ICE Out Hub

This page will contain the most up-to-date information regarding MADSA’s ICE Out efforts and organizing towards a general strike on May 1st, 2026.

First, please fill out the Madison Area General Strike Card to make your commitment to build toward May 1st, and to get on the ICE Out and General Strike Digest email lists.

If you are able, donate to the Madison Area General Strike Fund. Funds will be managed by Madison Area DSA, and will be used to pay for things like room rental, printing, and other organizing resources. If, after May 1st, any funds remain unused, they may be rolled over into future strike funds or used for other activities in line with MADSA’s mission.

    Resources:

    Madison Area Community Defense and Strike Prep Materials

    • Here is a repository of resources from Saturday’s meeting, and other resources for community and workplace organizing (safety resources, how-to guides, templates, etc.). This will be updated regularly, so please save this link.
    • Please note: you may have to create an account to view this file, however Proton is our most secure way to share these files, and may be useful for you as well.

    Join the ICE OUT OF MADISON Signal Chat

    • This is an announcement-only chat for updates related to anti-ICE actions, events, trainings, and resources. It is moderated by members of Madison Area DSA and will feature events and updates from all around Dane County.

    Find your Neighborhood Signal Chat

    • While we’re still working to solidify the role these Signal chats will play in the coming months, we want to actively encourage organizing within neighborhoods. If you’d like to be part of your local chat, message in this triage chat with your neighborhood (please no addresses!) and we’ll connect you with folks nearby.
    • Signal Guidelines for neighborhood chats:
      • No conversations discussing anything illegal in this chat. Be mindful of what you’re posting, and assume that this chat is not secure.
      • Be kind, be patient, and assume best intentions from your neighbors.
      • Do not spam the chat. Stick with one or two messages to get your point across.
      • No unvetted ICE sighting announcements – vetted information only

    Voces de La Frontera is taking the lead on vetting suspected sightings and coordinating rapid response. You should report suspected ICE sightings at their hotline: +1 (800) 427-0213

    MTI School Sanctuary Team Interest Form

    • This form allows you to provide information that allows MTI to sort you into one of their Sanctuary Teams for schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District.
    • Given the sensitive nature of defending schools, MTI will be vetting those interested for security purposes. Please only sign up if you have a school connection or are willing to focus on collaborating with schools.

    UnSpy Madison Website

    • For those interested in anti-surveillance organizing, especially against Flock Cameras, check out UnSpy Madison’s website, and join their Signal Chat here.

    January 31st Meeting Recap:

    A Recording of the 1/31 Community Meeting

    We hope that this outline is helpful if you weren’t able to make it Our ICE Out community meeting on 1/31, and as you describe this meeting to friends and neighbors as you’re organizing your community!

    Together, we heard from:

    • An experienced international union organizer about how much power workers collectively wield and how we can use that power in a general strike starting May 1st to deal real damage to their power sources and force an end to the terror.
    • A union educator about Madison Teachers Incorporated’s community defense plan and how we can all play a part to keep our schools safe against ICE raids.
    • Our neighbors in smaller groups, where we discussed how we can create and use new and existing local networks to monitor ICE activity, and how we can keep ourselves safe while doing so.

    As we looked towards future work, we:

    • Acknowledged the risks inherent in this work and assessed our personal risk tolerance, and we heard about more events locally to keep this momentum going.
    • Made commitments to continue working in our communities to form the networks necessary to defend ourselves from ICE terror and build the movement that will defund, abolish, and prosecute ICE once and for all.

    Upcoming Events/Trainings:

    • Madison Area DSA is launching a Madison Organizing Institute for anyone who wants to organize with their coworkers – just in time for May Day. This will be a 12-week program designed to build a long-term community of organizers in the Madison area. Sign up here!
    • Socialist Horizon is hosting a Community Meeting this Saturday, Feb. 7th at 11am in Room 209 of Central Library
    • The National Lawyers Guild is hosting a Legal Observer Training on Friday, Feb. 13th at 3:30pm in the Room 3250 at the UW Law School
    • States at the Core hosts virtual Know Your Rights Trainings. The next ones will be on 2/11, 2/13, and 2/25. The link can be found here!
    • Jewish Voice for Peace is hosting a panel on Thursday, Feb. 19th at 7pm at Christ Presbyterian Church where a group of activists who documented land grabs and human rights violations in the West Bank will be speaking. Given the centrality of Palestinian liberation in the liberation of all peoples, and the ways in which the Israeli Occupation Force trains and collaborates with ICE, we urge folks to attend; link here.