Events

	January 2026
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			1 ⭐MHVDSA Queer Organizing Call If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐MHVDSA Queer Organizing Call January 1, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Email organize@mhvdsa.org for RSVP info. Queer organizing is needed in these times of strife more than ever. This call will be for queer organizers and all allies in the struggle for queer liberation to get to know one another and start building some structure around our local efforts. Members and non-members, queer people and allies, all are welcome and all will be needed to build the future we wish to live in. Bring your unique history, your questions, your hopes, and all that you are! Email organize@mhvdsa.org for RSVP info. See more details •	2	3	4 HVPA Phonebanking If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! HVPA Phonebanking January 4, 2026 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/hvpa-winter-power?source=direct_link& RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/hvpa-winter-power?source=direct_link& See more details Palestine Liberation Working Group Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Palestine Liberation Working Group Meeting January 4, 2026 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Reach out to palestine@mhvdsa.org to get involved! See more details Housing WG Bi-Weekly Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Housing WG Bi-Weekly Meeting January 4, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Zoom Join us! We are currently organizing around: Good cause eviction opt-in campaigns across the Mid-Hudson Valley Building out a tenant organizing project Winning Green Social Housing Email housing@mhvdsa.org for Zoom link or with questions about how to plug into our work! See more details • • •
5 Electoral Working Group Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Electoral Working Group Meeting January 5, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm In 2025, local offices are on the ballot! Our socialists-in-office have led the charge for affordable housing, expanding tenants’ rights, and a ceasefire and arms embargo. We have endorsed Daniel Atonna for election to Common Council representing Ward 8 in Poughkeepsie, and Giselle Martinez for City Council representing Ward 1 in Newburgh. Email us to get involved: electoral@mhvdsa.org See more details •	6 MHVDSA Steering Committee Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! MHVDSA Steering Committee Meeting January 6, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Zoom Email organize@mhvdsa.org for more information! See more details ⭐Orange County Organizing Call If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐Orange County Organizing Call January 6, 2026 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm RSVP HERE! Socialist organizing in Orange County is RED HOT! Join us to get plugged into all that we're doing, spin up new ideas, and help build a beautiful future in Orange County and all of the Mid-Hudson Valley! RSVP HERE! See more details • •	7 Immigrant Solidarity Subcommittee Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Immigrant Solidarity Subcommittee Meeting January 7, 2026 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm See more details Culture and Education Working Group If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Culture and Education Working Group January 7, 2026 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm The goals of the Culture and Education Working Group are: - To strengthen and make healthier the internal life of the chapter, thereby achieving social cohesion - To welcome and onboard new members, inactive members, and email list contacts (who are not currently DSA members) into the social, political, and organizing life of the chapter - To create a shared common understanding of politics among the chapter so that members can share in discourse while maintaining their political differences and social cohesiveness Join us to help plan socials, political education events, and other activities! Email culture@mhvdsa.org for Zoom link or with questions about how to plug into our work. Please note that this meeting is only open to DSA members, except in cases where we have extended an invitation to those outside the organization. See more details • •	8 HVPA Phonebanking If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! HVPA Phonebanking January 8, 2026 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/hvpa-winter-power?source=direct_link& RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/hvpa-winter-power?source=direct_link& See more details •	9	10 ⭐ Coffee with Comrades (Newburgh) If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐ Coffee with Comrades (Newburgh) January 10, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Baristas On Broadway, 117 Broadway, Newburgh, NY 12550, USA RSVP HERE Join your fellow Mid-Hudson Valley socialists at a Coffee with Comrades social in Newburgh on Saturday, January 10th. This will be a casual gathering where we can get to know each other and discuss the events of the day. Please RSVP so we know how to prepare and can contact you if the location changes! All are welcome - whether you are just curious about DSA or a new or longtime member. RSVP HERE See more details ⭐ Cocktails with Comrades (Poughkeepsie) If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐ Cocktails with Comrades (Poughkeepsie) January 10, 2026 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Reason & Ruckus, 305 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA RSVP HERE Join your fellow