4 added meetings and some things going on around Madison you might be interested in over the next week or so.
MO’ MEETINGS
Meeting: Madison-Area Out-of-School Time (MOST)
Date: Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 11:00am
Location: South Madison Police Station 825 Hughes Pl Madison, WI 53713
– Focus Group Recap and data preview
Meeting: Madison Central Business Improvement District (BID) Board
Date: Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 12:00pm
Location: Hovde Building 122 W. Washington Ave Room First Floor Conference Room Madison, WI 53703
– Reports and updates
Meeting: Task Force on Structure of City Government Boards, Commissions and Committees Subcommittee
Date: Friday, March 8, 2019 at 12:00pm
Location: City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King Jr, Blvd Room GR-27 Madison, WI 53703
– REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF DRAFT BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES REPORT TO THE TASK FORCE ON GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
Meeting: Task Force on Structure of City Government Common Council Subcommittee
Date: Friday, March 8, 2019 at 12:00pm
Location: City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd Room GR-27 Madison, WI 53703
– REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF DRAFT COMMON COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT TO THE TASK FORCE ON GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
COMMUNITY BABY SHOWER
Saturday, March 16
10:00 am – 2:30 pm
at the Monona Terrace
Join Anthem, Reach Dane, March of Dimes and United Way of Dane County for New Baby, New Life—a community baby shower!
Come and enjoy a baby shower at no cost complete with complimentary breakfast and lunch, free childcare for children ages 1-12 years old, three educational workshops, and several baby shower gifts. Families will also benefit from receiving information and resources from local organizations.
Workshops:
Workshop 1: Safe Sleep and Infant Crying
Workshop 2: Badgercare 101
Workshop 3: Safe Kids Car Seat
The goal of the New Baby, New Life program is to keep mom and baby healthy through education, healthy activities, and engagement.
Register by March 11:
You must be registered to attend. Space is limited! Family registration (up to 2 adults and children) includes breakfast, lunch, childcare, workshops and an individual gift.
Register online at https://newbabyshower.eventbrite.com Or register by phone at: 608-571-2822
SINGING OUT FOR SANCTUARY
Come to an amazing social justice concert by award-winning singer-songwriter Joe Jencks–you’ll get to enjoy a wonderful evening of entertainment this Friday night, go home feeling warm and wonderful, and at the same time help us raise money to help immigrant families stay together in Madison!
Our congregation, the James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation on Madison’s East Side, has already raised $26,000 to renovate our space so we can offer sanctuary to immigrants facing deportation. Please help us raise the last $4,000 so we can become a functional Sanctuary Congregation! See the attached flyer and press release and forward it to your friends and list serves.
“Singing Out for Sanctuary” with Singer-Songwriter Joe Jencks
A benefit for Building Sanctuary on Madison’s Eastside
7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8
James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation
2146 E. Johnson St. behind East High School
Suggested donation of $20 at the door.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS CANDIDATES ANSWERS
The League of Women Voters of Dane County voter guide is on their website now (www.lwvdanecounty.org/) and will be available as an insert in Isthmus on March 14. There will also be copies at all public libraries.
New this year: If you would like extra copies of Candidates’ Answers to share in your community, there is a request form online. Can you share them with your book group, your church group, your daycare families, bridge group, exercise classmates? Let’s encourage everyone to be informed and vote in the spring election!
