The following is a tentative schedule for the 2022 YDSA Conference, April 1-3 in Chicago, IL. Please keep checking back for updates as the conference draws closer. All times are in Central Standard Time.
Friday April 1
6:00 PM – Registration and dinner
7:00 PM – Conference kickoff
7:30 – 9 PM – Plenary: The Struggle Continued: From YDSA to Lifelong Socialist Organizing
Saturday, April 2
9:00 AM – Registration and breakfast
10:00 AM – Welcome to YDSA Conference
10:30 AM – Plenary: Building Power at the Ballot Box and Beyond
12:00 PM – Lunch
1:00 PM – Speaker: Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
1:30 PM – Workshop Block #1
- Winning at the Ballot Box (Electoral Track)
- Logistics Organizing 101: The Fight to Organize Amazon (Labor Track)
- Launching a Strategic Campaign (Campaign Track)
- Building Your Chapter (Chapter Support Track)
- Digital Organizing Tools
- Political Writing/The Activist
3:00 PM – Break
3:15 PM – Workshop Block #2
- Actions Beyond Voting (Electoral Track)
- Campus Labor Organizing (Labor Track)
- Identifying a Target and Power Mapping (Campaign Track)
- Retaining Membership and Fostering Healthy Organizing Spaces (Chapter Support Track)
- Combating Climate Change and Coalition Building
- Organizing the Organized: Cross-Chapter Organizing
4:45 PM – Closing
5:15 PM – Dinner and social
6:00 PM – Self-organized breakouts
7:00 PM – Self-organized breakouts
Sunday, April 3
9:00 AM – Breakfast
10:00 AM – Welcome
10:30 AM – Plenary: Socialists at Work: YDSA and the Labor Movement
12:15 PM – Lunch and breakouts
1:00 PM – Speaker: Dennis Kosuth
1:30 PM – Workshop Block #3
- Publicity Towards Victory (Electoral Track)
- How to Run a Labor Solidarity Campaign (Labor Track)
- Creating and Implementing a Campaign Plan (Campaign)
- 1:1 Mentorship: Developing Socialist Leaders (Chapter Support Track)
- Mutual Aid through a Socialist Lens
3:00 PM – Closing: Solidarity Forever!