Audre Lorde

625 N. Frances Street

Rent Range	Numbers of Rooms	Numbers of residents	Adults	Children
$380-480	14	15-17	15	2

Membership Process

Membership is being completed with virtual and in-person steps:

A questionnaire
an online interview via Google Meets
an in-person house dinner or hang out with Audre Lorde Members.

Please email at audremembership@madisoncommunity.coop to start the membership process.

After steps 1-3 are completed, the house will make a decision at the incoming house meeting and then get back to the potential member!

About Audre Lorde Co-op

Built in 1899 for Kate & Cornelius Sullivan. This house joined MCC in 1996 at Emma Goldman Co-op. In 2003 it was changed to be named after self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet": Audre Lorde. The house has 14 bedrooms with large common spaces on the first floor. There is also off-street parking for 5 vehicles. We are 1/3 of a block away from Lake Mendota. We are also 3 blocks from UW-Madison and 2 blocks from State Street.

Audre Lorde Coop is a progressive, pro racial equity, LGBTQ affirming, pro feminist, pro neurodivergent, environmentally conscious community that actively strives to maintain the position of Black Lives Matter, Love is love, Trans Lives are Sacred and Climate change is real.

“Without community, there is no liberation...but community must not mean a shedding of our differences, nor the pathetic pretense that these differences do not exist.” Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde Co-op went through a renewal in 2022 and is seeking members to help it rebuild its community. We are seeking members who are willing to put in the hard work to build this community back with a few members and dedication.

Member Expectations

1.5-5 hours of their time each week for workjobs such as cooking, washing dishes, cleaning various common spaces, paying bills, grocery shopping, serving as a house representative for various committees of Madison Community Co-operative, and many other jobs that go towards the upkeep and continuance of the household.
Attendance at weekly House Meetings, currently Thursdays at 8:30pm.

Everyone in the house pays $95 a month to purchase bulk food which is mostly organic, and locally-grown when possible; we strive to buy from vendors that are owned and run by people-of-color and/or women.