Central Indiana DSA Onboarding
2025-08-20 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | IN
New Members can learn about Central Indiana DSA (CINDSA) and how to get involved. Reach out to solidarity@centralindsa.org for details and RSVP here!

Electoral Committee Meeting
2025-08-21 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-09-04 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-09-18 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-10-02 19:30 - 20:30 | IN
Regular committee meeting to discuss Central Indiana DSA electoral strategy. Held via Zoom; CINDSA members can check Slack for the link.

Labor Committee Meeting 🌹
2025-08-24 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-09-28 12:00 - 13:30 | IN
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.

Steering Committee Meeting
2025-08-26 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-30 19:00 - 20:00 | IN
Regular business meeting of chapter leadership.

Immigrant Defense Working Group
2025-08-27 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-09-24 18:00 - 19:30 | IN
This is the monthly meeting of the Immigrant Defense Working Group. Open to CINDSA members and invited guests. Please see Slack channel for meeting details.

Solidarity Ad Hoc Committee Meeting
2025-08-28 18:30 - 19:30 | IN
This will be a virtual meeting; the Zoom link can be found on Slack. If you have any questions, please contact solidarity@centralindsa.org

Limited Freedom
2025-08-28 21:00 - 23:00 | State Street Pub, 243 N State Ave, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46201, United States
Join Central Indiana DSA, local artists, poets, musicians and performers, and City-County Councilor Jesse Brown for show entitled “Limited Freedom.” Performers will explore the relationship between limits and freedom, or the potential for changing structures in order to achieve liberation. Proceeds will be split among the performing artists and Central Indiana DSA.

Coffee & Community
2025-08-31 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-09-28 09:30 - 11:30 | IN
Attention morning crew, we will be rotating locations for our monthly coffee shop get-together.

This month’s location will be The Red Door Cafe! Please continue checking the calendar for future meetup locations!

Cancelled -Gaza Letter Campaign 🌹
2025-09-06 12:00 - 14:00 | Office – 1915 W 18th St, 1915 W. 18th St., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
Join us in writing letters to encourage our politicians to stop investing in Israel bonds and to start sending aid to Gaza!

Elections Committee - Outreach
2025-09-11 19:30 - 20:30 | IN
This will be a virtual meeting; the Zoom link can be found on Slack. Contact elections@centralindsa.org for details

Tabling at Democracy Fair 🌹
2025-09-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Eastwood Middle School, 4401 E 62nd St., Indianapolis, Indiana, 46220, United States
CINDSA will join over 20 other organizations at a Democracy Fair to promote voter registration and volunteering.

Socialist Social🌹
2025-09-13 17:00 - 20:30 | The AMP
Join your fellow socialists on the second Saturday of (most) every month to eat, drink, and socialize. All ages are welcome. This event moved due to host participation in DSA National Convention. AMP will be hosting an open mic night.

Political Education Cmte Planning Meeting
2025-09-14 10:00 - 14:00 | Red Door Cafe, 237 N East St., Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204
Join the Political Education Committee as we discuss upcoming programming and expanding our efforts in the Central Indiana DSA and our community!

🌹 ILEA Community Forum [ONLINE]
2025-09-17 18:30 - 19:30 | IN
Due to illnesses and childcare, this event will now be totally virtual. Thanks for your patience!

Mayor Joe Hogsett’s ILEA Board, an attempt by him and statehouse Republicans to overthrow our democratically-elected school board in favor of their charter school industry donors, will be hosting a series of meetings with the public. Join DSA’s Fully Funded Fully Public campaign to prepare to speak at these ILEA meetings and in your community to fight back against this encroachment on our rights and public goods.

Central IN DSA General Chapter Meeting @ 12pm 🌹
2025-09-21 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

Power Mapping 101
2025-09-22 18:30 - 20:00 | IN
Join us to learn about power mapping. Details can be found on Slack, the meeting will be virtual!

The Art of Politics (Fifth Annual)
2025-09-26 19:00 - 22:00 | IN
One night poster show & online auction. 60+ local artists & designers create protest art & politically inspired posters. Donated to causes.

Design topics range across all political issues including abortion rights, climate crisis, religious freedom, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, gun control, for/against political candidates, voting, Black Lives Matter, and immigration. The event allows artists to stand up, speak out, engage the public, and support a cause. Any message they want to communicate, for any cause they’d like to support. It’s a free speech event, and all views are welcome.

100% of auction proceeds are sent to the non-profit organization of the artist’s choice. Every poster serves a different cause. Causes in the past have included ACLU, Planned Parenthood, The National Wildlife Federation, Women for Change, The National Park Foundation, United Against Book Bans, Teach Indy Now, and so many others.

Starbucks Workers United Visibility Event 🌹
2025-09-28 10:00 - 12:00 | A non-union Starbucks
Join Central Indiana DSA as we support Starbucks Workers United in their continued unionization and contract campaign! The union is asking supporters to go to non-union Starbucks locations and ask customers and passers by to sign the No Contract, No Coffee Pledge to not patronize any Starbucks location as long as there are baristas on strike. Join us at non-union Starbucks, then at 12 join us nearby at our office for our Labor Committee meeting!

Central Indiana DSA New Member Orientation
2025-10-01 18:30 - 20:00 | IN
Please join us to learn about Central Indiana DSA (CINDSA) and how to get involved. Reach out to solidarity@centralindsa.org. Details can also be found on Slack

Socialist Sunday School: See Spot Run Dialectics [HYBRID] 🌹
2025-10-05 14:00 - 16:00 | CINDSA Office, 1915 W 18th St., Indiana, 46202, United States
DIALECTICS is the science of the study of changing systems and forms the very foundation of Scientific Socialism. Join us as we discuss stars, the cosmos, our place in the universe and the true nature of chairs!

Comms Committee Kickoff
2025-10-06 19:00 - 20:30 | IN
VITRUAL – Zoom link and agenda shared in Slack.

Political Education Committee Meeting
2025-10-07 19:00 - 20:00 | IN
Planning meeting for the Political Education Committee. See slack for zoom link.
