WNPJ + Register now for WNPJ’s Virtual Spring Meetings + Get on the Bus – and encourage people to VOTE April 1 + Good News on Line 5 + Right to Boycott + other statewide events
The WI Network for Peace and Justice is the umbrella non-profit organization
supporting the work of 86 member groups around Wisconsin.
Join the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice for our Virtual Spring Assembly!
March 24-28, 2025
Each evening from 7:00-8:00 pm WNPJ brings you the voices of Wisconsin activists as we champion our diversity and our unity.
Topics:
Coalition and Community Building: Our Common Denominators
Immigration & Palestine: The Connections
Protecting All Our Rights
Environmental Justice
Anti-war / Anti-militarism / Abolition
Building Unity’s MARCH to ELECTION Day Tour!
The Bus is Touring WI March 8th through April 1st!
On the "March to Election Day Tour," we will stop in over a 18 communities including Columbus, Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac, the Brothertown Nation, Oshkosh, Appleton on March 16th!, the Oneida Nation, Green Bay, the Menominee Nation, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, and Metropolitan Milwaukee.
We are in an unprecedented time of uncertainty. It is our duty to build a united movement for the good of all. Three of the most important things that we can do at this time is to find each other, get organized for solidarity and collaborative action, and elect leaders who share our commitment for Peace, Justice, Sustainability, & Democracy.
At each tour stop on the March to Election Day we’ll listen and learn; share plans and ideas; and explore the possibilities of acting together. And we will explore solidarity actions to address critical issues:
End U.S. support for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Learn how we can better keep each other safe including our immigrant, BIPOC, and
transgender neighbors.
Help Indigenous water protectors Stop Line 5! and other environmental issues.
Demand universal health care that includes legal and safe abortion care.
Educate and activate voters to the extreme importance of the April 1st Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
Please help and support the March to Election Day Tour if you have the capacity to help
with securing our three basic tour stop needs, in any Wisconsin community: * places to park the UnityMobile for a day * An indoor space where 30 or more people could gather. * One-night indoor sleeping space & bathroom access for 1 or more tour volunteers.
For more information, please call Building Unity at 608-630-3633.
The April election is less than a month away!
Make sure you have a plan to vote, and encourage your friends and family members to do the same.
Please feel free to use this voter guide, created by our partners at Guides.vote, to learn about the candidates and where they stand.
WIVEC invites you to print out the postcard at the link below and send to Wisconsin family, friends, and network members. The postcard asks fellow voters to VOTE NO on the constitutional amendment on the April 1 ballot. WIVEC is focusing on relational outreach, as it is shown that voters listen to people they know when it comes to amendments and language that comes with them.
Wisconsin already has a strict voter ID law on the books. This constitutional amendment seeks to enshrine Wisconsin’s voter ID law in the state constitution. While the amendment would not significantly alter the current voter ID law, it would make it harder to remove the photo ID requirement and limit the court's ability to protect voters disenfranchised by the law.
Stay up to date on April 1st voting information along with all of our civic engagement work by signing up for the bi-weekly newsletter.
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is fast approaching, and it could impact everything from our economy to reproductive rights and public education!
Join us at the Protecting Justice for All event, presented by @UpNorthNewsWI, on March 12, 5 – 7 pm at the Overture Center for the Arts on State Street in Madison.
Get informed with expert panels and an engaging discussion on what's at stake. PLUS – enjoy a reception with free food and drinks! Registration is FREE!
Sign up to join us in person or online http://bit.ly/3CXxNXk
From 350 Wisconsin - good news to share!
We’re so excited to share that on Friday, February 28, an administrative law judge issued an order to extend the stay on construction for the Line 5 reroute in northern Wisconsin! The stay is in response to the lawsuit filed by Midwest Environmental Advocates on behalf of 350 Wisconsin, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, and Sierra Club in December 2024, which challenged the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) decision to issue regulatory approval for Enbridge’s controversial 41-mile reroute of the Line 5 oil pipeline around the Bad River Band’s reservation. What does this mean in everyday language? It means that construction on the reroute cannot proceed until our court case is resolved.
