how to get involved.

General Body Meetings typically happen the last Monday of every other month from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the ACC Library. The agenda will be published to the membership no less than five (5) days prior to the meeting by email and Discord. These meetings are open to everyone, but only members in good standing (dues-paying or dues-waived) can vote.
Upcoming GBM Months: June, July
Our book club typically meets once a month at the ACC Library. Books are suggested and voted by upon by members in the Discord. Join the server here to recommend a book and vote each month!
Past Reads:
The Black Antifascist Tradition by Jeanelle Hope and Bill Mullen
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufarkis
If We Burn by Vincent Bivens
Giving Voice to Linnentown by Hattie Thomas Whitehead
Mutual Aid by Dean Spade
Our monthly social happens the last Saturday of each month. This event is open to everyone! Drop by for a drink, great conversation, and to learn more about our work as a chapter.
Our chapter hosts monthly clean up and mutual aid distributions the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month along Nellie B. Ave, our adopted road. We’ll provide cleaning supplies, water, snacks, and items to give.
Meet at the East Athens Educational Dance Center. Start time is 2 PM or 10 AM, depending on the season. Check the newletter, Discord, or Instagram for the current start time.
Brake Light Clinics
Twice a year we also host Brake Light Clinics. These events are where we change people’s broken brake lights for free in order to to reduce police interactions and also have discussions with people about their personal experiences with police.

More than 50,000 drivers are pulled over in a traffic stop every day in the U.S., according to the Stanford Open Policing Project, which collected reports that found police disproportionately stop black drivers at a higher rate compared to white drivers, and black drivers are 20 percent more likely to get a ticket than white drivers, underlining the stark racial disparities within the criminal justice system.
The process for fixing brake lights is simple, but will help in reducing community interactions with police.
Stay tuned for announcements of when our next clinic will be scheduled!
If you questions about our electoral work, please contact athensareadsa@gmail.com and include "Electoral WG" in the subject.
UGA YDSA is the University of Georgia’s Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter and is the subsidiary of AADSA. We act as the youth and student section of DSA in the Athens area and we work with many local campaigns to address concerns relevant to not only UGA students but all Athenians. Through mutual aid work, educational events, activism, and community service we aim to create a better Athens and learn how to stand up for ourselves and others.

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Democratic socialists believe that our economy should be built democratically, by and for working people, not by billionaires for profit.

We make room for a variety of strategic approaches to fighting capitalism. Whether you're repairing your neighbors' brake lights, organizing a rent strike in your building, or fighting for public control of electric power, one thing is clear: We're stronger together.

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Dues waivers are available here.

What we’ve been up to:

Join us for the mayoral debate at the Morton Theater, 5:30-7:00 PM, and then head over to @novemestolagerhaus for our chapter social this Saturday, May 30th at 7:30 PM! 🍻 Open to everyone! Get some amazing food, yap with other members, and learn more about our work in the Athens Area DSA. 📍625 Barber St. Suite 130

Time for our next brake light clinic! We’ll be fixing brake lights on Sun. May 17th, 10 AM-2 PM at the Pinewoods Library. This will also be a water drive for the Pinewoods community, so please bottled water to donate! Come hang out, fix some lights, and bring water to a community in need ❤️

Don’t miss our next book club meeting! This month’s selection is “The Free and the Dead” by Jamie Holmes The next book club meeting will be Monday, June 8th at 6:30 PM. 📍 ACC Library Book description: From 1817 to 1858, a series of conflicts known as the Seminole Wars took place between the United States and the tribes of Florida as they battled for the land. Within this unconquered territory, formerly enslaved mothers and fathers and Seminole families had lived side by side for generations, building communities in the interior, beyond the reach of the growing United States. But in 1835, the young country took up arms against them, seeking to forcibly remove all Indigenous people and return their allies to slavery. In the face of this terror, tribes and bands came together across racial lines to preserve their freedom from federal interference. As the fight waged on, two men—Abraham, a free Black American, and the esteemed Creek warrior Osceola—worked together to save their lands and their people, against overwhelming odds, from America’s formidable Army of the South. A powerful and vivid exploration of an overlooked revolt and historical alliances between Afro-descendant families and Indigenous tribes, The Free and the Dead is a timeless work of history that sits alongside Empire of the Summer Moon and The Demon of Unrest.

Today is the last day to register to vote and 29 days until Election Day! The Athens Area Democratic Socialists of America are proud to endorse Tim Denson for Mayor of Athens-Clarke County. Tim brings over a decade of experience in activism, community organizing, and public service, as well as a long history of fighting for working-class people and families. Tim has also received the endorsements of the national DSA @demsocialists and the UGA chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America @ugaydsa.

Want to learn more about Democratic Socialism? Unsure of what our chapter does or how to get involved? Want to connect with other members? Then this event is for you! Join us for our next DSA 101, an afternoon to learn about the DSA, our chapter, and meet new people 🌹 This event will be at the ACC Library, Room C on Wednesday, April 22nd, 6-8 PM. We hope to see you there!

This month’s book club selection is “No Cop City, No Cop World” edited by Micah Herskind, Mariah Parker, and Kamau Franklin. Book description: A collection of essays from the Stop Cop City movement on the fight for police abolition and for a liveable planet for all, with gripping reporting from activists on the ground and rousing articles from renowned radical academics. The Stop Cop City movement is a decentralized effort to stop the construction of a $120 million police training facility and the destruction of 170 acres of the Weelaunee Forest outside of Atlanta, Georgia. The next book club meeting will be Monday, May 4th at 6:30 PM. 📍 ACC Library @raraforliberation @micahherskind

This Sunday! Join us for our mutual aid day where we will make and distribute sandwiches then do a road clean up. Afterwards, canvass for @timdenson4ath! Materials, snacks, and water provided. Bring a friend, a charged phone, and comfy shoes!

Updated list of our reoccurring events! Looking for ways to get involved in the chapter but don’t know where to start? Here’s a summary of our reoccurring events; these are a perfect way to meet other members, learn about what we do, and find the areas you’re most interested in to create change. Details for all of these and more, along with a calendar, can be found at AthensAreaDSA.org 🌹

It’s been a busy year so far for our chapter, here’s a little update with some highlights! We have several upcoming events this month, hope to see you there ✨ Sign up for our newsletter through our website to make sure you don’t miss any updates and join our discord to connect with members. DM for the link!

2026 Forum on Energy & the Environment 📅 Monday, April 27, 2026 ⏰ 7-8 PM 📍ACC Library Auditorium, 2025 Baxter St.

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