Madison Activist Calendar from 10/7/2023

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This calendar is brought to you by the friendly volunteer collective of the Madison Infoshop, c/o Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St., Madison, WI 53703. As a volunteer run collective serving the greater WI community, we also offer a safe organizing space with a wide range of activist resources including books, zines, periodicals, videos/DVDs, art supplies, topical files, graphics, megaphones, and button makers. We also host a variety of ongoing reading groups, film discussions, radically inspired cultural events. The Madison Infoshop is whatever is members wish it to be!

Sat. Oct. 7^th 3:00 pm Madison Central Library, Rm. 104 (201 W. Mifflin). The Struggle for Democracy in Sudan – talk with Mr. Mustafa Abdulrahman. Part of the ongoing Arab Spring Forum. More info? Email: hmamach@...

Sun. Oct. 8^th 10:00 am – 3:00 pm UW-Madison Union South (1308 W. Dayton) - check Today in the Union TITU for exact location. Introduction to Permaculture – hosted by PermacultureWorks and the Madison Area Permaculture Guild. Learn the basics of permaculture. Afterward, if you find yourself wanting more, we will be starting our Slow Permaculture Design Certification (Slow PDC) Course on Sun., Oct. 22^nd. For more info, visit:

Mon. Oct. 9^th 10:00 am – 12:00 Noon WI State Capitol, Rm. 412 East (2 E. Main St.) Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition invite to a Public Telling on Assembly Bill 415 on Legislative Redistricting! We know what our communities need and we must protect our freedom to use our voices. We have long-advocated for an independent, nonpartisan process that moves redistricting outside the hands of our gerrymandered legislature. Last month, the Assembly failed to hold a committee public hearing before passing 2023 AB415, the legislative redistricting bill. So we have created an opportunity to make our voices heard before it moves to the Senate floor for a vote. We need your support to stop this bill and ask our legislators to instead support a nonpartisan process that protects the will of the voters. Public comment is limited to two minutes per individual. More info? Visit:

Wed. Oct. 11th 12:00 Noon Housing the Third Reconstruction: Property and Its Insurgencies virtual event with Ananya Roy, Prof. of Urban Planning, Social Welfare, and Geography and the Meyer and Renee Luskin Chair in Inequality and Democracy at the University of California, Los Angeles. Roy is Founding Director of the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, which advances research and scholarship concerned with displacement and dispossession in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the world. Her research focuses on urban transformations and land grabs as well as on global capital and predatory financialization. Hosted by the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice. To register and receive the EventBrite details, visit:

Wed. Oct. 11^th 12:30 pm Orchard Ridge UCC (1501 Gilbert Rd.) We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War – Badger Talk with author and veteran, Doug Bradley. The presentation explores how and why U.S. troops turned to music as a way of connecting to each other and the world back home and of coping with the complexities of the war they had been sent to fight. It also demonstrates that music was important for every group of Vietnam veterans—black and white, Latino and Native American; men and women; officers and “grunts”—whose personal reflections drive the book’s narrative. Doug Bradley has worked for the UW for three decades, is a veteran of the Vietnam war and co-authored, with Prof. Craig Werner, We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War. More info, visit the Facebook event:

Thurs. Oct. 12^th 6:30 pm Overture Center, Promenade Hall (201 State St.) Remembering Matthew Shepard: 25 Years Later! Staged reading of the first two acts of The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Company, with a panel moderated by acclaimed poet, Danez Smith, immediately following the performance. After Matthew’s murder in 1998, members of the Tectonic Theater Project in New York City traveled to Laramie, WY, to interview residents about how the attack on Matt had affected the town. These transcripts were transformed into the play, The Laramie Project, which tells the stories of real people who lived at the epicenter of one of the nation’s most heinous anti-gay hate crimes. Space is limited, so please register for a ticket: https://www.overture.org/tickets-events/2023-24-season/remembering-matthew-shepard-25-years-later/

Sun. Oct. 15^th 10:00 am Prairie UCC Deciding What’s True in a Polarized World – Badger Talk with Michael Wagner. This presentation will review research on fake news, fact-checking, selective exposure to like-minded media outlets and describe the implications for our democracy.

