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Madison Activist Calendar from 1/6/2024

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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 a variety of ongoing reading groups, film discussions, and radically inspired cultural events. The Madison Infoshop is whatever its members wish it to be!

Sat. Jan. 6^th 9:00 am Capitol Square (S. Pinckney Corner) Palestine Solidarity Bike Ride – hosted by Madison BIPOC Cyclists. Funds raised will go to Gaza Sunbirds and the Middle East Children’s Alliance. Info?

Mon. Jan. 8^th Witnessing Global Climate Action at COP28 - virtual event hosted by 350 Wisconsin. Our speaker is Heather Phelps with the WI Center for Environmental Education (WCEE) who recently journeyed to Dubai to witness the global negotiations as part of the Christian Climate Observer Program. She will share her experience, reminding world leaders that the eyes of the world are on them and we need them to make the right choices. She will tell us what happens beyond the high-level talks, focusing on the work of committed people and organizations building global networks around issues such as global youth activism, clean energy, and faith perspectives on climate. To register for Zoom login details, visit:

Tues. Jan. 9^th 7:00 pm Virtual Distinguished Lecture Series Event – with 2023 U.N. Association Dane Global Citizen Award Winner, Dee J. Hall. Hall is former managing editor of Wisconsin Watch and will discuss how journalism about forced prison labor in China and the beneficiaries, including companies in the US/Wisconsin, underscore the value of small, non-profit newsrooms and quality journalism. For Zoom login details, visit:

Fri. Jan. 12^th 4:30 pm UW Gordon Dining and Event Center (770 W. Dayton St.) MLK Free Community Dinner! Kick-off the King Holiday weekend with fellowship and a buffet style dinner. Share a wonderful meal with friends old and new in Dr. King's spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood. Hosted by the King Coalition. For more info, visit the Facebook event:

Sat. Jan. 15^th 5:00 pm Overture Center (201 State St.) 39th Annual Madison & Dane County MLK Day Observance! Featuring Freedom Songs, Keynote Address by Terrence Roberts, who made history as one of the “Little Rock Nine” when he volunteered to help desegregate Little Rock Central High School back in 1957, followed presentation of the 2024 MLK Humanitarian Awards by Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Dane County Executive Joe Parisi. More info, visit:

Sat. Jan. 20^th 10:00 am Prairie Cafe (3109 Pheasant Branch Rd. in Middleton) The Tender Recoding of the Cellular Motherboard – Transhumanist Reading Group. Hosted by Middleton Hills Trans Anarchist Collective (MhTAC). Our bodies and minds will transgress and rewire the very definitions of humanity and rediscover the intense cravings to connect and discover that the tepid token of domestic submission has hidden from us. We will be discussing Laboria Cuboniks's The Xenofeminist Manifesto and a journal called Anarcho-Transhumanism #3, and will be considering how the philosophy of transhumanism can be used to liberate us from all forms of hierarchy and allow us to discover unimaginable joys through the constructive tensions of our bodies and minds. What do you want to hack from and beyond humanity to make your own belonging? What would you do with your life in an anarchist biology? What do you want to unpick and press the very tender filaments of together as the worlds in your spirit awaken? You can read the XF manifesto here: and read a selection from Anarcho-Transhumanism #3 here: For more info on MhTAC visit:

Thurs. Jan. 25^th 5:30 pm Madison Central Library (30 W. Mifflin) Why We Fight (and the Banking System). Ongoing anti-war series, hosted by Vets for Peace – Chapter 25. Socializing and organizing, followed by a community film screening and discussion. More info?

Mon. Feb. 19^th 10:30 am Attic Angel Community (8301 Old Sauk Rd.) What Does Lake Ice Seasonality Tell Us About Climate Change? Because human observers have recorded the dates of ice on and ice off on many lakes around the world, lake ice provides a view of what is happening, often well before direct climate measurements of temperature were available. In Wisconsin and other states some records began as early as the 1850s. So what do these records tell us? In this Badger Talk Emeritus Prof. John Magnuson, founder of the UW Center for Limnology, will talk about the changes and variability in ice cover in Wisconsin lakes from the 1850s to the present. He will also discuss the value of lake ice to us largely for cultural reasons and as a measure of what is happening to climate. Info?

Sun. Feb. 25^th 10:00 am Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society (2010 Whenona Dr.) Political Dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinean Conflict. This Badger Talk will explore the ups and downs of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over time, the current strategies of the participants, and where it is likely to go from here. Presenter is UW Prof. Nadav Shelef, Israel Studies and Political Science. His current projects focus on understanding how homelands change and the conditions under which religious parties moderate their positions. Info?