Happenings
‘Campus, not prison’: FAU students protest ICE collaboration on campus -.After the FAU Police Department signed onto the ICE 287(g) immigration enforcement program in July, students protested against the university’s involvement for the second time. School officials said the move was not voluntary but a directive from the Florida governor.
Watch TikTok Video of Protest
Chapter Updates
Steering Committee Announcement
Caitlynne P. was elected as secretary with 16 out of 30 votes.
Statement:
“I’m running for secretary because I believe our steering committee needs leaders who are both deeply rooted in our community and ready to fight. I live and organize here because my child is in our local schools, my job is in our local economy, and as a head of household I feel the daily squeeze of capitalism while raising the next generation. That lived experience grounds me in the struggles working families across Palm Beach and the Treasure Coast are facing.
I bring both continuity and experience — I’ve served on steering before, and I’ve spent a lifetime organizing across different movements. I also bring strong ties with aligned local organizations that can strengthen our chapter’s reach and impact. As chair of the Membership Committee, I know how critical it is that our steering work translates into real chapter growth and member retention. We can’t afford to lose people to burnout or disconnection; we need to activate working families and single parents around the fights that show how fascism is destroying our lives — and build collective power to win.
I want to serve as secretary not just to take minutes and ensure documentation is in compliance with the state and larger organization, but to help steer our chapter toward being a force that’s both rooted in our communities and fearless in struggle.”
-Caitlynne P.
Proposed Campaign: Palm Beach People’s Heath and Justice Platform
Why Palm Beach?
Palm Beach County sits at the frontline of climate collapse and economic inequality. Billionaire wealth exists alongside food deserts and unsafe working conditions. Rising heat, fragile infrastructure, and privatized health systems threaten the lives of working people.
Our campaign treats public health, mobility, and food not as charity, but as public goods and a site of power-building. By organizing around material needs (shade, food, and safe transit) we build a movement for justice and democracy that connects Palm Beach to global struggles against climate apartheid and extractive capitalism.
This platform is aligned with DSA’s Building for Power (B4P) framework and the vision of Progressive International. It is currently pending approval scheduled for the next general meeting. Contact Priscilla Otero Guerra more details.
Donations
Our donation page is now live! If you can, please support us with a one-time or monthly donation.
https://palmbeachdsa.org/donations/
Upcoming Events
🌹 General Meeting 9/13 Saturday, 12:30 p.m.
823 N A St, Lake Worth Beach, FL 33460
🎨 🖌 Logo Design Contest
We’re looking for a new chapter logo that reflects our values, energy, and identity as the Palm Beach County chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. This logo will be used on social media, t-shirts, banners, flyers, and more, so we want it to be flexible, striking, and proudly socialist.
Whether you’re a seasoned designer or a creative comrade with a vision, we want to see your take!
NOTE: We voted to extend the deadline at the last meeting for submissions. There is a potential name change to Chapter as well that will affect design submissions. More info to come after next meeting.
Submission Deadline: Sep. 13, Please send submissions to info@palmbeachdsa.org with the subject line “Logo Design Submission”.
🤝 🌹 Membership Committee
We’re building a socialist base in Palm Beach County—and we want you to be part of it. Join our Membership Committee to make membership work a sustained and strategic part of our chapter’s core activity. This includes:
- Onboarding and welcoming new members with intention and care
- Growing and sustaining our base through outreach and engagement
- Building a culture of belonging, accessibility, and political community
- Strengthening the infrastructure that keeps people connected and coming back
We know that a strong socialist movement starts with strong relationships—and that begins with how we bring people in and keep them engaged.
Whether you’re a longtime member or newly joined, this is a chance to give feedback, share your vision, and help shape how our chapter lives its values.
Let’s make our chapter a political home for everyone who wants to build power together. Please attend a general meeting or contact the steering committee for more details.
📚 🧠 Reading Group
The next meeting is next week. We are reading:
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence:
A People’s History of Fake News, by Roberto Sirvent and Danny Haiphong.
