See below for a (relatively) comprehensive list of past Columbia Dems meetings. Find a gap or see something that needs correcting? Let us know!
2016 - 2017
President: Shoshana Lauter '18
April 26, 2017
Hamilton 702
Elections for E-Board 2017-2018!
April 19, 2017
Hamilton 702
Election Info Session and "West Wing" Study Break
April 12, 2017
Hamilton 702
Circles: Syria, Net Neutrality, and Special Elections.
April 5, 2017
Hamilton 702
Teach-in with Five Mualimm-Ak.
March 29, 2017
Hamilton 702
Circles: "Keeping up With Congress" - Budget, Healthcare, Immigration.
March 22, 2017
Hamilton 702
Visit from City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal.
March 8, 2017
Hamilton 702
Study Break: Screening of "Command and Control"
March 1, 2017
Hamilton 702
Constitution Teach-In with Professors.
February 22, 2017
Hamilton 702
Internship Panel from Dems Alums.
February 15, 2017
Hamilton 702
Community Guidelines and Relationship Respect.
February 8, 2017
Hamilton 702
Circles: Environmental Policy, Neil Gorsuch, and Condomgrams!
February 1, 2017
Hamilton 702
Circles: Trump's Muslim Ban, Mental Health on Campus, and Controversial Speakers on Campus.
January 25, 2017
Hamilton 702
Affordable Care Act Teach-In!
December 6, 2016
Barnard 302
Elections.
November 30, 2016
Lerner 569
Class Awareness Month discussion circles.
November 16, 2016
Lerner 569
Moving Forward.
November 9, 2016
Lerner Satow
Circle: University of Missouri and Yale protests.
November 2, 2016
Lerner Hamilton 517
Dems and Chill Cookie Decorating!
October 26, 2016
Lerner 569
A Conversation with State Senator Daniel Squadron!
October 19, 2016
Hamilton 569
Debate Watch Party: Debate Trumps Hate 3.0
October 12, 2016
Lerner 569
Circles: Haiti and Hurricane Matthew, Campaign Updates
October 5, 2016
No GBM: Voting Week at CU!
September 28, 2016
Hamilton 517
Voter Registration Training!
September 21, 2016
Lerner 569
Where Do You Stand?
September 14, 2016
Lerner 569
First meeting! Learn about who we are and what we do, meet other Dems, chat about passions, get connected!
Hamilton 702
Elections for E-Board 2017-2018!
April 19, 2017
Hamilton 702
Election Info Session and "West Wing" Study Break
April 12, 2017
Hamilton 702
Circles: Syria, Net Neutrality, and Special Elections.
April 5, 2017
Hamilton 702
Teach-in with Five Mualimm-Ak.
March 29, 2017
Hamilton 702
Circles: "Keeping up With Congress" - Budget, Healthcare, Immigration.
March 22, 2017
Hamilton 702
Visit from City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal.
March 8, 2017
Hamilton 702
Study Break: Screening of "Command and Control"
March 1, 2017
Hamilton 702
Constitution Teach-In with Professors.
February 22, 2017
Hamilton 702
Internship Panel from Dems Alums.
February 15, 2017
Hamilton 702
Community Guidelines and Relationship Respect.
February 8, 2017
Hamilton 702
Circles: Environmental Policy, Neil Gorsuch, and Condomgrams!
February 1, 2017
Hamilton 702
Circles: Trump's Muslim Ban, Mental Health on Campus, and Controversial Speakers on Campus.
January 25, 2017
Hamilton 702
Affordable Care Act Teach-In!
December 6, 2016
Barnard 302
Elections.
November 30, 2016
Lerner 569
Class Awareness Month discussion circles.
November 16, 2016
Lerner 569
Moving Forward.
November 9, 2016
Lerner Satow
Circle: University of Missouri and Yale protests.
November 2, 2016
Lerner Hamilton 517
Dems and Chill Cookie Decorating!
October 26, 2016
Lerner 569
A Conversation with State Senator Daniel Squadron!
October 19, 2016
Hamilton 569
Debate Watch Party: Debate Trumps Hate 3.0
October 12, 2016
Lerner 569
Circles: Haiti and Hurricane Matthew, Campaign Updates
October 5, 2016
No GBM: Voting Week at CU!
