News

Hello friends,

This is a quick note to let you know that our Supper Club is on Monday 12/15 at the WilMar Center (953 Jenifer St) at 3:30 as usual, but it ends at 5:30 in order to accommodate another group. So, instead of making all the food there we'll have a potluck and just whip up some snacks at the beginning.

What would you like to eat? What would you like to bring? Should I make a cake??? Here's a signup sheet, or just show up and surprise us.

We'll also have a swap geared toward gift-giving. Have something you need to re-gift from past years, or just something nice you'd like for someone else to have?

Hope you can join us!!

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And don't forget, Saturday 12/20 at 3:30 we have a little party outside at the Social Justice Center 1202 Williamson - it's supposed to be a nice warm-ish, sunny winter day and we'll have a little portable fire pit to keep you cozy. That day we'll have a bigger gift-oriented swap, plus hot drinks, snacks, and fun company.
More on that here - and all part of the HUMANs (global cooperative network that we founded here) Solidarity Summit. Hope to see you!

Special Event
December Solidarity Summit
Join us for a weekend of fun, connection, learning, and action toward a neighborly global
economy, powered by mutual aid

The HUMANs host a Solidarity Summit every quarter, in the weekend nearest to the Solstice
or Equinox. Our aim is to host a place for people to find each other and work together or
harmoniously to build a solidarity neighborly economy.

We'll host from SJC on Saturday 12/20, starting with a little potluck breakfast at 10:30 and
ending with an outdoor fireside party and swap, 3:30-5. With lots of connection and learning in
between.

Sunday is all online and we'll focus on technical support for mutual aid projects, then the cost
of housing - how mutual aid could help. We end at 2:30 because at 3 The Longest
Night action begins at the Capitol, a memorial for people lost to conditions stemming from homelessness.
Click for more.

News
• 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!

Recurring Events
Check calendar for updates and more details.
• Peace Practice 12/27
• Swap! 1/5
• Dream Time 12/16
• Madison MAN Orientation every Tuesday
• Mutual Aid Supper Club 12/15
• SJC Peace Practice 12/22
 

Closing Notes
Thank you for your interest in Mutual Aid! Please contact us with any questions or ideas and check out the wants and offers. Have a safe holiday season!

-Bailee Madison MAN Board Member

Madison MAN Newsletter 11/23/2025
 

Special Event
• HUMANs Solidarity Summit 12/20 & 12/21 – connect with the Humans United in Mutual Aid Networks community and learn more skills rooted in mutual aid, keep your eye out for more details! We'll host from the Social Justice Center 1202 Williamson on Saturday 12/20 and end with a nice little holiday party. Hope you can join us! Email if you want to help organize or host.

News
• New video from one of our awesome volunteers! Intended for HUMANs but a great introduction to our work as well. 
• Website updates coming soon. Look forward to a more user friendly website.
• Improving usage of our tech tools.
• 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 - you can reply to our request (Edward posted it) in the marketplace or email - 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.
• Looking for those to spend vegan Thanksgiving with
• Transportation help
• Childcare on Dec. 5th southside
• Driver assistance for Occupy Madison events
• Carpool for free YMCA admission
 

Offers
See our website for more details or find additional offers.
• Cat boarding
• Teaching you autumn canoeing on Mendota/Monona
• Carpool for free YMCA admission
• Showing how to make vegan recipes
• Health/medical information
 

Recurring Events
Check our calendar for updates and more details.
• Peace Practice 11/24 and 12/27
• Swap! 12/1
• Dream Time 12/2 and 12/16
• Madison MAN Orientation every Tuesday
• Mutual Aid Supper Club 12/15
• SJC Peace Practice 12/22

Group Meetings
• RAD Funding and Housing Co-op collaboration group 12/5 and 12/19
• HUMAN Communications group Tuesdays
• MMAN Communications group 12/19
 

Featured Group
Communications – creates posters, videos, social media posts, newsletters, and any other means of communication. HUMANs communications meets Tuesdays at 3 in SJC or online. Madison MAN communications meets the 3rd Friday of the month at 3 in the SJC or online.
 

Featured Principle
Timebanking - our primary way to exchange, and we encourage you to give it a try! Every hour you spend helping another member earns you one hour's worth of credit - a 'MAN hour' (or human hour if you prefer!). You can use that credit for an hour of anyone else's time. Everyone's time is valued equally and we don't put a monetary price on our time. You can also spend before you earn if you need to. We expect everyone to engage in reciprocity, while we understand that sometimes in life we have more needs and other times we have more to offer.

Closing Notes
Thank you for your interest in Mutual Aid! Please contact us with any questions or ideas. Have a safe holiday season!

-Bailee Madison MAN Board Member

Hi friends,

There's so much happening at the Madison MAN Cooperative and we'd love for you to be part of any and all that interests you.

We're working on building up a pool of drivers to take other members on errands. We especially need people to help get others from the SJC (1202 Williamson) to the Occupy tiny house villages (1901 Aberg and 201 S. Stoughton) on some upcoming Saturdays and Sundays. Can you help? Would you like to be added to a list for future requests? Email us or reply to our wants at this site!

Also, contact us the same way if you want to help with our Communications work group, help set up a health and care network. or host events. In fact, we'd love for one or two of you to step up to host the upcoming Supper Club on Monday!

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Supper Club

Monday November 17, 3:30-6:30 at the WilMar Neighborhood Center 953 Jenifer St.

Hello members of the Madison MAN Cooperative,

Thanks to all who made our last Supper Club and annual meeting! Fun and nourishing, in many ways.

We're very excited to welcome some new board members, and re-commit with some long-timers.

Our Board of Directors, the people responsible for the governance of our cooperative who also do much of the day-to-day work, was up for election. 

Stephanie Rearick and Rebecca Kemble are in the middle of their terms, so were not up for election.

Lisa Nunez, Jeanie Verschay, and The Artist were up for re-election. Bailee Mergen, Cindy Harrington, Andrew Glickman, and Tim Cordon were newly nominated. We voted unanimously to adopt all of those candidates as a slate, meaning we all voted to accept all of them at once. 

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Meanwhile, there are many ways to engage in mutual aid here in the Madison area. Check out our calendar to see what interests you, or bring your own dreams to a Dreamtime session to see what kind of support we might be able to connect you with.

Our next event is the monthly Everything Swap Monday November 3, 5:30-7pm at the Social Justice Center 1202 Williamson. Bring anything in good condition (or nothing, there's always plenty of stuff), take what you want.

Hope to see you soon

This Sunday October 19, 4-7pm SJC Jubilee! Featuring an open mic from 5-7 - bring your words, instruments, other talents to share! Plus an everything swap, bring whatever you like in good condition.
 

At the Social Justice Center 1202 WIlliamson (mostly outside if the weather's nice, moved indoors if not)

This fun fundraiser party for SJC will include our yearly Sharefest event, with workshops and shared learning throughout the event. Plus music, art, a swap, free food, drinks, and a silent auction.

Want to offer a workshop or skillshare? Want to host or help organize the swap? Get in touch! 

Plus you can earn hours for helping set up or clean up. Email us with your offers of help.
 

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Monday October 20, 3:30-6:30pm at the WilMar Neighborhood Center 953 Jenifer St. 

Supper Club! + the Madison MAN Annual meeting and Board election

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

We'll cook and eat together as usual, and during the meal we'll hold our annual meeting - including an overview of where we are with our mutual aid dreams and how we're going to move forward to build a more robust network for health and care. Then we'll elect our Board of Directors. Want to run? Get in touch!

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Lastly and mostly, the way we make a neighborly global economy is by sharing our time, talents, and needs with each other. BONUS: It's fun! EXTRA BONUS: You get to do more of what you like and less of what you don't. ONE MORE BONUS: You get some needs met you might not have otherwise. Please add and reply to offers and wants in our marketplace.

Thanks for reading this far and we hope to see you soon :)

--Stephanie (President, Madison MAN Coop)