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Future Events 

• Madison MAN Trivia - We are in the process of planning a trivia night as a way to build community and fundraise for the co-op. Keep your eye out for more on this, and please reach out if interested in planning! 

• Sharefest/SJC Jubilee -  This is the main fundraiser for the SJC and a birthday celebration for the Madison Mutual Aid Network! Again, keep your eye out for more and reach out in interested in planning or hosting an event. 

News 

• Everywhere Gardens has had a great season far! They have been gardening at member’s properties and Troy Farms! If you are interested in either gardening or have a garden/space that could become a garden to share, please fill out this survey.  

• We are looking to expand and diversify our events held at the Social Justice Center. Please reach out if you are interested in hosting! This could look like offering tarot readings, teaching about composting, hosting art events, conversation corners, or a book club.  

• Additional Swap! Will be hosted in Oregon at the Oregon Library July 1st 5:30-6:30 pm. We will be hosting more Madison MAN event in the Oregon/Stoughton area! Reach out if interested in hosting events! 

• Work sessions - We'll work together every Friday, either on a needed task (tech skillshare, building our health and care network, setting up repeated events and learnings, etc) or on whatever individuals want to do alongside other people, to enhance their motivation. 

• Working on creating a pool of drivers to take other members on errands. We especially need people to drive between the SJC (1202 Williamson) and Occupy Tiny House Villages (1901 Aberg and 201 S. Stoughton) on upcoming weekends. Please reach out if interested, whether for the SJC and Occupy Tiny House Villages driver pool or future driver pools! 

• We are looking for event hosts including for Swap! and Supper Club. Reach out if interested! 

• Community Care Teams provide support such as: Wellness Support, Transportation, Cleaning, Cooking, Yard Care, Companionship, Medical and Legal Advocacy. Reach out if interested! 

Wants 

See our website for more details or find additional wants. 

• Glass candlestick holders 

• Shoemaking advice 

• Caregiver 

• Someone to walk or bike as an exercise partner 

• Rides to Madison MAN events 

Offers 

See our website for more details or find additional offers. 

• Violin/Viola Music Lessons
• Childcare
• Animal Care/Petsitting
• Computer/Tech Help
• Writing Help 

Recurring Events 

Check calendar for updates and more details. 

• Swap!  7/6 (SJC), 7/1 (Oregon Library) 

• Dream Time 7/7, 7/21 

• Madison MAN Orientation every Tuesday 

• Mutual Aid Supper Club 7/20 

• Work Sessions Every Friday 

Group Meetings 

• HUMAN Communications group Tuesdays 

• MMAN Communications group 6/19 at 3 

• Compost Workday Tuesdays, 10 am at Troy Gardens 

• Wellness Care Team Meetings – Fridays at 2 

Featured Group 

Everywhere Gardens – Gardening everywhere, for everybody. We match under-tended land with gardeners, teachers, and learners, and share the bounty.  

Featured Principle 

Building Community – Regular social events for new and existing members, workshops to learn about and create the economy we want, free food and childcare for members and guests, and expert project assistance.   

Member Bulletin 

This is a list of events, businesses, news, or organizations that our members are passionate about and/or involved in. Our member organization event can also be found here. These items are not directly connected to Madison MAN, this bulletin is a space for our members to share!  

https://space.at-home.coop/index.php/s/ty7xmjBzDsPs8Mm 

Closing Notes 

Thank you for your interest in Mutual Aid!  

Interested in any of our projects? Fill out this survey. 

The Madison MAN Cooperative is an experiment in do-it-ourselves grassroots human-scale, life-nourishing economic development. We're aiming for self-sufficient interdependency and one way we can achieve that is by relying on members to contribute to their ability, whether it's in dollars, time, or other credit or material contributions. If you are able to donate monetarily and/or pay member fees, please do so here.  

Please contact us with any questions or ideas. 

- Bailee

Hello friends,

I hope you're enjoying your summer so far.

We have a few projects you might like to participate in.

First, we're looking for gardeners and gardens for our Everywhere Gardens project. Fill in this very quick survey to let us know if you're interested, and what you'd like to offer or request.

We're also making Community Care Teams to support people or places in need. Some outstanding needs we have for those are: legal advocacy, cooking, light maintenance/repair skills, and transportation. Can you help? If so just add those offers at madisonman.coop and/or email info@madisonman.coop to let us know.

Here's another survey about all our projects, and you can fill it out or just show up at an event that interests you. And of course make connections with friends and neighbors you'll find in our network.

Hope to see you soon,

Stephanie R 
 

Hello friends,

We're cancelling today's Supper Club due to too much else going on. Sorry for the short notice.

Instead, though, you're welcome to help plant a mini food forest!

We are doing a mini food forest planting today at Terry’s yard 5113 Starker Ave (Monona),  from 5:15 to 7 pm. We could use the help!

For more info or last-minute contact, call or text Mia at ‭(845) 663-0546‬.

Thanks and hope to see you soon. We have a lot of other opportunities on our calendar and it's also a great time to update and reply to offers and wants in our marketplace.

Happy summery days!

Good afternoon,

The Swap! on 6/3 will be from 6pm-7pm. 

I apologize for the confusion!

-Bailee

Special Event 

• Social Justice Center Workday – May 26th 4pm – 6pm SJC. Help us move the free pantry and benches off of the terrace. We’ll also have a fundraiser party to support ways we are working to improve the space! 

News 

• Additional Swap! Will be hosted in Oregon at the Oregon Library June 3rd 5:30-6:30 pm. We will be hosting more Madison MAN event in the Oregon/Stoughton area! Reach out if interested in hosting events! 

• Conversation Corner – A space to talk about whatever you need to get off your chest. Wednesdays 11-12 at SJC. 

• Work sessions - We'll work together every Friday, either on a needed task (tech skillshare, building our health and care network, setting up repeated events and learnings, etc) or on whatever individuals want to do alongside other people, to enhance their motivation. 

• Working on creating a pool of drivers to take other members on errands. We especially need people to drive between the SJC (1202 Williamson) and Occupy Tiny House Villages (1901 Aberg and 201 S. Stoughton) on upcoming weekends. Please reach out if interested, whether for the SJC and Occupy Tiny House Villages driver pool or future driver pools! 

• We are looking for event hosts including for Swap! and Supper Club. Reach out if interested! 

• Interested in contributing to a Health and Care Network? Reach out! 

• Community Care Teams provide support such as: Wellness Support, Transportation, Cleaning, Cooking, Yard Care, Companionship, Medical and Legal Advocacy. Fill out this Survey if interested! 

Wants 

See our website for more details or find additional wants. 

• Sewing Machine Repair 

• Preparing Bike for Riding Safely 

• Walking or biking exercise partner 

• Rides to Madison MAN event 

• Lawn Care 

Offers 

See our website for more details or find additional offers. 

• Violin/Viola Music Lessons 

• Childcare 

• Animal Care/Petsitting 

• Computer/Tech Help 

• Writing Help 

Recurring Events 

Check calendar for updates and more details. 

• Swap! 6/1 (SJC), 6/3 (Oregon Library) 

• Dream Time 6/2, 6/16 

• Madison MAN Orientation every Tuesday 

• Mutual Aid Supper Club 6/15 

• Work Sessions Every Friday 

• Conversation Corner Every Wednesday 

• Astrology Readings 12-1 pm 

Group Meetings 

• HUMAN Communications group Tuesdays 

• MMAN Communications group 6/19 at 3 

• Everywhere Gardens Tomato and Brassica Seed Planting 5/16, 10 am at Troy Farms 

• Compost Workday Tuesdays, 10 am at Troy Gardens 

• Wellness Care Team Meetings – Fridays at 2 

Featured Group 

Community Care Teams – We want to make it easy to connect with care in a time of need. We also want to make it easy to provide care to others, by distributing the work among lots of willing hands. Earn hours for your time and spend those getting help with whatever you need or building more of your own skills. 

Featured Principle 

Global Solidarity and Shared Learning – The Madison MAN Cooperative is a founding member and home base of Humans United in Mutual Aid Networks (HUMANs), a global cooperative network designed for mutual learning and support in service to building a neighborly global economy. 

In turn the HUMANs are an active partner in an even larger cooperative that's creating and implementing tech and peer support tools for mutual aid. That's our tech HOME and we'd be happy to share it with you. 

Member Bulletin 

New feature we are trying! This is a list of events, businesses, news, or organizations that our members are passionate about and/or involved in. Our member organization event can also be found here. These items are not directly connected to Madison MAN, this bulletin is a space for our members to share! 

https://space.at-home.coop/index.php/s/ty7xmjBzDsPs8Mm 

Closing Notes 

Thank you for your interest in Mutual Aid! Please contact us with any questions or ideas. 

- Bailee

Hello, 

hope to see you at Supper Club tomorrow!

3:30-6:30pm at the WilMar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer St.

Edward and I are hosting. I'm bringing a strawberry rhubarb upside down cake (vegan).

What do you want to eat? What do you want to bring? feel free to add it to this spreadsheet or just show up 

If you have any extra ingredients, bring them. We'll make a Stone Soup-style meal that will feature a healthy vegan entree plus other treats based on what's available. 

Sign-up sheet (for hosting, offering ingredients, etc) here https://space.at-home.coop/index.php/s/Bgx6Wq5NoBQcaR5 

• 3:30-4 Create menu, get additional supplies, and get ready to cook. 

• 4-5 Cook together. Teachers and learners and grunt-workers all welcome 

• 5-6 Eat together 

• 6-6:30 Pack extra food in to-go containers, clean up

and bring discussion topics, dream projects, or just chill and eat. 

And - please add, update, and reply to offers and wants at our marketplace. We have a lot of new members, get in touch with them!

thanks for reading,

Stephanie
 

News
• We are looking for event hosts including for Swap! and Supper Club. Reach out if interested!
• Community Care Teams provide support such as: Wellness Support, Transportation, Cleaning,
Cooking, Yard Care, Companionship, Medical and Legal Advocacy. Interested in joining? Fill out
Survey!
• Fridays 3pm at Social Justice Center and SOMETIMES online, we’ll have our weekly work
session, focusing on programming lots of diverse activities at the SJC. See calendar for topics.
• We are looking to offer more consistent learning sessions! Have a skill you’d like to share?
Reach out!
• Keep your eye out for events in the Stoughton/Oregon area. Interested in helping with events?
Reach out!
• Additional Swap! Wednesday May 6th 5:30-6:30 pm at the Oregon Library.

Recurring Events
Check calendar for updates and more details.
• Swap! 5/4 (SJC) and 5/6 (Oregon Library)
• Dream Time 5/5 and 5/19
• Madison MAN Orientation every Tuesday
• Mutual Aid Supper Club 5/18
• Weekly Work Sessions every Friday
• Learning Hour every Friday
• Astrology Readings every Wednesday
• Conversation Corner every Wednesday

Closing Notes
Thank you for your interest in Mutual Aid! Make sure to check wants and offers! Please contact us
with any questions or ideas. Stay safe!

Would you like to see a community that can spring up a team to support the needs of someone in crisis? 

What is a Community Care Team?

A Community Care Team is a group of community members who help community members in their time of need. Community Care Teams provide support such as: Wellness Support • Transportation • Cleaning • Cooking • Yard Care • Companionship • Medical & Legal Advocacy 

Fill in this quick survey to let us know what you need and offer, and what kind of role you'd like to play.

Your offers are helpful, and your needs are too. When you give someone an opportunity to help you meet your needs, it can make it easier for them to ask for and receive help when they need it. 

That's all for now! We look forward to seeing you at one of our many events (check the calendar), and of course please add and reply to offers and wants at our marketplace.
 

Hello friends,

We have a few members of our Madison MAN (Mutual Aid Network() Cooperative who would like help growing their gardens, and who have extra gardening space to offer if you're wanting to garden but don't have a suitable place where you are.

We have a lot of opportunities for you to be involved! Check out this page and sign up to the group (the links from the group won't work unless you're logged in as a member of it, don't be alarmed), and/or let us know you're interested, and/or show up at a work day! This Saturday morning you can plant seeds at Troy Farms, then head to plug mushroom logs with Madison Permaculture Guild. Help with a Northside garden on May 9. And dheck our calendar here for more.

And - enter and reply to offers and wants, and make exchanges. Don't hesitate to ask for any help you need, that's what this is for, and that's what helps things flow.

Happy spring,

Stephanie

News
• Lots of the Wants and Needs on our page expired recently. Be sure to renew your posts/create
new posts!
• Additional Swap! will be hosted in Oregon at the Oregon Library May 6th 5:30-6:30 pm. Flyer here. We
will be hosting more Madison MAN event in the Oregon/Stoughton area! Reach out if
interested in hosting events!
• Conversation Corner – A space to talk about whatever you need to get off your chest.
Wednesdays 11-12 at SJC.
• Work sessions - We'll work together the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Friday of the month, either on a
needed task (tech skillshare, building our health and care network, setting up repeated events
and learnings, etc) or on whatever individuals want to do alongside other people, to enhance
their motivation.
• Working on creating a pool of drivers to take other members on errands. We especially need
people to drive between the SJC (1202 Williamson) and Occupy Tiny House Villages (1901
Aberg and 201 S. Stoughton) on upcoming weekends. Please reach out if interested, whether
for the SJC and Occupy Tiny House Villages driver pool or future driver pools!
• We are looking for event hosts including for Swap! and Supper Club. Reach out if interested!
• Interested in contributing to a Health and Care Network? Reach out!
Wants
See our website for more details or find additional wants.
• Help with Music Booking
• Strip and Finish a Small Wooden Table
• Friends in Belleville
• ASL, Mandarin, Indigenous, Spanish Language Lessons
Offers
See our website for more details or find additional offers.
• Get Started with Bitcoin
• Get Started with Ethereum
• Convert Hours to Simbi Points
Recurring Events
Check calendar for updates and more details.
• Swap! 5/4 (SJC), 5/6 (Oregon Library Conference Room 255)
• Dream Time 4/7, 5/5, 5/19
• Madison MAN Orientation every Tuesday
• Mutual Aid Supper Club 4/20, 5/18
• Learning Sessions Every Friday
• Work Sessions 4/24, 5/8, and 5/22
• Conversation Corner Wednesdays 11 am-12 pm
• Astrology Readings 12-1 pm
Group Meetings
• RAD Funding and Housing Co-op collaboration group 5/1, 5/15, and, 5/29
• HUMAN Communications group Tuesdays
• MMAN Communications group 5/15
• MMAN Fundraising group 5/1
• Everywhere Gardens Tomato and Brassica Seed Planting 5/16, 10 am at Troy Farms
• Compost Workday Tuesdays, 10 am at Troy Gardens
Featured Group
HUMANs – an international Mutual Aid Network aiming to create means for everyone to discover
and succeed in work they want to do, with the support of their communities.
Featured Principle
Mutual Aid Among Mutual Aid Networks – MANS serve their members most effectively and
strengthen their co-operative movement by partnering with other MANs and organizations that have
aligning principles.
Member Bulletin
New feature we are trying! This is a list of events, businesses, news, or organizations that our
members are passionate about and/or involved in. Our member organization event can also be found
here. These items are not directly connected to Madison MAN, this bulletin is a space for our
members to share!
https://space.at-home.coop/index.php/s/ty7xmjBzDsPs8Mm
Closing Notes
Thank you for your interest in Mutual Aid! Please contact us with any questions or ideas.