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Madison Activist Calendar from 2/24/2025

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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, art supplies, topical files, graphics, megaphones, and button makers. We also host episodic reading groups, film discussions, and radically inspired cultural events. The Madison Infoshop is whatever its members wish it to be!

Tues. Feb. 25^th 8:00 – 10:00 am Spark Building – Starting Block Cafe, 3^rd Fl. (821 E. Washington Ave.) Sustainable Breakfast Series: Our Leap Forward in Transit! Join us for an inspiring program, featuring two expert speakers: Mike Rusch from Metro Transit will explore the transformative impact of the new bus system and Zia Brucaya from Greater Madison MPO will highlight sustainable transit resources and emerging opportunities. Learn all about the launch of the all-electric Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, new fare payment, and new bus tracking. To register, visit:

Tues. Feb. 25^th 3:00 – 4:00 pm Madison College, Rm. A2031 (1701 Wrigth St.) Video Journalism and Visual Storytelling – with Brad Horn, former Washington Post and Reuters News Service award winning video journalist. Part of the Writer's Life Lecture Series at Madison College.

Thurs. Feb. 27^th 5:30 – 7:30 pm Madison College – Culinary Arts School (1701 Wright St.) Dane County Food Action Plan Launch Event! Want to get engaged in a food action plan that helps Dane County create and sustain a more equitable, healthy, vibrant, resilient, sustainable, and collaborative food system through policy recommendations and collective organizing? At our launch party we will gather key stakeholders in our food system, present project goals and timelines, offer ways for the community to get more involved. If you can’t attend in person, you can also participate through an online survey. To register and for more info, visit:

Thurs. Feb. 27^th 6:30 pm UW-Madison, Union South – Marquee Theater (1308 W. Dayton St.) Separated – Social Cinema film screening followed by informal discussion. Award-winning filmmaker, Errol Morris, incisively probes the darkest chapters in recent American history: family separations. Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family’s plight with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, Morris paints a jaw-dropping picture of the state-sponsored crisis of cruelty, as hundreds of families remain separated today. Hosted by the Havens Wright Center and LACIS. More info?

Sat. March 1^st 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Saturday School of Struggle: The Political Economy of Medicaid! First part of a two part virtual series, hosted by the Wisconsin Poor People’s Campaign. What is the history of Medicaid? What is a Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO)? Why is Medicaid called different things in different parts of your state? With the ongoing and deepening attacks on Medicaid, the Nonviolent Medicaid Army is in the second phase of our Medicaid cut-offs Organizing Drive. To register visit:

Sun. March 2^nd 11:15 am Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ (1501 Gilbert Rd.) Protect Your Congregations – Hosted by WI Faith Voices for Justice ! What should you do if ICE arrives at your congregation or faith-based organization? In light of recent changes to "protected spaces," what rights do we have? Join immigration attorney, Grant Sovern, for this information session on how to respond effectively to law enforcement and protect those within your community. More info, visit:

Thurs. March 6^th 6:30 pm UW-Madison, Union South – Marquee Theater (1308 W. Dayton St.) Igualada – Social Cinema film screening followed by informal discussion. In Colombia, a nation marred by profound racial and socio-economic disparities, a Black woman from a rural background challenges the status quo by launching a presidential campaign. Reappropriating the term “igualada,” Francia Márquez, catapults a movement to the upper echelons of power, by refusing to “know her place.” Fifteen years in the making, this documentary peels back the curtain on how unprecedented change can happen. Hosted by the Havens Wright Center and LACIS. More info?

Thurs. March 6^th 7:00 pm Understanding Wisconsin's Legislative Power Structure – virtual webinar hosted by the Sustain Rural Wisconsin Network! Get the skinny on the Madison legislators, agencies, nonprofits and academics who make the factory farm policies impacting our food supply, health and property rights. Thousands of people are now forced to live with the effects of huge factory farms as the industry expands. Contaminated air and water, torn up roads and shrinking home values have brought people from all walks of life together to protect our health and property rights. Together, we can promote economic growth in rural Wisconsin that ensures a more prosperous future for all. For more info and to register, visit:

