Natural Circles of Support

05/09/2025

📣 Join the Movement to Erase School Lunch Debt! 🥪❤️

Every child deserves a free, nutritious meal at school—no exceptions, no shame. To create truly safe and liberatory learning environments, we must meet students’ basic needs with dignity.

🛍️ This Saturday, May 10th | 9 AM – 3 PM
Families for Justice is hosting yard sales at THREE locations across Madison. 100% of proceeds go directly to paying off school lunch debt within MMSD.

📍 Locations:

Near West: 515 Briar Hill Rd.

Sunset Village: 3409 Stevens St.

East Side: 2082 Winnebago St (Linden Co-Housing)

Come shop, support, and help us build a future where no student goes hungry! 🍎

12/02/2024

BSU Friendsgiving Celebration 11/25/2024

08/31/2023

🎉Donating to Natural Circles of Support goes a long way.
$25: Your gift will provide resources for existing Circles of Support groups.
$50: Your gift provides culturally-responsive resources for students and staff
$75: Your gift provides student, staff, and family resources.
$100: Culturally-relevant student resources; staff training; parent leadership.
$200: Your gift supports participatory action research led by students of color.

Donate Now: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/donate/MTY3OTY0

08/28/2023

"There’s just something different about August 28. From the August 28 of 1833, when the Slavery Abolition Act was passed in the British colonies, gradually leading to the emancipation of their enslaved Black people, to August 28, 2020, when iconic Black actor Chadwick Boseman passed away, this day in history is distinct. It tells a story." - Teen Vogue

So much has happened on this date.

08/26/2023

Today, we celebrate 🎉, which marks the passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution granting women the right to vote. Let's remember that the fight for gender equality is far from over 💪. Despite progress, women still face systemic barriers and discrimination in many areas of society. Let's use this day as a call to action to continue pushing for equal opportunities and representation for women in all aspects of life! 🙌

08/24/2023

- Who IS Natural Circles of Support? 👇

08/18/2023

As World Humanitarian Day approaches 🌍, we are amazed 😲 by the incredible humanitarian efforts being carried out by the Red Cross and Red Crescent teams across the globe 🌎.

08/16/2023

Welcome!!! We are getting excited for !

As we get ready to welcome back our students in the fall, we'll also be welcoming some new staff members! 😊 Help us welcome PJ Harper to our community! 💙

PJ Harper, Associate Principal, MHS
✨ 17 years in education
✨ 10 in the classroom
✨ 7 as an instructional leader

✔️ Very proud Momma of Grace, 25 & Anna, 21
✔️ Born/Raised in Arkansas
✔️ Been in Wisconsin since young adult
✔️ Moved to McFarland 2 yrs ago and got married to Scott last July
✔️ Hobbies: Paddling, biking, hiking, skiing, sunrise/sunsets, camping, live music, art, reading, and family time

08/11/2023

How awesome! We have such a great community here in Madison!

“Would you like to CHIP?”



Many in our community who shop at any of the W***y Street Co-op’s three locations have heard this phrase. But, what does it mean?



The Community CHIP program is our oldest fundraising source, it started as The Madison Sustaining Fund in 1971, known then as “The People’s Tax.” The W***y St Co-op was one of the first sites of the CHIP program and has been its most generous. In 2008, the Co-op became the sole CHIP partner. The partnership grew exponentially in the subsequent years and in 2013, Community Shares of Wisconsin and CHIP merged to create a natural partnership that supported over 60 nonprofit groups fighting for social and environmental justice in Wisconsin. In 2020, we saw a record year, with $306,557 raised through CHIP!

CHIP funds have been crucial in supporting our member groups as they are nonrestricted funds that go to the “greatest need” at our member organizations and help to sustain the work through general operations funding and other programming that more restrictive grants cannot fund.

Without the support of our community members who choose to “CHIP” at the register, we could not do this critical work.

Thank you for saying "Yes" to CHIP at the W***y Street Co-op!


Image description: A green circle with the Community Shares of Wisconsin logo and text reading "Thank you for saying 'Yes!' to CHIP at W***y Street Co-op" is overlaid on a photo of a produce display.

08/09/2023

Women, thank you for enriching our lives with your presence and your motivational spirit. Keep fighting for equal rights and supporting one another.