Vicko Alvarez
Vicko Alvarez Vega is a Chicago activist. She is Director Of Communications at the Women's March Greater Chicago Area. She is a teaching artist and former union organizer. She serves as co-chair of the South Side branch of the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America and chief of staff to Chicago’s 33rd Ward Alderperson Rossana Rodriguez.[1]
Sprout Slate
As DSA members prepare for their bi-annual convention this summer, the Sprout Slate in Chicago has emerged as a prominent contender. The Sprout Slate consists of Chicago Democratic Socialists of America members running to represent the local at the 2021 DSA National Convention.
Sprout Slate is:Tamer Abouzeid, Vicko Alvarez, Mal Burns, Andrew Carr, Carlos Enriquez, Alex Finch, Barry Fontenot, Emily Hall, Bettina Johnson , Diego Morales, Jasson Perez, Soleil Smith, and Kathryn Zamarron.[2]
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 Vicko Alvarez Chicago Democratic Socialists of America.[3]
DSA comrades
Vicko Alvarez Vega July 29 2020.
CDSA members: I am once again asking for your vote but this time for Chicago Democratic Socialists of America Southside Steering Cmt 😬.
I am also going to take this opportunity to express a heavy bias for new AFROSOC members (but mad experienced organizers) Tlali Crys (Crystal) and Abdul-Aziz Hassan on the southside and Lucien Liz-Lepiorz, Oswaldo Gomez and Ken Perriwinkle on the northside. [[Category:Chicago Democratic Socialists of America]
USAS 2011-2012 School Year
United Students Against Sweatshops National Organizers
- Vicko Alvarez, University of Chicago ’10
- Teresa Cheng, University of Southern California ’09
- George Robertson, University of Washington Seattle ’09