Grand Rapids DSA

You're invited to our Chapter Meeting this Sunday, 3/01. We'll be meeting at The DAAC's new location in the Four Star Theatre, 1944 S Division. Doors at 12:30pm. Register at grdsa.org/rsvp

Come grab a cuppa with your comrades at Common Ground on Sunday, 11am-1pm

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REMINDER! The Melt the ICE benefit concert is this Sunday, February 15th. Join in on live music and community building at Fountain Street Church from 2-7pm. Find out more at www.grsos.org#MeltTheIce

A group of people surround a table with canvasing supplies, the Invest in MI Kids and MOP Up Michigan logos surround them.

Join us Saturday, February 7th, 10am, at the Gaines Township public library to canvas for Invest in MI Kids and MOP Up Michigan. There will be a training at the library, then folks will buddy-up to canvas until 2pm. Hope to see you there!

GRDSA Monthly Chapter Meeting, Sunday, February 1st, 2025. Doors at 12:30pm. Meeting at 1:00pm. NEW LOCATION! 1944 S. Division Ave

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! At the DAAC's NEW location in the Four Star Theatre (1944 S. Division Ave)

A poster of a man passionately playing the acoustic guitar with fire graphics surrounding him. The text on the poster reads: “Melt The ICE: A concert benefiting families affected by ICE. Feb 15, 2-7pm, Fountain Street Church. Live music and street food. Bootstrap Boys, Cabildo, Epcya, Jeff Schroeder and friends. Benefits: SECOM Community Resource Center, Movimiento Cosecha GR, Kent County Indivisible.” A small disclaimer states the poster art was not generated by AI, and credits the artist as @comfortandadam.

🎶 Melt the ICE is a benefit concert supporting immigrant families affected by ICE.

Join in music, community, and solidarity in action on February 15th from 2-7pm at Fountain Street Church. Learn more and get involved here: www.grsos.org

#MeltTheIce #MeltTheICE

Hands Off Venezuela! Mass Call TONIGHT, 1/06, 9pm, hosted by the DSA International Committee
RSVP for Zoom link - actionnetwork.org/events/hands...

A drawing of a man pouring coffee from a giant carafe into a giant mug, a little alien in a 'flying' cup and saucer, and the GRDSA logo frame the words 'Coffee with Comrades December 14th, 11 am to 1 pm at Common Ground.'

Join us for a relaxed meet-up on Sunday morning at Common Ground Coffee ☕.

'GRDSA Annual Chapter Meeting. Saturday, December 13th, 2025. Doors at 12:30pm. Meeting starts at 1:00pm. Social Hour following' with the GRDSA logo on a pink-lilac-and-baby-blue gradient background.

Our last chapter meeting of 2025 is this Saturday, 12/13, at Fountain Street Church, Room 109. It's a big one. We'll be electing our 2026 officers, talking campaign endorsements, and much more. For more information and to register, visit grdsa.org/rsvp

A pumpkin with cartoonish eyes and a turkey sitting across from each other, each with a mug of coffee in front of them. Between them is a heart made out of coffee beans with the GRDSA logo at the center.

Don’t be a turkey! Or do, we don’t care. Just come join us for coffee and conversation on November 16, 11am-1pm, at Common Ground Coffee.

Congratulations to Zohran, NYC, and the thousands of volunteers that made this victory possible!

Way to go, Detroit DSA!

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Mmm, pumpkin spice pumpkins. Join us for some warm drinks and friendly conversation on November 2nd, 11am-1pm, at Common Ground Coffee.

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Join us for our monthly Chapter Meeting. Find out what we’re up to and join the conversation. We’ll be meeting at The DAAC, doors open at 12:30pm with the meeting starting at 1pm. Register at grdsa.org/rsvp

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It’s spooky season 👻 Join us for Coffee w/ Comrades on October 19th, 11am-1pm, at Common Ground. Fuel up to fight the scariest monster of all - capitalism!

GRDSA Special Chapter Meeting. Campaign Proposal Town Hall for the Invest in MI Kids, MOP Up Michigan, and Rank MI Vote Ballot Initiatives. Sunday, October 19th, 2025 at 4pm on Zoom. With the GRDSA logo on a dark gradient background.

