Updates for the week of August 20th: The WI Network for Peace and Justice is the umbrella non-profit organization supporting the work of 79 member groups around Wisconsin. Here are Spotlights and Events listings for many of our member groups: ******************************* SPOTLIGHT on Cassandra Dixon of Mary House, returning to Palestine for a trial. She asks for donations to plant olive trees! Learn more here: https://www.wnpj.org/post/cassandra-dixon-of-mary-house-is-going-back-to-palestine-for-a-trial-sept-6th ************************************ SPOTLIGHT on Sinsinawa Mound’s Harvest Fest SINSINAWA Sun Aug 27th, 1 - 4 pm Harvest Fest - Sinsinawa Mound Collaborative Farm, County Road Z. Join us and enjoy collaborative farm tours, hay rides, live music, natural tie-dying, prairie tours and more. Learn about our local organic food system and meet the farmers who provide fresh healthy veggies to you and your family. New this year will be food tastings, beverages (adult and kid-friendly), local cheese, local honey and Sinsinawa Mound bread. Come spend the afternoon hanging out and enjoying a sweeping view of the tri-state area. https://www.sinsinawa.org/moundcenter/event/harvest-fest/ https://www.wnpj.org/member-organizations-list/dominican-sisters-of-sinsinawa Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://sinsinawa.org/moundcenter for more information. Sinsinawa Mound, the motherhouse for the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is located in southwest Wisconsin on County Road Z, off Highway 11, about five miles northeast of Dubuque. **************** SPOTLIGHT on Nukewatch, Vets for Peace, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Racine P&J, Peace Action WI - and other WNPJ member groups – all working to organize Golden Rule visits to Sheboygan Aug 26th* Milwaukee Sept 1st – 4th * Racine Sept 6th! Check out the WNPJ events calendar for details of these three docking sites: https://www.wnpj.org/event-calendar ************** Upcoming Events this week for WNPJ groups: MADISON Mon Aug 21st, 5 - 7 pm INTERFAITH PRIDE SERVICE - At Bethany United Methodist Church, 3910 Mineral Point Rd. Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice is excited to announce our second annual Interfaith Pride Service. Please gather with us for an interfaith event to celebrate and support the LGBTQIA+ community. Organizations will table starting @ 5:00PM. INTERFAITH PRIDE SERVICE @ 6:30PM. This service centers Queer voices and celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community and our allies. Co-sponsors (list in progress) Bethany United Methodist Church, Pres House, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice... For information about congregational co-sponsorship of this event, contact Manato Jansen at manato@preshouse.org . OUTSIDE THE GATES OF VOLK FIELD, Tues Aug 22nd, 3:45 - 4:45 pm VIGIL AGAINST the DRONES. Arrive at the wayside around 3:30 so we have time for introductions and to process to the base together. The vigil at Volk Field is a legal vigil where we will be on public property. As always, it will be a solemn vigil, remembering the victims of US government drone attacks. DIRECTIONS - To get to the vigil, take the Camp Douglas exit off Interstate 90/94 between Mauston and Tomah. When you exit take County Rd. C to the northeast. You will see the base straight ahead, but follow County Rd. C to the right and within a few blocks is a picnic wayside where you can park. Bring posters if you can. CARPOOLING - If you are interested in carpooling to Volk Field from Madison, please contact Bonnie at 608-256-5088. If you have any questions please call or email Joy at 608 239-4327 or joyfirst5@gmail.com or Bonnie at 608-256-5088 or blb24@earthlink.ne SINSINAWA Wed Aug 23, 3 - 4 pm The Windows of Queen of the Rosary Chapel: A Story of Faith in Color, Light and Glass (part 2 of 3) - Sinsinawa Mound Center, County Road Z. Join S. Priscilla Wood, OP, Director of the Office of Arts and Cultural Heritage, for a sitting tour of these “jewels in the crown” in our chapel at Sinsinawa Mound. Learn not only the special techniques used but the story that each window contains as each takes the viewer on a journey through faith. This is open to the public and admission is free. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at www.sinsinawa.org/moundcenter for more information. MILWAUKEE Wed Aug 23rd, 7 pm March on the GOP Presidential Debate: Fight Against The Republican Agenda! Meet at Dontre Hamilton Park, 920 N. Water St. (Red Arrow Park) Art Heitzer of the Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba (WCNRC) - along with other Milwaukee groups of the 'Coalition to March on the RNC 2024' will be part of 7 PM rally and March. WCNRC is concerned about DeSantis‘s role in approving torture at Guantanamo, and will be asking all GOP candidates to denounce such torture and ask for the base to be closed and returned to Cuba. Slogan: Denounce Torturer DeSantis & US Out of Guantanamo! Source: https://wicuba.org/2023/03/21/desantiss-pivotal-service-at-guantanamo-during-a-violent-year/ For more information, contact: Arthur Heitzer < artheitzer@gmail.com > SINSINAWA Wed Aug 23rd, 4 - 7 pm Sinsinawa Mound Market. 2551 County Road, County Road Z. Join us for our next market of the season. The vendors at the market will include Collaborative Farmers, Sandhill Farm, Dropseed Farm, City Girl Farming, The Mound’s Farm, Sinsinawa Bakery, Sinsinawa Book and Gift Gallery, plus more! Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://sinsinawa.org/moundcenter for more information. MILWAUKEE Thurs, Aug 24th, 12 noon - 1 pm Anti ROTC Vigil - Marquette University, West Wisconsin Avenue. From Casa Maria Catholic Worker House in Milwaukee - don2roberta@yahoo.com MADISON Thurs Aug 24th, 5 - 8 pm Women’s Equality Day 2023 - Old Sugar Distillery, 931 E Main St. All welcome to this annual fundraiser hosted by Wisconsin Women’s Network! This year’s theme: Local Impact. Through our keynote speaker and expert panel, we’ll highlight important work happening in our communities by folks who care deeply about issues impacting women. Our featured guests will shed necessary light on what “local impact” means to them, share relevant experience about advocacy on a local level, and inspire attendees to take action in their community to improve the wellbeing of women in Wisconsin. Suggested donation is $25. For more info and purchase tickets, visit: https://wiwomensnetwork.org/wed. Sent to WNPJ by Madison Infoshop jepeck@wisc.edu VIRTUAL Fri - Sun, Aug 25 - 27th, Veterans For Peace National Convention - on-line. For the third year in a row, the Convention will be held online due to continuing concerns about Covid-19. VFP’s online conventions have been terrific, and accessible to even more VFP members, friends, and allies. This convention promises to be particularly outstanding and will include keynote addresses from Irish Member of the European Parliament, Clare Daly, international economist Jeffrey Sachs, and nonviolence activist Kathy Kelly. There will also be excellent panel presentations on a variety of urgent situations facing the world today. Find more information on the Convention schedule and how you can participate here. https://www.veteransforpeace.org/ GAYS MILLS Fri Aug 25th, 12:30 - 1:30 pm Join CSP at the Crawford County Fair - Crawford County Fairgrounds, Wisconsin 131. Rainfall Simulator - Put your money where your water retention capabilities are! Join CSP and Wisconsin Farmers Union at the Crawford County Fair for a demonstration and contest to see whose soil can hold the most water and resist erosion the best. Please contact Crawford Stewardship Project to find out how you can be a part of this! csp.county@gmail.com SINSINAWA Sat Aug 26th, 10 - 11:30 am Community Song Circle - Sinsinawa Mound Center, County Road Z. Join Mary Kay McDermott and Rachel Schmidt Boeke for the Community Song Circle. Mary Kay and Rachel are co-leaders for the Dubuque area Safe Passage Singers. This community singing experience is open to anyone, no matter their singing experience or ability. The Iowa City Community Singers sum up the kind of singing we’ll engage in: “Community singing relies on oral tradition, is generally a cappella, and focuses on themes of love, healing, empowerment, justice, the beauty of nature and our connection to the Earth. We recognize that singing is a spiritual practice in its own right. As we blend our voices, we are strengthening bonds of community and commitment to each other and the Earth. It’s also great fun!” Please register by August 23, and the fee is $15 per person. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://sinsinawa.org/moundcenter for more information. MILWAUKEE Sat Aug 26th, 12 noon - 1 pm Weekly Peace Action "Stand for Peace" - Meet at King and North. Each week, a different vigil site in Milwaukee. Bring your signs for peace! Questions? Contact Peace Action WI -info@peaceactionwi.org or see https://www.peaceactionwi.org SHEBOYGAN Sat. Aug 26th, 1 - 4 pm The VFP Golden Rule - will dock in Sheboygan. Rotary Riverfront Park. Veterans for Peace Sheboygan, Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin, Casa Esther Catholic Working House, and NukeWatch have worked together to create a wonderful day of celebrating peace and community. There will be