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Madison Activist Calendar from 3/22/2025

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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!

Sat. March 22^nd 10:00 am Madison Labor Temple (1602 S. Park St.) Beat Back the Billionaire Attack Rally! Stop federal sector union-busting, block Elon Musk's attempt to buy the WI Supreme Court and join the fight to protect Medicare, Medicaid and public services and take back public-sector workers' collective bargaining rights. Speakers will be Act 10 lawsuit plaintiffs from AFSCME and AFT,the AFGE VA Local President, and other local labor leaders expressing solidarity. More info? Visit:

Sat. March 22^nd 12:30 – 4:00 pm Social Justice Center (1202 Williamson St.) Organizer Education 99 – hosted by the Madison General Membership Branch (GMB) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Community meal, followed by radical labor organizing! Check out the One Big Union! More info?

Sat. March 22^nd 3:00 pm Madison Central Library (201 W. Mifflin) Dane County Poor People's Campaign meeting! Come learn more about the PPC and its role in organizing the poor, meet new folks who are motivated to join this movement, and hear updates about current work happening locally and ways to get involved. More info? ppcdaneco@...

Sun. March 23^rd 9:00 am Madison Christian Community (7118 Old Sauk Rd.) Update from Palestine: Eyewitness Accounts with Kristine Wilke and Martha Monson who traveled to Palestine last Nov. with Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP). More info? Contact: info@...

Mon. March 24^th – Fri. March 28^th 7:00 pm each evening WNPJ’s Virtual Spring Assembly! Join the WI Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ) to hear activist voices as we celebrate our diversity and our unity. Each evening will feature different topics and speakers: Mon. 3/24 Coalition and Community Building: Our Common Denominators; Tues. 2/25 Immigration & Palestine: The Connections; Wed. 2/26 Protecting All Our Rights; Thurs. 3/27 Environmental Justice; and Fri. 3/28 Anti-war / Anti-militarism / Abolition. For more info and to register for the Zoom link, visit:

Thurs. March 27^th 9:00 am Virtual Know Your Right Training – hosted by the Join the Wisconsin Council of Churches and Voces de la Frontera. Led by Ruby De Leon, immigration attorney at Voces who also provides pro bono legal advise through Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinic. To register, please visit:

Fri. March 28^th 12:00 Noon – 1:00 pm UW Library Mall (728 State St.) Vigil for Palestine! Join us in support of Palestinean rights near the entrance to the Memorial Library across from the Catholic Student Center. More info? Joel.garb@...

Sat. April 5^th 11:00 am Lake City Books (107 N. Hamilton) Farmers and Friends Story Time! - hosted by Edible Madison. Meet farmers, share farmers market stories, and enjoy some farm fresh snacks – welcoming back the Dane County Farmers Market for the 2025 Season! More info? Visit:

Sat. April 5^th 12:00 Noon WI State Capitol – State St. Corner. Wisconsin’s March Forward! Join together to support democratic principles and better world for everyone. Bring your own signs, voices, instruments, joys, sorrows, hopes, friends, and something to share. More info? ajak@...

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:

Tues. April 8^th 1:00 – 5:00 pm Meriter Hospital (202 S. Park St.) Rise Together Informational Picket! Join SEIU and other labor allies in support of organizing by nurses at Meriter. We will be bringing our message to the community about critical issues for healthcare workers including safety, wages, and dignified working conditions. More info? bpfeifer@...

Tues. April 8^th 6:30 pm Know Your Rights – Virtual webinar cohosted by Forward Latino and WISDOM! Join us for this informative session for families at risk of separation due to immigration issues. Immigration attorney Cain Oulahan will discuss a to-do list for at-risk families and review the rights of all immigrants in the U.S. 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:

Tues. April 15^th 8:30 am Spark Building – Block Cafe, 3^rd Fl. (821 E. Washington Ave.) Sustainable Breakfast Series: Energy Transition Technologies! Dive into stories of three different clean energy technologies: hydrogen, geothermal, and fusion. What does it take to bring these innovations into the mainstream? In what ways are these technologies used today? What role do they or can they play in decarbonizing our economy? Speakers include: Louis Liu from Rehlko about hydrogen fuel cells; Christopher Peguero from Type One Energy and Ro=bb Hughes from Realta Fusion about latest advances in fusion energy, as well as James Tinjum from UW-Madison about the history and future of geothermal. For more info and to register, visit:

Fri. 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:

Sat. April 19^th 3:00 – 5:00 pm Social Justice Center (1202 Williamson St.) Letter Writinf For Political Prisoners! Join your abolitionist feminist comrades to write letters to political prisoners from various radical social movements, including Palestine solidarity, anti-fascist community defense, abolitionist rebellions and more! Snacks provided. Hosted by the Madison Infoshop.

