Madison Area DSA

We believe that working people should run both the economy and society democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few. Our primary task as DSA is to organize the working class, to make more socialists, and to lay the foundation for an independent mass party capable of taking state power and transforming our society.

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Madison Area DSA Stands in Solidarity with the Social Justice Center and with our Homeless Neighbors!September 4, 2025
As part of a city-wide crackdown on our homeless neighbors, the City of Madison is unfairly targeting the Social Justice Center, demanding that the SJC removes its food pantry, public health vending machine, benches, and public art, in an attempt to drive away unhoused people who rely on the SJC and the organizations it houses for shelter, safety, healthcare, and… Continue reading Madison Area DSA Stands in Solidarity with the Social Justice Center and with our Homeless Neighbors!
May Day 2025: Workers of the World, Unite!April 30, 2025
This May Day, we gather in a moment of rising pressure. The bosses exploit us, the politicians sell us out, and the system demands our silence. In a city and country where labor action is far too rare and organizing faces constant resistance, it can be easy to feel isolated. May Day reminds us that we are not alone. We… Continue reading May Day 2025: Workers of the World, Unite!
Hands Off Our Community: Stop Detentions and Disappearances of Pro-Palestine StudentsApril 14, 2025
Statement from the Madison Area DSA Executive Committee on the Detention and Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Students, Faculty, and Staff As scholars, faculty, staff, students, and members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison community, we members of Madison Area DSA condemn the immoral and unlawful kidnappings of our colleagues and neighbors from universities across the U.S. Our colleagues and peers have been… Continue reading Hands Off Our Community: Stop Detentions and Disappearances of Pro-Palestine Students

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	September 2025
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	1	2	3 Membership Committee Meeting Membership Committee Meeting September 3, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84570710472 See more details •	4 Political Education Working Group Meeting Political Education Working Group Meeting September 4, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/political-education-wg-meeting-13 Description: Join us as we discuss Political Education events for the chapter and the general public. See more details The Ministry of Culture: David Rovics & Kamala Emanuel The Ministry of Culture: David Rovics & Kamala Emanuel September 4, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ministry-of-culture-live-at-the-muso-tickets-1557505885029?aff=oddtdtcreator See more details • •	5 Power Mapping Committee Meeting Power Mapping Committee Meeting September 5, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/power-mapping-committee-meeting-9 Description: Join us for a discussion about how our electoral work is progressing. See more details •	6 DSA 101 and New Member Orientation (In Person) DSA 101 and New Member Orientation (In Person) September 6, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/dsa-101-and-new-member-orientation-in-person-13 Description: Join us for an intro to Madison DSA for new, prospective, or returning members! Drop on by to learn about socialism, our current organizing, and how you can become an organizer today! Note: This event is in-person only. See more details •
7 Weekly DSA Jogging Group Weekly DSA Jogging Group September 7, 2025 9:30 am - 11:00 am Outside of Lakeside St Coffee House, 402 W Lakeside St, Madison, WI 53715 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/weekly-dsa-jogging-group-8 Description: Come on out to the Madison DSA Jogging Club, a casual, social jog with some of your local socialists! Join us in getting SWOLE (in your cardiovascular system) and touch some grass (through shoes)! Join us outside Lakeside St. Coffee House (402 W Lakeside St, Madison, WI 53715), Sunday September 7th, at 9:30 AM for about 30 minutes of jogging intervals, whatever floats your boat! This is super casual, all levels welcome, feel free to lap us if you're mad skilled, and don't worry about falling behind, we all usually join up at the coffee house for drinks, snacks, and chats after! We'll be doing this every Sunday morning, (light) rain or shine - Feel free to come and do whatever routine works best for you! "Official" route is roughly this, with added spurs depending on your skill level, but run how you want: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1euW5B2N0a4b3OcvN13LUEcxZag76Oto&usp=sharing See more details What Is To Be Done reading group What Is To Be Done reading group September 7, 2025 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/what-is-to-be-done-reading-group-3 Description: Chapter Reading Group for Vladimir Lenin's "What Is To Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement" (1902) -- all are welcome, even if you aren't actually doing the reading! Come to discuss and learn from your comrades. This event is HYBRID. We'll be meeting in person from 11am-12:30 PM at the Social Justice Center (1202 Williamson St) on Sundays August 17, August 24, and September 7 . Please note that we are taking a break during Labor Day weekend. Feel free to attend in person or on Zoom! Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86340143830?pwd=BVy2uYxWeR2oA8eELw8ueUssiicSLs.1 For the last meeting on September 7, we will be reading chapters 4 and 5 (roughly 48 pages depending on copy). A free copy of the book is available here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/download/what-itd.pdf See more details Queer Liberation March Coordination Meeting Queer Liberation March Coordination Meeting September 7, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Check the #madison-qlm channel on the Madison Area DSA Slack or email dsamadison@gmail.com for the address Join us at the Social Justice Center on Sun, Sept 7 @ 1pm to discuss what comes next to make the Madison Queer Liberation March an annual occurrence. This meeting will primarily focus on planning a fall fundraising event for next summer's march. See more details • • •	8 MADSA Labor Working Group / EWOC MADSA Labor Working Group / EWOC September 8, 2025 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85654704781 Meeting ID: 856 5470 4781 See more details Abolitionist Working Group Abolitionist Working Group September 8, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Zoom Virtual \| RSVP Here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89224200940 / Meeting ID: 892 2420 0940 / Passcode: 1312 Madison Area DSA's regularly-scheduled labor working group meeting. Join us as we work towards making Dane County, Wisconsin, and the country as a whole more free for us all. Working Group Info: The Abolitionist Working Group (AWG) formed out of the work to Derail the Jail and the Doyle Resolution campaigns to stop the jail expansion and decarcerate Dane County. This group is the home in Madison Area DSA for all abolition-related work. We believe that abolition is a key tenet of socialism as prisons and policing are some of the most direct and personal means of state-driven oppression in our current society. See more details • •	9 MADSA Monthly General Meeting MADSA Monthly General Meeting September 9, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85758544404?pwd=WGC6YTgtB5hbA9KKHunrOAeOZNmSW3.1 ────────── DSA Madison is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85758544404?pwd=WGC6YTgtB5hbA9KKHunrOAeOZNmSW3.1 Meeting ID: 857 5854 4404 Passcode: 752043 --- One tap mobile +13017158592,,85758544404#,,,,752043# US (Washington DC) +13052241968,,85758544404#,,,,752043# US Join instructions https://us02web.zoom.us/meetings/85758544404/invitations?signature=d6K9ygJ1T_vt2mYA5mbYEkUtcgGTg4L2A0ZudlIkV60 ────────── See more details September General Membership Meeting September General Membership Meeting September 9, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Dr, Madison, WI 53705, USA More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/september-general-membership-meeting-hybrid/ Description: The monthly General Meeting of the Madison chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is a great place to learn about the chapter, join us in making collective decisions, and get plugged in to our active campaigns and working groups. Our General Membership Meetings occur on the second Tuesday of every month. All are welcome to join us early at 6pm for pizza and socializing with comrades. This is a hybrid meeting. RSVP to obtain Zoom Link. See more details • •	10 Comms Committee Meeting Comms Committee Meeting September 10, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/communications-committee-meeting-65 Description: Join the Communications Committee Meeting to discuss the ongoing plans for chapter social media, publications, chapter websites, and other public-facing media. See more details •	11	12 Electoral Working Group Meeting Electoral Working Group Meeting September 12, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/electoral-working-group-meeting-279 Description: Join us at a meeting of the Electoral Working Group as we continue to develop our electoral strategy. Join Zoom Meeting See more details •	13 Canvassing Kickoff Canvassing Kickoff September 13, 2025 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/canvassing-kickoff-3 Description: Join for a Comradely Chapter Canvassing Kickoff!!! Meet us Saturday Sept 13th from 1 - 5 PM at the Social Justice Center (1202 Williamson St., Madison, WI) to get this thing started! Get involved with local politics with a canvassing training session from 1 - 2 PM, followed by a shift of canvassing Madison's Common Council District 6 from 2 - 4 PM!! We're going to survey local residents to find out what issues matter most to them, what solutions they're dreaming up, and to invite them to a collaborative town hall in October!! Debrief after from 4 - 5 PM! See more details Crafting with Comrades! Crafting with Comrades! September 13, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St., Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/crafting-with-comrades-2 Description: Join Madison Area DSA for an afternoon of crafting and comradery! Bring a project with you, or we'll have some basic art supplies you can use. All are welcome, and if you've been wanting to check out DSA, this is a great, chill way to dip your toe in! See more details • •
