Chapter Bylaws
The Chapter Bylaws are the foundational document that establishes how Flint Hills DSA operates as a democratic organization. They define our membership, our elected officers and committees, how meetings and votes work, and the resolution process through which the membership sets chapter policy. Any member in good standing can help change them: amendments are proposed by resolution, brought to the membership with advance notice, and adopted by vote at a Chapter Meeting. The full text is linked below.
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is the chapter’s executive body. It handles day-to-day operations and carries out the decisions the membership makes, while remaining accountable to the general body and the annual Chapter Convention. The committee is made up of our elected officers: two Co-Chairs, an Administrative Coordinator, a Finance Coordinator, and an Engagement Coordinator. Officers serve one-year terms elected each July. The committee meets monthly, publishes its minutes, and welcomes any member in good standing to observe.
Liberation as a Grounding Principle
Liberation sits at the center of how we organize. We confront racism, colonialism, ableism, patriarchy, and every system of domination as bound up with capitalism itself, and we refuse to treat any of them as a side issue. Our points of unity commit us to abolition, to socialist feminism and trans liberation, and to standing with global liberation struggles and Indigenous sovereignty. These commitments shape the work we do in workplaces, in our community, and in the political education we share with one another.
We also hold ourselves accountable to building an organization that reflects the multiracial working class we fight for. Flint Hills DSA is the first chapter in Kansas to establish an AFROSOC (AfroSocialist/Socialists of Color) committee, and in April 2026 our membership moved to amend our bylaws to create dedicated steering committee leadership for Black, Indigenous, and people of color membership and community relations. Building a genuinely multiracial movement takes deliberate structure and ongoing work, and we are committed to doing both.
Our Points of Unity
Capitalism cannot be reformed.
It generates exploitation, inequality, and oppression. We organize the working class to transform society through collective power.
We fight for democratic socialism.
Workers must collectively own and democratically control the means of production. Human need, not profit, guides the economy, with healthcare, housing, education, transit, and energy decommodified and universally guaranteed.
We are abolitionists and feminists.
We fight to abolish policing, prisons, and carceral systems, and we uphold socialist feminism and trans liberation as central to our struggle. We confront racism, colonialism, ableism, and all systems of domination as inseparable from capitalism.
We are internationalists.
We oppose the imperial core and its militarism, stand in solidarity with global liberation struggles and Indigenous sovereignty, and practice proletarian internationalism.
We fight for ecological justice.
Capitalism’s growth imperative is incompatible with sustainability. We demand a just transition that secures livelihoods, public ownership, and ecological survival.
We prefigure the world we seek.
Our organization models democracy, accessibility, transparency, and solidarity. We enforce anti-harassment standards, reject surveillance technology, and ban the use of generative AI in chapter operations. We promote behavior and action that is comradely and leads to social good.
We contest oppressive power on all fronts.
We build working-class organizations in workplaces, communities, and culture; we engage in mutual aid and political education; and we run electoral campaigns to build independent socialist power while remaining accountable to our membership.
We practice democratic unity and accountability.
We embrace open debate, collective execution of decisions, and constructive reflection. We hold ourselves to our commitments, protect member data and privacy, and maintain transparency in our finances, records, and governance. We practice calling in rather than calling out when holding one another accountable.
We are committed to education.
Education is the foundation of effective organization, so we share our information and educational materials freely. We embrace lifelong learning and keep open minds and open hearts wherever good faith is found.