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Madison Activist Calendar from 3/15/2025

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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 15^th – Sun. March 16^th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Social Justice Center (1202 Williamson St.) HUMANS Solidarity Summit – hosted by the Madison Mutual Aid Network (MAN) Cooperative. Including a virtual lunch on Sat. at noon where we will be connecting with other communities around the world doing the same. More info? Visit:

Sat. March 15^th 1:00 – 4:00 pm Wil-Mar Center (504 S. Brearly St.) Workshop - War Tax Resistance: Who Can Do It? War tax resistance is an act of civil disobedience, punishable under the internal revenue code. It is also a powerful way to resist the state and oppose its harmful actions. Join us as we inform ourselves about the diverse ways, reasons, and goals that such an action proposes. This event will be hybrid. Paula Rogge, a local activist and lifelong war tax resister, will guide us and in the second hour, Lincoln Rice, coordinator of the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, will join us by zoom. More info, contact: warabolition@...

Sun. March 16^th 1:00 pm YWCA (101 E. Mifflin on the Capitol Square) St. Patrick’s Day Parade Peace Contingent! Join Vets for Peace and World Beyond War to spread the war abolition message! We'll have banners and signs.

Mon. March 17^th 3:30 - 6:30 pm Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center (953 Jenifer St.) Mutual Aid Supper Club! If you have any extra ingredients, bring them. We'll make a Stone Soup-style meal that will feature a healthy vegan entree, plus other treats based on what's available. Hosted by the Mutual Aid Network. More info, visit:

Mon. March 27^th 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm WORT 89.9 FM Celebrating the Coming Spring with Food Sovereignty! Tune into WORT Madison’s community radio station for a special St. Patrick’s Day edition of the Access Hour with John Peck of Family Farm Defenders. If you are curious to learn more about food sovereignty and how this idea could better feed your own family and support your local economy, we will delve into some practical examples. We will also explore some bigger issues such as who owns seeds, what is hunger, do you have the right to repair your own tractor or know where your food comes from, should food be used as a weapon of war or is food a basic human right? Plus, there will be some food/farm inspired poetry and related music. 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:

Wed. March 19^th 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Wisconsin Right to Boycott – virtual info session! Did you know that, since 2018, a WI law has restricted your right to boycott? Wisconsin is one of 38 states with an “anti-boycott law,” requiring anyone seeking a state contract of $100,000 or more to sign a pledge that they will not boycott Israel. This is a requirement of allegiance to a foreign country in order for Wisconsinites to do business in their own state! Representatives will be introducing a repeal this spring and the WI Right to Boycott Campaign needs your help! For more info and to register for this info session, visit:

Thurs. March 20^th 11:00 am onwards Milwaukee St. USPS (3902 Milwaukee St.) Save the Postal Service – informational picket hosted by APWU Local 241. We are calling on all public sector workers, our allies in the private sector, and all community members to come out and support our fight for a post office that belongs to the people. For further info, contact: elkins.apwu@...

Thurs. March 20^th 7:00 pm Barrymore Theater (2090 Atwood Ave.) 16^th Annual Wild and Scenic Film Fest – proceeds to benefit the WI River Alliance! Join our growing community of clean water lovers for an evening of inspiring films, fun raffles, and activist inspiration. Tickets are $20 in advance, $23 at the door. To order tickets and 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@...

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:

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:

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 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:

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:

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. 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: