We will be having our next General Meeting on Monday, October 19th at 7 pm in Schwitzer 012. Brian Williams, Candidate for Mayor of Indianapolis (pictured right), will be our guest speaker. We will also be talking about our fundraising efforts and community service project for the year. Food and drinks will be provided and we hope to see everyone there!
Also, apologies for not posting reminders about our previous two meetings, so here is a synopsis. On September 28th, Marion County Judge Jose Salinas spoke to the club. On October 5th, Vop Osili, Candidate for Indiana Secretary of State, and Andy Miller, a surrogate for the Melina Kennedy for Indianapolis Campaign, spoke about their respective elections. Also, this meeting was a first for the year for the club: Vop Osili was the first Candidate to be hosted by our Club!! Many thanks to all three of these speakers for coming out and talking to College Democrats about getting involved in the community!
The school year has been proceeding quickly, and we have been in school for almost a month now!
Our next meeting is this Monday, September 21st, at 7 pm in Schwitzer 012. We have had a change in our guest speaker for this meeting. Our new guest speaker is Alison Griffin, State Field Director for Indiana OFA. OFA stands for Organizing for America, and it is what has been absorbed into the DNC from President Obama's campaign, so its all about the Grassroots organizing, and we love the Grassroots.
Free food and drinks as always! We hope to see everyone there!
UIndy College Democrats and ICCD members are supporting a Health Care Rally that is tomorrow, Saturday, September 5th, at 10 am. It is taking place at the corner of North Street and Pennsylvania Street, aka Obelisk Square. Congressman Carson will be there as one of the Keynote Speakers. There will be free breakfast for attendees. It is being hosted by SEIU and the Indiana Central Labor Council.
Club members, we are meeting in the parking lot between Krannert Memorial Library and Cory Bretz Hall at 8:45 to carpool, and we are leaving at 9:00 sharp! We hope to see everyone there to show support for Health Care Reform!
Also, don't forget we have our next meeting on Tuesday, September 8th, at 7 pm in Schwitzer 012. Our Guest Speaker will be Lowell "Butch" Shroyer, President of the Perry Township Democrats Club and Candidate for Marion County Prosecutor. There will be free food and drinks for everyone. We hope to see you there as well as this weekend's Health Care Rally!
The Welcome Week events on Friday were an astounding success for the club with many new members joining.
Today is the Marion County United Democrats picnic at Garfield Park at noon. We are hoping to have many members join us for this. We are meeting in the parking lot between Krannert Memorial Library and Corey Bretz Hall at 11:45 am to carpool to the Park. There will be free food and great times at the Picnic with Democrats of all ages attending! We hope to have everyone join us for this to show the rest of the County Party that we, College Democrats, mean business, and to remind them that we are a major bloc of the party.
Our first meeting is on Tuesday, August 25th, at 7 pm in Schwitzer 012. We hope to see everyone there, and there is much business to discuss, but we are going to try to not make it boring. Some things on the meetings agenda are: the Club Constitution, some new Elections, ICCD, Election Day 2009, Healthcare rallies, and many other things. There will be free pizza and drinks at the meeting for members to enjoy. As always, friends are more than welcome to come to a meeting and join the club.
I hope everyone has an awesome first week back in classes!
The beginning of the school year is quickly approaching with only 10 days until classes start, but before school begins, there is UIndy Welcome Week.
Picture of the Day is part of the Indiana College Democrats delegation at the CDA National Convention in late July.
On Friday August 21st, we will be participating in the UIndy Life Expo and UIndy Welcome Week Circus. We need members to volunteer to work at our booths at these events. The UIndy Life Expo is from 12-2 pm on the 21st on the Smith Mall, and at it, we will be passing out pamphlets to new and returning students with information about our organization to help in the recruitment of new members. Then from 7-11 pm that night, the UIndy Circus will take place, also on the Smith Mall. At the Circus, we will be passing out informational pamphlets, playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey, and selling Elephant Ears as a fundraiser.
We hope to see everyone at these events, and hopefully many of you will volunteer. If you want to be listed on the list of volunteers, email us at
uindycollegedemocrats@gmail.com.
Also, our first General Meeting of the year will take place on Tuesday, August 25th at 7 pm in Schwitzer 012. We have much to discuss at the meeting, including: Guest Speakers, Communication methods, our new club Constitution, Events, Fundraising, Election Day, Club T-Shirts, and Campaigning. Everyone should be there, because many important things will be covered that shouldn't be missed.