Join us Sunday, 4pm, on Zoom for a special meeting to consider a proposal to endorse and support several ballot initiatives.

We will have reps from Invest in MI Kids, MOP Up Michigan, and Rank MI Vote give a brief presentation and answer questions.

Register at grdsa.org/rsvp-town-hall-oct19

The cover of ‘Are Prisons Obsolete?’ by Angela Davis on a white textured background. The logo for the Grand Rapids Democratic Socialists of America. Text next to the logo reads: ‘Book-Talk with the GRDSA. October 18th, 2-4PM at the Flat River Community Library.’

Folks in or around Greenville: Join us for a collective conversation using Angela Davis’ landmark book! This will be an open discussion, so bring your questions, your concerns, and your personal stories. Feel free to join even if you didn’t get the chance to read. grdsa.org/rsvp-book-talk-oct18

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Come join us at Common Ground on October 5th, from 11am to 1pm! Get caffeinated and plot the revolution!

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Join us at our Monthly Chapter Meeting on October 4th. We’ll be doing an activity to guide the formation of our Chapter Platform! Register at grdsa.org/rsvp

Flier for the 'Taft-Hartley Act' Teach-in. Event details on a white and grey background above a photo of a 1940s labor rally with large banner reading, 'Mr. President: Veto the Hartley-Taft Slave Labor Bill.'

Come out this Saturday, 9/27, to discuss the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 and the PRO Act of 2021. 12-2pm at Fountain Street Church, Room 109. Register at grdsa.org/workers-10

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Honk honk! Come join our flock for some tasty drinks and conversation at Coffee w/ Comrades this Sunday. We’ll be meeting at Common Ground from 11am-1pm on September 21st.

Welcoming wetlands boardwalk inviting the viewer to a GRDSA Nature Walk at Huff Park on Saturday, September 13th at 4PM

Join us Saturday, September 13th for a walk through beautiful Huff Park in GR!

Meet at the North parking lot off of Aberdeen Street (1435 Aberdeen St NE). We’ll wait at the trailhead for folks to gather and begin the walk at 4:15pm.

We’ll be walking the big loop through the park (about 1 mile).

Rock out with us at Coffee w/ Comrades! We’ll be meeting up this Sunday at Common Ground, from 11am to 1pm.

Find out what we're up to and join the conversation at our monthly chapter meeting! We'll be meeting at The DAAC. Doors open at 12:30pm, and we will begin at 1pm.

Concentration Camp in Your Community: Discussing the Baldwin ICE Detention Center with the GRDSA - Grand Rapids Democratic Socialists of America We’ll be hosting our next Greenville event on Saturday, August 23rd, from 2-4 pm at the Flat River Community Library. We’ll be discussing Trump’s new ICE Detention Center in Baldwin, Michigan. The…

Join us for a conversation about Trump’s new ICE Detention Center in Baldwin Michigan. We'll focus on the racist anti-immigrant efforts rising around us, why we’re against them, and what we can do about it! Saturday, August 23rd, from 2-4pm, at the Flat River Community Library.

Fun fact! Jelly fish don’t actually eat cake 🙂

Join us for Coffee w/ Comrades, August 17th, 11 am to 1 pm at Common Ground Coffee (1319 E. Fulton St)

Right wing extremists have scapegoated trans people and try to erase us from public life. But trans people have and will always been here. Help us protect the right to self-determination and expression.

Join our Trans Rights Townhall this Sunday, August 3rd, 3pm, at Fountain Street Church, Room 109

Let’s lift each other up (like balloons) at Coffee w/ Comrades - August 3rd, 11 am to 1 pm at Common Ground Coffee (1319 E. Fulton St)

As a member run organization, we gather the first Saturday of each month to practice democracy. Join us to discuss our priorities, plans, and strategies at our August Chapter Meeting on 8/02, 1pm, at the DAAC. grdsa.org/rsvp

We'll have presentations, conversations, and tacos 🌮 🌮 🌮 at our introduction to Democratic Socialism and the GRDSA event is tomorrow evening, 7/27 6pm at The DAAC.

RSVP Here: www.grdsa.org/fight-fascis...