Renee Paradis
Renee Paradis lives in Oakland, where she serves on the East Bay DSA Steering Committee and is co-chair of CA-DSA, the statewide federation of DSA chapters. Before moving back to her native Northern California in late 2019, she was heavily involved in NYC-DSA’s electoral work, where she provided legal representation to candidates like Julia Salazar, Tiffany Caban, AOC, and Bernie Sanders. A member of DSA since early 2017, she continues to be involved in local, state, and national electoral organizing and in responses to the overturning of Roe.[1]
She is an elections attorney living in Oakland, California, where she works as Associate General Counsel for the Working Families Party. She is currently serving as a member of DSA’s National Political Committee, the organization’s elected leadership body. A DSA member since 2017, she was a founding leader of the Socialist Majority Caucus. She also helped build and launch CA-DSA and served as one of its inaugural co-chairs. She has provided legal counsel for numerous progressive and socialist campaigns and candidates, including the Bernie 2016 primary campaign, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and most recently Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush, as well as Listen to Michigan, the political committee behind the Michigan “Uncommitted” campaign, and for Democratic general election candidates such as Barack Obama and Harry Reid.[2]
Marx over MAGA
Renee Paradis Socialist Majority, Jayanni Webster North Star Socialist Organization, Bennett Carpenter Liberation Road, Kristian Hernandez.
DSA at Socialism Conference 2024
Sessions featuring DSA members:
A New Red Scare?
Sunday September 1, 2024 12:00pm – 1:30pm CDT
Our comrades protesting the genocide in Gaza are being arrested on campus and in the streets. Liberals abandon liberalism; conservatives celebrate brutality. We feel on the edge of something like McCarthyism, if not fascism. What can we learn from past red scares? How do socialists recognize and resist repression now? What should we do that we didn’t, or couldn’t, before?
Featuring Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez (Chicago DSA, Chicago City Council), Jerry Harris (Chicago DSA, DSA National Political Education Committee), Renee Paradis (East Bay DSA, DSA National Political Committee), Andrew Basta (Lower Hudson Valley DSA, DSA International Committee), Ashik Siddique .[3]
2023/25 NPC
Ahmed Husain, Alex Pellitteri, Amy Wilhelm, Ashik Siddique, Cara Tobe, Colleen Johnston, Frances Gill, John Lewis, Kristin Schall, Laura Wadlin, Luisa Martinez, Megan Romer, Rashad X, Renee Paradis, Rose DuBois, Sam Heft-Luthy.
DSA Socialist Majority
In 2023 Rael Almonte Reyes stood as a Socialist Majority slate candidate for Democratic Socialists of America NPC together with Colleen Johnson, Melina Herrera, Sarah Callahan, Grace Mausser and Renee Paradis.
Renée (she/her) joined NYC-DSA in early 2017 and helped build NYC-DSA’s successful electoral program. She moved back to her native northern California in late 2019 and has been an Oakland resident and a member of East Bay DSA since then. She’s served in multiple leadership roles in both chapters and on the national level, as a member of NYC-DSA’s Citywide Leadership Committee and East Bay DSA’s Steering Committee, as a past chair of DSA's National Electoral Committee, as a member of the national Protect Abortion working group, the Voting Rights Committee, the 2020 Bernie planning and campaign committees, and convention committees, including the Resolutions and Platform Committee in 2021, where she played a key role in drafting DSA’s national platform. She also helped build and launch CA-DSA and served as one of its inaugural cochairs. A civil rights and election lawyer, she’s also provided legal services for DSA-endorsed candidates like [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Julia Salazar, India Walton, and Bernie Sanders. [4]
DSA Members Organizing Against Trump
DSA Members Organizing Against Trump was a letter released early October 2010 to shore up Democratic Socialists of America support for Joe Biden.
Signatories included Renee Paradis, East Bay Democratic Socialists of America.
Socialist Majority slate
New York City Democratic Socialists of America 2019 Socialist Majority slate for DSA national convention delegates.
A. Sen, Aaron Taube, Abdullah Younus, Abi Hassen, Adam E. Leeds, Andrea Guinn, Bianca Cunningham, Bruce Griffiths Cea Weaver, Charles Lenchner, Daniel Cheng, Daniel Lynch, Danya Lagos, Devin McManus, Emma Caterine, Frank Llewellyn, Itzhak Epstein, Jacob Appel, Jad Joseph, James O., Joe Demanuelle-Hall, John Schneider, Julian Graham, Jared Watson, Jasmin Oppenheimer, Jenny Zhang, Kevin Bohlmann, Leanna Ballester, Maia Rosenberg, Matthew Bond, Matthew Thomas, Michael Cavadias, Michael Kinnucan, Miriam Bensman, Nate Treadwell, Noah Weston, Osman Chaudhary, Paul Swartz, Phillip Henken, Renee Greene Levitt, Renee Paradis, Sam Lewis, Stephen Maples, Susan Kang, Tyler Curtis, Tiffany Gong.
Socialist Majority Caucus
DSA's Socialist Majority Caucus signatories list as of April 25 2019 included Renee Paradis of New York City Democratic Socialists of America.
NYC DSA Car Caucus
New York City Democratic Socialists of America DSA Car Caucus closed Facebook group, as of October 26, 2017.[5]
Admin
New York DSA Facebook group
Members of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America Public Facebook Group, as of July 20, 2017 included Renee Paradis.[6]
"Wholesome Meme Stash"
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America Wholesome Meme Stash closed Facebook group, accessed November 14, 2017 included Renee Paradis.[7]
Democratic Socialists Swag Swap
Members of Democratic Socialists of America's Democratic Socialists Swag Swap closed Facebook group, accessed November 9, 2017 include Renee Paradis .[8]
Democratic Socialists of America Electoral Committee
In March 2018 Renee Paradis was involved with the Democratic Socialists of America Electoral Committee.
2018 DSA NEC members
New National Electoral Committee Members, as of May 18, 2018 are Abdullah Younus NYC, Adam Parsons Columbus, AJ Reed Quad Cities, Alex Nagle Philadelphia, Allie Cohn Knoxville, Austin Binns Philadelphia, Christine Riddiough Metro DC, Christian Bowe Lansing, David Greve Pittsburgh, Dele Balogun Chicago, Devin McManus NYC, Felicia Hamilton Boulder, Jason Clayton Metro DC, Jessica M. Culbertson Akron, Katrina Bergstrom Los Angeles, Keaton Slansky Seattle, Lucas Perez-Leahy Omaha, Mark Masaoka Los Angeles, Peter Simon Denver, Rachel Reyes Los Angeles, Renee Paradis NYC, Sarah Ganong Central Connecticut, Spencer Chan Chicago, Tascha Van Auken NYC, Yesenia Padilla San Diego.