Becca Tasker
Becca Tasker is Communications Coordinator Pittsburgh Democratic Socialists of America.[1]
2019 Steering Committee
- Pittsburgh DSA is funded and run by our members. Our chapter structure consists of an elected Coordinating Committee made up of four elected officers and seven at-large members, in addition to numerous committees and working groups focused on internal and external projects.
COORDINATING COMMITTEE:
- Becca Tasker, Communications Coordinator
- Lindsey Disler, Membership Coordinator
- Emma Lefavor, Secretary
- Owen Kahn, Treasurer
- Jason Bolton, Member At-Large
- Angela Flowers, Member At-Large
- David Greve, Member At-Large
- Kareem Kandil, Member At-Large
- Stefan Sidelnick, Member At-Large
- Carl Redwood, Member At-Large
DSA training
Anna Bonomo December 10, 2018 ·
Feeling inspired after a great organizing training with some incredible DSA leaders from Ohio, Michigan, PA and West Virginia. Socialism is coming to the Rust Belt thanks to these chapters, and I'm more confident than ever that we're going to win!
Big thanks to Columbus DSA for hosting us!!
Everybody tag yourselves! — with Maria Svart, Lindsey Disler, Joel McCarthy, Vince Tafolla, Simon Nathaniel Powell, G.L. Johnson, Becca Tasker, David Greve, Frances Gill, Jay Ting Walker and Kaitlin Marone.
"Wholesome Meme Stash"
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America Wholesome Meme Stash closed Facebook group, accessed November 14, 2017 included Becca Tasker.[2]
Pitt Progressives
Becca Tasker, a junior majoring in anthropology, first started researching civil rights in middle school.
She had learned about the murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy who was lynched in 1955 after being falsely accused of flirting with a white woman.
“I was always into history, and I started learning about the formation and fight for civil rights in the U.S.,” she said. “My parents encouraged my curiosity by buying me books when they could, and taking me to the library.”
So on a chilly Wednesday night in March, Tasker taught four students gathered in room 227 of the Cathedral of Learning about civil rights and liberties when protesting. The event, called “Know Your Rights!” was part of a weekly meeting for Pitt Progressives, a new Pitt club focused on getting left-leaning students on campus engaged in the community.
Tasker, the social media coordinator for Pitt Progressives, covered the legal limits for American protesters, photographers and detainees. She instructed her audience on exercising their First, Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights without going too far and risking arrest or injury at the hands of the police.[3]