Bring your passions and your questions. We’re excited to meet and talk about how we Do Something.

Meet at Wine Shop, 410 Pearl St, downtown New Albany.

Feel free to bring a friend (1/2 price bottles on Tuesdays!)

Come to the inaugural DSSI Community Potluck!

Let us know you’re coming on FB here.

Live Music
We’re thrilled to welcome two incredible musical guests:
Tonya Buckler (DSSIN member) Louisville-born, Southern Indiana-based singer-songwriter influenced by Patty Griffin, Indigo Girls, and Heart. Tonya performs with The Fellow Travelers and The Navigators, and is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer bringing songs of peace and justice to our gathering.

PlumRidge (formerly Dorney & Friends) Dorney, Barb Hawley, and Mike Williams have been making music together in Louisville for decades. With 60+ years of friendship and 20 years of making merry music, they’re bringing a treasure trove of tunes that have made up the soundtrack of our lives. Get ready to sing along!

Delicious Food
Bring your favorite dish to share - whether it’s Grandma’s famous casserole, your go-to potluck contribution, or something completely new. We love variety, so bring whatever makes your heart (and stomach) happy!

Family Friendly
Kids are absolutely welcome! We’ll have activities to keep the little ones entertained while the grown-ups connect, eat, and enjoy the music.

Real Connection
With more than 600 members, many of us have never actually met face-to-face. We’ve stood together at rallies, worked alongside each other in committees, supported each other online - but there’s something irreplaceable about simply being together, sharing a meal, and letting ourselves be known.

Join Us
Let’s shine our light in the darkness through carols, candles, and community. Together, we’ll stand in solidarity and bring hope for brighter times ahead.

Register Here

Learning & listening across the ideological divide.

Note: this is a different time than previous protests.

Peacefully protest that Clark County is holding ICE detainees. Signs and sign material may be available on-site.

After the protest, we’ll gather at O’Shea’s, 355 Spring St., Jeffersonville, IN 47130

Please register here:

https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScUUJnFdpR.../viewform...

Join us for an informal, guided painting event, full of fun and friends.
 
 BYOS (Bring your own sip).

Let your representatives hear your voice! Rally Against Redistricting.

📣Rally Against Redistricting📣 · American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana

Peacefully protest that Clark County is holding ICE detainees. Signs and sign material may be available on-site.

Ready to Do Something? Join us at our next General Membership Meeting. Find your committee. Find your role. Find your way to make a difference.

Join us in a relaxed social gathering of people like yourself who just want to DO SOMETHING.

Join us for a beautiful fall hike at Mount St. Francis, then a fun Bluegrass Jam session at the on-site Pump House.

In a world of noise and division, it’s easy to forget the power of listening and understanding. Let’s bring it back—one conversation at a time. Because democracy depends on us.

Come talk with us at Do Something Southern Indiana’s inaugural Conversations That Matter.

The Justice Center at All Peoples is hosting “let’s celebrate democracy” – an invitation to celebrate our democracy and envision what a more robust and fulfilling democracy would look like.

Remember kindergarten? You learned to stay inside the lines.

Apparently Mike Braun missed that lesson.

Monday, November 3rd he's coming to New Albany to defend his plan to redraw Indiana's electoral maps mid-cycle—coloring WAY outside the lines of democracy.

Join us.

Peacefully protest that Clark County is holding ICE detainees. Signs and sign material may be available on-site.

Join us to talk about protecting public education & the steps we can take.

Ready to Do Something? Join us at our next General Membership Meeting. Find your committee. Find your role. Find your way to make a difference.

This event is hosted by a coalition of organizations in Southern Indiana, spanning Clark, Floyd, and Harrison Counties, in coordination with Louisville groups, including those organizing the Louisville No Kings event. As neighbors, our bridge calls us to Do Something: to stand united across the lines—crossing state lines, transcending party lines, and resisting authoritarian lines of power—to defend democracy together.

Register Here: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/851185/

Peacefully protest that Clark County is holding ICE detainees. Signs and sign material may be available on-site.

In Support of Kentucky Citizens for Democracy

📢 Update/Call to Action: LifeWise

Board Chair Carly Clem has confirmed that the OCS Board will meet October 8 at 5:00 pm at the Arvin Center to discuss and vote on the “moral instruction” statute. She indicated that there will be no public expression on the agenda.

Background

Kentucky’s Attorney General recently confirmed that we are a “may” state. This means school districts have the option to not allow student release time from school for programs like LifeWise. The AG emphasized that the Board must submit evidence for their decision and the decision must not be discriminatory towards religion.

The Board is within its rights to reject LifeWise programs because of:

• Loss of more than 30 hours of instructional time each year.

• Devaluing of art, music, library, and technology programs.

• Major scheduling disruptions.

• Liability and insurance risks that could impact taxpayers.

• Loopholes that allow LifeWise staff to directly contact students outside school channels.

• Increased risk of bullying and exclusion.

• Legal exposure around separation of church and state.

• Pressure to approve any moral instruction program (including fringe or harmful groups) once one is approved.

LifeWise has sued parents, threatened organizations, and lobbied legislatures to force districts to adopt their programs. This is not a neutral, community-driven effort—it’s a national push with significant risks.

Call to Action

The Board needs substantial evidence to say “no.” Please contact your board members and remind them of the above reasons.

✅ Please attend the October 8 meeting to send a strong and unified message to the Board and community. Please wear your black KCfD shirt or anything black so that there is a clear visual of our opposition.

Thank you for standing up for all kids, all families, and our public schools.

Event: Community Meeting on Informed Civic Action about Lifewise & Our Schools  

What to Expect

- Kentucky Citizens for Democracy will share their ongoing experience with LifeWise in Oldham County
- Learn about their approach, challenges they’ve faced, and what they’ve discovered
- Understand how they’ve built community partnerships and coalitions
- Get insights for developing our own community response

Why This Matters:
- They’re a few months ahead of us in addressing the same issue
- They can share practical lessons about community organizing
- Their experience can help us avoid common pitfalls
- We’ll learn about effective ways to engage with educate parents, & engage school boards and community leaders

Kentucky Citizens for Democracy, John Sutton from the Secular Education Association and faith leaders will be there to present and help our members become informed about Lifewise in our schools.  DSSIN believes in Informed civic action.  These speakers are powerful allies in our fight against Lifewise in our public schools - they will share strategies, and  the theological reasons why we should keep this stuff out of the school day. 

Featured Speakers:

• Kentucky Citizens for Democracy representatives

• John Sutton, Secular Education Association

• Faith leaders providing theological perspectives

Why Attend: Learn practical approaches to ensuring transparency and legal compliance in public education from experienced advocates.

Bring: Non-perishable food items for New Albany Floyd County Library and grocery bags for Hope Southern Indiana

Contact: DoSomethingSOIN@gmail.com

This meeting focuses on informed civic action and constitutional principles that protect all families in our diverse community.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JMxCGhLM9/