QUILT (Queers United in Liberating Tennessee)
Gender and sexual minorities in Tennessee face intense repression, from drag bans and bathroom bills to employment discrimination and restrictions on access life-saving healthcare. QUILT fights for the dignity and liberation of queer and trans Tennesseans through political education on socialist feminism and queer theory, compiling resources like the Lavender Pages, agitating for queer liberation and raising funds to eliminate medical debt.
Learn moreMutual Aid Working Group (MAWG)
Mutual aid is not charity, rather, it’s a participatory process where communities support themselves through directly providing necessary resources and other forms of aid such as skill sharing and community. MAWG practices mutual aid by serving Middle Tennessee’s unhoused community in weekly supply distros in East Nashville and Antioch, holds public events to benefit the community like bench builds to improve Nashville’s inadequate bus stops, and brings the social to socialism by hosting fun events to build solidarity among comrades.
Immigrant Rights Working Group (IRWG)
In this time of violent immigration crackdowns with the imperial boomerang returning to hand, socialists must stand with our fellow workers and against the state’s new secret police force. Having recently participated in the successful national boycott of Avelo Airlines leading to the company dropping ICE deportation flights, the Immigrant Rights Working Group is currently incubating future projects.
Legislative and Electoral Working Group (LEWG)
The age of sewer socialists and socialist representatives in congress has returned. The legislative and electoral working group participates in council watching and agitation, compiles resources like voter guides to help socialists evaluate how well candidates align with Middle Tennessee DSA’s political priorities like Medicare for All and expanded labor rights, and acts as a liaison with DSA endorsed candidates and socialists in office.