To learn more contact: Britnie Remer britnie.remer@350wisconsin.org
350 Wisconsin Fossil Fuel Resistance Organizer
Right to Boycott
Several of WNPJ's member organizations ( JVP, WBW, WCJP, and others) are working hard to protect our democratic institutions and constitutional right to dissent. But did you know that, since 2018, a WI law has restricted your right to boycott? Wisconsin is one of 38 states with an “anti-boycott law,” requiring anyone seeking a state contract of $100,000 or more to sign a pledge that they will not boycott Israel. This is a requirement of allegiance to a foreign country in order for Wisconsinites to do business in their own state! Representatives will be introducing a repeal this spring. To get involved in the WI Right to Boycott Campaign, we invite you to do the following (and to please share this with your membership):
Register for a remote info session on one of the following dates:
Check out more information and fill out our interest form https://linktr.ee/WIright2boycott
Join us at the Capitol on April 23, where we will lobby our representatives to restore our right to boycott.
If you have questions or would like to schedule an info session specifically for your organization, contact WIRightToBoycott@gmail.com.
WNPJ Member Group Events
Click here to see a listing of recurring Vigils across the state!
Madison
3/11 @ 11:30am-12:00pm: Weekly Vigil for Peace with the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa. At the corner of Monroe St and Edgewood Ave. near Edgewood High School. Details here. opjustice@sinsinawa.org
3/11 @ 6:00pm: Anti-War Film Series - The War at Home UW Campus, Humanities, 455 N Park Street, Room 1641 The War at Home is a gripping documentary about antiwar activism on campus at UW-Madison during the American war in Vietnam. Join students from the new World BEYOND War-UW student org to watch the film and discuss it. Free popcorn. Check with organizers on the time of this film screening.
3/11 @ 6:30pm-8:30pm: DSA General Monthly Meeting - At the Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St. or via zoom. The monthly General Meeting of the Madison chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is a great place to learn about the chapter, join us in making collective decisions, and get plugged in to our active campaigns and working groups. If you're coming in person, come early at 6pm for pizza & socializing! RSVP for the Zoom link to join virtually.dsamadison@gmail.com
3/12 @ 5:00pm-7:00pm: Protecting Justice for All event. At the Overture Center for the Arts on State Street in Madison. Get informed with expert panels and an engaging discussion on what's at stake. PLUS – enjoy a reception with free food and drinks! Registration is FREE! Sign up to join us in person or online http://bit.ly/3CXxNXk. From the WI Democracy Campaign – see Spotlight above.
3/13 @ 9:30am-4:00pm: WISDOM co-sponsors a Day of Empathy. At the Wisconsin State Capitol, 2 E Main St. Today is the nation’s largest criminal justice reform action day. This powerful event brings together those impacted by the justice system—survivors, incarcerated individuals, families, and advocates—to work toward systemic change and public safety. It’s an opportunity to connect, share stories, and push for meaningful reform in our communities. You can register here. We would love for you to join us in making a difference. Please join us! Do you need assistance with transportation on the day of? Feel free to contact Gabi Hart at 414-213-3476 or email gabihartdream222@gmail.com.
3/13 @ 5:00pm-7:00pm: Interfaith Intersections with WI Faith Voices for Justice. At Crossing Campus Ministry, 1127 University Ave. The theme tonight: Outsiders: How does your tradition instruct you to treat those beyond your faith community. Interfaith Intersections are live events in which three panelists from different faith traditions share their personal perspectives on a given topic. These panelists are not clergy members and speak based on their individual experiences, rather than representing their entire faith tradition. Following the panel discussion, participants will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about the topic at small group tables. Please sign up to attend either in person or virtually via Zoom at: https://www.wifaithvoices.org/interfaith wifaithvoices4justice@gmail.com
3/14 @ 7:00am-10:00pm: An Inter-generational Conversation on Beijing+30: Sustaining the Momentum. In-person watch party. At Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St. Women’s rights are human rights. in 1975 the UN held a seminal conference on the global rights of women. It’s time for remembering and moving forward.
