Central Indiana Democratic Socialists of America

Internal E.C. Meeting
2025-07-18 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)

National Convention Proposal Reading Session [online]
2025-07-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-07-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-06-12 19:00 - 20:30
Join CINDSA’s National Convention Delegates for discussion and debate on the proposals being brought to the national organization. See the chapter member Slack for more information and Zoom link.

Steering Committee Meeting
2025-07-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-24 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-17 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-03 17:00 - 18:00
Regular business meeting of chapter leadership.

Culture & Community on a Budget - Leavitt VIBE Indianapolis Music Series 🌹
2025-07-13 12:00 - 15:00 | Tube Factory in Terri Sisson Park, 1125 Cruft St, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46203
Come join your comrades for a budget and family-friendly afternoon of music! This Leavitt VIBE Indianapolis Music Series concert will feature Wife Patrol, Technicolor Band, and Florelis Jimenez. Feel free to pack a lunch and have a picnic during the concert! There will also be a food vendor on-site.Text Dy B when you arrive and she’ll tell you where to find the DSA crew.For more information on the event: https://www.bigcar.org/event/2025-levitt-vibe-indianapolis-music-series-september-concert/

Socialist Social🌹
2025-07-12 17:00 - 20:00 | The AMP
Join your fellow socialists on the second Saturday of (most) every month to eat, drink, and socialize. All ages are welcome.

🌹 New & Returning Member Onboarding Session
2025-07-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Office – 1915 W 18th St, 1915 W. 18th St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
If you’ve joined up with Central IN DSA, but aren’t sure how to get involved, this session is for you! Whether you joined 10 years ago or yesterday, you’re welcome! Everyone that attends will receive the Central IN DSA Onboarding Manual, pizza, and drinks.

Please make sure to RSVP to the event by 5pm on Tuesday, July 8th and email us with any questions or dietary restrictions you may have: Solidarity@cindsa.org

🌹Socialist Sunday School: Fascism and the American Right
2025-07-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Office – 1915 W 18th St, 1915 W. 18th St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
Please take a look at the readings found here to prepare for the session: Fascism and the American Right, DSA-NPEC

RSVP Here

This event will by hybrid, with both in-person and Zoom options

The concepts of a political “Right” and “Left” date back to the French Revolution, where the seating arrangements in the National Assembly corresponded to ideological affiliations. In the right wing of the chamber sat supporters of the ancien regime of monarchy and feudalism, and the left wing represented those in favor of a republic and capitalism. Although the political moment of 1789 has long passed, the terminology about alignment, broadly about reactionaries to radicals, continues to be a mainstay in political discourse. What it means to be Right Wing or Left Wing is redefined in the environment of each era, but the common thread of conflicting over tradition, egalitarianism, and liberties persist throughout generations.

Labor Committee Meeting
2025-07-06 12:00 - 13:00
Central Indiana DSA’s Labor Committee is working to build, strengthen, and wield working-class power in Central Indiana by educating our members, organizing across unions and workplaces, and mobilizing in solidarity with labor struggles. We aim tofuse socialist principles with labor militancy through sustained strategic engagement, rooted in the legacy of Eugene V. Debs and the broader international working-class movement.

FFFP Internal Organizing Meeting
2025-06-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Online

Coffee & Community 🌹
2025-06-29 09:30 - 11:30 | Dream Palace Books, 111 e. 16th st, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
For those early risers out there, we’re brewing up community the last Sunday of every month at Dream Palace Books & Coffee! We look forward to seeing you!

'UNION' : AN EVENING WITH LOCAL LABOR + POST-FILM PANEL DISCUSSION
2025-06-26 19:00 - 22:00 | Kan-Kan Theater and Cinema, 1258 Windsor St., Indianapolis, Indiana, 46201, United States
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In 2022, Staten Island working class residents did the unthinkable – they unionized an Amazon facility. Join Central IN DSA’s Fully Funded, Fully Public campaign for a screening of UNION, the story of that fight, along with a panel on union power in Indianapolis. Gather with current and aspiring union members to learn how unions can improve your life and connect you to the local fight.

﻿Today, in 2025, the importance of organized labor and union power is apparent under Republicans and an employer-first legal system. Just over a month ago, at the climax of Central IN DSA’s fight to save public schools, IEA, the local teacher union successfully orchestrated a sick-out allowing thousands of teachers to attend a Red for Ed protest in April at the statehouse. Without the power of organized labor, teachers would not have been able to speak up in defense of their profession or quality education for our children. Gather with current and aspiring union members to learn how unions can improve your life and connect you to the local fight!

🌹 New & Returning Member Onboarding Session
2025-06-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Office – 1915 W 18th St, 1915 W. 18th St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
If you’ve joined up with Central IN DSA, but aren’t sure how to get involved, this session is for you! Whether you joined 10 years ago or yesterday, you’re welcome! Everyone that attends will receive the Central IN DSA Onboarding Manual, pizza, and drinks.

Please make sure to RSVP to the event, list any dietary restrictions, and forward the email you received from the National DSA confirming your membership with Central IN DSA to: Solidarity@cindsa.org

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at the above email.

