Events – Madison Area DSA

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5	6	7 Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Meeting January 7, 2025 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 •	8 Free School Meals for Madison Campaign Meeting Free School Meals for Madison Campaign Meeting January 8, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Social Justice Center & Zoom Monthly meeting of the Free School Meals for Madison Campaign Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89235543547 See more details •	9 DSA @ People's March Meeting DSA @ People's March Meeting January 9, 2025 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Meeting for DSA members participating in the Jan. 18, 2024 People's March in Madison. https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95395884830?pwd=jK6s9WzcnHvUbwFBJZu8nanAKyvPL1.1 Meeting ID: 953 9588 4830 Passcode: 161157 See more details Capital Reading Group Capital Reading Group January 9, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm See more details • •	10	11 January Unity Gathering, Day 1 January Unity Gathering, Day 1 January 11, 2025 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Wisconsin State Capitol, 2 E Main St, Madison, WI 53702, USA REGISTRATION REQUIRED! MADSA is excited to be joining a variety of organizations from around the state for a two-day Unity Gathering, January 11th and 12th, at the Wisconsin State Capitol. This will be a great opportunity to meet activists and organizers from around the state, build connections, and strengthen our movements for peace, justice, sustainability, and democracy before the Trump administration takes office on January 20th. More info at: https://tinyurl.com/JUG-Info-Page Register at: https://tinyurl.com/JUG-Registration See more details Chapter Convention Committee Meeting Chapter Convention Committee Meeting January 11, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Zoom - Link TBA Planning meeting for the 2025 MADSA chapter convention. See more details Tech Comm Meeting Tech Comm Meeting January 11, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87356789067 Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87356789067 See more details • • •
12 January Unity Gathering, Day 2 January Unity Gathering, Day 2 January 12, 2025 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Wisconsin State Capitol, 2 E Main St, Madison, WI 53702, USA REGISTRATION REQUIRED! MADSA is excited to be joining a variety of organizations from around the state for a two-day Unity Gathering, January 11th and 12th, at the Wisconsin State Capitol. This will be a great opportunity to meet activists and organizers from around the state, build connections, and strengthen our movements for peace, justice, sustainability, and democracy before the Trump administration takes office on January 20th. More info at: https://tinyurl.com/JUG-Info-Page Register at: https://tinyurl.com/JUG-Registration See more details •	13 MADSA Labor Working Group / EWOC MADSA Labor Working Group / EWOC January 13, 2025 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 January 13, 2025 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 • •	14 Pre-General Membership Meeting pizza Pre-General Membership Meeting pizza January 14, 2025 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 January 14, 2025 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 • •	15	16 Capital Reading Group Capital Reading Group January 16, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm See more details •	17	18 People's March Madison People's March Madison January 18, 2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm James Madison Park, 614 E Gorham St, Madison, WI 53703, USA DSA is turning out for the People's March on Madison! RSVP & volunteer to help marshal & crowd canvass here. See more details •
19	20	21 Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Meeting January 21, 2025 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 •	22	23 Capital Reading Group Capital Reading Group January 23, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm See more details •	24	25 Tech Comm Meeting Tech Comm Meeting January 25, 2025 11:00 am - 12:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89600061645 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89600061645 See more details New Member Orientation New Member Orientation January 25, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm RSVP Here Join us for an intro to Madison DSA for new, prospective, or returning members! Drop on by to learn about the organization, our current organizing, and how you can get involved in building the socialist movement! See more details • •
26 Madison Tenant Power New Years’ Resolutions Assembly Madison Tenant Power New Years’ Resolutions Assembly January 26, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Madison Public Library - Central, 201 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703, USA Hybrid \| RSVP Here Join your neighbors to discuss: • plans / goals for 2025 • lessons from other tenant unions • neighborhood propaganda • how to build local networks of mutual aid // rapid response Working Group Info: Our aim is to organize in our neighborhoods and communities, and as tenants, to agitate for decommodified housing, fair leases, timely repairs, and safe living conditions in Dane County. Landlords, developers, and cops protect their profits by undermining the safety of working-class people. Only the power of a united and self-organized collective of tenants can bring lasting improvements in our dignity and quality of life through collective bargaining and direct action. See more details Quilting & Crafting Social Quilting & Crafting Social January 26, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm RSVP here! Join us for a social to create a community-created quilt! MADSA is holding on to a bunch of misprint chapter tees and we want to turn them into a quilt. No prior skills required, all materials will be provided, but feel free to bring anything you'd like and would want to share with your comrades! (stuffing, scrap fabrics, anything fabric craft related) If sewing isn't your thing and you'd still like to craft with comrades, we invite you to bring any personal projects you have! We'll have some collage materials handy for those interested. See more details • •	27 Abolitionist Working Group: Our Enemies in Blue discussion with author Kristian Williams! Abolitionist Working Group: Our Enemies in Blue discussion with author Kristian Williams! January 27, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Zoom Virtual \| RSVP Here https://actionnetwork.org/events/discussing-our-enemies-in-blue-with-kristian-williams-and-madsas-abolitionist-working-group/ 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 •	28	29	30 Capital Reading Group Capital Reading Group January 30, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm See more details •	31

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