Wednesday, September 17, 7 pm: Chapters 12-21 and afterword
We will hold the vote for our next reading on the server.
All meetings are on the PB DSA Reading Group Discord Server. Ask Hazel F. or Rogelio P. for details.
PBC Action Social Post-Event Roundup
Sign up for regular updates here.
Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement of any group of any other group, and are listed roughly the order they were discussed.
It seems like support for the homeless in PBC has taken a turn for the worse. Various groups below supporting food shares are requesting volunteers. If your group wants to dedicate a day a month to feeding the homeless, please get in touch here.
Social justice group in Florida that aims to end government corruption and enact progressive change, by means of direct action, education, and mobilization of the Florida masses. 🐊
Ask: We’re going to be starting a new campaign against Krome, sign up here for updates. Locally to PBC, raising awareness about the defunding of Tri-Rail and the use of Flock for warrantless mass surveillance.
Contact: resistance@floridavalkyries.com
Ask: looking for volunteers for art flash mob style protest, voter registration training, and voter registration, and come to the Labor Day protest in Palm Beach Gardens.
Contact: pbindivisibles@gmail.com
Follow our actions by heading to indivisiblebocaraton.org. It links to all our socials. We are building a media team. If you have created digital content or art, done video editing, or composed music, send a few examples to media@indivisiblebocaraton.org. Join our on-the ground-work against Fascism, ICE, GEO Group, and wealth inequality. Help us keep pressure on power in Boca Raton.
Contact: media@indivisiblebocaraton.org, volunteer@indivisiblebocaraton.org, indivisiblebocaraton.org
Ask: Looking for more volunteers to serve food to the homeless in Lake Worth Beach (see calendar for date and location and join the chat)
Email: info@palmbeachdsa.org
Ask: Action helping Haitian Immigrants in South Florida, connect via instagram or email.
Contact: pslmiami@protonmail.com
Ask: Come to our next meeting, and the ICE Off campus protest at FAU
Contact: southpbcindivisible@gmail.com
Palm Beach Indivisible Immigration Coalition
Ask: Working on immigration issues? Contact any of the PBC Indivisibles to get connected
General Strike US – Florida Chapter
Ask: Join a decentralized network focused on mutual aid and mobilizing 3.5% of the US to strike! Join the fight and sign the strike card.
College Democrats at Florida Atlantic
ASK: Come to the ICE off campus protest at FAU (we are basically organizing it). Also hosting a protest deescalation training + sign making workshop on Thursday.
FAU student / alumni? Join our WhatsApp.
Ask: FAU student / alumni? Join Solidarity FAU to work on projects such as community garden, study groups, and more.
Ask: Volunteers to serve food to homeless neighbors in WPB
Various FAU community Members
Readers Roundtable – A reading group for radical growth. First book: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.
Announcements
Palestine Solidarity
The Internationalist Law Center is suing Palm Beach County for its illegal investment in Israel bonds to fund genocide of Palestinians. While the campaign was on break for summer, the law center is holding a training for folks who are interested in supporting canvassing, fundraising, research, legal support and other tasks and working groups.
The training will be 9/13 1pm-4:30pm Location in Broward If you are interested in learning more or getting involved, feel free to DM Caitlynne on Discord or email the chapter at info@palmbeachdsa.org
If you can’t make this date but would like to be involved, please reach out nonetheless as makeup dates for training are being scheduled now.
More info on the campaign and organization below: https://www.internationalistlawcenter.org/ourtaxes-ourneeds-pbc
Message from Break the Bonds:
There is an important in-person training for the Palm Beach Israel bonds divestment campaign this Saturday, September 13th 1-4:30pm.
This session is designed for both current volunteers and anyone looking to get involved. We will:
- Provide the latest updates on the campaign’s progress.
- Conduct a training to give you a step-by-step approach for engaging with community members.
- Equip you with the practical skills needed for effective canvassing and phone banking.
We hope you can join us to help strengthen this effort. Please RSVP here by Thursday 11th https://bit.ly/913training to make sure we get enough food for the group
