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Madison Activist Calendar from 1/27/2025

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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!

Mon. Jan. 27^th 4:30 – 6:30 pm UW-Madison, Red Gym Lobby (716 Langdon St.) Fundraiser to Support Gaza Family in Madison! Jana, Jehad, and their family were recently medically evacuated and need our assistance. Come by to purchase Palestine solidarity items for their support or make a direct donation at:

Tues. Jan. 28^th 5:00 – 7:00 pm UW-Madison, Education Building – WI Idea Room (1000 Bascom Mall) Laundering Black Rage: Place, Space & Race in State Institutions – discussion with Rasul Mowatt, North Carolina State University, and Too Black, poet and organizer. For more info, and to register, visit:

Tues. Jan. 28^th 5:30 – 7:00 pm UW-Madison Memorial Union – Shannon Hall (800 Langdon St.) MLK Symposium – featuring Donzaleigh Abernathy, actress, author, and activist - the youngest daughter of American Civil Rights Movement co-founder Rev. Dr. Ralph Abernathy and the goddaughter of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Folks can also join virtually. For more info and to get a free ticket, visit:

Wed. Jan. 29^th 5:00 – 7:00 pm UW-Madison, Pyle Center – Rm. 325/326 (702 Langdon St.) Student Protest & Freedom of Expression: UW-Madison & Beyond! Join us to explore debates around dissent on US campuses, with a focus on the UW and its new rules on campus speech as part of a series on campus dissent, the Israel/Gaza conflict, and antisemitism and islamophobia in US universities. Panelists include: Professors Gay Seidman (UW-Madison), Steve Sanders (Indiana University), Howard Schweber (UW- Madison), Keith Woodward (UW-Madison) and Sabiya Ahamed (Palestine Legal). Sponsored by the Human Rights Program with support from WI Institute for Citizenship & Civil Dialogue. More info? Visit:

Wed. Jan. 29^th 5:00 pm Madison Labor Temple (1602 S. Park St.) So Trump is President – What’s Next? Town Hall Meeting with Rep. Mark Pocan! Come share your concerns about current issues with a Congressperson that will actually listen and bring your voice to Washington DC. More info? Visit the Facebook event:

Wed. Jan. 29^th 6:00 – 8:00 pm Rights of Nature - virtual five week training each Wed. through Feb. 26^th – hosted by WISDOM. Rights of Nature is an approach to environmental justice that has a spiritual dimension and is heavily influenced by Native American understanding that all of life is interrelated and has inherent worth. It also has a legal dimension, in which we believe the natural world should have the right to be protected from harm and have the right to have wrongs remedied. The training will include the following 5 sessions: Key principles of Rights of Nature; Global Perspectives/What's happening around the world; Philosophical, Ethical and Religious Dimensions of Rights of Nature; Practical Applications and Advocacy; Personal, Group and Collective Action Plan. For more info and to register, visit:

Wed. Jan. 29^th 7:30 pm Bartell Theater (113 E. Mifflin) Free Screening of Tantura – the 2022 documentary about Israel's massacre of Palestinians in that village during the 1948 Nakba. Post screening discussion will be moderated by Esty Dinur with WORT Community Radio and Jewish Voice for Peace. Hosted by World Beyond War and Madison Vets for Peace.

Thurs. Jan. 30^th 1:30 pm Lakewood Village (6205 Mineral Point Rd.) History and Current Status of Immigration Law in the U.S. - Part of the UW Badger Talks series. Presented by Sara McKinnon, UW Professor of Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture and Faculty Director of Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS). She is currently working on a collaborative project to expand the legal information about US immigration and refugee programs and legal counsel available to migrants throughout Latin America as they consider safe options for movement and resettlement. More info? Visit:

Sat. Feb. 1^st 3:00- 5:00 pm Madison Central Library, Rm. 104 (201 W. Mifflin) Transit Equity Meet & Greet! Meet with others interested in fair and plentiful transit for all as we cdelebrate Rosa Parks' birthday, coming up on February 4th. We welcome people to come share ideas on what is the ideal transit system for Madison & Dane County? How does the ideal compare with what actually exists and why? What are some of the myths surrounding public transit in the Madison Area and what should we do about it? How can we make transit more equitable, especially for marginalized groups? Light refreshments will be provided. More info? Visit:

Mon. Feb. 3^rd 5:30 – 6:30 pm Virtual Briefing: Trump's executive actions and their impact on LGBTQ+ Wisconsinites! Hosted by FAIR Wisconsin, Wisconsin ACLU, and Trans Law Help Wisconsin! It’s been a difficult week for our community and our country, a week that included the issuance of an anti-trans executive order designed to sow chaos, confusion, and fear. Join us to better understand the implications of the orders. For more info and to register, visit:

Mon. Feb. 3^rd 7:00 pm Countering Climate Disinformation by Restoring Information Integrity – virtual monthly Meeting of 350 Wisconsin with Kate Cell, senior climate campaign manager with the Union of Concerned Scientists. Join us to learn about information integrity and how to become an advocate for a better information ecosystem. Counter disinformation work is crucial to building a world in which facts, science, truth matter, and democracy ultimately prevails. For more info and to register for Zoom link, visit:

