Occupy Madison has openings for unhoused individuals – prioritizing people sleeping outside or in vehicle or at shelter!
There is NO APPLICATION PROCESS. All you need to do is show up! Free housing if you continue to participate in your village and the Occupy community!
The process is:
- Attend Orientation 1 (11am)
- Attend Orientation 2 (1 am)
- Decide if this is something you want to do. If so, attend 2 General Membership meetings to become a member.
- Start earning hours/your new home. Please note, the two orientations and 1 GMM can be completed in one weekend.
- Earn 100 hours of sweat equity by attending meetings, work days, craft making sessions, woodshop hours, free store hours or gift shop hours.
- After 100 hours you decide which village you want to live in and start attending their residents meetings.
- After 160 hours you can move into the village if accepted.
If you want to be put on the mailing list to get notifications of the meetings, email admin@occupymadisoninc.com
Our process is a bit unusual in that there is no screening and no application. This is community living and the biggest thing to decide is if you want to live in a village with many residents in a shared community. Your hut is your private space, but the kitchen, showers, laundry, bathrooms, etc are all shared space and you are expected to contribute both to your village as well as the organization as a whole..
Yes! Living in our villages is free! You just need to participate in village activities, governance of the organization and helping to raise funds to keep the villages going.
We will be doing orientations on the following Saturdays :
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- 11am Session 1 and 1pm Session 2 at 201 S. Stoughton Rd
- Oct 3, 17 & 31
- Nov 14
- Dec 5 & 19
- General Membership Meeting – 6pm at 1901 Aberg Ave
- Oct 4 & 18
- Nov 1 & 15
- Dec 5 & 20
- 11am Session 1 and 1pm Session 2 at 201 S. Stoughton Rd
