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Hello friends!

 

Our HUMANs December Solidarity Summit is coming right up - this Saturday and Sunday Dec. 14-15. In case you don't already know, the HUMANs are the global cooperative network that we helped to instigate, and are still HQ for.
 

 

We'll be hosting from our home base at the Social Justice Center conference room! Join us in person if you like, beginning 1/2 hour before the summit starts each day.

 

Bring a snack or drink to share if you like, or just come and enjoy. More summit details below, but first -

 

Mutual Aid Supper Club #3 is Monday December 16, 3:30-6:30pm at the WilMar Center 953 Jenifer.

Come for part or all of it! You don't have to cook to eat, you're more than welcome to just drop in for food.

3:30-4: Bring ingredients if you have some. We'll make a Stone Soup-style menu
4-5: Some of us will cook, others are welcome to just chat or to participate in a Peace Practice demo, where we show how we do our group learning journey toward making peaceful communities

5-6: Eat together, chat

6-6:30: Clean up, pack up leftover food
 

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And now, onto the HUMANs summit details and links: 
 

 

The agenda is available (click 'agenda' at the event page) and I'll also paste the current schedule in this email. Be sure to look at the event page too, in case any last-minute changes happen, which we'll do our best to keep at a minimum.

Important summit links:

Summit Registration link (agenda and other links can be found there)
 

• Zoom link for the summit

 

• Slides for the summit
   

Here are the events on social media, to make it easy for you to invite your friends and networks:

• LinkedIn
   

• Facebook

 

 

Links to take action during and after the summit:

 

• Join the HUMANs if you're ready and haven't yet - A HUMANs membership is included with your Madison MAN membership.
   

• Check out future HUMANs sessions you might like to join

   

• Add yourself or your project to the Human Family padlet to show who and where you are, to a general audience

  
   

 

Schedule at a glance (check time zone converter!) 
 

• Saturday 12/14

  • 10am CST Getting to Know Each Other: HUMANs and summit overview, brief intros (1/2-2 minutes) of projects present, brief conversation on offers/needs/synergies
     

  • 11:30am CST Go Deeper: Deeper conversations about projects and synergies, with possible breakout rooms. 
     

  • 1pm CST Econet Action Plan: Call for Action! Learn more about Econet and how you can take action. www.e-c-o.net is an online community of citizen scientists who work together as both ecological thinkers and ecological practitioners

• Sunday 12/15

  • 11am CST The Art of Onboarding a Coherent Whole with Tony Budak explores how to foster group commitment
     

  • 12:30-1pm BREAK or open conversation on Zoom
     

  • 1pm CST Technicollab Dreams: Software developers and mutual aid geeks come together to see how we can collaborate to create a tech ecosystem that works to realize our dreams. Beginners may feel overwhelmed but are welcome - the conversation is geared toward practitioners moving forward.
     

  • 2:30pm CST Highlights and Action Steps: We'll see how we can take action to move our individual and collective work forward via mutual aid. Those who want to check out timebanks.org's Chat on the Bench will be invited to do so.
     

We hope to see you! Please share the invitation with your friends.

 

We have an exciting few days of mutual aid celebrations coming up. 

 

The weekend of December 14-15 we'll host the HUMANs global Solidarity Summit from right here in Madison, at the Social Justice Center conference room 1202 Williamson. We'll bring a few treats, feel free to bring some to share or just come enjoy.

Saturday 9:30am-2:30pm and Sunday 10:30am-4pm. 

Details and registration here.

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Mutual Aid Supper Club Monday December 16, 3:30-6:30pm at the WilMar Neighborhood Center 953 Jenifer St. 

Bring a friend! 

Pop in anytime - you're welcome to drop in for a quick bite or to stay and visit the whole time. 
 

We make menus based on what's available, cook together, share a meal from 5-6, then package some food to go and clean up.

 

On Dec. 16 from 4-5 we'll offer a Peace Practice demo for those who want to do that while others do the cooking (not everyone needs to cook!). Join in as we show how our regular Peace Practice sessions work, a simple learning circle devoted to creating peace. 

 

You don't have to help out to eat, but you're welcome to! And you'll earn MAN hours for your time.
 

How would you like to help? 

•Plan menus •Cook •Set up •Clean up •Provide ingredients •Give money 

•Teach- Food safety, Cooking, Nutrition, Other
 

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And don't forget to add and reply to offers and wants at our website!

Monday December 16, 3:30-6:30pm at the WilMar Neighborhood Center 953 Jenifer St. Bring a friend! Pop in anytime - you're welcome to drop in for a quick bite or to stay and visit the whole time. We make menus based on what's available, cook together, share a meal from 5-6, then package some food to go and clean up. How would you like to help? On Dec. 16 from 4-5 we'll offer a Peace Practice demo for those who want to do that while others do the cooking (not everyone needs to cook!). Join in as we show how our regular Peace Practice sessions work, a simple learning circle devoted to creating peace. How would you like to help? •Plan menus •Cook •Set up •Clean up •Provide ingredients •Give money •Teach- Food safety, Cooking, Nutrition, Other The Madison MAN (Mutual Aid Network) Cooperative is the new home of timebanking in Madison. Earn MAN hours for your time, share and exchange with your neighbors, and help (re)build our local solidarity economy! We'll host Supper Club the 3rd Monday each month through 2024, and aim to increase to weekly in 2025.

We're excited to host our first Mutual Aid Supper Club on Monday, October 21st. 

This is the old Dane County TimeBank's birthday so we'll just continue the tradition of birthing stuff around that time. 

Mutual Aid Supper Club on Monday, October 21st, 3:30-6:30pm at the WilMar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer St. 

We'll have a brief general membership meeting during the event, and elect our Board and give you all a brief update on what's up and how you can be involved. 

But mainly, we'll plan a menu based on the ingredients we have, we'll cook together, share a meal, then pack any leftovers to-go and make them available to our members for their MAN hours or other credits. Fun! 

We'll also make plans for other activities we want to do during our time together. 

We'll start with monthly Supper Clubs through the rest of 2024, then hopefully build the capacity we need to go weekly. You can help!!

Saturday October 5 is the SJC Jubilee, a yearly party and fundraiser for our home base The Social Justice Center. 

With food, drinks, raffle, games, art, music, and activism the whole time. 

The first hour or so will be an open mic - feel free to play some music, do some poetry or comedy, whatever you like to do. 

Then the Flower Buds, Ladyscissors, and Def Sonic play between 5 and 9. There are lots of fun volunteer slots available, and you can earn MAN hours for your time!

How You Can Help:
We’re looking for volunteers to assist with various tasks throughout the event. Whether it’s setting up, greeting guests, or helping with activities, there’s something for everyone!

Please take a moment to fill out our Volunteer Availability Page here. Feel free to share with your friends and community as well. I will confirm volunteer slots a few days before the event.

Remember, it's a fundraiser! Please give generously to help keep the SJC affordable and accessible, and share the info with your friends to encourage them to give, too. Abundance through cooperation!

Hope to see you soon
 

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