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Hello, you stalwart sentinels of progress!
Get out your dance cards. They're about to be full up. So many incredible upcoming opportunities and events this week. From Monday's MLK Holiday Observance event to the Women's March in Milwaukee on Saturday, your week is bookended with opportunities for societal change!
Speaking of the March...be sure to let your fellow Team 19'ers know on our Facebook page if you plan to attend. Opportunities for carpools and camaraderie abound.
Also, we don't mind if you share this email. In fact, we encourage it! Send on to those you think are looking for ways to get involved.
xoxo,
Kate and Hilary
Below you'll find our Community Calendar email. As a reminder this email is:
Submit an event or action for next week
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 TEAM 19 ON TWITTER
Primary goal for Team 19 in the New Year: Rejuvenate our social media outlets. (Interested in helping? Shoot us a message!)
With that, we're looking to more actively use our twitter account: @Team19Madison. Give us a follow for local and national progressive news and voices, as well as reminders for events, the newsletters, etc.
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📱Everyday people calling our representatives!
When: Mon, Jan. 15th, from 3-5pm
Where: Mother Fool's Coffeehouse, 1101 Williamson St, Madison
Hosted by Team 19 member Rachel Leigh Peller
"Every time I go to a public event, I'm told to call my representatives. Great, I support that -- but honestly, making phone calls is intimidating and kind of awkward. So, I'm inviting folks to join me at Mother Fool's so that we can all make our calls together and hold each other accountable to our commitment to being engaged citizens in a so-called participatory democracy.
So here's the deal:
-Everyone is invited to come hang out together - please invite your friends, loved ones, community members, etc.
-You are welcome to make whatever calls or emails you want, to whomever you want, about whatever you want
-You are welcome to bring material to share with others, but my request is that this is brought as a gift and not as a demand
I just picked a time and location that worked well for me! I know this doesn't work for a lot of other folks - so I invite you to organize a gathering at a time/place of your choice, and please share it here so others can join you :)"
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🇺🇸 33rd Annual MLK Holiday Observance
When: Mon, Jan. 15th from 5pm to 8pm
Where: Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St, Madison
Hosted by King Coalition
"Freedom sing-in at 5 PM. Program begins 6 PM.
Program features keynote speaker, MLK Community Choir and presentation of the MLK Humanitatian Award by County Executive Joe Parisi and Mayor Paul Soglin. There is no cost to attend, and tickets are not required.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Frank A. Humphrey
President, NAACP Wisconsin State Conference
Former Member, NAACP National Board & Executive Committee
Frank Humphrey has given a full life of service that spans over 40 years with the NAACP and other community service and civil rights organizations. He currently serves as President of the NAACP Wisconsin State Conference. He served on the NAACP National Board for more than a decade and as a member of the NAACP Executive Committee under the leadership of the legendary civil rights icon, Julian Bond.
He has served as NAACP National Board Asst. Treasurer and on numerous national NAACP Committees including Audit, Advocacy & Policy, Budget & Finance, and Legal Resolutions and Membership Committees. He served as Vice Chair of the Convention Planning Committee and was instrumental in bringing the NAACP National Convention to Milwaukee in 2005.
His service has also included being designated the National Board Appointed Administrator for NAACP branches in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Las Vegas, Nevada and Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2016, he was elected as a corporate board member of the $2.6 billion U.W. Credit Union Board of Directors."
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✔️ Voter Education Ambassador Training
When: Tuesday, Jan. 16th from 3pm to 4:30pm
Where: City Clerk's Office 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 103, City-County Building Madison
Hosted by Madison City Clerk's Office
"Work with the City Clerk's Office on voter outreach efforts. Our goal is that every eligible voter will be able to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted.
In this training session you will learn how to accurately answer questions about voter ID, voter registration, absentee voting, and the election process.
Participants may sign up to help the City Clerk's Office provide voter education at community events. If you would like to receive a packet of voter outreach materials at this training session, please notify the City Clerk at clerk@cityofmadison.com.
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🎤 The politics of resentment in 2018 with Kathy Cramer
When: Tuesday, Jan. 16th from 7pm to 8pm
Where: High Noon Saloon, 701 E Washington Ave, Madison
Hosted by The Capital Times and High Noon Saloon
"UW-Madison political scientist Kathy Cramer was years ahead of her time in examining rural political consciousness in America.
Between 2007 and 2012, she traveled in rural Wisconsin to listen to diner and coffee-shop conversations to understand how residents there view the political world. The resulting book, 'The Politics of Resentment', published in early 2016, was a prescient look at how that worldview would affect 2016’s momentous election.
Please join us for a special edition of Cap Times Talks featuring Cramer interviewed by our political reporter, Jessie Opoien. They’ll talk about Wisconsin’s 2018 gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races and more as well.
