Madison MAN Newsletter 10/6/2026
Special Event
• Sharefest/SJC Jubilee – October 17th 4pm – 8pm Bands, food, drink, raffle, swap, sharing, and workshops! Annual fundraiser for the Social Justice Center and celebration for Madison MAN! Reach out to info@madisonman.coop if you have a workshop you’d like to host!
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!
News
• Everywhere Gardens has had a great season! They have been gardening at member’s properties and Troy Farms! Please reach out if still interested, there is still fall gardening to be done!
• 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. Fill out this Survey if interested!
Wants
See our website for more details or find additional wants.
- Raking
- Weeding
- Weed wacking/leaf blowing
- Size 8 women’s tennis shoes
- Legal help for civil rights complaints and discrimination – pro bono
Offers
See our website for more details or find additional offers.
- Animal Care/Petsitting
- Childcare help
- Computer/tech help
- Writing help
- Rudimentary medical care, caregiving, info navigation
Recurring Events
Check calendar for updates and more details.
• Swap! 11/2 (Social Justice Center), 10/6 (Oregon Library)
• Dream Time 10/20, 11/3
• Madison MAN Orientation every Tuesday
• Mutual Aid Supper Club 10/19
• Mutual Aid Potluck (Oregon) 10/18
• Work Sessions Every Friday
• Learning Sessions Every Friday
• Art Making Every Friday
Group Meetings
• HUMAN Communications group Tuesdays
• Everywhere Garden Workday Mondays and Saturdays
• Compost Workday Tuesdays, 10 am at Troy Gardens
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
Redesigning Work – MANs recognize that everyone possesses passions and skills which they can contribute to their communities and the larger MAN network and will work to find the highest uses to which those qualities and abilities can be put.
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!
Closing Notes
Thank you for your interest in Mutual Aid!
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