Mon. April 21^st 7:30 pm UW Hamel Music Center (740 Univ. Ave.) Earth Signals Concert! We are exploring tropical Pacific climate through sound. This concert will also include both science explanations of tropical Pacific climate and newly composed music inspired by this science topic. For more info and to register, visit:

Tues. April 22^nd 6:00 – 8:00 pm Freedom Inc. (2110 Luann Ln.) Free School Meals for Madison Coalition Panel Discussion! Our goal is to further engage MMSD students and families with our campaign to abolish school lunch debt and ensure that MMSD provides universal breakfast and lunch to all students. Dinner will be provided. More info? Visit:

Tues. April 22^nd 7:00 pm UW-Madison Union South, Marquee Theater (1308 W. Dayton St.) Planetwalker – special screening of the acclaimed documentary that was shortlisted for the Oscars. After witnessing the 1971 oil spill in San Francisco Bay, John Francis traveled across America on foot — and in silence. His journey redefined activism, education, and human connection. Following the screening, Francis will join Tia Nelson and James Edward Mills for a discussion about his environmental journey, resilience, and the power of personal action. For more info and to register, visit:

Wed. April 23^rd 2:00 – 7:00 pm UW Discovery Building (330 N. Orchard St.) Earth Fest Forum – Climate Courage! Panel on Psychology of Deep Resilience, Stories of Climate Courage, art exhibit (bring your own t-shirt, tote bag or hat for a live screen printing!), plus reception. For more details and to register, visit:

Thurs. 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:

Thurs. April 24^th 5:30 – 7:30 pm The Crossing (1127 Univ. Ave.) Watts Next? A Student Roundtable and Sustainability Dinner about UW–Madison’s Energy Future! For more info and to register, visit:

Sat. April 26^th 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Madison Central Library (201 W. Mifflin) Madison Print and Resist ZineFest 2025! Check out dozens of ‘zine distros, graphic artists, and others from across the Midwest! This is a daylong festival of transformative and transgressive DIY publishing and printmaking! More info? Visit:

Sun. April 27^th 1:30 pm UW Picnic Point (2000 Univ. Bay Dr.) Spring Wildflowers of the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve! Celebrate spring with a nature walk in the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve to look for spring ephemeral wildflowers. The walk will be led by Dr. Eve Emshwiller (Department of Botany) and Preserve Volunteer Steward, Glenda Denniston. For more info, visit:

Tues. April 29^th 5:00 pm UW Discovery Building (330 N. Orchard St.) Civil Rights Activism and Agriculture: A Family That Kept the Land! The scholarship on the Great Migration concentrates on those who left the south, yet millions of African American farmer families stayed. Their voices have been overlooked. One family that chose to stay in the south and live on the land as farmers is the Paris family. George H., the first Black USDA loan officer and civil rights activist taught his sons, George M. and Wendell, the power of combining agriculture and activism. They offer us a lens to understand social movement activism across the lifespan, intergenerational activism and how agriculture was used as a strategy of resistance and resilience. For more info, visit:

Fri. May 2^nd 3:00 pm Brittingham Park (829 W. Washington Ave.) Day Without Immigrants May Day Rally! - followed by Workers’ March to the WI State Capitol. Come together in a powerful demonstration of our collective strength! Stop scapegoating immigrant workers and separating families! Defend Medicaid, food assistance, and public education! Stand up for sanctuary! Immigration reform with a path to citizenship now! More info? Visit:

Sun. May 18^th 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Warner Park (2930 N. Sherman Ave.) WORTStock 2025 Returns! Help support Madison’s community radio station – WORT 89.9. FM! Enjoy live music in a variety of styles, food and craft vendors, info tables, arts and crafts, games, a prize raffle, plus the (in)famous No Crap on Tap! – courtesy of the Madison Home Brewers and Tasters’ Guild. For more info, visit:

Sun. May 24^th 2:00 – 8:00 pm Troy Gardens (502 Troy Dr.) Farm Aid to School 2025! Celebrate the unofficial start to summer with a family-friendly music fundraiser with food vendors, kids’ activities and music from local bands Tani Diakite & the AfroFunkstars, Cris Plata and Extra Hot, Free Dirt, and Teresa Marie Hardy of the People Brothers Band. All proceeds from Farm to School Aid will directly benefit our Gardener-in-Residence program in partnership with Madison Metropolitan School District. For more? Visit: