Arrison Warner

Arrison Warner

Arrison J. Warner is a member of Portland Democratic Socialists of America

Open Letter from RWU to the President

In November 2022 Arrison Warner, Democratic Socialists of America, signed the Open Letter from RWU to the President .

For a Political, Prolific and Democratic DSA Editorial Board

In May 2023 Arrison Warner signed a resolution "For a Political, Prolific and Democratic DSA Editorial Board" as one of the MUG and R&R's Joint Resolutions for the 2023 DSA National Convention in August in Chicago.

2023 PDSA Convention Delegate Nomination List

Arrison Warner is a 2023 Portland Democratic Socialists of America delegate nominee for the biennial DSA national convention to be held in Chicago, Illinois August 4-6, 2023.

I look forward to advocating a position of the importance of elected leadership within the national organization. I am a member of OFP and Bread and Roses caucuses.

Organize for Power Slate

The Organize for Power Slate from a Google Doc shared on Twitter:

Greetings Comrades! My name is Arrison J. Warner and I use he/him pronouns. I am a life-long Portlander and I am a rank and file member of AFSCME Local 328 as an Office Specialist at OHSU’s Center for Women’s Health. I have been organizing with Portland DSA since 2020. I am active in the Medicare For All Campaign, the Labor Working Group and the Electoral Working Groups. I am also a member of the Bread and Roses caucus.

I am running for Secretary on the Steering Committee to support the movement-building work our chapter is already doing and build up the work we haven’t begun to do. My careers over the last half-decade have been in the Medical/Insurance worlds where I have spent much of my time doing the administrative-intensive work of summarizing medical records and even audio calls, which lends itself to the work of Secretary. Over my time in our chapter, I first became active during our excellent UPNOW campaign, and I cut my teeth text-banking for DSA 100k and phone-banking for the PRO ACT. I became one of the core organizers for our Medicare For All March and Rally last summer. Throughout my time in the chapter I have noticed something key: the chapter is at it’s best when we are working on mass movement campaigns, such as our strike solidarity with Nabisco/BCTGM, Kaiser/OHNP, Fred Meyer/UFCW and City Workers/DCTU; the ERA campaign, and EWG’s Field Team, just to name a few. I want our chapter to continue building on these projects to build a foundation on which to effectively respond to whatever 2022 throws our way.

I believe that DSA is an organization that can and will organize the multi-racial working class of this country and I believe that Portland DSA is a leader on many fronts in our National Organization. I know we are not there yet, but I know we will, and how we get there is building a chapter that focuses on our external projects, a chapter that promotes a culture of debate and dissent in a comradely way. A chapter that works because “every member is an organizer”, to steal a phrase from my union. Solidarity forever and I will leave you with this. My go to Karaoke songs are “Common People” by Pulp and “Life During Wartime” by Talking Heads.