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For all general inquiries or to start a YDS chapter, contact:
David Duhalde
YDS National Organizer
75 Maiden Lane, Suite 505
New York City, NY 10038
Phone: 212 727 8610 ext. 4
david@dsausa.org
YDS Coordinating Committee, Chapters, and Organizing Committees. Scroll down to see if one is near you!
Click here to read more about how our elected leadership works and what each Coordinating Committee member is responsible for.
Name: David Duhalde
Position: National Organizer
Chapter: Bowdoin College (2002-6)
Email: David@dsausa.org
I was first exposed to anti-capitalist/pro-labor activism through the experiences of my parents, both of whom were active in the labor movement and Chile Solidarity. I was primarily involved in anti-sweatshop work in high school, but I also helped organize city-wide demonstrations and delegations to rallies in Washington D.C. and I wrote articles for young people’s progressive magazines. In 2002, I help found a Young Democratic Socialists chapter at Bowdoin College in Maine. I was active both in YDS and the College Democrats, helping build bridges within the left in turning out the vote against Bush in 2004. The YDS chapter also led successful social justice campaigns, such as getting Bowdoin to go sweat-free in its Bookstore apparel. I often spent my summer vacations in the labor movement. I did the AFL-CIO’s “Union Summer” at 18, worked in the political department of UNITE (now UNITE-HERE), campaigned against Bush with SEIU and America Coming Together, and interned at Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin.
Name: Maria Svart
Position: Co-Chair
Chapter: New York City
Email: marisvart(at)gmail.com
My day job is union organizing, but I started out in a YDS chapter at the University of Chicago before getting involved in the CC as the Feminist Issues Coordinator, then Co-chair. At the UofC I studied the intersections of class, race, gender and sexuality throughout American history which explained a lot about my own life. I’m proud to be a socialist, I’m in it for the long haul, and I’m a true believer in Emma Goldman’s philosophy that “If I can’t dance, it’s not my revolution!”
Name: Nicole Iaquinto
Position: Co-Chair
Chapter: Michigan State University
Email: iaquint2(at)msu.edu
My name’s Nicole Iaquinto, and I’m a 19 year old college sophomore from Swartz Creek, Michigan. I’m currently attending James Madison College at Michigan State University majoring in Social Relations and specializing in Black and Diasporic Studies. My specific passions in YDS include anti-racism/racial justice and feminist issues.
Name: Kenny Grand
Position: National Organizing Committee Facilitator
Chapter: University of Central Arkansas
Email: kgrand3(at)gmail.com
Kenny, Seth Hutchinson, and a few other mischievous ragamuffins co-founded the University of Central Arkansas Chapter in ‘03. He’s currently working at erecting a radical book distro/food pantry/literacy center, and later a free radio station. He’s writing a very exciting neo-Marxist thesis about ecology and economy, and in the square world he works at a movie store. His favorite drinks are lagers and stouts, Mickey’s, and whiskey w/ orange soda.
Name: Chris Hicks
Position: Corresponding Secretary
Chapter: Wichita State University
Email: chris.n.hicks(at)gmail.com
Chris Hicks goes to school at Wichita State University, in Wichita, Kansas. He is he founder and President of the YDS chapter at WSU, and Vice President of the WSU College Democrats. He enjoys working in politics and organizing.
Name: Mary Smith
Position: Feminist Issues Coordinator
School: University of Memphis
Email: thewindcriesmary(at)hotmail.com
Mary C. Smith is the feminist issues coordinator of YDS as well as a member of the student advisory board of Campus Progress. Originally from Little Rock, AR, she is currently a graduate student at the University of Memphis working toward a Ph.D. in philosophy focusing continental and existential philosophy. She enjoys long road trips and loud music when she is on her way to fight for social justice.
Name: Emahunn Campbell
Position: Anti-Racist Coordinator
Chapter: UVA-Wise
Email: emahunn(at)msn.com
My name is Emahunn Raheem Ali Campbell and I am the Anti-Racism Coordinator for YDS. I am a student at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise and I will be attending graduate school to pursue my doctorate in English Literature. I am also the founder and president of the Black Student Union on my campus. My interests are Marxism, Existentialism, and scholarship. One Love to all those in the struggle!
Name: Flavio Hickel, Jr.
Position: Activist Editor
Chapter: William Paterson University
Email: anomiecoalition(at)hotmail.com
My name is Flavio Hickel Jr. and I am the Activist Editor for YDS. I was a YDS Co-Chair from 2006-2007 and founded an affiliated group at Kean University in 2005. I am currently pursuing my M.A. in Public Policy at William Paterson University (NJ). In my free time, I write and record solo music projects (www.myspace.com/anomiecoalition) and play bass in “The Following” (www.myspace.com/following01). “Forget your words and good intentions unless we rise!”
Name: Will Emmons
Position: Coalitions Coordinator
School: Brown University
Email: William_emmons(at)brown.edu
Will Emmons is a labor activist in Providence, RI, who is starting his third year at Brown University. He is a member of the Brown Student Labor Alliance and Brown Students for a Democratic Society. During the summer of 2007, he worked for SEIU Local 615 in Providence on a Justice For Janitors! campaign. He likes comic books and chill times. He is from Richmond, Kentucky.
Name: Lauren Cary
Position: At-large
Chapter: UVA-Wise
Email: laurennicolecary(at)hotmail.com
My name is Lauren Cary and I am an At-Large member of the Coordinating Commitee for YDS. Currently, I am a junior at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise and I plan on attending medical school to pursue a career as a neurologist. I am the founder and president of The Feminist Student Union and STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition. I also am a Resident Advisor, Honor Court Alternate, Vice President of the Black Student Union, Student Ambassador, Orientation Leader and a Freshman Mentor. In my spare time I enjoy reading, activism, promoting awareness for cancer, genocide and socialism. The fight will continue until justice is served!
Name: Alyssa Cundari
Position: At-large
School: University of Miami
Email: alyssacundari(at)gmail.com
Hi! My name is Alyssa Cundari and I am a junior at the University of Miami. I serve as an At Large member on the Coordinating Committee for Young Democratic Socialists, am co-chair of Students Towards a New Democracy, and am a member of Student Farmworker Alliance. I am involved with Greenpeace, Earth Alert, Hands for the Homeless, United Students Against Sweatshops, and Students Together Ending Poverty on my campus as well as community organizations such as Domestic Workers United and the Miami Workers’ Center. My interests/hobbies include the labor movement, unions, Marxism, workers centers, reading, in-depth political discussions, and organizing! I look forward to traveling and becoming a community organizer when I finish college.
Name: Andrew Porter
Position: At-large
Chapter: Wooster College
Email: aporter09(at)Wooster.edu
I am Andrew Porter and I am an At-Large member of the Coordinating Committee. I am the co-founder and one of the leaders of the College of Wooster affiliated chapter, the Ice Cream Socialists. I am majoring in Political Science and minoring in Economics. I hope to be involved in the creation of public policy later in my life.
Name: Christina Huizar
Position: At-large
Town: Austin, Texas
Email: chuizar(at)iww.org
I am an at-large officer for YDS, which basically means I do anything that is asked of me, and try to fill in gaps where I can. A recent grad with a B.A. in English and Philosophy, I am taking some time out of academia to organize for YDS and build coalitions with various community groups. In my free time, I like to foment revolution and cuddle with my cat. In that order.
Name: Noel Camara
Position: At-large
Chapter: University of Central Arkansas
Email: garbanzofricassee(at)yahoo.com
Noel Ernesto Gutierrez de la Camara (or Chachi to save the mouthful) is the spirited musician of the Arkansas radical contingent. Originally from California and raised in the Bay Area, he has been a part of the University of Central Arkansas chapter since 2005 despite not having been enrolled the entire time. Of a multicultural and politically diverse background, he prefers an anti-racist socialism as a vision for which to work. As an Iraq war veteran he is highly critical of capitalist foreign policy, which he calls imperialism, and his focus is in combating it worldwide. A musician from an early age, he considers Victor Jara and Silvio Rodriguez his great influences and loves Inti-Illimani and Quilapayun.
