Kara Hall

Kara Hall Zuniga is a Las Vegas activist. Was in a relationship with Kristofer DiPaolo - now married to Roy Zuniga . Kara Hall is a co-chair of Las Vegas DSA, one of the fastest growing chapters in the nation, with 150% membership growth last year. She was part of a leadership team who put massive effort into preparing for and locking in the tremendous Bernie 2020 caucus win in Nevada. Catapulting off that electoral success, LVDSA then coordinated a slate of leftists to take over the Nevada State Democratic Party. In addition to her incredible chapter work, Kara is also an active leader in National DSA. Kara helped to lead the DSA100k Drive as a core member of the Growth and Development Committee’s recruitment subcommittee, where she also leads Q&A calls and helps facilitate national New Member calls. She is also committed to providing DSA chapters and members with tools necessary for recruitment, retention, and leadership development while always centering specific local conditions and organizing struggles. Before joining DSA, she did extensive community organizing work, particularly around feminist issues, including reproductive rights and gender violence, and now currently serves on national leadership as a member of the Socialist Feminist WG steering committee. Formerly a Special Education teacher, Kara was an active member of her local teacher’s union, but then went on to work helping to elect leftist/socialist candidates to Congress.^[1]

Education

Studied Master of Special Education with a Specialization in Autism at UNLV
Studied Gender and Women's Studies at UNLV
Went to Seekonk High School

2024 committee

In early 2024, after more than a year and a half of dedicated service, Kristian Hernandez and Beth Huang are stepping down as DSA Growth and Development Committee Co-Chairs. We express our sincere gratitude for their contributions in fostering our organization’s growth.

We welcome Colleen Johnston (Denver) and Shane Katz (Baltimore) as the new Co-Chairs of the DSA GDC. Additionally, we are excited to introduce the new GDC Steering Committee of National Political Committee (NPC) members Alex Pellitteri (NYC), Frances Gill (Los Angeles), Sam Heft-Luthy (San Francisco), and Rashad X (Lakefront), as well as (non-NPC members) Michaela Brangan (River Valley), Sarah Callahan (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky), Beth Huang (Ithaca), Justin Charles (NYC), Alex Finch (Chicago), Kara Hall Zuniga (Las Vegas), Kristian Hernandez (North Texas), and Josh Rusinov (Northern NJ). Together, this team of committed individuals is poised to drive our growth initiatives forward.

The GDC is the primary internal organizing committee for DSA. We develop and implement strategies and programs to grow and sustain DSA, including recruitment and retention drives, surveys, leadership training, chapter mentorship and grants, and more.^[2]