Theresa Alt
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Theresa F. Alt is an Ithaca activist.
DSA Feminist Commission
In 1985[1] and 1986,[2] Theresa Alt of New York was listed as a member of the Feminist Commission of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Democratic Socialists of America
In 1986, Theresa Alt was Chair of Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America.[3]
In 1994 Joseph Schwartz and Theresa Alt of Ithaca, New York were members of the Democratic Socialists of America Steering Committee.[4]
Alt, of the Ithaca, NY DSA, was elected to the Democratic Socialists of America National Political Committee, at the November 1997 DSA National Convention in Columbus Ohio.[5]
Running for office
In 1995 DSAer Theresa Alt ran for pubile office; she sought a seat on the Common Council from the Fourth Ward (central Collegetown).[6]
DSA 1997-1999 leadership
DSA National Political Committee elected at the Columbus, Ohio, 1997 National Convention.[7]
- Theresa Alt, Ithaca, NY
- Ron Aronson, Huntington Woods, Mi
- Marsha Borenstein, Brooklyn, NY
- Lynn Chancer, New York, NY
- Rachel Dewey, Princeton, NJ
- Bill Dixon, Chicago, IL
- Barb Ferrill, Denver, CO
- Julia Fitzgerald, Brooklyn, NY
- Virginia Franco, San Diego, CA
- Karen Gibson, Rochester, NY
- Jeff Gold , New York, NY
- Michael Heffron, Chicago, IL
- David Knuttunen, Belmont, MA
- Daraka Larimore-Hall, Chicago, IL
- Michael Lighty, San Francisco, CA
- Frank Llewellyn, Brooklyn, NY
- Bill McIver, Boulder, CO
- Tim Parks, Los Angeles, CA
- Katie Romich, Chicago, IL
- Joseph Schwartz, Ithaca, NY & Philadelphia, PA
- Raybblin Vargas, Chicago, New York, NY
- Eric Vega, Sacramento, CA
- Juanita Webster, New York, NY
Youth Section Representatives:
- Oscar Owens, Brooklyn, NY
- Jessica Shearer, Bryn Mawr, PA
DSA’s Cuba Letter
Alt signed an April 2003 Statement on Cuba, initiated and circulated[8] by prominent Democratic Socialists of America member Leo Casey, calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba.
- "a statement circulating among democratic left/socialist folks, largely by members of Democratic Socialists of America, condemning the recent trials and convictions of non-violent dissenters in Cuba".
The petition criticized Cuba's poor human rights record, but shared the blame for Cuba's problems with reactionary elements of the U.S. administration...
- The democratic left worldwide has opposed the U.S. embargo on Cuba as counterproductive, more harmful to the interests of the Cuban people than helpful to political democratization. The Cuban state's current repression of political dissidents amounts to collaboration with the most reactionary elements of the U.S. administration in their efforts to maintain sanctions and to institute even more punitive measures against Cuba.
Many of the petition's 120 odd signatories were known members of DSA.
"Ithaca DSA Presents"
In 2004 Theresa Alt and Wayles Browne interviewed participants at a festival celebrating peace activism at Cornell for the community access cable television show Ithaca DSA Presents.[9]
Open Letter to Obama on Iran
In 2008 Theresa Alt of Democratic Socialists of America, Ithaca, NY signed an online petition “A Open Letter to Barack Obama on Iran”.[10]
DSA Renegotiate NAFTA petition
In 2009 Theresa Alt, Democratic Socialists of America, signed a petion calling on President Barack Obama to Renegotiate NAFTA. The petition was initiated and circulated by Democratic Socialists of America.[11]
In These Times
As of 2009 Theresa Alt was a member of the Publishing Consortium of Chicago based socialist journal In These Times.[12]
DSA contact
In 2009 Theresa Alt was Ithaca contact for Democratic Socialists of America[13].
DSA NPC member
At the Democratic Socialists of America 2009 National Convention Evanston, Illinois November 13-15, 2009, a new National Political Committee was elected;[14]
- Theresa Alt
- David Duhalde
- Stuart Elliott
- Virginia Franco
- Paul Garver
- David Green
- Seth Hutchinson
- Barbara Joye
- Simone Morgen
- Michele Rossi
- Jason Schulman
- Joseph Schwartz
- Herb Shore
- Maria Svart
- Rannfrid Thelle
Ithaca DSA officers, 2011
Ithaca DSA Officers, 2011;[15]
- Marty Luster, Chair
- Petra Hepburn, ViceChair
- Theresa Alt, Secretary
- Wayles Browne, Treasurer
DSA 2011 leadership
Elected to serve on the Democratic Socialists of America National Political Committee – the leadership body described as “the engine room of the organization”, in November 2011, were;[16]
- Theresa Alt (Ithaca, NY)
- Stuart Elliott (Wichita, KS)
- Paul Garver (Boston, MA),
- Virginia Franco (San Diego, CA)
- David Green (Detroit, MI)
- Barbara Joye (Atlanta, GA)
- Frank Llewellyn (New York, NY),
- Dan Michniewicz (Pinckney, MI)
- Simone Morgen (Columbus, OH),
- Joseph Schwartz (Philadelphia, PA)
- Peg Strobel (Chicago, IL)
Plus the two YDS co-chairs, Sean Monahan (Philadelphia, PA) and Jackie Sewell (Lawrence, KS).
References
- ↑ DSA Feminist Commission Directory, 1985
- ↑ 1986 DSA Feminist Commission Directory
- ↑ Democratic Left, May/August 1986, page 18
- ↑ email from C Riddiough to S Tarzynski Dec 9 1994
- ↑ http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng56.html#anchor1041945
- ↑ Dem. Left, Sept./Oct 1995, page 40
- ↑ [ Democratic Left • Issue 7 / 8 1997]
- ↑ http://www.nathannewman.org/log/archives/000912.shtml
- ↑ Democratic Left • Summer 2004
- ↑ Open Letter to Obama on Iran
- ↑ Renegotiate NAFTA website: Signatories to the petition to President Barack Obama, April 16, 2008
- ↑ In These Times website: About
- ↑ http://www.dsausa.org/about/locals.html
- ↑ [1] DSA 2009 National Convention Evanston, Illinois November 13-15, 2009 report, DSA website, accessed June 11, 2010
- ↑ http://ithacadsa.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-06-29T14%3A48%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=7 Ithaca DSA website, accessed march 8, 2011]
- ↑ Dem. left. Winter 2012
