Events – Madison Area DSA

	December 2024
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1	2 People's March General Meeting People's March General Meeting December 2, 2024 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703, USA Hybrid \| RSVP Here A coalition meeting for the upcoming People's March planned for January 18th. This will include members from a multitude of organizations around the Madison area, and may be operating on different principles of facilitation and organization. Join in person or virtually and make our presence known. See more details •	3 Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Meeting December 3, 2024 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Zoom Virtual \| https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89940818060 The regular meeting of the Executive Committee of Madison Area DSA. Any member in good standing of the Democratic Socialists of America, Madison chapter may attend. If you would like to bring any business to the attention of the Executive Committee, please use the following form. See more details •	4 Electoral Working Group Electoral Working Group December 4, 2024 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm zoom This will be phase 1/3 of a conversation about the future of EWG and MADSA’s 2025 electoral strategy. Phase 2/3 will be at the general meeting on Tuesday, December 10. Phase 3/3 at the December 18 EWG meeting from 7-8:30 pm. The discussion involves 3 key questions. 1) Spring City Council elections. 2) Support for Socialist Electeds under Trump.. 3) Leadership of electoral work/Future of EWG. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82164776019 See more details Free School Meals for Madison Campaign Meeting Free School Meals for Madison Campaign Meeting December 4, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Social Justice Center Conference Room Meeting for MADSA's Free School Meals for Madison Campaign https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86163223933?pwd=acamxp7owpbeZDDddv6BEorVnLHUwZ.1 See more details • •	5 DSA 101/New Member Orientation DSA 101/New Member Orientation December 5, 2024 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Social Justice Center Join us for an intro to Madison DSA for new, prospective or returning members! We'll talk about socialism and DSA, our current organizing, and how you can get involved today. RSVP link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/dsa-101-and-new-member-orientation-in-person-3 See more details Capital Reading Group Meeting Capital Reading Group Meeting December 5, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703, USA In-Person \| RSVP Here Join our reading group as we proceed chapter-by-chapter through Karl Marx's Capital Volume I. See more details • •	6	7
8	9 MADSA Labor Working Group / EWOC MADSA Labor Working Group / EWOC December 9, 2024 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Google Meet Virtual \| RSVP Here Regularly scheduled labor working group meeting. Labor Working Group has helped workers who are trying to figure out whatto do about problems at work or who want to form a union — if you’re interested, fill out the form here. Working Group Info: Madison DSA’s Labor Working Group meets every month for our chapter’s labor activists, union members and organizing workers. LWG members are union members and staff, restaurant workers organizing across the city, and workers who are trying to form unions at their workplaces. LWG is part workshop for activists trying to figure out how to be effective at the workplace, part education center and part strategizing for how to build a strong movement locally. See more details Abolitionist Working Group Abolitionist Working Group December 9, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Zoom Virtual \| RSVP Here 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 • •	10 Pre-General Membership Meeting pizza Pre-General Membership Meeting pizza December 10, 2024 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703, USA Come to the Social Justice Center starting half an hour before the General Membership Meeting for pizza and casual conversation with comrades. See more details General Membership Meeting General Membership Meeting December 10, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703, USA Hybrid \| RSVP Here 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. This is a hybrid meeting. To get the Zoom link for the meeting, RSVP using the sign-in link above. See more details • •	11 Free School Meals for Madison Coalition Meeting Free School Meals for Madison Coalition Meeting December 11, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Zoom Monthly organizing meeting of the Free School Meals for Madison coalition. To get involved with the campaign, please email madsa.schoolmeals@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you! See more details •	12 Capital Reading Group Meeting Capital Reading Group Meeting December 12, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703, USA In-Person \| RSVP Here Join our reading group as we proceed chapter-by-chapter through Karl Marx's Capital Volume I. See more details •	13 DSA Social at SJC (previously Trans Care Package Drive) DSA Social at SJC (previously Trans Care Package Drive) December 13, 2024 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703, USA See more details •	14 Convention Committee meeting Convention Committee meeting December 14, 2024 10:00 am - 11:00 am Zoom Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84859792341 See more details Leadership Roundtable retreat Leadership Roundtable retreat December 14, 2024 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703, USA See more details • •
15 DSA 101/New Member Orientation DSA 101/New Member Orientation December 15, 2024 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703, USA In-person \| RSVP Here Join us for an intro to Madison DSA for new, prospective or returning members! We'll talk about socialism and DSA, our current organizing, and how you can get involved today. Stick around afterwards for some light refreshments and a social with other chapter members! See more details •	16	17 Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Meeting December 17, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Zoom Virtual \| https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89940818060 The regular meeting of the Executive Committee of Madison Area DSA. Any member in good standing of the Democratic Socialists of America, Madison chapter may attend. If you would like to bring any business to the attention of the Executive Committee, please use the following form. See more details •	18 Electoral Working Group Monthly Meeting Electoral Working Group Monthly Meeting December 18, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Virtual - Zoom Attend the virtual monthly EWG meeting to share your views and talents to help build independent socialist electoral power! Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86332208599?pwd=JzTWQVZlbYaCo0z6BvwGANWllIcj6H.1 See more details •	19	20	21 Tabling at Big Gay Holiday Market Tabling at Big Gay Holiday Market December 21, 2024 Join MADSA comrades for a fun day of tabling at the Big Gay Holiday Market! Big Gay Holiday Market is held at the Alliant Energy Center, all day on Saturday, December 21st. You don't need tabling experience, just a mask and a desire to help build a bigger, gayer, socialist community! MADSA will host a tabling & outreach training prior to the event, and we'll have experienced comrades on hand as well. Information to follow about signing up for shifts. For now, just RSVP if you're interested in tabling for any part of the day, and we'll follow up! RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/madsa-tabling-at-big-gay-holiday-market/ See more details •
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