Central Indiana Democratic Socialists of America

Electoral Committee Meeting
2025-09-18 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-09-04 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-08-21 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-08-07 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Regular committee meeting to discuss Central Indiana DSA electoral strategy. Held via Zoom; CINDSA members can check Slack for the link.

🌹 ILEA Community Forum [ONLINE]
2025-09-17 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-08-13 18:30 - 20:00
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.

Steering Committee Meeting
2025-09-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-26 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-12 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-07-29 19:00 - 20:00
Regular business meeting of chapter leadership.

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!

Socialist Social🌹
2025-09-13 17:00 - 20:30, 2025-08-15 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.

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.

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

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!

Coffee & Community 🌹
2025-08-31 09:30 - 11:30
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!

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.

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

Immigrant Defense Working Group
2025-08-27 18:00 - 19:30
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.

Labor Committee Meeting
2025-08-24 12:00 - 13:30
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 to fuse socialist principles with labor militancy through sustained strategic engagement, rooted in the legacy of Eugene V. Debs and the broader international working-class movement.

Labor Committee Meeting
2025-08-24 12:00 - 13:30
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.

Central Indiana DSA Onboarding
2025-08-20 18:30 - 20:00
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!

Central IN DSA General Chapter Picnic 🌹
2025-08-17 12:00 - 16:00 | Broad Ripple Park Shelter #1, 1426 Broad Ripple Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana, 46220, United States
The annual CINDSA picnic will be at Broad RIpple Park at Shelter #1. We will have a brief general chapter meeting followed by food, socializing and game.
Please feel free to invite any friends or family who may be interested!
If you are not a member and you would like to be, join us at centralindsa.org/join.

Special General Membership Meeting
2025-08-05 18:30 - 19:30
This is a general membership meeting called to handle special orders of business. It will be held over Zoom. Only members may attend. Please check Slack for more information.

ICE Response/Migrant Rights Working Group
2025-08-04 18:00 - 19:30 | CINDSA Office, 1915 W 18th St., Indiana, 46202, United States
Our first ICE Response/Migrant Rights meeting is coming up Monday, August 4th at 6pm. We will be going over the DSA Migrant Rights Toolkit and discussing our plans moving forward as a Working Group and our involvement within the community.

This is a hybrid event. Attendees may join in person or on Zoom. Please RSVP in advance to receive a link to the DSA Migrant Rights Toolkit and the Zoom information.

RSVP

Socialist Sunday School-- Protests: Theory, Praxis, and Safety (With Special Guest!) [HYBRID] 🌹
2025-08-03 14:00 - 16:00 | CINDSA Office, 1915 W 18th St., Indiana, 46202, United States
Between the election of Trump, the attacks on innocent families by ICE, and the continuing genocide in Gaza, millions have taken to the streets to oppose the administration, some more effectively than others. Join Central IN DSA and our special guest speaker Dr. AJ Sinha as we explore the different ways to protest, how they work, and why. ​

Culture & Community on a Budget - Art & Soul in the Alley 🌹
2025-08-01 18:00 - 20:15 | The Alley at the Cabaret, 924 N Pennsylvania St, Indianapolis, Indiana
Come out and join your comrades for a budget and family-friendly night of music! The Jazz Kitchen and the Indy Arts Council will be hosting Art & Soul in the Alley with music by Akili Ni Mali, Brandon Lott, and PsyWrn Simone. Bring a lawn chair and prepare for a great night of music! Doors open at 6pm, show begins at 7pm.

Text the Solidarity Slack channel when you arrive, and we will tell you where the DSA crew is.More information, including parking, can be found here: https://www.thecabaret.org/thealley/

Coffee & Community 🌹
2025-07-27 09:30 - 11:30 | The Alchemist, 1660 Bellefontaine St., Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202
Attention morning crew! Our dearly beloved Dream Palace Books has closed. We will be rotating locations for our monthly coffee shop get-together.

This month’s location will be The Alchemist on East 16th Street. Please continue checking the calendar for future meetup locations!

National Convention Proposal Reading Session [online]
2025-07-24 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.