September 28, 2016
Hamilton 517
Voter Registration Training!
September 21, 2016
Lerner 569
Where Do You Stand?
September 14, 2016
Lerner 569
First meeting! Learn about who we are and what we do, meet other Dems, chat about passions, get connected!
2015 - 2016
President: Kristen Gonzalez '17
February 3, 2016
517 Hamilton
Circles: fragmentation in the Democratic party, women in the 2016 election, condomgrams.
January 27, 2016
Lerner 555
Circles: Flint’s water crisis in Michigan, Oregon standoff, Elections 2016.
December 2, 2015
Lerner Satow
Elections.
November 18, 2015
303 Hamilton
Circle: attacks in Paris and Beirut, Airbnb in San Francisco, NYC Council activism, what it’s like to be a Lead Activist.
November 11, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circle: University of Missouri and Yale protests.
November 4, 2015
Lerner Satow
Arun Chaudhary, the Digital Creative Director of the Bernie Sanders campaign, speaks at CU Dems.
October 28, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: Paul Ryan and paid family leave, button-making and bonding.
October 21, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, democratic socialism, migrant crisis in Europe.
October 14, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: where candidates stand on gun control, mental health and mass shootings, activism on gun control reform.
October 6, 2015
Lerner Party Space
Voting Week panel: utilizing the electoral process to empower marginalized voices.
September 30, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: implosion of the Republican Party, is Pope Francis a Democrat?
September 23, 2015
517 Hamilton
Political speed dating.
September 15, 2015
Lerner Satow
First meeting. Campaign trip, about the organization, and running for board.
517 Hamilton
Circles: fragmentation in the Democratic party, women in the 2016 election, condomgrams.
January 27, 2016
Lerner 555
Circles: Flint’s water crisis in Michigan, Oregon standoff, Elections 2016.
December 2, 2015
Lerner Satow
Elections.
November 18, 2015
303 Hamilton
Circle: attacks in Paris and Beirut, Airbnb in San Francisco, NYC Council activism, what it’s like to be a Lead Activist.
November 11, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circle: University of Missouri and Yale protests.
November 4, 2015
Lerner Satow
Arun Chaudhary, the Digital Creative Director of the Bernie Sanders campaign, speaks at CU Dems.
October 28, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: Paul Ryan and paid family leave, button-making and bonding.
October 21, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, democratic socialism, migrant crisis in Europe.
October 14, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: where candidates stand on gun control, mental health and mass shootings, activism on gun control reform.
October 6, 2015
Lerner Party Space
Voting Week panel: utilizing the electoral process to empower marginalized voices.
September 30, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: implosion of the Republican Party, is Pope Francis a Democrat?
September 23, 2015
517 Hamilton
Political speed dating.
September 15, 2015
Lerner Satow
First meeting. Campaign trip, about the organization, and running for board.
2014 - 2015
President: Austin Heyroth '15
April 29, 2015
Hamilton 702
Elections.
April 22, 2015
Lerner Satow
Lobby Trip recap and Constitutional Review.
April 15, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: Hillary Clinton running, for-profit education regulation, infrastructure and public transportation decaying.
April 8, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: what Obamacare has done, Monica Lewinsky’s recent advocacy, the Caliornia drought.
March 25, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: gerrymandering and ASU v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, implications of Netanyahu’s reelection on American politics, homelessness here and beyond.
March 11, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: anti-LGBTQ laws in Africa and ties to the US, intersectionality in gender equality, planned parenthood activism planning.
March 4, 2015
Lerner Satow
All-environment eco-meeting. Professor David Sandalow speaks to CU Dems.
February 25, 2015
503 Hamilton
Circles: the future of space exploration, opportunities for reproductive justice activism, overview of crazy news in the week, reentry of incarcerated.
February 18, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: American Sniper, cybersecurity, Obama’s request for executive action in the Mideast.
February 4, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: Obama’s community college plan, vaccination, Condomgram making.
January 28, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: free speech in France, Boko Haram’s attacks in Nigeria, review of politics over Winter Break.
December 3, 2014
Lerner Satow
Elections.
November 19, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: running for board info, NYC Right to Know Act, The Young Turks event planning, VA Healthcare activism planning.
November 12, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: women in the military, Albany expectations in 2015, homelessness and Fort Lauderdale, Condomgram making.
