College Democrats of Indiana is hosting its 1st Annual Kennedy-Obama Dinner on February 13th. It will be in Muncie at the Cornerstone Center for the Arts - Great Room, 520 East Main Street.
Featured Speakers include: Congressman Brad Ellsworth (IN-8), Indiana House Speaker Pat Bauer, South Bend Mayor Steve Luecke, Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel, Democratic Candidate for State Treasurer Pete Buttigieg, and many others.
The Dinner is free for all college students. You must preregister
here by the end of the weekend. We will be carpooling to the event, so please let us know ASAP if you would like to ride with us.
On Wednesday, UIndy College Democrats protested against the proposed Constitutional Amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Indiana. We had nearly 20 members attend, and were joined by members of UIndy Pride, Indiana Equality, and other College Democrats chapters.
Although the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the legislation with a vote of 6-4 (with one abstention), we feel that the protest was a success. We proved that we can rally our base even during this tough election year and our members were very excited about getting out and standing up for our rights. We would like to extend a big thank you to everyone that attended and showed support for equality in the state of Indiana.
In other news, we will be having our next meeting this Monday, January 25th, at 9 PM in Schwitzer 012. We will be discussing our upcoming events and speakers and begin planning one of our big events of the year! We hope to see you there!
On Wednesday, January 20th, the Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee will be considering an Amendment to the Indiana Constitution to ban same-sex marriage,
see Indiana Equality for more information.
We will be joining with other College Democrats from across the city and state to protest this legislation. We will be meeting downtown at the Statehouse at 8 am. Please feel free to join us in this protest.
We will be meeting for our General Meeting tonight, January 18th, at 9 pm in Schwitzer 012 and will be making signs during it. We hope to see you at our meeting and protest!
From everyone on the Executive Board, we want to wish you all Happy Holidays!
Enjoy your break from school and stay safe!
At our last meeting of the year, we elected a new Executive Board to lead the club next semester. We also have implemented some changes for the next semester as well.
The new Executive Board is:
President - Christopher Jackson
Vice-President - Alexandra Lyster
Secretary - Dani Wright
Treasurer - Claire Hawkins
Additional Board Member - Boaz Frazier-Bey
Membership Chair - Ryan Buckman
Civic Outreach Chair - Konye Ori
Next Semester, meetings will now start at 9 PM in Schwitzer 012. Also on nights that we have speakers, meetings will begin at 8 PM. Unlike last semester, we do not plan on having speakers at every meeting. Lastly, we will be meeting every Monday from now on (except for Holidays that UIndy is closed on). We will post the schedule of meetings and guest speakers as soon as it becomes available.
Also, in the coming weeks, the site will be revamped from the ground up. Let us know if you have any suggestions or comments!