Mid-Hudson Valley socialists at a Cocktails with Comrades social in Poughkeepsie on Saturday, January 10th. This will be a casual gathering where we can get to know each other and discuss the events of the day. Please RSVP so we know how to prepare and can contact you if the location changes! All are welcome - whether you are just curious about DSA or a new or longtime member. RSVP HERE See more details • •	11 ⭐ Queer Social: Sober Game Hangout at Newburgh Free Library If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐ Queer Social: Sober Game Hangout at Newburgh Free Library January 11, 2026 1:15 pm - 4:30 pm RSVP HERE! It's a new year and we're ringing it in with GAMES! Bring a card or board game, book, or other activity, and gather with us at the Newburgh Free Library (in the Riverside Room) for a chill, sober afternoon. We'll do our best to create a welcoming space for all queer people, allies, sober people, and anyone looking for a fun time (and maybe to talk about socialism!). Refreshments will be provided, but feel free to bring something simple to share (cookies, snacks, etc.). RSVP HERE! See more details HVPA Phonebanking If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! HVPA Phonebanking January 11, 2026 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/hvpa-winter-power?source=direct_link& RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/hvpa-winter-power?source=direct_link& See more details • •
12 Mutual Aid WG Bi-Weekly If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Mutual Aid WG Bi-Weekly January 12, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Mutual Aid Working Group builds solidarity through mutual aid organizing and community engagement. We organize a range of mutual aid projects in municipalities across the Hudson Valley, including brake light clinics, through which we help each other avoid unnecessary interactions with the carceral system by checking and repairing brake lights; and coat drives, through which we distribute clothing and food to our communities. The mutual aid working group promotes mutual aid as a key component of building democratic socialism. Reach out to mutualaid@mhvdsa.org to get involved! Biweekly meetings: Monday, 7-8PM See more details •	13 MHVDSA Steering Committee Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! MHVDSA Steering Committee Meeting January 13, 2026 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom Email organize@mhvdsa.org for more information! See more details •	14 ⭐MHVDSA General Meeting January If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐MHVDSA General Meeting January January 14, 2026 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm RSVP HERE! New Year, new challenges, same great chapter. Join the first General Meeting of the year to get updates on our Chapter Convention and membership drive, as well as other chapter highlights, then dig into a robust "DSA102" political education session: "What Is Capitalism?" with Culture and Education Working Group chair Peter Frase. Can't wait to see you there! RSVP HERE! See more details ⭐DSA102: "What Is Capitalism?" If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐DSA102: "What Is Capitalism?" January 14, 2026 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm RSVP HERE! Everyone hates capitalism (except capitalists, we guess), but as socialists it's important we have a deeper understanding of what capitalism is and how it works (as well as what alternatives like socialism are and how they work). Join us for our DSA102 session "What Is Capitalism?" It'll be an engaging, interactive session, great for socialists of all stripes and experience levels! This is a ideal for new members or anyone interested in learning more about DSA and our chapter and will be part of/adjoin our January General Meeting (RSVP for that here). RSVP HERE! See more details • •	15 ⭐MHVDSA Queer Organizing Call If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐MHVDSA Queer Organizing Call January 15, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm RSVP HERE! Queer organizing is needed in these times of strife more than ever. This is for queer organizers and all allies in the struggle for queer liberation to meet, build structure around our local efforts, and learn how to organize. Members and non-members, queer people and allies, all are welcome and all will be needed to build the future we wish to live in. Bring your unique history, your questions, your hopes, and all that you are! RSVP HERE! See more details ⭐ State Of The State Response If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐ State Of The State Response January 15, 2026 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm https://actionnetwork.org/events/state-of-the-state-response On Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul laid out her 2026 agenda at the State of the State with a major proposal on childcare--but she is failing to meet the broader moment. Trump’s extensive cuts to critical services have put unbearable pressure on millions across the state. Working-class New Yorkers deserve protections from a cruel federal agenda that puts economic burdens on everyone but the rich. Join the NYC and Mid-Hudson Valley DSA as we respond to the Governor's State of the State address, and analyze what it means for our campaign to tax the rich. Featuring State Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Assemblymembers Marcela Mitaynes, Sarahana Shrestha and Claire Valdez. Zoom link will be provided shortly before event. See more details • •	16	17	18 HVPA Phonebanking If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! HVPA Phonebanking January 18, 