November 5, 2014
Lerner 569
Campaign trip recap.
October 29, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: missing students in Mexico, de facto segregation in NYC schools, button-making for campaign trip 2014.
October 22, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: blast from the past of Columbia activism, crafting zingers for campaign trip 2014, government response to Ebola.
October 15, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: Hong Kong’s umbrella movement, net neutrality, local political activism planning for Domenic Recchia, rules of protest activism planning.
October 8, 2014
Lerner Satow
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at CU Dems.
October 1, 2014
Lerner 569
Circles: new media and politics, free speech and protest activism, court observation training, 2014 elections.
September 24, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: Affordable Care Act, unaccompanied minors immigration, unpaid internship panel planning, foreign policy and ISIS.
September 17, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: domestic violence and Ray Rice, poster making for People’s Climate March, police militarization, women’s reproductive rights.
September 10, 2014
Lerner Satow
First meeting. Free food, upcoming activism, and annual campaign trip.
Hamilton 702
Elections.
April 22, 2015
Lerner Satow
Lobby Trip recap and Constitutional Review.
April 15, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: Hillary Clinton running, for-profit education regulation, infrastructure and public transportation decaying.
April 8, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: what Obamacare has done, Monica Lewinsky’s recent advocacy, the Caliornia drought.
March 25, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: gerrymandering and ASU v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, implications of Netanyahu’s reelection on American politics, homelessness here and beyond.
March 11, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: anti-LGBTQ laws in Africa and ties to the US, intersectionality in gender equality, planned parenthood activism planning.
March 4, 2015
Lerner Satow
All-environment eco-meeting. Professor David Sandalow speaks to CU Dems.
February 25, 2015
503 Hamilton
Circles: the future of space exploration, opportunities for reproductive justice activism, overview of crazy news in the week, reentry of incarcerated.
February 18, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: American Sniper, cybersecurity, Obama’s request for executive action in the Mideast.
February 4, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: Obama’s community college plan, vaccination, Condomgram making.
January 28, 2015
Lerner Satow
Circles: free speech in France, Boko Haram’s attacks in Nigeria, review of politics over Winter Break.
December 3, 2014
Lerner Satow
Elections.
November 19, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: running for board info, NYC Right to Know Act, The Young Turks event planning, VA Healthcare activism planning.
November 12, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: women in the military, Albany expectations in 2015, homelessness and Fort Lauderdale, Condomgram making.
November 5, 2014
Lerner 569
Campaign trip recap.
October 29, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: missing students in Mexico, de facto segregation in NYC schools, button-making for campaign trip 2014.
October 22, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: blast from the past of Columbia activism, crafting zingers for campaign trip 2014, government response to Ebola.
October 15, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: Hong Kong’s umbrella movement, net neutrality, local political activism planning for Domenic Recchia, rules of protest activism planning.
October 8, 2014
Lerner Satow
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at CU Dems.
October 1, 2014
Lerner 569
Circles: new media and politics, free speech and protest activism, court observation training, 2014 elections.
September 24, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: Affordable Care Act, unaccompanied minors immigration, unpaid internship panel planning, foreign policy and ISIS.
September 17, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: domestic violence and Ray Rice, poster making for People’s Climate March, police militarization, women’s reproductive rights.
September 10, 2014
Lerner Satow
First meeting. Free food, upcoming activism, and annual campaign trip.
2013 - 2014
President: Sejal Singh '15
April 30, 2014
Lerner Satow
Elections.
April 23, 2014
703 Hamilton
Circles: House of Cards social event planning, convict voting rights, VA backlog activism planning.
April 16, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: women and the draft, unpaid internships, Obama’s environmental policies, VA backlog activism planning.
April 9, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: raising the minimum wage project, campaign finance reform, VA backlog, Barnard Columbia Divest planning.
April 2, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: raising the minimum wage project, earth day activism planning, discussing student loans, preparing for clinic defense.
March 26, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: midterm elections, mass incarceration panel planning, Miss Representation screening, Barnard Columbia Divest panel planning.
March 12, 2014
Lerner Satow
Party to celebrate International Women’s Day.
February 19, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: Key Stone XL pipeline, raising the minimum wage, city lobby day planning, planning upcoming women in the media events.
