Central Indiana Democratic Socialists of America

Elections Committee Meeting @ 6pm
2024-06-12 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-29 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
We will be discussing electoral plans for the chapter including helping our endorsed candidates win their races. Meeting is over Zoom.

Check out the Slack #cmt_elections channel or email elections@centralindsa.org for more info on how to join the meeting.

If you do not have Slack access forward your DSA member confirmation email to contact@centralindsa.org and we will get you setup.

If you are not a member Join us at https://www.centralindsa.org/join/

CINDSA Tabling @ Indy Pride
2024-06-08 10:00 - 19:00 | Military Park, 601 W. New York St, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204
Join us as a volunteer in community outreach with a shift at our table in Vendor Village at the Indy Pride Festival at Military Park, or stop by for a chat with your comrades. Email stonewall@centralindsa.org or visit the Stonewall Solidarity committee on Slack to sign up!

Indy Area Democratic Socialist Reading Club Meeting
2024-06-02 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-05 15:00 - 17:00
Check the Indy Area Democratic Socialist Reading Club Facebook group for several articles, readings and video presentations we can discuss at the Club Meeting.

Meetings are designed to allow YOU THE PARTICIPANTS to lead the discussions. Please check out reading(s) from the Facebook group and find articles you might want to lead a discussion on … OR if you have an article or reading you’d like to discuss bring it to the meeting and lead a discussion on it. The main parameter is that the article be relevant to the the issues of our day, locally, nationally and globally, and relevant to democratic socialist politics and culture.

All comrades and friends of the democratic socialist movement are welcome to participate. These will be comradely discussions.

See Slack or Facebook group for Zoom link.

Stonewall Solidarity Committee Meeting @7pm
2024-05-30 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-18 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom – Check Slack for link

Stonewall Solidarity Committee Meeting @7pm
2024-05-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom – Check Slack for link
Pride booth planning, Rainbow Book, and other Stonewall initiatives will be discussed.

Central IN DSA General Chapter Meeting 5/19 @ 12pm 🌹
2024-05-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Office – 1915 W 18th St, 1915 W. 18th St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
Join the Central Indiana DSA at our monthly General Meeting on the 3rd Sunday of the month (typically), including committee updates and voting on proposals put forward by members.
The face-to-face meeting (masks required for the good of our comrades, and we’ll provide one if you forget yours!) will be at THE IUPUI ENCAMPMENT, located outside the Kelly School of Business, under the sky bridge. We are advised to park in the lot next to the sports garage. Check Slack for more details. And for those who aren’t able to make it in person, you can join over Zoom.
We look forward to seeing you there. And chapter meetings are open to the public, so invite any friends or family who may be interested!
If you are not a member, join us at centralindsa.org/join

Steering committee meeting 5/6 @ 6pm
2024-05-06 18:00 - 19:00
Meeting between the elected chapter officers to review proposals that passed at the priorities convention, as well as check in on ongoing campaigns.
Steering committee meetings are open to all chapter members unless otherwise stated. For the Zoom registration link, check the General channel in the chapter Slack, or email contact@centralindsa.org.

International Affairs Working Group
2024-04-23 20:00 - 21:00
Agenda topics include efforts to enhance direct communications with the national DSA International Committee (DSA-IC) and initiating a local campaign against the U.S. blockade of Cuba. See Slack for Zoom link.

Steering committee meeting 4/22 @ 7pm
2024-04-22 19:00 - 20:00
Meeting between the elected chapter officers to review proposals that passed at the recent monthly chapter General meeting, as well as check in on ongoing campaigns.
Steering committee meetings are open to all chapter members unless otherwise stated. For the Zoom registration link, check the General channel in the chapter Slack, or email contact@centralindsa.org.

⚒️ Creating a Chapter Wiki ⚒️ Building CINDSA Technology Infrastructure
2024-04-15 20:00 - 21:00
The Comms Committee will be hosting a meeting where we discuss creating a chapter Wiki, what solutions we’ve entertained, and what a prototype of that might look like. 😀 What is a “Chapter Wiki”? Think of it as a hub for information.

Ever wanted to help a committee, then fall into playing 1-on-1 meeting tag with a committee leader for 3 weeks? Wouldn’t it just be easier if you could go to an easy to remember website, click a few buttons – and BAM, resources shared with you to help you take action faster. ⚒️ Couldn’t make the General Meeting, but want to find the minutes? Same website, different section – all minutes from the meeting posted and centralized in one EASY TO ACCESS spot, and you can catch up on Stonewall and Fundraising minutes while you’re there. 📲

If you’re interested in pitching ideas, uses, architecture or requests, come hop on a Zoom call with the cool folks over in the Comms Committee next Monday at 8pm 😎 We want to build chapter infrastructure that helps enable you all to coordinate change more effectively, but we’re best guided by what to direction to go by the lovely folks that make up DSA. We’d love to hear your ideas!

4/15/2024, 8pm – be there or be 🟦 comrades:

Check out the Slack #general channel or email communications@centralindsa.org for more info on how to join the meeting.