Hear from women who attended the conference 30 years ago. Professor Joyce Kwesiga, Vice Chancellor of Kabale University, Uganda; Dr. Linda Greene, Emeritus Law Professor, UW Madison. Hear from today’s students and attendees on the relevance of the 1975 platform to today. Help formulate a call for action, hear closing remarks from the Minister of Gender for Uganda, Betty Amongi calling in from NY as an official with the Uganda UN delegation to the Commission on the Status of Women Session. Come early for a free African inspired breakfast; networking until 10am. For more details and bio's of the presenters contact kadduserwada@wisc.edu. Organizers: United Nations Association of Dane County with support from the International Division of UW-Madison and the 4W Initiative for Women and Wellbeing in Wisconsin and the World at UW-Madison. Event and Breakfast free but registration required. Link: https://evite.me/FHA9Mdp54q. Contact: Mary Rathbun maryyr1009@gmail.com
3/14 @ 12:00pm-1:00pm: Madison Weekly Vigil in support of Palestine. Meets near the entrance to the Memorial Library across from the Catholic student center. Signs not provided. Contact joel.garb@gmail.com
3/15 @ 1:00pm-4:00pm: Workshop - War Tax Resistance: Who Can Do It? - Madison and virtual. Wil-Mar Center, 504 S Brearly St. We will watch a great short video on war tax resistance here. War tax resistance is an act of civil disobedience, punishable under the tax code. It has been practiced throughout history as a form of opposition to war. Join us as we inform ourselves about the diverse ways, reasons, and goals that such an action proposes. This event will be hybrid. Paula Rogge, a local comrade and lifelong activist and contact for one of WNPJ’s member groups, will guide us, and in the second hour, we will be joined by zoom by Lincoln Rice, the regional coordinator of the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee. RSVP to warabolition@gmail.com.
3/15 @ 1:00pm-3:00pm: State Budget Training Session - with WISDOM – Madison, UW South Madison Partnership, Room 120 Located in: The Village on Park Street 2238 S. Park Street. Are you ready to make a difference in your community by understanding and influencing the state budget process? Join us for one of our free State Budget Training sessions! These interactive sessions will empower you with the tools and knowledge to navigate the state budget process effectively and make your voice heard. Register here. These sessions are open to everyone—community members, advocates, and leaders alike. Feel free to invite your friends and family to join! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to advocate for change effectively. Together, we can shape a better future. In Solidarity, David Liners admin@wisdomwisconsin.org
3/15 @ 10:00am-4:00pm: Madison Area DSA Annual Convention. Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S Park St 201ABC. Every year, Madison Area DSA holds a chapter convention where all members in good standing are invited to make decisions about important chapter business. The 2025 MADSA Convention will focus our work in an impactful and politically relevant direction through democratic, member-driven brainstorming and collective decision making. This year's Convention will be again be an in-person only event. Guests are welcome, but will not be able to participate in debate or voting. Masks required. dsamadison@gmail.com
3/15-16 @ 10:00pm-4:00pm: Madison MAN Cooperative - HUMANs Solidarity Summit At the Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St. You’re invited to be with us.Two whole days, including Sat. March 15 at noon we'll have a Virtual Supper Club where we'll share lunch while also connected with other communities doing the same, wherever they are, and other individuals finding community with all us humans sharing a meal and casual chat, with Kurt Roskopf (Milwaukee) kicking us off with a 12 o'clock Shakedown of music and movement. A big variety of fun and learning, come for part or all, in person or online. And we'll record to share later! Contact: Stephanie, Founder of Dane Co. TimeBank and Madison MAN Cooperative. p.s. If you have questions about our cooperative structure, or issues with paying a yearly sliding-scale dues, or any other things we can help you with, please be in touch! 608 443-8229 or info@mutualaidnetwork.org