February 12, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: ObamaCare education workshop, city council lobby day planning, Obama’s use of executive orders, condomgram making.
February 5, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: marijuana legalization, condomgram making, city lobby day planning, misrepresentation of women in the media.
January 29, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: sexual assault policy, misrepresentation in the media, mass incarceration panel planning, health care reform.
December 4, 2013
Elections.
November 20, 2013
Lerner Broadway
Circles: sexual assault policy awareness, upcoming election information, income inequality event planning, planning for next semester’s activism.
November 13, 2013
Lerner 569
Circles: sexual assault policy awareness, social event planning, nuclear energy discussion circle, abortion rights phone banking.
November 6, 2013
517 Hamilton
Post-campaign trip. Watch short video about campaign trip, reveal winner of scavenger hunt, and eat free food.
October 16, 2013
517 Hamilton
Circles: button making and fundraising, plan activism on sexual assault policy, discuss debt ceiling
October 9, 2013
417 Mathematics
Circles: canvassing training for the de Blasio campaign, plan activism on sexual assault policy, plan petition for Barnard Columbia Divest, discuss drug decriminalization.
October 2, 2013
Lerner Satow
Circles: plan fundraising, discuss how to get involved in NYC mayoral election, discuss government surveillance, plan activism for the government shutdown
September 25, 2013
Lerner Satow
Circles: discuss the rights of sex workers, continue planning of immigration rally, prepare abortion clinic defense, write letters to defend SNAP
September 18, 2013
Lerner Satow
Circles: discuss upcoming immigration reform rally, discuss Syria, plan abortion clinic defense, learn about divestment
September 11, 2013
Lerner Satow
First meeting. Free food and find out where the campaign trip will be.
Lerner Satow
Elections.
April 23, 2014
703 Hamilton
Circles: House of Cards social event planning, convict voting rights, VA backlog activism planning.
April 16, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: women and the draft, unpaid internships, Obama’s environmental policies, VA backlog activism planning.
April 9, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: raising the minimum wage project, campaign finance reform, VA backlog, Barnard Columbia Divest planning.
April 2, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: raising the minimum wage project, earth day activism planning, discussing student loans, preparing for clinic defense.
March 26, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: midterm elections, mass incarceration panel planning, Miss Representation screening, Barnard Columbia Divest panel planning.
March 12, 2014
Lerner Satow
Party to celebrate International Women’s Day.
February 19, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: Key Stone XL pipeline, raising the minimum wage, city lobby day planning, planning upcoming women in the media events.
February 12, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: ObamaCare education workshop, city council lobby day planning, Obama’s use of executive orders, condomgram making.
February 5, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: marijuana legalization, condomgram making, city lobby day planning, misrepresentation of women in the media.
January 29, 2014
Lerner Satow
Circles: sexual assault policy, misrepresentation in the media, mass incarceration panel planning, health care reform.
December 4, 2013
Elections.
November 20, 2013
Lerner Broadway
Circles: sexual assault policy awareness, upcoming election information, income inequality event planning, planning for next semester’s activism.
November 13, 2013
Lerner 569
Circles: sexual assault policy awareness, social event planning, nuclear energy discussion circle, abortion rights phone banking.
November 6, 2013
517 Hamilton
Post-campaign trip. Watch short video about campaign trip, reveal winner of scavenger hunt, and eat free food.
October 16, 2013
517 Hamilton
Circles: button making and fundraising, plan activism on sexual assault policy, discuss debt ceiling
October 9, 2013
417 Mathematics
Circles: canvassing training for the de Blasio campaign, plan activism on sexual assault policy, plan petition for Barnard Columbia Divest, discuss drug decriminalization.
October 2, 2013
Lerner Satow
Circles: plan fundraising, discuss how to get involved in NYC mayoral election, discuss government surveillance, plan activism for the government shutdown
September 25, 2013
Lerner Satow
Circles: discuss the rights of sex workers, continue planning of immigration rally, prepare abortion clinic defense, write letters to defend SNAP
September 18, 2013
Lerner Satow
Circles: discuss upcoming immigration reform rally, discuss Syria, plan abortion clinic defense, learn about divestment
September 11, 2013
Lerner Satow
First meeting. Free food and find out where the campaign trip will be.