In the News
WI Organizations Oppose F-35s
Submitted by Staff on Thu, 09/26/2019 - 12:06pmCiting significant concerns about the issues raised in the Envirnmental Impact Statement and those items not address in the EIS, neighborhood and grassroots groups as well as statewide organizations are raising their voice and issuing statements opposing the beddown of the F-35 in Wisconsin. As we will stand together as a community, even as we face the short deadline to get our comments in on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), we are making a difference!
Communities: Proposed PFAS Policy Not Protective of Infant Health
Submitted by Staff on Tue, 06/11/2019 - 10:02amWNPJS joined more than 40 groups from communities across the country with toxic PFAS contamination in their drinking water and groundwater in a unified statement today criticizing EPA's proposed cleanup goals as not protective of public health, especially for infants and young children.
Milwaukee IWOC Report on Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in the Wisconsin Prison System
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 5:57pmMilwaukee IWOC has recently written a report on abuse, neglect, and exploitation in the Wisconsin prison system, we thought you would be interested in seeing this and helping spread it widely. They used public records and the words of incarcerated people to try and present a systematic summary of a few (obviously not all) issues.
Reflections on 16 Years of Resistance
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 02/23/2019 - 4:34pmIt was March of 2003 and President Bush had been talking about attacking Iraq with “shock and awe”. After marching in the streets for several weeks, I knew what I was doing was not enough because what was about to happen was going to be so egregious, so horrifying, and so unjust. My curiosity was piqued when I saw a notice for training in nonviolent civil resistance, conducted by local activists. I immediately knew this is what I needed to do and I attended the training.
Seeing Yemen from Jeju
Submitted by Staff on Fri, 12/07/2018 - 3:02pmSeveral days ago, I joined an unusual skype call originated by young South Korean founders of “The Hope School.” Located on Jeju Island, the school aims to build a supportive community between island residents and newly arrived Yemenis who seek asylum in South Korea.
Citizens and Local Governments Request Full Party Status in Transmission Case In Record Numbers
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 4:21pmWhen Kerry Beheler of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, became aware of the significant habitat impacts of the proposed Cardinal-Hickory Creek high voltage transmission line in the Driftless Area, she began to educate herself. The decision came down to her daily life,“Many of the natural places where I conduct bird surveys, teach environmental education, work to restore native habitat, and where our community members enjoy the peace of natural surroundings, would be ravaged by 170 foot high towers and massive cables.
Open Letter to Wisconsin Representatives on Farming and the Environment
Submitted by Staff on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 10:22amRural Wisconsin needs leadership, a kind that is proactive and creative with respect to our rural communities and the environment. What we have received, especially after this last round of extreme weather events in August, fell far short of what was needed. Instead of planning for the inevitable, our state representatives react as if tornadoes and floods are rare.
A Mile in Their Shoes by Kathy Kelly
Submitted by Staff on Tue, 06/12/2018 - 8:44amThis past Friday in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, Hazara girls joined young Pashto boys to sing Afghanistan’s national anthem as a welcome to Pashto men walking 400 miles from Helmand to Kabul. The walkers are calling on warring parties in Afghanistan to end the war. Most of the men making the journey are wearing sandals.