2026 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/hvpa-winter-power?source=direct_link& RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/hvpa-winter-power?source=direct_link& See more details Palestine Liberation Working Group Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Palestine Liberation Working Group Meeting January 18, 2026 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Reach out to palestine@mhvdsa.org to get involved! See more details Housing WG Bi-Weekly Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Housing WG Bi-Weekly Meeting January 18, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Zoom Join us! We are currently organizing around: Good cause eviction opt-in campaigns across the Mid-Hudson Valley Building out a tenant organizing project Winning Green Social Housing Email housing@mhvdsa.org for Zoom link or with questions about how to plug into our work! See more details • • •
19 Virtual "Organize in Spanish" Language Table If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Virtual "Organize in Spanish" Language Table January 19, 2026 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Zoom Our Mutual Aid Working Group has set up a dedicated virtual space for DSA members to practice their Spanish with one another, especially in advance of canvassing and organizing with communities less comfortable in English. Interested in participating? Email mutualaid@mhvdsa.org for the link. See more details Electoral Working Group Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Electoral Working Group Meeting January 19, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88344533415?pwd=lcaCDm2goU386B4iQ5Cmaf62VCVZJE.1 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88344533415?pwd=lcaCDm2goU386B4iQ5Cmaf62VCVZJE.1 See more details Mutual Aid WG Bi-Weekly If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Mutual Aid WG Bi-Weekly January 19, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm The Mutual Aid Working Group builds solidarity through mutual aid organizing and community engagement. We organize a range of mutual aid projects in municipalities across the Hudson Valley, including brake light clinics, through which we help each other avoid unnecessary interactions with the carceral system by checking and repairing brake lights; and coat drives, through which we distribute clothing and food to our communities. The mutual aid working group promotes mutual aid as a key component of building democratic socialism. Reach out to mutualaid@mhvdsa.org to get involved! Biweekly meetings: Monday, 7-8PM See more details • • •	20 ⭐Orange County Organizing Call If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐Orange County Organizing Call January 20, 2026 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm RSVP HERE! Socialist organizing in Orange County is RED HOT! Join us to get plugged into all that we're doing, spin up new ideas, and help build a beautiful future in Orange County and all of the Mid-Hudson Valley! RSVP HERE! See more details MHVDSA Steering Committee Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! MHVDSA Steering Committee Meeting January 20, 2026 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom Email organize@mhvdsa.org for more information! See more details • •	21 Immigrant Solidarity Subcommittee Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Immigrant Solidarity Subcommittee Meeting January 21, 2026 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm See more details Culture and Education Working Group If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Culture and Education Working Group January 21, 2026 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm The goals of the Culture and Education Working Group are: - To strengthen and make healthier the internal life of the chapter, thereby achieving social cohesion - To welcome and onboard new members, inactive members, and email list contacts (who are not currently DSA members) into the social, political, and organizing life of the chapter - To create a shared common understanding of politics among the chapter so that members can share in discourse while maintaining their political differences and social cohesiveness Join us to help plan socials, political education events, and other activities! Email culture@mhvdsa.org for Zoom link or with questions about how to plug into our work. Please note that this meeting is only open to DSA members, except in cases where we have extended an invitation to those outside the organization. See more details • •	22 Chapter Convention Proposals Discussion If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Chapter Convention Proposals Discussion January 22, 2026 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm RSVP HERE Join us to learn about and discuss the proposals that will be up for debate at our 2026 Chapter Convention. This event is part of a series of events leading up to our 2026 Chapter Convention. To see other events (including our Convention on February 7, 2026), click here. To learn more about Chapter Convention, click here. Please not this event is only open to MHVDSA members only. Join DSA here. RSVP HERE See more details Ecosocialism WG Bi-Weekly Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Ecosocialism WG Bi-Weekly Meeting January 22, 2026 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Join us! We are currently organizing to create the Hudson Valley Power Authority (A10332/S9534) — a new state power authority that will transform Central Hudson into a publicly-owned and democratic energy utility. Email ecosocialism@mhvdsa.org questions about how to plug into our