SWC Votes Wisconsin: four free community events across Milwaukee County, from South Milwaukee to Election Night
At a glance
- What: SWC Votes Wisconsin, a series of free community events hosted by Stand With Crypto Wisconsin during National Crypto Month.
- When: October 17 to November 3, 2026.
- Where: South Milwaukee, St. Francis, Cudahy and Wauwatosa.
- Awen's part: we produced the series: venues, event pages, graphics, and photo and video.
- At every stop: neighbors were pointed to myvote.wi.gov to check their registration and polling place, and to the Stand With Crypto Voter Hub to make a plan to vote.
In October we announced SWC Votes Wisconsin, a series of free public events in our own backyard. The series is now complete. Here is how it went, stop by stop.
Saturday, October 17: South Milwaukee
The series opened at South Milwaukee City Hall. Advocates signed in at 10am for a short training, then went door to door in the neighborhood to get out the vote. At 1pm the group sat down at The Tap Room on Milwaukee Avenue for a community lunch that was free and open to all.
Thursday, October 22: St. Francis
A drop-in community night at St. Francis Brewery, from 6 to 8pm, during Wisconsin's early in-person voting period. The invitation was simple: write a few postcards to voters, or just come say hello and make your own plan to vote.
Saturday, October 24: Cudahy
The second day of action started with sign-in and a short training at Cudahy City Hall, followed by door knocking until noon and a community lunch at Joe's K-Ranch. No experience was needed.
Tuesday, November 3: Wauwatosa
The series closed on Election Night with a watch party at Alioto's in Wauwatosa. The polls closed at 8pm, and advocates, neighbors and friends watched the results come in together. The evening was also a thank-you to everyone who came out during the month.
What it was for
October is National Crypto Month. Millions of Americans use, build on and invest in digital assets, and the rules that govern them are written by the people we elect. SWC Votes Wisconsin was about one thing: making it easy for neighbors to check their registration, find their polling place and make a plan to vote, with a free lunch and good company along the way.
Every event was free and open to everyone.
What Awen did
Stand With Crypto presented the series and Awen produced it. That meant finding and booking the venues, building the event pages, designing the graphics for each stop, and covering the days with photo and video.
Thank you to the venues that hosted us, The Tap Room, St. Francis Brewery, Joe's K-Ranch and Alioto's, and to everyone who showed up.
Sources
- The series as announced: our October 16 announcement.
- Voter information: myvote.wi.gov, run by the Wisconsin Elections Commission, and the Stand With Crypto Voter Hub.
- Dates, venues and photos: our own event records. The photos were taken by Awen at the events.