14 Weekly DSA Jogging Group Weekly DSA Jogging Group September 14, 2025 9:30 am - 11:00 am Outside of Lakeside St Coffee House, 402 W Lakeside St, Madison, WI 53715 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/weekly-dsa-jogging-group-9 Description: Come on out to the Madison DSA Jogging Club, a casual, social jog with some of your local socialists! Join us in getting SWOLE (in your cardiovascular system) and touch some grass (through shoes)! Join us outside Lakeside St. Coffee House (402 W Lakeside St, Madison, WI 53715), Sunday September 14th, at 9:30 AM for about 30 minutes of jogging intervals, whatever floats your boat! This is super casual, all levels welcome, feel free to lap us if you're mad skilled, and don't worry about falling behind, we all usually join up at the coffee house for drinks, snacks, and chats after! We'll be doing this every Sunday morning, (light) rain or shine - Feel free to come and do whatever routine works best for you! "Official" route is roughly this, with added spurs depending on your skill level, but run how you want: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1euW5B2N0a4b3OcvN13LUEcxZag76Oto&usp=sharing See more details •	15	16 Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Meeting September 16, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/executive-committee-meeting-180 Description: The regular meeting of the Executive Committee of Madison Area DSA. Any member in good standing of the Madison chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America may attend. RSVP to receive the Zoom link. If you would like to bring any business to the attention of the Executive Committee, please use the following form. See more details •	17 Membership Committee Meeting Membership Committee Meeting September 17, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/membership-committee-meeting-28 Description: Madison Area DSA's Membership Committee is responsible for aiding the growth of the chapter, engaging existing members, and mobilizing those members for major chapter priorities. This is a regularly scheduled meeting of the committee. RSVP to receive the Zoom and Agenda links. See more details •	18 Political Education Working Group Meeting Political Education Working Group Meeting September 18, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/political-education-wg-meeting-14 Description: Join us as we discuss Political Education events for the chapter and the general public. See more details •	19 Electoral Working Group Meeting Electoral Working Group Meeting September 19, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/electoral-working-group-meeting-275 Description: Join us at a meeting of the Electoral Working Group as we continue to develop our electoral strategy. See more details •	20 MADSA Apple Picking Social MADSA Apple Picking Social September 20, 2025 10:00 am - 11:30 am Sutter's Ridge Apple Orchard, 2074 Sutter Dr, Mt Horeb, WI 53572 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/madsa-apple-picking-social Description: Come hang out wih MADSA at Sutter's Ridge Apple Orchard, 10am on September 20th! Bring friends and family to have an autumn romp with socialists. Sutter's Ridge has apple picking, a corn maze, a pumpkin patch, and several other fun activities for all ages! Prices vary based on what activities you end up doing - be sure to check out their website for more information on cost and everything you can do there! As part of our effort to support the Madison community, half of the apples picked at this event will be donated to Fritz Food Pantry at Goodman Community Center! Pick apples to your heart's content, just make sure you're willing to share the wealth! See more details •
21 Weekly DSA Jogging Group Weekly DSA Jogging Group September 21, 2025 9:30 am - 11:00 am Outside of Lakeside St Coffee House, 402 W Lakeside St, Madison, WI 53715 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/weekly-dsa-jogging-group-10 Description: Come on out to the Madison DSA Jogging Club, a casual, social jog with some of your local socialists! Join us in getting SWOLE (in your cardiovascular system) and touch some grass (through shoes)! Join us outside Lakeside St. Coffee House (402 W Lakeside St, Madison, WI 53715), Sunday September 21st, at 9:30 AM for about 30 minutes of jogging intervals, whatever floats your boat! This is super casual, all levels welcome, feel free to lap us if you're mad skilled, and don't worry about falling behind, we all usually join up at the coffee house for drinks, snacks, and chats after! We'll be doing this every Sunday morning, (light) rain or shine - Feel free to come and do whatever routine works best for you! "Official" route is roughly this, with added spurs depending on your skill level, but run how you want: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1euW5B2N0a4b3OcvN13LUEcxZag76Oto&usp=sharing See more details •	22 LWG event planning LWG event planning September 22, 2025 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84305084713 Madison DSA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84305084713 Meeting ID: 843 0508 4713 See more details Abolitionist Working Group Meeting Abolitionist Working Group Meeting September 22, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/abolitionist-working-group-meeting-14 Description: The Abolitionist Working Group (AWG) formed out of the work to Derail the Jail and the Doyle Resolution campaigns to stop the jail expansion and decarcerate Dane County. This group is the home in Madison Area DSA for all abolition-related work. We believe that abolition is a key tenet of socialism as prisons and policing are some of the most direct and personal means of state-driven oppression in our current society. See more details • •	23 Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Meeting September 23, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/executive-committee-meeting-181 Description: The regular meeting of the Executive Committee of Madison Area DSA. Any member in good standing of the Madison chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America may attend. RSVP to receive the Zoom link. If you would like to bring any business to the attention of the Executive Committee, please use the following form. See more details •	24 Comms Committee Meeting Comms Committee Meeting September 24, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/communications-committee-meeting-66 Description: Join the Communications Committee Meeting to discuss the ongoing plans for chapter social media, publications, chapter websites, and other public-facing media. See more details Southern Dane County Branch Meeting Southern Dane County Branch Meeting September 24, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Verona Public Library, 500 Silent Street, Verona, WI 53593 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/southern-dane-county-branch-meeting Description: Madison Area Democratic Socialists of America invite you to the Southern Dane County branch meeting. The meeting will be in the conference room to the right of the library front desk. Meeting agenda includes discussion of formalizing the branch and political education. You do not need to be a member to join this meeting See more details • •	25 Beyond the Two-Party System: A Socialist Way Forward Beyond the Two-Party System: A Socialist Way Forward September 25, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sequoya Public Library, Meeting Room B, 4340 Tokay Blvd, Madison, WI 53711 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/socialism-101-33 Description: Curious about socialism? Want to know how socialists are working to make a better world for everyone? Tired of having only two parties, neither of which are interested in actually making the lives of real working people better? Come stop by and learn from local socialists living and working right here in Madison about a different way forward! No prior knowledge needed! LOCATION: Planned location is Goodman South public library, pending confirmation of meeting room availability. See more details •	26 Electoral Working Group Meeting Electoral Working Group Meeting September 26, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/electoral-working-group-meeting-276 Description: Join us at a meeting of the Electoral Working Group as we continue to develop our electoral strategy. See more details •	27 Coffee with Comrades! Coffee with Comrades! September 27, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/coffee-with-comrades-20 Description: Come chat, craft, or co-work in community with cool comrades over some coffee (and vegan and non-vegan donuts)! Drop on by Saturday morning, September 27, from 10 AM - ??? (Noon at least), and socialize with other socialists - meet some new people and chat with old friends! And also come out to our ~NEW~ Co-working with Comrades event in the afternoon, 1 PM - 5 PM, same day, same place! Not a member yet? You can still come out! But I recommend you join DSA today! Note: This event is in-person only. See more details Co-working with Comrades! Co-working with Comrades! September 27, 2025 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/co-working-with-comrades Description: Come co-work in community with cool comrades! Fight alienation, loneliness, and procrastination! Drop on by Saturday afternoon, September 27, from 1 PM - 5 PM, and work on stuff with other socialists - meet some new people and get input from old friends! Not a member yet? You can still come out! But I recommend you join DSA today! Note: This event is in-person only. See more details • •
28 Weekly DSA Jogging Group Weekly DSA Jogging Group September 28, 2025 9:30 am - 11:00 am Outside of Lakeside St Coffee House, 402 W Lakeside St, Madison, WI 53715 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/weekly-dsa-jogging-group-11 Description: Come on out to the Madison DSA Jogging Club, a casual, social jog with some of your local socialists! Join us in getting SWOLE (in your cardiovascular system) and touch some grass (through shoes)! Join us outside Lakeside St. Coffee House (402 W Lakeside St, Madison, WI 53715), Sunday September 28th, at 9:30 AM for about 30 minutes of jogging intervals, whatever floats your boat! This is super casual, all levels welcome, feel free to lap us if you're mad skilled, and don't worry about falling behind, we all usually join up at the coffee house for drinks, snacks, and chats after! We'll be doing this every Sunday morning, (light) rain or shine - Feel free to come and do whatever routine works best for you! "Official" route is roughly this, with added spurs depending on your skill level, but run how you want: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1euW5B2N0a4b3OcvN13LUEcxZag76Oto&usp=sharing See more details •	29	30 Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Meeting September 30, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/executive-committee-meeting-182 Description: The regular meeting of the Executive Committee of Madison Area DSA. Any member in good standing of the Madison chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America may attend. RSVP to receive the Zoom link. If you would like to bring any business to the attention of the Executive Committee, please use the following form. See more details •

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