CONNECT, NETWORK, SUPPORT, ACTIVATE

Some upcoming events - in person and online - to network, connect, motivate, activate.

MAY 30 - COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Really Really FREE MARKET hosted by Coulee DSA from noon to 1 p.m. at Burns Park on the last Saturday of every month. Bring what you can - food items, goods and services, clothing - and take what you need. Respect the space - leave nothing behind. NO MONEY OR TRADE NECESSARY.     

Learn more at https://coulee.dsawi.org/really-really-free-market/
 

 JUNE 1 - WEBINAR

CIVICS REBOOT 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Online

Want to change something in your community?
At this virtual event we will learn how ordinary people do extraordinary things by working at the local level. Learn from experts who know how to work the levers of power in municipal and county government, and in the community at large. Hosted by ACLU Wisconsin, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Farmers Union. Register here: bit.ly/CivicsReboot2026

 

JUNE 2 - BOOK DISCUSSION

Paved Paradise - How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

How did we come to the point where our entire world is governed by cars, and especially, by the storage of cars? "In a beguiling and absurdly hilarious mix of history, politics, and reportage, Slate staff writer Henry Grabar brilliantly surveys the nation’s parking crisis, revealing how the compulsion for car storage has exacerbated some of our most acute problems— from housing affordability to the accelerating global climate disaster—and, ultimately, how we can free our cities from park­ing’s cruel yoke." Join the Wisconsin Chapter Sierra Club's Transportation Access and Equity Team in a discussion of this important book. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/WISC-PavedBook. 

JUNE 3 - BOOK TALK

Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail   Noon to 1 p.m.

Today, many of the rules, norms, and structures that have shaped international affairs for decades are crumbling under the weight of accumulating challenges. In an attempt to make sense of this “Un-Order,” its trajectory, and its implications for the US and China, Mark Leonard has written Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail. Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute, will host Mark Leonard, co-founder and director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss his book and its implications and recommendations for the 21st century’s greatest geopolitical contests.