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The official account for the Flint Hills chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America 🗳🌹
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Join our comrades in Missouri in helping to eliminate medical debt ($1 eliminates $100 in debt) and KSU YDSA in helping to keep ICE off K-State campus! Eliminate Medical Debt: unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/mid... Sign the Petition to keep ICE off our campus: www.instagram.com/p/DFvOQCYOa6...

We are working with the Renters Together MHK tenant union to help check on our neighbors. If you like canvasing/surveying, join us in informing tenants (immigrants too) on their rights. Lets do what we can to keep people safe and sound in their homes! actionnetwork.org/events/rente...

Tonight at 6pm at the Manhattan Public Library in the Groesbeck Room on the 2nd floor is our February general meeting. Directly message us for a Zoom link. We are reaching out to our neighbors directly and we need your help! Join us tonight to learn more!

There's a lot of uncertainty nowadays and it all can be overwhelming, but staying connected with a community that's looking out for you, can make all the difference! Join us, this Thursday at the Manhattan Public Library at 6pm in the Groesbeck Room on the 2nd floor to learn more!

Mutual aid is important and needed now more than ever. Helping Hands Free Store is stocked and ready for shoppers and volunteers. Scan the QR code below or click the link to shop, volunteer to help, donate, and stay in touch: actionnetwork.org/forms/helpin...

Two major events coming up! First is the Solidarity Fest in Lawrence this Saturday and second is the Luigi rally here in Manhattan at Triangle Park on February 8th at 1pm hosted by the Kansas Socialist Book Club. Hope to see you there!

ICE is in Kansas! If you can help, please share these resources with an immigrant or an organization that can help distribute these to immigrants in your area: Local Catholic charity: ccnks.org/manhattan 785-323-0644 More below!

ICE has been spotted in Kansas

The People's March in Topeka (1/18/25)

Short notice but at least there's a notice: Flint Hills Wellness Coalition will host a free, public panel discussion on mental health, tonight, January 16th, at 6:30pm in the Manhattan Public Library. All are welcome!

Couple of major state-wide events are coming up! This weekend (1/18/25) is the People's March in Topeka, KS where organizations across the state march together for change.

Interested in running for office? We, along with Milo Pomarico are hosting "Electoral Strategy 101: What is the DSA Difference" next week to discuss electoral strategy as a socialist and how to run campaigns that improve the conditions of the working class actionnetwork.org/events/elect...

Our general meeting for January is tonight at 6pm but due to the snow we will be online only through Zoom. We're continuing our talks about housing & tenant issues, coalition building with other orgs in the Flint Hills area, establishing an annual calendar for events, and more!

General meeting next week on Thursday (1/9/25) at 6pm at the Manhattan Public Library in the 2nd floor Groesbeck Room! We will be continuing our discussion around tenant housing and talking with tenants in Northview.

Over the weekend, some of our members along with Renters Together MHK and Flint Hills Mutual Aid came together to help prevent a tenant from being evicted due to code violations. Steve, Amber, and Aaron made repairs to her porch and brought it up to code.

Indivisible is hosting a social this Thursday at 7pm at the Manhattan Brewing Company. Indivisible is an anti-Trump organization made up of individuals and organizations concerned about the rising tide of fascism in our country and wants to do what they can to oppose Trump and his harmful policies.

General Meeting next Thursday at 6pm at the Manhattan Public Library in the collaboration space on the first floor. We're talking about housing again with what we accomplished at our work meeting and what we should do going forward.

If you are passionate about housing/tenant advocacy, check out the Tenant Union Federation and sign up for updates. KC Tenants is a founding member and is a tenant union currently facilitating a rent strike. Great opportunity to learn from the best! TUF: tenantfederation.org KCT: kctenants.org

Our friends at the Helping Hands Free Store have gotten a surge in donations this weekend! Feel free to stop by from 9-5 today if you're in a pinch and need clothes for all ages, home decor, pots and pans, or books.

As you can see we are now on Bluesky!