Labiba Chowdhury
Labiba Chowdhury is a first generation Bangladeshi American studying applied math, computer science, and community change at City College. She is also a data scientist at a nonprofit and builds tools and fields data requests for housing justice organizers. As a member of the organizing committees for City College YDSA and NYC YDSA, she is excited to help create sustainable channels of communication between DSA branches and YDSA chapters and to build working class power through the YDSA priority campaigns: Bernie 2020, College for All, Green New Deal and Rank and File Strategy.[1]
City College of New York Steering committee member of NYC Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and organizing committee member of City College YDSA.
“Currently, I am the deputy campaign manager for Marcela Mitaynes, a DSA- and Working Families Party–endorsed candidate for State Assembly in New York. Most of my work is helping build a grassroots-funded campaign that centers empowering the working class of Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, and Red Hook. We are building our campaign so that people stay engaged and empowered beyond voting.”[2]
For a Political, Prolific and Democratic DSA Editorial Board
In May 2023 Labiba Chowdhury 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.
YDSA co-chair
In 2020/2021 Neah Havens and Labiba Chowdhury were Young Democratic Socialists of America NCC co-chairs.[3]
YDSA Bread & Roses
Oren Schweitzer July 14 2020·
Hey friends, as you probably know from my posts, I’m an organizer with YDSA. For our upcoming summer convention I’m proud to be supporting the Bread and Roses DSA resolutions and slate for national leadership! Big shoutout to everyone on the slate and I’m nothing but optimistic about the future of socialism!
Learn more at ydsa.breadandrosesdsa.org — with Cerena Ermitanio, Griffin Mahon, Dahlia Wilson, Nickan Fayyazi, Emmaline Bennett and Neah Havens Labiba Chowdhury .