GATE August 20, 2025 5:30 P.M. -7:00 P.M. Kentucky Exposition Center SWC 101/104 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville KY 40209

Take action by selecting the following link and get in touch with your legislator or come to the town hall. Solidarity forever🌹!

prek4all.ky.gov/get-involved...

❤️‍🩹Harm Reduction: Intro Class❤️‍🩹

Live stream available!

6 - 7PM, August 14th, Artfarm, 1123 Winchester Rd, Lexington, KY 40505

We have a very educated and qualified professional in the medical field coming to teach us an introductory class to harm reduction. We will discuss a variety of topics designed to educate individuals and communities minimizing the negative consequences associated with substance abuse.

❤️‍🩹Harm Reduction: Intro Class❤️‍🩹

Live stream available!

6 - 7PM, August 14th, Artfarm, 1123 Winchester Rd, Lexington, KY 40505

"AUG 11TH MON 5:30-6:30P MARKSBURY FAMILY BRANCH LIBRARY 2197 VERSAILLES RD, LEXINGTON, KY" "HARM REDUCTION SCHOOL SUPPLY COLLECTION COLLECT AND ASSEMBLE SCHOOL SUPPLIES " "AUG 14TH LIVE THU 6-7P ARTFARM 1123 WINCHESTER RD, LEXINGTON, KY" "HARM REDUCTION INTRO CLASS LEARN HARM REDUCTION TECHNIQUES" "AUG 16th LIVE SAT 12:30-1:30P CENTRAL LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 140 E MAIN ST, LEXINGTON, KY" "ELECTORAL COMMITTEE INTRODUCTORY MEETING ESTABLISH THE FUTURE OF ELECTORAL POLITICS WITH BGDSA " "AUG 17TH LIVE SUN 1-2P MARKSBURY FAMILY BRANCH LIBRARY 2197 VERSAILLES RD, LEXINGTON, KY" "LABOR COMMITTEE INTRODUCTORY MEETING LEARN ABOUT OUR SBWU CAMPAIGN AND THE FUTURE OF LABOR IN LEXINGTON" "AUG 19TH LIVE TUE 5:30-7P BEAUMONT BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY 3080 FIELDSTONE WAY, LEXINGTON, KY" "POLITICAL EDUCATION READING GROUP CONTINUE OUR READING GROUP SESSION. NEW ATTENDEES WELCOME!"

"AUG 23RD LIVE SAT 12-2P Laborers' Union Local 189 2631 Wilhite Dr, Lexington, KY" "General membership general meeting particpate in making decisions for the future of bgdsa" "aug 24th sun 1-4:30p Marksbury Family Branch Library 2197 Versailles Rd, Lexington, KY" "COMMS Library Run help create materials for bgdsa usage! You’re free to take what you make home! "

Good afternoon everyone!!! This is Bluegrass DSA's upcoming events for the next 2 weeks! If you can not make it the dates with live icons next to them will be live streamed. Upon request you can get the link or, if it is after the date, we will provide you the video link!

In July, Harm Reduction filled over 20 supply bags for the homeless with reusable water bottles, hygiene items, and snacks to be handed out.

❤️‍🩹Harm Reduction: School Supply Collection❤️‍🩹

5:30 - 6:30PM, August 11th, Community Room A, Marksbury Family Branch Library, 2197 Versailles Rd, Lexington,

We are looking to collect school supplies. If you can’t make the meeting, but want to donate supplies please email kybluegrassdsa@gmail.com.

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Join us at 1 - 2PM, August 9th, Marksbury Family Branch Library, 2197 Versailles Rd, Lexington, KY 40504!

We are discussing the future of the Solidarity City! Come and speak your peace on how we can support the most marginalized people in our community! Solidarity forever🌹!

We have a tight turn around to get a cover letter and resume submitted by this Friday, August 10th at 5 PM. Please contact the electoral chair, Kat McClung, through our email at KYBluegrassDSA@gmail.com.