3/16 @ 1:00pm: March with World Beyond War and Veterans for Peace in the St Patrick's Day Parade. Meet at the YWCA corner of the Capitol Square. Join us to spread the war abolition message! We'll have banners and signs. warabolition@gmail.com
3/16 @ 5:00pm-7:00pm: Resilient Families: Parenting for Peace and Justice- Series (2)
At the Friends Meeting, 1704 Roberts Ct. We invite families to gather for food and discussions around raising children in today’s challenging world. The goal is helping parents encourage inquiry, reflection and action—essential qualities for young people growing up in a diverse society. Topics: Conflict Resolution in the Family, Making Social Media Safe, and Environmental Justice with Children: Action and Appreciation versus Anxiety. Everyone is welcome! Hosted by Quaker Meeting, the program includes no religious content and is open to families of all faiths—or those with no religious affiliation. Informal meal and child care provided at no charge. Please register in advance for one or more of the sessions to help us with planning. Details at https://madisonfriends.org/resilientfamilies/
Questions? Rebecca Malke: FDSprogram@madisonfriends.org
Milwaukee
3/15 @ 10:00am-11:30am: “The Women's Community Justice Panel”. Attend In-Person at Zao MKE Church – 2319 E. Kenwood Blvd. in the 2nd Floor Conference Room or Virtually via this Zoom Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7165675210?omn=87680700578. Supported by The UNA of Greater Milwaukee, Peace Action Wisconsin, and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom on the 2025 International Women’s Day. Presentation by G’Toya Blackmon. Free and Open to the Public. This year’s theme calls for action that can unlock equal rights, power, and opportunities for all and a feminist future where no one is left behind. Central to this vision is empowering the next generation—youth, particularly young women and adolescent girls—as catalysts for lasting change. The year 2025 is a pivotal moment as it marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. This document has transformed the women’s rights agenda in terms of legal protection, access to services, youth engagement, and change in social norms, stereotypes, and ideas stuck in the past. For more information, contact Pam Richard at pamrichard35@gmail.com
3/15 @ 12:00pm-1:00pm: Peace Action WI Weekly STAND for PEACE at King & North. Details here. Questions? Contact: info@peaceactionwi.org
Racine
3/10 @ 6:00pm-8:00pm: State Budget Training Session - with WISDOM. Lutheran Church of the Resurrection 322 Ohio St. Are you ready to make a difference in your community by understanding and influencing the state budget process? Join us for one of our free State Budget Training sessions! These interactive sessions will empower you with the tools and knowledge to navigate the state budget process effectively and make your voice heard. Register here. These sessions are open to everyone—community members, advocates, and leaders alike. Feel free to invite your friends and family to join! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to advocate for change effectively. Together, we can shape a better future. In Solidarity, David Liners admin@wisdomwisconsin.org
3/15 @ 12:30-1:30pm: Weekly Stand for Peace. At Martin Luther King Plaza, 909 Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. Supported by the Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice. Details here. Contact https://racinepeace.wordpress.com (this event is cancelled when weather is below 25 deg F and check our website for cancellations due to snow)
La Crosse
3/13 @ 12:00pm-12:30pm: Weekly Women in Black Peace Vigil. Meet at Main St & 4th Street South. Details at the Vigils list. Contact dbuffton@yahoo.com
Viroqua
3/15 @ 11:00am-12:00pm: Driftless Palestinian Solidarity Weekly Vigil. Meet at Decker and Main. Details here. Contact driftless.solidarity@gmail.com.
Superior
3/16 @ 12:00pm-12:30pm: Women in Black weekly silent vigil. Meet at Center City Park on the Corner of Tower and Belknap. Details here. Contact Christine christineolson3@gmail.com
Appleton
3/16 @ 5:30pm: “All People’s Forum” with the Building Unity March to Election Day Tour. Meet at the “602” Club, 602 N. Lawe St. We can share and learn about some of the most pressing issues of our time. We will also share information about the extremely critical Wisconsin Supreme Court election on April 1st and ways that you can help to turn out the vote: tinyurl.com/Spring-25-Tour-Appleton-Fb. Contact Jendatka@gmail.com or call Building Unity at 608-630-3633.