Name: Maggie Waithaka
Position: At-large
Chapter: UVA-Wise
Email: chiru85(at)msn.com
I’m 22 years old studying languages and foreign studies and I joined the YDS from the new chapter in the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. Being an immigrant from Kenya and having experienced both sides of the economic and social spectrums; living in the ‘first world’ and then the ‘third world’ as some may say, I have been searching for a way to reconcile or understand what belies the existence of major differences in the socioeconomic systems of our world today and what we can do to change them. YDS has been a great vehicle of understanding for me, and my aim is to continue spreading its message of democratic socialism as I learn more and more.
University of Central Arkansas (Conway, AR)
Kenneth Grand kgrand3(at)gmail.com
Chachi Camara needmoreyerbamate(at)gmail.com
Bowling Green State University-Firelands (Huron, OH)
Patrick Saunders p.saunders(at)ambt.net
Sophonina Miller mlsopho(at)bgnet.bgsu.edu
Wooster College (Wooster, OH)
Andrew Porter aporter09(at)wooster.edu
Kat Brausch kcbrausch(at)gmail.com
The Meadows School (Las Vegas, NV)
Trace Cabot meadowsnewleft(at)yahoo.com
New York City YDS
Chris Maisano cgmaisano(at)yahoo.com
David Yap davidlyap(at)gmail.com
Maria Svart marisvart(at)gmail.com
Stuyvesant High School (New York, NY)
Jesse Madnick RDragon827(at)aol.com
Kevin Phu kphu1(at)stuy.edu
Michigan State University (Lansing, MI)
Nicole Iaquinto iaquint2(at)msu.edu
Austin Jackson ajax381(at)gmail.com
University of Virginia at Wise (Wise, VA)
Emahunn Campbell erc3s(at)uvawise.edu
Lauren Cary laurennicolecary(at)hotmail.com
Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
Chris Hicks chris.n.hicks(at)gmail.com
Beth Peterson eapearson(at)wichita.edu
University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder, CO)
Andrew Bowe Andrew.bowe(at)colorado.edu
Liz Swanson elizabeth.swanson(at)colorado.edu
William Paterson University (Wayne, NJ)
Tim Varro varrot1(at)student.wpunj.edu
Flavio Hickel Jr. anomiecoalition(at)hotmail.com
Butler University (Indianapolis, IN)
Dakota Denzel Manuel dmanuel(at)butler.edu
Brown University (Providence, RI)
Will Emmons william_emmons(at)brown.edu
Metropolitan State College of Denver (Denver, CO)
M.J. Christensen aurariads(at)gmail.com
Emporia State University (Emporia, KS)
Tyler Wray twray(at)emporia.edu
Jeremy Beach jeremybeach(at)gmail.com
Hampshire College/Amherst, MA
Sean DeMoranville srd07(at)hampshire.edu
Amanda Singer singer(at)educ.umass.edu
University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Lee Fatheree lee.fatheree(at)gmail.com
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Damien Mathew damienmathrew(at)yahoo.com
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Jesse Kanson-Benavav jesse(at)kanson-benanav.com
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Greensboro, NC)
Joshua Deaton jndeaton5(at)yahoo.com
Santa Monica High School (Santa Monica, CA)
Hannah McGinty sxyballerina333(at)aol.com
Redlands High School (Redlands, CA)
Moriah Saldana moriah.saldan(at)gmail.com
Joel Wacks dfungwacks(at)aol.com
Louisville, KY
Edward Elam edward.elam(at)gmail.com
Chalee Lightsy chaleecl(at)gmail.com
Bowdoin College: Democratic Left
Sam Minot sminot(at)bowdoin.edu
College of Mary Washington: Anarchist Social Theory Club
Phil Arnone parno1ei(at)umw.edu
Anoke Ramsey Community College: College Democrats and Progressives
Stephan Peter stephan.peter(at)stribmail.com
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