The event is free and will start with a meet-and-greet at 6:30 p.m. The discussion itself will start at 7, ending after an hour or so."
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🗣 Mutual Aid Network Monthly Social & Workshop
When: Wed, Jan. 17th from 6pm to 8pm
Where: Art In, 1444 E Washington Ave, Madison
Hosted by Madison Mutual Aid Network
"Join us for our monthly hors d’oeuvres, drinks and meet-greet-ask-learn-share workshop. The Madison Mutual Aid Network (MAN) Cooperative is part of a growing web of individuals and groups developing and exchanging resources and talents to support each other, doing the work we want to do, to build a cooperative economy and sustainable communities. Special Madison Mutual Aid Network Activity and CHILD CARE."
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🌎 Renewable Energy Summit 2018
When: Saturday, Jan. 18th from 9am to 3:30pm
Where: Renew Wisconsin Inc, 222 S Hamilton St, Madison
Hosted by Renew Wisconsin
CONNECTING TO A POWERFUL FUTURE
Join us for our 7th Annual Renewable Energy Summit on Thursday, January 18th! As renewable energy advances, we are growing our connections and building a broader base of support. Our progress over the past few years advancing distributed renewables has helped pave the way for Wisconsin to make game-changing investments in distributed and large-scale renewable energy. We need to continue this momentum into 2018 and beyond. This year's Summit will inspire, motivate, and accelerate our success.
Join renewable energy industry experts, utility leaders, government officials, and advocates at Connecting to a Powerful Future. Learn, network, and prepare for a great 2018 as Wisconsin’s renewable energy landscape advances to make our state a better place for all of us to live, work, and play."
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✔ Campaign Kick-off Event for Britt Cudaback (Dane County Board)
When: Thurs, Jan. 18th from 5:30 to 7pm
Where: Next Door, 2439 Atwood Ave, Madison
NOTE: Team 19 has not yet endorsed anyone for the Dane County Board of Supervisors; the election is April 3. If necessary, a primary will be held February 20th.
Hosted by Britt Cudaback
"We cordially invite you to join Britt for her campaign kick-off event at Next Door Brewing on January 18th.
Sponsorship levels:
- Lake Monona - $250
- Yahara River - $100
- Circle Park - $70
Suggested Donation - $35
About Britt: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BrittforDane/about/?ref=page_internal"
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☕️ DSA/OWR/Indivisible/Progressive Dane Social Mixer
When: Thurs, Jan. 18th from 7pm to 9pm
Where: Lakeside St. Coffee House, 402 W Lakeside St, Madison
NOTE: Team 19 has not yet endorsed anyone for the Dane County Board of Supervisors; the election is April 3. If necessary, a primary will be held February 20th.
Hosted by Indivisible Madison, Our Wisconsin Revolution and Progressive Dane
"Let's get together at Lakeside Coffee House to meet with other political activists and talk about resisting and the new movements on the left! Organizers from Democratic Socialists of America - Madison, Indivisible Madison, Progressive Dane, and Our Wisconsin Revolution - Dane County Chapter will be present. Lakeside will have drinks available for purchase. We have a room reserved, so ask for us if you don't see us.
If you need transportation to/from the event, please coordinate in the comments!"
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💪🏿 Women's March 2018 - Milwaukee
When: Sat, Jan. 20th from 10:00am to 3:00pm
Where: Milwaukee County Courthouse, 901 N 9th St, Milwaukee
Hosted by Women's March Wisconsin
"On Saturday, January 20th, we plan to rally outside the Milwaukee County Courthouse (901 N 9th St) from 10:00am-11:00am followed by a march to the Wisconsin Center (400 W Wisconsin Ave). At the Wisconsin Center, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from speakers from several community organizations, make donations to support their work, and support local businesses owned by women of color.
Accessibility to the event is very important to our team. We are working on a way to stream the rally to an indoor location for those who cannot join us outside due to the cold. We will have transportation available for those who are not able to march from the Courthouse to the Wisconsin Center.
We’ve been working very hard to make this all happen. We will continue releasing additional details as they become available!"
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🤝 Community Facilitator Training
When: Sat, Jan. 20h from 9am to 4pm
Where: Fitchburg Public Library, 5530 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg
Hosted by Center for Community Stewardship
"Do you want to be a part of helping people who come from different backgrounds and have opposing beliefs have better conversations with each other?
The Center for Community Stewardship (C4CS) invites you to become a Dialogue Circle Facilitator. In this training, you’ll learn tools and techniques to serve as a facilitator for small groups having productive and respectful conversations about challenging topics like policing, politics, gun control, and other topics.
Then in the Spring and Fall, you’ll be invited to practice these skills by serving as a facilitator for a series of dialogues around these topics.
Facilitators who have completed the January training and two observation/ practice facilitation sessions will receive a small stipend each time they facilitate.
C4CS will be partnering with the Frank Zeidler Center for Public Discussion out of Milwaukee, who will be leading this training. We are working with the Zeidler Center to plan Police/Resident listening circles somewhere in the Dane County area, modeled after Zeidler's work successfully holding these types of dialogues in Milwaukee.
Visit www.zeidlercenter.org to learn more.
Cost: $50 (some limited scholarships available)
Visit www.community-stewardship.org/facilitation/dialogue-circles to sign up. Pre-registration is required so that we have food and a training packet for everyone."
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📚 Hidden Voices: African American Writers in Wisconsin
When: Sat, Jan. 20th from 1pm to 2pm
Where: Madison Public Library Lakeview Branch, 2845 N Sherman Ave, Madison
Hosted by Madison Public Library and Beyond the Page
"Join three Madison-area African American writers - poet Fabu, Sherry Lucille - Inspiring Destiny and Author Page, and playwright and novelist Catrina Sparkman - as they discuss their poetry and prose in relation to the work of three African American literary giants who also lived and worked in the Madison area during the 20th century: novelist Jean Toomer, playwright Lorraine Hansberry, and poet Sarah Webster Fabio.
Experience poetry, prose, and drama that will shed light on what it means to be African American in Wisconsin today, yesterday, and tomorrow through a multimedia presentation about the work and lives of these literary artists and their interpretations of race in Wisconsin.
For more information on this program series, visit: http://www.beyondthepage.info/hidden-voices."
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🤝 Deaf Allyship with Madison Public Safety
When: Sat, Jan. 20th from 2pm to 4pm
Where: Our Savior Deaf Church, 3110 Dairy Dr, Madison
Hosted by Deaf Unity
"With more incidents across the country involving public safety officials and Deaf individuals being arrested or shot due to miscommunication on the rise, the Deaf community is losing its trust and fear is on the rise. It is time for us to be proactive to minimize and prevent these misunderstandings in our community in Madison.
Join us to learn what Deaf Unity is doing with the City of Madison to help the Deaf community. Representatives from the Madison Police Department will be there to answer your questions about how we can work together."
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🎤 Bullets into Bells: Poets and Citizens Respond to Gun Violence
When: Sat, Jan. 20th from 7pm to 8:30pm
Where: Arts + Literature Laboratory, 2021 Winnebago St, Madison
Hosted by Arts + Literature Laboratory
"Every year tens of thousands of Americans—including more than 400 people in Wisconsin alone—are killed by guns. Those losses warp and sometimes shatter even more lives.
A new anthology from Beacon Press, Bullets into Bells: Poets & Citizens Respond to Gun Violence, gives voice to the lived reality behind the devastating statistics. This reading marks the release of an important new anthology of poets and citizens responding to gun violence in America.
The reading features Khary Penebaker, whose mother died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, along with local poets Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Laurel Bastian, Dana Maya, and Angela Trudell-Vasquez.
Books will be available for purchase at the reading, with thanks to A Room of One's Own, Madison's independent bookstore since 1975."
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🎁 Unhappy Birthday Party for Citizens United
When: Sunday, Jan. 21st from 1pm to 3:30pm
Where: High Noon Saloon, 701 E Washington Ave, Madison,
Hosted by Wisconsin United to Amend
"January 21st marks the 8th anniversary of the horrendous Citizens United decision, which has contributed mightily to the decline in our democracy.
Program: Matt Rothschild and John Nichols will be speaking and the Raging Grannies will be singing
1:00 – general socializing, silent auction opens
1:30 – program begins: update on SCWUTA activities
1:40 – performance by the Raging Grannies
2:00 – update on state-level (WIUTA) activities
2:10 – speaker: Matt Rothschild of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
2:40 – encore by the Raging Grannies
3:00 – silent auction closes; speaker: John Nichols of The Cap Times
3:25 – winners of silent auction announced (must be present)
3:30 – end of program
• What to bring
Enthusiasm for the spring elections and all your friends who think that democracy is still worth fighting for
• Important to know
$5 suggested donation at the door
Hosted by South Central Wisconsin United To Amend (SCWUTA)"
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💪🏿 Madison Moms Demand Action Five Year Anniversary
When: Sunday, Jan. 21st from 2pm to 3:30pm
Where: Cargo Coffee, 750 E Washington Ave, Madison
Hosted by Madison Moms Demand Action
"Please join us as we commemorate the fifth anniversary of the founding of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. We will have cookies while we look back at what Moms Demand Action has accomplished, as well as looking forward to the next year. We will also be collecting optional donations for the Goodman Community Center:
- Feminine products for the Girls, Inc. program
- Personal care products and pet food for the food pantry
Please keep this in mind the next time you're at the store, and pick up something to donate. Moms Demand Action is committed to strengthening our community, and we honor that commitment with service."
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