Sumathy Kumar
Sumathy Kumar is a member of Democratic Socialists of America.
Before joining Housing Justice For All, Sumathy Kumar worked as a tenant organizer in Brooklyn. She is originally from New Rochelle, New York and has been organizing around housing issues for five years.[1]
Formalizing City Socialists Committee
Circa 2023.
Resolution Formalize the City Socialists in Office Committee.
Author(s): NYC-DSA Steering Committee
Cosponsors: Aaina Lakha (CBK), Eric Thor Queens, Jeremy Cohan (NBK), Christie Offenbacher (CBK), Zack Jones (Lowman), Kay Gabriel (NBK), Sander Mann (CBK), Josh Kraushaar Queens, Alex Hastings (Labor Branch), Daniel Valdes – LoMan, Rachel Himes (CBK), Maggie Oczkowski – Queens, Allegra Rosenbaum, Claire Valdez (NBK), Devin McManus (CBK), Greg Gabrellas, Nadia Schwartz Tykulsker (SBK), Susan Kang (Queens ), Sumathy Kumar CBK, Jared Lindauer, Jonah Birch (CBK), Lichi D'Amelio (CBK), Gustavo Gordillo (CBK), Ciaran Finlayson (CBK), Daniel Lynch (Queens), Daniel Cheng (LowMan), Karen Narefsky CBK, Ethan Heitner, Rael Almonte (B/UM), Tim Chu – Queens, Cea Weaver CBK , Sergio Davila Lower Manhattan, Asher Ross (SBK), Nina Svirsky CBK/Flatbush, Tascha Van Auken SBK, Chi Anunwa (SBK), Carrington Morris (NBK), Sam L (CBK), Kaarthika Thakkker Queens, Sarah Brady – Queens, Heather Newman (Queens), Daniel Goulden CBK, Lazar Bloch (LowMan), Laura Bartkowiak (CBK), Nadia Schwartz Tykulsker, Grace Mausser (CBK), Nathan Albert CBK, Alexander McCoy (B/UM), Nicole Murray CBK, Brian Kepple (SBK), Wen Z (CBK), Josh Feintuch CBK , Stylianos Karolidis (Queens), Andrea Guinn (Queens), Steve Fox (NBK), Abhiyant Singh (CBK) , Aaron Narraph Fernando (Queens), Paul Horowitz (South Brooklyn), Elle BC (Queens), Bright D. Limm 임대중, Estafania Galvis (Tefa) CBK, Zohran Mamdani (Queens), Jabari Brisport (CBK), Emmitt Mendoza-Gaspar (South Brooklyn), Jazz Hooks (Bronx/Upper Manhattan ), Winifred Marion (LowMan/YDSA), Jamilah Elder – Queens Branch, Ronit Kory (CBK), Aaron Hill – NBK, David Turner (Central Brooklyn ), Miranda Kalish (B/UM), Jagpreet Singh (Queens), Alicia T. Singham Goodwin – BUM, Michael Whitesides CBK.[2]
NYC-DSA
In 2020 Sumathy Kumar, was Co-chair of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America Steering Committee.
Sumathy Kumar has been organizing in New York City since 2014. She is a housing organizer and joined DSA in 2018. Before becoming co-chair she was on the organizing committees for the Afrosocialist and Socialists of Color Caucus and the Central Brooklyn Branch. [3]
DSA
Sumathy Kumar attended the New York Democratic Socialists of America conference at Manhattan’s Judson Memorial Church June 2019.[4]
Socialists of Color
DSA AfroSocialist and Socialists of Color Caucus February 22 2019:
Work hard, play hard! NYC members laughed their butts off at DRUNK BLACK HISTORY tonight. — with Khalil Sulker, Jonathan Bailey, Jabari Brisport and Sumathy Kumar at The Creek and The Cave.
National Gathering
The DSA AfroSocialist and Socialists of Color Caucus National Gathering Planning Committee proposed a National gathering to take place June 7th-9th, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana at Loyola University.
The tentative planning committee was Bianca Cunningham NYC-DSA, Alyssa Pariah Portland-DSA, Kristian Hernandez NTX-DSA, Suzanne-Juliette Mobley New Orleans, Sumathy Kumar NYC-DSA, Maikiko JamesLA-DSA, Beth Huang -Boston-DSA, Marian Jones-NYC-DSA, Ashley Payne East Bay-DSA, Sasha Hammad-DSA national staff.[5]