Thursday, September 23, 2010

Today, the South Madison Farmers’ Market hosts a celebration. It includes free youth activities, music and dance performances from 4 to 6. Special guests, the Dja-Rara dancers and musicians from Haiti & Brooklyn perform from 5 to 6 as part of the Madison World Music Festival. The Market begins at 2. This is at the Villager Mall, 2300 South Park Street and in the event of rain, activities will move indoors to UW Space Place. For information call Jody Wortsman at 260-8098.

This evening, Madison Bus Advocates holds its annual meeting. Bill Schaefer, director of the Transportation, will discuss the new five year transit plan. This is at the Memorial Unit at 6. Check Today in the Union for room details. Check busadvocates.org for more details.

This evening, the Community and Resistance Tour stops in Madison. The tour seeks to communicate about current struggles for justice and liberation, from the current BP Oil Drilling Disaster devastating the Gulf Coast to nooses hung in the northern Louisiana town of Jena. This is at the Bayview Community Center, 601 Bayview, at 6. Check communityandresistance.wordpress.com for more details.

South Central of Wisconsin's Move to Amend needs volunteers to circulate petitions at Food for Thought Festival and at Willy Street Fair both Saturday and Sunday. The petitions ask the City of Madison to place a resolution on Madison's Spring Ballot affirming that constitutional rights must be protected for people, not corporations. To volunteer, contact info2share@hotmail.com or scwmta@gmail.com. Information on the ballot effort can be found at:www.scwmta.org.