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Plowshare’s 2018 Peacebuilder Award Recipients
Submitted by staff on Tue, 04/03/2018 - 6:00pmPlowshare’s 2018 Peacebuilder Award Recipients
Annual Peacebuilder Award is presented to groups and individuals who have made significant contributions to peace and/or social justice in Southeastern Wisconsin by enhancing understanding and cooperation among people from diverse ethnic, religious, racial and/or socioeconomic backgrounds. The Peacebuilder Award, named in honor of peace and social justice advocate and Plowshare co-founder Kate Delaney Jolin, was initiated in 2014. In conferring this award, Plowshare seeks to enhance community awareness of the work that is being done by local groups and individuals to "make peace relevant to the world around us."
It's Time We Occupied Congress
Submitted by staff on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 12:59pmJoy First January 15, 2018
As I entered my jail cell at Capitol Police Headquarters in Washington, DC, I sat down on the cold steel bench and looked around thinking - here I am again. My eyes came to the mirror above the toilet and I noticed the word “occupy” scraped into the glass and it brought a smile to my face. I thought someone was here before me, someone who cared about the same things I cared about, someone who thought the way I thought, someone who, like me, was doing what they could to try to make the world a better place.
Talk Nation Radio: Kathy Kelly on Stopping Permanent War
Submitted by staff on Tue, 08/01/2017 - 7:26pmDuring each of 20 trips to Afghanistan, Kathy Kelly, as an invited guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, has lived alongside ordinary Afghan people in a working class neighborhood in Kabul. She and her companions in Voices for Creative Nonviolence believe that where you stand determines what you see.” In June, 2016, Kathy participated in a delegation that visited five cities in Russia, aiming to learn about Russian opinions regarding NATO exercises taking place along their border. Kelly has joined with activists in various regions of the U.S.
Plowshare Awards 2017 Peacebuilder Awards
Submitted by staff on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 12:04pmPlowshare Fair Trade Marketplace and Education for Peace Center located on Main Street in Waukesha proudly awarded the 4th annual Kate Delaney Jolin Peacebuilder Awards on Friday, March 10, at Plowshare's 28th Anniversary Celebration held in the Carroll University Ballroom.
The individual award recipient was Iva Richards, nominated by Mark Blackman for her involvement with Ventures in People (Helping Haitians Help Themselves), SOPHIA, and Ascension Lutheran Church’s refugee resettlement and Mission Outreach programs.
Remembering Labor Advocate and Fighting BobFest founder Ed Garvey
Submitted by staff on Fri, 02/24/2017 - 9:45amAs most of you have probably heard, Wisconsin lost an amazing progressive leader this week, Ed Garvey, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
I was six when the Russians came
Submitted by staff on Thu, 02/23/2017 - 10:22amI was six when the Russians came
as told to Maya Evans
February 21, 2017
This is a story about Farzana, translated by her daughter Zarghuna and written up by Maya Evans
Cecilia Zarate-Laun, Founder of the Colombia Support Network, Passes
Submitted by staff on Thu, 02/09/2017 - 8:41amMadison - Cecilia Lucia Zarate-Laun passed away on Sunday, February 5, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison with her husband and 3 sisters present. She was born on May 10, 1945 in Santander Province in Colombia. The eldest of 5 sisters, she completed high school in Bucaramanga and graduated in Nutrition from the National University of Colombia in Bogota in 1966.
WNPJ Board Members Take a Trans-affirming Stance
Submitted by staff on Fri, 02/03/2017 - 2:26pmOur statement: This is a statement that we were planning to put out to explain why WNPJ would be pulling sponsorship if Thistle performed at the Pipeline Fighters Benefit concert. We were then informed that she removed herself from the lineup out of fear for her own safety from previous threats she had gotten. Yesterday we saw statements from Thistle saying that Z! has forced WNPJ to pull out which is untrue and an example of her furthering transphobia.
