#madison acespace

Call for ace volunteers for Madison Acespace!

Passionate about having social support and safe spaces for aces and promoting awareness of identities on the asexual and aromantic spectrum in the community?

Want to make new ace friends in Madison and Wisconsin? Got an event you really want to attend or a hobby you want to share?

Are you on Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook? Do you retweet, reblog, or share posts and news about asexuality and the ace and aro spectrum?

Are purple, white, grey, and black your favorite colors? Like to create, write, and design fun ace art, writing, and event promotions?

Many options are available, add your skills to our team as a support group facilitator, social event organizer, social media contributor, communications content creator, or more!

Contact us at: [email protected]

April-May 2019 Madison Acespace meetup dates:

Saturday, April 6, 5:30pm: Board Game Night at Cargo Coffee on East Washington Ave

Saturday, April 20, 1-3pm: Support Group at the OutReachLGBT Center

Friday, May 3, 7:00pm: Arts and Crafts - Freeform at Cargo Coffee on East Washington Ave

Saturday, May 4, 10:30am: New Member Brunch at Monty’s Blue Plate Diner

Saturday, May 18, 1-3pm: Support Group at the OutReachLGBT Center

Established in 2015, Madison Acespace in Madison, Wisconsin is a self-funded, safe space community for 18+ asexual spectrum, aromantic, and questioning identities and allies, providing social support safe spaces and promoting awareness of ace and romantic identities.

We meet monthly on the 3rd Saturdays for support at the OutReach LGBT Center in Madison.

Madison Acespace is a place for asexuals, ace-spectrum, and questioning individuals to form community and find safe space. Asexuality is defined as the lack of sexual attraction to anyone, or low or absent interest in or desire for sexual activity.

We meet monthly in Madison, Wisconsin on the 3rd Saturdays for support at the OutReach LGBT Center, with around 6-12 people at each meetup. Meetings are organized on https://www.meetup.com/Wisconsin-Aces/

Madison Acespace is dedicated to providing members a safe space for support and to take joy in their asexual and aromantic-spectrum or questioning identities.

Community Guidelines:

Be aware of whose identities, experiences, and cultures are represented among the attendees and whose are not represented.

Give consideration for the space you are taking up, including how to yield to others.

Be mindful of sharing and respecting identities and boundaries. The content of what is said in the meetup stays in the meetup. Please give warnings for explicit or traumatic experiences.

Keep in mind everyone is learning, and as a group we are always looking for ways to improve.

These guidelines apply to all Madison Acespace spaces, both online and off. If you have any questions or concerns, or you're interested in helping organize events for the group, please contact us at [email protected].

We welcome everyone of diverse sexual and romantic orientations, gender identities and expressions, physical appearance, body sizes, ages, races, religions, nationalities, cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, experiences, and abilities.

Hey all! Madison Acespace is making a couple changes in how we organize events:

1) We'll be using Meetup rather than Facebook to post events for the group. That way events are not duplicated, and as Facebook events can potentially show up in your friend’s feed, this will better protect the privacy of attendees.

Events currently set up on Facebook will be completed by the end of the year, with the end of 2018 and new 2019 events posted exclusively to Meetup.

2) The Meetup group settings have been updated to be a private group, so new members will need to request to join. This helps protect the privacy of the members and prevent spam from randos. Unlike private Facebook events, private Meetup events titles are visible to the public, but the details, location, and attendees are not visible unless they are a member the group.

Upcoming Meetup event links will be posted to the private Facebook group, public WI ace Facebook page, Tumblr, and Twitter.

If you are interested in holding an event for the group, please message any of the Meetup organizers. If you want to be an organizer too, let us know!

Madison Acespace Secret Santa 2018

As the holiday approaches, we are very excited to announce that we are hosting a Secret Santa! This is an exchange event, you must be able to create or purchase a gift for someone else.

The exchange will take place on Saturday, December 15 at 3pm at the OutReach LGBT Center, 2701 International Lane Suite 101, Madison, Wisconsin, please make sure you can attend!

You have until next Thursday, November 22 to sign up and then Margret will assign the trades.

RULES

Fill out the form to officially sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsDCSYBFq3e1rQq0oWeTNI4t-c6QUkHClBaLsvxo0vUMG5lw/viewform?usp=sf_link

If you need to drop out, please message ASAP!!!!!

Each participant will be given their giftee's wishlist and blacklist - take them into consideration when making or purchasing your gift.

Gift exchange will occur on Dec 15, 2018 after the regularly scheduled support group meetup. Plan to either be there or otherwise arrange for your gift to get there. Contact event organizer with any problems.

Recommended price limit of $10-20.

It’s time to march at the OutReach 2018 Madison Pride Parade this Sunday, August 19th!

Come join the fun! Please enter the staging area via Lake St in the 600 block area of State St, OutReach volunteers will direct you to the group. For those who are marching, please show up by 11:30am. We will march up and around the Capital Square when the parade begins at 1pm.

The Parade will be from 1-2pm for those who want to watch and cheer!

Ace Pride buttons are in production. We’re also looking to put in group orders for other ace pride merch. 

-Small 4x6" Flags on a stick ($1.95 + shipping) -Silicone wrist bands: 15 qty group order (best price) of the 4 colors of the ace flag. Each set of 4 blank bands would be $4 (incl shipping). (We can also package to sell at Pride/GoFundMe.) -Car magnet ace sticker for $4.75 + Shipping