SOAR Madison

11/16/2025

Who is a fit for Solstice House? 🛏️ 🩶 Who is peer respite for? We are Madison’s only Crisis Alternative.

11/16/2025

“Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art; the art of words…the name of our beautiful reward is not profit, it is freedom.”
— Ursula Le Guin 🖤

Our chalk board is one of the best things at the house.

11/16/2025

What is Solstice House? 🌻 What is a peer respite? 🏡 We are a crisis alternative based in voice, choice and self-determination. Call (608) 244-5077 to ask about peer respite and explore how a crisis alternative can support you differently. We are Madison’s only peer respite.

11/14/2025

We’re excited for Nze Okoronta and Angela Francis of SOAR to present and facilitate breakout sessions at OutReach’s first-ever Harm Reduction Conference.

Thank you for your dedication in representing the SOAR community, Nze and Angela! We’re grateful for your contributions to radical care in Dane County and the community-at-large. 🎉

11/14/2025

Living Madly and Beyond is going strong ~ 🕊️❤️‍🔥

We are a space for people with lived experience of madness, crisis, distress, extreme/altered states, or psychiatric systems to gather, share, and explore what healing and resistance can look like outside of traditional systems and clinical/medical frameworks.

Rooted in the values of Mad Pride x Mad Liberation we affirm the wisdom in lived experience and reject the pathology, misunderstanding, and criminalization placed on our minds, bodies, and ways of being.

🌀 Who It’s For:
- People with lived experience of madness, crisis, distress, extreme/altered states, psychiatrization, and/or psychiatric systems

- People with the lived experiences above who are wanting to reimagine what it means to radically self-define identity outside of symptoms and diagnoses

- People seeking to explore new language and share about different meanings of their experiences

- People who want to build community and learn from others who are also surviving, thriving, grieving, and living with madness

You do not need to identify as “mad” to join—just come as you are. Bring your truth and curiosity.

All identities, bodies, neurotypes, and experiences are welcome.

🏡 Group Details:
Location: Online (Zoom)
Time: Weekly
Cost: FREE
Hosted by: Solstice House Peer Respite – Madison, WI
Open to: Must be 18+, anyone in the US

Questions or want to join?
To ask ?s + sign up to receive the zoom link:
• email nzeo@soarcms.org
• call (608) 886-9735

! 💜 MAD LOVE TO ALL 💜

11/13/2025

Calling all night owls! Solstice House Peer Respite will be starting a new drop-in style virtual peer support group, hosted by our 3rd shifters. This group is open to anyone located in the US (you do not need to live in Wisconsin or be local to Solstice House).

Midnight Resistance is a late-night peer support space. We gather after dark to offer one another presence, care, and solidarity—without judgment. Whether you can’t sleep, are looking for companionship, or want to share what’s on your heart, you’re welcome here. Together we hold space for real conversation, rest, and resilience in the quiet hours of the night. 💜

Midnight Resistance will be held 3x weekly-- Tues, Thurs & Sat evenings.

To sign up and join:
Email Nze Okoronta at: nzeo@soarcms.org
~ Or call (608) 886-9735 if you have any questions.

Once we have a list going, a scheduling poll will be sent out. We will then send out zoom invitations, based on times that work best for all.🌛

11/13/2025

SOAR's peer respite program, Solstice House, is hiring Peer Respite Supporters for all shifts!

Check out their post below, and like and share this post with your social networks to spread the word. 💛💜🩵

11/12/2025

Get ready for SOAR's first-ever (and hopefully, annual) Winter Wishes Drive. Let's come together to bring holiday warmth and cheer to our clients and peers! Check out the flyer below for more info.

Amazon Wish List: https://shorturl.at/1t2Xa

Thank you, Festival Foods and Woodman's Markets, for your generosity in providing space and sponsorship.

Please like and share as we raise awareness for the needs of the SOAR community this holiday season.

11/07/2025

10/29/2025

Nearly 65,000 people in Dane County depend on FoodShare to feed themselves and their families. When those benefits end on Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown, The River Food Pantry will continue to do everything we can to support our neighbors in need.

But we can't do it alone — we need YOU to help us serve this significant number of people in addition to the 4,000 individuals we already serve each week!

Our free programs are available to Dane County residents:
🔹 Curbside Groceries: Non-perishable and perishable foods available for weekly pickup. Tues 9:30am–3pm | Wed 12–6pm | Thurs/Fri 10am–3pm

🔹 FAM (Family At-Home Meals): Freshly prepared to-go meals for each household member, available alongside curbside groceries. Same hours as above.

🔹 Pantry Express: A condensed grocery selection with no registration required. 3rd Saturday of each month | 11am–2pm

🔹 Munch: A mobile meal program delivering healthy meals to kids and adults in over 20 neighborhoods in Madison and Fitchburg. Schedule: www.riverfoodpantry.org/services/munch

🔹 River Delivers: Contactless grocery delivery (up to twice a month) for those who do not have transportation, do not have someone to transport groceries from The River for them, and do not qualify for other delivery services. Learn more: www.riverfoodpantry.org/river-delivers

🔹 ePantry: An online grocery ordering system that is available to use once a month. Sign up: www.riverfoodpantry.org/epantry

🔹 Food NOW (Nights or Weekends) — After-hours food lockers available when The River is closed. These are meant to provide a short-term, emergency supply of food to get through the night or weekend until we open again. Located in front of The River (2201 Darwin Rd).

In order to meet this increased demand, we need ALL the support we can get! If you are able to, please consider helping in one of the following ways:
💚Donate: www.riverfoodpantry.org/donate — 93 cents of every dollar donated goes to our programs and services!
🫶Volunteer: www.riverfoodpantry.org/volunteer — Over 300 volunteers are needed every week.
🥫Host a food drive or drop off nonperishable items at The River: www.riverfoodpantry.org/ways-to-support/food/in-kind-donations/
🗣️Spread the word: Every share helps connect a neighbor to resources.

Together, we can help make sure no one in Dane County has to choose between eating and paying their bills. Thank you for being part of this caring community🙏

10/29/2025

Join a collaborative team that is reimagining mental health! SOAR in Madison, Wisconsin is hiring a Clinical Supervisor to lead and support our Community-Based Services team.

Requirements:
▪️LCSW, LPC, or LMFT
▪️3+ years in mental health
▪️Experience with Comprehensive Community Services (CCS)

We offer:
▪️Competitive pay ($65k–$70k)
▪️A flexible, compassionate, equity-focused work environment
▪️Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance
▪️6 weeks accrued PTO annually, with flexible holidays
▪️Short-term disability coverage
▪️Employer-paid life insurance
▪️Employee assistance program
▪️401(k) match

About SOAR:
Since 1997, we’ve offered community-based care services and support rooted in lived experience. We honor each person as the expert of their own life and, through radically new perspectives, create spaces for all to explore their unique vision of wellness. We provide care navigation that is flexible, compassionate, and unapologetically different.

Interested in joining our team? Please email your resume and cover letter to opportunities@soarcms.org.

Please share this post to help us reach more people in our community!

10/21/2025

📣 On November 5, Nze Okoronta, SOAR’s Executive Director of Peer Services, will join a powerful panel for IDHA’s 10th Decarcerating Care conversation, marking five years of reimagining crisis response beyond policing and toward community-based, survivor-led care.

Join the dialogue on what’s changed since 2020 — and what it will take to build non-carceral, liberatory care in today’s climate.

Exploring the trajectory of efforts to remove police from mental health crisis response since 2020 & how to advance non-carceral care today