Prof. Michael W. Wagner is the Louis A. Maier Faculty Development Fellow at the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. More info? Visit the Facebook event:

Sun. Oct. 15^th 2:00 pm Tenney Park Shelter (402 N. Thornton Ave.) Celebrate Palestine’s Olive Harvest! Enjoy delicious Palestinian snacks and desserts - sample olives, olive oil & zaatar; shop for Palestinian olive oil, olive oil soap and beautiful hand-crafted treasures; door prizes include olive oil and hand embroidery! Learn about the struggles of Palestinian farmers and families, and how you can help build the Madison-Masafer Yatta Olive Grove. For more info, visit the Facebook event:

Wed. Oct. 18th 7:00 pm Mt. Horeb Community Center (107 N. Grove St. in Mt. Horeb) The Ants and the Grasshopper – screening and discussion of the documentary about climate change and global solidarity Zambian farmer, Anita Chitaya, has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real! More info? Visit:

Sat. Oct. 21^st 2:00 – 6:00 pm Social Justice Center (1202 Williamson St.) Sharefest 2023! Open Mic – storytelling, spoken word, music, comedy! Skill shares – tools to for mutual aid to improve our community and for restorative justice. Free food and drinks! Plus, annual board meeting and elections for Madison MAN Coop. More info? Visit: www.madisonmancoop or call 6-8-443-8229

Mon. Oct. 23^rd 4:00 pm UW-Madison Grainger Hall, Rm. 2080 (975 Univ. Ave.) The Politics of Abortion in Modern China – talk with Sarah Mellors Rodriguez, Assoc. Prof. of History at Missouri State University and author of Reproductive Realities in Modern China: Birth Control and Abortion, 1911-2021. In the early 1950s, abortion was punishable by law in China. How then did China come to have one of the world’s highest abortion rates? Drawing on the grassroots history of birth control and abortion, this talk explains how abortion inadvertently became a primary method of fertility control in China. More info, visit:

Wed. Oct. 25^th 8:00 am Linden Co-Housing (107 Sutherland Ct.) Gather the Women Breakfast – hosted by Madison WILPF! Join us for a homemade buffet breakfast and to hear from: Lauren Cohen of Moms Demand Action - Dane County – about Gun Violence Prevention. Cost is $15. RSVP now to reserve a place: wilpfmadison@...

Thurs. Oct. 26^th 6:00 pm Madison Central Library, Rm. 302 (201 W. Mifflin St.) Screening of the documentary, National Bird, about illegal drone flights. Part of the new antiwar film series, hosted by Madison Vets for Peace and World Beyond War. Free popcorn! More info? warabolition@...

Thurs. Nov. 2nd 6:30 pm Harvest of Empire – by Juan Gonzalez. WILPF Virtual Book Club discussion. This book spans five centuries—from the European colonization of the Americas to through the 2020 election. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American culture and politics is greater than ever. With family portraits of real-life immigrant Latino pioneers, as well as accounts of the events and conditions that compelled them to leave their homelands, Gonzalez highlights the complexity of a segment of the American population that is often discussed but frequently misrepresented. For Zoom login details, email: wilpfmadison@...

Fri. Nov. 3^rd 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Monona Terrace Convention Center (1 John Nolen Dr.) Sustain Dane Summit! Keynotye Speaker: Diamond Spratling, award-winning environmental justice activist, storyteller, and founder of Girl + Environment. Plus, interactive climate roundtable, transformative local projects, and Live Forward Awards. For a full schedule and to register, visit:

Thurs. Nov. 30^th 6:00 pm Madison Central Library, Rm. 302 (201 W. Mifflin St.) Screening of the documentary, Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood. Part of the new antiwar film series, hosted by Madison Vets for Peace and World Beyond War. Free popcorn! More info? warabolition@...