work! Please note that this meeting is only open to DSA members, except in cases where we have extended an invitation to those outside the organization. See more details • •	23	24 ⭐ Coffee with Comrades (Kingston) If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐ Coffee with Comrades (Kingston) January 24, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Camp Kingston, 36 St James St, Kingston, NY 12401, USA RSVP HERE Join your fellow Mid-Hudson Valley socialists at a Coffee with Comrades social in Kingston on Saturday, January 24th. This will be a casual gathering where we can get to know each other and discuss the events of the day. Please RSVP so we know how to prepare and can contact you if the location changes! All are welcome - whether you are just curious about DSA or a new or longtime member. RSVP HERE See more details ⭐ Cocktails with Comrades (Wappingers) If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐ Cocktails with Comrades (Wappingers) January 24, 2026 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm day&nite lounge., 2655 E Main St, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590, USA RSVP HERE Join your fellow Mid-Hudson Valley socialists at a Cocktails with Comrades social in Wappingers on Saturday, January 24th. This will be a casual gathering where we can get to know each other and discuss the events of the day. Please RSVP so we know how to prepare and can contact you if the location changes! All are welcome - whether you are just curious about DSA or a new or longtime member. RSVP HERE See more details • •	25 WG Labor Monthly Business Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! WG Labor Monthly Business Meeting January 25, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Zoom We are workers building a diverse and inclusive working-class movement that demands not only workplace democracy, but also a dignified existence for all people regardless of their work or ability to work. We educate our fellow workers on the labor struggle, join them in solidarity on the picket line and run campaigns that put people over profit. Email labor@mhvdsa.org for the Zoom link or with questions about how to plug into our work! Sun, 7-8 pm. See more details •
26 ⭐Mid-Hudson Valley DSA Social in Port Jervis If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐Mid-Hudson Valley DSA Social in Port Jervis January 26, 2026 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Fox N Hare Brewing Co., 46 Front St, Port Jervis, NY 12771, USA RSVP HERE! Socialist organizing in Orange County is red hot! Join us at Fox N Hare Brewing Co. for our first Port Jervis / Orange County social of 2026. Learn more about the DSA/MHVDSA and our work and plug into the many active organizing efforts in our area, including housing and labor, mutual aid (food and clothing distributions) defending immigrants rights, fighting for public utilities, and more. This is a fun, informal hangout for DSA members and prospective members! Socialism IS social! RSVP HERE! See more details •	27 Leadership Roundtable If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! Leadership Roundtable January 27, 2026 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm We will send a zoom link in the Leadership Channel! See more details MHVDSA Steering Committee Meeting If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! MHVDSA Steering Committee Meeting January 27, 2026 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom Email organize@mhvdsa.org for more information! See more details • •	28	29 ⭐MHVDSA Queer Organizing Call If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐MHVDSA Queer Organizing Call January 29, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm RSVP HERE! Queer organizing is needed in these times of strife more than ever. This call will be for queer organizers and all allies in the struggle for queer liberation to get to know one another and start building some structure around our local efforts. Members and non-members, queer people and allies, all are welcome and all will be needed to build the future we wish to live in. Bring your unique history, your questions, your hopes, and all that you are! RSVP HERE! See more details •	30	31 ⭐ Coffee with Comrades (Beacon) If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐ Coffee with Comrades (Beacon) January 31, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Beacon Coffee Co. & Mercantile, 344 Main St Suite 4, Beacon, NY 12508, USA RSVP HERE Join your fellow Mid-Hudson Valley socialists at a Coffee with Comrades social in Beacon on Saturday, January 31st. This will be a casual gathering where we can get to know each other and discuss the events of the day. Please RSVP so we know how to prepare and can contact you if the location changes! All are welcome - whether you are just curious about DSA or a new or longtime member. RSVP HERE See more details ⭐ Cocktails with Comrades (New Paltz) If an event has a ⭐ in front of its name, that means it is a good fit for first-timers! ⭐ Cocktails with Comrades (New Paltz) January 31, 2026 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Shorties, 81 N Chestnut St, New Paltz, NY 12561, USA RSVP HERE Join your fellow Mid-Hudson Valley socialists at a Cocktails with Comrades social in New Paltz on Saturday, January 31st. This will be a casual gathering where we can get to know each other and discuss the events of the day. Please RSVP so we know how to prepare and can contact you if the location changes! All are welcome - whether you are just curious about DSA or a new or longtime member. RSVP HERE See more details • •

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