Fri. March 7^th 11:00 am - 5:30 pm UW-Madison Health Science Learning Center (750 Highland Ave.) Making the Connection – Wisconsin Environmental Health Network’s (WEHN) annual conference – both in-person and on-line! Join us to explore the crucial link between health and plastics. Speakers include: Philip Landrigan, pediatrician, epidemiologist, and director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College on the Health Effects of Plastic; Hilary Ong, physician and assistant professor of pediatric emergency medicine at University of California, San Francisco on Plastics and Human Reproduction; Matthew Campen, professor at the University of New Mexico Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences on Neuroplastics Out of Sight Into Mind; Linda Kahn, assistant professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health at New York University Grossman School of Medicine on Plastics in Healthcare, along with a panel with Johnathan Berard Policy Director at Beyond Plastics and Leah Holloway program manager for Plastic Free Milwaukee and Milwaukee Riverkeeper. Plus, information tables and networking opportunities. For more info and to register, visit:

Sat. March 8^th 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Sacred Heat School Gym (545 N. Oak St. in Reedsburg) 13^th Annual Food Fair and Farmers Market! Dozens of food vendors and information booths. More info?

Thurs. March 13^th 6:00 pm UW-Madison, Van Vleck Rm. B130 (480 Lincoln Dr.)Latinx Art in Protest – with Malaquias Montoyo, UC-Davis and Dewey Tafoya, Self-Help Graphics & Art, LA. They will discuss of the evolution of art in Chicanx and Latinx social movements, culture, and history and their positionality within this history. They will also examine the role of art in building just futures. For more info, visit: To register and participate via Zoom, visit:

Thurs. March 13^th 6:30 pm UW-Madison, Union South – Marquee Theater (1308 W. Dayton St.) Union – Social Cinema film screening followed by informal discussion.The film chronicles the extraordinary efforts of an unlikely group of warehouse workers as they launch a grassroots union campaign at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York. Led by the charismatic but underestimated Chris Smalls, the diverse band of workers start the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) and embark on a journey against one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world. Filmmakers, Brett Story and Stephen Maing, document the struggle from day one, offering a gripping human drama about the fight for power and dignity in today’s globalized economic landscape. Hosted by the Havens Wright Center, School for Workers, and SCFL. More info?

Wed. March 19^th 9:30 am – 11:00 am UW-Madison, Education Building – WI Idea Rm. (1000 Bascom Mall) From Education for all to Scholasticide: the Rise and Fall of the Global Liberal Education Order – talk with Prof. Mario Novelli, Political Economy of Education, Univ. of Sussex, UK. For more info and to register online for Zoom participation, visit:

Mon. April 7th 8:30 am – 4:30 pm UW-Madison Union South (1308 W. Dayton St.) Wisconsin Idea Conference – this year’s theme: Exchange! Join us for this one-day event that brings together academics, service providers, community leaders, students, and others interested in fostering partnerships that advance meaningful impacts within our community and state. We’ll explore ways to collaborate for positive change in our communities and across the state, build new relationships, and exchange ideas and resources to innovate solutions for the challenges facing our communities. For more info and to register, visit:

Thurs. April 10^th 8:00 am Madison Masonic Center (301 W. Wisconsin Ave.) Madison Action Day 2025 - hosted by WISDOM! Join us for a dynamic day of advocacy, learning, and action in the heart of Wisconsin’s capital! This event is a unique opportunity to engage directly with policymakers, connect with a community of passionate changemakers, and advocate for policies that matter most to you. For more info and to register, visit:

Mon. April 14^th 12:00 Noon – 1:30 pm UW Madison Social Science Bldg, Rm 8108 (1180 Observatory Dr.) BioCultural Diversity and Agency in the Anthropocene: Dams and Precarity Along the Mekong – in person and virtual event with Prasenjit Duara of Duke University. For more info and to register, visit:

April 18^th 12:00 Noon – 1:30 pm UW Madison Social Science Bldg, Rm 8108 (1180 Observatory Dr.) Rock Throwing, State Violence, and the Question of Resistance – in person and virtual event with Karma Chavez of the Univ. of Texas – Austin. For more info and to register, visit:

April 24^th 12:00 Noon – 1:30 pm Elites and Left Politics – virtual event with Marie Moran of University College – Dublin, Ireland. For more info and to register, visit: