Bitta Sharma
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Statement on Anti Blackness in the DSA
Statement on Anti Blackness in the DSA was released in February 2021:
We as the AfroSocialist and Socialists of Color Caucus stand in solidarity with the Black woman in DSA North Texas who was wrongfully suspended by DSA North Texas Co-chairs. This action by the DSA North Texas Co-chairs is racist and in particular anti-Black. This is not an isolated incident of racism but represents a pattern of anti-black and white supremacist actions within DSA which must be acknowledged, held accountable and systematically rooted out. There is a pattern of anti-black behavior that stems from the founding of DSA North Texas that has led to each generation of Co-chairs either perpetuating or being complicit in anti-black racism.
Signatories included Bitta Sharma Los Angeles Democratic Socialists of America .[1]
Neighborhood councils
Help DSA Elect More Socialists to LA’s 99 Neighborhood Councils! - Los Angeles has a system of 99 neighborhood councils comprised of unpaid volunteer elected officials who represent their neighborhoods to the city council.
In 2021 the Democratic Socialists of America members listed below are running for neighborhood council seats on slates across LA and have pledged to fight for our democratically-decided socialist values.
Mar Vista
- Robin Doyno (At Large)
- Derl Claussen (At Large)
- Bitta Sharma (At Large)
- Mary Beth “M.B.” Blakey (At Large)
- Lisabeth Ryder (At Large)
- Francisco Espinosa (At Large)
- Greg Bartlett (At Large)
- Harrison Hopkins (Zone 2)
- Andrew Swindell (Zone 3)
- Ben Warga (Zone 5)
- Faith Myhra (Zone 7)