National Political Education Committee
National Political Education Committee (pronounced N-Peck) was created by Democratic Socialists of America to help chapters develop the lesson plans, curriculum, and the facilitation skills needed to implement a long term political education program locally. Political education should be accessible by all chapters to develop members into socialist and organizers that can easily articulate our demands and explain tenants of socialism that are needed to build and maintain a mass and diverse working-class movement.
The passing of Resolution #33, titled “Invest in Political Education” and the difficulties of locals listed above led the NPC to create the National Political Education Committee in October 2019. A search for initial members soon went out and NPEC holding its first meeting in early 2020 and setting out on a 2-year plan to develop and improve political education in DSA.
Leaders
2024 members:
- Bill Barclay he/him Ventura County
- Matthew Strupp he/him Madison Area
- Carrington Morris she/her NYC Chapter Liaison
- Jerry Harris he/him Chicago
- David Kotz he/him River Valley (Western Massachusetts)
- Molly Culhane she/her At-Large
- Guy Brown he/him Charlotte Metro SC
- Evan Moravansky he/him Mid-Hudson Valley Chair, SC
- Mie Inouye she/her Mid-Hudson Valley
- Sally Hayati Los Angeles
- Mark Schaeffer he/him Capital District (Albany NY)
- Terry Epperson he/him Portland (Oregon)
- Edward Henry he/him Boston
- Todd Blanchette he/him Maine
- Kevin Blair he/him Northwest Ohio
- Luke Pickrell he/him East Bay
- Caio Fernandes Barbosa he/him St. Louis
- Eric Hardman they/she Orlando
- Whitney Russell she/her Stanislaus
- Gray Maddrey he/him Charlotte Metro
- Emma Frye she/her Northeast Tennessee
- Yash Khaleque he/him North Texas
- Steven De Castro he/him NYC
- Sarah Callahan she/her Metro Cincinnati & N. KY SC
- Madhulika Singh he/they Metro Cincinnati & N. KY
- Greg Z Fort Collins
- Elton LK he/him Boise Class Podcast Producer
- Brandon Locke he/him Seattle Curriculum Website Manager
- Kristin Schall NPC liaison
- Ahmed Husain NPC liaison
- Megan Romer NPC liaison
- Rose DuBois NPC liaison[1]
NPEC is headed by a 31 person committee and the current National Political Education Committee 2022 members are:
- Alexander Gallus (he/him, Santa Cruz)
- Alexander Gorman (he/they, Pittsburgh)
- Andy Paul (he/him, Asheville)
- Apryl Hill (she/her, At-large)
- Brandon Locke (he/him, Seattle)
- Britte Rasmussen Marsh (she/her, Portland)
- Coleman Lukas (he/him, Metro DC)
- Daphna Thier (she/her, NYC)
- David Kotz (he/him, Pioneer Valley and International Committee)
- Emiliano Vera (they/them, Western Illinois)
- Emmaline Bennett (she/her, YDSA NPEC)
- Griffin Mahon (he/him, Charlottesville)
- Guy Brown (he/him, Charlotte Metro)
- JJ Wett (he/him, Northern Illinois)
- Jennifer Bolen (she/her, San Francisco NPC)
- Josh Kuh (he/him, YDSA NPEC)
- Kimberly Walls (she/her, Delaware)
- Marian Jones (she/her, NYC)
- Marianela D'Aprile (she/her, Chicago NPC)
- Melanie Turner-Harper (she/her, At-large)
- Michaela Brangan (she/her, Pioneer Valley)
- Michelle Antoinette Boley (she/her, LA)
- Mina Shedd (she/her, Middle TN)
- Riley Woodward-Pratt (he/him, Olympia)
- Ronnie Almonte (he/him, NYC Labor, DSLC, AFROSOC)
- Robert Moreno (he/him, Charlottesville)
- Sanjiv Gupta (he/him, Pioneer Valley, AFROSOC)
- Simon J. (they/them, BDS & Palestine Solidarity WG)
- Terry Epperson (he/him, Portland)
- Bill Barclay (he/him, Ventura)
- William Johnson (he/him, Omaha)
Circa 2020 members;
- Jennifer Bolen (NPC), San Franciso
- Raya Bay, Metro Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
- Guy Brown, Charlotte Metro
- Ramsin Canon, Chicago
- Sarah Cate, St. Louis
- Marianela D'Aprile (NPC), Chicago
- Tiberius Gracchus, North Bay
- Sanjiv Gupta, Pioneer Valley
- Apryl Hill, North Texas
- William Johnson, Omaha
- Griffin Mahon, Charlottesville/UVA YDSA
- Mina Shedd, Middle Tennessee
- Daphna Thier, Central Brooklyn of NYC
- Riley Woodward-Pratt, Olympia
- Miah VanderWerf, St. Cloud OC[2]