Tues. Feb. 4^th 3:00 pm What Good is the National Interest? Rethinking the Roots of Peace, Democracy, and War – virtual Zoom event with Van Jackson, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ. The concept of the “national interest” has become an under-appreciated source of global insecurity. Governments routinely use the language of the national interest to justify a politics of violence, secrecy, and exclusion while bracketing off explicit questions of morality and justice. And national frameworks for mobilizing resources and collective action are logically mismatched against global threats like climate change. This lecture will argue that addressing the contradictions in the national interest—as well as some of international security studies’ most cherished strategic constructs—is a start point for constructing more durable forms of security. Hosted by Havens Wright Center. For more info and to register, visit:

Tues. Feb. 4^th 7:00 – 8:30 pm UW-Madison, Memorial Union - Shannon Hall (700 Langdon St.) Being Arab in America – an evening with Amer Zaher, Palestinean-American comedian based in Detroit, MI, Zaher will explore comedy as a form of activism and how he navigates his identity in the U.S. Part of WUD’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Event is free, but tickets are required. For more info and to register, visit:

Thurs. Feb. 6^th 6:30 pm UW-Madison Memorial Union – Great Hall (700 Langdon St.) Talk by Dr. Norman Finkelstein, author of Gaza’s Gravediggers, speaking about the current genocide, international law, and Palestinean liberation – followed by a book signing event. Hosted by UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine.

Thurs. Feb. 6^th 6:30 pm UW-Madison, Union South – Marquee Theater (1308 W. Dayton St.) The Five Demands – Social Cinema film screening followed by informal discussion. In April 1969, a small group of Black and Puerto Rican students shut down the City College of New York, an elite public university located right in the heart of Harlem. Fueled by the revolutionary fervor sweeping the nation, the strike soon turned into an uprising, leading to the extended occupation of the campus, classes being canceled, students being arrested, and the resignation of the college president. Through archival footage and modern-day interviews, we follow the students’ struggle against the institutional racism that, for over a century, had shut out people of color from this and other public universities. Hosted by the Havens Wright Center. More info?

Mon. Feb. 10^th 6:00 pm Madison Central Library - 3^rd Fl (201 W. Mifflin) Union – screening and discussion of the 2024 documentary about the campaign to organize Amazon warehouse workers in NYC. Hosted by the Madison General Membership Branch (GMB) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

Mon. Feb. 10^th 6:30 pm Stopping Mass Deportations Through Local Sheriffs – virtual workshop hosted bu WISDOM. This training will be offered by Safety Bound, a project to show the American public that a safe society is possible that doesn’t depend on the sheriff. Inspired by the poetry of Sterling Brown and his image of a Black man in the Jim Crow South, we look to turn our backs on this oppressive institution and set our eyes on a more just and liberated vision of safety. To register, visit:

Thurs. Feb. 13^th 6:30 pm UW-Madison, Union South – Marquee Theater (1308 W. Dayton St.) Lakota Nation versus Unites States – Social Cinema film screening followed by informal discussion. The Lakota fight to protect their sacred land in this provocative, visually stunning testament to a people who have survived removal, exploitation and genocide – and whose best days are yet to come. Hosted by the Havens Wright Center. More info?

Thurs. Feb. 20^th 6:00 – 8:00 pm Madison Labor Temple (1602 S. Park St.) Building Worker Power – Corporate Research Class! Presenter: Ric Urrutia, organizer, podcaster, artist, Co-Host of We Rise Fighting! Labor Podcast. We’ll focus specifically on researching/analyzing corporate documents, finances, work forces, environmental records, worldwide facilities, unionization rates, industry research, etc. For more info, visit the Facebook event:

Thurs. Feb. 20^th 6:30 pm UW-Madison, Union South – Marquee Theater (1308 W. Dayton St.) Divisible – Social Cinema film screening followed by informal discussion. This award-winning film provides a detailed look into redlining: what happened, where it came from, who was involved, how it supposedly “ended”, and why the 1968 Fair Housing Act did not actually get rid of redlining or its impact. Told through a combination of expert and personal interviews, Divisible explores how redlining impacted and continues to affect the following topics: white privilege, housing, health, education, economics, the highway system, and the criminal justice system. Hosted by the Havens Wright Center. More info?

Fri. Feb. 21^st 7:00 pm MUSO (2040 Winnebago St.) Joe Hill – Alive as You and Me! An evening of songs, stories, and solidarity with Tom Kastle. Hosted by Fermat’s Last Theater Co. Admission is free, though donations for the performer are welcome. More info?

Sat. Feb. 22^nd 2:00 – 4:00 pm Madison Labor Temple (1202 S. Park St.) Black Freedom Struggle and Palestine! Join us to discuss the historic solidarity between Black and Palestine liberation struggles along with updates from the People’s United Front. For more info, visit:

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:

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?

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?

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:

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: