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Social Action Calendar of Events posted by the Social Action Committee of Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society |
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| Sun | June 23, 2002 | 7 - 9 pm | WINDHORSE, a film exploring the political and cultural oppression of the Tibetan people by the Chinese regime, at First Unitarian Society of Madison, 900 University Bay Dr. COST - $10.00 ($15.00 at the door), $10.00 for seniors/students at the door, Children below 12 years FREE. [more] or see http://www.windhorsefilm.com/. |
| Thurs | June 27 | 7:30 pm | Jenin and Beyond: Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Jennifer Loewenstein, Lecturer, UW-Madison School of Business and Benjamin Granby, Freelance writer, share images, video and eye-witness accounts in the context of humanitarian law from the latest surge of violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories - 2650 Humanities Building, UW-Madison. |
| Sat | July 6 | WORLD TIBET DAY is being celebrated this year on the birthday of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, as a vehicle to demand the restoration of basic freedoms to the people in occupied Tibet. See the WTD Web site for more information. | |
| Sat | July 6 | 7 pm | Dance Alive! at UW Union South, Rm 109, featuring live music and dances of universal peace. Literature tables and refreshments. Suggested donation of $5.00 (kids free). Contact: Sandy River, 608-241-7635. |
| Thurs | July 18 | 7:00 pm | Rahul Mahajan, Green Party candidate for Governor of the State of Texas, will speak on his recent book, THE NEW CRUSADE-America's War on Terrorism at 2650 Humanities Bldg., UW-Madison. [more] |
| Sat | July 20 | 2 pm | Local author and activist John Odom will be the guest at Sam's place Salon (Samantha's Cafe, 2701 University Avenue, corner of University and Farley, 231-1111). He will discuss his new book, Saving Black America. He is also a memeber of the NAACP education committee and has a wealth of knowldege to share. All are welcome. A lively dicusssion is promised. |
| Sun | July 21 | 10 am - noon | 2002 UW GLBT Disitinguished Alumni Brunch at the Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. |
| Sun | July 21 | 1:30 pm - 5 pm | Madison Pride Rally, March and Celebration (annual
celebration of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and
culture): 1:30 pm - Rally at State Street steps of Capitol 2:00 pm - March down State Street to UW Library Mall 2:30 pm - Celebration, Library Mall 3:00 pm - Drag Show 4:00 pm - Singer Tret Fure |
| Wed | July 24 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Sing-Along for Peace, Unity, Harmony, and Justice, UW Library Mall. Contact: Roz Woodward, ros53711@yahoo.com. |
| Thurs | July 25 | 7 pm | The effects of sanctions on the people of Iraq, UW presentation with Hans von Sponeck, who resigned in February, 2000, as the UN Chief Humanitarian Officer in protest of international policy toward Iraq, including sanctions, and Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness. See "Today in the Union" for room. [more] |
| Fri | Aug 2 | 5:30-9:00 pm | Dane Dances on the Monona Terrace rooftop, a free inter-cultural event. Cris Plata tex-mex band (Divine Funk band until 7 pm). |
| Tue | Aug 6 | 5 pm, 6:30 pm | Peace Parade and Lanterns for Peace. Gather at Brittingham Park at 5 pm to join a Madison Area Peace Coalition (http://madpeace.org/) march to Vilas Park to join the 6:30 pm Lanterns for Peace event sponsored by the Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice (calendar link at bottom of page). |
| Fri | Aug 9 | 5:30-9:00 pm | Dane Dances on the Monona Terrace rooftop, a free inter-cultural event. Madisalsa (D.J. Chill until 7 pm). |
| Fri | Aug 16 | 5:30-9:00 pm | Dane Dances on the Monona Terrace rooftop, a free inter-cultural event. Eddie Butts (Divine Funk band until 7 pm). |
| Fri | Aug 16 | pm | African folklife panel discussion at the UW Humanities Bldg with Profs. Josephine Beoku-Betts, Dean Makuluni, Richard Ralston and Daniel Kunene. |
| Sat | Aug 17 | all day | Festival of African Folklife at the Monona Terrace. |
| Mon | Aug 19 | 6 pm | 911 and Terrorism: Where are we heading?" a Howard Zinn video lecture at 1651 Humanities, presented by the Student/Youth Caucus Of the Madison Area Peace Coalition. [poster] |
| Mon | Aug 26 | 1:30 pm | Madison's public hearing on major revisions to the state air toxics rule will be held in Rm 027 on the ground floor of the GEF 2 building, 101 S. Webster, just off the square. [Hearing notice] |
| Wed | Sept 4 | 11:45 am to 1:15 pm | Let's Talk at Wis. Network for Peace and Justice 4th floor conference room, 122 State St. Participants who drop in for a brown bag lunch and discussion about concerns surrounding the anniversary of Sept. 11 and the resulting war on terrorism are invited to bring poetry, essays or articles to share if they wish. |
| Sat | Sept 7 | 10 am - 8 pm | Fightin' Bob Fest at Sauk County Fairgrounds, Baraboo, an Old-Time Chautauqua, featuring speeches by former Illinois Sen. Paul Simon, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Ed Garvey, Bert Grover, John Nichols and others. For more information see their Web site at http://www.fightinbobfest.org/. |
| Sat-Sun | Sept 7-8 | Peace and healing weekend. Contact: Medea Benjamin, medea@globalexchange.org. [more] | |
| Tue | Sept 10 | Primary election day. | |
| Wed | Sept 11 | Will Work For Peace is an effort to commemorate the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by donating time or income to 7 peace and aid organizations. [more]; [Kids Work for Peace] | |
| Wed | Sept 11 | 11:45 am to 1:15 pm | Let's Talk at Wis. Network for Peace and Justice 4th floor conference room, 122 State St. Participants who drop in for a brown bag lunch and discussion about concerns surrounding the anniversary of Sept. 11 and the resulting war on terrorism are invited to bring poetry, essays or articles to share if they wish. |
| Sat | Sept 14 | 9 am to 3 pm | 6th Annual Kids for Peace Day outside the Madison Children's Museum, 100 block of State Street, by the square. This free community event for children and families in honor of the International Day of Peace/Hear the Children Day will feature musical and dance performances from many different cultures, painting the "peace mobile," cooperative games, an Origami peace crane tree, creating squares for the Kids for Peace quilt, and exhibits and information by area organizations working for peace for children. Contact: Sandy Miller at 608-276-9782, ext. 23 or via email at smiller@wiyouthco.org. |
| Sun | Sept 15 | 10 am | Reclaiming Our Civil Liberties will be the topic of Capital Times Associate Editor John Nichols in the Sunday morning program at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Dr. |
| Wed | Sept 18 | 11:45 am to 1:15 pm | Let's Talk at Wis. Network for Peace and Justice 4th floor conference room, 122 State St. Participants who drop in for a brown bag lunch and discussion about concerns surrounding the anniversary of Sept. 11 and the resulting war on terrorism are invited to bring poetry, essays or articles to share if they wish. |
| Wed | Sept 18 | 7:30 pm | Nuke Film #1 at UW Memorial Union Play Circle, When the Wind Blows, 1986, 85 min., directed by Jimmy Murakami, free. [more] |
| Sat | Sept 21 | 9 am to noon | Crony Capitalism - Global and American Style at the State Historical Society Auditorium, 816 State St. This Madison Institute free Forum features a presentation by author Tim Shorrock with discussion by panelists John Nichols, Prof. Bill Duddleston and Allen Jacobson. |
| Mon | Sept 23 | 7:30 pm | Aliyah Strauss, head of the Israeli Women's International League for Peace and Freedom section and active in Women in Black, will speak at Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Court. The talk will be preceded by a 6 pm potluck organized by the Madison WILPF Branch. Contact: Lea Zeldin, LZ14@juno.com or 608-238-5740. |
| Wed | Sept 25 | 7:30 pm | Nuke Films #2 & #3 at UW Memorial Union Play Circle, I Am Become Death: They Made the Bomb, 1995, 55 min., directed by Arthur MacCaig, and Nuclear 911: Broken Arrows and Incidents, 2001, 54 min., directed by Peter Kuran, free. [more] |
| Thurs | Sept 26 | 7 pm | Father Elias Chacour returns to Madison. His talk on Israel and Palestine, sponsored by The Crossing, will be at University United Methodist Church, 1127 University Ave. |
| Sat | Sept 28 | 10 am | MAPC anti-war demonstration at Senator Kohl's office, 14 W. Mifflin on the Capitol Square. [more] |
| Sun | Sept 29 | 2-4 pm | U.S. & Salvadoran Youth 2002 Delegation, a forum and reception presented by the Madison Arcatao Sister City Project at St. Francis House, 1001 University Ave. Info: 251-9280 |
| Mon | Sept 30 | 1 pm | Sen. Risser's Town Hall Meeting about whether to wage war on Iraq, Room 411 South of the State Capitol Building. [more] |
| Wed | Oct 2 | 7:30 pm | Nuke Film #4 at UW Memorial Union Play Circle, War Photographer, 2001, 87 min., directed by Christian Frei, free. [more] |
| Fri | Oct 4 | 7 pm | Reception for Rita Lasar of Sept. 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows (WNPJ Assembly Keynote Speaker), at First Unitarian Society, Lower Meeting Room, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison. |
| Sat | Oct 5 | all day | Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice 12th Annual Assembly, in Watertown. [more] |
| Mon-Tues | Oct 7-8 | 7 pm | UW-Madison Memorial Union - Frederich March Play Circle Theater (800 Langdon St.) - Vietnamese Film Nite, featuring: The Sound of the Violin in My Lai, A Story of Kindness, Story from the Corner of a Park, (all directed by Tran Van Thuy) and Return to Ngu Thuy (directed by Le Manh Thich). Sponsored by UW-Madison South East Asia Studies Program and Madison Friends. Info: 244-9505 |
| Thurs | Oct 10 | 4 pm | Author Howard Zinn, reads and discusses his latest work "Bringing Democracy Alive," part of the Wisconsin Book Festival at the Orpheum Theater, 216 State St. For more info see http://www.wisconsinbookfestival.org. |
| Thurs | Oct 10 | 7 pm | Pres House (731 State St.) 33 Years in a Chinese Gulag - talk by Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan Monk, who escaped Chinese occupied Tibet after 33 years of imprisonment. He will also be demonstrating devices that were used to restrain prisoners while being tortured. Sponsored by Students for Free Tibet. Info: 262-4057 |
| Thurs | Oct 10 | 9 pm | Nuke Films #5 & #6 at The Electric Eye Cinema, 546 W. Washington Ave., Road to Yucca Mountain, 2002, 52 min., directed by John Sorensen, and Pakistan and India Under the Nuclear Shadow, 2001, 35 min., directed by Pervez Hoodbhoy, $5.00. [more] |
| Sat | Oct 12 | 9 am - 3 pm | From Violence to Wholeness, Nonviolence Training led by Bonnie Block at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison. Registration $35. Contact FUS at 608-233-9774. |
| Sat | Oct 12 | noon | Harry Wu, Chinese dissident and human rights activist, will speak at a luncheon of the Madison Civics Club at the Monona Terrace. Contact: Nancy Richter, 222-6890. |
| Wed | Oct 16 | 7:30 pm | Nuke Film #7 at UW Memorial Union Play Circle, Jang aur Aman (War and Peace), 2002, 107 min., directed by Anand Patwardhan, free. [more] |
| Thur | Oct 17 | 7 pm | Chancellor's Convocation address by N. Scott Momaday, Native American scholar, Pulitzer Prize winner and storyteller, at Memorial Union Theater. Free tickets available from Union Theater box office 11:30 am to 5:30 pm weekdays. [more] |
| Sat | Oct. 19 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm | Second Annual Wisconsin Activists Conference at the UW Madison Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. The purpose of this conference is to bring together Wisconsin Activists to develop an effective strategy for the coming year. Morning: speakers and workshops, afternoon: Media Fair and press conference. Contact Physicians for Social Responsibility-Madison at 608-232-9945, email activism@psrmadison.org or www.psrmadison.org to register or ask questions. |
| Mon | Oct 21 | 6 pm | What's Overlooked in the 'War on Terrorism'? - Jeffrey Laurenti, Exec. Dir. of Policy Studies at the United Nations Assoc. of the USA, at the 58th Celebration of UN Day, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. Cost $20 for dinner. Info: http://www.una-usadanecounty.org |
| Mon | Oct 21 | 7 pm | Jim Hightower, an outspoken critic of Bush & Ashcroft's civil liberties policies, will speak at the Downtown MATC campus, 211 N. Carroll St., Room D240. |
| Wed | Oct 23 | 7 pm | Panel on Iraq/Open Forum at 2211 Law Bldg (on Bascom Hill, UW Campus). Panelists include Jeff Guntzel (Voices in the Wilderness), Matthew Rothschild (The Progressive), Prof. Joe Elder (Friends' Committe on Peace and Social Concerns), and Art Heitzer (of the National Lawyers' Guild). Contact: Brian Larson, btlarso1@wisc.edu |
| Sat | Oct 26 | 9 am | UW Madison Pyle Center (702 Langdon) 2002 Forum on Global Affairs with U.S. Congressional Candidates: Tammy Baldwin and Ron Greer. Discussion of international issues with questions from the audience. Info: 839-5753 |
| Sat | Oct 26 | noon | Anti-war rally at the State Street steps to the Capitol . Some will wear black arm bands to honor the memory of Senator Paul Wellstone. The keynote speaker will be Matt Rothschild, editor of The Progressive. [more] |
| Fri | Nov 1 | 7 pm | As prelude to the Nov. 2nd interfaith peace conference, the Prairie Social Action Committee will show the movie Gandhi at the home of Taku Ronsman, who has a big screen TV. You will have an opportunity to ask about the peace conference (and fill out a registration form if you haven't already) at intermission break. (The movie is more than 3 hrs. long.) Taku's house is at 6318 Hartford Drive. [directions] |
| Sat | Nov 2 | 8:30 am - 8:30 pm |
Building a Peaceful Tomorrow, An Interfaith Conference sponsored by Prairie UU Society, Madison Friends, St. Benedict's Center, St. Paul's University Catholic Center, the Board of James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Madison Mennonite Church Peace and Justice Committee, the Social Justice Council of First Unitarian Society, Upasana Yoga Society and others. Contact: Bob Park, rwpark@juno.com. [more] |
| Sun | Nov 3 | noon | What's Next for Iraq, a potluck forum with Ken Hannaford-Ricardi of Voices in the Wilderness at the Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society Meeting House, 2010 Whenona Dr. Bring a dish to share at noon or just come for the talk and discussion at 12:30 pm. The public is invited. |
| Fri | Nov 15 | 7 pm | UW-Madison Rm. 3650 Humanities "New Prospects for Resolution in Palestine-Israel" – talk by Said Zaydani, a UW alumnus and Professor of Philosophy at Birzeit who is director of the Independent Commission for the Protection of Citizens' Rights. Info: http://www.ap-agenda.org |
| Fri | Nov 15 | 7-10 pm | Welcome Reception for COMMUNITY POWER 2002 (see next) in the UW Old Armory/Red Gym. [more] |
| Fri-Sun | Nov 16-17 | 9 am Sat-3 pm Sun | COMMUNITY POWER 2002: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LOCAL DEMOCRACY in the UW Old Armory/Red Gym. [more] |
| Sun | Nov 17 | 6 pm | Shaarei Shamayim presents Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Executive Director of Rabbis for Human Rights. His talk, entitled "Judaism, Human Rights, and the Crisis in Israel" is open to the public and will be held at Temple Beth El, 2702 Arbor Drive. [more] |
| Sun | Nov 17 | 8 pm | Kavanna presents Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Executive Director of Rabbis for Human Rights in the UW Memorial Union (check TITU for location). He will discuss Rabbis for Human Rights, economic justice in Israel, and human rights during the intifada. [more] |
| Mon | Nov 18 | 7 pm | UW-Madison Rm. 272 Bascom Hall "In Search of Fatima" – talk by Ghada Karmi, Palestinian author from London on the new book by the same name. Info: http://www.ap-agenda.org |
| Tue | Nov 19 | 7 pm | UW-Madison Rm. 272 Bascom Hall "New Prospects for Resolution in Palestine-Israel" – talk by Nadim Rouhana, director of Israeli-Arab Social Science Research Center, Haifa University. Info: http://www.ap-agenda.org |
| Wed | Nov 20 | 7 pm | "New Prospects for Resolution in Palestine-Israel" – talk by Eyad Sarraj, Director of Gaza Mental Health Program and prominent Palestinian peace advocate. Info: http://www.ap-agenda.org |
| Thur | Nov 21 | 7 pm | UW-Madison Rm. 272 Bascom Hall "New Prospects for Resolution in Palestine-Israel" – talk by Ismael Abu Saad, founder of Bedouin Center for Research and Development at Ben Gurion University and Kholud Badawi chair person of the union of Arab Students Associations at Israeli Universities. Info: http://www.ap-agenda.org |
| Fri | Nov 22 | 7 pm | Alternative Visions for Peace, New Voices from Palestine, Ballroom of the Concourse Hotel, 1 W Dayton St. [more] |
| Tue | Nov 26 | 7 pm | Room B10 Ingraham Hall, Ilan Pappe, senior lecturer in the
Department of Political Science at Haifa University and Founder and
Director of the Institute for Peace Research in Israel; author,
co-author or editor of more than ten books focusing on the history of
Israel and Palestine. Info: http://www.ap-agenda.org |
| Tue | Nov 26 | 7 pm | Bob McChesney & John Nichols celebrate the release of their Our Media, Not Theirs! The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison. [more] |
| Tue | Dec 3 | 7 pm | Iraq: Alternatives to War, a panel discussion at the Crossing, 1127 University Ave., (University United Methodist Church), sponsored by Beyond Terrorism. The panel will feature Matt Rothschild of The Progressive magazine, Ken Hannaford-Ricardi of Voices In the Wilderness, Sr. Mary Ellen McDonagh of 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago, and Rae Vogeler of the Madison Area Peace Coalition. |
| Thur | Dec 5 | 7 pm | UW-Madison Rm. 272 Bascom Hall "New Prospects for Resolution in Palestine-Israel" – talk by Jeff Halper, an anthropologist at Ben Gurion University and founder of ICAHD, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Info: http://www.ap-agenda.org |
| Sat | Dec 7 | 10 am-4 pm | Pres House (731 State St.) 6th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Fair! - Over 20 Fair Trade organizations and businesses join in the Holiday spirit of Peace and Justice. Along with educational tables and music, hundreds of gift items will be available from the local to the international. Products range from Fair Trade cheese and honey to coffee, pottery, and musical instruments from far away lands. There will also be Santa's Sweatshop and alternative holiday caroling. Join the fun! Info? FairTradeHolidayFair@GoFairTrade.net or #251-3241 |
| Sat | Dec 7 | 3 pm | The Madison Gospelaires present a benefit concert for the Madison Area Peace Coalition at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 605 Spruce Street, Madison [more] [handbills] |
| Tue | Dec 3 | 7 pm | Iraq: Alternatives to War, a panel discussion at the Crossing, 1127 University Ave., (University United Methodist Church), sponsored by Beyond Terrorism. The panel will feature Matt Rothschild of The Progressive magazine, Ken Hannaford-Ricardi of Voices In the Wilderness, Sr. Mary Ellen McDonagh of 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago, and Rae Vogeler of the Madison Area Peace Coalition. |
| Thur | Dec 5 | 7 pm | UW-Madison Rm. 272 Bascom Hall "New Prospects for Resolution in Palestine-Israel" – talk by Jeff Halper, an anthropologist at Ben Gurion University and founder of ICAHD, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Info: http://www.ap-agenda.org |
| Sat | Dec 7 | 10 am-4 pm | Pres House (731 State St.) 6th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Fair! - Over 20 Fair Trade organizations and businesses join in the Holiday spirit of Peace and Justice. Along with educational tables and music, hundreds of gift items will be available from the local to the international. Products range from Fair Trade cheese and honey to coffee, pottery, and musical instruments from far away lands. There will also be Santa's Sweatshop and alternative holiday caroling. Join the fun! Info? FairTradeHolidayFair@GoFairTrade.net or #251-3241 |
| Sat | Dec 7 | 3 pm | The Madison Gospelaires present a benefit concert for the Madison Area Peace Coalition at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 605 Spruce Street, Madison [more] [handbills] |
| Wed | Dec 18 | 7 pm | West High School's Family And Community Town Supper at Union
South, 227 N. Randall Ave. TOPIC: War in Iraq, speakers pro and con: TBA and John Nichols FOOD: Three Pasta Plate Dinner TICKETS: $10, available at the West High Box Office. |
| Sun | Jan 12, 2003 | 11:30 am | Collection by Social Action Committee of baby formula/powdered milk, iron supplements, childrens' and womens' vitamins, eyedrops, pain relievers, etc., and cash donations for Ben Granby, Iraq Peace Team participant. A Committee bake sale will also be held, with part of the proceeds going to Ben. See Jan. 13. |
| Mon | Jan 13 | 8 pm | Ben Granby will host a fundraising reception for the Iraq Peace Team at the Weary Traveller Restaurant, 1201 Williamson St., Madison. At this reception he will also also collect any goods that can be used to help Iraqi citizens, especially children. He is seeking donations of baby formula/powdered milk, iron supplements, childrens' and womens' vitamins, eyedrops, pain relievers, and any other common medical goods. Ben leaves for 7 weeks in Iraq on January 15. [more] |
| Fri-Sat | Jan 17-18 | 6:30 pm Fri to 3:30 pm Sat | Mobilizing for Nonviolence will take place in the Washburn Room of Regina Hall on the Edgewood College campus in Madison. A primary goal of the conference is "to consider how we might use nonviolence in the global struggle against violence, terrorism and war; and to plan ways to involve congregations in the study of nonviolence and its potential in this struggle." The conference is sponsored by the Wisconsin Council of Churches, Edgewood College Religious Studies and Philosophy Departments, Edgewood College Center for Diversity and Campus Ministry, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, Madison-area Urban Ministry, and 3 churches. Registration deadline was Friday Jan. 3, 2003, but walk-in registrations without meals are still available. Conference registration fee is $20 (or $10 for either of the 2 days). For more information see http://www.wichurches.org/events/index.html. |
| Fri-Mon | Jan 17-20 | The schedule of Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Events has been posted by the City of Madison at http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/mlkholiday.html. | |
| Sat | Jan 18 | 10 am | C-Span starts coverage of the Jan. 18 Demonstration to Stop the War on Iraq in Washington DC. See list of speakers. |
| Sat | Jan 18 | noon | Dems for Peace is organizing a peoples' rally to coincide with other nationwide actions at noon Saturday, at the State St. corner of Capitol square. See http://madpeace.org/. |
| Sun | Jan 19 | 1 pm | Voices of the Progressive Tradition, readings from historic progressive texts by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, former governor Anthony Earl, and other notables, in the Senate Parlor at the State Capitol. Call 266-1801(weekdays) for free tickets. This program was last presented at Park Hall, home of the Free Congregation of Sauk City. [more] |
| Mon | Jan 20 | noon | 23rd Annual State Tribute & Ceremony, Capitol Rotunda, will feature an address by Rev. Clifton Davis. Others appearing or performing at the Capitol celebration will be Gov. Jim Doyle, the Madison Children's Choir, the Highway to Heaven Big Band, the Lighthouse Singers, the Christ the King Cherubim Choir of Milwaukee and the Mount Zion Liturgical Dancers. The event also will include a National Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Tuskegee Airman Joseph Gomer of Duluth, Minn. |
| Mon | Jan 20 | 5:30 pm | 18th Annual City-County Martin Luther King Observance, Madison Civic Center, begins with Singing of Freedom Songs, led by UW School of Music Professor James Latimer, in the Civic Center Crossroads, telecast live on City Cable MCC-12. The celebration continues at 6 pm with awards and music by the King Community Choir in the Oscar Mayer Theatre. This year's observance will also include a multi-media presentation of Dr. King speaking in his own words about The Imperative of Peace. |
| Tue | Jan 21 | 7 pm | A preview screening of the PBS documentary, Two Towns of Jasper, on the 1998 killing of James Byrd Jr. in Texas, will be shown at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, followed by a discussion on Madison's race and diversity issues. [more] |
| Thurs | Jan 23 | 7 pm | The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm was the Grand-Prize winner at the Cine Eco International Film Festival and selected as one of the ten best documentaries at the Vancouver International Film Festival. The documentary exposes the White House and US State Department's hidden agenda in the Gulf as well as the Pentagon's use of radioactive ammunitions. The film will be shown at the UW Memorial Union. [more] [poster] |
| Sat | Jan 25 | 1-3 pm | War is not the path to peace/No war in my name yard sign "stapling bee" at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Rd. The signs are free to anyone who will display them in a yard (or window). You may pick up signs during the stapling party on January 25, or afterward on a first-come basis at 1 Robin Circle (off Orchard Drive, just north of Mineral Point Rd). They will be on the east side of the house until the supply is depleted. |
| Sun | Jan 28 | 11:30 am | The Hidden Story: Confronting Colombia's Dirty War, a Canadian video, will be shown by the Prairie Social Action Committee after the Sunday morning service at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Dr in southwest Madison. [map] Contact: Bob Park at 273-8775 or rwpark@juno.com. The video has been provided by Bruce Miller as background for his presentation on Feb. 2nd (see below). The video was produced in 2001 by the ecumenical group Kairos, which describes it as "a 30 minute film which analyses the roots of state terror and Canada's connection to the worsening human rights situation in Colombia, featuring the powerful testimony of men and women who risk their lives each day to build peace with social justice in Colombia." |
| Sun | Jan 12 | 11:30 am | Collection by Social Action Committee of baby formula/powdered milk, iron supplements, childrens' and womens' vitamins, eyedrops, pain relievers, etc., and cash donations for Ben Granby, Iraq Peace Team participant. A Committee bake sale will also be held, with part of the proceeds going to Ben. See Jan. 13. |
| Mon | Jan 13 | 8 pm | Ben Granby will host a fundraising reception for the Iraq Peace Team at the Weary Traveller Restaurant, 1201 Williamson St., Madison. At this reception he will also also collect any goods that can be used to help Iraqi citizens, especially children. He is seeking donations of baby formula/powdered milk, iron supplements, childrens' and womens' vitamins, eyedrops, pain relievers, and any other common medical goods. Ben leaves for 7 weeks in Iraq on January 15. [more] |
| Fri-Sat | Jan 17-18 | 6:30 pm Fri to 3:30 pm Sat | Mobilizing for Nonviolence will take place in the Washburn Room of Regina Hall on the Edgewood College campus in Madison. A primary goal of the conference is "to consider how we might use nonviolence in the global struggle against violence, terrorism and war; and to plan ways to involve congregations in the study of nonviolence and its potential in this struggle." The conference is sponsored by the Wisconsin Council of Churches, Edgewood College Religious Studies and Philosophy Departments, Edgewood College Center for Diversity and Campus Ministry, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, Madison-area Urban Ministry, and 3 churches. Registration deadline was Friday Jan. 3, 2003, but walk-in registrations without meals are still available. Conference registration fee is $20 (or $10 for either of the 2 days). For more information see http://www.wichurches.org/events/index.html. |
| Fri-Mon | Jan 17-20 | The schedule of Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Events has been posted by the City of Madison at http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/mlkholiday.html. | |
| Sat | Jan 18 | 10 am | C-Span starts coverage of the Jan. 18 Demonstration to Stop the War on Iraq in Washington DC. See list of speakers. |
| Sat | Jan 18 | noon | Dems for Peace is organizing a peoples' rally to coincide with other nationwide actions at noon Saturday, at the State St. corner of Capitol square. See http://madpeace.org/. |
| Sun | Jan 19 | 1 pm | Voices of the Progressive Tradition, readings from historic progressive texts by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, former governor Anthony Earl, and other notables, in the Senate Parlor at the State Capitol. Call 266-1801(weekdays) for free tickets. This program was last presented at Park Hall, home of the Free Congregation of Sauk City. [more] |
| Mon | Jan 20 | noon | 23rd Annual State Tribute & Ceremony, Capitol Rotunda, will feature an address by Rev. Clifton Davis. Others appearing or performing at the Capitol celebration will be Gov. Jim Doyle, the Madison Children's Choir, the Highway to Heaven Big Band, the Lighthouse Singers, the Christ the King Cherubim Choir of Milwaukee and the Mount Zion Liturgical Dancers. The event also will include a National Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Tuskegee Airman Joseph Gomer of Duluth, Minn. |
| Mon | Jan 20 | 5:30 pm | 18th Annual City-County Martin Luther King Observance, Madison Civic Center, begins with Singing of Freedom Songs, led by UW School of Music Professor James Latimer, in the Civic Center Crossroads, telecast live on City Cable MCC-12. The celebration continues at 6 pm with awards and music by the King Community Choir in the Oscar Mayer Theatre. This year's observance will also include a multi-media presentation of Dr. King speaking in his own words about The Imperative of Peace. |
| Tue | Jan 21 | 7 pm | A preview screening of the PBS documentary, Two Towns of Jasper, on the 1998 killing of James Byrd Jr. in Texas, will be shown at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, followed by a discussion on Madison's race and diversity issues. [more] |
| Thurs | Jan 23 | 7 pm | The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm was the Grand-Prize winner at the Cine Eco International Film Festival and selected as one of the ten best documentaries at the Vancouver International Film Festival. The documentary exposes the White House and US State Department's hidden agenda in the Gulf as well as the Pentagon's use of radioactive ammunitions. The film will be shown at the UW Memorial Union. [more] [poster] |
| Sat | Jan 25 | 1-3 pm | War is not the path to peace/No war in my name yard sign "stapling bee" at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Rd. The signs are free to anyone who will display them in a yard (or window). You may pick up signs during the stapling party on January 25, or afterward on a first-come basis at 1 Robin Circle (off Orchard Drive, just north of Mineral Point Rd). They will be on the east side of the house until the supply is depleted. |
| Sun | Jan 28 | 11:30 am | The Hidden Story: Confronting Colombia's Dirty War, a Canadian video, will be shown by the Prairie Social Action Committee after the Sunday morning service at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Dr in southwest Madison. [map] Contact: Bob Park at 273-8775 or rwpark@juno.com. The video has been provided by Bruce Miller as background for his presentation on Feb. 2nd (see below). The video was produced in 2001 by the ecumenical group Kairos, which describes it as "a 30 minute film which analyses the roots of state terror and Canada's connection to the worsening human rights situation in Colombia, featuring the powerful testimony of men and women who risk their lives each day to build peace with social justice in Colombia." |
| Mon | Jan 27 | 7 pm | How the U.S. Government Promotes Terrorism, a panel of participants in the School of the Americas annual Vigil at Ft. Benning, Anderson Auditorium in Predolin Hall at Edgewood College. Sponsored by Beyond Terrorism and Edgewood College Campus Ministry. Sister Maureen McDonnell will emcee. [more] |
| Tue | Jan 28 | 7 pm | NOT IN OUR NAME Committee of Madison presents an evening of music (Lou and Peter Berryman and others), readings, and talk at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State St., Madison, WI, 7-9 pm. Doors open at 6 pm. Admission is free. [more] |
| Wed | Jan 29 | Vice President Cheney will NOT be coming to Madison. | |
| Sat | Feb 1 | 9 am-noon | Building a Democratic Media with speakers Amy Goodman, Host of Democracy Now, and Norm Stockwell, Coordinator and Host at WORT, at Alicia Ashman Public Library (corner High Point Rd. and Old Sauk Rd.) |
| Sat | Feb 1 | 11 am | Pre-Emptive Peace Day participants will assemble on the UW Library Mall at 11 am, march up State St. at 11:30 am, and rally at the Capitol at noon. Speakers will include Amy Goodman. See http://madpeace.org/. |
| Sat | Feb 1 | 7:30 pm | Award-winning Democracy Now radio journalist Amy Goodman will present a talk entitled The Future of a Democratic Media at the First Congregational Church, 1609 University Avenue - Madison, Wisconsin. The event will include a special guest appearance by political folksinger Dave Lippman, aka "George Schrub". Admission $5.00- $10.00 (sliding scale). All proceeds benefit WORT-FM Community Radio. Tickets available at the door. For information call: (608)256-2001 [more] |
| Sun | Feb 2 | 10 am | Christian Peacemaker Teams in Colombia: A Personal Journey, a program by Bruce Miller at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Dr in southwest Madison. [map] Bruce has made a number of trips to Colombia and plans to return soon. Contact: Bob Park at 273-8775 or rwpark@juno.com. |
| Fri | Feb 7 | 9 am | Land Mines: The Lasting Legacy of War will be presented by Church Women United at Bethany United Methodist Church, 3910 Mineral Point Road. The discussion will feature guests Lou Ann Bohn, Meg Skinner, and Ty Babushka from Ukraine. For more information call 663-8450 (10 am - 2 pm M-Th) or 259-1258. |
| Sat | Feb 8 | 7-11 pm | Dance Alive!, monthly community dance for all ages, will feature live music by African Art Heritage and Ave Brazil at UW Union South, Room 240, 227 N. Randall St. Contact: Sandy River, 241-7635. |
| Mon | Feb 10 | 7 pm | The Battle of This or That at UW-Madison Memorial Union. A dangerous puppetshow by the Insurrection Landscapers - with a miniature massacre of epic proportions. Info: 262-9036 |
| Thur | Feb 13 | 7:30 pm | Iraq Teach-In & Discussion at Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Court, with Joe Elder and members of Madison Physicians for Social Responsibility. Learn about the health effects of war against Iraq and discuss ways to oppose it. Info: Madison PSR 608.232.9945 or iraq@psrmadison.org |
| Fri | Feb 14 | 2 pm | Buses depart UW Memorial Union for INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE demonstration in New York City. |
| Sat | Feb 15 | 10 am to noon | Mass Peace Picket downtown. Arrive on the UW Library Mall between the hours of 10am and 10:30 am. Teams of picketers will be dispatched to various sidewalks in the downtown area. [more] |
| Sat | Feb 15 | 1-3 pm | Global Sustainability, Local Responsibility: How to tackle global environmental challenges in your own life and make a difference, an illustrated talk by John Foley, Director of UW Center for Sustainability and Global Environment, at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Rd, Madison. Sponsored by DOERS. See their Web site at http://doerswi.homestead.com for more information. |
| Sun | Feb 16 | 2 pm | PeaceSongs: Our Community Sings For Peace, First Unitarian Society Meeting House, 900 University Bay Drive. Madison area songwriters and singers invite the community to join in singing original songs inspired by hopes for peace and concerns about the threat of war. Performers include Stuart Stotts, Amelia Royko, Sally de Broux, Marianne Flemming, Shauna Wells, Steve Albert, Candy Kreitlow & Katie Waldren (of Heartwood), Leo Sidran, Joy Dragland, Doug Brown, and Holly Brook. [more] |
| Tue | Feb 18 | Primary election day. | |
| Thur | Feb 20 | 7 pm | Rev. Bruce Bernside: Report From Palestine, 1641 Humanities Bldg. |
| Thur | Feb 20 | 7:30 pm | Dane County Board of Supervisors will consider a resolution opposing unilateral action/war against Iraq at their meeting in the City County Bldg., 210 Martin Luther King. Jr. Blvd. |
| Sat | Feb 22 | 2 pm | The Clash of Barbarisms presentation at UW-Madison, Rm. 2650 Humanities Bldg., by acclaimed French author, Gilbert Achbar, on the struggle between U.S. globalism and Islamic fundamentalism in a post 9/11 context. Info: 257-6050 |
| Sun | Feb 23 | 2 pm | Singing Out for Peace, United Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Ave, Madison. An interactive celebration providing a review of music from social movements. Performers include Marques Bovre, Gabrielle Dinur-Loranger, Clare Norelle, Kristin Petersen, Rocker T, Stuart Stotts, Justin Woodward and you! This is a fund-raiser for the Wis. Network for Peace and Justice. Contact: singforpeace@lycos.com |
| Mon | Feb 24 | 7-9 pm | Sustainability and the Global Environment: Promises and Perils of the 21st Century, a campus-wide symposium at the UW Fluno Center. [more] |
| Wed | Feb 26 | Virtual March, a day of Faxes, phone calls, and emails to Washington. [more] | |
| Thur | Feb 27 | 7 pm | Orpheum Theatre, Teach-In: Money for Education, Not for
War: Why a strike on March 5th. (a) 2 speakers who have been to Iraq, and 1 to talk about the budget and how all the $ goes to the military and not education, health care, etc. (b) 5 or so people representing some of the different org's in our coalition talking about why they in particular are for books, not bombs and what's the point of a student strike (c) performance by Devon Evans, former bandmate of Bob Marley and the Wailers! There will also be a photo gallery of Iraqis who have been affected by depleted uranium from the first Gulf War and by the sanctions. |
| Sat | Mar 1 | 9:15 am | David Scheffer, former U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues under Pres. Clinton and now senior vice president of the United Nations Association (UNA) - USA, will speak on Challenges for International Justice in the Age of Terrorism at Lowell Hall, 610 Langdon Street, Madison. This brunch meeting of the United Nations Association-USA Wisconsin Division is open to the public. Cost is $15. [more] |
| Sat | Mar 1 | 1:00-5:30 pm | David Scheffer, former U.S. Ambassador for War Crimes under Pres. Clinton and now senior vice president of the United Nations Association (UNA) - USA, will be one of the speakers in a Symposium on the International Criminal Court in Room 2260 of the UW-Madison Law School. (The symposium is free and open to the public.) [more] |
| Mon | Mar 3 | 5:30-6:30 pm | Performance Circus for Peace, a part of the Worldwide Lysistrata Project, in Mitchell Theatre, Vilas Hall. [more] |
| Mon | Mar 3 | 7:30 pm | Lysistrata will also be performed at the Bartell Theatre, 113 E. Mifflin St. Suggested donation: $10.00 Proceeds from this reading will benefit the International Rescue Committee's Iraq Emergency Response Initiative. Call 608-288-1902 for reservations or more information. Directed by Jennifer Pluff, organized by Debra Nathans at debra_nathans@yahoo.com. |
| Wed | Mar 5 | 11 am | UW student strike & walkout, with actions planned at Bascom Hall, part of Books Not Bombs, a one-day International Youth & Student Strike. High School and college students all around the country will join in protest by not attending class. Many workers and non-students will join the day of action. |
| Thur | Mar 6 | 7 pm | There will be a screening of Jenin, Jenin, an eye-witness account by the survivors of April 2002, when the media was locked out of Jenin while the Israeli army "rooted out terrorism," at UW-Madison - Rm. 2650 Humanities Building. [more] |
| Thur | Mar 6 | 7:30 pm | UW Memorial Union (see Today in the Union), Madison debut of the new video documentary Emails from East Timor: Hand up, handout, or hangup? |
| Thur-Sun | Mar 6-9 | Buses are going to Washington D.C. for INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY -- Stand Up for Peace and Justice. On Sat. 3/8 there will be an 11 am rally followed by a 1 pm march to encircle the White House. (Buses leave UW-Memorial Union 11 am 3/6, return 9 pm 3/9.) [more] | |
| Fri | Mar 7 | noon-12:30 | Peace Presence, a half-hour of walking meditation in front of the Municipal Building on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., downtown Madison, sponsored by several local Buddhist groups, including Madison Insight Meditation Group, Madison Zen Center and Snowflower Buddha Sangha. Contacts: Kathy Derene, 233-4118, kathy@derene.com or Jan Sheppard, jsheppard@uwsa.edu |
| Fri | Mar 7 | 5:30 pm | Roz Woodward, who presented the peace-singing service at Prairie Society in January with help from Prairie members Dan Proud, Paula Pachciarz, and Mary Mullen will be presenting the same program for the James Reeb Congregation, 2146 East Johnson St. It will be a high energy family evening with lots of opportunities to visit over a chili dinner and then sing with the presenter and Prairie helpers. The chili dinner starts at 5:30 pm, and the presentation will begin about an hour later at 6:30. There will be a small charge. |
| Sat | Mar 8 | 2 pm | This is International Women's Day. Circle the Capitol building with pink for peace! Meet at 2 pm on the State St. side of the Capitol; wear or bring something pink. This will be a women-led event, but all peace-loving men and women from the community are encouraged to attend. |
| Sun | Mar 9 | 1-4 pm | Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin will hold a public forum so you can voice your opinions and concerns. This Sunday, you are invited to a Congressional Listening Session on Iraq at the State Capitol - Rm 400 Southwest - 4th Floor. [more] |
| Sat | Mar 15 | 9:30 am-3:00 pm | Wisconsin Sustainable Futures Network fundraiser at First Unitarian Society (900 University Bay Dr.) to support a statewide project aimed at developing local living economies. Seeking flea market items in good condition, plus artists and people offering services as participants. No booth fees are charged, but WSFN would like 30% of sales for that day. Info: 221-0588. |
| Sat | Mar 15 | 1-4 pm | Olbrich Gardens (3330 Atwood Ave) 10th Annual CSA Spring Open House. Meet in person over a dozen community supported agriculture (CSA) farmers and find out about opportunities this growing season to have your own fresh local produce. Slideshow, cooking demos, and raffle drawing for a two person CSA share. Info: #226-0300, http://www.macsac.org |
| Sun | Mar 16 | 7 pm | Global Vigil for Peace. Gather at the UW Library Mall and then make your way up State Street towards the Capitol, ending at Martin Luther King Blvd. This is a silent, peaceful, candlelight vigil. Please join us. Parents and children are encouraged to come. If you don't feeling like marching, or can't march, go straight to the Capitol Building at Martin Luther Kind Blvd. at 7:00pm. [more] |
| Wed | Mar 19 | 7 pm | Progressive Dane Mayoral Debate at Bolz Auditorium, (124 S. Brooks St.). The first half of the debate will consist of questions from PD; the second half will consist of questions from the audience. Info: 257-4985 or steph@uvulittle.com. |
| Thur | Mar 20 | 11 am- 2 pm | Peace Vigil and Demonstration on Library Mall, UW-Madison campus. |
| Thur | Mar 20 | 5 pm | Large Rally for Peace at the Capitol. Musicians, poets and a few speakers, then a choice: march 'til you drop, or speak and listen 'til you drop. |
| Sun | Mar 23 | 11:45 am | The Other Iraq - Stories of Iraqi Civilians Facing War. Madison native Ben Granby will lead an informal discussion and share photographs he took in Iraq during January and February of this year at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Drive. [map] |
| Sun | Mar 23 | 6:30 - 9:30 pm | IS WAR THE WAY TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS? Stoughton Inter-faith Service Sunday, United Methodist Church (UMC), 525 Lincoln Ave. (across from the High School), sponsored by the Stoughton Area Peace Coalition (SAPC). [more] |
| Wed | Mar 26 | 7:30 pm | THE OTHER IRAQ - Multimedia Stories of Iraqi Civilians Facing War. Room 3650 Humanities Building, UW Campus. Iraq Peace Team member and Madison resident Ben Granby will present video, photos and stories from Iraq based on his Jan. - Feb. 2003 time there. |
| Sun | Mar 30 | 11 am - Sunset | What: An Open Invitation to find out about Islam. Where: Islamic Center of Madison 21 N. Orchard St. Why: To share communication and solidarity. [more] |
| Mon | Mar 31 | 7 pm | The Cocoa Connection Farmer Ownership and Alternative Trade in Ghana First Unitarian Society (900 Univ. Bay Dr.), a discussion with Pauline Tiffen, commodity trade consultant, and Phil Grout, photojournalist, both recently returned from the Kuapa Kokoo Cocoa Cooperative in Ghana, source of Divine Fair Trade Chocolate. Info: 255-0430, http://www.serrv.org/divine |
| Tue | April 1 | noon | Sidewalk sitin in front on Sen. Kohl's office on the Square, 14 West Mifflin St., led by clergy. Witnesses welcome. (You must have completed nonviolence training to join the civil disobedience.) [more] |
| Wed | April 2 | 7:30 pm | James Longley's documentary film Gaza Strip will be shown at Edgewood College's Anderson Auditorium in Predolin Hall. This is a "kick-off" event for the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project. There will be a panel including Ben Granby and Jernnifer Lowenstein, introduced by Edgewood's Sister Maureen "Mo" McDonald. |
| Thur | April 3 | 1 - 5 pm | Forum on Colombia entitled COLOMBIA: THE LONG ROAD TO PEACE: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS at Rm #8417 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Drive, UW. [more] |
| Sun | April 6 | 7 - 8 pm | Light for peace candlelight vigil this week will be at East High School, to line East Washington Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets. Contact: Bob Reuschlein 848-5248, earlwal@chorus.net. |
| Tue | April 1-May 6 | 7-9 pm | Free 6-week Introductory Islam Seminar. The class is open to the public and will present an introduction of the basic beliefs and practices of Islam. It will be held on Tuesday nights from April 1-May 6 at 7121 Helen C. White Hall, UW. (There will be pizza on the first day.) To register please email: islamseminar2003@yahoo.com |
| Sun | April 6 | 7 - 8 pm | Light for peace candlelight vigil this week will be at East High School, to line East Washington Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets. Contact: Bob Reuschlein 848-5248, earlwal@chorus.net. |
| April 6 - 14 | International Tibet Awareness Week activities at the UW Madison, including 5 free films. [details] | ||
| April 7-12 | 9 am - 4 pm |
Mandala of peace at First Unitarian Society by Ven. Ngawang Chojor. [more] | |
| Thur | April 10 | 7 pm | Towards a More Secure and Democratic Israel, a presentation at Hillel, 611 Langdon St., by Yesh Gvul refusenik Ishai Menuchin on the occupied territories of Palestine. [more] |
| Fri | April 11 | 4 pm | Anti-war activists will gather at UW Library Mall at 4:00 PM, then march down State Street to the Capitol for a rally and address by comedian, civil rights veteran and anti-war Presidential candidate Dick Gregory. |
| Mon | April 21 | 5 - 7 pm | Open House for Madison environmental organizations, including the Audubon Society, Sierra Club and Wisconsin Wetlands Association, at 222 S. Hamilton St., in the Threlfall Bldg., intersection of S. Henry, S. Hamilton and W. Wilson Streets. Refreshments will be served. |
| Tue | April 22 | 11 am - 4 pm | Earth Day Fair, UW-Madison Library Mall, with music, games, speakers, and literature tables. Info: #251-5354 [more events] |
| Tue | April 22 | noon - 2 pm | Tours of new Hangers Cleaners liquid carbon dioxide dry cleaning plant, 2301 Advance Road in east Madison. (Turn east onto Pflaum Rd from Stoughton Rd/Highway 51, then north onto Advance Rd.) As an Earth Day grand opening special you can have one sweater cleaned for free between noon and 2 pm. Consumers Union tested this environmentally friendly process and reported in the Feb. 2003 issue of Consumer Reports that it gave better results than conventional dry cleaning with perchloroethylene, which is a suspected carcinogen. The Sierra Club will participate in this grand opening event, which will include a vintage clothing fashion show and "giveaways". See their schedule of Earth Week Events. |
| Tue | April 22 | 7 - 9 pm | Talk on Horicon Marsh, at Meriter Hospital's Boltz Auditorium, 124 Brooks St., by Bill Volkert, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources educator-naturalist. This talk coincides with the 100th anniversary of the U.S. national wildlife refuge system. |
| Tue | April 22 | 7:30 pm | Four Months in an Indonesian Jail Cell, UW Memorial Union. Iowan nurse and international human rights activist Joy Lee Sadler speaks about being imprisoned for trying to provide health care to refugees in the conflict area of Aceh, Indonesia. |
| Wed | April 23 | 5:30 - 7 pm | Public Forum on Human Population: Global & Local Perspectives at Rm 6191 Helen White Library, U.W. Madison. Refreshments will be served. [more] |
| Fri | April 25 | 7:30 pm | A free concert of Labor and Peace Activism with Anne Feeney and Chris Chandler - opening will be former Madisonian Vicki Guzman. The concert takes place in the Lakefront Cafeteria in the UW Memorial Union. |
| Sat | April 26 | 9 am - noon | Global Community: Dominance or Democracy? at the State
Historical Society, UW Library Mall. Sponsored
by: The Madison Institute, and the Wisconsin Network for Peace and
Justice, the United Nations Association of Dane County; Physicians for
Social Responsibility; League of Women Voters of Dane County. Speakers: Thomas E. Ambrogi: The New American Empire: Obstacle To Globalization With A Human Face. Former Regional Executive Director, American Friends Service Committee. He attended the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2002; Chris O'Sullivan: Alternatives to Empire: Choices for U.S. Foreign Policy in the Next Century. University of San Francisco Department of History; he is currently working on a history of the United Nations. |
| Sat | April 26 | 9 am - noon | Basic Training for Non-Violent Action and Engaging in a Life of Peace at First Unitarian Society's Gathering Room. The workshop is free but pre-registration is requested at madmaw@powercom.net or 250-4717. [more] |
| Sat | April 26 | 10 am - 3 pm | The Activist Toolbox - A Direct Action Workshop An interactive day of discussion, videos, and free lunch at the UW Multicultural Student Center --Satelite Room (below Gordon Commons, Lake St. & Johnson). [more] |
| Sat | April 26 | 10 am - 4 pm | Edgewood College 4th Annual Wingra Watershed Community Fair will include workshops on rain barrels, rain gardens, healthy lawns, power composting; and nature activities: (lake observation by boat, guided tree walk, crafts, poetry). Exhibits! Food! Door Prizes! Info: http://danenet.danenet.org/fowingra/ or call 663-2838 Sat. |
| Sat | April 26 | 2 pm | Educator William M. "Bill" Timpson will speak on his recent book - Teaching & Learning Peace (Madison: Atwood Publishing, 2003) at Rainbow Bookstore (426 W.Gilman). Drawing on rich traditions of nonviolence and peaceful alternatives, Timpson offers practical tools for envisioning and constructing options for conflict resolution. Info: 257-6050. |
| Sat | April 26 | 6:30 pm | A Peace Sing-along and commemoration of the bombing of Guernica, Spain (66 years ago to the date) will take place at James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Church, 2146 E Johnson St, Madison. Free refreshments and participant song books will be provided. Helping to lead us in songs will be Anne Feeney, Vicki Guzman, Dave Stoddard, Kristine Pettersen, Ben Manski and others. |
| Sun | April 27 | 7:30 pm | The Celtic Cultural Center will present a free showing of Sunday, described as best film yet made about the Northern Ireland Troubles, in room 4070 Vilas Hall on the UW-Madison campus. Jim Keys, one of the film's makers, will be on hand to answer questions after the film. |
| Sat | May 3 | 11 am - 4:30 pm | VOICES FOR PEACE DAY, organized by Generations for Peace, a citywide coalition, will start and end at UW Library Mall. (See their Web site at http://www.voicesforpeaceday.org/.) Speakers/workshop leaders include Kathy Kelly and Bob Reuschlein. |
| Sat | May 3 | 7 - 11 pm | Dance Alive! at Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer St., Madison. |
| Mon | May 5 | 7 pm | The Year That Trembled, independent Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven's new award-winning film, will be shown at the Barrymore Theater. Writer-Director Jay Craven will introduce the film and lead a post film discussion. The film is set on the American "homefront" during the Vietnam War. [more] |
| Tue | May 6 | 7 - 9 pm | USA Patriot Act Forum: Threat or Protection?, at First Unitarian Society Auditorium. Prof. Gordon Baldwin and Chris Ahmuty, Executive Director of the ACLU-WI, are featured speakers. [more] |
| Thur | May 8 | 2 pm - 9 pm | DOERS project to help the people of Iraq, at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Rd, Madison. School kits and relief kits will be prepared and donations collected for the All Our Children Fund. On May 4 Bob Park will accept checks at Prairie made out to the Mennonite Central Committee with "All Our Children" on the memo line. [more] |
| Fri | May 9 | 7 pm | Elkin de Jesus Ramirez Jaramillo from the peace community of San Jose de Apartado in northern Colombia will speak at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago on Friday. There will be a potluck supper at 6:00 p.m. followed by the presentation at 7:00 p.m. [more] |
| Fri | May 9 | 7:30 pm | Palestine: It's Hell Tour. John Reese, hydrogeologist and human rights worker, will present his findings and eyewitness reports of the environmental and human impacts of occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip at the University of Wisconsin Humanities Building, Room 2650. [more] |
| Sat | May 10 | 10:30 am - noon | Mother's Day Parade Mother's Acting Up will walk around the Capitol from State Street (meeting next to the State Historical Society Museum). We will march counterclockwise around the Capitol Square, to symbolize taking back Mother's Day. Julia Ward Howe was the author of the Mother's Day Proclamation. Written in 1870, she called for women to rise up and oppose war in all its forms. For our parade, all are invited to don high hats, hoop skirts, colorful scarves or any costume that makes visible to the world the exuberant strength of mothers. For more information: madison@mothersactingup.org. |
| Sun | May 11 | noon - 3 pm | Women for Peace present a women led, life affirming celebration at Vilas Park. Music by Kristine Pettersen at 1:00 pm; Shauna Wells at 2:00 pm. Crafts, Peace Quilt, Giant Peace Cranes throughout the afternoon. Readings by group members and "shout-out" time to say something great about your mother or other significant woman in your life. Baked goods available, feel free to bring a picnic lunch. Take back Mother's Day from Hallmark and Walmart! |
| Sun | May 11 | 7 pm | We Are One: Voices of Faith for Peace - The Peace Witness group's Interfaith Mother's Day service at First United Methodist, 203 Wisconsin Avenue in Madison, will begin at 7:00 pm and end about 8:30 pm. Info: Claire Box gebox@wisc.edu 441-9905 [more] |
| Sun | May 18 | 11 am - 6 pm | WORT's Block Party at 118 S. Bedford - music, food, literature tables, children's games fun for everyone. Info: 256-2001 |
| Tue | May 27 | 1:30 pm | Press Conference at the Capitol, (Senate Parlor Room, 2nd fl south) about the proposed FCC Media Consolidation rules. Featuring: Laura Miller from PR Watch, Rep. Mark Pocan, representatives from Rep. Baldwin's and Sen. Kohl's offices, WORT news director, and more. |
| Wed | May 28 | 6 pm | PEACE POTLUCK Weekly potlucks in the center of Tenney Park (near the play structures) every Wed. (weather permitting). Contact: Tim Cordon, 239-8216, cordon4peace@yahoo.com. |
| Thur | May 29 | 7 pm | UW-Madison Mills Auditorium. Shattering Myths The Truth About Race and Incarceration with Tim Wise, author of "Great White Hoax: Responding to David Duke and the Politics of White Nationalism" and Pam Oliver, UW-Madison professor of sociology who has analyzed racism in the Wisconsin legal/prison system. Info: 266-4611 |
| Fri - Sun | May 30 - June 1 | RadFest 2003, Midwest Social Forum, 20th Anniversary, Aurora University, George Williams - Lake Geneva Campus, Williams Bay, WI. [registration form] [more] | |
| Sat | May 31 | 10 am - noon | Prairie members are invited to a brunch in the Gathering Room of First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison. Celebrate the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee with guest Allison Kent from UUSC who will speak about her recent visit to Guatemala. (If you did not get your name in by 5/28 for the brunch, you can come just for the talk at 11 am.) |
| Sat | May 31 | 8 pm | Rally for Peace & Prosperity! with Democratic Presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich at the Orpheum Theater, 216 State St., Madison. Music and speeches. Admission is free. [more] |
| Sun | June 1 | 10 am | Visiting Unitarian Universalist Service Committee staff member Allison Kent presents The UUSC Promotes Human Rights in Latin America at the Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society Meeting House, 2010 Whenona Drive. [map & directions] |
| Sun | June 1 | 2 pm | Race Unity Rally, Capitol Square at State Street, with Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and other speakers. Pre-rally music by Smokin' with Superman starts at 1 pm. [poster] [Web site] |
| Wed | June 4 | 6 pm | PEACE POTLUCK Weekly potlucks in the center of Tenney Park (near the play structures) every Wed. (weather permitting). Contact: Tim Cordon, 239-8216, cordon4peace@yahoo.com. |
| Sat - Sun | June 7 - 8 | 1 - 5 pm | "VIVA" will WASH YOUR CAR ! Support Madison youth organizing for peaceful understanding across borders! Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St. "VIVA," the youth branch of US-El Salvador Sister Cities and the Madison-Arcatao Sister City Project (MASCP), is holding a car wash fundraiser to bring organized youth from El Salvador to participate in a youth leadership conference focused on social and economic justice (Madison, August 2-12, 2003). Info: 251-9280 |
| Sun | June 8 | 7 pm | Madison-area peacemakers in the local affinity group formed to help promote the Nonviolent Peaceforce invite you to join them at 480 N. Baldwin, #6 for an evening of discussion to learn more about how you can help create a world-wide civilian peace force. [more] |
| Fri - Sat | June 13 - 14 | 7 pm | We Can See Queerly Now: An Evening With Proud Theater will be presented at the Frederic March Play Circle at the Memorial Union on the UW campus. Tickets are $5. [more] |
| Sat | June 14 | 7 pm | The Womonsong 25th Anniversary Concert, Old Music Hall on the UW Campus. Tickets are available on a sliding scale: $8 - $10- $12. [more] |
| Fri - Sun | June 20 - 22 | Buses will be going to the 2003 Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair in Custer, WI from Madison. [more] | |
| Thur | June 26 | 5 - 7 pm | People to People - Celebrating Art, Solidarity and Social Justice. Opening Reception at the Jackie Macaulay Gallery, Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street. Sponsored by the Madison Arcatao Sister City Project and VIVA-Madison. [more] |
| Sat | June 28 | 9 am - noon | Progressive Roundtable book reviews at Sequoya Library, Just Peacemaking: Ten Practices for Abolishing War reviewed by Vern Visick and Real Economy reviewed by Robert Reuschlein (about his book on 1) How military spending controls and shapes our economy history and politics and 2) How the 54 year Kondratiev cycle of economics and wars enfolds). |
| Sat | June 28 | noon | Potluck Peace Picnic Everyone's invited! Sauk Prairie Peace Council and the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice. From noon until??? Camping available. Come Friday and stay all weekend! Where: Tricia and Dick Denkers farm in the beautiful Baraboo Bluffs, E7844 County Highway PF, North Freedom, WI. Food, music, fun, fellowship. Come and relax. R.S.V.P. 608-522-3374 or to tricia@chorus.net. Musician's encouraged and welcome! Bring your instruments! Bring a dish to pass, tableware, chairs, binoculars, bugspray, sunscreen..... Directions from Madison: Route 12 (beltline) West toward Baraboo, thru Sauk City (over bridge) to the intersection of County Highway PF and Route 12. (Tesch's Flowerland on Left) turn left and go 19 miles (watch odometer) to E7844 farm is on left after going down a big hill, blue mailbox. Call with questions. Looking forward to seeing everyone!! |
| Mon | July 28 | noon | The Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty will hold
an observance of the 150th anniversary of the abolition of capital
punishment in Wisconsin on the State St. steps of the Capitol. All are
invited. For more information contact: Arthur Thexton home 608-249-2702 work 608-266-9814 |
| Sun | Aug 3 | 11:15 am - 1 pm | There will be a special reception for the Epidemic Peace Imagery Exhibit given by the Peace and Social Justice Task Force at First Unitarian Society, marking the opening of an exhibit of over 40 Madison-area poets and visual artists works of peace, on display in the FUS Loggia for the month of August. Please join us to see the works of art, read the poems and to listen to several of the poets read, and of course, to eat (a UU tradition). |
| Sun | Aug 3 | 7 pm | THE LIES of WAR is a free video series presented by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/Madison. Hidden Wars of Desert Storm is the Aug. 3 video. Based on a two year investigation into all the questions we had wondered about, this video tells it all. Discussion and snacks will follow. All videos to be shown in the Community Room of the Social Justice Building, 1202 Williamson St. Call Nancy, 244-6595 for more information. |
| Wed | Aug 6 | 6:30pm-9pm | LANTERNS FOR PEACE Hiroshima Day Observance "Lanterns for Peace," a family-oriented event commemorating victims of nuclear weapons, will be held on Wednesday, August 6th at the Tenney Park Shelter, 1440 E. Johnson St. Activities will include letter-writing to political leaders, a literature table, and a photo exhibit. Children's activities will include decoration of paper lanterns, and traditional paper crane folding. Musician Stuart Stott and storyteller Mary Pharmer will also perform. At dusk, participants will light the lanterns and float them in the Tenney Park pond, as a symbol of their wish for peace. [more] |
| Sun | Aug 10 | 7 pm | THE LIES of WAR is a free video series presented by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/Madison. Convoy of Death is the Aug. 10 video. Clips from the documentary investigating our attack on Afghanistan, this was recently played on Amy Goodman's show, Democracy Now. Also Arundati Roy's recent speech at Riverside. Discussion and snacks will follow. All videos to be shown in the Community Room of the Social Justice Building, 1202 Williamson St. Call Nancy, 244-6595 for more information. |
| Wed | Aug 13 | 7 pm | Naiera Musallam, a 23 year old Palestinian Christian woman, will share her experiences in the sanctuary at Orchard Ridge UCC church at the corner of Gilbert Rd and Tolman Terr. She is a graduate of the Mar Elias Educational Institute run by Fr. Elias Chacour and did her undergraduate work at Tel Aviv University. [more] |
| Fri | Aug 22 | 5:30 pm | Dane Dances! at Monona Terrace rooftop, developing an appreciation and respect for our diverse community. Free. [more] |
| Fri-Sun | Aug 22-24 | 37th annual Orton Park Festival Weekend, with a 12-piece dance band from Guinea, West Africa, and much more. [details] | |
| Tue | Aug 26 | 4:30-6:30pm | The Wisconsin Women's Network presents the Women's Equality Day Celebration, Senate Parlor, Wis. State Capitol. This will include a presentation at 5:15 pm by special guest Carrie Chapman Catt, as portrayed by Rose Stephenson. |
| Sat | Aug 30 | 10 am - 5 pm | Africa Fest 2003, a festival of African folklife, at Monona Terrace. Free admission. |
| Fri | Sept 5 | 4 to 6 pm | There will be a free opening reception and poetry reading for the Epidemic Peace Imagery exhibit installation at the Central Madison Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin Street, where it will be Sept. 2-26. |
| Sat | Sept 6 | 8:30 am-6 pm | Fighting Bob Fest in Baraboo, with Rep. Bernie Sanders, independent, of Vermont, Jim Hightower, Lois Gibbs, leader of the Love Canal Homeowners Association, and others. Free and open to all. [more] |
| Sun | Sept 7 | 3 - 6 pm | Family Farmer Community Potluck Picnic at Orton Park (Madison's near East Side between Rutledge St. and Spaight St.). Guest appearances by Jim Hightower, international family farm delegates from Poland, Switzerland, Brazil, Hungary, France, Netherlands, and Mexico, etc. |
| Wed | Sept 10 | 7:30 pm | Candlelight peace vigil, part of nationwide call for Circles for Peace organized by September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. The Madison vigil will be in James Madison Park, East Gorham St. [more] |
| Fri | Sept 12 | noon | Islam Versus the West and Other Fictions by Roxanne Euben of Wellesley College, 8417 Social Science. Info: bjulrich@wisc.edu |
| Tue | Sept 16 | 4 pm | History and Dilemmas of the ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT by Bunyan Bryant, 180 Science Hall. [more - Word doc.] |
| Thur | Sept 18 | 7 - 9 pm | Free video series on: The Election of 2000 ---- Can a repeat be prevented? What can we do about it? Counting On Democracy, The untold story of 175,000 missing votes, followed by coffee, snacks and discussion, at First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison. For more info call: Nancy Graham at 244-6595. Sponsored by Women's International League for Peace & Freedom/Madison |
| Fri - Sun | Sept 19-21 | Towards a Peaceful World, a conference hosted at Edgewood College. Keynote speaker will be Fr. Roy Bourgeois from School of the Americas Watch on Friday. [more] [registration form/brochure] Suggested contribution: $10/adult, $5/child, $25/family (does not include meals or concert) | |
| Fri - Sun | Sept 19-21 | Coming Together, 2003 Central Region Conference of Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) at Inn on the Park on the capitol square. Tammy Baldwin will be a keynote speaker. [schedule] [workshops] | |
| Sun | Sept 21 | UN International Day of Peace. [more] | |
| Tue | Sept 23 | 5:30 pm | Madison Area Urban Ministry Circles of Support program at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, will begin with a light dinner and a film "Today's Prisoners, Tomorrow's Neighbors" followed by the circles to try on the role of prisoners. To learn more call Wend Cooper at 233-9774 ext 25 or email wendyc@fusmadison.org. [more] |
| Thur | Sept 25 | 7 - 9 pm | Free video series on: The Election of 2000 ---- Can a repeat be prevented? What can we do about it? ---- The examples of Maine and Arizona; The free-air-time campaign; and others, followed by coffee, snacks and discussion, at First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Drive, Madison. For more info call: Nancy Graham at 244-6595. Sponsored by WILPF/Madison |
| Fri | Sept 26 | 7 pm | Potluck dinner hosted by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) at Covenant Presbyterian Church (326 S. Segoe Rd) as their annual fund raiser. Beverage, baked ham and a potato dish is provided. Bring desserts, sides and appetizers to pass. Program Putting Peace and Justice Together on the Home Front and Abroad begins at 7:30 pm with speakers: Melissa Scanlin, executive director, Midwest Enviromental Advocates (a public interest law firm); Ryan Clancy, from Milwaukee who went to Iraq as a human shield last May (and now the U.S. Treasury Dept. wants to fine him $10,000). The poet Fatna from Morocco will read from her poetry, and the Raging Grannies will also sing. Info: 238-5740 |
| Sun | Sept 28 | 10:45 am | Whose Promised Land?, part of series on Palestine at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church. [more] |
| Sun | Sept 28 | 1 pm | Tour de Timor!, a bike ride around Lake Monona to raise money for our Sister City, Ainaro, in East Timor. [more] |
| Tue | Sept 30 | noon | Call to Renewal Roundtable on Racism: Minority Student Achievement - Whose Responsibility is It? Speaker: Barbara Golden, UW Conf. Rm, 2300 S. Park St. |
| Tue | Sept 30 | 8 pm | The Cradle Will Rock, part of The Student Labor Action Coalition's Radical Film Series at the UW. Check Today in the Union on the showing date for location. [more] |
| Sun | Oct 5 | 4 pm | Amaze Me - songs in the key of peace. Women for Peace CD release party at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, for a new collection of peace music from women artists, featuring Ellis, Pat Humphries & Sandy O, Tret Fure, & Natalia Zukerman. Tickets $14 advance, $16 door, $10 students. [more] |
| Tue | Oct 7 | 8 pm | Harlan County U.S.A., part of The Student Labor Action Coalition's Radical Film Series at the UW. Check Today in the Union on the showing date for location. [more] |
| Thur | Oct 9 | 7 pm | Farming with the Wild: Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms & Ranches, by Dan Imhoff, at the Pyle Center. [more] |
| Sat | Oct 11 | 9 am - noon | The Patriot Act Under Surveillance, a public forum program sponsored by The Madison Institute featuring Christopher Pyle, Professor of Politics, Mount Holyoke College, at the State Historical Society Auditorium, 816 State Street (UW Library Mall). Free and open to the public. [more] |
| Sat | Oct 11 | 10 am - 8 pm | Madison Earth Charter Community Summit conference at MATC Downtown Learning Center, 211 N. Carroll St., Madison. [more] See also http://www.earthchartersummits.org/, http://www.earthcharter.org and http://www.earthcharterusa.org. Info: Penny Andrews. |
| Sun | Oct 12 | 10:45 am | Carrying Keys, part of series on Palestine at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church. [more] |
| Mon | Oct 13 | 7 pm | Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich will make a short presentation followed by a press conference at the Wisconsin Aviation Terminal in Madison. Traveling with him will be TV star Mimi Kennedy of ABC's Dharma & Greg. [more] |
| Wed | Oct 15 | 6 pm | Speaking Truth to Empire: End the Occupation!, a talk with John Farrell from Voices in the Wilderness and Lou Plummer from Military Families Speak Out, 3650 Humanities, UW-Madison. Info: www.msa-natl.org or www.antiwarnetwork.org. |
| Wed | Oct 15 | 7 pm | Edgewood College - Sonderegger Science Center. The Population Time Bomb, talk with Lacinda Athen, chair of the Four Lakes Sierra Club. Info: 283-3045. |
| Wed | Oct 15 | 7:30 pm | Opening Spaces for Dialoque and Tolerance: Peace education in low intensity war, a presentation at Pres House (731 State St.) by Heike Kammer, working with SIPAZ to create bridges between embattled communities in Chiapas, Mexico. Sponsored by Community Action on Latin America (CALA). Info: #286-0865. |
| Thur | Oct 16 | 7:30 pm | THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: VIEW FROM A DOVE, a talk by Marcia Freedman, former member of the Israeli Knesset at Hillel. [more] |
| Sat | Oct 18 | 7:30 pm | Rockin' Solidarity Bash at the Labor Temple (1602 S. Park St.), a Benefit Concert for UFCW 538 Workers on Strike Against Tyson Foods, with labor troubadours Anne Feeney and Faith Petric, along with spoken word special guest Chris Chandler, PLUS Lou and Peter Berryman! Top Rankin Sound and Friends will also spin tunes (reggae, latin. hiphop) until the wee hours. Snacks, cash bar. Suggested donation $25, low income $10. Info: #256-5111 |
| Mon | Oct 20 | 11:30 am | The YWCA of Madison's 2nd Annual Race Relation Forum: It's Time to Talk Madison at the Monona Terrace will feature poet Nikki Giovanni. Cost $65. [more] |
| Tue | Oct 21 | 9 am-3:30 pm | Opening Doors for Affordable Housing, a conference at St. Albert the Great Catholic Church, 2420 St. Albert Drive in Sun Prairie,WI, sponsored by the Wis. Council of Churches and MUM. [more] |
| Tue | Oct 21 | 8 pm | A Place Called Chiapas, part of The Student Labor Action Coalition's Radical Film Series at the UW. Check Today in the Union on the showing date for location. [more] |
| Wed | Oct 22 | 4:30 pm | Sam Hamill from Poets Against the War at UW-Madison Memorial Union Theater. |
| Thur | Oct 23 | 8 pm | Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for London's "Independent," will speak at the Union Theater, UW-Madison Memorial Union. He was the winner of the Amnesty International UK Press Award in 1998 for his reports from Algeria and in 2000 for his articles on NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. [more] |
| Fri | Oct 24 | 6:30 pm | African-American activist Angela Davis will talk at UW-Madison Memorial Union Theater. |
| Sat | Oct 25 | noon | Spokes of Peace rally at King St. Entrance to Capitol Square. This is Madison's version of the national march on the Pentagon in Washington. Various groups and individuals will converge on the Capitol for a peace speak-out. Musicians and poets, too. [more] |
| Sat | Oct 25 | 7:30 pm | Africa Without Borders keynote speech by author and political critic, Ngugi wa Thiongo at UW-Madison Rm. 3650 Humanities. |
| Sat | Oct 25 | 9 pm | Hidden in Plain Sight, a documentary film about the School of the Americas at the Orpheum Stage Door Theatre. $7.00 |
| Sun | Oct 26 | 10:45 am | Be It Ever So Humble, part of series on Palestine at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church. [more] |
| Sun | Oct 26 | 3 pm | Hidden in Plain Sight, a documentary film about the School of the Americas at the Orpheum Stage Door Theatre. $7.00 |
| Tue | Oct 28 | noon | Call to Renewal Roundtable on Racism: Educating for Peace in a Hostile World with Rev. Sis Levin and Jerry Levin, UW Conf. Rm, 2300 S. Park St. |
| Tue | Oct 28 | 8 pm | The Grapes of Wrath, part of The Student Labor Action Coalition's Radical Film Series at the UW. Check Today in the Union on the showing date for location. [more] |
| Wed | Oct 29 | 4 pm | Prof. Robert Pollin, Department of Economics, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst, Co-Director, Policy Economy Research Institute,
will talk on Tax Cuts for the Rich and Military Keynesianism:
Enough to Bail Bush Out of the Post-Bubble Slump? at 8417 Social
Science on the UW campus. Pollin is founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He has worked with the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and has been a consultant on living wage policies in several U.S. cities. He is currently working under the auspices of the United Nations Development Program to develop workable policies to promote jobs and equality in South Africa. For more information, call 262-1420 or email havensce@ssc.wisc.edu. |
| Thur | Oct 30 | 7:30 pm | Amira Hass, staff editor at Ha'aretz, Israel's respected daily newspaper, will speak at Mogridge Auditorium, UW-Madison Grainger Hall. [more] [postponed?] |
| Thur | Oct 30 | 7:30 pm | A peacemaking talk with Rev. Sis Levin (author of Beirut Diaries) and Jerry Levin, Spotlight Speakers, UW Memorial Union. |
| Sat | Nov 1 | 7 - 11 pm | UW-Madison Union South - Rm. 240 (227 N. Randall) Dance Alive! - with Salaam (Middle Esatern music) and Cajun Strangers (traditional Cajun music), plus Epidemic Peace Imagery, both visual and poetic. Alcohol-free dancing fun for everyone! Parking in Lot 17 (Ramp) on Engineering Dr. or Lot 15 on W. Johnson. Info: #241-7635 or #284-1657 |
| Sun | Nov 2 | 3 - 4:30 pm | Alliant Energy Center - Expo Hall. Dane County United Founding Assembly. Dane County faith, civic, neighborhood, labor, and business organizations are invited to send representatives by registering at danecountyunited@tds.net. Dane County United is a non-partisan organization of organizations and diverse body of people working together to create a better life and a more just and inclusive community for all people of Dane County. We believe that our community benefits when all people are involved in the political, economic and social decisions that affect their lives and communities. We believe our faith and democratic traditions call all of us to take collective action and collective responsibility in public life for social justice, human dignity, and the common good. Info: #242-6338 |
| Mon | Nov 3 | 11:30am - 12:30pm | Prof. Joe Elder will give a talk on "Recent Events in Afghanistan at MATC Truax Rm. 142AB. Joe Elder is a professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was born in Tehran and has lived in Afghanistan. His presentation will provide an overview of ethnic and cultural issues in Afghanistan and the current political situation. It is part of the Global Horizons Distinguished Lecture Series. |
| Tue | Nov 4 | 8 pm | Manufacturing Consent Part 1, part of The Student Labor Action Coalition's Radical Film Series at the UW. Check Today in the Union on the showing date for location. [more] |
| Thur | Nov 6 | 7 pm | MATC Downtown Education Center (211 N. Carroll St) Rm. D240. Ali Abunimah, Reporting the Middle East: Media Distortions and Democracy. Abunimah is a researcher in social policy at the University of Chicago, the Vice President of the Arab American Action Network in Chicago, and is a frequent Middle East expert on TV and radio -- including the BBC, CNN, and Pacifica. This event is made possible by collaboration with the Palestine-Israel Peace and Justice Alliance (PIPAJA). It is part of the Global Horizons Distinguished Lecture Series. |
| Fri | Nov 7 | 5 pm | Rm 2650 Humanities, UW-Madison, Celebration of Grassroots Independent Media with Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill, and Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now! Plus, the Madison premier of the film Independent Media In a Time of War produced by the the Hudson Mohawk IMC. |
| Fri | Nov 7 | 6:30 pm | Talk by Ralph Nader at UW-Madison Memorial Union Great Hall (800 Langdon St.). Free to the public. (Part of the Conference on Media Reform.) |
| Fri-Sun | Nov 7-9 | National Conference on Media Reform at UW-Madison, with Keynote Speaker Bill Moyers, US Sen. Russ Feingold; US Rep. Tammy Baldwin; Ralph Nader; FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein; Free Press founders Robert McChesney and John Nichols; AFL-CIO President John Sweeney; Amy Goodman of Democracy NOW! and others. Registration $175 (but volunteers are needed-orientation 5 pm Wed. 11/5 at Lowell Hall Dining Hall (610 Langdon Street)). [more] | |
| Sat | Nov 8 | 10 am - 6 pm | Film Screenings by the Media Education Foundation at Red Gym Media Rm, UW-Madison. Free to the public. (Part of the Conference on Media Reform.) |
| Sun | Nov 9 | 8 am | Talk by Pat Mitchell, Pres. of PBS with an introduction by Bill Moyers at Rm. 3650 Humanities, UW-Madison. Free to the public. (Part of the Conference on Media Reform.) |
| Sun | Nov 9 | 1 - 3 pm | Toward a Democratic Media, a free forum in the auditorium of First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Dr., featuring Robert McChesney, John Nichols, Chellie Pingree (National President of Common Cause) and UU minister Paul Sawyer (Co-chair of the Democratic Media Legal Project). |
| Tue | Nov 11 | 8 pm | This is What Democracy Looks Like, part of The Student Labor Action Coalition's Radical Film Series at the UW. Check Today in the Union on the showing date for location. [more] |
| Thur | Nov 13 | 7:30 pm | Dr. As'ad Abukhalil, professor of Political Science at California State University-Stanislaus, will speak as part of the Reporting the Middle East lecture series, at the UW Memorial Union Great Hall. Prof. Abukhalil is the author of the just-released book, Saudi Arabia and the U.S.: The Tale of the "Good" Taliban. |
| Fri | Nov 14 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | MATC Truax Rm. 142B. Ali Abootalebi, The Struggle for Democracy in Iran: What are the Prospects? Abootalebi is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. He is the author of Democracy in Developing Countries and Islam and Democracy, two books which explore the tensions between traditional religion and democracy movements in the Middle East among other issues. This event is made possible by collaboration with the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. It is part of the Global Horizons Distinguished Lecture Series. |
| Sun | Nov 16 | 10:45 am | Can You Open the Sea?, part of series on Palestine at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church. [more] |
| Mon | Nov 17 | 5:15 - 6:45 pm | The Origins of Labor's Cold War, a talk by Prof. David Nack at the Madison Labor Temple (1602 S. Park St.), part of the Labor with a Bite series. Find out how the AFL-CIO was involved in the "Red Scare" of the MacCarthy era, supported the CIA in underming radical labor movements overseas, and became an eager partner of the White House in waging the struggle against communism. (Dinner at 4:30 pm, $5 donation for those over 40). [more] Info: #256-5111 |
| Mon | Nov 17 | 7 - 9 pm | The Global and the Local: Town Hall Meeting on Dane County in the World, in the Mendota Room of the Alliant Energy Center (off John Nolen Drive). Speakers include: David Newby, Pres. of WI AFL-CIO; Peggy Lescrenier, VP Int. of Gammex Inc.; Lucia Nunez, Dep. Sec. of Wis. Dept. of Workforce Dev.; Jack Holzhueter, WI historian and author. [more] Info: #232-9447 |
| Tue | Nov 18 | 7 pm | Freedom's Forgotten Hero. Who invented church-state separation? The Wisconsin Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State will show a video answering this question in Rm C5, Lower Meeting House, First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison. Contact: auwi@execpc.com. |
| Tue | Nov 18 | 8 pm | School of the Assassins, part of The Student Labor Action Coalition's Radical Film Series at the UW. Check Today in the Union on the showing date for location. [more] |
| Wed | Nov 19 | 7 pm | MATC DTEC (211 N. Carroll St) Rm. D240. Milan Rai, Regime Unchanged: Why the War On Iraq Changed Nothing. Milan Rai is one of the founders of the British branch of Voices in the Wilderness, a citizen group offering humanitarian aid and assistance to ordinary Iraqi civilians and the most vulnerable of Iraqi society, especially children. Rai has also authored of two recent books on Iraq and argues that the US and Britain continue to support fascist Ba'athist leaders during reconstruction, and are becoming entangled in a conflict that is likely to last for many years to come. This is part of the Global Horizons Distinguished Lecture Series. |
| Thur | Nov 20 | 8 pm | Robert Fisk will speak as part of the Reporting the Middle East lecture series at the Orpheum Theater, Madison. He covers the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia for the London Independent. Beirut-based Fisk has put the mainstream American media to shame for 28 years with his unflinching on-the-ground reports from the frontlines in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon and more. He has received more awards for excellence in reporting than any other journalist in his league. Author of Pity the Nation on the Lebanese civil war and Israel's invasion, he is currently working on a book covering events in Iraq since the first Gulf War. Info: #257-6050 |
| Sun | Nov 23 | 8:30 am - 3 pm | Christmas Gift Fair at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Rd in Madison. |
| Sun | Nov 23 | 10:45 am | Mercy, Mercy!, part of series on Palestine at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church. [more] |
| Mon | Nov 24 | 8 pm | The Front, part of The Student Labor Action Coalition's Radical Film Series at the UW. Check Today in the Union on the showing date for location. [more] |
| Tue | Nov 25 | noon | Call to Renewal Roundtable on Racism: Minority Student Achievement - Where Do We Go from Here?, UW Conf. Rm, 2300 S. Park St. |
| Tue | Dec 2 | 7 pm | Global Sustainable Agriculture will be the topic of Janet Parker, Madison Community Action Coalition Community Gardens Organizer, at a Quest Faith-Ecology Forum held at The Crossing Campus Christian Center, 1127 University Ave. (corner of Charter and University Ave). Free and open to the public. |
| Fri | Dec 5 | 4 - 7 pm | Jazz for Justice at 2300 S. Park St., a fund raising event for Madison-area Urban Ministry featuring jazz vocalist Jan Wheaton and saxaphonist Hanah Jon Taylor. This year's event will be a tribute to MUM board member Rev. Susan Quigley, who died last month. (Kindly R.S.V.P. to mum@emum.org to help with planning.) |
| Fri | Dec 5 | 7 - 10 pm | The Lost Film Fest is coming to Madison, Morgridge Auditorium, Grainger Hall, UW-Madison, 975 University Ave. (corner of Park and Univ.). This special show of multiple short films will include footage from the anti-FTAA protest in Miami. [details] |
| Sat | Dec 6 | 10 am - 4 pm | Annual Fair Trade Fair at Pres House, UW Library Mall. [more] |
| Sat | Dec 6 | 4 - 6 pm | All are invited to help celebrate the retirement and accomplishments of Bonnie Block, past chair of the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, on Saturday afternoon at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. There will be refreshments and informal speakers -- and Stuart Stotts will be there to sing some songs. |
| Sun | Dec 7 | 11:45 am | Luncheon panel of 6 students will share their experiences at last month's School of the Americas Vigil at Fort Benning Georgia, at the Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society Meeting House, 2010 Whenona Drive in southwest Madison. The lunch, featuring soups and breads, is to raise funds for local projects of the Social Action Committee of Prairie. All are welcome. Info: (608) 273-8775 |
| Sun | Dec 7 | 5:30 pm | The vespers service at The Crossing (1127 University Av.), will include telling of the story of this year's School of the America's protest in Georgia by some of the UW-Madison students and campus minister who traveled to the annual event. |
| Sun | Dec 7 | 8 pm | The Widow and the Veteran", a one-act play at the Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer Street, Madison), $8 admission. There will be complimentary tickets for Veterans for Peace and Women for Peace local members. This drama is about post-traumatic stress disorder, presented by the Yahara River Theater Players. Contact: Cy Griffin 245-0460 |
| Tue | Dec 9 | 8 pm | Newsies, part of The Student Labor Action Coalition's Radical Film Series at the UW. Check Today in the Union on the showing date for location. [more] |
| Sun | Dec 14 | 8 pm | Second performance of The Widow and the Veteran", a one-act play at the Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer Street, Madison), $8 admission. There will be complimentary tickets for Veterans for Peace and Women for Peace local members. This drama is about post-traumatic stress disorder, presented by the Yahara River Theater Players. Contact: Cy Griffin 245-0460 |
| Sun | Jan 11, 2004 | 1-3 pm | Free Trade and U.S. Military Interventionism, a public forum with Michael Schuler, Ed Garvey, Donna Vukelich and others, at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. The forum has been organized in response to Oliver North's appearance as keynote speaker at the "Madison Business Day" event sponsored by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Jan. 13-14. [more] |
| Wed | Jan 14 | 6 pm | On Iraq What Can the U.N. Do? What Can We Do?, a talk with Joanne Elder at the Friends Meeting House (1704 Roberts Ct. just off Monroe St.) Potluck bring a dish or drink to share. Sponsored by the Madison Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Info: 233-8979 |
| Fri - Mon | Jan 16-19 | Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend events [details] | |
| Mon | Jan 19 | noon | The State of Wisconsin Tribute & Ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda for the King Holiday Observance will include a guest speaker, King Heritage Award, youth participation and music. It will be broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio. |
| Wed | Jan 21 | Rally at the Capitol in support of Gov. Doyle's veto of SB 214, the concealed weapons bill. The Wisconsin League of Women Voters and others will hold a press conference at 9:30 am in conference room 425 SW. [more] | |
| Tue | Jan 27 | 9 am | Supporters of Gov. Doyle's veto of SB 214, the concealed weapons bill, will hold a press conference at 9:00 am in conference room 400 NE. [more] |
| Wed | Jan 28 | 11:30 am - 2 pm | Corporate Social Responsibility and Worker Justice is the theme for this year's Interfaith Center for Worker Justice 3rd Annual Clergy-Labor Lunch at Lake Edge Lutheran Chruch (4032 Monona Dr.), cost $20. Info: #255-0376 or email worker@workerjustice.org. |
| Wed | Jan 28 | 8 pm | Iraq and Palestine... a tale of two occupations at the WilMar Center, 953 Jenifer St. Come hear two first-hand accounts of life under occupation. Jeff Leys is a Milwaukee-area labor and peace activist who made his second journey to Iraq in December with Christian Peacemaker Teams and Voices in the Wilderness. Mike Miles is a member of the Anathoth Community in Luck who joined the Middle East Children's Alliance for a fact-finding delegation to Palestine and Israel in December. Info: Diane at dfarsetta@earthlink.net or 608-255-4598. |
| Sat | Jan 31 | 9 am - 4 pm | Hmong at Heart Opening Celebration at the Madison Children's Museum, 100 State Street. The museum's newest exhibit opens with a free, day-long opening celebration. Explore the exhibit, sample Hmong foods and enjoy performances and demonstrations by members of Madison's Hmong community and Call for Peace: the Next Generation. [more] |
| Sun | Feb 1 | Hmong at Heart continues at the Madison Children's Museum, 100 State Street. | |
| Sun | Feb 1 | 6:30 pm | Three members of the Madison Rafah Sister City Project, Jennifer Loewenstein, George Arrida and Cisco Bradley, will give a presentation about their recent to trip the West Bank at St. Stephens Lutheran Church, Monona. [more] |
| Tue | Feb 3 | 9 am on | Supporters of Gov. Doyle's veto of AB444/SB 214, the concealed weapons bill, will lobby legislators. They will work out of Room 425 SW in the capitol, which has been reserved for the day. [more - Word doc] |
| Thur | Feb 5 | 7 pm | A public forum regarding a proposed Ho-Chunk casino on Madison's southeast side will be held at Edgewood College, Anderson Auditorium. The free event is hosted by Isthmus newspaper, the League of Women Voters of Dane County, and Edgewood's Center for Democracy in Action. [more] Dane County voters will be asked to vote yes or no on Feb. 17. The opposing points of view can be seen at vote yes / vote no. |
| Thur | Feb 5 | noon | Micro Loan Projects and Other Experimental Projects in Central Vietnam brownbag lunch talk with Joe Elder, UW Prof. of Sociology, at UW Land Tenure Center Conf. Rm. (333 N. Randall Ave.). Info: #262-3412 |
| Thur | Feb 12 | 7 - 9 pm | A town hall meeting on civil marriage equality at the Orpheum Theatre (216 State Street) will be held as part of national Freedom to Marry Week. The event will feature updates on national and state fights against anti-LGBT constitutional amendments, etc. It is sponsored by Action Wisconsin, Progressive Dane, and a coalition of national, state, and local social justice organizations. [more] |
| Thur | Feb 12 | 7 - 9 pm | Peace and Justice Presidential Forum at 3650 Humanities with representatives of all presidential candidates. Democrats, Greens, Socialists, Libertarians, and Republican are invited. [more] |
| Sun | Feb 15 | 3 - 5 pm | Blanket drive for Iran earthquake relief. Bring blankets to Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Rd, Madison. Blankets should be new, winter weight, twin (dark colors preferred). info: 236-0998 |
| Thur | Feb 19 | 6:30 - 9 pm | Forum on: Needs and Risks of Dane County's Returning Prisoner Population at Edgewood College, Predolin Center, Anderson Auditorium, featuring a 4 member panel and a documentary video, Reentry: Life on the Outside. Info: 849-6019 |
| Sun | Feb 22 | 7:30 pm | Kickoff meeting to form a local chapter of SOA Watch, at the Edgewood College Anderson Auditorium, in Predolin Hall. The chapter will provide opportunities to participate on the local level in raising concerns about the U.S. Army's School of the Americas. Info: 213-6134 |
| Tue | Feb 24 | 5:30 pm | A training session for peacekeepers, legal observers, and media contacts will be held at the Madison Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Court, just off Monroe St. on the near west side, near Camp Randall. Attendance is required for people who are considering doing nonviolent civil disobedience at the March 20 vigil to mark the one year anniversary of the beginning of the U.S. war on Iraq at Truax Air National Guard Base on Saturday, March 20. [more - Word doc.] |
| Wed | Feb 25 | 7:15 pm | CUNA Bldg - 2nd Fl Aud. (off Mineral Point Rd.) Peacebuilding, Terrorism and Failed States: the Role of the U.N – with special emphasis on the Congo – talk by Robert Ricigliano, Director of the Institute for World Affairs at UW-Milwaukee. Info: snkbeckett@yahoo.com |
| Thur | Feb 26 | 7 pm | Kickoff event for Pax Christi - Madison area in theLake Room of Regina Hall, Edgewood College. [poster] |
| ? | Feb 28 | 5:30 pm | Dialogue International presents a video panel: FUNDAMENTALISM & VIOLENCE, moderated by Karen Armstrong Guest Speakers: • Dr. Susannah Heshel (Author and Assoc. Prof. at Dartmouth College) • Rev. Jim Wallis (Founder and Editor, Sojourners Magazine) • Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf (Author, Teacher and Lecturer) Where: Humanities 2650, UW campus Free pizza & baklava. |
| Sun | Feb 29 | 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Send off for Madison's 25 person strong El Salvador Election Observer team! John Nichols will address the Despedida Dinner at St. Marks Fellowship Hall (605 Spruce St. – just off S. Park). Suggested donation $5.00 – please RSVP. Info: #251-9280 or email mascp@charterinternet.net |
| Mon | March 1 | 9 am | Protest of constitutional amendment to deny same-sex couples the right to marry in Wisconsin. Protestors will meet in the Capitol rotunda at 9 am and proceed to a 9:15 am press conference in the Assembly Parlor. [details] |
| Mon | March 1 | 4 pm | Bush's Washington, Iraq, and the Middles East – talk with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times contributing writer, Seymour Hersch, at 2650 Humanities Bldg, UW-Madison. |
| Thur | March 4 | noon | Satanic Majesty: A Demonology of Development in the Amazon brownbag lunch talk with with Neil Whitehead, UW Prof. of Anthropology and Religious Studies at UW Land Tenure Center Conf. Rm. (333 N. Randall Ave.). Info: #262-3412 |
| Fri | March 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison colloquium on Women,
Islam and Transnational Feminism at the Pyle
Center, 702 Langdon St.: • "Between Secular Feminism and Islamic Feminism," Margot Badran, Northwestern University, 9 a.m. • "Ambivalent Politics: Sudanese Women and the Islamist Project," Sondra Hale, University of California-Los Angeles, 10:30 a.m. • "Islamic Feminism and 'The Spectacle of the Other Woman,'" Minoo Moallem, San Francisco State University, 1 p.m. • "Globalizing the Local: Transnational Feminism and Afghan Women's Right," Valentine M. Moghadam, Illinois State University, 2:30 p.m. • "International Solidarity Strategies and Women's Rights Under Sharia Law in Nigeria," Ayesha Imam, Women's Human Rights in Nigeria and Women Living Under Muslim Laws, 4 p.m. [more] |
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| Sat | March 6 | noon - 2 pm | Town meeting on Civil Liberties and the Pattiot Act at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. These meetings are scheduled to occur every Saturday. [schedule] |
| Sat | March 6 | 7 pm | David Rovics: Live in a benefit concert at 1st Congregational Church, 1609 University Ave (corner of Breese Terr), Madison. Tickets $6-15 sliding scale. [more] [poster] |
| Sat | March 6 | 7 - 11 pm | Dance Alive! with Irish Ceili music by Public House, at Grace Episcopal Church (116 W. Washngton). Alcohol/smoke free fun. Popcorn. Suggested donation $5-10. Info: #241-7635 |
| Sun | March 7 | 2 - 4 pm | International Women's Day Celebration at Pres House (731 State St.) - Resisting War & Building Peace: Rural and Urban Women's Movements in the Americas, with special guest speakers: Brazilian Maria Helena Moreira and Colombian Ella Cecilia Florez. Suggested donation $5.00. Door prizes, literature tables, music, & refreshments. Info: #294-5874 |
| Mon | March 8 | 12:30 pm | MATC – Truax Campus Rm. 142AB International Women's Day Presentation – The Peace Community: Alternatives to Aggression in Wartimes – talk with Colombian Ella Cecilia Florez about life in Dane County's Sister the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado. Find out about summer opportunities to visit there and learn about their organized, nonviolent resistance to the forces of globalization. |
| Tue | March 9 | 7 pm | Sister City projects present the film "The Killing Zone", with speakers, at The Crossing, 1127 University Ave. [more] |
| Tue | March 9 | 7 - 9 pm | Accompanying Colombia's Peace Communities - A First-Hand Account: Peace Brigades International speaker on protective accompaniment in colombia at the Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Court, Madison. Speaker Kath Nygard has spent the last year serving as a human rights observer with PBI's Colombia Project. Primarily she has worked in the conflictive north-western region of Urabá, near the border with Panama, providing a protective international presence to internally displaced communities. Kath is a graduate from the University of Minnesota with degrees in Global Studies and Anthropology. |
| Wed | March 10 | 7 pm | Sister City projects present the film "The Killing Zone", with speakers, at Morgridge Auditorium, Grainger Hall, UW. [more] |
| Sat | March 13 | noon - 2 pm | Town meeting on Electoral Reform/Campaign Finance at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. These meetings are scheduled to occur every Saturday. [schedule] |
| Sat | March 13 | 1 - 4 pm | 11th Annual CSA Spring Open House at Olbrick Botanical Gardens, 3330 Atwood Ave, Madison. Learn more about Community Supported Agriculture and meet Madison Area CSA Coalition farmers. Info: www.macsac.org |
| Sat | March 13 | 5:30 - 8 pm | Haitian dinner with an address by Melinda Miles, Co-director of Haiti Reborn, at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Rd in Madison. Proceeds will support a reforestation project in Haiti. Tickets: sliding scale $15 - 50. |
| Wed | March 17 | 9:45 am | Senator Russell D. Feingold is having a listening session,
open to the
public, next Wednesday for one hour starting 9:45am at: Flynn Hall 116 West Reynolds Street Cottage Grove Reynolds street is South of county B, on county N. Sign up and he usually gives you about 2 or 3 minutes to speak and you can leave written statements that are longer. |
| Fri | March 19 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Make a Joyful Noise "IN OUR NAME". Join Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice in honoring Christian Peacemaker Team Delegates to Iraq: Fred Brancel and Marion Stuenkel, at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, WI. Music by The Gospelaires and Clare Norelle (recently returned from Palestine). $10 donation. [more] |
| Fri | March 19 | 7 pm | Mama...I Have Something to Tell You will been shown as part of the Human Rights Film Series in the West Living Room at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. It is a lyrical video essay in which a gay New York-based filmmaker returns home to Venezuela to come out to his mother. Discussion and refreshments will follow the film. Info: Call Suzie deBeers at 833-0506. |
| Sat | March 20 | noon | Orpheum Theater (216 State St.) – talk on Iraq, US hegemony, by Alexander Cockburn followed by 2:00 pm caravan to Truax Airbase – Madison, WI – with Iraq Pledge of Resistance peace vigil and civil disobedience. Info: For peacekeepers and logistics #257-6050; for help with publicity and carpooling #835-7501; for participating in civil diobedience #249-4474 or www.peacepledge.org/resist [more] |
| Sat | March 20 | 1 pm | Uncovered: the whole truth about the war in Iraq will air this Saturday on WYOU, cable channel 4, during the Africa Hour slot. For more about this documentary film see http://www.truthuncovered.com/. |
| Tue | March 23 | 6:30 - 9 pm | A congregational forum is being held in the First Unitarian Society auditorium to review, edit and generally discuss a contemplated Statement of Conscience related to marriage equality, at 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, WI. |
| Tue | March 23 | 6:40 pm | Madison Area Peace Coalition's free showing of the film, GAZA
STRIP, Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St
Madison, WI. GAZA STRIP is an extraordinary and painful journey into the lives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip struggling with the day-to-day trials of the Israeli occupation. In January of 2001, filmmaker James Longley traveled to the occupied territory. His plan was to stay for two weeks to collect preliminary material for a documentary film on the Palestinian Intifada. It was during his stay that Ariel Sharon was elected as Israeli Prime Minister. As violence erupted around him, Longley threw away his return ticket and filmed for the next three months, acquiring nearly 75 hours of footage. GAZA STRIP follows a range of people and events following the election, including the first major armed incursion into "Area A" by IDF forces during this intifada. More observation than political argument, GAZA STRIP offers a rare look inside the stark realities of life under Israeli military occupation. |
| Mar 29 - April 3 | March 29 to April 3 is Islam Awareness Week. For calendar of speakers see the Muslim Students Association Web site. | ||
| Wed | Mar 31 | 7:15 pm | Diane Farsetta will talk on The UN in East Timor: Success or Disappointment? at the CUNA International Building 2nd Fl. Aud. Diane is East Timor Action Network Madison coordinator, and worked in East Timor during the referendum on independence. She is a leader in the Madison-Ainaro sister city program. Sponsored by the United Nations Association. Info: snkbeckett@yahoo.com, #238 2580 |
| Thur | April 1 | 7 pm | Father Mayorga and Gerardo Cajamarca, two guests from regions of Colombia heavily affected by long term conflict, will speak on Building Peace in War-Torn Communities at Lowell Hall, Room B-1B at the University of Wisconsin, 610 Langdon Street, Madison. [more] |
| Thur | April 1 | 7 pm | Quitting the War Against the Earth: Patagonia's Start Toward Sustainability, a talk by David Olsen, former CEO of Patagonia, Inc., at 1220 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave. [more] |
| Thur | April 1 | 7 pm | Talk by Peter Camejo, the Green Party candidate for Governor of California in 2002 and again during the 2003 recall election, discussing the Avocado Education Project on alternatives to the two party system, at Wis. State Historical Society (816 State St. – on UW-Madison's Library Mall). Info: http://www.milwaukeegreens.org/avocado.html |
| Sat | April 3 | 9 am - 3 pm | The Wisconsin Partners for SustainAbility 2nd annual Art Sale and Silent Auction event will be held at the Lower Meeting House of the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive in Madison. [more] |
| Mon | April 5 | 2 - 3:50 pm | What's really happening in Iraq? Can democracy work under the present circumstances? Hear Erik Gustafson in the Washburn Heritage Room, Edgewood College, Regina Hall. [more] |
| Wed | April 7 | 7 pm | The Shadow Circus: The CIA in Tibet, movie in Humanities 1111, sponsored by UW-Madison Students for a Free Tibet. |
| Thurs | April 8 | 4 pm | Nuclear Power Expansion in Wisconsin, – Nelson Institute Environment Studies forum with speakers from both sides of the issue, at UW-Madison – Rm. 180 Science Hall (550 N. Park St.). |
| Thurs | April 8 | 7 pm | Devotion and Defiance: Buddhism and the Struggle for Religious Freedom in Tibet - and A Man Called Nomad - movies Humanities 1111, sponsored by UW-Madison Students for a Free Tibet. www.savetibet.org |
| Thurs | April 8 | 7 pm | UW-Madison Rm. 1101 Humanities Bldg. One Year After Saddam: Can Democracy Work in Iraq? talk with Erik Gustafson, Wisconsin Gulf War Veteran and founder of Education and Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC). Info: #262-9036 www.epic-usa.org |
| Sat | April 10 | 10 am | The Southern Wisconsin Alternative Tax Fund (Madison War Tax
Resistance) will hold its annual meeting at the Madison Friends Meeting
House, 1704 Roberts Ct. (just off Monroe St., behind Associated Bank).
All are welcome, no charge. Discussion will include info sharing on
methods of war tax resistance, a time for questions & answers, and
announcement of Tax Day events. For more info call 257-2554 or 255-1806 or email Jerry Chernow |
| Thurs | April 15 | noon | Statewide Bank Tax Day Action! Leafletting outside your local banks followed by leafletting outside post offices. Did you know that the state's largest banks are not paying any state income taxes? Why should citizens be expected to pay their fair share into government when wealthy corporations get off tax free? Coordinated by the WI Network for Peace and Justice. Info: #608-250-9240 www.wnpj.org |
| Fri | April 16 | 7 pm | The Human Rights Committee of First Unitarian Society will present Being Hmong Means Being Free in the West Living Room. This film highlights the history, culture and identity of Hmong immigrants who have settled in the United States as seen through the eyes of 17-year-old Lia Vang. Refreshments will be served and a discussion will follow the film. Info: Suzie deBeers, 833-0506. |
| Sat | April 17 | 12:30 | Rally at UW Library Mall followed by march to Capitol by the Civil Marriage Equality Coalition. [flyer] |
| Mon | April 19 | 8 - 9:50 am | Growing up in an "Oasis of Peace"
Laila Najjar, who is Palestinian, and Adi Frish, who is Jewish, both 21
years-old, will talk about growing up in the Nobel Peace Prize
nominated community of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam at the Sunprint Cafe
on the Square,
One South Pinckney Street $10 donation. [more] |
| Mon | April 19 | 7 pm | A talk on Growing Up in an Oasis of Peace will be given by Laila Najjar, who is Palestinian, and Adi Frish, who is Jewish, both 21 years-old, at Grainger Hall-1100 Margridge Auditorium, 975 University Avenue. The two young women grew up in the Nobel Peace Prize nominated community of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam. Their appearance is sponsored by several Jewish, Middle Eastern, and Christian organizations. See www.oasisofpeace.org. |
| April 19 - 24 | Earth Week 2004 at Edgewood College [more] | ||
| Tues | April 20 | 7 pm | Muli Linder, an Israeli refusenik who is touring the United States as part of the "Courage to Refuse" movement, will speak at a public forum in Madison at The Crossing, 1127 University Ave. [more] |
| Tues | April 20 | 7:30 pm | Growing up in an "Oasis of Peace" Laila Najjar, who is Palestinian, and Adi Frish, who is Jewish, both 21 years-old, will talk about growing up in the Nobel Peace Prize nominated community of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam at Temple Bethel, 2702 Arbor Drive. The event is sponsored by the Social Justice Council of the First Unitarian Society and by Shaarei Shamayim. See www.oasisofpeace.org. |
| Sun | April 25 | 10 am | Rollback of Environmental Laws: An Inside Story, will be presented by Robert Martin, former EPA Ombudsman, at Prairie Unitarian Universalisty Society, 2010 Whenona Drive in southwest Madison. [photo & more] [map] |
| Sat | May 1 | 9 - 11 am | Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice May Day general membership meeting, with worker's rights update and training, at the Catholic Multicultural Center, 1862 Beld St. RSVP at 255-0376. http://www.workerjustice.org |
| Sat | May 1 | noon - 10 pm | Celebrate the Magic of Life, a benefit for RSVP of Dane County in honor of Older American's Month, at the Masonic Center, 301 Wisconsin Ave, Madison. Info: 608-663-7536 Cost: $15, $7 under 12 [more] |
| Sun | May 2 | 3 - 5 pm | What's Funny About Climate Change?, a play at the Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St., hosted by the Madison area Preserve Our Climate (POC) Coalition. [more] |
| Wed | May 5 | 7 pm | A report on the University's efforts since 1997 to improve the UW-Madison climate and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people will be released to the public on Wednesday evening at the Memorial Union (Check TITU). [more] |
| Thur | May 6 | 7:30am - 1:30 pm & 2 - 5 pm | Workshops on Bringing Sustainability to Your Community: Learning from Sweden's Example [more] |
| Sat | May 8, 2004 | 9:30 am - 3 pm | Celebrate 95 Years of The Progressive! Magazine. Conference at the Concourse Hotel in Madison. Cost $50. [more] |
| Sat | Feb 25, 2006 | 9 am - noon | Madison Library – Sequoya Branch (513 S. Midvale) The Progressive Roundtable: Next Steps Towards a Progressive Agenda - introduced and moderated by Joe Elder. Under the theme of "Rebuilding Working America," we will focus on three topics: Foreign Policy presented by Paul Beckett; the Economy presented by Dan Cornwell; and Social Security presented by Wanda Williamson. Each presenter will express his/her own views as well as those reported by others. This will be followed by a group discussion in which we will determine if we can reach some agreement on a course of action on these issues. Info: tmi@tds.net |
| Tue | Feb 28 | 7 pm | Peak Oil: Get over it!
Energy experts Mark Daugherty, Jim Mapp, Brett Hulsey, and others
present the details of Peak Oil (and solutions) from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.,
at Union South, Madison. (Check Today in the Union for the room.) The first 50 people will receive a FREE energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulb compliments of Better Environmental Solutions. FREE tire pressure gauges, too (because under-inflated vehicle tires waste gasoline). For more information, contact Ed Blume, 608.819.0748, or visit the Ed Blume CMadison Peak Oil Group and Director, Communications/Outreach RENEW Wisconsin 222 S. Hamilton St. Madison, WI 53703 608.819.0748 Home page: http://www.renewwisconsin.org Renewable Energy Blog: http://www.renew-energy-blog.org Madison Peak Oil Group Blog: http://www.madisonpeakoil-blog.blogspot.com |
| Thur | March 2 | 7 pm | Resistance to Empire - Joe Carr, political performance artist and global justice activist with the International Solidarity Movement, brings his latest CD release and personal stories of grassroots struggles in Palestine and Iraq to UW-Madison Memorial Union (Check "Today in the Union" for exact location). Info: www.lovinrevolution.org |
| Fri | March 3 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Rm. 2650 Humanities. Victoria's Dirty Secret – Join Forest Ethics activist and organizer, Charlie Fredrick, and UW-Madison graduate student, Anna Willow, as they discuss the threat to boreal forests in North America from companies such as Victoria's Secret, which produces more than 1 million catalogs a day on unrecycled paper. See a short film produced by Thunder Bay Indymedia and learn what you can do to help stop the corporate destruction. Info: www.victoriasdirtysecret.net |
| Fri - Sun | March 3 - 5 | Midwest Student Clean Energy Conference - http://www.energyaction.net/midwest | |
| Wed | March 8 | 6:30 pm | UW-Madison, Memorial Union, Great Hall, Afghan Women's
Resistance to War and Fundamentalism – talk with Afghan
parliamentarian and noted human rights activist, Malalai Joya. Malalai Joya has devoted herself to furthering women's health and literacy in Afghanistan. She became internationally known when, at the 2003 Loya Jirga assembly, she denounced violent warlords who -- although they had neither repented nor been held responsible for past crimes -- were seeking power in the new government. For her bravery, Malalai has been both widely celebrated and targeted with death threats. Her strong support among the Afghan people was demonstrated by her being overwhelmingly elected to Afghanistan's parliament last year. This International Women's Day celebration will also include spoken word performances by Katrina Flores and Tracie Gilbert, and music and dancing by the Omulu Capoeira Group. Organized by Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua ( www.wccnica.org ) and Madison Women for Peace: A Code Pink Affiliate ( www.madwomen.org ). $5 donation is requested. Info: 257-7230. |
| Fri - Sat | March 24-25 | Second International Conference on Islam at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, University of Wisconsin-Madison. [more] | |
| Sat | April 1 | 10 am | A free public forum featuring Prof. Alfred McCoy, author of the recently published book, A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism, will be held at the Madison Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin St. Conversation and coffee begin at 9:30 am. The League of Women Voters of Dane County is a co-sponsor of this event. [more] |
| Sat | April 22 | noon - 4 pm | Habitat ReStore (208 Cottage Grove Rd.) Fifth annual Earth Day Celebration featuring over a dozen earth-friendly exhibition booths which will provide information on green building, sustainable living and other recycling/reuse options. Refreshments and kid's activities. Info: #661-2813 |
| Fri | April 28 | 6 pm | Hear the "Inside Scoop" on the current situation in Iraq with a potluck at St. John's Lutheran Church, 322 E. Washington, Madison (street parking is free after 6 pm). The speaker will be Michele Naar-Obed who lives at the Catholic Worker House in Duluth, MN and is a "reservist" with the Christian Peacemaker Teams. In March, Michele returned from a two month stint with CPT in Iraq. It was her fourth time in Iraq and she will tell us what she saw and heard. Free and open to all. Also please bring a dish to pass and your own plate and utensils. Co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (who will provide the ice cream) and the ELCA South Central Synod Peace Team. For more information, contact Bonnie Block at 608-256-5088 or e-mail bblock@charter.net |
| Fri | April 28 | 7 pm | Film Series Examines nonviolent End of Pinochet Regime, First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Dr. Join the Social Justice Council in the West Living Room for Chile: Defeat of a Dictator, part of the A Force More Powerful Series. This film examines the nonviolent populist uprising that brought down Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet. Special guest Prof. Steven Stern, Chair of the UW History department, will view the film and provide his perspective as an expert on this topic. Expect good food and a lively discussion. |
| Tue | May 9 | 5:30 pm | Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Hosts Louise Knight – Madison. Central Library, 301 W. Mifflin, Rm 202. We will be discussing Citizen, a search for the influences that formed the remarkable Jane Addams, founder of WILPF, Hull House, the first women's union, and the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This is an appetizer potluck. Contact: 608-233-8979. |
| Tue | May 9 | 7-9 pm | Can we really halve world hunger by 2015? with Florence Chenoweth and Kenneth Shapiro – Madison. Bethany United Methodist Church, 3019 Mineral Point Road. Florence and Ken will talk about progress toward alleviating world hunger and engage participants on the role of local hunger advocacy groups in reaching this goal. Contact: Bonnie Block at bblock@charter.net |
| Tue | May 9 | 7:15 pm | AIDS Treatment and Prevention in Uganda - Monthly meeting of the Dane County Chapter of UNA-USA - Madison. Grand Hall of Meriter Main Gate - 333 West Main St. Speaker: Cynthia Haq M.D., Professor of Family Medicine & Population Health Sciences and Director of the Global Health Program at U.W.-Madison. Contact: Lee Brown at LeeBrown807@tds.net |
| Sun | May 21 | 1 pm | Tour de Timor! – Madison. Law Park (corner of Williamson and John Nolen). Annual bike ride benefit to support grassroots solidarity projects with Madison's sister city of Ainaro, East Timor! To get a pledge form and other info, visit: www.aideasttimor.org or call #244-4563 |
| Sun | May 21 | 3-5 pm | Singing in Baghdad and Beyond – Madison. First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the recent controversy surrounding the depiction of Mohammed in cartoons, and the continuing crisis in Palestine all point to the critical need to increase awareness and communication between America and the Middle East. Cameron Powers and Kristina Sophia of Musical Missions will give presentations in two special programs in an effort to raise our awareness at this crucial time. Suggested donation of $10 for the afternoon program. That same Sunday, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Cameron and Kristina will also lead the workshop, Spiritual Traveler: Journeys Beyond Fear. Suggested donation for the workshop is also $10.00. For more information please contact FUS Music Director, Dan Bronerdanb@fusmadison.org or (608) 233-9774, extension 21 |
| Mon | May 29 | 1 pm | James Madison Park – Lincoln Brigade Memorial (corner of E. Gorham and Butler) Searching for Peace in a Chaotic World at War – a special Memorial Day commemoration for those who have struggled against fascism and for peace and justice worldwide. Speakers include: John Nichols, associate editor of The Capital Times, who will introduce Clarence Kailin, an Abraham Lincoln Brigade veteran of the Spanish Civil War, followed by other combat veterans Sid Podell (WW II), Robert Kimbrough ( Korea ), Esty Dinur (Israel/Palestine), Will Williams ( Vietnam ), Abbie Pickett ( Iraq ) and Patrick Wilcox ( Iraq ), and concluding remarks from Ed Garvey. Music from Dathi Wolfe (Yid Vicious), Clare Norelle, and Maury Smith. Closing ceremony arranged and conducted by Judith Klehr and David Giffey, assisted by Students for Peace from East High School. Info: #238-1266 heartlandphoto@tds.net |
| Fri | June 9 | 6 - 11 pm | UW-Madison, Union South, Rm. 240 (227 N. Randall) Dance Alive!- a monthly community dance for all ages in a smoke-free, drug free, alcohol free environment. Bands include: Ladies Must Swing 7 - 9 pm: 18 piece dance band, with swing dance lesson from 6 pm - 7 pm (Instruction by Laura & Trevor - from UW “Jump Town” Swing) and the UW-Madison Ballroom Dance Association ( U.W.M.B.D.A.) 9 - 11 pm with DJ ing Ballroom, Latin, Swing, & Nightclub music Donations Accepted. Info: #241-7635 www.dancealivemadison.org |
| Fri | June 9 | 7 pm | Quaker and Muslim Nonviolence, Madison. Edgewood College Campus. Public lecture and discussion, by Joe Elder, Prof.of Sociology, UW, and Mohammad Panahi, Prof of Economics, Tehran, Iran. This public program will examine some of the nonviolent traditions in the U.S. and Muslim countries and will look for ways in which those traditions can more effectively end the current armed conflicts. Info: Al Lang, ablang@countryspeed.com |
| Sat | June 10 | 9 am - 3 pm | Quaker and Muslim Nonviolence Workshop, Madison, Edgewood College Campus, lead by by Joe Elder, Prof.of Sociology, UW, and Mohammad Panahi, Prof. of Economics, Tehran, Iran. Issues the workshop will address: creating nonviolent societies, peace education in a violent world, and dealing with existing violence at national and international levels. Advance registration required. Contact Al Lang, 608-647-5923, ablang@countryspeed.com |
| Mon | June 12 | 8 am - 5 pm | GLOBAL TRADE CONFERENCE - The Threat to State and Local Sovereignty Posed by Global Trade Agreements at the Concourse Hotel (1 W. Dayton). Corporate free trade policies are increasingly harming Wisconsin, going beyond manufacturing. Come and hear from local and national grassroots leaders and public officials, meet with activists from around the state, and discuss a winning strategy! Sponsored by: Wisconsin Department of Justice, Wisconsin Fair Trade Coalition , Wisconsin State AFL-CIO , Wisconsin Farmer's Union , Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch. Free to the public, but please pre-register by Thursday, June 1st with: Diana Davison, 608-266-5710, davisonde@doj.state.wi.us. Preliminary Schedule |
| Tue | June 13 | 7:15 pm | Monthly Meeting of the UNA-USA Dane County Chapter at Meriter Main Gate, 333 West Main Street. (Free parking in ramp across Main Street). The United Nations - Myth or Reality - What Have Governments Created? with speaker Charles Weitz, who knows first hand the UN is more than a great complex of buildings on the East River in New York City. He worked in the United Nations System his whole career. Since his retirement he has stayed engaged with the UN. Join us to look back to the 1940’s with the UN’s 55 members and into the 21st century with its 191 members. What is the future for the United Nations? Public welcome. Contact: Lee Brown at leebrown807@tds.net |
| Sat | June 17 | 10 am - all day | Juneteenth Community Celebration Join this historic commemoration of the emancipation of the last slaves in the U.S. in Galveston, TX, after the end of the Civil War, and celebration of diversity in our community today! Parade begins at Fountain of Life Church (633 W. Badger Rd.) concluding at Penn Park (off S. Park St.) Ethnic food, music and dance, art and poetry, educational booths, craft vendors, childrens’ activities, and more. Hosted by Kujichagulia – Madison Center for Self Determination. Info: 255-5270 |
| Th | June 22 | 7 - 8:30 pm | Edgewood College – Lake Room, Regina Hall. The Consequences of Water for Profit – a discussion with Arlene and Hiroshi Kanno. Struggling to prevent Perrier/Nestle from gaining control of the groundwater in South Central Wisconsin in 2000-2002 led Arlene and Hiroshi Kanno to water quantity as a regional issue--and then a global one. They will talk about corporate privatization and profiting from water at the expense of natural ecosystems and humanity. Arlene and Hiroshi continue to examine the role of water in environmental, economic, and social justice worldwide. They are involved in raising appreciation for the quality of public tap water and the consequences of unwarranted “demand” for bottled water. Info: trudijenny@yahoo.com or #233-1898. |
| Sun | June 25 | 5:30 pm | Midge Miller and Beth Wortzel will provide a first hand report on the Spiritual Activism Conference which took place May 17-20 at All Souls Church in Washington DC, and its implications. This is a public meeting at the Prairie Meeting House, 2010 Whenona Drive in southwest Madison [directions], cosponsored by the Humanist Union of Madison, the Program Committee of Prairie UU Society, and the Madison Ethical Discussion Group (MEDG). The evening will start with a Prairie UU Society/MEDG potluck with Midge at 5 pm, followed by Beth's report, Midge's comments, and open discussion starting about 5:30 pm. |
| Tue | June 27 | 7:30 pm | Anti-Arab Racism: Where it Comes From and What It Means - A Community Discussion and Talk with Author/Activist Steven Salaita at the Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.). Salaita currently serves as Executive Director of RAWI, the Radius of Arab American Writers, Inc., a group representing writers and artists of Arab origin, and his recent book focuses on the anti-Arab racism that exists on both the Left and Right in the US. Sponsored by: Madison Area Peace Coalition & Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative. Info: #257-6050. |
| Thur - Sun | July 6 - 9 | MIDWEST SOCIAL FORUM 2006, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Union in Milwaukee, WI. For more details, call 608-262-1420 or email info@mwsocialforum.org, or see http://www.mwsocialforum.org. | |
| Thurs | July 13 | 7:30 pm | On Thursdays through August 3rd at UW-Madison, Vilas Hall – Parliamentary Rm. (821 Univ. Ave.), Journeys in Recent African Cinema: Fighting for the Future. Discussions to follow each film screening. Info: 262-2380 |
| Thurs | July 20 | 6:30 pm | St Mark's Church (605 Spruce St.) Screening of the film Romero followed by discussion about U.S policy in Central America and a social justice response. |
| Sun | Aug 6 | 7 - 9 pm | Lanterns for Peace annual commemoration of Hiroshima Day at Tenney Park Shelter. Music and refreshments for the whole family. We will make and decorate paper lanterns in an old tradition of peace and remembrance for the dead. At dusk we will light our lanterns and float them in the water. Sponsored by: Madison Area Peace Coalition & Physicians for Social Responsibility. Info: Barbara, 242-9232 |
| Fri | Sept 8 | 7 - 10 pm | Fighting Bob Fest Kickoff Benefit - Hold The Media
Accountable at the Barrymore Theatre,
2090 Atwood Ave., Madison. Featured speakers: Greg Palast, “Armed Madhouse” John Nichols, The Capital Times & The Nation Robert McChesney, Free Press, Univ. of Illinois Matt Rothschild, The Progressive John Stauber, “The Best War Ever” Diane Farsetta, PR Watch Ed Garvey, FightingBob.com $5 at the door. [poster] |
| Sat | Sept 9 | 8:30 am - 5:30 pm | Fighting Bob Fest - Hold Them Accountable, Sauk County Fairgrounds, Baraboo WI, with Tammy Baldwin, Sen. Tom Harkin, Amy Goodman, Jim Hightower, John Nichols, Doris "Granny D" Haddock, the Raging Grannies (which includes Prairie members) and others. http://fightingbobfest.org/ |
| Mon | Sept 11 | 7 pm | At Monona Terrace, Lecture Room - Highlights of the 2007
Sustainable Sweden Tour featuring sustainability activities by
municipalities, businesses and non-profits in communities throughout
Sweden. Featuring Sherrie Gruder (City of Madison Sustainable Design
and Energy Committee), Lisa MacKinnon (1000 Friends of Wisconsin),
Robbie Webber (City of Madison alderperson) Chuck Erickson (Dane County
supervisor) and Susan Schmitz (Downtown Madison Inc).
Sponsor: Sustain Dane Contact: Bryant Moroder | 608.819.0689 | Email: bryant@sustaindane.org Web site: http://www.sustaindane.org/main/ecomunicipality.htm |
| Wed | Sept 13 | 7 - 8:30 pm | The Roots of Conflict - at the Overture Center for the Arts (Capitol Theater), 201 State Street in Madison. Joe Elder, UW-Madison sociology professor who was born to American parents in Kurdish Iran, provides an overview of the region’s history and the root sources of conflict. What are the main differences between the major ethnic and religious groups? Do discrepancies between national boundary lines versus ethnic and religious affiliations make enduring conflict inevitable? [more] |
| Wed | Sept 20 | 7 - 8:30 pm | Rx for “Oil Addiction”: The Middle East and Energy Security--Jan H. Kalicki. This Special Middle East Series of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters at the Overture Center for the Arts (Capitol Theater), 201 State Street in Madison, is free and open to the public. [more] |
| Fri | Sept 22 | 7 pm | The Empty Chair: Death Penalty, Yes or No, free film at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. This is the first in this year’s Social Justice Council series. "The Empty Chair" is a sensitive, brilliant treatment of the reality of the death penalty, focusing on the bereaved family members of four murder victims. They tell their stories, reliving the crimes and confronting the loss of loved ones. Their instinct for revenge and debate for punishment by death climaxes in a search to forgive and heal. Refreshments will be served and a discussion will follow. Info: 833-0506 [more] |
| Mon | Sept 25 | 7 pm | Series on Death Penalty - St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, 6205 University Ave, Madison. Talk on how the death penalty (and death row) costs society money and civil rights. Contact: Darby Puglielli, 238-2781 or darbyp@chorus.net |
| Wed | Sept 27 | 7 - 8:30 pm | The Dilemma of Fundamentalism--Martin E. Marty. This Special Middle East Series of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters at the Overture Center for the Arts (Capitol Theater), 201 State Street in Madison, is free and open to the public. [more] |
| Wed | Sept 27 | 7 pm | Livability Project featuring Kelley Rajala at the
UW-Arboretum, 1207 Seminole Highway, Madison.
The Livability Project has worked in several California communities to
help them evolve from an era of cheap natural resources to one of
renewable energy and local and green economic development. Executive
Director Kelley Rajala talks about the Livability Project's efforts to
help individuals, communities and businesses bring sustainability into
the mainstream. Sponsors: Sustain Dane, UW-Arboretum Contact: Bryant Moroder | 608.819.0689 | Email: bryant@sustaindane.org Web site: http://www.livabilityproject.org |
| Thur | Sept 28 | 5:30 pm | UW-Madison, Chazen Art Museum War Talk: Iraq – a panel discussion with John Nichols, Neil Whitehead, Jason Moon and Michael Bernard-Donals. |
| Fri | Sept 29 | 7:30 pm | Making Peace in a Violent World, a talk by Claude AnShin Thomas at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. Claude AnShin is a Vietnam veteran, Zen Buddhist monk and international peace activist. The event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by Madison Buddhist Peace Fellowship, the Peace and Justice Committee of First Unitarian Society, and the Clarence Kailin Chapter 25, Veterans for Peace. [flyer] |
| Wed | Oct 4 | 7 - 8:30 pm | Beyond the U.S. Veil: Women in the Middle East--Mary Layoun. This Special Middle East Series of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters at the Overture Center, Promenade Hall, 201 State Street in Madison, is free and open to the public. [more] |
| Tue | Oct 10 | 7 pm | Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, a new Robert Greenwald film, will be shown by Madison Women for Peace at The Crossing, University United Methodist Church, 1127 University Ave, Madison. Free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 pm. [film info] |
| Tue | Oct 10 | 7:30 pm | The Great Turning featuring David Korten at First Unitarian Society - Gathering House, 900
University Bay Drive, Madison.
Author of the bestseller When Corporations Rule the World and recently
The Great Turning, David Korten, talks about how communities and
individuals are turning a potentially terminal crisis into an epic
opportunity to bring forth a new era of Earth Community grounded in the
life-affirming cultural values shared by most all the world's people
and eloquently articulated in the Earth Charter. Sponsors: Sustain Dane, First Unitarian Society Contact: Bryant Moroder | 608.819.0689 | Email: bryant@sustaindane.org Web site: http://www.thegreatturning.net |
| Wed | Oct 11 | 7 - 8:30 pm | Paths to Peace--Nadav Shelef and Ali Abootalebi. This Special Middle East Series of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters in the Overture Center Lobby, 201 State Street in Madison, is free and open to the public. [more] |
| Thur | Oct 19 | 7 pm | Anderson Auditorium, Predolin Hall, Edgewood College: The Death Penalty - a forum with Bishop Robert Morlino, Dr. John McAdams, and other panelists. Bishop Robert Morlino of the Madison Diocese will present the views of the Catholic Bishops of Wisconsin asking that we affirm Wisconsin’s 153-year commitment to human life by voting “NO” in November on this amendment. Dr. John McAdams, Associate Professor of Political Science at Marquette University will speak in support of the amendment. Other panelists will share in a discussion of the issue and field questions from the audience. Info: JLeep@edgewood.edu. |
| Fri | Oct 20 | 7 pm | Daddy and Papa, free film at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. [more] |
| Sat | Oct 21 | 2:00 - 3:45 pm | Why We Hate: A Panel Discussion at Wisconsin Studio/Overture Center. Presenters: Rachel Brenner, Marilyn Nelson, Tim Miller. This panel will explore such questions as: where does hatred come from? To what extent is hate tolerated in our society, and to what extent is it discouraged? Where is the line drawn between anger and hate? Is hatred ever OK? What are appropriate responses to hatred? And what responses are effective? Tim Miller is an internationally acclaimed performance artist and gay rights activist; Rachel Brenner is the author of Inextricably Bonded: Israeli Arab and Jewish Writers Re-Visioning Culture; poet Marilyn Nelson is author of A Wreath for Emmett Till. The program is part of the Wisconsin Book Festival. |
| Mon | Oct 23 | 6:30 pm | Hidden in Plain Sight, film and talkback session led by Kate McCoy in Anderson Auditorium, Predolin Humanities Center, Room 112, Edgewood College. For more information on this School of the Americas event or on the bus trip to the vigil outside of the army base where the SOA/WHINSEC is located (November 16-20, 2006), contact soawmadison@hotmail.com. |
| Wed | Oct 25 | 6 pm | WI State Historical Society (816 State St.) Panel Discussion: No Death Penalty in Wisconsin. Panelists will discuss a range of issues--such as racial bias, mental health, wrongful convictions, and the DNA clause--that relate to the death penalty referendum that will be on Wisconsin's Nov. 7 ballot. Panelists include Vickie Panetti, sister of death row inmate Scott Panetti, an exonoree from Illinois; Juan Melendez who spent 17 years on death row in FL for a crime he did not commit; Robbie Lowery of the Wisconsin Department of Justice; and former Illinois Prosecutor, Cynthia Hirsch. Moderated by UW Law Professor Heinz Klug. Info: #920-366-3780. |
| Sat | Oct 28 | 11 am - 2 pm | Seventh Annual Empty Bowl Dinner at the Madison Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin St. Choose a handmade bowl made by a local potter for a minimum donation of $15, and enjoy free entertainment, soup and bread donated by area restaurants. All proceeds support the Partner Shares Program. See http://www.macsac.org/. |
| Sun | Oct 29 | 11:15 am | Discussion on the Death Penalty at the Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ (1501 Gilbert Rd.) with John Pray from the Innocence Project. Open to the public. Info: sharbaugh@aclu-wi.org |
| Sun | Oct 29 | 7 pm | Holly Near concert Show Up - with pianist, John Bucchino, at the Orpheum Theater (216 State St.) in Madison. Holly Near is an outspoken activist, singer, teacher and recording artist. Her songs and her message give voice and hope to the deepest yearnings, of a nation at war, for an end to senseless bloodshed as she extends a challenge to all of us to show up and be counted. "Show Up" is also the title of her latest album. Tickets are $22 in advance ($25 at the door) and are available at Borders (East and West), Orange Tree Imports, Spruce Tree Music, B-Side Records and Steep and Brew (Odana Rd.) Info: 608-846-9214. [more] |
| Mon | Oct 30 | 7 pm | Series on Death Penalty - St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, 6205 University Ave, Madison. Talk with the Right Reverend Steven Miller, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee on why the Episcopal Church strongly opposes the death penalty and urges its members to work actively to abolish the death penalty. Contact: Darby Puglielli, 238-2781 or darbyp@chorus.net |
| Fri | Nov 17 | 7 pm | A Force More Powerful: India-Defying the Crown, free film at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. [more] |
| Sun | Nov 19 | 10:30 am - 4 pm | Fair Trade Holiday Sale hosted by the Human Rights Committee at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, after Sunday services. Vendors from Trails to Bridges and A Greater Gift will be selling fair trade items from around the world with information about where the gifts came from, how they are made and by whom. For a preview see www.trailstobridges.com and www.agreatergift.org. If you see anything you’d like to be sure to have at the sale, email Jen Gaber at: chefjen_g@yahoo.com and she'll ask the vendors to bring it. |
| Thur | Nov 30 | 6:30 pm | WHAT: Special screening of ON NATIVE SOIL, A DOCUMENTARY
ON THE 9/11
COMMISSION REPORT, Narrated by Kevin Costner & Hilary Swank.
The showing will be followed by a panel discussion
featuring filmmaker Linda Ellman, moderated
by UW Prof. Joseph W. Elder. WHEN: Reception 5:30 pm Screening 6:30 pm WHERE: Madison,The Overture Center for the Arts, Promenade Hall FREE -- RESERVATION REQUIRED 866-447-6523 |
| Fri | Dec 1 | 7 - 9 pm | EnAct will be hosting a FREE showing of An Inconvenient Truth at Whole Foods Market, 3313 University Ave., Madison. Free snacks will be provided by Whole Foods Market. After the 90 minute film Kevin Coleman will discuss how to analyze your own contribution to global warming pollution or your "carbon footprint." He will also offer concrete suggestions of actions we can each take to reduce our individual impact. This will also be an opportunity to join an EnAct team starting in your area. |
| Sat | Dec 2, 2006 | 9 am - 4 pm | 10th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival at MATC Downtown Education Center, 211 N Carroll Street, Madison. There will be workshops from 11 am to 2pm on how Fair Trade works and why it's an alternative that we all can support. [more] |
| Sat | Jan 13, 2007 | 5:30 pm | Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Free Community Dinner at Divine Savior United Methodist Church (5702 S. Hill Dr., corner with Rosa Rd). Hosted by Health Writers, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Family Farm Defenders, WORT-FM, among others. Lester Dore is making the main dish -- Chicken Gumbo a la Louisienne. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Program includes presentation by Will Williams of Veterans for Peace, as well as music from the Gospelaires and Raging Grannies. All are Welcome. Info: #238-5740 |
| Mon | Jan 15 | 6 pm | The 22nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance at the Overture Center (201 State St.). It will include presentation of the City and County Dr. King Awards by the Dane County Executive and the Madison Mayor, performances by the Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Choir, and “A Call To Action”. This year’s Keynote Speaker is Jack Holliday, former Deputy Superintendent in Albany, Georgia, noted for his work to eliminate gang violence. The event will be broadcast live on WHA AM radio. Info: elee@ulgm.org |
| Fri | Jan 19 | 7 pm | You Wake Me Up: Women and AIDS in Africa, free film at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. [more] |
| Sat | Jan 20 | 9 am | Meriter Main Gate (333 W. Main St.) Avoiding Cromwell – The Founding Fathers’ Attempt to Limit the Abuse of Executive Power – Progressive Roundtable presentation with Prof. John Kaminksi, UW History Dept. Sponsored by the Madison Institute. Info: www.themadisoninstitute.org |
| Sat | Jan 20 | 5:30 pm | Madison Senior Center (330 W. Mifflin). Annual Fundraiser Dinner for the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Program will include a report back by Lea Zeldin on her recent trip to Amman, Jordan for the Ninth World Conference and General Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters. Info: #238-5740 |
| Sun | Jan 21 | 10 - 11:15 am | After the Amendment - What Now?" will be the topic of Fair Wisconsin Director Josh Freker at the Sunday morning program of Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Drive, Madison. |
| Wed | Jan 24 | 7-9 pm | The following global warming presentations will be held on
Wednesday evening at the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium, 816
State Street (across Langdon Street from the UW Memorial Union). The program's first hour will feature three presentations: 1) Prof. Jon Foley, Director of SAGE at the Gaylord Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies, will speak about global warming and how it fits into the broader questions of global environmental change and issues of sustainability and human health. 2) Prof. Emeritus John Magnuson, Limnology & Zoology, world expert on ecosystems of Wisconsin lakes, will address what climate change means for Wisconsin. 3) Representative Spencer Black will give details of a bill that he will soon be introducing in the Wisconsin Assembly to limit greenhouse gas emissions. This bill is modeled after recent California legislation. During the second hour of the meeting, the three speakers will respond to questions and comments from the audience, moderated by Physicians for Social Responsibility's Dr. Jeff Patterson. This event is free and open to the public. For more information call the PSR office at (608) 232-9945 or email mail@psrmadison.org . |
| Thur | Jan 25 | 4:30 pm | Zero Energy Houses: A Promising Grand Challenge for the U.S., a talk at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, by Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Jeffrey Christian, will describe research conducted over the last four years on five prototype houses at the Oak Ridge laboratory in Tennessee whose energy costs range from just 60 cents to one dollar a day. This is part of the Weston Distinguished Global Sustainability Lecture Series. |
| Sat | Jan 27 | noon | Not One More Dime peace march and rally at a downtown location to be announced. [more] |
| Sun | Jan 28 | 10 - 11:15 am | Propaganda, Corporations, and the Media is the topic Lea Zeldin will address during her part of the Sunday morning program at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Drive, Madison. Info: andysomers64@charter.net |
| Wed | Feb 7 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Memorial Union – Great Hall Who Killed the Electric Car? – screening of the 2006 documentary by Chris Paine. Come watch the movie and you can join Community Car for free - Wisconsin’s first and only car sharing organization that provides vehicles by the hour, starting at only $7.75 an hour. (Everything is included - even gas and insurance - you just drive.) Sponsored by Community Car and the UW Transportation Services. Info: www.communitycar.com |
| Wed | Feb 7 | 7 pm | Dardanelles (1851 Monroe St.) Palestine: Peace or Apartheid? - a discussion of Jimmy Carter's new book and the controversy surrounding it. Co-sponsored by the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, the Madison Middle East Forum, and the Dardanelles. Info: #442-8399 |
| Thur | Feb 8 | 4 pm | UW-Madison Memorial Union (Check Today in the Union for exact location) John Muir’s Spiritual Journey – talk by Prof. Cal DeWitt, UW Institute for Environmental Studies, on the deep roots behind this famous UW student and founder of the 20th century environmental movement. Info: #442-5829 or www.newcollegemadison.org |
| Thur | Feb 8 | 6:30 pm | Location: Catholic Multicultural Center,
1862 Beld St., Madison. "Maquilapolis" (city of factories) - part of Community Forums on Race and Diversity The film by Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre chronicles the lives of two maquiladora workers who are organizing for safe working conditions in the border area between Mexico and the U.S. The screening will be followed by a discussion. Sponsored By: Wisconsin Public Television, Urban League of Greater Madison, Madison Urban Ministry and others. Contacts: Wis. Public TV at 265-9092 or outreach@wpt.org |
| Fri | Feb 9 | 7:30 pm | WI State Historical Society (816 State St. – UW’s Library Mall) Evangelicals and Scientists: A New Consensus on Caring for Creation - talk by Prof. Cal DeWitt, UW Institute for Environmental Studies, on the implications of the Jan. 17, 2007 event at the National Press Club in DC announcing an unprecedented joint effort to protect the world’s environment. Info: #442-5829 or www.newcollegemadison.org |
| Fri | Feb 16 | 7 pm | A Force More Powerful: South Africa-Freedom in Our Lifetime, free film at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. [more] |
| Sat | Feb 17 | 9 am - 12 Noon | Meriter Maingate (333 W. Main St.) Why the Wisconsin Partial Veto Must Go – talk with Fred Wade, attorney and expert on constitutional law will discuss how this gubernatorial power undermines the legislature and how to limit its scope. Sponsored by the Madison Institute. Info: www.themadisoninstitute.org |
| Sat | Feb 17 | 1 - 3:30 pm | Annual Citizens Energy Cooperative Membership Meeting at Warner Park Community Recreation Center (1625 Northport Dr.). Bring family, friends, children and neighbors to discuss CEC's progress and future. Learn about solar hot water heating. Appetizers and refreshments will be provided. Info: #800-504-7331 or info@cecofwi.com |
| Tue | Feb 20 | Primary Election Day. | |
| Thur | Feb 22 | 5 pm | Conversation on Climate Change with Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund, at UW-Madison Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.). Info: www.nelson.wisc.edu/meg |
| Fri | Feb 23 | 7 pm | Global Horizons Distinguished Lecture by Danny Postel entitled Dissident Voices in Iran and the Current International Crisis at the MATC DTEC Campus (211 N Carroll St), Room D240. [poster] |
| Fri | Feb 23 | 7:30 pm | A Concert for Peace, at First
Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison. $25
donation. The Friends of the Peace Council is sponsoring an all Bernstein concert. Performers include well known pianists Martha Fisher and Bill Lutes, cellist Parry Karp, and vocalists Paul and Cheryl Rowe. Pieces featured: · Songs from the musicals West Side Story, Candide, On the Town and Peter Pan · The Symphonic Suite from West Side Story arranged for two pianos · Selections from "Arias and Barcarolles" for two singers and two pianists · Selections from Mass and Songfest All proceeds from the concert will benefit the work of the International Committee for the Peace Council. The evening will include a "sweet and savory" reception created for the event from local products of the Dane County Farmer's Market. [more] |
| Sun | Feb 25 | 10 am | The program Students For a Free Tibet Speak Out is to be rescheduled on a future date at the Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society Meeting House in southwest Madison. [map] [more] Prairie's 2/25 service has been canceled due to Saturday night/Sunday morning blizzard. |
| Tue | Mar 13 | 7 pm | Author and former newsreel correspondent Peter Annin will talk about current and future "Great Lakes Water Wars," the title of his new book, at the First Unitarian Society auditorium, 900 University Bay Drive. |
| Wed | Mar 14 | 7 - 9 pm | The Health Effects of Global Warming, presented by Dr. Jonathan Patz at the State Historical Society Auditorium, UW Library Mall. Dr. Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He directs a university-wide initiative on Global Environmental Health and is a world expert on the effects of climate change on heat waves, air pollution, and water- and vector-borne infectious diseases. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer period and a public discussion moderated by Dr. Ann Behrmann, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine and Public Health. |
| Fri | Mar 16 | 7 pm | Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, free film at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. [more] |
| Mon | March 19 | 12 noon | Iraq War Anniversary Vigil to Bring our Troops Home Now, Veteran's Museum at State Street & the Square, 30 W. Mifflin St. Madison. |
| Sat | March 24 | 1 - 4 pm | 14th Annual Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Open House at Olbrich Gardens (330 Atwood Ave.). Whether you're a long time member or new to CSA, the event provides opportunities to meet farmers, browse information tables, and learn about the benefits of fresh, local foods through demonstrations, workshops, and slide shows. Attendees will also enjoy live music, refreshments, a kid's craft area, and the opportunity to win a free CSA share! CSA farms provide weekly distributions of sustainably grown produce, meats, flowers, and dairy products to households who join the farm for the season. Info: #226-0300 www.macsac.org |
| Sun | March 25 | 2 - 4 pm | What Can We Do about Wisconsin's Health Care Crisis? Find out at the Dane County Community Forum on Health Care Reform, a non-partisan educational event at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 326 S. Segoe Rd, Madison. Come and hear about the crisis in health insurance coverage and current proposals for reform from representatives of the Wisconsin Health Security Act, the Wisconsin Health Care Partnership Plan, and the Wisconsin Health Plan. Sponsored by Madison West Side Ministerial Association and the Wisconsin Council of Churches. Info: Peter Bakken, bakken@wichurches.org. |
| Tue | March 27 | 7 pm | Deep Economy, the Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future – author Bill McKibben, discusses his latest book at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. Cosponsored by the Wisconsin Humanities Council. |
| Wed | March 28 | 7:30 pm | How Global Warming Can Save Democracy – lecture at the Wis. State Historical Society Auditorium (816 State St. on UW's Library Mall) by Joel Rogers, chair of the Apollo Alliance and director of the Center on Wisconsin Strategies. Part of the Gaylord Nelson Retrospective Lecture Series. Info: 263-5599. |
| Fri | March 30 | 7 pm | Evening with award winning journalists, Amy Goodman and Jeremy Scahill of Democracy Now! at the Barrymore Theater (2090 Atwood Ave.). Scahill will discuss his newly released expose, Blackwater – the Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, and Goodman will discuss her recent book: Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the people Who Fight Back. Tickets are $7 in advance. Benefit for WORT Community Radio. Info: 241-8633 |
| Tue | Apr 3 | Spring General Election. | |
| Sat | Apr 14 | 9 am to noon | Beyond Economic Growth – forum at the UW-Madison, Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.) with Prof. Josh Farley, recent co-author with Herma Daly of a critical textbook on ecological economics. Sponsored by the Madison Institute. |
| Sat | Apr 14 | noon to 2 pm | National Day of Climate Action, to tell Congress to "Step it up, Congress! Cut Carbon 80% by 2050". Meet on UW Library mall, march down State St., rally on Capitol steps. See Step it up Madison. |
| Sun | Apr 15 | 7:30 pm | Jerusalem Women Speak: Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision at Edgewood College, Anderson Auditorium in Predolin Hall. Speakers include: Huda Abu Arqoub - a Muslim Palestinian and Consultant with the Palestinian Ministry of Education and advocate for students and teachers in the Hebron region; Tal Dor - a Jewish Israeli and community activist focusing on underprivileged communities and forgotten narratives in Israel and Palestine; and Amal Nassar - a Christian Palestinian and nurse and a grassroots organizer developing nonviolent responses to war and occupation in the Bethlehem region. Part of a national tour sponsored by Partners for Peace, this program will be repeated Mon. April 16th 7:00 pm at UW-Madison, rm 2650 Humanities. Info: www.partnersforpeace.org |
| Fri | Apr 20 | 7 pm | A Force More Powerful: Poland-We've Caught God by the Arm, free film at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. [more] |
| Thur | Apr 26 | 7:30 pm | UW-Madison, Rm. 105 Psychology Bldg. On Dignity and Dissent: Reflections on Palestine by a Child of Holocaust Survivors – lecture with Sara Roy, Harvard University. Part of the month long Bitter Harvest series hosted by the UW Madison Middle East Studies Dept. Info: www.mideast.wisc.edu |
| Fri | Apr 27 | 8 pm | UW-Madison, Rm. 2241 Chamberlin Hall. Screening of the Palestinian film, Paradise Now, with follow-up discussion. Part of the month long Bitter Harvest series hosted by the UW Madison Middle East Studies Dept. Info: www.mideast.wisc.edu |
| Fri - Sat | Apr 27 - 28 | UW-Madison Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.) Disaster in Darfur: Sudan’s Defiance of International Human Rights. African Studies Spring Symposium, cosponsored with Humanitarian Research Circle. Info: #262-4458 | |
| Sun | Apr 29 | 10 am | Human Rights in Occupied Tibet is the title of the program to be presented by Students for a Free Tibet at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Dr in southwest Madison. [map] |
| Sun | Apr 29 | Noon - 6 pm | May Day Picnic and Potluck at Tenney Park. Bring a dish or drink to share, plus your own dishes. Great Food, Literature Tables, Kids Activities, Live Music, plus Worker Solidarity. Info: #255-1800 |
| Tue | May 1 | May Day Immigrant Rights March, followed by May Day Carnival on UW’s Library Mall with live music, street theater, and May Pole. Info: 262-9036 | |
| Tue | May 1 | 6 pm | Tenzin Dickyi: "The Land of the Melting Snows" - stories and photos from a Tibetan-American woman's travels into her forbidden homeland, at 1121 Humanities Bldg on the UW campus, 455 North Park St. [poster] |
| Thur | May 3 | 7:30 pm | UW-Madison, Rm. 105 Psychology Bldg. The Threat from Within: Democracy & Demography in Israel and the Modern Zionist Ideology – lecture with Jonathan Cook, journalist, Nazareth, Israel; formerly of the London Guardian. Part of the month long Bitter Harvest series hosted by the UW Madison Middle East Studies Dept. Info: www.mideast.wisc.edu |
| Sun | May 6 | 7 pm | Congregation Temple Beth El Takes Action Against Global Warming, at Temple Beth El, 2702 Arbor Dr, Madison. Join Jonathan Patz, Prof. Calvin Dewitt and the Social Action Committee of Temple Beth El, as we watch, listen and discuss the problems with our environment. We will be showing, the HBO cautionary documentary movie, “Too Hot Not Too Handle” at 7:45 pm. |
| Tue | May 8 | 7 pm | The National Endowment for Democracy: U.S. Tax Dollars and Regime Change in Venezuela, a talk by Eva Golinger, author of The Chavez Code, at UW-Madison Memorial Union. Become better informed about the ways in which US tax dollars are used to carry out foreign policy initiatives, whether in the guise of development loans, direct aide, or democracy building. Co-sponsored by Community Action on Latin America, the UW Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program, the UW Global Studies Program, Rainbow Bookstore, and Hands Off Venezuela. |
| Sat | May 12 | 9 am - noon | Chalmers Johnson on Empire – Progressive Roundtable Discussion at Meriter Maingate (333 W. Main St.) with a screening of a video followed by a discussion facilitated by Midge Miller. Chalmers Johnson has written three books on the topic of U.S. and empire, including; Blowback: the Costs and Consequences of Empire; The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic; and Nemesis: the Last Days of the American Republic. Info: tmi@tds.net |
| Sat | May 12 | 5:30 pm | Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Socialist Potluck – this month’s topic: Tribute to UW-Madison historian, Harvey Goldberg, marking the 20th anniversary of his passing and including a public release of a freshly engineered collection of his riveting lectures from the 1970s dealing with such topics as imperialism, intervention, revolution, and much more. Bring a dish or drink to pass. Info: #241-2829 |
| Fri | May 18 | 7 pm | Paperclips, free film at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. [more] |
| Sun | May 20 | 1 pm | Law Park (corner of John Nolen Dr. and Williamson St.) Seventh Annual Tour de Timor bike ride! Ride around Lake Monona and help raise to support Madison’s sister-city partnership with Ainaro in East Timor! $15 registration fee includes a t-shirt. Riders are also encouraged to collect pledges, and the top pledge raisers get cool bonus prizes. This year’s Tour de Timor is special for two reasons: it falls exactly on the fifth anniversary of East Timor’s independence, and offers Madisonians a chance to support an important election observer project in East Timor. For pledge forms and more info: www.aideasttimor.org or #244-4563 |
| Fri | May 25 | 7 pm | China's Silent Genocide, forum at University of
Wisconsin Library Mall (at west end of State St.), Madison. Sponsored By: New China, a student group. This is a forum on human rights and religious persecution in China today, with discussion of China's human rights record, including recent evidence of the Chinese government harvesting and selling human organs of prisoners. Hear an expert panel discuss what are the obstacles to human rights and the rule of law in China, and what the U.S. can do to promote human rights there. Panelists include: David Matas, a Canadian human rights lawyers who served as delegate to the UN General Assembly (he is Director of the International Centre for Human Rights & Democratic Development); Kirk Allison, Chair elect of the Ethics forum of the American Public Health Association; Erping Zhang, a Harvard Madon Fellow and Executive Director of the Association for Asian Research. Info: wu3@wisc.edu |
| Mon | May 28 | 1 - 3 pm | Memorial Day Peace Rally: Demanding Peace—No More War.
Location: James Madison Park, corner of E. Gorham and Butler Streets.
Veterans for Peace was founded in 1985 pledging that “We, having
dutifully served our nation, do hereby affirm our greater
responsibility to serve the cause of WORLD PEACE.” Let us join together
on Memorial Day to demand that our government abolish war as an
instrument of national policy so that in a peaceful future there will
not be a need for a “memorial” day. This event will be held at the
monument honoring the men and women from Wisconsin who fought against
the fascist forces of Army General Franco in the Spanish Civil War,
1936-1939. (The monument is in James Madison Park at the corner of E.
Gorham and Butler Streets, next to the Gates of Heaven Synagogue, in
Madison, Wisconsin.) Will Williams will introduce Clarence Kailin, a
Volunteer of the 1936 Abraham Lincoln Brigade (Spanish Civil War) and
member of Veterans for Peace. Kailin will be followed by other voices
of peace. The main and final speaker will be the national president of
Veterans for Peace, Elliott Adams. Sponsored By: The Clarence Kailin Chapter of Veterans for Peace and the Wisconsin Friends of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Contacts: Robert Kimbrough, 608.238.1266, heartlandphoto@tds.net Web Site for more information: http://www.madison.com/communities/madveteransforpeace/index.php |
| Sun | June 10 | 1 pm | The Quaker Brown Bag Lunch at Friends Meeting House (1704 Roberst Ct. just off Monroe St.) features Sarah Quinn of Community Connections and the Wisconsin Books to Prisoners Project talking about how to Challenge the Prison Industrial Complex in Wisconsin. There will also be book packages ready to mail to prisoners available for people to sponsor. Info: sarah@communityconnectionswi.org |
| Fri - Sun | June 15 - 17 | 18th annual Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair,
Amherst, WI. Registration is $25 for the entire weekend or $10 per day,
with discounts for students, seniors, children, and MREA members. The
Fair includes: Fri. June 15th - Peace Rally, Walk, and Pancake Breakfast. Featured speaker: Helen Caldicott, discussing her latest book: Nuclear Power is Not the Answer Sat. June 16th - Clean Energy Car Show and Hybrid Rally. Featured speaker: Stan Gruszynski, Global Environmental Management (GEM) Center at UW-Stevens Point. Sun. June 17th - Polka Breakfast, Music with Tom Pease. Featured speaker: Judith Levine, author of Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping. A Madison bus will leave for the MREA from Memorial Union at 7am (bike friendly location) and then stop at the Dutch Mill Park & Ride (car friendly) each morning. The return trip coincides with the close of the Fair (7pm on Friday and Saturday and 5pm on Sunday). (Bikes are allowed on the bus and will be stored underneath in the luggage compartment.) Included in the $20 bus ticket: coffee and breakfast items served on the way up; movie shown on the bus, changed daily; $10 coupon on arrival at the Fair, used just like cash at the front gate, marketplace, Veggie Grill, or Café; beer and cheese on the way back. [details] |
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| Sat | June 23 | 8 am - 4 pm | Caring for Our Local Place on Earth, a full-day, interactive environmental conference featuring keynote speakers Calvin DeWitt and Richard Henderson, at Holy Wisdom Monastery, 4200 County Hwy M, Middleton. [details] |
| Mon | Aug 6 | 6:30 - 9 pm | Lanterns for Peace. Join us at the Tenney Park picnic shelter for our annual event to remember the victims of the atomic bomb and to say "nevermore" to nuclear weapons and war. Bring the family and decorate paper lanterns. We will light them and float them in Tenney Park lagoon at dusk. Music by the Raging Grannies. Sponsored by: MAPC and Physicians for Social Responsibility. Info: 608-242-9232 [poster] |
| Thur | Aug 16 | 11:45 am | Cost of War Report Release, Veterans' Museum, 30 Mifflin St. on Capitol Square, Madison - local news conference to release new MoveOn.org report, public invited. |
| Fri | Aug 17 | 6 pm | Madison Center for Creative and Cultural Arts (306 W. Dayton) Medical Aid Serenade - featuring a talk by Dr. Dan Murphy, director of the Bairo Pite Clinic in East Timor, plus live jazz music by Hannah Jon Taylor and Salon Shalom. $10 admission - proceeds to benefit Medical Aid East Timor. Bring a dish and/or drink to share. Info: www.aideasttimor.org, www.mccca.net, bairopiteclinic.tripod.com |
| Sat | Aug 25 | 4 - 8 pm | DOERS Kit Drive at Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St., Madison, for Displaced People in Iraq. [poster] [Kit Drive letter] |
| Wed | Sept 12 | 7 - 8:15 pm | Climate Change and Health Risks for the Great Lakes Region, a lecture by Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, Assoc. Prof. of Environmental Studies and Population Health Sciences, at Room 1360 Biotechnology Center, 425 Henry Mall, UW-Madison Campus. Free admission and free parking in the Lot 20 garage (north of University Ave. west of N. Charter St.). [more] |
| Wed | Sept 19 | 6:30 - 9 pm | Celebration of the 90 birthday of the American Friends Service Committee at the Madison Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Ct., with speakers Mary Ellen McNish, General Secretary of the AFSC headquartered in Philadelphia, and Michael McConnell, AFSC Regional Director for the Great Lakes region. [more] |
| Tue | Sept 25 | 10 am | State Capitol, Rm. 411 South. Hearing on the Wisconsin Safe Climate Act sponsored by Sen. Miller and Rep. Black. This legislation that would reduce statewide CO2 emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. If you can not attend, you can call your legislators to express your support for Senate Bill 81/Assembly Bill 157: 1-800-362-9472 Info: megan.costello2@legis.wi.gov |
| Tue | Sept 25 | 6:30 - 9 pm | MATC Downtown (211 N. Carroll), Rm D240. Stop the War Machine - Turn Off the Tap! An Anti-War, Counter-Recruitment Forum, featuring: Army veteran Aimee Allison and activist editor, David Solnit, authors of Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War and Build a Better World, plus Navy veteran Todd Dennis, Wisconsin coordinator of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Forum preceded at 6 pm by video clips from Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War. Sponsored by Truth and Alternatives to Militarism in Education (TAME), the Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC), Iraq Veterans Against the War-Madison, Veterans for Peace Clarence Kailin Branch-Madison, and the Campus Anti-War Network-UW. Info: info@tamewisconsin.org #807-4406 www.tamewisconsin.org |
| Wed | Sept 26 | 4 - 6:30 pm | MATC Downtown cafeteria (211 N. Carroll). Stop the War Machine - Turn Off the Tap! Direct action workshop, featuring: Army veteran Aimee Allison and activist editor, David Solnit, authors of Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War and Build a Better World, plus Navy veteran Todd Dennis, Wisconsin coordinator of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Info: info@tamewisconsin.org #807-4406 www.tamewisconsin.org |
| Thur | Sept 27 | 6 - 8 pm | UW-Madison, Helen C. White Library, Open Book Cafe. Readings from Banned Books! Local literacy and education advocates, media figures and free speech defenders will recognize Banned Books Week by reading selections from classic literature and other books that have been challenged or banned in our nation. This celebration of literature and freedom of expression is free and open to the public. Info: #469-5540 or sharbaugh@aclu-wi.org |
| Thur | Sept 27 | 7:30 - 9 pm | Edgewood College, Anderson Auditorium. The Faith Club: Three Women’s Initiative for Abrahamic Interfaith Understanding. After September 11th, Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner, representing three religions, gathered informally to edit an anthology of children’s stories from their faith traditions. They soon discovered that they needed to better understand their own beliefs before they could create a children’s book on the subject. The recently published book, The Faith Club, records their more than two year dialog. The authors will share some of the soul-searching that led them through heated discussions on differences to the common bond that unites them. Info: trudijenny@yahoo.com |
| Sat | Sept 29 | Bike the Barns. MACSAC's First Annual Tour de CSA! Check out Dane County's beautiful farmland with visits to four local community supported agriculture (CSA) operations. Registration is $35 and includes breakfast, snacks, and a three course lunch prepared by Underground Catering, Cafe Soleil, and others. Proceeds go towards the Partner Shares Program of the Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (MACSAC). Registration deadline is Sept. 22nd. For a registration form and more info, visit: www.macsac.org | |
| Wed | Oct 3 | 5:30 pm | Benefit at the Majestic Theater for Porchlight to support its efforts to reduce homelessness in the Madison area. Music by Ben Sidran and others. Suggested donation ~ $5. [more] [poster] |
| Fri - Sun | Oct 5 - 7 | MASCP will host the National Gathering of the US-El Salvador Sister City Network for 2007 here in Madison, the weekend of October 6-7, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. info: 608-251-9280. If you would like to host and out of town visitor, please contact: mascp@mascp.org. | |
| Sun - Sat | Oct 7 - 13 | Seven Straight Nights for Equal Rights - when straight people across the nation will "come out" as supporters of equal rights for gay and lesbian Americans. See the national Web site and its Madison page. Madison rally will be 6pm, Wednesday October 10th at the State Capitol lawn (State St. Side), featuring First Lady Jessica Doyle (tentative). Contact: Justin Hager - Justin@wisc.edu - 608-658-5336 | |
| Mon | Oct 8 | 7 pm | Madison Downtown Public Library (20 W. Mifflin), Rm. 202. Screening of the film: Posada Carriles – Terrorism Made in USA, by Venezuelan filmmaker, Angel Palacios. Oct. 8th is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Che by the CIA in Bolivia. Sponsored by Community Action on Latin America and Venezuela Solidarity Network/Madison. [movie trailer] |
| Sat | Oct 13 | 9 am - 1 pm | Protect the environment, safely dispose of pharmaceuticals (old pills) during the Drug Take-Back event at the City of Madison Transfer Station, 121 East Olin Ave. Health care, City of Madison, and Dane County representatives will be available during the event. |
| Mon | Oct 15 | 6:30 pm | Smart Energy $olutions: Energy Efficiency for Everyone!. Learn what's beyond changing light bulbs in energy efficiency. Efficiency expert Mark Hanson will share energy- and money- saving ideas for homes & businesses in the Conference Room at Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation, 431 Charmany Drive, Madison. [directions & more] |
| Nov 2 - 4 | Free film festival, Tales from Planet Earth, sponsored by the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and others. | ||
| Nov 2 - 4 | 20th Annual National Student Conference on Hunger & Homelessness at the UW-Madison. | ||
| Sat | Nov 3 | noon | STEP IT UP 2007! National Day of Climate Action. The UW Needs to clean up its act. No more dirty coal! No more toxic runoff! Rally and picket at UW Charter Street coal plant, 117 N. Charter Street. |
| Mon | Nov 5 | 7 pm | Guy Fawkes Day Celebration at the Dardanelles Restaurant (1851 Monroe St.) - with a screening and discussion of V for Vendetta, the provocative 2006 film variation of David Lloyd’s graphic novel, directed by James McTeague and starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. Info: #442-8399 |
| Wed | Nov 7 | 7 pm | Dardanelles Restaurant (1851 Monroe St.) What Can You Believe Series – with a screening and discussion of Punishment Park, the shocking 1971 film by British director Peter Watkins, that depicts the fate of political detainees in southern CA after the declaration of martial law. Cosponsored by the Peregrine Forum. Info: #442-8399 |
| Fri | Nov 9 | 8 pm | Michelangelo’s (114 State St.). Power of Nightmares: Part 2 Phantom Victory Baby – free public screening of the three part 2004 BBC documentary by Adam Curtis that explores the parallels between the rise of fundamentalism in the Middle East and neoconservatism in the United States. Info: #442-8399 |
| Sun | Nov 11 | noon | Community Potluck/Reception For Joanne Bland -- Veteran Of The Civil Rights Struggle In Selma, AL, at James Reeb U.U. Congregation, 2146 E. Johnson St. in Madison. [details] |
| Sun | Nov 11 | 2 pm | Atwood Ave. along Olbrich Park. Madison Memorial Mile - with Fr. David Couper, member of Veterans for Peace and former Madison police chief, marking the placement of 4000+ gravestones in remembrance of those who have died as a result of recent U.S. hostilities in the Middle East. The display can be visited any time day or night through Mon. Nov. 12th. Members of Madison Veterans for Peace will be present at all times. Info: #233.1997 or heartlandphoto@tds.net |
| Sun | Nov 11 | 3 pm – 7:30 pm | High Noon Saloon (701 E. Washington) - Benefit Concert for Madison Area Peace Coalition, featuring music by Yid Vicious, Raging Grannies of Madison, Gypsy Caravan Swing, the Motor Primitives, and Thistle. Suggested donation $8.00 Info: #249-2097 or www.madpeace.org |
| Sun | Nov 11 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Rm. B1 Lowell Hall (610 Langdon St.). The Cuban Five – talk with Leonard Weinglass, acclaimed criminal defense attorney, about the case of the five Cubans who are now serving lengthy federal prison terms for exposing the terrorist activities of rightwing anti-Castro groups in the U.S. Info: #238-1266 or www.freethefive.org |
| Wed | Nov 14 | 7 pm | Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (227 State St.), Screening of the new film, Stop Loss, by director Kimberly Peirce, who will also be on hand to answer questions following the show. The show is free, but space is limited so please RSVP by calling #312-840-7966. Info: www.stoplossmovie.com |
| Fri | Nov 16 | 6:30 pm | State St. Corner of the State Capitol. Vigil for Latin American Victims of Violence with a solemn funeral procession around the Capitol Square, concluding with a vigil service at Grace Episcopal Church (116 W. Washington). This is part of larger national call, demanding the closure of the School of the Americas, whose graduates from militaries and police forces in Latin America have been found responsible for murders, torture and other atrocities in their home countries. A novenario, nine days of prayer for victims of the violence, that began on Nov. 8th, will conclude with this vigil. Info: dennis.collier@hotmail.com or #221-8025. |
| Fri | Nov 16 | 8 pm | Michelangelo’s (114 State St.). Power of Nightmares: Part 3 Shadows in the Cave – free public screening of the three part 2004 BBC documentary by Adam Curtis that explores the parallels between the rise of fundamentalism in the Middle East and neo-conservatism in the United States. Info: #442-8399 |
| Nov 11 - 18 | Prairie's next shift to help Midvale Lutheran host homeless families begins Sunday, November 11. To help with this crucial community service, go to Midvale Lutheran's website (www.midvalelutheran.org) and click on "IHN Sign-up" at the bottom of the navigation column on the left. You may do your own scheduling, but if you have any questions, contact Paula Pachciarz at 273-4806, pachwack(at)sbcglobal.net. | ||
| Sat | Nov 17 | 9 am - 1 pm | Madison Computer Recycling Roundup. An electronics recycling drop-off will be held from at the City of Madison Transfer Station, 121 E. Olin Ave. See http://www.cityofmadison.com/streets/computerRoundup.cfm for details. |
| Sat | Nov 17 | 9 am - 3:30 pm | Don't Wait For '08 - 2007 ACLU of Wisconsin Activist Conference, UW-Madison, Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.). [schedule] |
| Sat | Nov 17 | 5 - 7:30 pm | Madison Students for a Free Tibet Fundraiser Talent Show at James Madison Memorial High School, 201 South Gammon Road. The Talent Show will include performances by local Tibetan singers and dancers, Hindi dancing, and a showing the 20 minute documentary Blood Over Nangpa-la. $10 general admission, $7 for 6 - 12 year olds, free for children under 6. [more] |
| Sun | Nov 18 | 8:30 am - 3:30 pm | Fair Trade holiday sale at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, Gilbert Road at Tolman Terrace, in Friendship Hall, will feature venders from many organizations and groups. |
| Sun | Nov 18 | 4 pm | Fundraising dance event at the Orpheum Theater to support farmers in India, sponsored by the Madison chapter of Asha for Education, a voluntary organization. [more] |
| Sat | Dec 1 | 9 am - 4 pm | Eleventh Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival at MATC Downtown Campus (211 N. Carroll St.). Fair trade vendors, educational displays, and more. Info: http://www.calamadison.org/ [poster] [more] |
| Sun | Dec 2 | 6 - 9 pm | Anti-War Winter Festival, Potluck and Open-mic at the UW Red Gym. Peacemaking fun for the whole family brought to you by UW Campus Anti-war Network, Iraq Vets against the War, UW Arab Students Association, and the Madison Area Peace Coalition. Bring holiday goodies to share, we'll provides hot cocoa, cider and eggnog. We'll have supplies for winter crafts, live music, and open mic starting at 7:30pm. For more info, contact wisconsincan@gmail.com. |
| Sat | Dec 8 | 4:30 am | Prairie volunteers will again serve breakfast at the men's drop-in shelter at Grace Episcopal Church on the square. Contact Paula Pachciarz, 273-4806. |
| now | until Dec. 13 | times | What Would Jesus Buy? (http://wwjbmovie.com/) and For The Bible Tells Me So (http://www.forthebibletellsmeso.org/index2.htm) at Westgate Cinema (340 Westgate Mall). |
| Sat | Dec 8 | 1 pm | Meet at UW-Madison Library Mall for Walk for Burma!, a silent procession to support the peace and human rights movement started by the monks in Burma. This walk is designed to show support to the Burmese monks protesting for human rights. Images and words from the march will be sent to Burma to encourage and support their work. A brief presentation at the end of the walk will provide insight into the current situation in Burma and discuss the Burmese Democracy Promotion Act of 2007 currently under review in the Senate. Wear red and saffron (yellow) if possible - these are the colors of the monk’s robes in Burma. Signs and red/saffron scarves will be provided, but feel free to bring your own signs too. Info: http://www.selwyn.org or #239-2578. |
| Mon | Dec 10 | 5:30 pm | Rally against the military recruiting ads targeting students in Madison public schools - Madison Metropolitan School District Building (545 W. Dayton St.). If you bring a sign, don't put it on a stick and you will be able to bring it into the School Board meeting. At 7:00 pm there will be a public comment period - your chance to ask the Madison School Board to take down the Pentagon's billboards. Info: www.tamewisconsin.org |
| Wed | Jan 9, 2008 | 7 pm | Mpowered to Combat Climate Change: You Can, You Count, by Sherrie Gruder, Distinguished Lecturer - Community, Natural Resource, and Economic Development and Faramarz Vakili, Associate Director - Physical Plant Administration, at Room 1111, The Auditorium, 425 Henry Mall, UW-Madison. (FREE parking in Lot 20 garage.) The City of Madison is working to become a green capital city and a leader in sustainable design and energy. That includes a commitment to address rapid climate change and meet and exceed the goals of the Kyoto treaty. In order to achieve those goals, the City and 12 partners launched the Mpowering Madison campaign. It's a community clean energy challenge to reduce 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions citywide by 2011. While climate change is a huge issue that seems daunting to try to take on as an individual, it will take each of us doing his and her part to make a difference. Learn how you can be Mpowered at home, at work, at school and on the go to make Madison a remarkably healthy place to live, work and play today, and for generations to come. [more] |
| Thurs | Jan 24 | 6 - 8:30 pm | Legal Observer Training at Madison Central Library (201 W. Mifflin) - hosted by ACLU. Find out how you can help guarantee free speech rights of others engaged in political activities. The information in this training may prove very useful to protesters as well. Info: #469-5540 or www.aclu-wi.org |
| Thurs | Jan 24 | 7 pm | The Capital Area Regional Planning Commission will hold a public hearing in Room 201 of the City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Madison, on amending the Dane County Land Use and Transportation Plan revising the regional goals and objectives; and amending the Dane County Water Quality Plan policies for urban and limited service areas and environmental corridors, and revising the criteria for the review of Urban and Limited Service Area Amendments. [hearing notice] [more] |
| Sat | Feb 2 | 10 am - 1 pm | Savory Sunday fund raiser with Weber grills on Lake Wingra in a giant peace symbol. Cost: $25 Contact: Tom Barry 608-233-6967 [flyer] |
| Mon | Feb 4 | 5:30 pm | Rally against military recruiting in Madison high schools at Madison Metropolitan School District administration building (545 West Dayton Street). School Board meeting at 7 pm. [more] |
| Sat | Feb 9 | 9 am - noon | Dr. Eugene Farley reviews Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism at The Madison Institute's Progressive Roundtable at Meriter Maingate, 333 West Washington Avenue in downtown Madison. Free and open to the public (free parking in the lot across the street). [more] |
| Wed | Feb 13 | 6:45 - 9 pm | Water Wealth or Water Woes? - a public conversation at
the South District Office Police Station, 825 Hughes Place (just off of
south Park St.).
The Madison Chapter of the Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom (WILPF) hosts a panel of frontline water workers speaking on
the following topics: 1) A Water Conservation Plan for Madison, presented by Will Hoyer, Water Specialist for Clean Wisconsin 2) Protecting Wisconsin Groundwater: What's the Holdup?, presented by Ken Bradbury, WI Geologic and Natural History Survey 3) What is Necessary to Strengthen the Great Lakes Compact?, presented by Anne Sayers, Program Director, WI League of Conservation Voters |
| Sat | March 1 | 4:30 - 8 pm | IMAGINE PEACE The Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice honors and celebrates all those who vigil for peace at Pres House, 731 State Street, Madison. Come early and VIGIL with your signs on UW-Library Mall at 3:30 pm. The Raging Grannies are on the program at 7 pm. [program] |
| Fri - Sat | March 14 - 15 | 7:30 pm | Madison Premiere of the new play: My Name is Rachel
Corrie! at the Overture Center for the Arts (201 State St.). On March 16, 2003, 23-year-old Rachel Corrie, of Olympia, Washington, was crushed to death by an Israeli Army bulldozer in the Gaza strip. A volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, Corrie was attempting to stop the destruction of a Palestinian home. British actor Alan Rickman (best known as Harry Potter's Professor Snape) and Guardian journalist Katharine Viner assembled this play from journal entries and e-mails written by Corrie. Performances are free, but pick up tickets in advance at the Orpheum Theater Box Office (216 State Street). Donation requested, but not required. Info: #608-906-3207 rafahsistercity@yahoo.com |
| Sat | March 15 | 11 am | Iraq War 5th Anniversary Protest at State St. and State Capitol. Rally and march, followed by the 1:00 pm Winter Soldier hearing at the Orpheum Theater (see below). Contact: madisonpeacetrain@yahoo.com #575-7683 |
| Sat | March 15 | 1 - 6 pm | Orpheum Theater (216 State St.) Live-feed: Iraq Vets Against the War "Winter Soldier" hearings. In the largest gathering of Iraq Veterans Against the War to date, hundreds of IVAW members will gather near Washington D.C. on March 13-16 for public testimony about their experiences during the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations, sharing eyewitness reports that have often been ignored by the media. This event, sponsored by Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice and Iraq Vets Against the War - Wisconsin, will present a live video feed direct from the Winter Soldier hearings. Come for just an hour or for all five hours and share your reactions to the testimony with others. Screening is free of charge, all donations go to support IVAW-Wisconsin. Info: todd@ivaw.org #715-533-2887 or #250-9240 |
| Fri | March 28 | 11 am | St. Mark’s (605 Spruce St.) Free Meal and Movie Series continues with: Les Miserables, novelist Victor Hugo’s classic story of Jean Valjean at the turn of 19th-century France. Paroled for stealing bread, homeless, and once again desperate, he is stunned by an act of compassion that rekindles his own, only to be dogged by a policeman whose obsession proves that “the spirit heals, but the letter kills.” |
| Fri | March 28 | 7:30 pm | Fighting Global Warming: The Oregon Model by Catherine Thomasson, MD, at Lowell Center (610 Langdon St.) Madison. Dr. Catherine Thomasson will present current initiatives to combat global warming at four public policy levels -- city of Portland, Multnomah County, the State of Oregon and Tri-State (OR, WA & CA). She will discuss the impact of these initiatives on greenhouse gas emissions in the region. Dr. Thomasson is a Staff Physician at Portland State University and immediate Past-President of Physicians for Social Responsibility National. Sponsored by PSR Wisconsin, UW Department of Family Medicine, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), UW-Madison. For more information call (608) 232-9945 or email madpsr@psr.org, www.psrwisconsin.org. |
| Sat | March 29 | 11:30 am | Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Free Meal and Movie Series continues with: On the Waterfront, directed by Elia Kazan. This unforgettable drama of redemption is among the most acclaimed of all films, winning eight Academy Awards in 1954. Marlon Brando plays an ex-fighter who could have been a contender; but he sold out once only to keep selling out to the boss (Lee J. Cobb) of the gang-ridden waterfront. |
| Sat | March 29 | 1 - 4 pm | Olbrich Gardens (3330 Atwood Ave.) Community Supported Agriculture Open House! A free, fun, family friendly event. Meet the farmers providing yummy produce to communities across southern WI and learn more about fresh local foods through demonstrations, workshops & slide shows – plus, live music and a raffle for a gift certificate toward a CSA membership of your choice! Info: www.macsac.org #226-0300 |
| Sun | March 30 | 1 pm | The Journey Toward Wholeness Task Force will present the 3rd and last part of the series Race: The Power of an Illusion; The House We Live In on Sunday, March 30 at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, 900 University Bay Dr. A light lunch will be provided after the 11 a.m. service at the Meeting House and the film will be shown at 1 p.m. A guided discussion will be led by JTW members. You need not have seen the first two episodes to enjoy this film. Indeed part 3 literally "hits home" because it sheds light on a very important aspect of life in Madison... where we live! Episode 3 - The House We Live In asks, If race is not biology, what is it? This episode uncovers how race resides not in nature but in politics, economics and culture. It reveals how our social institutions "make" race by disproportionately channeling resources, power, status and wealth to white people. A fascinating and enlightening topic in light of the current political race! |
| Mon | April 7 | 5:15 to 6 pm | At their March 24th meeting the Madison School Board voted to significantly weaken existing policy limiting military recruiter access to high schools, and affirmed continuation of allowing military ads on high school scoreboards and in gyms. We will picket to show our opposition to these actions. |
| Tue | April 8 | 6:45 pm | View a special Hiroshima-Nagasaki Exhibit of twenty posters-including a chance for you to protest U.S. government plans to spend $150 billion to refurbish 8 nuclear weapons producing facilities and develop new nuclear weapons at Meriter Main Gate, 333 West Main Street, Madison. The main program will be at talk on A Crime So Monstrous: Modern Day Slavery & the Struggle for Abolition in our Lifetimes by Ben Skinner, the author of A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern-day Slavery [Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2008]. He did research for the book in Haiti, southern Sudan, North India, Romania/Moldova, and the Netherlands. Ben is the son of UNA-Dane County Chapter members Meg and Neil Skinner, a 1994 graduate of Madison's West High School, and a 1998 graduate of Wesleyan University (CT). He was a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations (NYC). Free parking in the ramp across the street. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by UN-USA Association of Dane County. |
| Tue | April 8 | 7 pm | Downtown Public Library (201 W. Mifflin) - Wisconsin’s Inconvenient Truth!. Climate change is now underway and already affecting our lives... What can be done at the state level to lead us to a more sustainable energy future? Discussion series hosted by Clean Wisconsin. Info: 608-251-7020 ex. 17 or www.cleanwisconsin.org |
| April 11 - 26 | The Madison Theatre Guild presents The Laramie Project at the Bartell Theatre, 113 E. Mifflin St. in Madison. [more] | ||
| Sun | April 13 | 3 - 7 pm | Food, Faith and Earth Day at Madison Christian Community (7118 Old Sauk Road). Care of Creation is not just a slogan. An interdenominational group of ministers and lay leaders is organizing a special Earth Day event featuring local food & faith exhibits and workshops and a keynote presentation at 4 pm by Cal DeWitt. This free event will be followed by a special local food dinner prepared by Barbara Wright of the Dardanelles Restaurant. Dinner seating is limited; $8 for advance reservations, $12 at the door. For more information about the meal or to make dinner reservations e-mail harvestofhope@tds.net or call 824-1761. |
| Tue | April 15 | 7:30 pm | Distinguished Lecture Series talk by Karl-Henrik Robert, MD, PhD, at Mills Hall, UW-Madison, Humanities Building. He is one of Sweden's foremost cancer scientists as well as founder of The Natural Step--a framework for communities to go sustainable. [more] |
| Sat | April 19 | 9 am - noon | The Madison Institute is sponsoring a free and open presentation by author and former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter at the Wisconsin Historical Society on the UW Library Mall. His talk, Waging Peace:Citizenship in a Time of Unjust War, will be followed by a discussion period. [more] |
| Sat | April 19 | 11 am - midnight | Join other peace activists in protesting the illegal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq at this joyful and noisy event! Help us count the “Honks for Peace” and “Honks for Impeachment”! We get over 400 in an hour!! Bring a sign or borrow ours. Contact: Helena 249-2097 [more] |
| Sat | April 19 | noon - 4 pm | Habitat for Humanity ReStore (208 Cottage Grove Rd.) - Seventh annual Earth Day celebration featuring a Recycle/Reuse Art Auction and hosting 15+ earth-friendly exhibition booths providing information on green building, sustainable living and other recycling/reuse options. Free and open to the public. Kids activities, plus refreshments. Info: www.restoredane.org |
| Mon | April 21 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm | UW-Madison, Rm 1610 Engineering Hall - Energy and World Development – Challenges for Health and Climate - talk with Prof. Kirk Smith, Dept. of Global and Environmental Health, UC-Berkeley, and contributing author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Info: switmer@wisc.edu |
| Wed | April 23 | 6:30 pm | Sequoya Branch Library (513 S. Midvale Blvd.) - Wisconsin’s Inconvenient Truth! Climate change is now underway and already affecting our lives... What can be done at the state level to lead us to a more sustainable energy future? Discussion series hosted by Clean Wisconsin. Info: 608-251-7020 ex. 17 or www.cleanwisconsin.org |
| Thur | April 24 | 3:30 pm | Iraq and Recession Report Release at UW Library Mall at 3:30, then at Capitol Square & State St. at 5 pm. Go to http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=46273 for MoveOn.org sign up page. |
| Fri | April 25 | 8 pm | Meriter Main Gate, Grand Hall (333 W. Main St.) - Depleted Uranium and its Impact on Iraqis – talk with Sami Rasouli, Iraq Muslim Peacemaking Team. Info: #250-9240 |
| Tue | April 29 | 4 pm - 5:30 pm | Technologies of War and Masculine Identities: The Introduction and Diffusion of Guns – talk by Anne Walthal of UC-Irvine at Rm. 220 Ingrahm Hall, UW-Madison. Info: #262-3643. |
| Tue | April 29 | 7 pm | Crashing the War in Iraq: How I Made a Fake Press Pass at Kinkos, Joined the Army as a Tank Gunner, and Won a Combat Medal! Award winning guerilla journalist and filmmaker Mike Shiley will speak and screen the film: Inside Iraq - The Untold Stories, at UW-Madison Memorial Union - Tripp Commons. |
| Thur | May 1 | 11:30 am | Brittingham Park. May Day Rally and March Around the Capitol to the City County Building to celebrate international worker solidarity by defending the rights of immigrants everywhere! Info: www.uniondetrabajadores.org |
| Sat | May 3 | 8 pm | Encore Performance of the play: My Name is Rachel Corrie at St. Stephens Lutheran Church (5700 Pehasant Hill Rd in Monona). Admission is free; donations are welcomed, with half going to the costs of producing the play and half to the Augusta Victorial Hospital in East Jerusalem. The play will be proceeded by a Silent Art Auction and benefit dinner from 6 - 7:30 pm, catered by the Dardanelles Restaurant. Tickets for the dinner are $25 single or $40 for a pair. Dinner seating is limited. For tickets please contact #22-1241. Sponsored by MRSCP, St. Stephens Evangelical Lutheran Church, Madison Jewish Voice for Peace and Playgrounds for Palestine-Madison. Info: rafahsistercity@yahoo.com |
| Tues | May 13 | 7:15 pm | Keeping Palestine Alive Through Fair Trade – talk with Christa Bruhn of Madison at Meriter Main Gate (333 W. Main St.). Hosted by the Dane County Chapter of the United Nations Association (UNA)-USA. Info: bblock@charter.net |
| Wed | May 14 | 7 pm | Public Address by Archbishop Elias Chacour, a Palestinian Christian who is a citizen of Israel, on Building Peace in the Midst of the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict at First United Methodist (203 Wisconsin Ave). A free-will offering will be received to support the Peace-Building work of Archbishop Chacour. Info: #241-9281 or www.pilgrimsofibillin.org |
| Sat | May 24 | 10 am | Surge Against War!, Federal Court House (120 N. Henry St.). Demonstrate for peace, march for justice, and speak out against war crimes. Sponsored by the Madison Area Peace Coalition. Info: www.madpeace.org [poster] [more] |
| Mon | May 26 | 1 - 2:30 pm | Memorial Day Commemoration at James Madison Park, next
to Gates of Heaven Synagogue, sponsored by Madison Veterans for Peace.
Lee Rayburn of Madison’s 92.1 FM will emcee this outdoor event. Music
will be provided by the Madison folk group “Old Cool.” Audience members
will be invited to read the names of WI Soldiers Killed in Iraq &
Afghanistan.The speakers will be: · Robert Koehler, a Chicago-based journalist, an editor at Tribune Media Services and nationally syndicated writer · Frances Wiedenhoeft, Iraq War veteran (2 tours Iraq, 1 Afghanistan), and a nurse anesthetist in the Army medical corps and member of VFP. · Dan Kaufman, Iraq War veteran and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. |
| Tue | June 3 | 6:45 - 8 pm | Race, Theology and Politics is the speaker's topic at the Madison Urban Ministry annual meeting. The talk will be at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 2019 Fisher Street. The speaker is the Rev. Wanda Washington, Grace United Church of Christ, Milwaukee (formerly Associate Pastor at Trinity U.C.C. in Chicago). Info: Rev. Lori Powell: 256-0906 or lori@emum.org. |
| Wed | June 4 | 7 pm | The Lessons of DNA: Preventing Conviction of the Innocent, a talk by John Pray, Clinical Professor, UW Law School, at Wednesday Nite @ the Lab, Room 1111 (the Auditorium), 425 Henry Mall on the UW campus. The talk will also be available via live videostreaming at http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/webcams/. [more] |
| Thur | June 5 | 5 - 8 pm | Community Forum on Homelessness at First United Methodist church, 203 Wisconsin Ave, Madison. If you'd like to learn more about the extent of homelessness in our community, the challenges faced by families who are homeless and discuss what is and can be done to decrease homelessness, please call Madison-area Urban Ministry, 256-0906, to register, or email Linda@emum.org. The event is free and open to the public. Light snacks will be provided. |
| Thur | June 19 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm | Night of 1,000 Conversations - a discussion of how the current policies of the Department of Homeland Security is undermining the civil liberties and human rights of people living in America at the Catholic Multicultural Center, 1862 Beld Street in Madison. [more] |
| Sat | June 21 | 9 am - noon | Come Puzzle With Me About Our Government and Our Role in Changing It, led by Midge Miller at Capitol Lakes (formerly Meriter Maingate), 333 W. Main Street, Madison. [more] |
| Wed | July 9 | 5 pm | Planning meeting for the Madison leg of the "Witness Against War" walk from Chicago to St Paul, MN, at the WNPJ 4th floor conference room, 122 State St. |
| Tue | July 15 | 7 - 9 pm | Town Hall Meeting on US Policy on IRAN - Madison, at Lowell Hall, 610 Langdon St., Rm B1-A/D. Panelists to include Joe Elder, Jeff Patterson of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Majid Sarmadi, and others...with an open mic, moderated by Bonnie Block - with the purpose of education and mobilization to oppose another war. Co-sponsored by WNPJ, Madison Pledge of Resistance, UNA-USA-Dane County, PSR-WI, WILPF, Health Writers and others. Contact: Joy First at jsfirst@tds.net or Bonnie Block at bblock@charter.net. |
| Wed | July 23 | 6 pm | Organizational meeting for Madison chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in the meeting room of Sequoya Public Library, 513 S. Midvale Blvd. Contact: Robyn Perrin robyn@perrinhome.com |
| Sun - Tue | July 27 - 29 | The "Witness Against War" walk from Chicago to St Paul, MN, comes through Madison. See http://www.wnpj.org/node/9579. | |
| Sun | July 27 | 5 - 8 pm | There will be a potluck dinner for the "Witness Against War" walkers the evening that they arrive in Madison and a presentation by Kathy Kelly, at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, 2450 Atwood Ave. Music by the Raging Grannies and others. [more] |
| Mon | July 28 | 9 - 11 am | Breakfast for the "Witness Against War" walkers at the Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society Meeting House, 2010 Whenona Dr. in southwest Madison. Sponsored by the Prairie UU Society Social Action Committee. Contact: Kathy Converse, 608-238-1856 |
| Fri - Sun | Aug 15 - 17 | People’s Networking Convention, your grassroots alternative to the DNC and RNC circus! SCHEDULE | |
| Sat | Aug 16 | 9 am - noon | "Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections", a documentary film by David Earnhardt at Capitol Lakes (formerly Meriter Maingate), 333 W. Main Street, Madison. (Free parking available at ramp across the street.) At this Progressive Roundtable the video showing will be followed by a group discussion led by Midge Miller. |
| Fri - Sun | Aug 22 - 24 | Orton Park Festival, Orton Park (1200 Block Spaight St.). Music, food, info tables, and more. Info: marquette-neighborhood.org | |
| Sat - Sun | Aug 23 - 24 | Rummage sale Saturday 10 to 5 and Sunday 10 to 2. Sale will be at 514/516 S. Ingersoll Street. You may drop off items at this address on Friday August 22. (If you need help getting things there, call 212-4203 or 256-7322 before Friday.) We welcome all donated items! They all are tax-deductible. Whatever profit there is will go to the Coalition for Wisconsin Health to work for Health Care for ALL! http://www.wisconsinhealth.org/ | |
| Sat | Sept 6 | Fighting Bobfest at the Sauk County Fairgrounds in Baraboo, WI. Keynote speakers include: Bill McKibben, Jim Hightower, Phil Donahue, Rep. Gwen Moore, Rep. Tammy Baldwin and many others. Info: www.fightingbobfest.org | |
| Sat | Sept 13 | 9 am - noon | "The National Platforms of the Two Major Political Parties", a talk by Professor Charles Franklin at Capitol Lakes (formerly Meriter Maingate), 333 W. Main Street, Madison. (Free parking available at ramp across the street.) A panel discussion will follow Professor Franklin's presentation. Panel members will include Joe Elder, Bill Kraus and Midge Miller. [more] |
| Wed | Sept 17 | 7 pm | "Beyond Green Buildings: Sustainable Urbanism and the LEED Neighborhood Development Program," a presentation by Doug Farr at the Monona Terrace, Hall of Ideas. Doug Farr, author of Sustainable Urbanism, has served as co-chair of the Environmental Task Force of the Congress for the New Urbanism, chair of the AIA Chicago Committee on the Environment, and chair of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) Core Committee. This event, sponsored by Sustain Dane, the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Planning Association, the University of Wisconsin Nelson Institute and the Center for Neighborhood Design, is free and open to the public. Contact: Stephen Steinhoff, Neighborhood Design Center, (608) 843-9089, www.neighborhooddesigncenter.org |
| Wed | Sept 17 | 7:30 pm | "Speak for Peace" tour in the main room at Capitol Lakes (formerly Meriter Maingate), 333 West Main, downtown Madison. Free Parking at ramp across the Street. A US veteran, Eugene Cherry and an Iraqui, Raed Jarrar who grew up in Baghdad will talk about the realities of the Iraq war, and ending the war and occupation. The program will start with peace songs by the Raging Grannies of Madison. |
| Sun | Sept 21 | 5:15 pm | Peace Rally and Moment of Silence on UW Library Mall for the International Day of Peace. Following a brief introduction by a member of the Peace Day @ UW Committee, a moment of silence will be held to honor all who have lost their lives to armed conflict in the world. The ringing of the Music Hall bells will break the silence. UW Professor Howard Schweber will then keynote the rally. |
| Sun | Sept 21 | 6:45-8:15 pm | See the film, "The Day After Peace," in Humanities 1651. This is a documentary film that follows Jeremy Gilley on his journey to establish an international day of ceasefire and non-violence. In 2001, the U.N. passed a resolution and the first step of Gilley’s journey was complete. He would realize, however, that the real challenge is making the day substantive—more than just a date on a calendar. The film follows Jeremy as he travels the world convincing large corporations, hopeless children, and jaded politicians to put their energy into making the International Day of Peace work. The film features Kofi Annan, the Dalai Lama, Angelina Jolie, Jude Law, Shimon Peres, Queen Rania of Jordan, Dr. Oscar Arias of Costa Rica, Amre Moussa, and others. [more] |
| Thur | Sept 25 | 5 - 6 pm | STOP THE BAILOUT! Honk for Economic Justice. At Villager Mall, 2300 South Park Street, Madison residents will be joining with people in other cities across the U.S. in a nationwide protest against the Bush bailout of reckless Wall Street investment bankers. Gather in front of the Villager at 5:00 pm. For more information: Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice, outreach@wnpj.org or 608-250-9240. |
| Sat | Sept 27 | 3:30 - 6:30 pm | Madison Winter Soldier - Iraqi Veterans Against War Speak
Out! at UW-Madison Memorial Union Theater (800 Langdon St.).
Guest speakers include: John Stauber, coauthor of the Best War Ever
and Sami Rasouli, an Iraqi-American peace activist. Veterans will also
testify about their experiences in the military addressing: * Eyewitness accounts and personal stories from veterans and military families * Veterans' Healthcare and the failure of the VA system * The poverty draft and military recruitment today * Supporting war resisters and the future of GI resistance * Racism and the War on Terror * Veterans, GIs, students, labor, and other peace groups working together end the war Anti-war march will follow the program. Suggested donation of $5, but no one will be turned away. Info: madisonwintersoldier@gmail.com |
| Thur | Oct 2 | 7:30 pm | Carbon-free and Nuclear-free: a Roadmap for US Energy Policy, a talk with Arjun Makhijani at the State Historical Society Auditorium (816 State St. - UW Madison Library Mall). Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility. 6:30 pm reception precedes presentation. Free. Info: www.psrwisconsin.org |
| Fri | Oct 3 | noon | My Name is Rachel Corrie in Anderson Auditorium, Predolin Hall, Edgewood College, a play based on the writings of Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist killed in Gaza in 2003. Free and open to the public. [more] |
| Sat | Oct 4 | WNPJ Annual Fall Assembly all day at Marquette University, Milwaukee. The Raging Grannies of Madison will sing. [more] | |
| Sat | Oct 4 | 7:30 pm | My Name is Rachel Corrie in Anderson Auditorium, Predolin Hall, Edgewood College, a play based on the writings of Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist killed in Gaza in 2003. Free and open to the public. [more] |
| Sun | Oct 12 | 10 am | Iran: Myth and Reality presented by Majid Sarmadi at Prairie UU Society Meeting House, 2010 Whenona Dr. in southwest Madison. [more] |
| Thur | Oct 23 | 7 pm | Free public showing of the Michael Moore film Sicko at Prairie UU Society Meeting House, 2010 Whenona Dr. in southwest Madison. |
| Thur | Oct 23 | 7 pm | The Organizing of the President: What’s Next for the Obama Movement After the Election?, a conversation with Al Giordano at 147 Education Building on the UW campus. [poster] |
| Sun | Oct 26 | 2:20 pm | "Human Rights--60 Years After the Declaration", an address by Micheline Ishay, Ph.D., Human Rights Program Director, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, at the Community Terrace Room, Monona Terrace, 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison. This is part of the UNA-USA Dane County Chapter meeting, 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm, Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [brochure] |
| Thur | Oct 30 | 7 pm | Bolivia's Efforts to End Poverty: A First Hand Report by Pat Wright and Dave Ranney at Prairie UU Society Meeting House, 2010 Whenona Dr. in southwest Madison. The two will share their experiences from a recent 10 day fact finding trip and lead a discussion of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. Potluck meal at 6 pm. [flyer] |
| Fri | Nov 7 | 7:30 pm | Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, 3650 Humanities Building, UW-Madison Campus. The talk will be followed by a response panel featuring Edgewood prof. William Duddleston and Matt Rothschild, Editor of The Progressive magazine. [more] |
| Wed | Nov 12 | 6:30 pm | Where Do We Go from Here? - A post-election public conversation sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Madison Branch, at the Madison Police South Precinct (815 Hughes Pl.). Everyone welcome - dessert provided. Info: #238-5740 or #846-5217. |
| Fri | Nov 21 | 6:15 pm | SOA Prayer Vigil, State St. at the Capitol Square. Procession (bring a flashlight!) around the square to First United Methodist Church (203 Wisconsin Ave.) for a 7:00 pm service that will include prayer, singing and reflection on the suffering of those affected by repression in Latin America. This event is in solidarity with the Annual Vigil at Fort Benning, GA, home of the infamous School of America (SOA) torture training facility run by the Pentagon. [poster] Info: #516-1656 |
| Sat | Nov 22 | 2 pm | Regime Change in America! on the Capitol steps facing State Street. Bring enthusiasm and ideas, plus all of your friends, family and co-workers. Sponsored by MAPC. Contact: David Koene or Barb at barbara@merr.com |
| Sun | Nov 23 | 8:30 am - 3pm | Fair-Trade Christmas Sale at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Road, in the Church's Friendship Hall. Unusual and beautiful gifts and holiday items for sale. Proceeds help people around the world to be self-sustaining. Items for sale include jams, sauces, coffee, olive oil, toys, baskets, boxes, jewelry, carvings, musical instruments, pottery, beads, doll clothes, clothing, rugs, copper vases, Christmas ornaments & decorations, greeting cards...from all over the world and right here in Dane County. Info: 271-7212 |
| Sat | Dec 6 | 9 am - 4 pm | 12th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival! at Monona Terrace. Arts, crafts, clothing, pottery, weavings, food items, and more - from all around the globe and our own backyard! Support fair trade this holiday season with gifts that reflect social and economic justice. Info: www.calamadison.org |
| Mon | Dec 10 | 4:30 pm - 6 pm | Where Are Human Rights Today? - Human Rights Day panel discussion at UW Madison - Humanities, Rm 3650, (Park and University) with Prof. Barrett McCormick, Judge (ret.) Moria Krueger, Chris Ahmuty (American Civil Liberties Union) & Angie Hougas (Amnesty International). Contact: Tom Brown, United Nations Association, Wisconsin Division (608) 441-1944 unitednationsassociationwisc@tds.net |
| Tue | Jan 6, 2009 | 1 pm | March of the Dead - Madison. Meet at 210 Martin Luther King Blvd, to process to the offices of Rep. Baldwin and Sen. Kohl. Dress in black and all welcome, as we read the names of those killed in Iraq and protest war-funding in all parts of the world. The march in Madison will directly follow a trial in the City-County building at noon of Cassandra Dixon, Bonnie Block, and Joy First, charged with obstruction of a building as they spoke out against the war in October. Contact: jsfirst@tds.net. |
| Sat | Jan 10 | 9:30 am | 2009 Human Rights Celebration: Seeking Shalom, at Fitchburg Memorial United Church of Christ, 5705 Lacy Road. Church Women United of Madison WI, Inc. will host this celebration. There is no charge for breakfast – the members of the Church Women United Board are providing the breakfast selections. At 10:30 the Human Rights Celebration will begin. Details: Church Women United, 725 Gilmore Street, Madison, WI 53711, phone 608-663-8450. |
| Fri | Jan 16 | 4:30 - 7:30 pm | The King Coalition will sponsor the 22nd Annual Free Community Dinner at Gordon Commons, Room B5, University of Wisconsin Campus, 717 W. Johnson Street. All interested community members are invited to share a wonderful meal with friends, old and new, in Dr. King’s spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood. For more information contact Mona Adams Winston at 608-239-7707 or Edward Lee at 608-213-7907. |
| Mon | Jan 19 | 8 am | 11th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Service Day - starting at the Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison. [more] |
| Mon | Jan 19 | 6 pm | Dane County-Madison King Holiday Observance Will Reflect On The Inspiration of Dreams; Responsibilities of Change. 2009 City-County Observance will take place at the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater located at 201 State Street in Madison. There is no cost to attend. [more] |
| Thur | Jan 22 | 6 - 8 pm | DIALOGUE CONTINUES - Race, Theology & Politics: Reflecting on Post-Election/Inauguration Hate Crimes & the Faith Community Response. - presented by the Madison-area Urban Ministry (MUM) at The Villager, Room 2234A, 2300 South Park Street, Madison. MUM has invited Lucia Nuñez and Eric Kestin, from the Dept. of Civil Rights and the Seeking Tolerance and Justice Over Hate Commission, as facilitators. Registration encouraged but not required. For more information: lori@emum.org or call Lori at 256-0906. |
| Fri | Jan 23 | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm and 5 - 7 pm | Neighborhood House Community Center First Annual SoupServ benefit at 29 S. Mills Street, Madison, WI 53715. [flyer] |
| Sat | Jan 24 | 7 pm | The Left & Obama: A Public Forum at Orpheum Theatre's Stage Door, with UW Prof. Jennifer Loewenstein, The Nation's John Nichols, The Progressive Editor Matt Rothschild, author Lance Selfa, Veterans for Peace's Will Williams. $5-$10 donation. 245-3390 [more] |
| Mon | Feb 2 | 4:30 pm | Communities, Climate Change, and Development: Can the International Climate Regime Deliver Mitigation and Adaptation That Benefit the Poor? - presentation at UW-Madison, Pyle Center, Rm. 121 (702 Langdon St.) by Prof. Diana Liverman, Director of Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute. (Part of the Roy F. Weston Lecture Series in Sustainability.) |
| Thur | Feb 19 | 4:30 - 6 pm | What is the place of religion in the environmental movement? Cal DeWitt and Mark Kresowik will keynote the discussion at this Environment on Tap event in Rm 15 Science Hall, 550 N Park St, on the UW campus. [details] |
| Tue | Feb 24 | 6:45 pm | BUS ‘FAIR’ - PUBLIC HEARING – Madison. City-County Building; Room 201, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. A public hearing will be held before the Madison Common Council on a decision to overturn the approved fare increase of $1.75 set by the Transit and Parking Commission (TPC) on January 13. Citizens are encouraged to come & comment on the increase to a $1.75 fare (approved by the TPC) or the increase to $2.00 (originally approved by the Common Council). The fare increase would be implemented April 5, 2009. For a complete price list of all Metro fare increases based on the two approved scenarios see: http://www.cityofmadison.com/metro/PublicHearing-Council/publichearing-fareincreaseappeal.html |
| Tue | Feb 24 | 7 pm | Population and the Climate Problem: Silver Bullet or Red Herring?, a lecture by Dr. Brian O'Neill of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in UW's Daniels Chemistry Building, 1101 University Ave., room 1361. |
| Mon | March 2 | 7 pm | Campus Anti-war Network Meeting on Afghanistan at UW-Madison, Memorial Union – with guest speaker, Steve Burns, program coordinator for the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice. Info: outreach@wnpj.org |
| Fri | March 6 | 7:30 pm | Forum on Afghanistan, UW Humanities Building, Room
3650 (corner of State and Park Streets). Speakers: Professor Joe Elder Professor Uli Schamiloglu Professor Emeritus Frank Espak Adam Schesch, Ph. D Sponsor: UW Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia. Free and open to the public. Info: (608) 262-2782 |
| Sat | March 7 | 9 am - 4:30 pm | Building the Beloved Community: Realizing Racial Justice at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Dr. in southwest Madison. This is a one-day, interactive training - with potluck lunch. We will explore the unspoken realities of white privilege and grapple with how to be an effective ally in bringing about a racially just world. Facilitated by Sha’an Mouliert: co-founder of the African American Alliance of the Northeast Kingdom (Vermont), a grassroots organization committed to racial justice, educator, artist, National WILPF Racial Justice Trainer. Space is limited and reservations recommended. Donations will be welcomed. To RSVP and for more info: #243-8092 http://www.wilpf.org/whiteprivtraining |
| Sat | March 7 | 7 pm | Housing, Homelessness, and Prisoner Reentry, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church Parish Hall (404 E. Main St.). Pastor Washington from Grace United Church of Christ in Milwaukee will speak to the issue of homelessness as it affects formerly incarcerated people. She was formerly Associate Pastor and Director of Pastoral Services at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. This event is also a fundraiser for Oxford House which provides housing to men in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Info: browe@chorus.net |
| Sun | March 8 | 10 am | Military Recruiting Abuse - What We Can Do - presented by Vicki Berenson at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Dr. in southwest Madison. [more] |
| Thur | March 19 | 6 pm | Obama: Wrong on Afghanistan & Wrong on NOT Prosecuting Torture, a town meeting organized by Veterans for Peace at the Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St. Come at 5:45 pm for treats. The meeting starts at 6 pm. Speakers include Buzz Davis "Are we being led like lambs to the slaughter?" and Dr. Adam Schesch "Afghanistan, the un-winnable war: counterinsurgency versus a hunt for al Qaeda." Progressive magazine editor Matthew Rothschild will speak on "torture organizers and why leaders must be prosecuted by Obama now." Bonnie Block, a leader of the United Nations Association of Dane County, will discuss Rep. Dennis Kucinich's 12 point plan for ending the Iraq occupation as a model for withdrawal from Afghanistan and Pakistan. [more] |
| Thur | March 26 | 7 pm | The Solar Info Center in Freiburg, Germany: A Model For Sustainable Development, a lecture by Rolf Buschmann at the Anderson Auditorium, Edgewood College. [more] |
| Sun | March 27 | Interfaith Peace Fair!, March 27-9, First
Unitarian Society.
Highlights include: · Friday, 3/27, viewing of the film “Beyond Our Differences,” followed by a discussion led by Joe Elder, UW Professor and Trustee for the International Committee for the Peace Council. · Art exhibit throughout, featuring Epidemic Peace Imagery, and The Rise of the Fallen, work of Andre Ferrella. Artists Reception on Friday, 3/27, from 5:30-7pm · Keynote address on Saturday, 3/28, at 9:45am by Tom Cordaro, author of “Be Not Afraid: An Alternative to the War on Terror.” · Sunday, 3/29, 2pm, Visions of Peace: A Concert. All programs are free and open to the public, and childcare is available, as well as some family-friendly activities. Bring a lunch on Saturday, or purchase one at the event. Workshops offered throughout the day on Saturday. Pick up a brochure and registration form at the info kiosk at First Unitarian Society, or see the full program and register on-line at: http://fusmadison.org/sj/peace_fair_brochure.pdf. For more info, contact Social Justice Coordinator Wendy Cooper at wendyc@fusmadison.org. Again, all events are free! |
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| Wed | April 1 | 7 pm | Earth Day or End Time? Reclaiming the Future - Nelson Institute talk by David Lowenthal, Professor Emeritus, Geography, University College London, at 2650 Humanities Bldy, 455 N. Park Street. [more] |
| Thurs - Sat | April 2 - 4 | ***Three-day series to Bring the Guard Home - It's the Law - Madison and Milwaukee. For this special three-day series of events, we are bringing Benson Scotch to Wisconsin from his home state of Vermont. Scotch is senior legal counsel to the national Bring the Guard Home! campaign, and this will be your best opportunity to learn more about the legal, political, and moral issues involved in this exciting effort. For more information, see individual events listed below, go to www.bringtheguardhome.org/events/wisconsin_launch or contact statewide coordinator Joy first - jsfirst@tds.net | |
| Thur | April 2 | 12 noon | ***UW LAW SCHOOL: Restoring the Rule of Law Where It Matters Most - Madison. UW Law School, Lubar Commons. Join a lively discussion with Attorney Benson Scotch on "The new debate over war powers, defense policy, and the National Guard," with special guest, State Representative Spencer Black, the lead sponsor of WI National Guard federalization review legislation. Contact statewide coordinator Joy first - jsfirst@tds.net |
| Thur | April 2 | 7 pm | ***MADISON TEACH-IN: You are the Commander in Chief - UW-Madison campus. With Benson Scotch and John Nichols: A Teach-In on the National Guard, War Powers, and what Wisconsin can do to end illegal wars. Contact statewide coordinator Joy first - jsfirst@tds.net |
| Fri | April 3 | 9 pm | Madison Activist, Will Williams - in Film Festival Movie: Good Soldier - Madison. Bartell Theater, on the Square near N. Hamilton. Will is active in many Madison peace groups, including MAPC and Veterans for Peace. The producers of the film, Lexy and Michael Uys, will be present for the Q&A following the film. Contact info for Out of the Blue Productions is lovelluys@aol.com - 718-369-7013. To contact Will, e-mail is cuchi66@badgerinternet.com |
| Sat | April 4 | 12:30 - 3 pm | ***Real Change Means: No More War! - At home or abroad! Not One More Death, Not One More Dollar! Wisconsin National Guard Home ! Rally - Madison. Gather at library mall, and walk up State Street to the Rally at the Capitol at 1:30 pm. Speakers - music - more. All welcome. Join in! Peace groups and organizations across the country and abroad have called for demonstrations on April 4, the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's famed 1967 Riverside Church address that openly declared his opposition to the Vietnam War. That day also is the 60th anniversary of the founding of NATO, the supposed defensive military alliance now currently waging the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Contact Madison Area Peace Coalition at barbara@merr.com. [schedule] |
| Sat | April 4 | 4 pm | ***RECEPTION: Meet and Greet with Benson Scotch - Madison. Cafe Montmartre, 127 E. Mifflin St. Immediately following the March and Rally, please join Wisconsin: Bring the Guard Home! at Cafe Montmartre for a chance to meet Benson Scotch and other national and local leaders of this exciting campaign! For more information, contact statewide coordinator Joy first - jsfirst@tds.net |
| Sun | April 5 | 1:30 - 3:30 pm | April Series: Israel-Palestine from Bush to Obama:
Health, Human Rights and Foreign Policy. Rita Giacaman; Health Conditions & Medical Services under Siege, 2006-2009 at First Unitarian Society of Madison, 900 University Bay Drive. Ms. Giacaman is from Bir Zeit University, Ramallah, West Bank |
| Mon | April 6 | 3:30 - 5:30 pm | April Series: Israel-Palestine from Bush to Obama:
Health, Human Rights and Foreign Policy. Graham Watt on Human Rights, Public Health & Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP); rm 206, Ingraham Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1155 Observatory Drive. The speaker is from University of Glasgow, Scotland. |
| Mon | April 6 | 7:30 pm | April Series: Israel-Palestine from Bush to Obama:
Health, Human Rights and Foreign Policy. Panel Discussion with Graham Watt, Rita Giacaman & Noam Chomsky; 'Balance' and Intimidation: Silencing Debate on Palestine - the Lancet, March 2009, & other case studies; At Anderson Auditorium, Edgewood College; 1000 Edgewood College Drive. |
| Tue | April 7 | Spring General Election. See http://www.danenet.org/lwvdc/answers.html for candidate answers posted by the League of Women Voters - Dane County to LWV questions. | |
| Tues | April 7 | 7:30 pm | April Series: Israel-Palestine from Bush to Obama:
Health, Human Rights and Foreign Policy. Noam Chomsky (MIT): Assessing the role of US Foreign Policy, Israeli Security, & Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; Orpheum Theater; 216 State Street; Tickets Required: $10.00 per person; limit 4 per person. Available at: 1. Orpheum Theater (216 State Street); (608) 255-8755; 2. Rainbow Bookstore (426 W. Gilman Street); www.rainbowbookstore.org 3. Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice; (122 State Street, Suite #402); call ahead or email: info@wnpj.org (608) 250-9240 |
| Sun | April 12 | 11:25 am | Conversations in Conflict, a special talk at the
Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society Meeting House, 2010 Whenona Dr.,
by activist and playwright Sol Kelley-Jones. The public is invited to hear a brief talk by Sol Kelley-Jones, creator of the current Broom Street Theater play, The Birds That Are Your Hands...How to Start a Fire Under Siege, immediately following the regular Sunday morning program at the Meeting House. She will be talking about how she came to get involved in Palestinian and Mexican immigrant issues, about her expectations before visiting border areas, the reality she found there and the insights she gained, and how she came to create the play. [more] |
| Weekends | now thru April 19 | The Birds that are Your Hands at the Broom Street Theater, 1119 Williamson Street. This is a new play by artist and activist Sol Kelley-Jones. From the U.S./Mexico border to the Middle East the play unfurls a collage of stories drawing attention to the hands of those enclosed by borders, those making the crossing, and those who capitalize on the construction of walls, revealing the voices and stories of those so often deemed "collateral." The play runs through April 19; Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm (admission: $9) Sunday matinees at 2pm (admission: $6). Call (608) 244-8338 for reservations. For more information e-mail : birdsarehands@gmail.com or visit http://www.broomstreet.org/archives/2009-02.asp. | |
| Sat | April 18 | noon - 4 pm | Habitat Restore (208 Cottage Grove Rd.) Eighth Annual Earth Day Celebration! Featuring earth-friendly booths providing information on green building, sustainable living and other recycling and reuse options and of course Mother Earth! Exhibitors include: Artisan Exteriors, Blair Landscape, Bicycle Federation of WI, Full Spectrum Solar, MPower Campaign, PrairieFire BioFuels Coop, Design Coalition, Wildwood Institute of Herbal Medicine, Sustainable Times, City of Madison, Natural Step Group, Nelson Institute, Olbrich Garden, MG&E, a neighborhood electric vehicle, Sustain Dane Rain Barrels and water conservation kits and much more! Open to the public, no fee, free refreshments, and live music with Round the Bend! Info: 661-2813 www.restoredane.org |
| Sun | April 19 | 10 am | Feeding the hungry in the face of the global economic crisis - Sunday service presentation by Dr. Florence Chenoweth at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Dr. in Madison. The number of chronically hungry people has surpassed the 1 billion mark for the first time as the economic crisis compounds the impact of high food prices. The world has struggled and failed to provide the enabling environment that would allow the hungry to feed themselves. There will be billions more mouths to feed by 2050, making an increased demand for food a long-term trend. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has indicated that to meet the challenge, global food production must double. Two questions come to mind: Firstly, can we come up with a sustainable approach to putting dinner on the plates of nearly 1 billion people that are currently undernourished and all of the others that make up the current population of 6.7 billion? Secondly, can we meet the challenge of doing the same for the extra billions that will need to be fed in the next 42 years without degrading our environment further? Dr. Chenoweth will address the issue of world hunger from a basic human rights approach and all of the wiggles that surrounds it. |
| Sun | April 19 | 12:30 to 6 pm | Food, Faith, and Earth Day 2009 at First United
Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue - Madison.
Keynote Speaker - Prof. John Ikerd
(Food, Faith and Earth: A Matter of Connections) Educational workshops, exhibits - local food & faith organizations, community meals [more] |
| Wed | April 22 | 7 pm | Fr. Thomas Pallithanam will speak at Prairie Unitarian
Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Dr. in Madison, about the People's
Action for Rural Awakening in India. Father Thomas Pallithanam is a lawyer and Salesian priest who has dedicated his life and work to helping the poor in India. He is director of the People’s Action for Rural Awakening (PARA), an NGO in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India that works for the rights of the Dalits (commonly known as untouchables here in the US). Pallithanam will talk about PARA, his activist work in India and beyond, and the recent religious violence in the northern state of Orissa. The event is free but suggested donations to PARA will be appreciated. Sponsored by the Prairie Social Action Committee. |
| Thur - Fri | April 23-24 | 8th Annual International Bioethics Forum: Sustainability at the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison. Cost $75. [more] | |
| Fri - Sat | April 24-25 | Our Campus, Our World: Collectively Creating a Better and More Just Society, a Social Justice Conference at the UW-Madison. [more] | |
| Wed | April 29 | 6 - 8 pm | Combating HIV/AIDS: The Religious Perspective, 2221
Humanities at the UW-Madison. Speakers: Representatives from St. Paul’s
University Catholic Center, The Pres House, UW- Hillel. Some topics
they will discuss: Pope Benedict, Condoms and Aids; Message of Jesus
and HIV/AIDS response. * Panelists will briefly discuss their position and ideas * Question and answer session * Casual discussion Co-sponsors: Campus Women's Center, Madison Unitarian Universalist Young Adult and Campus Ministry, Lutheran Campus Ministry at UW-Madison. |
| Fri | May 1 | 11 am | May Day March and Rally for the Poor, the Immigrants and the Workers, starting at Brittingham Park (W. Washington Ave. and Park St.). Info: 1-866-476-0884 or www.maydayinmadison.org |
| Sat | May 2 | 6 - 10 pm | May Day Sing-a-Long at Goodman Community Center (149 Waubesa St.). Join folksinger Vicki Guzman, from Guelph, Ontario for a festive evening of working class solidarity and songs of solidarity. Souvenir songbooks provided, along with snacks and refreshments. Free and open to the public - bring your fellow workers and the whole family! Hosted by the Madison May Day Committee. Info: 255-1800 or 262-9036 |
| Tue | May 12 | noon | On the Capitol Square, King Street Entrance, Madison - RALLY & Tent City To Prevent Homelessness. Pressure the Wisconsin Legislature to restore the property tax exemption to non-profit housing providers. Learn more: Dean Loumos: 608-332-2095 |
| Thur | May 14 | 7 pm | Room 2650 Humanities Building, UW-Madison campus, The Dhamma Brothers, a video. Sponsored by Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice & Wisconsin Books to Prisoners. Watch the trailer: http://www.dhammabrothers.com/trailer.html. Short synopsis: East meets West in the Deep South. An overcrowded maximum-security prison… in Alabama… is forever changed by the influence of an ancient mediation program. Information: sarah@wnpj.org |
| Mon | June 8 | 8 pm | Vigil in Memory of Dr. George Tiller - Peace Park on State St, Madison, next to the Chocolate Shop and Subway. Linda Ketchum from Madison Urban Ministries will speak. Please bring a candle. Contact: linda@emum.org. Dr. George Tiller, one of only a few doctors in the nation who performed abortions late in pregnancy, was shot to death Sunday in Kansas in the foyer of his longtime church as he handed out church bulletins. |
| Tue | June 9 | 1-3 & 6-8 pm | “BEYOND DIALOGUE: How to Work Meaningfully Beyond the
Boundaries of Faith”, at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 326 South Segoe
Road, Madison. Madison Area Urban Ministry is sponsoring an afternoon
workshop and an evening dialogue with Nancy Kirk from the Tri Faith
Initiative of Omaha, Nebraska. The Tri Faith Initiative is a
collaboration between Temple Israel, The Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska,
and The American Institute of Islamic Studies and Culture. They have
purchased land and are building an interfaith campus. Each faith
community will have their own worship building (temple, mosque, church)
and a fourth building will be built for interfaith work. 1 to 3 PM: Afternoon Workshop ($10 per person) 6 to 8 PM: Evening Program ($20 per person; includes dinner) This event celebrates MUM’s Annual Meeting. The meal will be from 6 to 6:30, the Annual Meeting will be brief. The presenter, Nancy Kirk, will begin at 6:45. After the presentation participants will be invited to dialogue in small groups. For more information and to register, contact: Lori Powell at 608-256-0906 or lori@emum.org . |
| Tue | June 9 | 7 pm | Monthly Meeting of the Dane CO - UNA-USA with MASCP at Capital Lakes Retirement Center, 333 W. Main St, Madison. We'll be hearing this month from a three person delegation from the Madison-Arcatao Sister Cities Project, who were official observers during the presidential elections in El Salvador in March. Info: Contact John Quinlan at quinlanjohnl@aol.com |
| Wed | June 10 | noon | Single Payer Healthcare Rally at the Madison City County Building (215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd). The United States continues to pour billions of dollars down the black hole of pointless wars while fifty million Americans cannot afford basic health insurance. Even though President Obama said that health care is a right, Single Payer national healthcare has been taken off the table. What is wrong with our national priorities? How can we afford illegal wars and massive bailouts for Wall Street but not Single Payer healthcare? Ask our elected officials to deliver the change we voted for! |
| Thur | June 11 | 7 pm | An Evening with The Progressive's, Matt Rothschild at Avol's Bookstore, 315 W. Gorham, Madison. As part of the ongoing celebration marking the 100th Anniversary of the Progressive Magazine, Rainbow and its downtown ally, Avol's Bookstore, are co-sponsoring an evening with the monthly's editor, Matt Rothschild. Matt will be discussing and reading from the special centenary collection, Democracy in Print - The Best of the Progressive Magazine 1909-2009, just out from the University of Wisconsin Press. All are welcome. |
| Sat | June 13 | 1 pm | Wisconsin Youth Company (1201 McKenna Blvd.) Art and Activism '09 - Free and Open to the Public. Workshops begin at 1:00 pm (registration required) and performances begin at 3:00 pm. Presenters include: Bukue One, El Guante, Dj Tapedek, Ra Fury, the Figureheads, and Greg Allen! To register and for more info: junebugifca@gmail.com or #239-8600 |
| Wed | June 17 | 7 pm | WHY IS HEALTH CARE REFORM SO TOUGH TO ACHIEVE? Join us for a
night of discussion about health care reform proposals
including: the Obama plan and the Conyers (or single payer) Plan. Location: FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY, 900 University Bay Drive Panel members include: Dr. Aaron Dunn, who just received the Young Physician Leadership award from the Wisconsin Medical Society. He is a family practitioner in Mineral Point and Dodgeville. Dr. Jerry Sielaff, Retired Associate Professor of Medicine – UW Madison 25 years in emergency medicine and member of Physicians for A National Health Plan. Professor John Simonson, retired economics professor from UW Platteville. Rev. Kent Mayfield, retired college administrator and minister. This event is sponsored by The Social Justice Council of First Unitarian Society and the Dane County Grassroots Network. |
| Sat | June 20 | 7 am - 4 pm | Madison Arcatao Sister City Project Annual Garage Sale at 4406 Somerset Lane. Proceeds from the sale will help support educational and solidarity activities with our sister community in El Salvador. You can drop off items to donate for the garage sale at 4406 Somerset Lane anytime between June 1-19 - just leave them on the front porch. We can also arrange pick ups of large items if that is necessary. Info: #556-0717 |
| Sat | June 20 | 5 - 7 pm | Deterrence by Death: Human Rights Abuses in Immigration
Detention Centers, a special program at Edgewood College by Madison
human rights activists Leila Pine and Rachel Rodriquez, who have spent
time at the Arizona-Mexico border. The program, which will include
slides of activities at the U.S.-Mexico border, is cosponsored by
Centro Hispano, Latinos United for Change and Advancement (LUChA) and
several other community organizations. It will be held in the Anderson
Auditorium in the Predolin Building at Edgewood College, 1000 Edgewood
College Dr., in Madison, and is free and open to the public. Spanish
interpretation will be available.
For more info contact Leila Pine at 233-5566 or |
| Tue | June 23 | 7 pm | The Economics of Solar Power; Exploring a Solar Cooperative at Goodman Community Center (149 Waubesa St.) - a free talk open to all in the community to discuss investing in and owning local solar projects, without having to mount your own photo voltaic panels on your roof. Speakers include: Gil Halsted & Kurt Reinhold, Community Solar - Burke O’Neal, Full Spectrum Solar. Info: #213-6080 or visit: http://www.wiserearth.org/group/commsolarmadison |
| Thur - Sat | June 25 - 27 | TimeBanks USA Conference: A Time for Justice, A Wealth of Opportunity at the Madison Concourse Hotel. For more information go to the Colloquium Website www.tbusa.org or contact Adam Barr, 202-281-0755 or adam@timebanks.org. June 25-27 schedule. | |
| Fri | June 26 | Dismantling Structural Racism in Juvenile Justice & Child Welfare, a racial justice colloquium at TimeBanks USA Conference at the Madison Concourse Hotel. For more information and to R.S.V.P. please go to the Colloquium Website www.tbusa.org or contact Adam Barr, 202-281-0755 or adam@timebanks.org. | |
| Wed | July 1 | 5 - 6 pm | Blanket the Earth with Peace Dance and Gathering at. State St. corner of the Capitol Square. Join Madison Area Peace Coalition, Madison area Veterans For Peace, and Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice members for a State of Wisconsin DOA Wisconsin Capitol Police permitted rally prior to the Concerts on the Square event for that evening titled "Lincoln Anniversary/Celebrate America." Info: Steve Books, books24U@aol.com :Member - VFP Chapter 25 Madison, WI. |
| Sun | July 12 | 2 - 4 pm | Benefit for Vietnam Relief at 1602 Wicklow Way, Madison. Join us as Mike Boehm speaks for Vietnam Relief. The event will include a slide presentation and discussion of current peace and justice projects in Vietnam. Call 608-280-7195 for further details or contact Doug and Kathryn at quirks@tds.net |
| Sun | July 19 | 10 am | When Breathing is Defiance: Stories from Occupied Palestine - presented by Sol Thea Kelley-Jones and Nathan Beck at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society. The Meeting House is at the corner of Whenona and Crawford Drives just south of the Beltline in southwest Madison. |
| Sun | July 19 | 1:30 - 3:30 pm | Benefit for Vietnam Relief at 2237 Fox Ave, Madison. The event will include a slide presentation and discussion of current peace and justice projects in Vietnam with Mike Boehm. Info: #256-5088 or bblock@charter.net |
| Sat | July 25 | 2:30 pm | UW-Madison Library Mall. Healthcare for All! - Rally and March to the Capitol. The rally at the Capitol will begin at 3:00 pm. Representative Tammy Baldwin will be the keynote speaker, with music by Mama Digdown's Brass Band. Sponsored by Dane County Grassroots Network and Organizing for America. Info: Dan McMahon, drm3000(at)hotmail.com, (608) 516-3682. |
| Sun | July 26 | 7 pm | Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza, by Caryl Churchill, will be presented by Prairie's Social Action Committee at the Prairie Meeting House (at the corner of Whenona and Crawford Drives just south of the Beltline in southwest Madison). Performance of the short play will be followed by discussion. There is no admission charge, but donations will be accepted for Medical Aid for Palestinians (http://www.map-uk.org/). [flyer] |
| Fri | Aug 7 | 7 - 9 pm | Lanterns for Peace will be at the Tenney Park Shelter (E. Johnson St. at the Yahara River. Enter from Sherman Ave.). Participants will be able to make a lantern for peace or send letters to Congress for the cause. The lanterns made that night will then be put out on the water to drift in contemplative commemoration of those lost in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Music by the Raging Grannies of Madison. Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility. Info: #232-9945 or madpsr@psr.org |
| Sat - Sun | Aug 15 - 16 | 2009 Pride Festival on Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center. The festival will commence on Saturday, August 15th from 2 – 9 pm, with a performance by comedienne Vickie Shaw and other local acts, admission $5. Sunday, August 16th will feature a pride parade, beginning at 1 pm that will circle Madison’s Capital Square, starting at Café Montmarte and ending at the corner of Pinckney St. and East Washington Ave. The parade will be followed by a community picnic celebration at Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center from 2 – 7 pm, with family friendly activities and performances by local groups and organizations. Admission on Sunday will be free, but Wisconsin Capital Pride will be asking for donations. | |
| Sun | Aug 16 | 11 am - 6 pm | 25th Triangle Ethnic Fest featuring music, dancing, ethnic cuisine and fun for the whole family on the corner of Park St., Regent St. and Braxton Pl. Free admission. [press release] [schedule] |
| Wed | Aug 26 | 7 - 9 pm | Sicko is being shown at the Middleton Fire Station, 7600 University Avenue, Middleton. This free showing of Michael Moore's film is sponsored by the Middleton Action Team because they are concerned about health care reform. The Raging Grannies of Madison will sing a couple of songs before the film. |
| Thur | Aug 27 | 5 - 9 pm | Celebration of El Salvador and Sister Cities at Olin Park Pavilion, Madison. Come celebrate the election victory in El Salvador this past spring, as well as all the hard work, dedication and success of Madison Sister City groups have accomplished over the past decades to further economic, political and humanitarian justice in our sister cities. Info: #251-9280 or mascp@mascp.org |
| Sat | Aug 29 | 9 am - 1 pm | 7th Annual Community Gardens Bike Tour! - Madison. Meet at Hammersley Community Garden (6120 Hammersley Rd. next to Falk Elementary School). Join Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewiez on a bike tour of several community gardens. Ride concludes at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ (1501 Gilbert Rd.) where lunch and music will be provided. Info: #246-4730 ext. 208 |
| Sat | Aug 29 | 12 noon - 5 pm | Wisconsin Books To Prisoners Book Sale at Orton Park Festival, near the corner of Rutledge and Few. Drop off your donated books and look over the collection of reading materials. All proceeds will go towards postage to send new books to those who are eager to read within the WI prison system. WI Books to Prisoners is a project of Rainbow Bookstore. Info: #257-6050 www.rainbowbookstore.org |
| Sat | Aug 29 | 6 pm | "Medical Aid Serenade" to Benefit East Timor’s Only Free Medical Clinic, at Wil-Mar Community Center, 953 Jenifer Street. Potluck starts at 6 pm, followed by music, dancing and a talk on Health and Politics, Ten Years After East Timor’s Independence Vote by the director of East Timor’s Bairo Pite Clinic, Dr. Dan Murphy. For more info, call 608-241-2473, email madison@etan.org or see aideasttimor.org. |
| Sun | Aug 30 | 11:30 am - 2:30 pm | MFIS "Welcome to Wisconsin!" 47th annual picnic for incoming UW-Madison International Students at Rennebohm Park, 113 N. Eau Claire Ave., just west of Hilldale Mall. For more information about Madison Friends of International Students and how to get involved with their programs this fall, contact: mfis.info@gmail.com or 263-4010. |
| Fri | Sept 11 | 7:30 - 10 pm | Fighting BobFest Kick-Off Benefit at the Barrymore Theater (2090 Atwood Ave.) featuring: Jim Hightower, Jeremy Scahill, plus a video on Torturing Democracy. Info: http://www.fightingbob.com/ |
| Sat | Sept 12 | 8:45 am - 4:45 pm | Fighting Bobfest at the Sauk County Fair Grounds in Baraboo! Speakers include: Sen. Tom Harkin, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Rep. Gwen Moore, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton, Sate Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, Jim Hightower, Jeremy Scahill, Greg Palast, John Nichols, Dori Granny D Haddock, Stan Gruszynski, Bob McChesney, Ed Garvey, Dave Zweifel, among others. Music by the Raging Grannies of Madison and Peter Leidy. Info: www.fightingbobfest.org |
| Tue | Sept 15 | 7 pm | UNA-Dane County Monthly Meeting with speaker Eyleen Chou at Capital Lakes Auditorium, 333 W. Main St. Ms. Chou is President of the UW-Madison Chapter of Engineers without Borders. For more info, see http://ewbuw.org. Contact: Bonnie at bblock@charter.net |
| Wed | Sept 16 | 7 - 8:30 pm | Cassandra Dixon on Dangerous Passage to School at the South Police Precinct Station, 815 Hughes Place (behind the Park St McDonalds). This is a photo report-back on Christian Peacemaker Team work in the South Hebron Hills. All welcome. Co-sponsored by Madison Area Peace Coalition Israel/Palestine Task Force & Women's Int'l League for Peace & Freedom. Contact: David at dvdwilliams51@tds.net |
| Thur | Sept 17 | 1 - 9 pm | The Mad As Hell
Doctors' Tour to push for a single-payer health care plan will be
stopping in Madison on Thursday, September 17th, on their way from
Portland, Oregon to Washington, DC. Their tentative schedule in Madison
is as follows: 1:00 pm MAHD Care-A-Van arrives in Madison and sets up "home base" at the 1st Unitarian Society annex 2:00 - 3:00 pm Reception for doctors and health care professionals 3:00 - 4:00 pm Panel discussion on Single Payer and health care reform in the 1st Unitarian Society auditorium. The panel will include both members of the tour and local doctors 4:30 - 5:00 pm Press conference in the Senate Parlor in the Capitol 5:00 - 5:45 pm Rally at the State Street entrance to the Capitol 6:30 - 9:00 pm Fundraiser at The Dardanelles restaurant, 1851 Monroe Street |
| Tue | Sept 22 | 7 - 8:30 pm | An Eyewitness Report on Conditions in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank, a 40 min. slide show by Michele Bahl of her 2008 trip, at the Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St. Sponsored by the MAPC - Israel/Palestine Task Force. Info: dvdwilliams51@tds.net or 608-442-8399. |
| Thur | Sept 24 | 7 pm | In Defense of Food: The Omnivore's Solution, a free public address by Michael Pollan at the Kohl Center. [more] |
| Fri | Sept 25 | 3:30 pm | Conversation with Michael Pollan and Steve Paulson (WPR) at the Chazen Museum of Art Room L160. [more] |
| Sat | Sept 26 | 8 am - 1:30 pm | Food for Thought Festival, Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (off the Capitol Square), featuring a talk at 10 am by special guest Michael Pollan in the speaker's tent. |
| Sat | Oct 3 | 10 am - 4 pm | Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ) Fall Assembly at the Goodman Community Center (149 Waubesa St). Guy Wolf from LaCrosse will facilitate a panel on "Connecting the Dots" of Peace and Justice. Peacemaker Awards, business meeting, local foods, literature tables, music by the Raging Grannies. For more details and registration information, visit: www.wnpj.org |
| Thur | Oct 8 | 5:30 pm | The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment, a free public lecture by Stanford University prof. Paul Ehrlich at the Union Theater, UW Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. |
| Sat | Oct 10 | 7:30 pm | Race Course Against White Supremacy: Bill Ayers & Bernardine Dorhn speaking at the Overture Center, 205 State St. (Promenade Hall or Wisconsin Studio). Contact: janet@wnpj.org |
| Sun & Mon | Oct 11 & 12 | 10 am | Greening Our Faith Communities and Our Lives - the 4th State-Wide Wisconsin Interfaith Earthkeeping Conference, Ramada Inn, Stevens Point. Keynote Speakers: Rev. Sally Bingham and Rev. Dr. David Rhoads. [flier] |
| Mon | Oct 19 | 6:30 pm | El Salvador: Hope, Change and Human Rights - presentation at Edgewood College, Washburn Heritage Room, by Salvadoran communituy leader Rosa Centeno. Sponsored by Madison Arcatao Sister City Project, US El Salvador Sister Cities, and Edgewood College Human Issues Studies Program. Info: MASCP 251-9280 carolyn@merr.com |
| Thur | Oct 22 | 7 pm | Military Privatization in the Global South - presentation at First Unitarian Society (900 University Bay Dr.) by Dan Kenney, Illinois activist with the group No Private Armies and cofounder of the Clearwater Project to Stop Blackwater. Sponsored by Pax Christi, First Unitarian Society, and Colombia Support Network. Info: trudijenny@yahoo.com |
| Sat | Oct 24 | 11 am - 1 pm | Climate Action Festival Optional march from Memorial Union Terrace begins at 10:30 am. All artists/activists gather at the Capitol on the west lawn at 11 AM to create/activate: decorate with farm fresh produce and assorted bodies the goal: 3..5..0. [more] |
| Sat | Oct 24 | 3 - 5 pm | The Case of the US vs Sami Al-Arian - film and presentation by Dr. Melva Underbakke and Fred Bryant of Tampa, FL at the Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) . Donations welcome. This event is co-sponsored by the Madison Area Peace Coalition Israel/Palestine Task Force and the Madison Rafah-Sister City Project. Info: dvdwilliams51@tds.net |
| Sun | Oct 25 | 12:30 - 2:30 pm | UN Day Annual Dinner at the Monona Terrace Convention Center - dinner at 1 pm. Featuring keynote speaker, Rich Meeusen, co-chair of the Badger 7 Water Council, and CEO and President of the Milwaukee-based Badger Meter company. Mr. Meeusen is a leader in efforts to maximize the positive potential of Milwaukee's recent designation as one of 13 United Nations Global Compact Cities, in its role as a water technology hub. Milwaukee is one of only 14 cities worldwide to receive this designation, and only one of two in the US. [more] |
| Mon | Oct 26 | 7 pm | Talk by visiting Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz, the Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations and Chairman of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission. (Location: TBD) Ambassador Muñoz was President of the U.N. Security Council in January 2004, and was a prominent leader in the post-Allende, pro-democracy opposition to Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The Ambassador's visit is being coordinated by the UW's Latin American and Iberian Studies Dept. [His book A Solitary War on the Iraq War and the UN Security Council, appeared in April 2008 (Fulcrum Publishing). His most recent book is The Dictator's Shadow: Life Under Augusto Pinochet (Basic Books, September 2008).] For more info, contact Sarah Ripp: skripp@wisc.edu or 608-262-0616. [more] |
| Tue | Oct 27 | 7 pm | The U.S. War in Afghanistan/Pakistan: Where Do We Go From Here? - an update presented by Dr. Adam Schesch, history scholar on insurgencies and revolutions at the Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.). Sponsored by the Madison Area Peace Coalition. Info: 442-0030. |
| Wed | Nov 4 | am | BOOKS, NOT BOMBS ! Peace Demonstration for Obama's Visit to Madison near intersection of Fish Hatchery Road and Wingra Drive. [details] |
| Thur - Mon | Nov 5 - 9 | Future Cities 2009 Conference at the Inn on the Park. A three-day conference hosted by Mayors for Peace, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Disarmament, Liberty Tree Foundation, and Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free, and PSR Wisconsin. See www.futurecities2009.org for program schedule and registration information. | |
| Fri - Sun | Nov 6 - 8 | Third Annual Tales From Planet Earth Film Festival! For a full schedule visit: http://nelson.wisc.edu/tales/films.html. All films are free and open to the public. [speakers] | |
| Wed | Nov 11 | 7 pm | Mining and Radio of the Brave: Protecting Human Rights in a Progressive Government - presented by Barbara Alvarado and Mary Sommers in the Community Room of the South Madison Police Precinct, 825 Hughes Place (just off south Park Street). Barbara and Mary were part of an August 2009 Madison Arcatao Sister City Project (MASCP) delegation to El Salvador. Sponsored by MASCP and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. |
| Thur | Nov 12 | 7 pm | Charter
for Compassion - Madison - at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center,
953 Jenifer Street, Madison. This is an evening to celebrate the
unveiling of the Charter
for Compassion. A cross-section of community and spiritual leaders
along with ordinary citizens will speak about the importance and
meaning of compassion in our modern world through oratory, song, and
poetry.
The Charter for Compassion was created as a way for human beings from
varying cultures and spiritualities to reconnect by focusing on
similarities rather than differences, with an emphasis on the Golden
Rule and respecting others. It is being unveiled worldwide on November
12. The UUA is a national "event partner". The Madison event is free of charge, but you are encouraged to bring an item of non-perishable food to share with the hungry. Info: Callen Harty 608-469-6686; charty@tds.net |
| Sat | Nov 14 | 5:30 pm | Socialist Potluck at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street, Madison, with a special performance of Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza written by Caryl Churchill and directed by Andy Somers. Please bring a dish or drink to share. The performance is free, but donations are being accepted for the organization Medical Aid For Palestinians. |
| Tue | Nov 17 | 7 pm | Presentation by Ray Krone at Edgewood College, Rm. 313 DiRicci Hall. Ray Krone was the 100th American and 1st person in Arizona to be exonerated from a capital crime since the 1973 moratorium on the death penalty. Originally sentenced to death in 1992 for homicide, he was granted a new trial in 1994, convicted once again, and re-sentenced to 46 years in prison. Finally, in 2002, through the use of DNA evidence, he was able to prove his innocence and was released with all charges dropped after spending 10 years and 4 months in the Arizona prison system (with several of those years on Arizona’s death row). Krone will be speaking about his experiences with the criminal justice system. Info: heffern@edgewood.edu |
| Sun | Nov 22 | 8:30 am - 3 pm | Fair Trade Christmas Sale at Orchard Ridge UCC
Friendship Hall, 1501 Gilbert Road, southwest Madison. The church
sponsored Fair-Trade
Christmas Sale will feature unusual items from around the world. All
proceeds go to the organizations and their artisans to help them become
self-sustaining. Participants include: SERRV, Global Reflections, Heifer Project, Doers, Chiripa, Village Health Project, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Masaii Handcrafts, Venus Imports, Tupendane Cottage Industry, Rhumy Wara, Porchlight, Secrets from the Garden & others. |
| Mon | Nov 23 | 6:30 pm | FOOD NOT BOMBS 30TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION at The Crossing,
1127 University Ave. at Charter St.
Free - donations welcome. Dinner will be served up by Slow Food UW, a
student group interested in good, clean, and fair food. Food Not Bombs co-founder Keith McHenry will talk about his thirty years of cooking for peace and working to end hunger, poverty and war. Food Not Bombs shares vegan and vegetarian meal with the hungry in over 1,000 cities around the globe each week. The 45 minute presentation includes the history, principles and current actions of the Food Not Bombs movement around the world, a 15 minute video about Food Not Bombs in Africa, closing with questions from the audience. Keith will also provide literature, books, t-shirts and DVDs about Food Not Bombs. Keith has volunteered with Food Not Bombs for nearly 30 years. He spent two years in jail and faced life in prison in California for his work with Food Not Bombs. He has collected, cook and shared vegan meals with Food Not Bombs groups in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. http://www.foodnotbombs.net/speaker.html |
| Sun | Nov 29 | 5:30 - 9:30 pm | All ages potluck Dinner Party at OutReach, 600 Williamson St. OutReach LGBT Community Center is holding an all ages Thanksgiving weekend potluck hosted by OutThere, our LGBT 18 to 24 year old program. People of all ages, races, genders, and sexual orientations are welcome to attend. Please bring a dish to share. A panel discussion on Spirituality and Religion will begin at 7:30. Special guests from local religious and spiritual organizations will present. Call 608 255-8582 for more information or to RSVP for the event. |
| Mon | Nov 30 | 6:30 pm | Screening of the new film Rethink Afghanistan and panel discussion - UW Science Hall Rm. 180 (red brick building on Park St. at Langdon St.) |
| Sat | Dec 5 | 9 am - 4 pm | 13th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival at Monona Terrace. Art, crafts, clothing, decorations. pottery, textiles, food, and more, from all corners of the globe and close to home. All produced through fair trade - good karma gifts for the holidays! Info: www.calamadison.org |
| Tue | Dec 8 | 7 pm | Does Wisconsin Need More Nuclear Plants to Stop Global Warming? - discussion with Jennifer Nordstrom of the Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free Campaign at the Wil-Mar Center (953 Jenifer St.). Come learn how Wisconsin can achieve a 100% renewable electricity by 2050. Info: www.madpeace.org |
| Thur | Dec 10 | 7 pm | Sami Rasouli - Peacemaker, at The Project Lodge, 817 E. Johnson St. Organized by Iraq Veterans Against the War - Madison Chapter, contact: Nathan Toth, tothnj@gmail.com. [more] |
| Sat | Dec 12 | 3 pm | Screening of Rethink Afghanistan, a documentary by award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald, & discussion at Dardanelles Restaurant, 1851 Monroe St., Madison. [more] |
| Sun | Dec 13 | 10 - 11:15 am | Iraq Today: A Peacemaker's Eyewitness Report - presented by Sami Rasouli at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Dr. in southwest Madison. [more] |
| Tue | Dec 15 | 5:30 - 8 pm | Protect Wisconsin's Vote Education Summit, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 227 State Street, Madison. The conference features Adam Skaggs, Counsel, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice. [more] |
| Tue | Dec 15 | 7 pm | President Obama's Afghan/Pakistan strategy and the United Nations - presented by Joe Elder as part of the UNA USA Dane County Chapter December meeting at Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberst Ct. [more] |
| Wed | Dec 16 | 6:30 pm | Screening of Saving Face/China at Outreach (600 Williamson St.). The film is a romantic comedy about a Chinese-American lesbian who is shocked when her widowed mother shows up on her doorstep, pregnant. Tables are turned when the lesbian daughter helps Mom save face in the Chinese community by finding her a Mr. Right. Q-Cinema International film series focuses on bringing people together to explore sexual orientation issues from multi-cultural and international perspectives. We are a group of movie enthusiasts who will gather at OutReach twice a month. The movies shown deal with LGBT issues from different countries and cultures. Pop-corn, stimulating discussions and laughter are provided FREE! We welcome you to join us in exploring this wonderful world of Queer International cinema. Info: gunasen@yahoo.com |
| Thur | Dec 17 | 5 - 7 pm | End of Year Holiday Peace Dance Carnival at State St. Corner with the State Capitol. Open Mic/Anti-Surge related music. Free. Free popcorn. Snow or shine. Blizzard, no. Info: #608-437-5478 or Books24u@aol.com |
| Mon | Dec 21 | 4:15 pm - 5 pm | Memorial Service/Vigil as part of the National Homeless Persons Memorial Day at Downtown Public Library (201 W. Mifflin). We'll gather in community and concern with the men waiting to line up for the men's shelter at Grace Episcopal Church. We will wait with the men until the shelter doors open at 5:00 p.m., at which time we will proceed to the Capital square, to the bench where Dwayne Warren's body was found this summer. At the bench we will offer prayers and meditations for those in our community who were homeless and died this past year, for those who have lost friends and family, and for a home for everyone. Info: linda@emum.org |
| Sun | Jan 17 | 8 - 10 am | Martin Luther King Youth Recognition Breakfast at Edgewood High School. Info: Katrice McNeal, 608-729-1200, kmcneal@ulgm.org [more] |
| Mon | Jan 18 | 6 pm | City-County King Annual Holiday Observance - Madison. At Overture Center Capital Theater. This is the event's 25th Anniversary, and will feature civil rights icon Dorothy Cotton, making her first visit to Madison. Free and open to all. Contact Ed Lee at 608-729-1211 or elee@ulgm.org [more] |
| Mon | Jan 18 | 6 - 9 pm | Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction to support Green Rock Citizens for Clean Water - Madison. Dardanelles Restaurant (1851 Monroe St.) This local grassroots group has been fighting factory farm expansion and preserving water quality and sustainable family farming for nearly a decade. Donations for the silent auction can be dropped off at Dardanelles Restaurant during business hours prior to the event. Info: #897-4288. [more] |
| Mon | Jan 11 - 22 | Madison Fast for Justice events: 1/11 Mon 4 pm Gathering at First United Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Ave., followed by a procession around the Capitol and candlelight vigil 1/16 Sat 4 pm Protestors reconvene for fellowship and reflection at the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice office at 122 State St., Room 405 1/22 Fri Final gathering at St. John's Lutheran Church, 322 East Washington for participants to break their fast together. Contact Joy first for details: jsfirst@tds.net |
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| Wed | Jan 20 | 7 pm | Report Back from the Copenhagen and the U.N. Climate Change Conference with Molly Stentz and John E. Peck, Slideshow and discussion, Science Hall, Rm. 360 (550 N. Park St.), UW-Madison. [more] |
| Tue | Jan 26 | 8 pm | BENEFIT FOR HAITI RELIEF at the Cardinal Bar, 418 E. Wilson Street, welcome by WORT-FM. [more] |
| Sat | Jan 30 | 7:30 pm | Slides and discussion with Vietnam veteran/peacemaker Mike Boehm at the Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Court, Madison. Come at 6 pm for a traditional Vietnamese meal - a benefit dinner for Madison Quakers, Inc. Projects in Vietnam, donation $30 or more. [more] |
| Tue | Feb 23 | Carbon free, nuclear free lobby day in Madison [more] | |
| Sun | March 14 | 1 - 4 pm | Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Open House at the Monona Terrace (1 John Nolen Dr.). Meet family farmers, choose a farm from which to get a share of fresh local food throughout the growing season, and learn more about the value of supporting organic sustainable agriculture. Hosted by Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (MACSAC). Info: www.macsac.org or #226-0300 |
| Wed | March 17 | 1 pm | Assembly Committee on Children and Families will hold an informational hearing on Assembly Bill 590, authored by Rep. Berceau, relating to eliminating the religious exemption to Wisconsin’s child abuse and neglect laws, in Room 400 Northeast, State Capitol, Madison. [more] [bill] |
| Thur | March 18 | 7 pm | Edgewood College, Predolin Hall, Rm. 307 Momentum for Gaza: Report on the Gaza Freedom March - talk and slideshow with Joshua Brollier, a co-coordinator for Voices for Creative Nonviolence (formerly Voices in the Wilderness) in Chicago. The Gaza Freedom March aimed to challenge Israel's ongoing siege and blockade of Gaza. One of over 1300 delegates from 43 countries, Joshua found the original plans for a march across Gaza and through the Israeli border at Erez thwarted by the Egyptian government. Info: www.madisonrafah.org or #608-238-1227. |
| Fri | March 19 | 7 pm | UW-Madison - Pyle Center, Alumni Lounge. Teach-In on Afghanistan and Pakistan - Panel Discussion moderated by Matt Rothschild with: Prof. Joe Elder, Professor of Sociology/Languages and Cultures of Asia; Prof. Jeremi Suri, Dept. of History, Comparative Imperialisms teacher; Prof. Alfred McCoy, Dept. of History, author of A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation; and Prof. Uli Schamiloglu, Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia. Info: #255-9773 [schedule] |
| Sat | March 20 | 8 am - noon and 2 - 5 pm | UW Memorial Union. Teach-In on Afghanistan and Pakistan - with one-hour panels by faculty and campus and community groups, organized by Prof. Joe Elder, Depts. of Sociology/Languages and Cultures of Asia. Info: #255-9773 [schedule] |
| Sat | March 20 | noon | UW Library Mall Bring the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, Jobs, not Bombs Rally & March. Info: #242-9232 or barbara@merr.com |
| Sun | March 21 | 4:30 - 9 pm | First United Methodist Church (203 Wisconsin Ave.). Building Hope for the Children Fundraiser - Commemorating the Life of Rachel Corrie! Hosted by Playgrounds for Palestine-Madison and Madison-Rafah Sister City Project Vegetarian Dinner by Lulu's Restaurant, silent auction, followed by an evening program, including readings from Rachel's writings, short film, and Arabic/English recitations of Mahmoud Darwish poetry with pictures. All proceeds help provide Palestinian children In Beit Sahour, West Bank, with a new playground and children in Rafah, Gaza with a water purification system from the Maia project of the Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) Admission - $15 Adults/$10 age 12 and under includes dinner. RSVP by calling #608-235-7870 or email: dwallbaum@gmail.com To view/bid on silent auction items beginning March 8th, visit http://pfpmadison.blogspot.com/ Donations can also be sent to: MRSCP, PO Box 55371, Madison, WI 53705 Info: www.madisonrafah.org |
| Tue | March 23 | 5 pm | From Haiti to Rwanda: Engineering Innovations for Revolutionizing Third World Housing and Infrastructure, presentation and discussion led by Bhavna Sharma, a doctoral candidate at Pittsburg University, and Engineers without Borders Chapter members, at the Fluno Center for Executive Education, 601 University Avenue. [more] |
| Sat | March 27 | 8:30 pm | Earth Hour, the worldwide light turn-off event is coming. [more] |
| Tue | April 6 | Spring general election for Dane County Board, Madison School Board Seat 4, and State Court of Appeals District IV. See Know Your Candidates for videos of candidate answers to questions from the League of Women Voters of Dane County. | |
| Thur | April 8 | 7 pm | Orpheum Theater (216 State St.). The Role of the Radical Intellectual: Some Personal Reflections - public lecture by Prof. Noam Chomsky (Linguistics Dept., MIT). Hosted by the Havens Center, this event is free and open to the public. |
| Sat | April 10 | 2 pm | Single Payer Action Network of Madison presents James Thindwa speaking on education and healthcare at the Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St. [flyer] [press release] |
| Sat | April 10 | 5:30 pm | Socialist Potluck at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jennifer St., with speakers on Immigrant Workers: Rights and Actions - here and on the Arizona Boder: Alex Gilliis from the Immigration Workers Union and Mary Somers of No More Deaths. |
| Tue | April 13 | 7 pm | The monthly meeting of the United Nations Association of Dane County in the auditorium at Capitol Lakes Retirement Center, 333 W Main St, will feature 2 speakers on Haiti: Past, Present and Future, Cheryl Musch and Mary Pharmer. Cheryl Musch, Director of International Development for SERRV International, and former Executive Director of the US Fair Trade Federation, traveled to Haiti in February to assess the damage done to artisans homes and workshops and to jointly develop a SERRV supported rebuilding plan with its partner in Haiti, Comite Artisanal Haitien (CAH). Mary Pharmer traveled to Haiti in the summer of 2009 with her two adopted children, born in Haiti, to make connections with family and friends. The event is free and open to the public. [more] |
| Fri | April 16 | 7 pm | The Toxic Nature of Modern Warfare -- from Agent Orange to Depleted Uranium (DU) - with speakers, John La Forge and Doug Rokke in the auditorium at Capital Lakes Retirement Center (333 W. Main St.). [more] |
| Tue | April 20 | 8 pm | ECOTONES - A Musical Ecology of Wisconsin, a special Earth Day concert in the Promenade Hall at the Overture Center for the Arts. Free and open to the public. [more] |
| Tue - Wed | April 20 - 21 | Earth Day at Forty: Valuing Wisconsin’s Environmental Traditions, Past, Present and Future at Monona Terrace Convention Center - 4th Annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference. Numerous speakers, workshops, plenaries. Regular registration is $75, students $20. For a conference schedule and registration info: www.nelson.wisc.edu/community/programs/earth-day/2010/overview.html | |
| Sat | April 24 | 9:30 am | The Origins of the Economic Crisis and The Way Out - talk at UW Chazen Museum Auditorium, 800 Univ. Ave., with Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). The event will start with a tribute to Midge Miller at 9 am. Hosted by The Madison Institute. Info: themadisoninstitute.org |
| Sat | April 24 | noon - 4 pm | Habitat ReStore (208 Cottage Grove Rd.) Earth Day Celebration! Exhibits, kids activities, live music from Buttons and Banjo, plus refreshments and Mother Earth. Info: 661-2813 or www.restoredane.org |
| Sun | April 25 | 2 - 6:30 pm | Food, Faith, and Earth Day at First Unitarian Society, 900 Univ. Bay Dr. Keynote speaker: UW-Madison Prof. Jack Kloppenburg Numerous workshops, information tables, and local food dinner prepared by Chef Barbara Wright of Dardanelles. Dinner tickets are $8 if reserved by April 18th or $12 at the door. Info: www.foodfaithearthday.org or #233-9774 |
| Mon | April 26 | 4 pm | Mobility and the Modern Metropolis: Public Transit in an Era of Diminishing Resources, a free public talk by Peter Katz at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. |
| Sat | May 1 | 9 am - 1 pm | Midge Miller Memorial Celebration. The event will start with a tribute to Midge Miller at 9 am. Hosted by The Madison Institute. Info: themadisoninstitute.org |
| Sat | May 29 | 6 pm | Immigration rally at the City County Building. Music by the Raging Grannies. |
| Mon | May 31 | 1 pm | Memorial Day Commemoration of the ‘Memorial Mile’ at Olbrich Park, hosted by Veterans for Peace, Clarence Kailin Chapter 25. Info: crgfb@netscape.net or books24u@aol.com |
| Sun | June 6 | 4 - 10 pm | Kickoff Celebration at Just Coffee (1129 E. Wilson St.) for the Elements Collective, the grassroots bike caravan heading from Madison to the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit! Great food, live music, and inspirational performances by: Corey Hart (folk, rock and a little bit of soul), MadTown Liberty Players (with Mouse Trap), the Raging Grannies of Madison, Thistle and the Thorn (spiked folk music sparking revolt), Layfigure, and the Taki Allstars. Plus a gas-guzzling SUV pinata to smash and bike-powered smoothies. Info: www.grassroutescaravan.org or #262-9036 |
| Tue | June 15 | 1 - 8 pm | Madison-area Urban Ministry Annual Meeting - Advocacy Opportunities For Interfaith Collaboration at Grace Episcopal Church, 116 W. Washington Ave., Madison. [more] 116 W. Washington Ave., Madison. [more] |
| Thur | June 17 | 7:30 - 9 pm | Chernobyl Town Hall Meeting at UW-Madison, Rm. 1651 Humanities Bldg. Come learn what life is like in the Chernobyl affected areas from five visiting Ukrainian delegates as they share their experiences. Sponsored by: Friends of Chernobyl Centers, U.S. (FOCCUS), Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), National Peace Foundation, and the Open World Program of the Library of Congress. Info: 608-438-4892 or www.friendsofchernobylcenters.org |
| Sun | June 20 | 4 pm | Procession of the Species Parade at Olbrich Park, part of the friends of Starkweather Creek summer solstice festival. Join us for this community art parade celebrating biodiversity, Come dressed as your favorite plant, animal or creature. Info: #241-0259 or www.MadProcession.org |
| Thur | June 24 | 6:30 - 10 pm | Dairy Town Hall Forum at UW-Madison, Memorial Union, Great Hall - expert panelists with open public comment period. Hear straight from family farmers, consumer advocates, labor leaders, and others why the Dept. of Justice, the U.S. Congress, and the Obama Admin. needs to take anti-trust action against the food giants NOW. |
| Fri | June 25 | 9 am - 6 pm | Anti-Trust Dairy Workshop at UW-Madison, Memorial Union, WI Union Theater (800 Langdon St.) hosted by the USDA and Dept. of Justice - expert panel and public comment period. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack, Sen. Russ Feingold, Sen. Herb Kohl, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Rep. Steve Kagan, Rep. Ron Kind, Gov. Jim Doyle, among others will be attending, and they want to hear from YOU about why corporate control over the food system is a problem that needs to be solved for the sake of farmers and consumers alike. To pre-register for the workshop, visit: www.surveymonkey.com/s/V3FHXPY. |
| Sat | June 26 | 11 am | Hands Across the Sand at Law Park. On June 26th join
thousands across the country to draw a line in the sand against
offshore oil drilling.
Together, we'll call on President Obama to move America beyond oil over
the next two decades. Join this national day of action and send a
powerful message to protect our oceans, beaches, and wildlife from more
offshore drilling. Here are the details: WHO: Sierra Club & Friends WHAT: Hands Across the Sand. Be part of this national day of action to protect our coasts. WHEN: Saturday, June 26th, 11:00 gather. Noon, Join Hands WHERE: Law Park, S Blair St. & John Nolen Dr., Madison, WI 53703 (map) QUESTIONS: Contact madpara@juno.com |
| Thur | Aug. 12 | 11:30 am | What: protest Gary Meinterd, an anti-immigrant, speaker
scheduled to speak at noon at the State Capitol in Madison, described
as a "trusted and respected by Sheriff Arpaio of pink underwear fame." Where: gather at the entrance to the south wing (near corner of Carroll and Main Sts.) to head up to room 411 south. meet at 11:30 am. |
| Tue | Aug. 17 | 7 pm | Deaths and Human Rights Violations at the Arizona-Mexico
Border, a slide presentation, will be held in the lower level of
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 605 Spruce St , Madison. Leila Pine and Craig McComb , two immigrant rights and human rights activists who spend half their year in Tucson near the Arizona-Mexico border, will report on their work with the award-winning humanitarian aid organization in Tucson called No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes. They will also answer questions about Arizona's new anti--illegal immigrantion law, SB 1070, and the growing Boycott Arizona campaign. This event is sponsored by the Madison Branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom which requests that everyone please bring an item for St. Mark’s food pantry. Donations for No More Deaths will also be encouraged. Questions may be directed to Mary Somers at 608-698-3947. [more] |
| Thur | Aug. 26 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Celebrate The 90th Anniversary of Woman Suffrage at the Samba Brazilian Grill (The Woman’s Building) 240 W. Gilman Street. Exactly 90 years after the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote on August 26, 1920, the Madison Chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW), Wisconsin NOW, and the Wisconsin Women’s Network (WWN) will be gathering here in the capital of the very first state to ratify it - Wisconsin. Admission is free. Free appetizers (vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian) and cake will be available. Donations will be gratefully accepted. Current and prospective members as well as supporters of both organizations are invited to attend this free event. Questions? NOW: (608) 313-4NOW (4669), admin@winow.org or WWN: (608) 255-9809, info@wiwomensnetwork.org |
| Sat | Aug. 28 | 9 am - 1 pm | Mad City Chicken Coop Tour 2010! The Mad City Chicken Coop Tour is for both the curious and the serious to learn more about backyard chickens. This is a self-guided tour of coops throughout Madison. You can see a map of the tour with addresses and descriptions of the host coops and flocks at: www.madcitychickens.com |
| Sat | Aug. 28 | 9 am - 1:30 pm | Closing the School of the Americas/WHINSEC: an Anti-militarism Focus at St. Dunstan Episcopal Church, 6205 University Av., Madison. 9 am check-in & light breakfast, 9:30 AM --1:30 PM presentation by Fr. Roy Bourgeois & lunch. Cost $25. Checks should be made payable to CTA-Madison. Register & pay online at www.ctamadison.org ASAP, before 8/25/10. Co-sponsored by Pax Christi-Madison, Call to Action-Madison, Faithful Acting for Justice, and Benedictine Women of Madison. Info: Maureen McDonnell, O.P., 608-257-1259, www.wisdomswell.org. |
| Mon | Sept. 6 | noon - 5:30 pm | Labor Fest 2010 at the Madison. Labor Temple (1602 S. Park St.) Food, info tables, kids activities, magic show, solidarity roll-call - plus, live music from Paul Cebar and the Milwaukeans, and the Westside Andy/Mel Ford Band. Hosted by the South Central Federation of Labor (SCFL). Info: #256-5111 |
| Sat | Sept. 11 | 8:30 am - 4 pm | Fighting Bob Fest at the Sauk County Fairgrounds, Baraboo WI. The Raging Grannies of Madison will sing at about 1:30 pm. |
| Tue | Sept. 14 | 7 am - 8 pm | Primary election day. For candidate responses to questions and other election info see the League of Women Voters of Dane County. |
| Sat | Sept. 25 | 8 am - 1:30 pm | REAP Food Group's 12th Annual Food for Thought Festival!, 100 Block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (off the Capitol Square). Celebrate opportunities to eat more pleasurably, healthfully and sustainably. Highlights include keynote speaker Ann Cooper (the "renegade lunch lady"), exhibits from 50-plus groups and businesses, kid’s activities, cooking demonstrations, and lots of local food. Info: www.reapfoodgroup.org or #310-7836. |
| Sun | Sept. 26 | 2 - 6 pm | Fourth Annual MAPC Concert for Peace at the Harmony Bar and Grill, 2201 Atwood Ave., suggested donation $10. All proceeds benefit the Madison Area Peace Coalition. Music by the Raging Grannies of Madison and others. [poster] |
| Fri | Oct. 1 | 7 pm | Deaths and Human Rights Violations at the Arizona-Mexico Border, a presentation by Leila Pine and Craig McComb recounting their work with the award winning humanitarian aid group No More Deaths in the Landmark Auditorium of the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. [flyer] |
| Sat | Oct. 16 | 11 am - 1 pm | Rally to Move Wisconsin Forward at the Capitol - State Street steps. • High-Quality Public Schools • Good Jobs & A Strong Economy• Affordable Health Care• Reliable Roads & Transportation. Join WEAC, SCFL and various other organizations and unions and rally to show support for investing in the public services that improve the quality of life for all Wisconsin families and keep our communities strong. In Wisconsin, we value the great quality of life that makes our state special. High quality public schools, reliable roads, affordable health care, and dependable public safety are all part of the Wisconsin tradition. Info: TheFed@SCFL.org |
| Wed | Oct. 20 | 7 pm | True Cost of Coal at UW-Madison Memorial Union (check Today in the Union for exact location) - Join us for a visual workshop and storytelling with Beehive Design Collective. Gather around as we explore a giant collaborative mural mapping of the big picture of the fuel that feeds the American Dream and the Global Climate Change Nightmare. What are the real sustainable alternatives for all of us? Info: www.beehivecollective.org or #316-5822 |
| Thur | Oct. 21 | 7 pm | From Afghanistan to Gaza: Obama’s Middle East Policy in Crisis, a talk by retired Col. Ann Wright at 180 Science Hall, UW-Madison (550 N. Park Street). [more] |
| Fri | Nov. 19 | 6 pm | Trans Monologues – co-sponsored by the UW-Madison LGBT Campus Center, at A Room of One's Own Bookstore (307 W. Johnson). Trans Monologues is a night of theater, poems, songs and all other creative expressions of gender identity and expression. Following the Monologues, we will be holding a vigil to remember and honor transgender individuals who have lost their lives. More info: http://lgbt.wisc.edu/ |
| Sat | Nov. 20 | 9 - 11:30 am | Progressive Roundtable Discussion on Social Security: Longevity and Fairness – with Dan Cornwell at Capitol Lakes Retirement Center (333 W. Main St.). A careful look at funding shows that shortfalls, which are just beginning, will become huge unless changes are made soon to protect future benefits. Hosted by the Madison Institute. Info: www.themadisoninstitute.org |
| Sat | Nov. 20 | 7:30 pm | Social Justice Singalong at the Prairie UU Society Meeting House, 2010 Whenona Dr. Sing out your zeal for peace, justice, human rights, environmental stewardship and the democratic process including fair elections. Socialize with compassionate people who hope for a better world. You are welcome to bring folk instruments and share lyrics to easy tunes. Dan Proud and Doleta Chapru will furnish beverages and finger food. [flyer] |
| Sun | Nov. 21 | 7 pm | Rhythm and Rights: Defending our Civil Liberties at the Cardinal Bar (418 E. Wilson), sponsored by Progressive Magazine. Featuring: Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive; Joe Iosbaker and Stephanie Weiner, longtime anti-war activists whose Chicago home was raided by the FBI, Hip Hop performances, followed at 8:30 pm by Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Band. This September, the FBI raided two homes in Chicago and five in Minneapolis, and an anti-war committee office. According to the FBI, the goal of the raids was to seek evidence “concerning the material support for terrorism.” This kind of harassment has the ability to crush social movements. The FBI has a long history of exploiting people’s fears in order to disrupt anti-war, trade union, and civil rights activism. There is no cover charge but donations to the Committee to Stop FBI Repression will be accepted. Info: www.stopfbi.net |
| Sat | Dec. 4 | 9 am - 4 pm | 14th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival! - at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. Over fifty fair trade and local vendors with good karma gifts for the holidays! Art, crafts, clothing, home decorations, pottery, weavings, food gifts, and more form Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East ... and Wisconsin. Info: www.calamadison.org |
| Tue | Feb. 1, 2011 | 7 pm | Free film, Peace Economics, at the Downtown Library
on Mifflin Street, Room 202. World Premier of Dr. Robert Reuschlein's 40 minute documentary: "Peace Economics" is about the economic disaster created by high levels of military spending for long periods of time. Military spending causes empires to fall as manufacturing disappears over time. Domestic murder rates are proportional to a developed nation's military economy. By doling out these key engineering and capital resources, the political elites maintain power. These contracts are paid for by the industrial Midwest and other low military spending states like New York and Oregon. The nineties and sixties economic booms started with military cuts. Military buildup real estate bubbles contributed to the eighties Savings and Loan bailout and the current banking collapse. Alternating halves of the nation will win or lose the military budget game, while the nation's share of the world economy steadily shrinks faster or slower under the weight of the military burden. Military spending cuts are the only safe solution to balancing the budget without shrinking the economy. Contact: Bob Reuschlein 608-230-6640 |
| Wed | Feb. 2 | 6 - 9 pm | WISPIRG and the Public Interest Network are holding an Activist Workshop at First Uniarian Society, 900 University Bay Dr. Cost: $10 [more] |
| Wed | Feb. 2 | 7 pm | The League of Women Voters of Dane County, Inc. General
Meeting and Public Forum. Topic: Community Outreach: Finding Common Ground in Troubled Times Speakers: Kaleem Caire - President and CEO, The Urban League of Greater Madison Amy Mondloch - Executive Director, Grassroots Leadership College Alda Preston, PhD, MSN, MA - Political Action Chair, Madison Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Floyd Rose, PhD - President, 100 Black Men of Madison, Inc. Where: The Capitol Lakes Grand Hall 333 West Main Street in Downtown Madison Free Parking in Ramp Available Across the Street. |
| Wed | Feb. 2 | 7 - 9:30 pm | Community Car presents a free movie - FLOW: For Love of Water, and provides snacks at UW Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. Check TITU board for room information. |
| Sun | Feb. 6 | 2 pm | Global Warming Challenges & Solutions - presented by Susan Loomans at Arboretum Cohousing, 1137 Erin Street, Madison, WI [more] |
| Thur | Feb. 10 | 5:30 pm | Wikileaks: Where do you Stand? UW Faculty Discuss Ethics, Diplomacy and Paranoia in an Open-Network Society. at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, University Ave. and Orchard St., UW campus. |
| Tue | Feb. 15 | Primary election day. For candidate info see http://www.lwvdanecounty.org/ right column. | |
| Thur | Feb. 17 | 6 - 8:30 pm | Madison Labor Temple, Rm 201-C (1602 S. Park St.) Protecting Workers Rights Training! Following the 2010 Elections, Wisconsin workers are facing serious attacks from politicians who want to take away our rights as union members. The wages and benefits that union members have won over decades of collective bargaining have raised the living standards of all workers in our state and built the middle class. Join us to learn more about how we can fight back against corporate special interest attacks like Right to Work (for Less) and Paycheck Deception that would take away our rights as union members. You can register for the event here. |
| Fri | Feb. 18 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm | James Watrous Gallery, Overture Center (201 State St.) Opening Reception - Wisconsin Labor: A Contemporary Portrait. This powerful photo exhibit documents and recognizes workers across the state. The exhibit reflects the impressive diversity of Wisconsin’s labor force and provides a poignant meditation on the nature of labor, as seen through the lens of six artists. Runs through April 10th |
| Fri | Feb. 18 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Microbial Sciences Building – Ebling Center (1550 Linden Dr. Human Health and Ecological Effects of the BP Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil Disaster – presentation by Wilma Subra, President, Subra Company. Ms. Subra is a chemist and environmental activist from New Iberia, Louisiana. She became a 1999 MacArthur Fellow for her 30 years of work with communities affected by the oil and gas industry on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. She will share her research on the health and ecologic impacts of oil and chemical dispersants released into the Gulf by the BP Deepwater Horizon crude oil disaster last April. This event kicks off Making the Connection 2011, an environmental health conference sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin, the Sierra Club, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin. Info |
| Sat | Feb. 19 | 6:30 - 8 pm | 20th Anniversary Celebration of the WI Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ) at Goodman Community Center (149 Waubesa St.). Speakers include WNPJ co-founder and former state Assemblyman Frank Boyle and Global Exchange and CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin. A new video of peace and justice work in Wisconsin over the last 20 years will be screened and there will be music from the Raging Grannies, display of historic posters and pictures, silent auction, plus birthday cake and other refreshments. Info: #250-9240 or www.wnpj.org/20events |
| Thur | Feb. 24 | 7 pm | Uprisings: from the Middle East to the Midwest - Amy Goodman and Sharif Abdel Kouddous at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State St. Suggested donation $5-10, WORT benefit. |
| Sat | Feb. 26 | 11 am | March to Capitol down State St. from the UW Library Mall with Tammy Baldwin and Fair Wisconsin. [more on Facebook] |
| Sat | Feb. 26 | 11:30 am | UU march to Capitol from the Red Caboose Day Care parking lot at 654 Williamson Street. Meet there at 11:15 am. [more] |
| Sat | Feb. 26 | noon - 3 pm | The Politics of the Wisconsin Labor Struggle at the First United Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Ave., presented by The Labor & Working Class Studies Project. Speakers include David Newby, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Will Jones and Don Taylor. All are welcome. [more] |
| Sat | Feb. 26 | 2:30 pm | Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice rally & march, meeting at Grace Episcopal Church on the Square. |
| Sat | Feb. 26 | 3 pm | Madison Teachers Inc. rally at the Capitol. |
| Sun | Feb. 27 | 10 - 11:15 am | Sunday service talk by Dr. Peggy Wireman on Reframing the Conversation about Workers and Wealth: from Myth to Reality at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society Meeting House, corner of Whenona and Crawford Drives in southwest Madison. |
| Sun | Feb. 27 | 10 am - 4 pm | The People's Legislature at Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4402 East Washington Ave., Madison. [more on Facebook and here] |
| Tue | March 1 | noon | The Elders' March starting at the State Street entrance to the Square. Be there at 11:45 am to hear the Raging Grannies sing. [more] |
| Tue | March 1 | 7 pm | Candlelight March in Support of Reason and Compassion, from First Unitarian Meeting House on University Bay Driv to State Capitol. [more] |
| Thur | March 3 | 5 pm | No Concessions Funeral March from the UW Library Mall to the Capitol Square. Under the banner of "No Concessions" and "Kill the Whole Bill," there will be a New Orleans-style funeral march on Thursday. (Music starts on the Library Mall at 4 pm.) Expect a fantastic band such as Mama Digdowns. Each casket will have a placard naming one of the program cuts Walker's bill would enact. We need mourners dressed flamboyantly in funeral gear including veils, hats, umbrellas, etc. Come dressed for a funeral, and ready to dance. There will be speakers at the Capitol starting at 5:30 pm. |
| Thur | March 3 | 5 pm | Beat The Winter Blues & All That Jazz fundraiser for Madison-area Urban Ministry at Inn on the Park on the Square. Tickets available in advance ($25) or at the door ($30). [more on Facebook] |
| Thur | March 3 | 7 - 10 pm | MEDIA & THE WISCONSIN LABOR STRUGGLE: COUNTERING MYTHS
& DISTORTIONS, a Labor & Working Class Studies Project at
the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street, Madison, free & open to the
public. With: * Frank Emspak, Workers Independent News * LIsa Graves, Center for Media and Democracy * Bob McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign * John Nichols, The Nation * Matt Rothschild, The Progressive * Molly Stentz, WORT-FM Community Radio The Labor & Working Class Studies Project is a collaborative campus-labor-community initiative to connect the campus and the community in dialogue and action on issues related to labor and working class people. For more information, contact Patrick Barrett at barrettpatricks@gmail.com |
| Sat | March 5 | 10:30 am | The Amalgamated Transit Union Rally [more] |
| Sat | March 5 | noon | Step it up: WE ARE WISCONSIN! RALLY [more] |
| Sat | March 5 | 2 pm | Internat'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Rally [more] |
| Sun | March 6 | 1 pm | It's Time to Take Out the Trash!. Volunteers will pick up trash and litter around the Capitol Square. [more on Facebook] |
| Sun | March 6 | 1:30 pm | James Watrous Gallery, Overture Center (201 State St.) Oral History Presentation about Madison-Based Ironworkers Local 383 - part of the Wisconsin Labor: A Contemporary Portrait exhibit. This photo exhibit documents and recognizes workers across the state, reflecting the impressive diversity of Wisconsin's labor force, as seen through the lenses of six artists. Runs through April 10th. |
| Sun | March 6 | 3 - 5 pm | On Sunday budget bill protesters will picket WIBA, 2651 South Fish Hatchery rd in Madison, because the station is home to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity & Vicki McKenna, commentators who have been attacking public workers and spreading misinformation. |
| present - April 10 | James Watrous Gallery, Overture Center (201 State St.) Oral History Presentation about Madison-Based Ironworkers Local 383 - part of the Wisconsin Labor: A Contemporary Portrait exhibit. This photo exhibit documents and recognizes workers across the state, reflecting the impressive diversity of Wisconsin's labor force, as seen through the lenses of six artists. | ||
| Mon | March 7 | 2 - 4 pm | Public Hearing on the Impact of BadgerCare and Medicaid Programs on the People of Wisconsin - Hall of Wisconsin Ballroom, 2nd floor, Best Western Inn on the Park 22 S. Carroll Street on the Square, Madison, followed by march to Capitol. [more] |
| Tue | March 8 | 2 - 4 pm | Public Hearing on the Impact of BadgerCare and Medicaid Programs on the People of Wisconsin - Hall of Wisconsin Ballroom, 2nd floor, Best Western Inn on the Park 22 S. Carroll Street on the Square, Madison, followed by another march to Capitol. [more] |
| Tue | March 8 | 7 pm | Bringing in the Light, a 2nd candlelight march from the First Unitarian Society Meeting House on University Bay Driv to the State Capitol. [more on Facebook] |
| Fri | March 11 | noon | *THE ELDERS’ MARCH* Meet at the State Street entrance to the Square. [more] |
| Fri | March 11 | 7 - 9 pm | A teach-in on THE ECONOMICS OF THE WISCONSIN LABOR STRUGGLE at First United Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue, Madison, with speakers from the South Central Federation of Labor, the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, the Workers Rights Center, the Teaching Assistants Association and the Milwaukee Area Technical College. Free & open to the public. [more on Facebook] |
| Sat | March 12 | 10 am | Farmer Labor Tractorcade to Capitol. Sponsored by Family Farm Defenders, Wisconsin Farmers Union and Land Stewardship project. Tractors will take John Nolan Drive to the Capitol and will circle the Capitol one time between 10 and 11 am. The Raging Grannies of Madison will gather in front of the Veterans Museum (near State St.) at 11 am. Speakers, including Jim Hightower, will address the rally starting at 11:30 am. [more on Facebook] [press release] We Are Wisconsin website. |
| Sat | March 12 | 3 pm | Rally at the Capitol to hear from the 14 returning Democratic Senators. We Are Wisconsin website. |
| Sat | March 12 | 7 pm | Jim Hightower will be here for Rallies for Wisconsin Workers!, along with Dennis Kucinch, Tammy Baldwin, and Matt Rothschild, at the Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Ave. Free and open to the public. |
| Sun | March 13 | 12:45 pm | The Raging Grannies of Madison will meet at the corner of N. Pinkney & E. Mifflin on the Square, by the YWCA, and then join the St. Pat's Day Parade protest. |
| Sun | March 13 | 1 - 3 pm | Picketing of Menards on the west side (430 Commerce Drive) because of their contributions to the Walker campaign. |
| Thur | March 17 | noon | *THE ELDERS MARCH* #3, on St. Patrick's Day. Calling all seniors...basically anyone who's older and wiser than our current Governor! Meet at the State Street entrance to the Square. [more] |
| Mon - Fri | March 14 - 18 | noon - 1 pm | WNPJ Solidarity Sing-along in the Capitol rotunda, Monday through Friday this week. We've printed up a new batch of WNPJ Little Red Songbooks, so please join us for We Shall Overcome, Solidarity Forever, and other best-loved songs from the labor and civil rights movements. [more on Facebook] |
| Sat | March 19 | 10 am | CANDIDATE FORUM for CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 20 ALDER - Dave Glomp & Matt Phair at Orchard Ridge UCC Church, 1501 Gilbert Road. Sponsored by Meadowood Neighborhood Association, Midvale Heights Community Association and Orchard Ridge Neighborhood Association. This forum will allow candidates for District 20 Alder to answer questions regarding issues and challenges facing the district and the City of Madison . The forum will be moderated by a representative from the League of Women Voters. Prepared questions from the three neighborhood associations will be asked first. Audience questions will be taken in written form prior to the start of the forum and will be asked after the prepared questions. |
| Sat | March 19 | 10 am | Call to Action - Stand in Solidarity March 19th: Madison,
Wisconsin Iraq Veterans Against the War calls on all veterans and
peace organizations to mobilize to Madison, Wisconsin on March 19th,
the 8th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, to stand in
solidarity with workers organizing for their rights. We will be joined
in the streets by the AFL-CIO, union members, and their supporters: 10 am rally at Library Mall, 750 State Street in Madison, WI 11 am march up State Street to the capitol, stopping at the Civil War Memorial 11:30 am Raging Grannies of Madison by Veterans Museum (State St. entrance to Square) Noon rally and speak-out at the capitol, joined by the Wisconsin AFL-CIO and other unions - King Street entrance [more] [more on Facebook] |
| Sat | March 19 | 2 pm | Cultural Resistance Rally to Spread the Word - The Walker Budget Represents an Unprecedented and Unacceptable Attack on Wisconsin’s Most Vulnerable Families. Rally on the UW Library Mall. [more] |
| Tue | March 22 | 7 - 9 pm | PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE FORUM: Combined Mayoral/County Executive Debate at the The Barrymore Theatre 2090 Atwood Ave, Madison. [more on Facebook] |
| Fri | March 25 | 10 am | I Stand with Planned Parenthood rally! at State St. corner of Capitol Square, continuing at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Health Center, 2222 South Park St., at 11:30 am. [more] |
| Fri | March 25 | 7 pm | We the People: Wisconsin State Supreme Court Debate, live from Wisconsin Public Radio & Television studio in Vilas Hall. To be a part of the live audience send a request to: question@wtpeople.com [more] |
| Fri | March 25 | 7 pm | The Role of Egyptian Women in the Egyptian Uprising - talk with Dr. Ghada Talhami in celebration of International Women's Month, in UW-Madison, Memorial Union (check Today in the Union for the exact location). Dr. Talhami teaches Political Science at Lake Forest College and is an international expert on Egyptian politics. Info: #442-8399 dvdwilliams51@ts.net |
| Sat | March 26 | 9 am - 1 pm | Styrofoam Saturday The City of Madison has joined with
Uniek Inc of Waunakee in a program to recycle Polystyrene (Styrofoam)
packaging material. We will kick off the program with our first
"Styrofoam Saturday" collection on March 26th. Styrofoam will be
accepted at the City Transfer Station, 121 E. Olin Ave. from 9 a.m.
until 1 p.m. The event is open to anyone, you do not have to be a City
of Madison resident to drop off material. What will be accepted is clean number 6 Styrofoam, which is primarily block polystyrene packaging material. This is the bulky polystyrene that is used around computers, electronics, and other items. Clean cups and non contaminated food packaging will also be accepted. Printed or colored items will be accepted. The program will NOT accept foam insulation board, takeout boxes, food contaminated Styrofoam or packing peanuts. |
| Sat | March 26 | 11 am - 2 pm | Winds of Change Please join us Saturday, March 26th between 11 and 2 for Winds of Change. We will have small plastic flags for folks to write messages on and place in the ground next to the sidewalk (we will all be most respectful of the capitol lawn!)-- our messages will blow into the wind like Tibetan Prayer Flags. We will also have lots of pinwheels for folks to carry and march around the capitol to create The Winds Of Change that we are all working for! REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR SHARPIE MARKERS/PERMANENT MARKERS TO WRITE MESSAGES ON THE FLAGS WHICH WILL SURROUND THE CAPITOL IN A BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL CIRCLE AT THE EDGE OF THE OUTER SIDEWALK. |
| Wed | March 30 | 6 - 8 pm | Forum on The Role of Organized Labor in a Democracy in Godfrey and Kahn Hall (Law School Rm. 2260), UW-Madison. [more] |
| Sun | April 3 | 2:30 pm | BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP: STRIKING A CHORD FOR JUSTICE at the Capitol. Madison-area Urban Ministry, ICWJ (Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice) and WNPJ (Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice) are sponsoring a sing along in the Capitol on Sunday, April 3rd at 2:30 PM. The event will highlight Dr. Martin Luther King's last speech "Been to the Mountaintop." Songbooks will be available for the event, courtesy of WNPJ. This event will allow the faith community to demonstrate our support for worker's rights around the country through traditional hymns and labor songs. For more information please contact Linda at 608-256-0906 or linda@emum.org. |
| Mon | April 4 | 5 - 8 pm | From Memphis to Madison at State St. side of the Capitol. The event will include performances by Michelle Shocked and Michael Franti and speeches by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and others. [more] Gather at 4:30 pm to join one of the converging marches. [more] |
| Tue | April 5 | 7 am - 8 pm | Election day. See 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidates' Answers Voter Guide from the League of Women Voters. For local candidate info see http://www.lwvdanecounty.org/ right column. Free cab ride to polls available in Madison. |
| Tue | April 12 | 7 pm | Professor Seif Da'NA on Arab Revolts in the Middle East and North Africa: Causes and Significance at Anderson Auditorium, Predolin Hall, Edgewood College, Madison. [more] |
| Sat | April 16 | 11 am - 2 pm | Rally at Monona Terrace (one block east of the Capitol at MLK Jr. Blvd.) [more] and/or at State St. corner [on Facebook] |
| Wed | April 27 | 7 pm | What Next for the Wisconsin Labor Struggle? Strategies, Tactics, & Movement Building at the Pyle Center, rm 313, 702 Langdon St. (corner of Langdon and Lake Streets) with Samantha Jordan, Wisconsin Resists; David Nack, School for Workers; Andrew Sernatinger, Solidarity; Kabzuag Vaj, Freedom Inc. Presented by the Labor & Working Class Studies Project. [more] |
| Sat | April 30 | 9 - 11:30 am | Building a Democracy Movement in an Age of Austerity and Corporatization - Progressive Roundtable talk by Ben Manski for The Madison Institute at Capitol Lakes Retirement Center, Health Center Auditorium, 333 W. Main Street, Madison. [more] |
| Sun | May 1 | 1 pm | International Workers Day! For the Poor, the Immigrants, and the Workers! rally at Brittingham Park followed by march to Capitol. [more] |
| Sun | May 8 | 1 - 4 pm | Mothers' Day Brunch at the Capitol. Come celebrate Mother Jones and all the other radical mothers who have been fighting for workers' and basic human rights over the past few months in Wisconsin. Let's hang out and have some fun at Our House while honoring mothers and sharing stories and information about the important issues affecting women in our state. [Facebook event] |
| daily | 7 pm | Interfaith vigils outside the Capitol, organized by the Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice (ICWJ) and Madison-area Urban Ministry (MUM). [schedule] | |
| Thur | May 12 | 5 - 7 pm | Organizing the Occupation of the Capitol: The Role of Social Media at the UW Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street Madison. [Facebook event] |
| Sat | May 14 | 1 - 3 pm | Dissent is Not a Crime: Two Subpoenaed Activists Speak Out. Meredith Aby and Sarah Smith will be speaking at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 322 East Washington Ave, just off the Capitol Square. [more] |
| Sat | May 14 | 2:30 pm | The Fight is Not Over rally at the Capitol. [poster] [more] |
| Fri - Sat | May 20 - 21 | Social Justice Film Festival at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Dr. Free. [flyer] | |
| Sat | May 21 | 2:30 pm | Teachers vs. Billionaires: The Fight to Defend Public Education at WilMar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street, Madison. Speakers: Steve Blank, Anita Simansky, James Thindwa, Stephanie Walters, Bert Zipperer. [more] |
| Mon | May 23 | 7 - 9 pm | Challenging Corporate Control of Politics, a talk by Cindy Sheehan at UW Memorial Union, $5 suggested donation. [Facebook event] |
| Mon | May 30 | 1 - 3 pm | Memorial Day event at James Madison Park near Gates of Heaven (if rain inside), on Gorham St at Blair, Madison. Keynote speaker is Matt Rothschild, editor of the Progressive; music by Old Cool. Created by Madison Veterans For Peace. [Facebook event] |
| Wed | June 8 | 8 - 9 pm | Lou and Peter Berryman will be singning for the Walkerville tent city protestors near the State and Mifflin St. corner of the square. |
| Fri | June 10 | 4:30 pm | End of school year Solidarity Sing-Along. June 10, is the last day of the school year in Madison. Come celebrate with WNPJ's Solidarity Sing-Along and MTI at the top of State Street (right off Capitol Square, in Walkerville), by singing labor, civil rights and new protest songs. |
| Tue | June 14 | 10 am - 6:30 pm | Mobilize in Madison! Schedule for Anti-Budget Actions. |
| Tue | June 14 | 7 pm | "Fighting Human Trafficking: The Struggle at Home", UNA of Dane County, at Edgewood College's Predolin Hall. [more] |
| Thur | June 16 | noon & 5:30 pm | Noon march, 5:30 pm rally at Capitol. |
| Fri - Sun | June 17-19 | The MREA Energy Fair in Custer, WI. [more] | |
| Wed | June 29 | 5 - 7 pm | March to Defend Tenants' Rights and Local Control. [details on Facebook] |
| Fri | July 8 | 5:30 - 8:30 pm | Solidarity Sing Along #100 at the Essen Haus, 514 E Wilson St, Madison. [more] |
| Sat | July 9 | 2 pm | Gandhian scholar Prasad Gollanapalli speaks on The Relevance of Gandhi to the Wisconsin Movement Today at the Madison Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Court, Madison. For more info, contact WNPJ at diane@wnpj.org or (608) 250-9240. This event is co-sponsored by Madison Friends Meeting and WNPJ. [more] |
| Thur | July 14 | 7:30 pm | An Evening with Arlo Guthrie at the Barrymore Theatre. This concert is in celebration of the 99th birthday of his father Woody Guthrie. All proceeds to benefit We Are Wisconsin. Tickets: $35 Advance / $75 VIP (includes preferred seating and 'meet and greet' with Arlo after the show). Read more about Arlo and the concert and purchase tickets at http://www.barrymorelive.com. |
| Sun | Aug 21 | 1 - 5 pm | The Wisconsin Capitol Pride Parade & Rally with Tammy Baldwin, Mark Pocan, Paul Soglin, and Joe Parisi. [details] |
| Wed - Sun | Aug 24-28 | Democracy Convention 2011 at the Madison Concourse hotel and nearby facilities. Registration $50. [details] | |
| Thur | Aug 25 | 4:30 pm | People's Rights Campaign Workers Unite! march up State Street and rally at the Square. [flyer] |
| weekdays | noon - 1 pm |
Solidarity Sing-Along each weekday at noon on the ground floor of Capitol Rotunda. | |
| Sat | Sept 10 | 5:30pm | In his first visit to the U.S., Mr. Phan Van Do is making a series of presentations on Reflections on Healing in Vietnam. He is the Project Coordinator for Madison Quakers Inc. in Quang Hgai Province, Vietnam. Members of Do's family were killed by both warring sides during the American war in Vietnam, but he has put hate aside and worked for peace and justice. This appearance is at the Socialist Potluck at the Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St. in Madison. |
| Sun | Sept 11 | 10 am | In his first visit to the U.S., Mr. Phan Van Do is making a series of presentations on Reflections on Healing in Vietnam. He is the Project Coordinator for Madison Quakers Inc. in Quang Hgai Province, Vietnam. This is a Pancakes For Peace appearance at the Madison Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Ct. in Madison. |
| Tue | Sept 13 | 5 pm | Rally to Defend Tenants' Rights on the State Street steps of the Capitol. [more] |
| Tue | Sept 13 | 5:30 - 6:30 pm | "Welcome the legislature back to the Capitol" rally on the State St. steps of the Capitol. [more] |
| Tue | Sept 13 | 6:30 pm | The Madison City Clerk's Office will hold a Voter ID information session for the public. in room 201 of the City-County Building. The presentation will cover the recent changes to state elections law, including requirements for photo identification and poll book signatures, and information on how to obtain an identification card for voting purposes. [more] |
| Tue | Sept 13 | 7 pm | In his first visit to the U.S., Mr. Phan Van Do is making a series of presentations on Reflections on Healing in Vietnam. He is the Project Coordinator for Madison Quakers Inc. in Quang Hgai Province, Vietnam. Members of Do's family were killed by both warring sides during the American war in Vietnam, but he has put hate aside and worked for peace and justice. This appearance at Anderson Auditorium, Edgewood College, is sponsored by the United Nations Association of Dane County. |
| Wed - Sat | Sept 14 - 17 | 2011 Madison World Music Festival, including the film Cultures of Resistance. Free. [more] | |
| Fri | Sept 16 | Noon - 1:30 pm | In his first visit to the U.S., Mr. Phan Van Do is making a series of presentations on Reflections on Healing in Vietnam. He is the Project Coordinator for Madison Quakers Inc. in Quang Hgai Province, Vietnam. Members of Do's family were killed by both warring sides during the American war in Vietnam, but he has put hate aside and worked for peace and justice. This talk is in room 206 Ingraham Hall on the UW campus. |
| Fri | Sept 16 | 7:30 pm | Fighting Bob Fest Kickoff at the Barrymore Theater, 2090 Atwood Ave, Madison. Tickets: $8.00 Advance/$10.00 Day Of Show http://barrymorelive.com. |
| Sat | Sept 17 | Fighting Bob Fest will be in Madison this year, at the Alliant Memorial Coliseum. | |
| Sun | Sept 18 | 10 am | In his first visit to the U.S., Mr. Phan Van Do is making a series of presentations on Reflections on Healing in Vietnam. He is the Project Coordinator for Madison Quakers Inc. in Quang Hgai Province, Vietnam. Members of Do's family were killed by both warring sides during the American war in Vietnam, but he has put hate aside and worked for peace and justice. This appearance is at the Madison Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Ct. in Madison. |
| Mon | Sept 19 | 5 - 7 pm | In his first visit to the U.S., Mr. Phan Van Do is making a series of presentations on Reflections on Healing in Vietnam. He is the Project Coordinator for Madison Quakers Inc. in Quang Hgai Province, Vietnam. Members of Do's family were killed by both warring sides during the American war in Vietnam, but he has put hate aside and worked for peace and justice. This appearance is at Anderson Auditorium, Edgewood College, will include a panel discussion featuring Joe Elder, Mike Boehm, Will Williams and Cristina Bain as panelists. |
| Mon | Sept 26 | 6:30 pm | The Madison City Clerk's Office will hold a Voter ID information session for the public. in room 201 of the City-County Building. The presentation will cover the recent changes to state elections law, including requirements for photo identification and poll book signatures, and information on how to obtain an identification card for voting purposes. [more] |
| Tue | Oct 4 | 3 - 4 pm | VoterID Workshop at Coventry Village, 7707 N. Brookline Dr,
Madison. Learn about recent changes to state election law, including
voter ID requirements. Contact: City Clerk's Office: voting@cityofmadison.com, 608-266-4601 Learn more at http://www.cityofmadison.com/election/ |
| Fri - | Oct 7 | 6 pm | "Occupy Madison" kicks off tomorrow with a people's assembly at 6 pm at Reynolds Field Park, with people starting to gather at 4 pm. [Details on Facebook] |
| Sun | Oct 9 | noon | Occupy Madison rally at Capitol Square [Details on Facebook] |
| Sat | Oct 15 | 11:30 am | MAPC March to End the Wars!, up State St. from UW Library Mall. The Raging Grannies of Madison will sing. [more] [poster] |
| Tue | Oct 18 | 7 - 8:30 pm | The Post-9/11 Economy: Getting "Civilized" About Deficit Reduction - Academy Evenings talk at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art lecture hall, 227 State Street, Madison, by EconomistMom.com blogger, Diane Lim Rogers, chief economist, The Concord Coalition, Washington DC. Free and open to the public. |
| Fri | Oct 21 | 7:30 pm | Re-imagining Capitalism with William Greider. Morgridge Auditoriuim, Grainger Hall #1100, UW-Madison. All welcome to this free event - introduced by John Nichols. Mr. Greider will discuss "can democratic principles survive in our capitalist economy?". Contact: Threinen@aol.com. [more] |
| Sat | Oct 22 | 8:30 am - 4 pm | All About ALEC Forum at BTCI Promega, 5565 E. Cheryl Parkway, Fitchburg. Cost $10 pre-registered, $15 at the door. Sponsored by Oregon Area Progressives. ALEC=American Legislative Exchange Council. [Details on Facebook] |
| Sun | Oct 23 | 2 - 4 pm | We Are Wisconsin: Madison book launch and panel at UW-Madison Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave, Madison. [Details on Facebook] |
| Sat | Oct 29 | noon - 3 pm | Solidarity March for Occupy Oakland and Scott Olsen - rally at State Street corner of Square. [Details on Facebook] |
| Thur | Nov 3 | 7:30 pm | 200th Solidarity Singalong at the High Noon Saloon, 701 E Washington Ave. Suggested donation $5. [more] |
| Fri - Sat | Nov 11 - 12 | Badger Bioneers at Edgewood College, 1000 Edgewood College Drive, with leading thinkers and doers in the sustainability field. Conference is $85 for both days ($45 for student/seniors). This includes locally-sourced meals, and Friday evening reception. [details] | |
| weekdays | noon - 1 pm |
Solidarity Sing-Along each weekday at noon on the ground floor of Capitol Rotunda. | |
| Tue | Nov 15 | 7 - 8:30 pm | Global Journalism Ethics in a Post-9/11 World - Academy Evenings talk at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art lecture hall, 227 State Street, Madison, by Stephen J.A. Ward, Professor of Journalism Ethics in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UW-Madison and director of the school's Center for Journalism Ethics. Free and open to the public. |
| Sat | Nov 19 | noon | Madison rally on Capitol Square - WE NEED JOBS NOT CUTS! Hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid! By November 23, a bipartisan congressional "Super Committee" will decide the fate of trillions in funding for federal programs that seniors, the sick, the poor, students, workers, middle-class people, women, and others depend on. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, education funding, and other social services are being targeted. [details on Facebook] |
| Sat | Dec 17 | noon - 2 pm | Our Austerity Christmas: Caroling at the Mansion at the Governor's Mansion, 99 Cambridge Rd, Madison, WI. |
| Sat | Jan 3, 2012 | 7 pm | The Great Recession, Energy Depletion, and Political
Turmoil by Nicole Foss, futurist, international lecturer, and
co-author of www.TheAutomaticEarth.blogspot.com.
Free and open to the public. Location: The Goodman Center, 149 Waubesa St, Madison. Map: http://tinyurl.com/7r2u3f4 Sponsors: WORT, Madison Peak Oil Group, UW Madison Energy Hub, RENEW Wisconsin. |
| Wed | Jan 25 | 10 am - 5 pm | The People’s State of the State at the North Hearing Room of the State Capitol (2nd Floor) from 10 to 5 . On the day Scott Walker is giving his speech, the people of Wisconsin will tell the world about how they see the real state of the state. Live streaming will be available from Indiancountrytv.com. [more on Facebook] |
| Wed | Jan 25 | 5 pm | Bury the Bill rally Wednesday to oppose AB 426 mining legislation on the State Street steps of the Capitol . Speakers will include Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Director Mike McCabe, Laura Gauger of the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, Ben Manski of Wisconsin Wave, and attorney Glenn Reynolds. [details on Facebook] |
| Sat | Jan 28 | noon - 6:30 pm | The Second Annual SlaveFree Madison Film Festival, Slavery & Abolition, Old and New, Historical and Modern Slavery: together we can eliminate slavery. A FREE Movie Screening Event Promoting Human Trafficing Awareness Month co-sponsored by SlaveFree Madison and The Crossing. at The Crossing, 1127 University Avenue, Madison [corner of University and Charter - next to the Chemistry building]. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. A Discussion will follow each film. |
| Wed | Feb 1 | The People's Legislature will reconvene at the Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Halls. The agenda: Discuss a process for naming a candidate to oppose Scott Walker and list the key issues that must be addressed. | |
| Sun | Feb 5 | 11:45 am | There will be a free screening of the documentary film Budrus at the Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society Meeting House, at the corner of Whenona and Crawford Drives in southwest Madison. Budrus is an award-winning feature documentary about a Palestinian community organizer who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier. |
| Tue | Feb 14 | 6 - 7:30 pm | World Oil Supply: Looming Crisis or New Abundance? - a debate, free and open to the public, at Varsity Hall II, Union South, 1308 West Dayton Street, Madison. [details on Facebook] |
| Sun | Feb 19 | 4:30 - 7:30 pm | Sowing the Seeds of Peace and Justice - a free community buidling event at the Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa St in Madison.. [poster] |
| Tue | Feb 21 | 7 am - 8 pm | Primary election day. See candidate Q&A for Dane County. |
| Tue | March 6 | 6:30 pm | Wilmar Center, Mendota Rm. (953 Jenifer St.) The 99% Film & Discussion Forum screens Punishment Park (1971, 88 min) about a hypothetical martial law crackdown in the U.S. Info: #442-8399 |
| Wed | March 7 | International Women's Day Kick-Off Rally in the Capitol rotunda. [details on Facebook] [poster] | |
| Thur | March 8 | 7:00 pm | UW-Madison, Memorial Union – Tripp Commons (800 Langdon St.) Quakes, Wars, and Celebs – talk with Bettina Luescher, World Food Programme Chief Spokesperson for North America. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger. Find out how WFP works collaboratively to address these and other issues that impact food security, such as health, education and poverty. |
| Fri | March 9 | 1:30 pm | UW-Madison, Pyle Center Auditorium (702 Langdon St.) Globetrotting to End Hunger – talk with Bettina Luescher, World Food Programme Chief Spokesperson for North America. Attending to extreme hunger that arises from drought, war, hurricanes and other natural disasters around the world is the daily work of the WFP. Discover how this UN agency fulfills its mission in over 75 countries and the role that Ms. Luescher plays as a global advocate and relentless voice for the millions affected. |
| Fri | March 9 | 4:30 - 7:00 pm | St. Mark’s Lutheran Church (605 Spruce St.) Celebrating Women’s Struggles – First Annual International Women’s Day Dinner! Featured speakers and performers include: Fabu, International Women Students, Clare Norelle, Sandra Rybachek, and Lisa Williams. Info: #255-2337 [poster] |
| Sat | March 10 | 9:30 - 11:30 am | Capitol Lakes Retirement Community (333 W. Main St.) Madison Institute’s Progressive Roundtable presents:Dilemmas Facing Progressive Politics: Can We Combine Environment, Employment and Prosperity? – talk with Erik Wright, Prof. of Sociology, UW-Havens Center. Info: www.themadisoninstitute.org |
| Sat | March 10 | 1:00 - 4:00 pm | Reclaim Wisconsin March and Rally, State Street corner of the State Capitol. [details] |
| Mon | March 12 | 12:30 pm | Rm. 300 SE, State Capitol. One Year After Fukushima, Nuclear Dangers in Wisconsin - state's water supply, farmland at risk as lessons from Japan's tragedy go unheeded! National experts and local advocates will mark the first anniversary of Japan's nuclear disaster, with a briefing on the safety and public health threats posed by nuclear reactors in Wisconsin. Speakers include: Dr. Arjun Makhijani, Pres. of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research; John Kinsman, Pres. of Family Farm Defenders; and Bruce Speight, Director of WISPIRG, among others. Info: #232-9945 or #250-9240 |
| Mon | March 12 | 7 pm | The 300th Solidarity Singalong (One Year Anniversary) at the High Noon Saloon on East Washington Ave. All welcome to sing the songs and hear groups like the Learning Curve and the Forward Marching Band. Watch the Facebook page, Solidarity Singalong, for details! |
| Tue | March 13 | 6:30 pm | Wilmar Center, Mendota Rm (953 Jenifer St.) The 99% Film & Discussion Forum screens: Thrive – What on Earth Will It Take? This 2011 unconventional documentary follows the money upstream and uncovers the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Info: #442-8399. |
| Sun | March 18 | 5:30 pm | Nile Restaurant (6119 Odana Rd.) Third Annual Rachel Corrie Commemorative Benefit Dinner - With special guests Craig and Cindy Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie. March 16 marks nine years since 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death in Rafah by an armored D9 Caterpillar bulldozer driven by Israeli soldiers as she tried to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home. Please join us we honor Rachel's life with our annual benefit dinner. All proceeds will go to provide a water filtration unit for the Al-Shuka Girls' Preparatory School in Rafah. $20 per person ($35 per couple) includes Middle Eastern dinner of hummus, falafel, salad, lentil-spinach soup, foul moudanas, spinach pie and warbat desert. To RSVP please call #235-7870 or email dwallbaum@gmail.com. |
| Sun | March 25 | 11 am - 4 pm | The People's Legislature to Reconvene: The Tin Cup Movement at the Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall. Help pass a "tin cup" platform for candidates to run on. Hear gubernatorial and state Senate recall candidates address platform issues and answer questions. [more] |
| Tue | March 27 | 5:30 pm | Presentation and discussion with Courage to Resist organizer Emma Cape at Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative, 426 W. Gilman St., on the intersection of military resisters, organizing and the WikiLeaks/Bradley Manning case as his trial draws near. Courage to Resist is a group of concerned community members, veterans and military families that supports military objectors to illegal war and occupation and the policies of empire. |
| Tue | April 3 | 7 am - 8 pm | Spring elections day. See candidate Q&A for Dane County. |
| Tue | April 17 | 7:30 - 9 pm | If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Save the Earth - Mosse Humanities Building, Room 3650, (455 N. Park St., Madison). public lecture by former Physicians for Social Responsibility national president and Nobel Prize nominee, Dr. Helen Caldicott. Sponsored by UW-Madison, Dept. of Sociology and PSR Wisconsin. This event is free and open to the public. [more] |
| Sat | April 21 | noon - 7 pm | Peace For The Next Generations - Madison Veterans For Peace march and rally at the Capitol. [details on Facebook] |
| Fri | April 27 | 7:30 pm | Wisconsin Uprising of 2011, and Beyond - John Nichols at Morgridge Auditorium in Grainger Hall, UW-School of Business (975 University Ave., Madison). Spring Forum, The Madison Institute. |
| Sat | April 28 | 2:45 - 6 pm | Session 3: Church and State at Freethought Festival 2012 in Rm 3650 Mosse Humanities Building, UW campus. Speakers include Annie Laurie Gaylor, Ellery Schempp and Sean Faircloth. The event is free but register online to get a name tag. Those without name tags should plan on going to the overflow room, Rm 2650 Humanities. |
| Tue - Thur | May 1 - 3 | 7 pm | MADISON COMMEMORATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "PORT HURON STATEMENT" [details] |
| Tue | June 5 | 7 am - 8 pm | Recall election. VOTE TODAY if you did not vote early. |
| Tue | June 5 | 8 pm | Solidarity Singalong will hold a candlellight event at 8 pm in Madison, outside the Capitol - State Street corner - all welcome to singalong. Contact: outreach@wnpj.org |
| Fri | June 8 | 8 pm | CODEPINK Co-Founder Medea Benjamin is speaking in Madison at Mother Fools Coffeehouse at 1101 Williamson St. about drone warfare. [details] |
| Sat | June 9 | 2 pm | CODEPINK Co-Founder Medea Benjamin will appear at Rainbow Book Store at 426 West Gilman St. with her new book, Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. [details] |
| Tue | June 19 | 5:30 - 8:30 pm | Madison Urban Ministry MUM Annual Meeting at First Unitarian Society (900 University Bay Drive): Justice and the Homeless - A Faith Perspective. A variety of faith leaders will speak from their faith perspective including Rabbi Jonathan Biatch from Temple Beth El, Rev. Scott Anderson from the Wisconsin Council of Churches, Rev. Stephen Marsh, Interim Pastor at Lake Edge Lutheran Church, and a pastor from First Unitarian Society. A catered meal will be provided. Registration is $10 per person. Info: call #256-0906. |
| July 6 - 8 | Lake Monona Water Walk 2012 - Led by First Nations Ojibwe Grandmother, Josephine Mandamin, and William Waterway Marks. Mandamin has walked around all of the Great Lakes and is featured in the documentary Waterlife. Marks is the author of The Holy Order of Water and Water Voices from Around the World, a UN affiliated compilation of writings from 77 renowned leaders, such as Kofi Annan and Dr. Jane Goodall. Other activities include a welcome event with live music, a festival in Winnequah Park that includes a Winnequah Park Water Walk for young families, a Water Expo with Exhibitors, Vendors, Science projects, and Water Art, an outdoor movie screening of Waterlife, an All Traditions Water Blessing, and a community potluck. Dozens of exhibitors and presenters from water and sustainability organizations will offer hands-on activities, literature, education and other outreach to the public. Info: http://lakemononawaterwalk.org/ | ||
| Wed | July 11 | 6 pm | What Happened in Wisconsin? A Radical Perspective on the Wisconsin Uprising. Join an informal discussion with Bob McChesney, Andrew Sernatinger, Paul Buhle, Mari Jo Buhle, and Ruth Conniff at the Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative, 426 W. Gilman. In the aftermath of the June 5 recall election, radicals, progressives, and liberals in Wisconsin are discussing why things happened the way they did in the last year and a half. How did a mass movement in the streets get funneled into the recall election? What alternatives were there and why were they not pursued? And how did Walker and the Republicans mobilize a large number of voters to reject the recall? Was it money alone? And, most importantly, where do we go from here? Info: #608-257-6050 |
| Wed | July 11 | 7 pm | Russ Feingold will speak on Sustaining a Movement for Justice. The Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice (ICWJ) invites you to an evening of conversation with Russ Feingold, at First Unitarian Society of Madison, 900 University Bay Drive. Sen. Feingold will speak about: the role of faith communities in the progressive movement; collective bargaining and the current attacks against organized labor; increases in income inequality; and immigrant workers. Admission is free and open to the public. (Copies of the New York Times bestseller, "While America Sleeps" will be for sale, and Sen.Feingold will be signing books at the event.) |
| Sat | July 28 | 9:30 am | The Madison Institute presents a Progressive Roundtable at the Capitol Lakes Retirement Center, Health Center Auditorium, 333 W. Main St., Madison: Civilizing the Economy, a video by the British Colombia Cooperative Association, on worker-owned cooperatives. Charlie Uphoff will lead the discussion on this alternative approach to combatting the destructive effects of globalization and the out-sourcing of American jobs. The event is free and open to the public. |
| Mon | Aug. 6 | 6:30 pm | Lanterns for Peace Madison will commemorate the
bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, with singing and floating lanterns on the
Tenney Park Lagoon on Monday, August 6. Please join us as we call for
an end to nuclear weapons and affirm peace in our time. We'll gather at
the new Tenney Park Shelter for this family-friendly event of crafts,
food & sing-along at 7:00 pm. We'll float the illuminated lanterns
at dusk, about 8:45 pm. Sponsored by: Physicians for Social Responsibility - Wisconsin For more information: http://www.psr.org/chapters/wisconsin/ |
| Tue | Aug. 14 | 7 am - 8 pm | Fall Partisan Primary 2012. See candidate Q&A for Dane County. |
| Sun | Aug. 19 | noon | Wisconsin Capitol Pride Parade. The annual Wisconsin Capitol Pride Parade will circle the capitol square. [more] |
| Tue | Aug. 21 | 7 pm | In Transition 2.0 showing at Alicia Ashman Library, 733 N High Point Rd (Sauk Point Square Shopping Mall). [more] |
| Wed | Aug. 22 | 7 pm | Creating Democracy & Challenging Corporate Rule, a talk by David Cobb, former Green Party presidential candidate, at Alicia Ashman Library, 733 N High Point Rd (Sauk Point Square Shopping Mall). |
| Tue | Sept. 4 | 7:30 - 8:30 pm | 2012 Linda Farley Lecture Health Care Reform: Unfinished Business in the Landmark Auditorium at First Unitarian Society of Madison, 900 University Bay Drive. Our speaker is Dr. John Geyman, former president of Physicians for a National Health Program, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at The University of Washington and author of several books on health care in the United States. We are honored to have Dr. Geyman join us for the inaugural Linda Farley Lecture. His most recent book, Health Care Wars - How Market Ideology and Corporate Power Are Killing Americans, inspires Americans to engage in the health care debate and demand real reform to the system. His lecture will focus on the unfinished business of true health care reform. |
| Sat | Sept. 8 | 10 am | Economic Democracy Collaborative film series on cooperation and sustainability, 1: FIXING THE FUTURE: Creating Local Jobs and Building Prosperity (2011, 60 min), in the Grand Hall at the Capitol Lakes Retirement Center, 333 W. Main St. A local person familiar with the type of activity described will introduce the film briefly and stay for the discussion afterwards. [more] |
| Wed | Sept. 12 | 7 pm | Economic Democracy Collaborative film series on cooperation and sustainability, 2: COMING HOME: E. F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy (2009, 37 min), in the Grand Hall at the Capitol Lakes Retirement Center, 333 W. Main St. A local person familiar with the type of activity described will introduce the film briefly and stay for the discussion afterwards. [more] |
| Fri | Sept. 14 | 6 pm | Fighting Bob Fest. Phil Donahue and Norm Solomon will headline the Fighting Bob Fest kick off event Friday night at the Goodman Community Center at 149 Waubesa Street in east Madison. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. [more] |
| Sat | Sept. 15 | 8:45 am - 6 pm | Fighting Bob Fest #11, at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. [more] On [Facebook] |
| Wed | Sept. 19 | 7 pm | Economic Democracy Collaborative film series on cooperation and sustainability, 3: THE POWER OF COMMUNITY: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006, 53 min), in the Grand Hall at the Capitol Lakes Retirement Center, 333 W. Main St. A local person familiar with the type of activity described will introduce the film briefly and stay for the discussion afterwards. [more] |
| Sat | Sept. 22 | 10 am | Economic Democracy Collaborative film series on cooperation and sustainability, 4: THE GARDEN (2008, 80 min), in the Grand Hall at the Capitol Lakes Retirement Center, 333 W. Main St. A local person familiar with the type of activity described will introduce the film briefly and stay for the discussion afterwards. [more] |
| Thur - Sun | Oct. 11 - 14 | Economic Democracy Conference at MATC. Speakers include: Gar Alperovitz, Ellen Hodgson Brown, David Cobb, Patty Loew, John Nichols. Early Bird Registration: $90 until October 1st. [more] On [Facebook] | |
| Fri | Oct. 19 | 6:30 pm | The Muslim Students Association hosts Understanding Islamophobia in America in Varsity Hall of Union South. Five distinguished speakers will be joining us. Keynote speaker Ahmed Rehab, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Chicago, will discuss the definitions, origins, nature, motivations, machinations and consequences of Islamophobia. Rashid Dar, a UW alumnus and former program director at Park 51, a planned Islamic community center near the site of the 9/11 attacks, will share his experiences. UW Professor Asifa Quraishi-Landes plans to discuss the anti-Sharia movement, and UW Professor Jennifer Loewenstein will address the reaction to the "Innocence of Muslims" video. Huffington Post writer Daniel Tutt will then speak on strategies for responding to Islamophobia in a larger historical context. |
| Sat | Oct. 27 | 2 pm | Madison Wants to Know! Where Will the Homeless Go? Reynolds Park (851 E. Dayton St.). Madison’s mayor has recently suggested "Greyhound Therapy" for Madison’s homeless population - namely, a one way bus ticket out of town. Meanwhile, the remaining homeless are still dealing with insufficient access to basic services and facing increasing police harassment. Come find out about REAL solutions to homelessness! Hosted by Occupy Madison. |
| Tue | Oct. 30 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Union South - Marquee Theater (1308 W. Dayton) We’re Not Broke! - free screening of the new 2012 documentary. America is in the grip of a societal economic panic. Lawmakers cry "We’re Broke!" as they slash budgets, lay off schoolteachers, police, and firefighters, crumbling our country’s social fabric and leaving many Americans scrambling to survive. Meanwhile, multibillion-dollar American corporations like Exxon, Google and Bank of America are making record profits. And while the deficit climbs and the cuts go deeper, these corporations - with intimate ties to our political leaders - are concealing colossal profits overseas to avoid paying U.S. income tax. Part of the A.E. Havens Center Social Cinema series. Info: www.havenssocialcinema.org |
| Wed | Nov. 7 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Union South - Marquee Theater (1308 W. Dayton) Detropia! - screening of the provocative 2012 documentary. Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century - the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with the car; the flowering of the American dream; and now . . . the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos. Part of the A.E. Havens Center’s Social Cinema series. Info: www.havenssocialcinema.org |
| Sun | Nov. 11 | 7 pm | Resisting Drones in Missouri Brian Terrell will be speaking at The Fountain, 122 State Street, Madison. He is a Wisconsin native who lives in Iowa who is a peace activist of many years. He is scheduled to report to a federal prison on November 30 to begin a six month sentence as a result of his nonviolent protests against assassinations and murder conducted by remotely controlled drones from bases in the United States. He has traveled to Afghanistan and met with victims of drone attacks. He is a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, http://www.vcnv.org/ and a Catholic Worker. [more] |
| Fri | Nov. 16 | 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Where Do We Go From Here? Reflections on the way
forward for Wisconsin and the Nation in the aftermath of the November
elections
at Grainger Hall, UW-Madison (corner of University Ave. and Park St.).
Speakers will be: Ruth Coniff Ed Garvey Georgia Duerst-Lahti Bill Kraus These four politically-active progressive residents of Dane County will discuss their ideas of what the post-election future holds for those in progressive movements. Audience participation will follow the panelist discussion. This event of The Madison Institute is free and open to the public. Nearest parking is located under Grainger Hall. |
| Sun | Nov. 18 | 4 - 5:30pm | Launching MOSES & the 11x15 Campaign at the Fountain of Life Family Worship Center, 633 W. Badger Rd, Madison. You are invited to attend the founding event for MOSES (Madison Organizing Strength, Equality and Sustainability). MOSES supports the statewide campaign by WISDOM to reduce Wisconsin's prison population to 11,000 by 2015. [flyer] [more] |
| Thur | Nov. 29 | 7 pm | Do the Math with Bill McKibben at the Masonic Center, 301 Wisconsin Ave, Madison. Doors open at 6 pm. Tickets are $10. [article by McKibben] |
| Sat | Dec. 1 | 9 am - 4 pm | 16th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival at the Monona Terrace. Come join the fun and purchase fair trade holiday gifts that pay a fair wage to the artisans and producers who made them at the largest fair trade festival in the Midwest! Sponsored by Community Action on Latin America (CALA). Info: www.calamadison.org |
| Tue | Dec. 11 | 1 - 5 pm | State senators Jennifer Shilling & Dale Schultz have announced a bipartisan Legislative meeting, WISCONSIN'S ENERGY FUTURE, at the state Capitol building on Tuesday, December 11 from 1-3 p.m. The meeting will feature the viewpoints of the more than 90 municipalities and thousands of ratepayers who have asked the state to conduct comprehensive energy planning in relation to regional high voltage transmission expansion and suggested policy changes. Energy representatives from Oregon and Massachusetts will describe their approaches which stress comprehensive energy planning, greater pubic participation and focus on end-user benefits like accelerated energy efficiency and distributed generation. The Citizens Utility Board will also suggest improvements in state energy planning processes. ALL PERSONS, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED ABOUT WISCONSIN'S ENERGY FUTURE ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. There will be opportunity for open floor discussion from 3-5 p.m. following the legislative meeting. Contact your state representatives and encourage them to attend. [more] |
| Sat | Dec. 15 | 3 - 4:30 pm | Solutions to Climate Change - Citizens Needed! - Madison - at Arboretum Cohousing, 1137 Erin St. An introduction to Citizens Climate Lobby and 350.org, and how you can make a difference. Madison has two terrific groups that are out front on climate change - find out how you can help build the political will to address climate change. Everyone is welcome! Contact: Trudi at trudijenny@yahoo.com |
| Thur | Jan. 10, 2013 | 7 pm | Afghanistan’s Best Kept Secret: Nonviolent Peacemaking - presentation by Patrick Kennelly at Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, 1501 Gilbert Road.Patrick Kennelly is the associate director of the Marquette University Center for Peacemaking. The program is being sponsored by Pax Christi Madison and Wisdom’s Well. Kennelly, who has visited Afghanistan three times to research how Afghans are using nonviolent solutions to resolve the conflict in their country, will provide a concise history of Afghanistan during the last 30 years and an overview of peacemaking efforts in Afghanistan. He will also facilitate a discussion on how Afghans are using the nonviolent methods developed by Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to bring about an end to this war. The program is free and open to the public (donations to support Kennelly’s work will be accepted). Refreshments will be served following the program. This event is being organized by Madison’s Just Peacemaking Initiative, a group exploring peace and justice from a Catholic perspective, using materials designed by JustFaith Ministries and Pax Christi USA. For more information, contact Dennis Collier at 608-516-1656. |
| Fri | Jan. 11 | 8 am - 5 pm | Renew Energy Policy Summit 2013 Powering Positive Action! at UW-Madison Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. At this year's Summit we will lay the policy foundation for Powering Positive Action in 2013 through investments in new renewable infrastructure serving Wisconsin businesses and citizens. The Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) at Colorado State, Bill Ritter, was elected as Colorado’s 41st governor in 2006 - the first Colorado-born governor in more than 35 years. He quickly established Colorado as a national and international leader in clean energy by creating a New Energy Economy and tripling the state’s renewable energy portfolio. In a state with substantial fossil energy as well as renewable energy resources, Gov. Ritter created policies that balanced energy production with In Gov. Ritter’s four years as Governor, he built the New Energy Economy that created thousands of new jobs and established hundreds of new companies; enacted an aggressive business-development and job-creation agenda that was focused on knowledge-based industries of the future; initiated sweeping K-12 education reforms to give Colorado children the skills and knowledge they need to compete and succeed in a 21st century global economy; and, improved access to quality and affordable health care for many of the 800,000 Coloradans who lack health coverage. Register at RENEW Wisconsin, 222 S. Hamilton St., Madison, WI 53703, 608.255.4044, eblume@renewwisconsin.org . |
| Fri | Jan. 18 | 4:30 - 7 pm | UW-Madison, Gordon Commons - 2nd Fl. (770 W. Dayton) King Coalition’s 26th Annual Free Community Dinner. |
| Sun | Jan. 20 | 6 - 7 pm | Monthly Vigil to End Violence, State St. side of Capitol Square. [more] |
| Mon | Jan. 21 | 5 - 7 pm | Official MLK Day City of Madison and Dane County Observance at the Overture Center (201 State St.). Featuring Rev. Everett Mitchell of Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church, the UW-Madison First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community, and the MLK Community Choir led by Leotha Stanley. Plus, presentation of the King Humanitarian Awards by Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Madison Mayor Paul Soglin. |
| Wed | Jan. 23 | 9 am | Public hearing on the Open-Pit Mining Bill, 411 South in the State Capitol. [more] |
| Sat | Jan. 26 | noon to 1:30 pm | Protest:
Protect Wisconsin's Waters--No Unsafe Mining!
Join a peaceful, legal protest to demand the state legislature and
governor not throw away Wisconsin's local control and environmental
protections for out-of-state mining companies. Noon rally at the State
Capitol, State Street Steps, followed by a march. The demands of the
protest are: -Respect Treaty Rights -Protect Wisconsin's "Prove It First" law -Promote healthy, sustainable jobs for Wisconsinites -Let citizens be heard before permits are granted -Don't weaken our environmental protections Speakers and Performers (tentative): Frank Koehn - Save the Water's Edge John Peck - Family Farm Defenders PK Hammel - National Lawyers Guild Glenn Reynolds - Environmental Attorney Cherie Pero - Bad River Band of Ojibwe Solidarity Singers Forward Marching Band |
| Tue | Feb. 12 | 7 pm | LGBT Rights and the UN in Predolin Hall on the Edgewood College Campus, at the monthly meeting of the UN Association-Dane Co. UW Professor Joe Elder and John Quinlan will be discussing newly-emerging efforts to recognize LGBT human rights worldwide, and the nature of the opposition to these efforts. [more] |
| Tue | Feb. 12 | 7 - 8:30 pm | Kucinich in Madison: Shut the Chamber! at the Barrymore Theater, 2090 Atwood Ave. Who buys elections? Who bribes politicans? Who writes the anti-worker and anti-environment laws? First and foremost, the answer is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its state affiliate, the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC). Join Dennis in launching a national campaign to "Shut the Chamber!" Tickets $10. [more] |
| Wed | Feb. 13 | 8 - 9:30 pm | There will be a FREE performance of "8" The Gay Marriage Play, at the Bartell Theatre, 113 E Mifflin Street, just off the Square. The one-night staged reading includes a cast of over 25 local Madison community theatre performers ranging in age from 15 to 75. The play is being performed for free in cities all over the US in hopes of raising awareness of the legal challenge over Gay Marriage that’s heading to the Supreme Court. [more] |
| Thur | Feb. 14 | 5 pm | RISE UP, MADISON! to show that we refuse to accept violence against women and girls. [more] |
| Tue | Feb. 19 | 7 am - 8 pm | Spring Primary Election - candidates answers to LWV questions. |
| Tue | March 5 | 7 - 8:30 pm | Barriers to Addressing Our Climate and Energy Challenges at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art lecture hall, 227 State St., Madison. Panelists Sharon Dunwoody and Dietram Scheufele of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Kathy Kuntz of Cool Choices will discuss the latest research on social and informational hurdles to tackling some of the planet's most serious problems. This Wisconsin Academy panel discussion is free and open to the public. [more] |
| Fri | March 8 | 9 am - 5:15 pm | International Women's Day Advocacy Workshop and Rally Workshop 9:00 am to 2:30 pm Conference Room - U.S. Bank Building on the Capitol Square Register by 3/1/13 - cost $25 [flyer] Legislator Visits 3:00 pm Rally 4:30 pm, Capitol Rotunda [more] |
| Fri | March 8 | 5:30 pm | 2nd Annual International Women's Day Free Dinner sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom at St. Marks, 605 Spruce Street, Madison (rsvp for dinner to Nancy at 608-244-6595). [flyer] |
| Thur | March 14 | 8:30 am - 4 pm | MADISON ACTION DAY 2013 - People of Faith United for
Justice, Bethel Lutheran Church, 312 Wisconsin Avenue, Madison. Join
with MOSES/WISDOM and our partners as we gather as People of Faith
United for Justice from
around Wisconsin to build relationships, to educate one another and to
act together to ensure that our
shared and faithful commitment to compassion and justice is reflected
in our next state budget! If you missed the conference registration deadline, you can still participate in: 12:15 pm March to Capitol 12:30 pm Prayer Rally at Capitol, led by interfaith religious leaders [flyer] |
| Fri | March 29 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (330 N. Orchard). Rethinking Money - presentation by authors, Bernard Lietaer and Jacqui Dunne, about how we can create an economy of sustainable abundance here and now with tools we're already using. In their acclaimed book, Lietaer and Dunne show how changes in our monetary system would affect behavior patterns and outcomes, such as cooperative currencies in the US and abroad. Hosted by the UW Nelson Institute, Dane County TimeBank and Time For the World. Info: www.danecountytimebank.org or #443-8229 |
| Tue | April 2 | 7 am - 8 pm | Spring Election - candidates answers to LWV questions. |
| Fri | April 5 | 9 am | Immigration 101 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church (2019 Fisher St.) - presented by Linda Clifford, Attorney for the Community Immigration Law Center in Madison. This Center provides free basic immigration services to the public in the Madison area. The presentation will give a basic overview of immigration law in the United States, and discuss some of the most critical questions and issues faced by immigrant families today. Hosted by Church Women United. Info: #221-1981 or jacqueline.rodman@... |
| Wed | April 10 | 7 pm | There will be a free screening of the documentary film TRIGGER:
The Ripple Effect of Gun Violence
at the Marquee Theater - Union South,
1308 W. Dayton St. TRIGGER shares the story of how gun violence impacts
individuals and communities and examines the "ripple effect" that one
shooting has on a survivor, a family, a community, and a society. After
the film there will be a Q&A with a guest panel: David Barnhart, Documentary Filmmaker of TRIGGER Jeri Bonavia, Executive Director of WAVE (Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort) Christian Heyne, who is featured in TRIGGER, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Rev. Katherine Culpepper, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance National Response Team to Newtown Thomas Woodmansee, Madison Police Lieutenant of Special Investigation Unit. The Madison Chapter of WAVE will host a brief reception before the film at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1609 University Ave., 5:15-6:30 pm. |
| Sat | April 13 | 8:45 am - 3:45 pm | All About Citizens United at Promega BTCI, 5445 E Cheryl Pkwy in Fitchburg. Tickets $20, registration starts at 8 am. Speakers include David Cobb, Lisa Graves and Mike McCabe. [agenda] [poster] |
| Sat | April 20 | 1 - 4 pm | UW-Madison, Rm. 5206 Social Sciences. Radical Perspectives on the 2011 'Wisconsin Uprising' - panel discussion and community forum. Hosted by the Madison Infoshop. Info: #262-9036 |
| Sun | April 21 | 11 am - 2 pm | Tenney Park Shelter. WNPJ's Sowing Seeds Spring Festival! Come enjoy refreshments and live music by the Raging Grannies, Solidarity Sing Along, and local bluegrass band Off the Porch! You can also bid in a silent auction featuring gardening essentials and other spring goodies from Family Farm Defenders, the Madison Area Permaculture Guild, Farley Center for Peace Justice and Sustainability, Echo Valley Hope and Mother Fool's Coffeehouse. Info: www.wnpj.org |
| Wed | May 1 | 5 - 8 pm | Cardinal Bar (418 E. Wilson St.) May Day Labor Solidarity Sing-a-Long! Featuring Saro Lynch-Thompson, folksinger from WV, and Madison’s own Thistle and the Thorns! Musician jam session will follow with longtime labor classics with songbooks provided by the Madison May Day Committee and Lakeside Press. Bring your friends and families to celebrate International Workers Day! Hosted by the Madison General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Info: #255-1400 or #262-9036 |
| Tue | May 14 | 7 pm | Edgewood College, Predolin Auditorium. Sewing Machine Project - presentation with Margaret Jankowski - part of the United Nations Association of Dane County Monthly Meeting. Margaret Jankowski began the Sewing Machine Project in 2005 as a grassroots way of helping women in need. The Sewing Machine Project’s basic philosophies of providing tools to support women’s endeavors and asking machine recipients to "pay it forward" in their own communities are principles that reflect Margaret’s deepest beliefs. In 2005, following the Southeast Asian tsunami, Margaret Jankowski read an online article about a woman who had lost her sewing machine in the disaster. Margaret began collecting donated sewing machines to ship to women in Southeast Asia as a way to help them mend their lives as well as a way to forge bonds of friendship across the globe. Later in 2005, when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, Margaret shifted this effort to focus on the New Orleans area. Packing machines into rented trucks, and later loading pallets to ship, Margaret has made 13 trips to the Gulf Coast and delivered over 850 machines to the region. The Sewing Machine Project has also begun working with immigrant groups here in the Madison area. Info: http://unadane.com/events/details/90-the-sewing-machine-project |
| Sat | May 18 | 6 - 10 pm | Concourse Hotel (1 W. Dayton) Madison Urban Ministry’s 40th Anniversary Celebration - Celebrating our Past, Looking Toward our Future! For ticket info, visit: www.emum.org or call #608-256-0906 |
| Fri - Sun | May 24 - 26 | 6 - 10 pm | RadFest 2013 at Camp Upham Woods, on the Wisconsin River near the Dells. Cost $65-100/person, depending upon income. See http://www.havenscenter.org/vsp/radfest-2013 |
| Sat | July 27 | Madison's first ever Disability Pride Festival, at Brittingham Park. It is time to get rid of assumptions about people's abilities and celebrate everyone! For more info: http://disabilitypridemadison.org/ | |
| Tue - Sun | Aug. 6 - 11 | Madison, WI Veterans for Peace 28th National Convention! For more info and to register, visit: http://www.vfpnationalconvention.org/ | |
| Wed | Aug. 7 | 5:30 - 9 pm | Rm. B10 Ingraham Hall (1155 Observatory Dr.) on the UW campus. Free Town Hall Meeting: Illegal Wars, Torture & Spying: Millions Demanded Bush's Impeachment. Should Obama be Impeached for Continuing Bush's Crimes? - with Buzz Davis, David Swanson, Collen Rowley, Debra Sweet BS Don McKeating - moderated by Prof. Joe Elder. |
| Wed - Sun | Aug. 7 - 11 | 2013 Democracy Convention. The host hotel and registration center is The Madison Concourse. | |
| Sat | Aug. 10 | 12:00 Noon | Carbon Free Bike Rally to Oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline, starting at State St. Corner of Square. Tired of corporate fossil fuel powers abusing the earth? Then join us for a bike ride around the Capitol Square to expose those behind the latest false solution to climate change, namely tar sands crude being pumped from the Arctic of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico! Wisconsin already has an Enbridge pipeline carrying this tar sands sludge through our state that spilled last year. |
| Mon | Aug. 26 | noon - 1 pm | Stand With Wisconsin Women at the State St. corner of
the Capitol Square. The state equal pay law, repealed. Access to women's health services, cut. Radical new bills putting politicians, instead of women and their doctors, in charge of their personal health care decisions, rushed into law. Public education funding, slashed by record amounts. We say, "Enough!" How about you? Join One Wisconsin Now, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin, WI Alliance for Women’s Health, Wisconsin NOW, People for the American Way, Women's Medical Fund, and others at the State Capitol, Monday, August 26th from 12pm to 1pm and "Stand With Wisconsin Women". When women succeed, Wisconsin succeeds. Let's tell Gov. Walker and the politicians taking us in the wrong direction that we've had enough. Let's all stand together in support of Wisconsin women. |
| Wed | Aug. 28 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm | Justice for Trayvon in Madison and Dane County! at James Reeb UU Church (2146 E. Johnson). Join a conversation about racial profiling and the school to prison pipeline in Madison and Dane County. Open to all, but especially focused on the role of white people in addressing extreme racial disparities. Hosted by Groundwork. Info: http://groundworkmadison.wordpress.com/ |
| Fri | Sept. 6 | 3:45 pm | Sen Bernie Sanders speaks on national health care in room 1325 of the UW-Madison Health & Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave. Info: 608-251-4990 or wisconsinpnhp@gmail.com |
| Fri | Sept. 6 | 7 pm | Fighting Bob Fest 2013 Kick-off Event: RECLAIMING OUR DEMOCRACY at the Barrymore Theater (2090 Atwood Ave, Madison). Tickets: $10.00 Advance. [more] |
| Sat | Sept. 7 | 8:30 am - 5 pm | Fighting Bob Fest, Coliseum at Alliant Energy Center - http://www.fightingbobfest.org/ |
| Mon | Sept. 9 | 7 pm | Vigil to oppose strikes on Syria in front of Senator Baldwin's Madison Office, 14 West Mifflin Street on the Square. Info: daveleeper@gmail.com or 608-238-7177. [more] |
| Mon | Sept. 9 | 7 - 9 pm | Divestment: A Moral Response to a Disrupted Climate at
the Madison Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Ct, Madison. More and more our planet groans with the disruptions and disasters of extreme weather events, heat waves, droughts, floods, forest fires and the like. These are increasingly traceable to humanity's continued fossil fuel use. In response, faith communities can take steps to bring life and hope. Come hear how. Hear Rev. Nick Upthall, pastor of St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Monona, describe ways our faiths call us to take responsibility for how human activity disrupts creation and disrespects God's gift of life. Hear Terry Wiggins, member of the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, tell how she persuaded her congregation to withdraw their investments in the coal, oil, and natural gas industries. Hear one another discuss how to increase faith-based support for divestment and take practical steps forward. Moderator Kevin Corrado also represents the Madison Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) which has already written a letter calling the University of Wisconsin Foundation to divest from Fossil fuels. Co-sponsors: 350 Madison Climate Action Team and the Islamic Environmental Group of Wisconsin |
| Tue | Sept. 10 | 7 pm | Precedents for Addressing International Criminal Activities - Applications to Syria by Dr. Joseph Elder at Predolin Hall, Edgewood College, Madison. Sponsored by the UNA-USA Dane County Chapter. |
| Sat | Oct. 5 | 8:30 am - 1 pm | Co-op Connection 2013 A Celebration of Cooperatives and Community Hosted by Summit Credit Union. At 9:15 Mayor Paul Soglin will speak briefly about the environment Madison provides for co-ops to thrive and the big part co-ops play in our local economy and quality of life. Info tables, free samples, prize drawings, and live music by Pat McCurdy and the Disclosures, children’s activities including a show by David Landau. [more] |
| Tue | Oct. 8 | 7 pm | Mining, Jobs, and the Environment at Union South. Speakers: Dave Newby, Al Gedicks, Esmeralda Villalta and Alexandra Early. [flyer] |
| Sat | Oct. 12 | 1 pm | March Against Monsanto! State St. corner of the State Capitol Square. Speakers include: Prof. Warren Porter- UW- Madison Toxicologist, Ingrid Wendland-Family Organic Farmer-Student; John Peck, executive director of Family Farm Defenders; Theresa DeGrave of Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance/ Agent Orange specialists; Michael Cramer, Organic Farmer, as well as the Solidarity Sing-a-long Singers. Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/230279737110748/ |
| Thur | Oct. 17 | 7 pm | Mathilde Franziska Anneke Lecture on Social Justice. The Honorable Janine Geske, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice (Ret.), will be speaking on Restorative Justice. The lecture will be at the historic Park Hall of the Free Congregation of Sauk County, 307 Polk Street, Sauk City. Space is limited. For more information, contact the Free Congregation at (608) 317-7913 or free_congregation@frontier.com. [flyer] |
| Fri | Oct. 18 | 7 pm | In her moving new book, I Believe in ZERO: Learning from the World's Children, Caryl M. Stern offers memorable stories from her travels around the world - from Bangladesh and Mozambique to earthquake-ravaged Haiti and the Brazilian Amazon. Stern is U.S. Fund for UNICEF President and CEO. The UNICEF mission is to reduce the number of children under age five who die from preventable causes from 19,000 each day to zero. This is a BOOK READING WITH CARYL STERN, part of the Wisconsin Book Festival, at the new Central Library Auditorium, 201 W. Mifflin St., Madison, WI 53703. [more] |
| Tue | Oct. 22 | 7 pm | Voices from the Land: - An Evening with Terry Tempest Williams at UW-Madison, Mills Concert Hall - Humanities Bldg. Terry Tempest Williams is currently the Annie Clark Tanner Scholar in Environmental Humanities at the University of Utah. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Orion Magazine, and numerous anthologies worldwide as a crucial voice for ecological consciousness and social change. She is also the author of several books including Finding Beauty in a Broken World (2008 Pantheon). Hosted by the UW Nelson Institute. Info: http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/events/jordahl-lectures/ |
| Thur | Oct. 24 | 5:30 pm | UNA-USA Dane County Celebration of United Nations Day and the International Year of Water Cooperation at University Club (803 State St. - UW Madison Library Mall) . Featured Speakers: Dr. Thomas Neeson and Dr. Sebastian Martinuzzi of the U.W. Dept. of Liminology, plus presentation of Global Citizen Award to Dr. Vince Kavaloski. Please RSVP by 10/18 at: http://www.unadane.com/ [flyer] |
| Tue | Oct. 29 | 8 am - 5 pm | Fifth
Annual Madison Nonprofit Day at Monona Terrace. Come learn about
inspiring ways to celebrate, engage, and network with Madison's
nonprofits. Almost 4,000 nonprofits provide vital services in the
Madison region. Our goal is to create hands on, tactile experiences
between nonprofit and community. Info: http://madisonnonprofitday.org
As part of this event there is also a conference. This is your opportunity to receive restorative and inspired training and networking from some of the areas top nonprofit experts and professionals. We’ve put together a powerful conference program focused on strengthening fundraising, management, leadership, and the overall capacity of all nonprofits. Invest in your most valuable resources— your staff, members, and volunteers. The conference is free and open to the general public, but registration is required – to register visit: http://mndconference.eventbrite.com |
| Tue | Nov. 5 | 5 pm | Capitol Square - State St. Corner. Rally to Shine a Light on Big Money in Politics! One year before Election Day 2014, come stand together to shine a light on the big corporate special interests at the root of our state’s problems. Bring a flashlight! We will march with lights from the Capitol to Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) - the powerful corporate lobbyist group behind the attacks on Wisconsin’s families, workers, students, environment, and schools. At 5:30 pm in front of WMC speakers will share concrete ways we can take back our democracy from big money over the coming year. Then join us at 6:30 pm for an after party at the Fountain (122 State St.) with live music. $10 donation is suggested to support the Wisconsin Wave's work building the grassroots democracy movement. More info on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/583157651744328/ |
| Wed | Nov. 6 | 5:30 pm | Madison Central Library, Rm. 302 (201 W. Mifflin) Strong Towns: New Strategies for Financially Resilient Cities – presentation with Charles Marohn, Founder and President of Strong Towns. Guess what? Sprawl doesn’t pay the bills. Marohn has traveled all over the United States helping communities understand why they are in a bind today – and how they can achieve financial strength and resiliency tomorrow. More info: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/474590722654425/ |
| Fri | Nov. 8 | 7 pm | Fair Trade Coffee House (418 State St.) Fundraiser in Solidarity with Democracy in Honduras! Enjoy a fun evening of Central American food and live music from Los Tremendos, while helping to raise funds to send three local journalists to Honduras to report on the upcoming presidential elections, as well as documenting the social movements in the region this November. Independent journalists, Norm Stockwell, Sara Blaskey, and Jesse Chapman will also be on hand to talk about their media work in solidarity with the people of Central America. Suggested donation of $10-20. More info on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/671131659593686/ |
| Tue | Nov. 12 | 7 pm | Edgewood College, Predolin Auditorium. United Nations Association-USA, Dane County Chapter Meeting – Featured Speakers include: Jenniffer Price, Special Agent in Charge, WI Department of Justice-Division of Criminal Investigation on Internet Crimes Against Women and Marlys Howe, Manager, Domestic Violence Unit, Dane County District Attorney's Office on Ending Domestic Violence. Info? #225-4921 |
| Thur | Nov. 14 | 7:30 pm | National public education champion Diane Ravitch will speak at the Orpheum Theater, 215 State Street, at 7:30 pm. This event is free and open to all, sponsored by The Progressive magazine and Edgewood College, and is co-sponsored by MTI, WEAC, Midwest Family Broadcasting, the citizens' group Progressive Partners, as well as by many local grassroots organizations, including GRandparents United for Madison Public Schools (GRUMPS). The event will highlight Ravitch’s role in transforming the discussion of the charter school movement in the US. She is an accomplished speaker who makes it very clear how she moved from a charter school advocate in the early 1990s to a strong opponent in the last twenty years. Her latest book Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools focuses on best strategies for defending public education. Learn more about Ravitch and read an interview on her new book here: http://www.salon.com/2013/09/18/ diane_ravitch_testing_and_vouchers_hurt_our_schools_heres_what_works/ |
| Sun | Nov. 24 | 9 am - 2 pm | Fair Trade holiday sale at Orchard Ridge UCC, 1501 Gilbert Rd in southwest Madison. |
| Tue | Nov. 26 | 6:30 pm | You
are invited to a public meet-and-greet with Congressman Mark Pocan on
Tuesday November 26 at 6:30 pm in Room 302 of Madison’s new Central
Library (map).
Drawing on his Washington and Wisconsin legislative experience, Rep. Pocan will speak to the harmful effects of big money in politics, and his vision for a ‘We the People’ constitutional amendment (House Joint Resolution 29). The talk is sponsored by South Central Wisconsin Move to Amend (SCWMTA). We want to hear the Congressman’s ideas on actions Wisconsin residents can take to help him elevate and advance this amendment. There will be time for Q&A. There is no charge for this event. |
| Sat | Dec. 7 | 9 am - 4 pm | Monona Terrace Convention Center. Fair Trade Holiday Fair! Over 60 vendors. This is your chance to get a good karma gift for the holidays that supports workers and farmers with a fair, just price. Info: www.fairtrademadison.org |
| Sat | Dec. 14 | 1 - 2 pm | Sandy Hook one-year memorial at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Dr, - remembering the young children and educators who were killed at their elementary school last December. |
| Mon | Jan. 20, 2014 | noon | State observance of Martin Luther King Day in Capitol rotunda. |
| Mon | Jan. 20 | 6 pm | City-county celebration of Martin Luther King Day in Capitol Theater of the Overture Center, featuring a keynote address by Andrew Young, the King Humanitarian Awards presentation, and performances by the MLK Community Choir. |
| Sat | Jan. 25 | 10 am | 4th Annual Slave Free Madison Film Festival!
at Madison Central Library, Rm. 302 (201 W. Mifflin St). This year's
theme is US Teens & Trafficking, and the following 3 films will be
shown in a row with follow-up discussion: Abduction of Eden - 10:15 am - A teen abducted and imprisoned in the commercial sex trade must build the trust of her captors and sacrifice everything to survive and escape. Followed by a discussion led by panelists from local law enforcement. Make Room for Youth - 12:45 pm - An award-winning local film provides an insightful window into the lives of homeless youth in Dane County. Followed by discussion led by panelists from local outreach service providers. The Harvest - 2:00 pm - An award-winning documentary follows three teens who labor as migrant farm workers, sacrificing their childhoods to help their families survive. Facebook details [more] |
| Sat | Feb. 1 | 10 am | 4th Annual Slave Free Madison Film Festival!
at Fitchburg Public Library, 2nd Fl Mtg Rm (5530 Lacey Road in
Fitchburg). This year's theme is US Teens & Trafficking, and the
following 3 films will be shown in a row with follow-up discussion: Abduction of Eden - 10:15 am - A teen abducted and imprisoned in the commercial sex trade must build the trust of her captors and sacrifice everything to survive and escape. Followed by a discussion led by panelists from local law enforcement. Make Room for Youth - 12:45 pm - An award-winning local film provides an insightful window into the lives of homeless youth in Dane County. Followed by discussion led by panelists from local outreach service providers. The Harvest - 2:00 pm - An award-winning documentary follows three teens who labor as migrant farm workers, sacrificing their childhoods to help their families survive. Facebook details [more] |
| Wed | Feb. 5 | 7 pm | Created Equal: The Abolitionists at Wisconsin Historical Society (816 State St). This is the first film in a four part series, followed by discussion, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer and passage of the Civil Rights Act. [more] |
| Sat | Feb. 8 | 7 pm | Making Sense of Syria: A Three-Way War, International Solidarity, and the Peace Movement at The Fountain, Rm. 200 (122 State St). This forum will feature Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel of the University of Denver Center for Middle East Studies, and Amitabh Pal, Managing Editor of the Progressive Magazine. Sponsored by Peregrine Forum of Wisconsin and the Univ. of Denver Center for Middle East Studies. Info: 608-442-8399. |
| Mon | March 4 | 7 pm | Created Equal: The Loving Story at Wisconsin Historical Society (816 State St). This is the second film in a four part series, followed by discussion, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer and passage of the Civil Rights Act. [more] |
| Thur | March 13 | 7 pm | At Bethel Lutheran (312 Wisconsin Ave.): The People’s Moral Agenda: Anti-Racism, Anti-Poverty, Pro-Labor - presentation by Rev. Dr. William Barber, president of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and leader of the Moral Monday Movement, a multiracial, multi-issue social justice movement that has mobilized thousands of North Carolinians in mass protests. Rev. Dr. Barber, along with local, state, and national NAACP leaders, has helped to lead the fight for voter rights, just redistricting, health care reform, labor and worker rights, protection of immigration rights, and reparation for women survivors of Eugenics, release of the Wilmington Ten and educational equality. Rev. Dr. Barber has been arrested three times for civil disobedience as he stood for educational, economic and equal justice. Sponsored by the Labor and Working Class Studies Project. Info: 215-7132 |
| Sat | March 22 | 8:15 am - 4:15 pm | 2014 Wisconsin Grassroots Festival Messaging & Democracy at Wisconsin Heights High School - Mazomanie, WI 10173 US 14, Mazomanie, WI. Cost $15 (incl. lunch) until March 16, $20 at the door. Speakers: GEORGE LAKOFF, JOHN NICHOLS, MIKE MCCABE, LISA GRAVES; the Raging Grannies of Madison; 21 breakout sessions. [flyer] |
| Sat | March 22 | 6 - 9 pm | All are invited to the March Sustainable Saturday Night potluck and presentation at James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 2146 E Johnson St. Guest Speaker is Caliph Muab-El, Vice-President of MOSES and co-founder of Breaking Barriers Mentoring. Muab-El will speak about ending the school-to-prison pipeline and bringing together diverse communities in Madison. Set-up and socializing begins at 5:30 pm, potluck dinner at 6 pm, presentation at 7 pm, and more socializing at 8 pm. (Sustainable Satuday Nights happen on the 4th Saturday of every month at James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation.) |
| Sun | March 23 | 1 - 4 pm | 22nd Annual CSA Open House at Monona Terrace Convention Center (1 John Nolen Dr). Find out more about community supported agriculture (CSA) About 35 CSA farms will be on hand with have information, smiles, and 2014 sign-up materials. There are also workshops throughout the afternoon: 1:15-2:00 pm CSA 101: The nuts and bolts of Community Supported Agriculture - presented by LaVina Towhill, longtime CSA member, & Dennis Fiser, farmer at Regenerative Roots; 2:15-3:00 pm Cooking It All: Tips to make the most of your shares - with Patricia Mulvey of Local Thyme CSA Menu Planning Service and 3:15-4:00 pm CSA for Small Households - with Erika Janik, author and longtime CSA member. Hosted by FairShare. Info: http://www.csacoalition.org/events/open-house/ |
| Tue | March 25 | 7 pm | Created Equal: Freedom Riders at Wisconsin Historical Society (816 State St). This is the third film in a four part series, followed by discussion, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer and passage of the Civil Rights Act. [more] |
| Wed | March 26 | 6 - 7:30 pm | Paul Gorski - Strengthening Relationships Between Families and Schools at Urban League of Greater Madison, 2222 S. Park Street. Free; no registration required. |
| Wed | March 26 | 6 - 7:30 pm | Race to Equity Project Presentation at Meadowood Neighborhood Center, 5734 Raymond Road. Free; no registration required. |
| Wed | March 26 | 7 pm | Paul Kivel - Living in the Shadow of The Cross: Understanding and resisting the power and privilege of Christian Hegemony at Rainbow Bookstore, 426 W. Gilman Street. Free; no registration required. |
| Thur | March 27 | 4 pm | Toward Collective Liberation with author Chris Crass (and with Kristen Petroshius, Groundwork, and Rev. Chris Long) at 3401 Sterling Hall, 475 N Charter St, UW. Donations welcome; no registration required. [flyer] |
| Wed - Sat | March 26-29 | White Privilege Conference at Monona Terrace. Registration is closed. [more] | |
| Fri | March 28 | 4 pm | UW-Madison, Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.) U.S. Africa Policy - A public address by Assistant Secretary of State Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. State Department, introduced by Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Crawford Young. Hosted by the African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Info: #262-2380 |
| Sun | March 30 | 12:30 pm | Developing Our Spiritual Leadership to Challenge Oppression and Work for Justice with UU activist & author Chris Crass at First Unitarian Society's Gaebler Living Room. [flyer] |
| Tue | April 1 | 7 am - 8 pm | Spring Election - candidates answers to LWV questions. |
| Tue | April 22 | 7 pm | Created Equal: Slavery By Another Name. at Wisconsin Historical Society (816 State St). This is the last film in a four part series, followed by discussion, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer and passage of the Civil Rights Act. [more] |
| Thur | April 24 | 7 pm | 122 State St. Rm. 200 Screening of Bidder 70 - the story of climate justice activist, Tim DeChristopher, who served 2 years in federal prison for taking direct action in 2008 at a BLM auction to stop oil and gas drilling on thousands of acres of public land in UT. Free. Sponsored by IWW Social Action & Solidarity. Info: 442-8399 or 815-685-8567 |
| Sat | April 26 | 10 am - 5 pm | Isthmus Green Day at Monona Terrace, Madison: Recycling... Driving hybrids... Riding bikes... Dining local... Conserving energy at home and at work... |
| Sat | April 26 | noon | Library Mall - March for People, Planet, and Peace over Profit! Join us as we take our message to the Dane County Farmers Market, the Isthmus Green Day and on to the Wisconsin Manufacturers' and Commerce. Numerous speakers on economic justice, environmental justice, and how to take our democracy back from corporate interests. Part of the Global Climate Convergence. |
| Sun | April 27 | 2 - 3:30 pm | Presentation at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Peterson Hall, 5701 Raymond Rd, as part of The Road Home 15th Anniversary Celebration. |
| Thur | May 1 | 3:30 pm | Brittingham Park - May Day March and Rally to the State Capitol for immigrant justice, worker's rights, and a living wage for all. Hosted by the Immigrant Workers Union. Info: http://www.uniondetrabajadores.org/ |
| Thur | May 1 | 6 - 10 pm | Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) - May Day Sing-a-Long! A tribute to Pete Seeger in celebration of International Workers Day! Join us to celebrate the power of working class solidarity - songbooks will be provided, along with some light refreshments. Compact Duo and others, $5-10 donation. Bring your own voice and/or instrument to share. Hosted by the Madison Branch of the IWW. Info: #255-1800 or #262-9036 |
| Thur | May 1 | 7 pm | Rally to Defend Public Education at Monona Terrace. Speakers: Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis and Texas school Superintendent John Kuhn. |
| Fri | May 2 | 6:30 - 7:30 pm | Keynote presentation by Prof. Lawrence Lessig, author of Republic, Lost, at Wisconsin Democracy Campaign annual meeting, Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Ave., Madison. The annual meeting starts at 5:30, $15 donation. |
| Mon | May 5 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Pyle Center. The Path to Peace in Israel and Palestine: A Jewish American’s Journey - talk with author Mark Braverman. |
| Tue | May 6 | 2 pm | Edgewood College, Anderson Auditorium. Toward a New Theology of Land and the Quest for Peace in Israel and Palestine - talk with author Mark Braverman. |
| Sat | May 10 | noon | Rally on Capitol steps to support Nigerian mothers and families whose daughters were abducted April 15th. |
| Sat | May 10 | 7:30 pm | Roy Zimmerman concert at the Prairie UU Society Meeting House. Donation: $18 or pay what you can. [poster] ROY ZIMMERMAN'S "BLUE DOT TOUR" Roy Zimmerman tours constantly, taking his funny songs about fracking, creationism, marijuana laws, government shutdown, same-sex marriage, guns, taxes and abstinence across the country, often playing in some of the least Progressive places in America for the most Progressive people there - the “Blue Dots” he calls them. In thirteen albums over twenty years, Roy Zimmerman has brought the sting of satire to the struggle for Peace and Social Justice. His songs have been heard on HBO and Showtime. He has recorded for Warner/Reprise Records. Zimmerman’s YouTube videos have amassed over seven million views. He’s been profiled on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and he’s a featured blogger for the Huffington Post. The world is full of funny songs, but Zimmerman’s hilarious, rhyme-intensive originals are also incisive calls to action, smart, savvy and undeniable. YouTube links to some of Roy's songs: “The Faucet’s on Fire!” “I’m In” "To Be a Liberal" “Creation Science 101” “Hope, Struggle and Change” “This Machine” "Defenders of Marriage" “I Want a Marriage Like They Had in the Bible” "Dear Number 1036924053887" [press release] |
| Wed | May 14 | 6 pm | Special Forum on Federal Budget Priorities & The Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget - A Labor Conversation with Rep. Mark Pocan, and former WI AFL-CIO President David Newby at the Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St. |
| Wed | May 22 | 7 pm | You are invited to a free film showing and discussion on The Economy-
Where Are We and What’s Next?
Featured will be segments from recent videosInequality for Allat The Fountain, 122 State St., Room 200 (second floor). Brought to you by SAS - Social Action and Solidarity group. Info: 608-284-9082 or 815-685-8567 |
| Mon | May 26 | 1 pm | James Madison Park near the Gates of Heaven (302 E. Gorham) Vets for Peace Memorial Day Event! Speakers include: Invocation by former Madison Police Chief, Rev. David Cooper; Norm Stockwell of WORT with remembrances of Clarence Kailin, Abraham Lincoln Brigade veteran of the Spanish Civil War; Lincoln Grahlfs, WWII veteran; and Will Williams, Vietnam War veteran. Moderated by longtime anti-war activist, David Giffey. Music with bagpiper, Sean Dergan, and the Old Cool Band. |
| Sat | May 31 | 11 am - 4 pm | Lussier Community Education Center (55 S. Gammon Rd.) Rock Bottom in the Age of Extreme Resource Extraction - an Art and Community Conversation event, hosted by the Farley Center and featuring the Beehive Collective, a national collaborative of artists who use their art to educate and provoke thought about important social and environmental issues. Beehive will share the latest news about what is happening with fracking, tar sands, and sulfide mining around the watershed in the Great Lakes Region as well as the history behind it. Free, but please bring your own lunch. For more info, see the Facebook page: facebook.com/events/1476647955900119 |
| Fri - Sun | June 20 - 22 | MREA (7558 Deer Rd. in Custer, WI) 25th Annual Energy Fair! The MREA Energy Fair is the nation's longest running energy education event of its kind. The Energy Fair features: Over 200 exhibitors - featuring sustainable living and clean energy products; Over 200 workshops - including introductory level to advanced hands-on education: solar, wind, green building, local sustainable food, and more; Clean Transportation Show - featuring demonstration vehicles and exhibitors; Green Building Demos - displaying sustainable building techniques in action; Sustainable Tables - including workshops, chef demos, and a farmers' market to bring sustainability to your dinner table; Inspirational keynotes, lively entertainment, great food, and local beer. For tickets and info: www.midwestrenew.org | |
| Thur | Aug 7 | 7 pm - dusk | Tenney Park Shelter (E. Johnson at the Yahara River – entrance off Sherman Ave.) Lanterns for Peace! Make a lantern for peace and send letters and petitions to Congress - an opportunity for people of all ages to remember those who have died by the use of nuclear weapons in war, and to reflect on visions of a peaceful world. Info: www.psr.org/chapters/wisconsin/events or #232-9945 |
| Sat | Aug 9 | 6 - 9 pm | Farley Center (2299 Spring Rose Rd. near Verona) Second Annual Feast From the Fields! Enjoy an evening of wonderful food, music, and wine at the Farley Center, featuring fresh produce straight from our farm incubator program. Supper of salads and multi-ethnic dishes made by some of the farmers. Cash wine bar from local Fisher King Winery available. This will be a zero-waste event! Your attendance will support the Farley Center's sustainability efforts. We are raising $35,000 to install a PV solar array on the packing shed roof, to power the cooling systems for keeping the farmers' produce fresh. Learn more about our Solar campaign. Sponsor a solar cell with a donation- and support sustainability. Please RSVP by Aug. 2nd. Tickets at $25. Registration here. For more details visit: www.farleycenter.org |
| Sun | Aug 10 | 2 pm | Central Park (Ingersoll & E. Wilson) Madison Pride Parade around the Capitol followed by music and other entertainment at the top of State St.. Info: http://www.lgbtoutreach.org/?q=node/106 |
| Tue | Aug 12 | 7 am - 8 pm | Fall Primary Election - candidates answers to questions from the League of Women Voters® of Dane County, Inc. |
| Sun | Aug 24 | noon | Moral Week of Action rally at King St. entrance to the Capitol Square. Today's topic: Equal Protection under the Law: Call for Respect in the Law and in the Community regardless of race, creed, class, gender, sexual orientation and immigration status. A march around the Capitol Building will immediately follow the day's speeches. |
| Sun | Aug 24 | 2 - 6 pm | Penn Park (2101 Fisher St.) Black-Latino Unity Picnic 2014. Food, music and a great discussion on how to unite our communities to bring about progress! All are welcome. Hosted by the Union of Immigrant Workers. Info: Check out the Facebook event. |
| Mon | Aug 25 | noon | Moral Week of Action rally at King St. entrance to the Capitol Square. Today's topic: Youth Moral Monday. A march around the Capitol Building will immediately follow the day's speeches. |
| Tue | Aug 26 | noon | Moral Week of Action rally at King St. entrance to the Capitol Square. Today's topic: Women's Rights. A march around the Capitol Building will immediately follow the day's speeches. |
| Wed | Aug 27 | noon | Moral Week of Action rally at King St. entrance to the Capitol Square. Today's topic: Medicaid Expansion, Health Care and Environmental Justice. A march around the Capitol Building will immediately follow the day's speeches. |
| Thur | Aug 28 | noon | Moral Week of Action rally at King St. entrance to the Capitol Square. Today's topic: Voting Rights. A march around the Capitol Building will immediately follow the day's speeches. |
| Mon | Sept 1 | noon - 5 pm | Labor Temple (1602 S. Park St.) Labor Fest ’14 – Join other workers to celebrate Labor Day! Literature tables, great food, kids activities – face painting, bounce house, balloons – live music from Cris Plata and Extra Hot at 12:30 pm; magic shows by Scott the Great & Company at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm; Solidarity Roll Call at 2:15 pm; and more live music from VO5 at 3:00 pm. Plus, a donation drive to benefit families in the United Way Play and Learn program – bring a new or gently used board book suitable for infants/toddlers. Hosted by the South Central Federation of Labor. Info: www.scfl.org. |
| Wed | Sept 10 | 7 pm | Race to Equity - presented by Erica Nelson, Project Director, Race to Equity, and Lawrence Torry Winn, Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Consultant, Wisconsin Council on Children & Families at the League of Women Voters of Dane County September Issues Forum and Open House. Come at 6 pm for refreshments and conversation at our annual open house, held at the Capitol Lakes Grand Hall, 333 West Main Street in Downtown Madison. The public is invited. |
| Fri | Sept 12 | 7 - 9:30 pm | Barrymore Theater (2090 Atwood Ave.) in Madison. Kickoff Event for the 13th Annual Fighting Bobfest! Speakers include: Ed Garvey, Dave Zweifel, Ruth Conniff, Mayor Paul Soglin, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Mandela Barnes, Rep. Diane Hesselbein, Rep. Melissa Sargent, Rep. Terese Berceau, Rep. Chris Taylor, Scot Ross, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Lisa Graves, Chris Hedges, John Nichols, Will Durst comedy act. Music by the Raging Grannies, Anne Feeney, Solidarity Sing-along, and Sean Michael Dargan. Tickets are $10 in advance at www.barrymorelive.com |
| Sat | Sept 13 | 8:30 am to 5:30 pm | Come to the 13th Annual Fighting Bob Fest! Return to the Grassroots at the Sauk County Fairgrounds in Baraboo, where it all began. Join 5,000-10,000 activists in the biggest annual gathering of progressives in the country! 13th Annual Fightin’ BobFest speakers include: Ed Garvey, Dave Zweifel, Ruth Conniff, Kelly Westlund, Susan Happ, Robert McChesney, Michael Copps, Anne Feeney (music), Rep. Mark Pocan, Kevin Alexander Gray, Lisa Graves, the Raging Grannies, Mary Burke (introduced by John Matthews), Solidarity Sing-along, Bad River Chief Mike Wiggins, Kimberlee Wright, Angela Vasquez Trudell (poet); The Kissers (music), Mike McCabe, Bernie Sanders, Will Durst, John Nichols, Chris Hedges, Sean Michael Dargan, Getaway Drivers (music). Plus local food and informational booths. Break-out sessions on such topics as: The Historic Fight Back, Poverty and Racial Disparities, Media Reform, Fighting ALEC and the Koch Brothers, Getting Your Message Across, Defending Public Education. |
| Tue | Sept 16 | 7 pm | The Gaza War: Its Characteristics & Long-Term Consequences - presentation by Adam Schesch at the Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.). Sponsored by Social Action & Solidarity and the Peregrine Forum. Info: 284-9082. |
| Mon | Sept 29 | 6 pm | Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History at A Room of One’s Own Bookstore (315 W. Gorham) - book event with Joel Christian Gill. Strange Fruit, Volume I is a graphic anthology of stories from African American history that exemplifies success in the face of great adversity. This unique graphic anthology offers historical and cultural commentary on nine uncelebrated heroes whose stories are not often found in history books. Info: #257-7888 |
| Thur | Oct 2 | All Day | Monona Terrace Convention Center. Madison Nonprofit Day Conference -The region's best opportunity to receive engaging and inspiring training and education! Featuring 30 dynamic workshops ranging from: asking for money, building your board, hiring staff, managing volunteers and providing supervision to using technology, building brand, storytelling, data and social impact. Enhance your professional skills, from renown educators - Marcy Heim (the Artful Asker), David Allen (Development for Conservation) , Melinda Schmidt (Timpano Group), Brent Hafale (NewDay Nonprofit), Adrian Rief (YumButter), Dave Neelson (StoryFirst Media), Gregory Lynch (Michael Best), Paul Gibler (Connecting Dots), more. Registration is $50 in advance, $75 at the door. Limited scholarships available. Info: www.madisonnonprofitday.org |
| M-F | weekly | 12 - 1 pm | Each weekday. 12 noon to 1 pm Monday -Thursday in the Capitol Rotunda, Friday near the Lady Forward statue at State St. & Mifflin. Solidarity Sing-A-Long! Join a group of local activists who continue the Solidarity protests begun two years ago. We have sung together over 500 times, songs of the civil rights and labor movements, as well as many created especially for our local situation. Find your voice, and use it! |
| Tue | Oct 21 | 7 pm | Presentation of the Global Citizen of the Year Award to Joseph Elder at Central Public Library - Room 301 by UNA-USA Dane County. [poster] |
| Sun | Oct 26 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Union South - Marquee Theater. Public screening of the acclaimed documentary, Wisconsin's Mining Standoff, about the ongoing fight over the proposed GTAC iron project in the Penokee Hills, plus the short film, Frac Sand Land, followed by a discussion with grassroots activists challenging extreme corporate resource extraction across the Midwest. Hosted by Madison Action for Mining Alternatives (MAMA), plus many others. |
| Tue | Oct 28 | 4 - 7 pm | Tenney Park Pavilion (1414 E. Johnson) Public Market Placemaking Workshop! Join others to brainstorm ideas for uses and activities to include as part of the newly proposed Dane County Public Market. The workshop will start with a brief presentation and then small groups will head outside to walk the site and start brainstorming opportunities and uses for specific locations. This is a free, public event and everyone is encouraged to attend. It will be a great opportunity for prospective vendors, costumers, and everyone in between to share their ideas. For more info and to register, visit: www.cityofmadison.com/publicmarket. |
| Tue | Oct 28 | 7:30 pm | UW-Madison, Memorial Union. Evening with Naomi Klein - part of the Distinguished Lecture Series! Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the New York Times and #1 international bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. She is currently at work on a new book and film on how the climate crisis can spur economic and political transformation. A powerful and provocative voice, Klein translates the power of her pen into highly engaging keynotes, addressing issues from climate change to megabrand influences on culture and government to free trade and resource privatization. This event is free and open to the public. [details] |
| Tue | Nov 4 | 7 am - 8 pm | Fall General Election 2014 - candidates answers to questions from the League of Women Voters® of Dane County, Inc. |
| Wed | Nov 5 | 6:30 pm | Edgewood College, Anderson Auditorium. Voices from the Border - Lessons of Fear and Resistance from Arizona. Come hear Ray Ybarra Maldonado and Angeles Maldonado discuss the ongoing struggle for immigrant rights in Arizona. Ray Ybarra Maldonado, an immigration lawyer, is the author of "Born on the Border". Dr. Angeles Maldonado is on the faculty at Arizona State University and a long-time community advocate around educational and immigrant issues in Arizona. Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/793815907347949/ |
| Fri | Nov 7 | 7:30 pm | UW-Madison, Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.) Voices for Peace and Justice in the Holy Land Conference includes a Palestinian Cultural Program that is free and open to the public. Performances include spoken word by Remi Kanazi, poetry by Susan Abulhawa, and Debke folk dance with Milwaukee Students for Justice in Palestine Dance Troupe. Info: https://fosnamadisonconference2014.wordpress.com/ |
| Tue | Nov 11 | 6:30 pm | Monona Public Library (1000 Nichols Rd.) Screening of Gasland Part II - part of the Green Tuesdays series! Join us for a free screening of the explosive follow-up to the Oscar-nominated film Gasland. Filmmaker Josh Fox uses his trademark dark humor to take a deeper, broader look at the dangers of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil that now occurs in 32 countries. Info: 663-2459 |
| Tue | Nov 11 | 7 pm | Madison Public Library, Rm. 301 (201 W. Mifflin) UNA-USA Dane County Chapter Meeting presents a special lecture on Nonviolence and Restorative Justice in Palestine/Israel with Zoughbi Zoughbi, Founder and Director of Wi’am, the Palestinian Conflict Resolution/Transformation Center based in Bethlehem. |
| Wed | Nov 12 | 7 pm | UW0-Madison, Union South – Marquee Theater. WUD Film and the UW Lubar Institute present: The Mission (dir: Roland Joffé, 1986) - part of an eight-film series, Religion on Film. Two great colonial forces clash over the Guaraní indians in eighteenth-century South America: the imperial government of Portugal, seeking slaves and gold, and the Jesuit missionaries who want to convert the high-mountain natives to Christianity. Presented by Shawn Peters, UW Integrated Liberal Studies. Free. Info: 263-1821. |
| Thur | Nov 13 | 6:30 pm | Rm. 104, Madison Central Library (201 W. Mifflin) Building Zion Under the British Gun: Palestine 1920-1946 discussion, facilitated by David Williams. Co-sponsored by the Peregrine Forum, the Madison Infoshop Free Skool, and Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative. Info: 284-9082 |
| Mon | Nov 17 | 7:30 pm | WI Institutes for Discovery (330 N. Orchard St.) Conservation Status of North American Birds in the Face of Future Climate Change - presentation with Chad Wilsey, Spatial Ecologist, National Audubon Society. Info: www.nelson.wisc.edu |
| Sat | Nov 22 | 3:30 pm | Help launch the Madison Area Bus Movement! Please join us for our 1st Organizational Meeting at James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2146 E. Johnson St. - Madison, WI. For more information, contact Tim at united4peacejusticeandearth@gmail.com. [more] |
| Sat | Dec 6 | 9 am - 4 pm | Monona Terrace 18th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival! Info: https://www.facebook.com/fairtradeholidayfestival |
| Tue | Dec 9 | 7 - 8:30 pm | UNA-USA Dane County Chapter Meeting, Public Lecture Program at the Madison Central Public Library, Room 301. PROF. MARY N. LAYOUN, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin, will speak on 'Middle Eastern Cross-Cultural Comparisons." Dr. Layoun, recipient of the UW-Madison Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award, is the author of "Wedded to the Land? Gender, Boundaries, and Nationalism-in-Crisis" in which she offers a critical commentary on the idea of nationalism. |
| Fri | Feb 13, 2015 | 5 pm | UW-Madison, Elvehjem Building, Rm. L160 (800 Univ. Ave.) Talk with Opal Tometi, Co-founder of Black Lives Matter and Executive director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration. Hosted by the UW's Comparative US Studies (CUSS) as part of its 2014-2015 Racial Justice and Incarceration Lecture Series in conjunction with the Havens Center and the Young Gifted and Black Coalition. Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/784429811610959/ |
| Sat | Feb 14 | 12 Noon | UW-Madison Library Mall (700 block of State St.) Stop the Cuts - Save UW Rally! On the fourth anniversary of the "I ♥ UW" event of 2011, rally with faculty, staff, students, and community members on Library Mall at UW-Madison to speak out against Governor Walker's new proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System and to respond to attacks on faculty and shared governance. Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/719159058200699/ |
| Mon | Feb 16 | 6 pm | Good Shepherd Church (5701 Raymond Rd.) Public Forum with Madison Police Chief, Mike Koval. Your chance to discuss how policing is being done in our community! |
| Mon | Feb 16 | 6 - 9 pm | Edgewood College, Anderson Auditorium. Citizen Speak Out on Education "Reform"! Are you concerned about the public school "reforms" being fast-tracked in Wisconsin? Come participate in a people's public hearing where concerned citizens can make their voices heard. As the Wisconsin legislature stands poised to drastically alter public education in our state, we want the voices of all to be heard. Come and speak, or come and listen. Take a stand for our public schools! Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/624570670908512/ |
| Tue | Feb 17 | 7 am - 8 pm | Spring Primary election day. See candidate Q&A for Dane County. |
| Sat | Feb 21 | 1 - 9:30 pm | UW-Madison Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.) Midwest Tar Sand Pipeline Summit! with keynote presentations by: Winona LaDuke of Honor the Earth MN & Jane Kleeb of Bold Nebraska. Event is free and open to the public. Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/821781371228472/ |
| Sun | Feb 22 | 3 - 4 pm | Matt Rothschild will speak on "Money = Free Speech?" to Sunday Assembly Madison at James Reeb UU, 2146 E Johnson St. |
| Tue | Feb 24 | 10 am | Senate Committee on Labor and Government Reform public hearing on "Right to Work" legislation, room to be announced. |
| Tue | Feb 24 | noon | Rally to Oppose "Right to Work" legislation at State Street Side of the Capitol. |
| Wed | Feb 25 | noon | Rally to Oppose "Right to Work" legislation at State Street Side of the Capitol. |
| Sat | Feb 28 | 7 pm | James Reeb Unitarian (2146 E. Johnson). Sustainable Saturday Night - No New Jail in Dane County! Potluck meal starts at 6:00 pm, followed by a program from the MOSES Jail Task Force. Learn more about the Jail Task Force here. [more] |
| Th - Fri | Sept 24-25 | Light the Way: Faiths for Climate Justice. Support Pope Francis' ecology encyclical, Laudato Si', as he addresses Congress and the UN. [poster] | |
| Fri - Sun | Nov 6-8 | Tales From Planet Earth - A Free Festival of Environmental Film, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. [details] | |
| Sat | Jan 16, 2016 | 11:30 am - 3 pm | Lively Issues Luncheon—Money in Politics. Eleanor Neff Powell, UW-Madison Assistant Professor of Political Science, will present Where Money Matters in Congress. |
| Mon | Jan 18 | 8:30 am - 3 pm | MLK Youth Day of Service 2016, Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard Street. |
| Sat | Jan 23 | 11 am | Madison Moms Demand Action Member Meetup, Ancora Coffee, 112 King St, Madison. |
| Tue | Feb 16 | 7 am - 8 pm | Spring Primary election day. See Wisconsin Voter Photo ID and Supreme Court candidate answers. candidate Q&A for Dane County. |
| Sat | Feb 20 | noon - 4 pm | Let's Talk About Race - A Conversation For Teens at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Dr. |
| Sat | Feb 27 | 6 - 11 pm | Wil-Mar Community Center (953 Jenifer St.) Leap Into a Green Future: Stop the Frac Attack! Celebrate the coming Leap Day by supporting this benefit extravaganza to raise money for a grassroots citizens' organization fighting big mining interests in Jackson County! Hosted by MAMA, Madison Action for Mining Alternatives (MAMA) and will feature the funk/blues/rock band Bonobo Secret Handshake, as well as an appearance by the Raging Grannies and a game show called "Environmental Jeopardy", frac sands mining machinery piñata, leaping games and more! $10 suggested donation at the door gets you homemade soup and bread with all proceeds going to Neighbors First (NF) – NF activists will be on hand to answer questions about what is happening in their county. Info: #316-5822 |
| Thur - Sat | March 3-5 | Join the Next System Teach-In at the UW-Madison to see how we can create the kind of society - and world - we’d like. Friday keynote speaker is Gar Alperovitz. Madison Agenda | |
| Sat | March 12 | 8 am - 4:30 pm | Bethel Lutheran Church (312 Wisconsin Ave.) Family Farm Defenders Annual Membership Meeting and Fifth Annual John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Luncheon and Ceremony! Featuring a keynote address "So You Want to Be a Farmer?" by acclaimed food sovereignty advocate and author, Prof. John Ikerd, Dept. of Agric. Econ. – Univ. of MO-Colombia. Info: www.familyfarmdefenders.org or call #608-260-0900. $25 donation includes lunch. |
| Sun | March 13 | Noon - 4 pm | FairShare CSA Coalition’s 24th Annual CSA Open House at Monona Terrace. Meet the farm folks behind community supported agriculture (CSA) – over 30 CSA farmers will be on hand! – sample local food recipes from the FairShare cookbook, attend free workshops such as Cooking It All: Tips to make the most of your share” presented by food blogger and cooking instructor Deb Shapiro at 1 p.m.; “What’s in the Box? CSA for Newbies,” an interactive panel discussion at 12:15 and 2 p.m., and "Prioritizing Your Box: Veggie Triage" at 3 pm. Plus, there are also children’s craft activities and a dress-up corner/family photo area. Info: http://www.csacoalition.org/ |
| Tue | March 15 | Noon | UW-Madison, Science Hall, 550 N. Park St., Rm. 175. Water Conservation in Bad River – a Tiny Bit About a Tiny Watershed – Brownbag Seminar with Mike Wiggins Jr., former chair of the Bad River Tribe. Fishing, hunting, and harvesting wild rice are Bad River Ojibwe cultural traditions that require high-quality water. The Bad River watershed faces mineral mining interests, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and other potential challenges to water quality. Wiggins will offer his perspective on these developments in the Bad River watershed, and their potential impacts on water quality and Ojibwe culture. Hosted by the UW-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies (IES). Info: jessie.conaway@wisc.edu |
| Fri | March 25 | 4:30 - 5:30 pm | Good Friday Way of the Cross Walk for Justice and Mercy starting at Cathedral Place, Madison (near corner of W. Washington Ave. & S. Henry St.). [flyer] [details] |
| Sat | March 26 | 1 pm | Madison Central Library, Rm. 302 (201 W. Mifflin) Progressive Roundtable: Socialism as Economic Democracy - with John Nichols & Erik Wright. Hear from two notable Madison progressives and take part in a stimulating conversation about the history, contributions, and current status of Democratic Socialism in America. Hosted by The Madison Institute. Info: tmi@tds.net or #608/438-4178 |
| Sat | March 26 | 1 pm | Bernie Sanders at Alliant Energy Center. Doors open 1 pm. |
| Sat | March 26 | 6 pm | James Reeb UU (2146 E. Johnson St.) Sustainable Saturday Night! – 6 pm potluck followed by a 7 pm program. This month there will be a TownHall Meeting on neighborhood actions that enhance community, sustainability, democracy, justice or simply beauty and the quality of life. Sustainable Saturday Night is a joint project of the Eastside Planning Council, the EENA Sustainability Task Force and the James Reeb Peace, Justice and Sustainability Group. They are free, family friendly and welcoming to all! Info: #608-630-3633. |
| Sat | April 2 | 8 am – 4:45 pm | Wisconsin Heights High School (10173 U.S. Hwy 14 east of Mazomanie) 8th Annual Wisconsin Grassroots Festival! Speakers include: Matt Rothschild, Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign; Lisa Graves, Executive Director, Center for Media & Democracy; Jay Heck, Executive Director, Common Cause Wisconsin; Robert Kraig, Executive Director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, and Rep. Mark Pocan, Wisconsin 2nd Congressional District. Plus, over twenty breakout sessions; information booths, entertainment from the 350 Players – Tar Sands Go Home Skit. $20 suggested donation includes lunch. Follow-up Dinner at the Old Feed Mill (114 Cramer St. in Mazomanie) from 5:00 – 7:00 pm is additional $20. For tickets and info: www.wisconsingrassroots.net/festival or call #608-220-0139 |
| Sat | April 2 | 10 am - noon | MOSES monthly meeting at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 605 Spruce St. Coffee and networking start at 9:30 am. |
| Sun | April 3 | 7 pm | Christ Presbyterian Church (944 East Gorham St.) Rachel Corrie Commemoration – Dessert and Eye Witness Report! [details] |
| Wed | April 20 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Union South (1308 W. Dayton) Sifting the Future: The Ecological and Agricultural Footprint of Frac Sand Mining in Wisconsin. The hills of western Wisconsin supply 75 percent of the country’s frac sand market. Join us for a conversation on how frac sand mining is impact our ecological and agricultural landscapes here in Wisconsin. Opening Remarks by Caitlin Williamson – President, Wisconsin Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology, followed by The State of Frac Sand Mining in Wisconsin with Kimberlee Wright – Executive Director, Midwest Environmental Advocates; the Impacts of Oil and Gas Development in America with Brook Lenker – Executive Director, FracTracker Alliance; and Watershed resilience, changes in agricultural productivity, and wildlife habitat alteration associated with silica sand mining in West Central Wisconsin with Ted Auch, PhD, Great Lakes Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance. Q&A, followed by refreshments. For more info, visit Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/213418945676750/ |
| Mon | April 25 | all day | Monona Terrace 10th Annual Earth Day Conference - hosted by the UW-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Featured speakers include: David Quammen, award winning science journalist; Carolyn Finney, leading scholar on diversity and the environment; Kimberly Blaeser, Wisconsin’s poet laureate, and Michael Schellenberger, leading proponent of eco-modernism. To register and for more info, visit: www.nelson.wis.edu/earthday |
| Sat | April 30 | 1 pm | Farley Center (2299 Spring Rose Rd. near Verona) Every Day is Earth Day Concert! - with Frank "Anakwad" Montano and Skip Jones. Two friends, two grandfathers, two cultures - one dream: a sustainable world for our seventh generation! Suggested donation of $15 - for tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event2522745 |
| Tue | May 3 | 7 pm | Showing of Fixing the System at the First Unitarian Society in the Landmark auditorium. There is no charge, and there will be some time for discussion afterwards. Last July President Obama visited the El Reno medium-security federal prison in Oklahoma. He invited the VICE documentary team to accompany him for this first-ever visit of a sitting president to a federal penitentiary. He talks with a group of prisoners and hears their stories, and the documentary team visits their families to fill out the background story. It’s a gripping tale. |
| Wed | May 4 | 5:30 pm | Madison College (Special) Board Meeting, Room B 3243/B3253 Truax Campus, 1701 Wright Street, Madison, to discuss a plan to expand the college campus in South Madison. [details] |
| Thur | May 12 | 5:30 - 8 pm | Wisconsin Democracy Campaign 2016 Annual Meeting at the Lussier Family Heritage Center, 3101 Lake Farm Road, Madison. Speakers include Prof. Robert McChesney, Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, Andrea Kaminski. |
| Tue | May 17 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm | Restorative Justice, Accountability & Community: Engaging the Community in a Non-punitive Approach to Crime. Location: Urban League, 2222 S. Park St, Madison [poster] |
| Wed | May 18 | 7:30 pm | Barrymore Theater (2090 Atwood Ave.) Benefit Book Release with Amy Goodman, author of the new book, Democracy Now! Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America, with special guest co-author, Denis Moynihan. Plus opening musical set with Ken Lonnquist and Dave Adler. Suggested donation $5.00. Part of a 100 City Democracy Now tour. Info: http://www.democracynow.org/events |
| Sat | May 21 | 9 am - 4 pm | James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation (2146 E. Johnson) Racial Justice Tipping Point! - kick-off gathering hosted by the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ). Join the campaign to engage 200,000 people across Wisconsin for racial justice to make the broad changes that we all need! Info: www.racialjustice.org or call 608-250-9240 |
| Wed | May 25 | 7 - 9 pm | 350 Madison brings you a screening of This Changes Everything followed by a Community Discussion at the Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Ave., Madison. Doors Open at 6 pm. Tickets are $8.00 at the door, $5.00 for students. Advance tickets available online at www.barrymorelive.com and by phone at (608) 241-8633. [press release] |
| Thur | June 9 | 7 pm | The Madison Institue presents: People vs Pipelines! Panel on Enbridge’s Tar Sands 61 Pipeline featuring: Cassie Steiner, Harry Bennett, Ronni Monroe, and Mary Beth Elliot at UW-Madison, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. |
| Fri | June 17 | 11:45 am | State Capitol, King St. Entrance New Orleans Jazz Funeral for Wisconsin Civil Service! Join this lively gathering to mark the day in 1905 when Wisconsin Civil Service was born. We can save Wisconsin Civil Service, and the first step is to question the current attempt to kill it via Act 150. Join the Forward! Marching Band and come dressed for a wake and/or wearing your union swag! Clean honest government requires a strong civil service - let’s repeal Act 150! More info: Check out the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/149970155418147/ |
| Thur | June 23 | 6 pm | Madison Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin St. Where to Invade Next - free screening of the latest film by Michael Moore. Prepare to be liberated! Hosted the Social Action and Solidarity Committee of the IWW. Info: mutualaidnetwork@gmail.com or 608-438-9536 |
| Thur | June 30 | 6 pm | Madison Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin St. Voices of Witness: Out of the Box - free screening of the ground-breaking documentary giving voice to the witness of transgender people of faith courageously sharing their stories of hope, healing, and wholeness. Hosted the Social Action and Solidarity Committee of the IWW. Info: mutualaidnetwork@gmail.com or 608-438-9536 |
| Sat | Sept. 10 | 11 am | MEXICANFEST 2016 - 12th Annual Mexican Independence Festival, at Warner Park, Mallard's Stadium. The people of Mexico warmly invite all individuals to their event, hosted by COFEMEX-Festival Mexicano-Wisconsin Committee Inc. People of any gender, age, creed, origin, race, nationality and social status can join this festival in order to share their knowledge and happiness. Join us to enjoy live music and dance performances, great food, artisan crafts, historical exhibits, community information, children’s activities, and more. |
| Thur | Sept. 15 | 7:30 pm | "THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits," Barrymore Pre-Kickoff Event for Fighting Bob Fest with Greg Palast. |
| Fri | Sept. 16 | 7:30 pm | "BACK BY POPULIST DEMAND," A Night of Politically Progressive Film, Barrymore Kickoff Event for Fighting Bob Fest. |
| Sat | Sept. 17 | 9 am - 6 pm | FIGHTING BOB FEST 2016 at Breese Stevens Field, Madison. Speakers include: Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Congressman Mark Pocan, Congressman Keith Ellison, Russ Feingold, Alder Sue Garza, Kevin Alexander Gray, Jim Hightower, Troy LaRaviere, Sarah Lloyd, Kamala Lopez, John Nichols, Scot Ross, Jeremy Scahill, Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, Ruth Conniff and Dave Zirin. |
| Sun | Oct. 16 | 1 - 3 pm | First Unitarian Society is hosting a presentation by M Adams, co-Executive Director of Freedom, Inc. and one of the authors of the recently released Movement for Black Lives platform. M Adams - of Freedom Inc. and YGB - is a member of the Movement for Black Lives national leadership team, which released "A Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom and Justice." The platform has over 40 policy priorities. The Movement for Black Lives is a collective of more than 50 established organizations representing thousands of Black people from across the country who have come together to articulate a common vision and agenda.
This event is presented by the First Unitarian Equity Ministry Team, as part of the FUS Black Lives Matter Weekend, and is free and open to all. See the attached poster, and the FB event page. |
| Sat | Dec. 10 | 1 - 3 pm | Families for Justice Winter Community Gathering at Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 East Gorham St. [details] Light refreshments will be served. Child care available! This event is free - (5$ suggested donation). For more information and to register go to: familiesforjustice.org or email us at ffjdane@gmail.com. |
| Tue | Jan. 24 | 6:30 pm | Meeting of the South Central Wisconsin United to Amend at Sequoya Library (4340 Tokay Blvd). Citizens around the state continue to demand an end to corruption in our election system. Already this year, 7 more communities will have our referendum on their April ballots. Info: www.scwuta.org |
| Sat | Jan. 28 | 6 pm | Sustainable Saturday Night! at James Reeb Unitarian Universalist (2146 E. Johnson) - community potluck followed by an educational program. This month a look at the Imagine Madison Campaign with City of Madison planning staff. Info: #608-630-3633 |
| Sun | Jan. 29 | 2 - 5 pm | United We Stand: A Community Gathering in Support of Our Neighbors Subject to Deportation or Discrimination at Monona Terrace (1 John Nolen Dr.) Mayor Paul Soglin and other speakers. Come find out about the legal rights of immigrants, the perspectives of local, state and national elected officials, as well as how we can best help each other in the difficult times ahead. Free and open to the public. [flyer] |
| Mon | Jan. 30 | 6 - 8 pm | Our Wisconsin Revolution Madison Regional Meeting at Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa St, Madison. Building off the Bernie Sanders campaign and preparing for grassroots resistance under a Trump administration. [more] |
| Mon | Jan. 30 | 7 - 9 pm | No Child Behind Bars-Living Resistance from the US to Palestine at the Urban League of Greater Madison, Evjue room - 2222 South Park Street, Madison. Prairie's Social Action Committee is one of the sponsors. [details] |
| Sun | Feb. 19 | 3 - 6 pm | Resist & Build at Madison Labor Temple Rm 201, 1602 S. Park St., Madison. Speakers include: Jon Greendeer, retired President of the Ho Chunk Nation, Elandria Williams of the Highlander Center http://highlandercenter.org/, Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson http://www.cooperationjackson.org/, Dario Farcy of the Cooperative Confederation of Argentina http://www.cooperar.coop/, Sarah van Gelder author of "Revolution Where You Live" https://revolutionwhereyoulive.org/the-book-the-revolution-where-you-live/. |
| Mon | Feb. 20 | 6:30 - 9 pm | Madison & Clean Energy: A Local Love Story - a free public forum with social/networking and presentations on big clean energy steps by City and County governments. [details] |
| Tue | Feb 21 | 7 am - 8 pm | Spring Primary election day. |
| Sun | March 12 | Noon - 4 pm | 25th Annual CSA Open House at Monona Terrace (1 John Nolen Dr.), hosted by FairShare CSA Coalition. Info: www.csacoalition.org |
| Sat | March 25 | 8 am - 5 pm | Wisconsin Grassroots Network Festival at Wisconsin Heights High School (10173 Hwy 14 near Mazomanie). Speakers, workshops, information tables, luncheon. Info: www.wisconsingrassroots.net [flyer] |
| Wed | March 29 | 7:30 pm | UW-Madison, Memorial Union (800 Langdon St.) Islamophobia in America - WUD Distiinguished Lecture by Reza Aslan, internationally renowned writer, commentator, professor, producer, and scholar of religions. His books, including his #1 New York Times Bestseller, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, have been translated into dozens of languages around the world. Info? Check out Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/266249707134869/ |
| Thur | March 30 | 8 am - 4 pm | Bethel Lutheran (312 Wisconsin Ave.) & WI State Capitol. Madison Action Day 2017 - hosted by WISDOM! Join over 800 WISDOM leaders from across the state for a day at the capitol to educate legislators about issues in the proposed budget, including criminal justice and public transit. 8:00 am breakfast at the church, followed by welcome prayer, plenary, workshops, and strategy sessions. 12:00 Noon lunch followed by visits with legislators at the capitol. 4:00 pm closing event at the capitol. Registration fee is $25 and includes meals. Transportation being organized from various parts of the state. For more info and to register, visit: http://www.rocwisconsin.org/madison-action-day-march-30/ |
| Tue | March 30 | 6 pm | Madison Central Library (201 W. Mifflin) Insights Into Investigative Journalism - talk with with Raney Aronson-Rath, executive producer of PBS’s Frontline series. Hosted by Wisconsin Public Television as part of its 100 years of public broadcasting in Wisconsin. More info? http://wpt.org/events/investigative-journalism-frontline |
| Tue | April 4 | 7 am - 8 pm | Spring election day. See the Candidates' Answers from the Dane County League of Women Voters. |
| Tue | April 18 | all day | Hope and Renewal in the Age of Apocalypse - 11th Annual Earth Day Conference! at Monona Terrace (1 John Nolen Dr.) |
| Wed | April 19 | 5 pm | Edgewood College (1000 Edgewood College Dr.) Pastors for Peace Caravan - talk with Gladys Abella, leader of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Havana, about the current state of US-Cuba relations (Obama’s opening, Trump’s ???) and what needs to be done to establish truly normal relations between our countries. Info? Visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1850662541874313/ |
| Thur | April 20 | 7 pm | Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha on Cracking the Case, The Flint Water Crisis and Public Health Advocacy - 1220 EBLING AUDITORIUM, MICROBIAL SCIENCES BUILDING, 1550 LINDEN DR. [details] |
| Sat | April 22 | 12:30 pm | March for Science - Madison starts at James Madison Park. See Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/madisonsciencemarch/ |
| Sat | April 22 | 2 pm | WI State Capitol People's Climate March - We Resist, We Build, We Rise! This is a political moment like no other in recent history. Under the Trump and Walker administrations, Wisconsin residents are under attack on all fronts. The climate crisis is accelerating, and we little time to wait for Congress or our Statehouse to deliver change. The future we want to see is up to us. We will march for our families. We will march for our air, our water, and our land. We will march for clean energy jobs and climate justice. We will march for our communities and the people we love. And we will be louder and stronger than ever before. We will not allow climate deniers to threaten the planet. We will not allow attacks on immigrants, communities of color, women, LGBTQ and workers to become the new normal. It's more important than ever to stand up for what's right. Let's march together, and take back Earth Day, a proud Wisconsin tradition. Info? Check out the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/156033178229398/ |
| Thur | April 27 | 3 pm | UW-Madison, Institute of Discovery (330 N. Orchard) Third Annual Climate Change Symposium! Presentations by UW researchers, 4:30 pm keynote address by Prof. Joshua Lawler, Univ. of Washington. Info: http://nelson.wisc.edu/ccr/events/climate-change-symposium.php |
| Thur | April 27 | 4 pm | UW-Madison, Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.) Women Lead the Way: From Violence to Non-Violence, From Greed to Sharing, From Hate to Love - lecture by Vandana Shiva, as part of the 2nd Annual 4W Summit on Women, Gender, and Well-Being. Info: https://sohe.wisc.edu/vandana-shiva-keynotes-4w-summit/ |
| Sun | April 30 | 3 - 5 pm | Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) May Day Commemoration and Sing-A-Long - a Madison tradition since 1994! Come together for working class solidarity as we share some union classics, as well as some newer tunes from the front lines of today’s struggles. Song books will be provided. Musicians bring your instruments! Some light snacks will also be available, other dishes/drinks most welcome. Hosted by the Madison General Membership Branch (GMB) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Info: https://www.facebook.com/Madison.IWW.GMB/ |
| Mon | May 1 | 11 am - 1 pm | Brittingham Park (401 W. Shore Dr.) Day Without Immigrants and Refugees - Rally and March for International Workers Day! Speak out against the attacks on immigrants, refugees, workers, unions, and marginalized communities. We will not accept Trump's policies of hate and divisiveness. We must unite for fair conditions for ALL! More info? Visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1203329759721337/ |
| Wed | May 3 | 6:30 - 8 pm | Mass Incarceration: In an Age of Tough Sentencing at the Red Gym on Langdon Street. The panelists are Michael O'Hear (Professor of Law at Marquette Univ.), Cecelia Klingele (Asst. Professor of Law at UW-Madison) and Talib Ackbar, former prisoner and VP of Moses. Professor O'Hear has recently published a book on the subject. Prairie Social Action Committee is one of several co-sponsors of the event. [poster] |
| Sat | May 6 | 1:30 pm | Amy Goodman Returns To Madison at Madison College downtown campus, 211 N. Carroll, room 240. This free event celebrates the paperback release of Democracy NOW - 20 Years Covering the Movements Changing America. Sponsored by the Madison College Journalism Program, WORT-FM and The Progressive magazine. [details] |
| Tue | May 9 | 6:30 pm | Christ Presbyterian Church (944 E. Gorham) Divided We Fall - free screening and public discussion of the acclaimed documentary about the 2011 Wisconsin Uprising by KatherineAcosta. The time is ripe for another evaluation of the "Cheddar Revolution" which inspired people around the world but ultimately failed to achieve the protesters’ objectives of defeating Gov. Scott Walker’s union-busting budget-cutting austerity program. Hosted by the Madison Free Skool, the Peregrin Forum, and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Info: #284-9082 or visit: https://dividedwefall-movie.com/ |
| Wed | July 5 | 5:30 - 6:30 pm | No to TrumpCare: a community mobilization! on Labor Temple Lawn, 602 S Park St. [details] |
| Thur | July 6 | noon - 2 pm | Rally: Get Your Hands Off Our Healthcare at Capitol Square. [details] |
| Sun | June 30 | 4 - 5:30 pm | Keys to Dignity - a discussion about placing lockers for homeless persons on the property of Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society. The Prairie Social Action Committee invites you to join us at the Prairie UU Society Meeting House, 2010 Whenona Dr. in southwest Madison. [flyer] |
| Wed | Aug. 9 | 6 pm | Lanterns for Peace at Tenney Park (1414 E. Johnson). This family-friendly event is organized around the world in remembrance of the devastating humanitarian effects of the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. This year’s speaker is Caren Stelson, author of Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story, the 2017 National Book Award Longlist title and 2017 Bank Street College Best Children’s Books of the Year list awardee. Her book retells the true story of six-year-old Sachiko Yasui’s survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb and the lifelong aftermath. |
| Sun | Aug. 13 | 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Home is a Human Right: A Series on Immigration at Prairie UU Society Annex, 2006 Whenona Dr. in southwest Madison. The Humanist Union of Madison will view and discuss three short films that examine issues related to immigration in the U.S. that impact undocumented and refugee communities: Pursuing the Dream, Nowhere to Go: Shutting Out Syrians, and The Call to Sanctuary. Come at 11:45 am to join our potluck lunch. |
| Sun | Aug. 20 | noon - 4 pm | Pride Parade/Rally Staging starts at noon in the 500 and 600 blocks of State St. The parade kicks off at 1 pm and marches up State Street to the Capitol Square. The parade turns right and circles the Square. Rally will be held at about 2 pm at the top of State St. [details] |
| Mon | Sept. 4 | noon - 5:30 pm | Labor Fest 2017! at the Labor Temple (1602 S. Park St.) Hosted by the South Central Federation of Labor (SCFL) and featuring music from Natty Nation and Chris Plata with Extra Hot! The event is free and open to the public. Family-friendly activities include magic shows, face painting, a bounce house, balloon twister, and a caricature artist. In honor of the late SCFL Exec Board member Elliot Copan, we will also be raffling off a 2004 Harley Davidson trike. Proceeds will be going to cancer research and our Workers Memorial Stage fund. Info: Visit Facebook |
| Mon | Oct. 2 | noon | Madison Arcatao Sister City Project presents Community Organizing that Leads to National Change at UW-Madison Campus, Ingraham Hall, Room 336, 1155 Observatory Drive. [details] |
| Mon | Oct. 2 | 6 pm | Madison Arcatao Sister City Project presents Water is Life: Resistance in El Salvador and the US at the Madison Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St. 6-6:30 food and socializing, 6:30-7:30 panel discussion. [details] |
| Tue | Oct. 3 | 5 pm | Madison Arcatao Sister City Project presents The Essential Role of Community Organizing in National Change at the Catholic Multicultural Center, 1862 Beld St., Madison. 5 pm dinner, 6 - 8:30 pm workshop. [register] |
| Thur | Nov. 9 | 7 pm | The Ecumenical Peace Working Group presents Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, speaking on Trillions for the Military: Will That Make Us Secure? at Anderson Auditorium in Predolin Center, Edgewood College. [flyer] [details] |
| Thur | Nov. 16 | 6 pm | Sequoya Public Library Screening of two films about our looming water crisis: Blue Gold and Wisconsin’s Blue Gold, followed by a discussion with WI Secretary of State, Doug La Follette, author of The Survival Handbook - a Strategy for Saving Planet Earth. Sponsored by the Gray Panthers of Madison. Info: graypanthersmadison@gmail.com or #608-438-9536. |
| Thur | Jan. 18 | 7 to 8:30 pm | Watch the film "Science Moms" at the Madison Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St., Rooms 301/302. Discussion to follow with Kavin Senapathy, one of film's participants, and Carrie Mess. [details] |
| Thur | Jan. 18 | 7 to 9 pm | DSA/OWR/Indivisible/Progessive Dane Social Mixer [details] |
| Sat | Jan. 27 | 6 to 9 pm |
The Sustainable Saturday Night Coalition Presents:
Our New Year's Revolution: Wisconsin Leaders Share Vision and Strategy for Building Unity in 2018.
At 6:00 pm we will offer a free community meal. At 7:00, The Progressive magazine’s publisher, Norman Stockwell, will moderate a panel of Wisconsin Leaders who will lead a discussion about building a united progressive movement aimed at changing Wisconsin’s political climate. There will be time for networking and planning. Location: James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2146 E Johnson St, Madison. For more information: Timc@fusmadison.org. |
| Wed | Jan. 31 | 6:30 - 8:45 pm | FOSSIL FREE FAST! WATCH PARTY: Plan to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels! Join us for a 350.org livestream event and action planning. Where: Alicia Ashmann Public Library, 733 N. High Point Rd., Madison. Speakers include Senator Bernie Sanders; Bill McKibben, 350.org founder; Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop Caucus; Jacqueline Patterson, NAACP, Justice and Climate Initiative, and other speakers. Sponsored by 350 Madison. Wear a creative hat that demonstrates something you want to protect and win a 350 t-shirt. |
| Tue | Feb 20 | 7 am - 8 pm | Spring Primary election day. See candidate Q&A for Dane County. |
| Wed | Feb. 21 | 6 - 7 pm | Candlelight Vigil for Parkland at UW Library Mall. We will gather to pay our respects to the innocent lives lost in Parkland, Florida. After hearing from speakers, we will march in silence towards the Capitol to demand policy change be enacted in our state and community on this issue. Planned speakers include... MSD Parkland Alumnus Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort (WAVE) Gun violence prevention advocates State legislators and policymakers |
| Sat | Feb. 24 | 1 pm | Working People's Day of Action at Capitol Square. On February 24, we will stand up for the freedom of working people to come together and fight for decent and equitable pay for our work, affordable health care, quality schools, vibrant communities and a secure future for all of us. Info: action@itsaboutfreedom.org |
| Sat | Feb. 24 | 6 - 9 pm |
Sustainable Saturdays continues with the theme of Building Unity across Wisconsin. Community Meal followed by break-out discussions-conversations for collective liberation. Form more info, visit Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildingunitywi/ or contact: buildingunitywi@gmail.com. [flyer] Location: James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2146 E Johnson St, Madison. |
| Tue | March 20 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm | Rev. Dr. Thandeka's Lecture: Got Race? Rev. Dr. Thandeka will trace the hidden history of racial identity-formation and how whites and blacks were made in America. This lecture is free and open to the public at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison. |
| Sat | March 24 | 9 am - 4 pm | Wisconsin Heights High School (10173 U.S. Hwy. 14 near Mazomanie) 10th Annual Wisconsin Grassroots Festival! People Organizing for Solutions. Keynote speakers include: Sen. Tammy Baldwin; Rep. Mark Pocan; John Nichols; and Matt Rothschild. Plus more than twenty breakout sessions on a variety of topics, and dozens of information tables for grassroots organizations. $25 admission includes lunch. Info: #608-220-0139 or http://www.wisconsingrassroots.net/ |
| Sat | March 24 | 10 am | Madison March for Our Lives We will be marching from the UW Library Mall to the steps of the State Capitol at 10am. Please congregate on the Mall from 9:30am to 10:00am. At 10am we will walk down State St and gather at the steps of the Capitol to hear from students, teachers, and activists who are standing up to say #EnoughisEnough. Now is the time to say #NeverAgain to gun violence in our schools and communities. Now is the time to #MarchforOurLives! Facebook evemt |
| Thurs | March 29 | 6:30 pm | The Cost of CAFOs - the Impact of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations at the Downtown Madison Library - Room 302. Panel discussion with Lynn Utesch, Kewaunee CARES; Christi Greening, Citizens’ Water Coalition of Wisconsin; John Peck, Family Farm Defenders; Harry Pulliam, Sustain Rural Wisconsin Nework; and Mary Dougherty, Socially Responsible Agriculture Project. Hosted by The Madison Institute. Info: Visit the Facebook event. |
| Mon | April 2 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Elvejhem, Rm. L160 (800 Univ. Ave.) 1917-2017 Wars and Revolutions - talk with Tariq Ali, writer, journalist, filmmaker, and editor of the New Left Review. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, UW History Department, and the AE Havens Center. Info: http://www.havenscenter.org/ |
| Tue | April 3 | 7 am - 8 pm | Spring election day. See the Candidates' Answers from the Dane County League of Women Voters. |
| Wed | April 4 | 6:30 - 7:30 pm | Town Hall with Rep. Mark Pocan at Goodman Community Center 149 Waubesa St, Madison. [Facebook] |
| Wed | April 4 | 6:30 pm | James Reeb U.U. (2146 E. Johnson St.) They Will Inherit the Earth - talk by activist author and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Fr. John Dear begins at 7 pm. Father Dear connects the way of active nonviolence with solidarity with Creation, and shows how our global epidemic of violence and war could only lead to catastrophic climate change. He shares his experience serving as a pastor in the mission church at Yosemite; encounters with New Mexican indigenous women who live at one with the earth while resisting nuclear weapons production at Los Alamos; his experience at Standing Rock in North Dakota, resisting the pipeline; reflections on the work of environmental leader Bill McKibben and Pope Francis' monumental encyclical on the environment. Event info |
| Sat | April 7 | 2 pm | April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Saturday, April 7, the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault (WCASA) is holding its annual Wrap Around the Capitol at 2pm. The Wrap event concludes with a One Billion Rising Break the Chain flash mob dance, and I'd like to invite all to come to this powerful public event and join a group of sexual assault survivors and allies in creatively calling for an end to sexual assault. [details] |
| Sat | April 7 | 7 pm | Edgewood College, Anderson Auditorium (1000 Edgewood Dr.) Sr. Simone Campbell comes to Madison to talk on Hunger and Hope in the Federal Budget … An Insider's View. Sr. Simone is the initiator of the well-known Nuns on the Bus project and Executive Director of NETWORK Social Justice lobby in Washington, DC. She will give us an informed view of what is happening in Congress as the federal budget is formed, especially how that moral document affects how much of our money goes to military defense and how that impacts all other budget priorities. [flyer] [press release] |
| Sun | April 8 | 9 am | Sister Simone Campbell will speak at the 9 am service at First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. |
| Mon | April 23 | 8 am - 5 pm | Monona Terrace Convention Center Up For the Challenge: Innovation for People, Places, and the Planet! 12th Annual Earth Day Conference - hosted by the Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies - UW Madison. To register and for more info, visit: https://www.nelson.wisc.edu/events/earth-day/2018/index.php. |
| Thurs | April 26 | 6:30 pm | Madison Central Library, Rm. 302 (201 W. Mifflin) Our Wisconsin Revolution (OWR) monthly assembly, featuring a discussion with newly elected Verona Mayor, Luke Diaz, and dnwly elected Dane County Sueprvisor, Yogesh Chawla. Come find out about their progressive policy agendas going forward and how OWR can best support such initiatives. Info: Visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1711231962303958/ |
| Sat | April 28 | 2 pm | James Reeb UU (2146 E. Johnson) Spring Assembly of the WI Network for Peace, Justice and Sustainability (WNPJS), showcasing grassroots organizing across the state, followed at 6 pm by Sustainable Saturday with a community potluck and public forum on building unity across issues and generations. Info: Visit Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1869931309706318/ . |
| Sun | April 29 | 3:30 pm | Catholic Multicultural Center (1862 Beld St.) Interfaith March for Peace and Justice! Part of a nation-wide event to celebrate the diversity and lift up the unity of our faith communities, as we affirm religious freedom and condemn all acts of violence and harassment against people based on race, color, beliefs, or place of origin. Kick-off at 3:30 pm with a charge from local faith leaders, followed by a march in a circuit on South Park St., ending back at the Catholic Multicultural Center for food, music, words of inspiration from community leaders, and a chance to meet new people and make connections! Info: Visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/603835763302816/ |
| Tue | May 1 | 11 am | Brittingham Park (829 W. Washington). May Day Rally and March for Immigrant and Workers Rights! Labor, faith, students and community organizations and their allies will join the national call for immigration reform and workers' rights. UW students will hold their own walk out and rally starting at 11:00 am on Library Mall, also converging on the State Capitol. More info: #608-345-9544 or Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1471720529603874/ . |
| Mon | May 28 | 1 pm | Veterans for Peace-Madison Memorial Day program at Gates of Heaven, 302 E. Gorham St., Madison, with Norman Stockwell and Alfred McCoy. [program] [press release] |
| Wed | June 6 | 7 pm | Capital Lakes, Grand Hall (333 W. Main St.). Keeping the Public in Public Schools - issues forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Dane County, and featuring Julie Underwood, J.D.,Ph.D., Susan Engeleiter Professor of Law Education, Policy and Practice, UW-Madison. Info: https://www.lwvdanecounty.org/ |
| Thur - Sat | June 14-16 | The Madison Reunion: A Party With a Purpose is sold out, with a waiting list, but parts may be streamed online. Many 1960s radicals and music makers will be coming to town. | |
| Sat | June 16 | 9 am - 8 pm | Radical Perspectives on the Sixties and Beyond: Teach-In and Intergenerational Dialogue at Union South, UW campus. More than a dozen panel discussions. Some panels take a historical focus, while others look forward. A partial list includes:
[details] |
| Tue | June 19 | 12 - 12:45 pm | RALLY for FAIR MAPS at Wisconsin State Capitol, Senate Parlor, 2nd Floor [details] |
| Tue | June 22 | 5 - 6:30 pm | March For Our Lives - Road to Change Madison Town Hall & Voter Reg Party at the Alliant Energy Center with students from Parkland FL. [details] [Facebook] |
| Sun | July 22 | 1 pm | First Unitarian Society and Congregation Shaarei Shamayim invite you to attend a program on July 22 at FUS to learn how you can help members of our Madison community who have immigration difficulties. Lawyers from the Community Immigration Law Center, which operates a free clinic for people in need, will be our guest speakers. (There are many tasks volunteers can help with so that the attorneys are freed up to serve more clients.) A light lunch will be served at 12:30 PM for program participants. |
| Thur | Sept 20 | 6-9 pm | Free film screening of "13th" at Madison Central Library. [details] |
| Thur | Sept 20 | 6:30 pm | First Congregational United Church of Christ (1609 Univ. Ave.) Serving the Sentence Together: Mass Incarceration and the Family - hosted by the Demeter Foundation. This event includes Wisconsin’s premiere screening of "Faces of Mass Incarceration" by Metamora Films and The International Prisoner Family Conference. Panelists include: Tamra Oman: Formerly incarcerated, national speaker & trainer, and Peer Specialist at WI Resource Center; Sandy Cummins: Mom to Tamra, shares her journey with her daughter; Deb Mejchar: Formerly incarcerated, Certified Peer Specialist and Chaplain at Fox Lake Correctional; Carmella Glenn: Daughter to Deb, Certified Peer Specialist, Coordinator at Madison Urban Ministry’s Just Bakery. |
| Sun | Sept 23 | 3 pm | Die-In to End Gun Violence. On September 19th, 2018 a gunman opened fire in a workplace in Middleton, Wisconsin injuring 4 people. In the 263 days of 2018 so far, there have been 262 mass shootings, 2 of which happened right here in Dane County. Join us Sunday September 23rd as we hear comments from State Sens. Chris Taylor and Melissa Sergeant and do a Die-In inside the Capitol rotunda to show Wisconsin politicians that "thoughts and prayers" don't save lives. [details on Facebook] |
| Sun | Sept 23 | 7 - 9 pm | James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation is a Sanctuary Congregation in the Dane Sanctuary Coalition, but they need to remodel their space before they can provide a safe sanctuary for anyone being threatened with deportation. They are holding a benefit concert to raise money to help them remodel their space. Performers includ Ken Lonnquist, Ritt Deitz, Wilder Deitz and the Eastside Acoustic Ensemble. [flyer] |
| Tue | Sept 25 | 7 pm | UW-Madison, Memorial Union - Shannon Hall (800 Langdon St.) The Great Lakes to Great Lakes Initiative: Mutual Interest in Africa - lecture by Russ Feingold, former U.S. Senator and visiting lecturer, UW-Madison Division of African Studies. Info |
| Tue | Oct 9 | 4:30 pm | UW-Madison Discovery Building - DeLuca Forum (330 N. Orchard St.) The Hot Zone: A Look at the Environmental Protection Agency in the Era of Trump - lecture by Eric Lipton, investigative reporter with the New York Times. Info: https://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/news/ny-times-lipton-to-discuss-environmental-protection-agency |
| Tue | Nov 6 | 7 am - 8 pm | Election day. See the Candidates' Answers from the Dane County League of Women Voters. |
| Wed | Nov 7 | 7 pm | The Electoral College: Bad for Our Democracy? - presentation and discussion hosted by the League of Women Voters of Dane County at Capitol Lakes, Grand Hall (333 W. Main St). |
| Fri | Nov 16 | 7 pm | Free film showing - Untouchable, at the Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society Meeting House at the corner of Crawford and Whenona Drives in southwest Madison. In collaboration with the FUS Social Justice Team and the organization MOSES, Prairie Social Action committee will host on Friday November 16 at 7 pm a showing of a documentary film about the treatment of child sex offenders in the U.S. The documentary is called Untouchable and it examines the harsh and long lasting effects of laws related to sex offenders which includes some 800,000 people. It interviews several individuals who have been labeled under these laws. The film won a Tribeca Film Festival Award in 2016. The showing will be followed by discussion as time allows. Light snacks will be available. BYOB. |
| Sat | Nov 17 | 9:30 am - 4 pm | Madison Area Teachers for Social Justice have organized nine workshops at the School of Education, 1000 Bascom Mall, UW-Madison, led by educators from the Greater Madison Area. Workshop topics will include: Register here. |
| Sat | Jan 19 | 10 am - noon |
Women's March WI brings you #womenswave this Saturday. "We are outraged. We are organized. They forgot that millions of women and allies lit the world on fire two years ago and again this past January. On January 19, 2019, in Madison, WI we’re going to remind them we have had ENOUGH of sexist, racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, ableist, homophobic and transphobic policies and actions." Music by the Raging Grannies of Madison will open and close the event. [more] |
| Sun | Jan 20 | 2:15 pm | South Central Wisconsin United To Amend (SCWUTA) will mark the 9th anniversary of the Supreme Court's disastrous decision in Citizens United v. FEC with a free showing of the documentary film Dark Money. All are welcome!
Where: James Reeb UU Congregation, 2146 E. Johnson St. in Madison When: Social time is at 2:15 pm. Brief program starting at 2:45. The movie runs for 90 minutes. Speakers: Mary Bottari of the Center for Media and Democracy (who's in the movie) and Matt Rothschild of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. Refreshments: Unhappy birthday cake will be served. Admission: Free Why: No matter what your favorite cause is, it'll continue to be a lost cause as long as big money continues to buy public policy. We need to fix this problem first. |
| Tue | Jan 22 | 7 pm |
Ed Kinane from the Upstate Drone Action Network to Ground the Drones and End the Wars wil be speaking about 9 years of creative nonviolent civil resistance to drone warfare in Syracuse, New York. Sponsored by the WI Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars. LOCATION: St. John's Lutheran Church, 322 E. Washington Ave., Madison. Free and open to the public. Flyer |
| Sun | Jan 27 | 4:30 pm | Reflections on immigration from Texas. You are invited to hear from UW-Madison students who spent a week in San Antontio, Texas in early January. They will be sharing reflections at the Pres House Campus Church worship service about their experience working first-hand with children and families from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador seeking asylum in the U.S. All are welcome. Service is in the chapel at Pres House on the UW-Madison campus. Facebook event here. Location map here. |
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