How can I get involved?
- Sign up to volunteer for our annual Winter Clothing Drive!
- Donate here to purchase supplies like hand warmers, socks, masks, and more for the drive.
- Learn about Green Social Housing!
- Get organized with Housing Justice League’s Eviction Defense Manual and the Georgia Tenant-Landlord Handbook
- Join Atlanta DSA!
Donate to Our Annual Winter Drive!
Have winter clothing to spare? Donate to our annual winter clothing drive to support unhoused Atlantans! We’re colleting warm clothes and other items to distribute downtown at Hurt Park. Items needed include: Jackets, Coats, Blankets, Socks, Undergarments, Shoes, PPE (Masks, Hand Sanitizer, Gloves), Hygiene Products (Soap, Tampons, Sanitary Napkins, Toothpaste, Tooth Brushes, Deodorant, Wipes, etc.)
Bring your donation to our office at 711 Catherine St SW, the next time you attend a DSA meeting, or to one of the drop boxes below (more TBD!):
- Taqueria Tsunami – 915 Memorial Dr SEhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/1hXWwxH8XWVa9ot69
- GLAHR Office – 5115 new Peachtree Road
- AFSC Office – 711 Catherine St. SW
- GSU Downtown Student Center West – 66 Courtland Street, Suite 270
- Georgia Tech, Smithgall Building, 1st floor – 353 Ferst Dr NW
- GSU Dunwoody, Building A – 2101 Womack Rd Dunwoody, GA 30338
- Dr. Nos Comics and Games – 3372 Canton Rd #104, Marietta, GA 30066
Green New Housing!
Instead of giving tax breaks to millionaire for-profit developers, Atlanta should invest in working class communities! Invest the city budget into affordable housing owned collectively by tenants, not landlords. City Council should make a Social Housing Fund dedicated to community land trusts, where property is controlled by democratic organizations of residents. Create green union jobs to fight climate change by building high-density housing. Instead of giving tax breaks to millionaires, Atlanta should invest in working-class communities!
Homes, Not Handcuffs!
Housing is a human right! Yet, over 3,000 Atlantans are unhoused. Our City leaders criminalize homelessness through violent police sweeps, anti-loitering laws, and dozens of other barriers. It is antithetical to “public safety” to brutally arrest people for not having a home, to chase people from their beds and destroy their belongings. Instead, the City should provide housing and support to houseless Atlantans. The City of Austin, Texas converted hotels into free unconditional housing for the houseless: Atlanta can do this too!
Get Involved!
The Atlanta Democratic Socialists of America (ATL DSA) is one chapter of the largest socialist organization in the United States, with over 1,000 members. We believe that working people should run both the economy and society democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few. Join DSA and organize with us!