This page will contain the most up-to-date information about and resources for organizing keep ICE Out of Madison, and to build a mass action to Strike Out ICE on May 1st, 2026. Read on for:
- Organizing & Community Defense Resource Hub
- Strike Out ICE Strike Report Newsletters
- Upcoming Events, Trainings, and Calls to Action
This page will be updated regularly, as new resources are being collected and being created constantly as our movement learns and grows! If there’s something you’d like to see on this page that isn’t here yet, or if you have a question, comment, or resource to share, please email iceoutmadison@gmail.com.
First, please fill out the Madison Area General Strike Card to make your commitment to build toward May 1st, and to get on the Strike Out ICE email list for updates!
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 to keep ICE out of Madison and support a General Strike. If any funds remain unused after May 1st, they may be rolled over into future strike funds or used for other activities in line with MADSA’s mission.
Resource Hub
Madison Area Community Defense and Strike Prep Materials
- A repository of resources for community and workplace organizing (safety resources, how-to guides, templates, posters, etc.). This will be updated regularly, so please save this link.
Join the ICE OUT OF MADISON Action Alerts Signal Chat
- This is an announcement-only chat for updates related to anti-ICE actions, events, trainings, and resources. It will feature events and updates from all around Dane County.
Find your Neighborhood Signal Chat
- If you’d like to be part of your neighborhood’s community defense and organizing 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.
- For those interested in anti-surveillance organizing, especially against Flock Cameras, check out UnSpy Madison’s website, and join their Signal Chat here.
Read Strike Report 1: February 26, 2026 here [link coming soon!]
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!
- Neighborhood Benefit for Voces de la Frontera – Fri. 2/27, 5:30-8pm, Zuzu Cafe
- Listen to live music (Doors of Perception, Clark Smith, the Brothers Rosenthal), eat (20% of food sales will be donated to Voces), and meet like-minded neighbors
- Strike Studies – Mon. 3/2, 7-8:30pm, Sequoya Library Room 104-5
- Join the MADSA Labor Working Group to study the history of worker power together. We will read a 1911 speech by Bill Haywood. Join us to apply the wisdom of the past to current organizing for a general strike in Dane County. No pre-reading required, we will read the speech together during the event, followed by critical discussion.
- Protecting Immigrants at Work Training – Mon. 3/9, 6-8pm, Goodman Community Center
- Presented by Worker Justice Wisconsin
Strike Out ICE Reports
Below is a feed of Strike Out ICE Reports to date with short descriptions. You can read all reports in full here.
Strike Report 1: February 26, 2026
This week’s Strike Report includes a report about the past, present, and future of General Strikes; a new Canvassing Guide in the Resource Hub for building community, gathering information, and inspiring action; and upcoming events and calls to action.
Strike Report 0: January 31st Meeting Recap
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.