Action Alert 1: Zero troops in Afghanistan
Action Alert 2: Host a speaker on Palestine / Israel
Action Alert 3: Books and balls to Nicaragua
Action Alert 4: Support Vegan Fest
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Action Alert 1: Get on the bus against tar sands pipeline
Action Alert 2: Milwaukee rally for immigration reform
Action Alert 3: Protect the Badger tallgrass prairie
Action Alert 4: Global day of action on military spending
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Action Alert 1: WI activist facing deportation
Action Alert 2: For peace in Ukraine
Action Alert 3: Reduce nuclear weapons spending
Action Alert 4: Deadline extended for youth videos
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Despite the recent (and very welcome) thaw, Mike McCabe calls for more sunshine and Voces de la Frontera for more compassion. Click on titles to read the entire stories.

Community members, leaders attend Fast for Families forum to talk about immigration issues. Voces de la Frontera is hosting a Wisconsin tour of Fast for Families, a group promoting awareness of immigration issues, connections between immigrants and non-immigrants, and immigration reform.

Action Alert 1: Penokees LCO Harvest camp under threat
Action Alert 2: State lobby day for affordable healthcare
Action Alert 3: Anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq
Action Alert 4: Nuclear safety after Fukushima
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Madison-area Native leaders and allies will protest against the Mukwonago team name and logo on Friday, March 14 at 7:30 pm in front of the Kohl Center, 601 W. Dayton St., Madison.

Clean water, clean elections, and a touch of civil disobedience; WNPJ members keep working and writing. Please click on titles to read the entire articles.

Repeal Wisconsin's mining law: "One year ago Monday, Gov. Scott Walker signed into law Act 1, the ferrous mining bill that was written by Gogebic Taconite (GTac) and aided by over $1 million in political contributions to Republican legislators," says Al Gedicks, executive director of the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council.  Act 1 stripped Wisconsin law of many provisions previously enacted to protect Wisconsin's ground and surface waters. Al Gedicks, Milwaukee Journal sentinel, 3/10/14. The Wisconsin Resources Protection Council is a WNPJ member group.

Action Alert 1: Stop Minnesota's Keystone XL pipeline
Action Alert 2: Support workers at UW Hospital and Clinics
Action Alert 3: Help the White Privilege Conference
Action Alert 4: Slash the Pentagon slush fund
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Action Alert 1: Push back the frac attack
Action Alert 2: Tell the "Climate President" to say no to Keystone XL
Action Alert 3: Nominate a young peacemaker for a fellowship
Action Alert 4: Keep spreading the word: WNPJ's youth video contest
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WNPJ members remain active. Please click on titles to read entire articles.

As the song goes, "Give Peace a Chance." The Dane County United Nations Association just named Dr. Vincent Kavaloski its Global Citizen of the Year. Dr. Kavaloski, a professor of philosophy at Edgewood College where he specializes in the Philosophy of Peace. He has dedicated much of his career to teaching nonviolence. "Obtaining peace through non-violent means takes work," Dr. Kavaloski says. "You have to work hard against the war movement if you want peace." J. Patrick Reilly, The Dodgeville Chronicle, 2/20/14. The Dane County UNA is a WNPJ member group.

February has been frigid, but WNPJ members and groups stay active. Click on titles to read the entire stories.

Despite the "chilly" weather, WNPJ members stay active. Click on titles to read the entire articles.

Madison-Rafah Sister City Project ambassador impressed by local youth facilities: "Every place I visited here is amazing.... But I don't like this weather," said Anees Mansour, director of the Rachel Corrie Cultural Center for Children and Youth in Rafah, while visiting  Madison as the guest of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project.

Many thanks to all who joined us in La Crosse on Saturday for WNPJ's member assembly and 13th annual awards reception, with special thanks to our host Tracy Littlejohn and the Hmong Cultural and Community Center!

Our awardees included (from left to right in the picture) Peacemaker of the Year - Adult Babette Grunow, Lifetime Achievement Award winner Al Gedicks, Peacemaker of the Year - Senior Pat Popple, and Peacemaker of the Year - Youth Key Jackson.  (Not pictured is our Dennis Bergren LGBTQ Advocacy Award winner Sharon Whitney, who was unable to attend.)

To see more pictures from the day, click here.

WNPJ's first User's Manual is designed to help WNPJ member groups and individual members make greater use of the services we offer, including: statewide lobby days, event publicity, weekly action alerts, WNPJ work groups, meetings and awards and website features like In the News and Success Stories. Printed copies of the WNPJ Users Manual are free to member groups and individual members, or read the full Users Manual online here...