Virtual
3/10 @ 6:30pm: WISDOM Virtual Monthly Organizing Call on Immigration. WISDOM coordinates an immigration task force meetings the second Monday of every month. Agenda here. Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/VvNhLtIHTViLUAi-YTo_Fg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Amanda Ali, Digital Organizer at WISDOM aali@wisdomwisconsin.org
3/11 @ 2:00pm-3:00pm: WNPJ Environmental Justice Monthly Zoom call,The WNPJ Environmental Justice Task Force works to increase awareness and build connections among people and groups in Wisconsin to bring marginalized and frontline voices, understandings, and experiences to the forefront.We meet via zoom on the second Tuesday of the month at 2pm CT. If you are interested in joining, please contact Dena Eakles: dena.eakles@gmail.com
3/11 @ 6:00pm-7:00pm: WISDOM’s Phone Bank Trainings on Immigration Justice. Via zoom. Join our phone banking team to mobilize residents and urge Sheriff Severson to meet with constituents about ending 287(g) in Waukesha. This is your chance to push for accountability and justice for immigrant neighbors! Join us for one of the listed training dates to get started! Register here. office@wisdomwisconsin.org
3/11 @ 6:30pm: Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity Zoom Meeting. You can register here. Our speakers will be speakers will be Omar Mohamed, Lutheran Social Services (LSS) Refugee Resettlement Program Manager, and Sarah Halstead, LSS Manager of Community and Faith Partnerships. The federal government has recently slashed many programs that serve the poor, including refugees to this country. For decades, the government has entrusted much of the work of serving these vulnerable populations to charitable organizations sponsored by religious organizations, like Lutheran Social Services, Catholic Charities and others. On March 11, we will learn what the consequences are of those sudden cuts, and what we can do to help advocate for restored funding. Contact WISDOM at office@wisdomwisconsin.org
3/13 @ 9:30am-4:00pm: WAVE's Virtual Action Team Meeting. The future of gun violence prevention in Wisconsin is on the line in the April 1st election. The results of the State Supreme Court election will shape the ideological balance of the court, and the outcome could directly impact our lives and our future. Join us to learn how we can mobilize voters ahead of this important election. Together, we’ll make sure every voice is heard. RSVP Now for the Zoom link. admin@waveedfund.org
Winona, MN
3/19 @ 5:30pm-8:00pm: Community Reading of My Name is Rachel Corrie. At Winona State U, Dorothy B. Magnus Black Box Theatre, 175 W Mark St. This multimedia educational event will center feminist solidarity with Palestine in honor of women’s history month. Performances by Sana Wazwaz, Andrea Shaker, and Sharon Mansur will be integrated throughout the evening, documenting the life of Rachel Corrie. On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a twenty-three-year-old American, was crushed to death by an Israeli Army bulldozer in Gaza as she was trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home. FREE, reservation requested: https://forms.gle/M8uaRp9mb5RW6jv1A Contact: Bob Goonin rgoonin@gmail.com
WNPJ has a NEW website page on IMMIGRATION JUSTICE! Many WNPJ member groups are organizing around Immigration with webinar events and more. Send any events you're involved with to WNPJ info@wnpj.org and we'll add them to this developing page!
Join WNPJ - Individual members and groups welcome!
For individuals, join at a sliding scale rate of $35/year – or whatever fits your budget!
For between $50 - $75/year, a WNPJ membership keeps your group connected with peace and justice efforts and helps keep the Network going - and growing!
Visit our website to find out more about the benefits of membership and join us!
We help our member organizations reach a wider audience by amplifying your peace and justice events and actions on our list-serve and Facebook page. Membership also provides access to our community tabling opportunities, our online toolbox of peace and justice resources, and a community that cares about your peace and justice journey.
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The WI Network for Peace and Justice is the umbrella non-profit organization
supporting the work of 86 member groups around Wisconsin.
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