food, postcard stations, informational poster sessions, lantern decorating, live music, and poetry, plus more! We invite you to join us in this family-friendly event from 1 pm-4 pm. For more details on the event, please go to www.psr-wisconsin.org/golden-rule or email info@psrwisconsin.org or see https://www.facebook.com/events/238519668955433 VERONA Sat Aug 26th, 5 - 7 pm Yid Vicious Concert Hosted by the Farley Center, Spring Rose Road. Come join us. Please bring your own chairs and blankets. There will be one of our farmers selling fresh, organic vegetables and Farley Center honey will be available (cash or check only). Perez Produce will be selling tamales ($2.50 each) and cold drinks (cash only).They will also offer tamales by the dozen if you want to pre-order a dozen to take home, and they will be ready for pick up from the concert - pre-order at programs@farleycenter.org ) We are offering an informational tour with Farley Center Board Member Jeanne Meier at 4:00- one hour before the concert. No charge for the tour. We are also offering a Farley Center Food Forest Tour with Kalev Kristjuhan/Wisc. Food Forests following the concert from 7:00-8:00. No charge for the tour. www.farleycenter.org Yid Vicious has been engaging and delighting audiences throughout the Midwest since 1995. The group has released four CDs and has received numerous Madison Area Music Awards for its unique blend of traditional and contemporary klezmer. In 2009, Yid Vicious became the first performing arts ensemble in Wisconsin to receive a USArtists International grant, to perform at Argentina’s KlezFiesta, an international klezmer festival spanning three cities and including bands from ten countries. In 2006, Yid Vicious toured Chiba Prefecture, Japan as part of the Wisconsin-Chiba Sister State Goodwill Delegation. Yid Vicious is committed to keeping traditional klezmer music and dance alive, and collaborates frequently with internationally renowned klezmer dance instructor Steve Weintraub. The group has participated in the New York-based “KlezKamp: The Yiddish Folk Arts Program”, and was a featured performer at the “KlezKamp Roadshow” directed by Yiddish scholar Henry Sapoznik at the University of Wisconsin in April 2009. Yid Vicious has presented concerts, workshops, and clinics at performing arts centers, cultural festivals, universities, and K-12 schools in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan, and has performed to statewide audiences on Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television. Yid Vicious Concert https://yidvicious.com/ . Cost: $15 PAY AT THE DOOR. All proceeds will go to the musicians. SINSINAWA Sun Aug 27th, 1 - 4 pm Harvest Fest - Sinsinawa Mound Collaborative Farm, County Road Z. Join us and enjoy collaborative farm tours, hay rides, live music, natural tie-dying, prairie tours and more. Learn about our local organic food system and meet the farmers who provide fresh healthy veggies to you and your family. New this year will be food tastings, beverages (adult and kid-friendly), local cheese, local honey and Sinsinawa Mound bread. Come spend the afternoon hanging out and enjoying a sweeping view of the tri-state area. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://sinsinawa.org/moundcenter for more information. Sinsinawa Mound, the motherhouse for the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is located in southwest Wisconsin on County Road Z, off Highway 11, about five miles northeast of Dubuque. FITCHBURG Mon Aug 28th, 10 am – 12 noon UN in the News Discussion Group - monthly meeting. Fitchburg Public Library, 5530 Lacy Road, about two blocks east off Fish Hatchery Road. Questions? Agenda and readings for the day? Contact: Sam Romano sromano@charter.net ******************************************************* If your group would like to get your events posted in the weekly e-bulletin – JOIN US! https://www.wnpj.org/membership ******************************************** WNPJ member groups can sign up for a Saturday opportunity to TABLE at the Madison Farmers Market – this Spring and summer at the Capitol Square. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4daaa929a5fac34-wnpj#/ The Farmers Market opening date is April 15th – 7 am to 1 pm …and runs through the Fall on Saturdays. Sign up for your spot today! Bring your own table and hand-outs to the King Street corner of the Square, next to the VFP #25 table! Questions? Contact info@wnpj.org **************************************** Interested in a yard sign? WNPJ has yard signs available! yardsigns@wnpj.org See our new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WisNPJ "Like" us and follow us there.