🌹 Zohran for Mayor Election Night Watch Party
2025-06-24 07:00 - 22:00 | Office – 1915 W 18th St, 1915 W. 18th St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
New York City mayoral candidate and Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani with the help of New York City’s DSA has overturned New York electoral politics with an electric and unprecedented campaign, turning a crowded field of candidates into a two-way race between him and the disgraced former governor and establishment Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

Join Central IN DSA to watch this historic election night coverage and discuss what this means for our own city.

We’re planning on ordering pizza, so feel free to either bring a few dollars or some food and drinks to make it a real party!

Central IN DSA General Chapter Meeting @ 12pm 🌹
2025-06-22 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-06-15 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 CINDSA Office. 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. 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

Socialist Social🌹
2025-06-21 17:00 - 20:00
Join your fellow socialists on the second Saturday of (most) every month to eat, drink, and socialize. All ages are welcome. Location: The AMP at 16 Tech, 1220 Waterway Blvd Container 1, Indianapolis, IN 46202.

🌹Fuck ICE Cream Social
2025-06-19 17:00 - 21:00
ALL AGES

Sponsored by the #STFU Art Collective:TL;DR: This is a Juneteenth fundraiser rooted in Black joy, created in response to LiftOff Creamery’s decision to support IMPD.

Come say hi to CINDSA’s District 13 Branch and Fully Funded, Fully Public Campaign and join us to decorate t-shirts and celebrate!

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Solidarity Community-Building Meeting
2025-06-16 18:30 - 19:30 | CINDSA Office, 1915 W 18th St., Indiana, 46202, United States
Anyone interested in helping to build CINDSA’s community of solidarity is encouraged to attend! Bring your ideas and we’ll work out short-term and long-term plans to make life a bit better for our Chapter comrades. We’ll also put together a survey at this meeting that will be distributed to members of the chapter to relay anonymously what types of solidarity they can provide or are in need of.If you can’t attend, but would like to share your ideas, please send them to Dy on Slack or email Solidarity@centralindsa.org

🌹🏳️‍🌈 Tabling at Pride Celebration 🏳️‍🌈
2025-06-15 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-14 12:00 - 17:00 | Monument Circle, Meridian St. & Market St., Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204, United States
This year CINDSA will join other community organizations, artists, and vendors on Monument Circle in Downtown Indianapolis for Indy Pride’s Celebration on the Circle! The event is free and open to the public. Table volunteers are requested to arrive early for set up and stay late for tear down (see volunteer schedule). Event times are 12 pm – 5 pm both Saturday June 14 and Sunday June 15.

Political Education Planning Meeting
2025-06-10 19:00 - 20:00
Zoom link in slack channel

Dungeons & Dragons (2 Day Campaign) Campaign#1: Day 2 of 2
2025-06-08 14:00 - 18:00 | Office – 1915 W 18th St, 1915 W. 18th St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
Come on out and join some RPG fun with your fellow comrades! Newbs are absolutely welcome and make up about half of the players. We meet once a month and campaigns last only 2 days. Even if you weren’t able to attend Day 1, you’re welcome at Day 2. Space for this campaign is limited to 8 people, so make sure to RSVP to ensure you have a spot. If you need help with building a character, check out https://www.dndbeyond.com/ or contact our Dungeon Master, Andy G, on Slack.

If you need to cancel your RSVP, please send a message Dy B via Slack or email CINDSASolidarity@gmail.com.

Labor Committee
2025-06-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Office – 1915 W 18th St, 1915 W. 18th St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
There will be a meeting of the Labor Committee it noon at the CINDSA office.

Socialist Sunday School: Race and Capitalism in the US
2025-06-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Office – 1915 W 18th St, 1915 W. 18th St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
Material for the session: Race and Capitalism in the United States: An Introduction

This event will by hybrid, with both in-person and Zoom options

RSVP here and you will be provided a Zoom link along with emails regarding our upcoming session

Racism permeates every institution in the US. From policing, to the courts, to education, the economy, housing, political power, and the Constitution, it has been built into the structure of American society. This is further realized by genocidal wars against indigenous people, slavery, the unjust invasion waged against Mexico that stole two-thirds of its national territory, and the continued intervention of the US into the rest of the Global South.

Labor and oppressed ethnicities and nationalities face a common enemy in capitalism. These two forces are more than allies; they are comrades in the struggle to liberate humanity and build a multi-racial socialist democracy. While facing a common struggle against capitalist institutions, ethnic and national groups within the multi-racial working class often experience oppression differently. People of color face more severe forms of state violence and are more vulnerable to poverty and premature death. For example, although the majority of those in prison in the U.S. are white (52% of all prisoners), Black people are incarcerated at over double their percent of the US population (37% of all prisoners and 13% of the US population), according to the Prison Policy Initiative.

To investigate the relationship between race and capitalism we’ll use two sources: a video of a short lecture on racial capitalism by philosopher and DSA member Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and an interview with historian Barbara Fields and sociologist Karen Fields. These sources offer two distinct frames for understanding the relationship between race and capitalism. In our discussion, we can explore their differences and contributions. As this is a complex topic, we hope these materials serve to introduce important concepts and questions in a balanced manner.

FFFP Committee Meeting
2025-05-28 19:00 - 20:30
Preparation for the next month of work in the fight for fully funded, fully public schooling. [Zoom, DSA Members only]
