DSA’s primary political leadership is the National Political Committee (NPC), a sixteen-person body which functions as the board of directors of DSA and is elected every two years by the delegates to DSA’s National Convention. Every DSA chapter is entitled to send a certain number of delegates to the National Convention, based upon the chapter’s size. There are also “at-large” delegates to represent areas where there are no active chapters.
The DSA Constitution:
requires that eight slots of the NPC be reserved for women, and that at least five of the NPC slots be reserved for people of color.
gives the NPC the power to charter DSA locals and commissions, as well as DSA’s Youth Section.
The NPC:
guides and leads the implementation of DSA’s major political and organizational goals, which are broadly defined every two years by the delegates to the National Convention
gives instructions to the national staff about how to carry forward DSA’s day-to-day work.
creates task forces and committees to guide particular areas of DSA’s political work.
conducts long weekend meetings four times each year.
elects five of its members to serve on the Steering Committee (SC). The SC can be emailed at sc(at)dsausa.org.
National Political Committee Members, 2017-2019
Contact the NPC at: npc(at)dsausa.org
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