Food & Information Drive
This coming Saturday, September 26, 2026, the Flint Hills DSA is teaming up with K-State YDSA to collect items for students, such as ready to eat products, drinks, snacks, toiletries, hygiene products, as well as monetary donations.
It begins at 11am in Triangle Park in Aggieville. If you are interested in helping out, just show up at Triangle Park around 10:45 AM on Saturday. We hope to see many of you there!
If you have questions, reach out to comrade Matt!
Please Fill Out This Form!
Please take 2 minutes to fill out the Committee and Working Group Interest Form so that the stewards of each group can set a monthly meeting day and time.
Meetings
Our last chapter general body meeting took place last week. Co-Chairs Al and Noah began a series called Comrade 101, where we will have short education seminars on how to be a good comrade and effectively organize. The meetings minutes are ready for feedback.
Next Monday, September 28, 2026, the steering committee will meet on Discord. Reach out to the SC if you have anything you’d like the SC to discuss.
Happening over the Next Two Weeks
Comrade club will meet in two weeks, on October 5, 2026, at 6pm, at the Manhattan Public Library, in the Collaboration Space. Come join us! This is a very lowkey and chill way to come meet some of the local socialists. Bring your reading, your homework, a game, or latest craft!
Every Wednesday, comrades come together at the City Park in Manhattan to run. While some folks are training for a 5k, we welcome all comrades at all levels. Your running speed can be walking. After, we usually go to get a drink or a bite to eat. You are welcome to join us for the after social, even if you didn’t run! We usually announce locations in Discord1
Flint Hills Socialist Book Club
Hammer and Hoe
For the September Flint Hills Socialist Book Club, we will be reading Hammer and Hoe, a 1990 history book by Robin D. G. Kelley that explores the pivotal role of Black workers and sharecroppers in the Alabama Communist Party during the 1930s and 1940s.
We will discuss on Discord at 5pm, on Sunday, October 27, 2026.
We have moved from Bookclubs.com to Fable, which is app-based. Join us on Fable.
CIVIC
The last time CIVIC met we were tasked with bringing our ideas for engaging with the community that first, would improve upon the materially lives of our neighbors, and second, would provide an opportunity to recruit (if possible) new members to the chapter. If you were not able to attend the last meeting, begin thinking about these things. Bring your ideas to the CIVIC meeting that will take place at the same time as the next Comrade Club, on October 5, 2026 at 6pm.
Housing Working Group
The Flint Hills Tenants United have been working over the last month to gather information and resources to provide to the public. We are excited to share our update website!
We also tabled and talked at the Chautaqua – At Home in Manhattan event on September 19 in the City Park. This evening, Noah went over the tools and resources that tenants have available to them to gain back power. If you would like to be involved in tenant organizing, reach out to Noah, Steve, or Derron to be added to the Flint Hills Tenants United Discord server.
Political Education
Besides the book club, some members are interested in trying out The People’s Free School. Please fill out the this form if you would like to be part of the group convening for The People’s Free School and to provide your availability.
Political Action
BIDEN Grant
Besides that, members also attended a Riley County Law Board meeting to voice concerns about the Riley County Police Department’s application for a $31 grant through the FY 2026 Bridging Immigration-related Deficits Experienced Nationwide (BIDEN) Program, which would require the RCPD to house undocumented immigrants for HSI and ICE.
So far, an application has been submitted, and it would be up to the Riley County Commissioners to approve accepting the grant if it is awarded. The PAC will keep members up-to-date on this.
Data Center
No new movement has been made on the data center, though signatures are being collected in Pottawatomie, by one of our members to get a five-year moratorium on the county considering the construction of the data center. Any updates about the data center will be shared with the chapter in future newsletters.