Organization
The group is currently headed by national organizer Andrew Porter, and is run by a coordinating committee consisting of two co-chairs, a Coalitions Coordinator, Corresponding Secretary, National Organizing Committee Facilitator, Anti-Racist Coordinator, Feminist Issues Coordinator, Activist editor, and six at-large members with regional focus. The group has a number of current chapters and organizing committees across the country. The strongest are Wichita State University in Kansas, the College of Wooster in Ohio, Temple University in Philadelphia, and William Paterson University in New Jersey. Previous well-known chapters have included those at Ithaca College, Arizona State University, University of Chicago, James Madison University, the University of Central Oklahoma, and Bryn Mawr College. YDS also has numerous members at large without chapters, who usually work through other progressive groups to articulate an active democratic socialist presence in campus and community politics.
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