Members of Seattle DSA recently voted to adopt a model of priority campaigns in 2022-23. (Full text of the resolution below). The rationale for this approach is that when we focus our collective labor and resources on a few key campaigns, we have a better chance of achieving meaningful victories to advance our socialist agenda than when we take a more hands-off approach in which there are no democratically chosen priorities.
We have occasionally voted on priorities as a chapter and while allocating money to these projects through a resolution has been effective, getting our most important collective resource focused on these campaigns – our members’ time and energy – has proved much more difficult. This Priority Pledge is part of an attempt to address this.
By filling out the Priority Pledge, you are committing to contribute to the democratically selected priority campaigns four times in the coming year. The Local Council will work with the organizers of priority campaigns to ensure that there are lots of ways to contribute to these campaigns so that all of our members can contribute meaningfully!
Full text of Priority Campaign resolution:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T1OyhWHZiyTbu57m1YCMFm2KsrO7hfKTzvoCp-yX1KA/