Schedule | 2022 YDSA Conference – Solidarity Forever

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!