If you do not have Slack access, forward your DSA member confirmation email to contact@centralindsa.org and we will get you set up.

If you are not a member, join us at https://www.centralindsa.org/join/

Central IN DSA General Chapter Meeting 4/14 @ 12pm 🌹
2024-04-14 12:00 - 14:00 | Office – 1915 W 18th St, 1915 W. 18th St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
Join the Central Indiana DSA at our monthly General Meeting on the 3rd Sunday of the month (typically), including committee updates and voting on proposals put forward by members.
The face-to-face meeting (masks required for the good of our comrades, and we’ll provide one if you forget yours!) will be at one of the Indiana Community Action Association buildings, 1915 W. 18th St., Indianapolis, IN 46202. And for those who aren’t able to make it in person, you can join over Zoom.
We look forward to seeing you there. And chapter meetings are open to the public, so invite any friends or family who may be interested!
If you are not a member, join us at centralindsa.org/join

Palestinian Working Group March Debrief
2024-04-09 18:00 - 19:00
See Slack for more information.

Eclipse Rally
2024-04-08 14:30 - 16:30 | Bloomington Arboretum, E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, United States
Dozens of groups across the state supporting various progressive causes will join together for a RALLY to call for an end to state complicity in genocide and to defend higher education from MAGA reactionary extremism. Due to unconstitutional suppression of pro-Palestinian speech on campus, Indiana University has become the front line in the battle against Indiana fascists’ march toward one-party authoritarian rule. The TOTAL ECLIPSE will bring 100-300 thousand tourists, as well as celebrities and press attention, to the Bloomington campus.

Organizers are asking for YOUR PRESENCE at the rally at 2:30pm at the IU Arboretum to join us in a call for CEASEFIRE and SOLIDARITY. Traffic will be a major obstacle. Carpool and travel before the day if possible. More details will be posted on socials.

Location: Intersection of E 10th St. and N. Fee Lane, next to the Herman B. Wells Library.

Indy Area Democratic Socialist Reading Club Meeting
2024-04-07 15:00 - 17:00
Check the Indy Area Democratic Socialist Reading Club Facebook group for several articles, readings and video presentations we can discuss at the Club Meeting.

Meetings are designed to allow YOU THE PARTICIPANTS to lead the discussions. Please check out reading(s) readings from the Facebook group and find articles you might want to lead a discussion on … OR if you have an article or reading you’d like to discuss bring it to the meeting and lead a discussion on it. The main parameter is that the article be relevant to the the issues of our day, locally, nationally and globally, and relevant to democratic socialist politics and culture.

All comrades and friends of the democratic socialist movement are welcome to participate. These will be comradely discussions.

See Slack or Facebook group for Zoom link.

Organizing Zoom Call 4/2 @ 5:30 pm🌹
2024-04-02 17:30 - 18:30
Join this zoom call to learn more about the event planned for April 8, which could be the largest pro-Palestine event in Indiana history. See Slack for Zoom link. If you are a DSA member who is not on Slack, please email contact@centralindsa.org.

Social Media Sub-committee Meeting, 4/1 @ 8pm
2024-04-01 20:00 - 21:00
Join us for our next Social Media Sub-committee meeting! We will discuss how we use social media, sharing responsibility and posting appropriate content, to bring socialism to central Indiana!

For meeting details, check the chapter’s Slack #cmt_comms channel, or email comms@centralindsa.org

If you are a member and do not have Slack access, please forward your DSA member confirmation email to contact@centralindsa.org and we will get you set up!

If you are not a member, join us at https://www.centralindsa.org/join/

If you’re otherwise interested in getting involved with chapter communications, design, or tech infrastructure, email comms@centralindsa.org

Trans Day of Visibility Panel 🌹🏳️‍⚧️⚧️
2024-03-31 18:00 - 20:00
The DSA has made Trans Rights and Bodily Autonomy national priorities, and we are hosting our first Trans Day of Visibility event. We are planning for a discussion panel with a short reception afterwards, 6-8pm on March 31.

Please join us to hear some of our transgender community members share their personal thoughts and experiences for a deeper understanding of how issues affect them. Hosted by Central Indiana DSA Stonewall Solidarity Committee.

To keep our comrades safe, this is a ticketed event. Please ask at the door if you are unable to pay, or email stonewall@centralindsa.org for further questions.

Rainbow Book Focus Meeting @7pm
2024-03-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom – Check Slack for link

Stonewall Solidarity Committee Meeting @7pm
2024-03-28 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-03-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-03-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom – Check Slack for link
We will be discussing Trans Day of Visibility.

International Affairs Working Group
2024-03-26 19:30 - 20:30
Look for Zoom link in Slack channel

Priorities Convention
2024-03-10 10:00 - 17:00
Central Indiana DSA is holding a priorities convention that will dictate the direction of the chapter for the next 2 years. Please read the rules and schedule here: https://www.centralindsa.org/priorities-convention/ Submit any priorities or bylaws changes to the priorities convention at our priorities convention portal here: https://www.centralindsa.org/proposals/