The FAA is updating its noise policies. Will they hear from you? You can submit your stories online or by mail. Quiet Communities: Quiet American Skies has provided helpful tips on details to include. Action Alert from Vicki & Anne - for Safe Skies Clean Water WI https://www.wnpj.org/member-organizations-list/safe-skies-clean-water-wisconsin ******* From: Quiet Communities TELL THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) ABOUT YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH AVIATION NOISE With the FAA under pressure to update its noise policies, it is extremely important for the FAA to hear your personal “lived experience” with aviation noise. The FAA has clearly stated that it will use the information it receives through public comments to inform its updated noise policy and metrics for determining “significant impact” and appropriate land use going forward. Submit online: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FAA-2023-0855-0001 Details on submitting by fax and mail are below. Deadline: September 29, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET, but we strongly encourage submitting well before the deadline Here are some components to consider including: Provide detailed, information-rich comments. The FAA states that “a constructive, information-rich comment that clearly communicates and supports its claims is more likely to have an impact on regulatory decision making.” Characterize the problem Types and number of flights (general aviation, commercial jets, helicopters, private jets, etc.) Proximity to airport Times of day of flights (day, night) Frequency of flights (how many per day & how many per hour, esp. during the busiest times) Altitude of flights (provide a range if known) Experience of noise inside the home as well as outdoors Concerns about emerging aircraft (e.g., drones, air taxis) Describe the Impacts on you, your family, your neighborhood - PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS Sleep interruption and/or disruption Physical and mental health and well-being Emotional impacts Work, learning, concentrating Effects on children – their ability to learn, concentrate, play Optional: Is the average annual sound level of 65 decibels (DNL 65) sufficient to protect you from the impacts you experience? If you have tried to complain or get help: What has been the response? Was the response helpful How did it make you feel? What would you like to see done to mitigate the problem? EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: Conclude by stating that you hope and expect the FAA will adopt a new noise policy and new metrics that protect overflown communities and near-airport communities from harm based on the lived experience of people like you! The DEADLINE to send your comment is September 29, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET. To submit online, or by mail or fax: Submit online: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FAA-2023-0855-0001 Mail to: Docket Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001. Fax to: Docket Operations at 202–493–2251 Make sure your submission includes Docket Number FAA–2023–0855. Thank you – Quiet American Skies, a program of Quiet Communities

Cassandra writes:I wanted to let you know that I will be returning to Palestine soon for the September 6th trial of the settler who assaulted me and fractured my skull this spring. I also wanted to let you know about an exciting new olive planting project in the village of Tuba. I am so grateful to everyone who helped me recover - to all of you who helped me pay for medical care, for the excellent care I received in Palestine, and the friends who cared for me so well after the attack. Now, as I return to Palestine, I am asking once again for your help, encouragement and support -- not only for myself, but more importantly for the people there who I’ve grown to love and admire. All too often as I check Instagram and Facebook, I see the faces of people dear to me -- not celebrating births or weddings, but being viciously attacked by settlers living illegally on stolen land, or violently arrested by the Israeli army just for farming and going about their daily life ON THEIR OWN LAND. Just days after I was assaulted, settlers from the same Illegal outpost of Havat Ma’on attacked a shepherd from Tuba village as he grazed his sheep, beating him as he lay on the ground and spraying pepper spray directly into his eyes and face. Over the summer settlers have stolen sheep, crops and land, broken, burned and uprooted olive trees, forced their way into homes, broken up furniture, destroyed personal belongings, destroyed the village’s well, assaulted shepherds and generally waged a campaign of terror aimed at forcing residents to abandon their village. None have faced legal consequences, making it abundantly clear that it is only my US citizenship (and your pressure on our elected officials to make that citizenship mean anything) that has resulted in any charges at all against the settler who hit me. It is especially painful for me to see that in the many online images, in the background or even holding the camera, are the children I have watched grow up and the new generation that has followed. As I head back to Palestine, the new school year is about to begin in Masafer Yatta. Once again what should be a source of joy for children from Tuba and Maghyer al Abeed will instead mean a terrifying daily walk through lands newly stolen and colonized by the same settlers who have violently attacked their families throughout the summer, watched by the same soldiers who have repeatedly invaded their homes and arrested their fathers. Students in Sfai and Jinbah will likely attend class without a school. Last spring the children of Sfai watched Israeli bulldozers destroy their school and then the tent put up to replace it. As I write this, Israeli authorities have announced that the Jinbah school could be demolished any day. Indeed, all of the villages within Masafer Yatta are facing complete demolition to make way for Israeli Firing Zone 918 and Israeli settlers who are moving so aggressively to establish new outposts. These children need to know they and their families are not alone. As I get ready to go back, I’m inviting you to help me send that message by sponsoring an olive tree to be planted in Masafer Yatta in the coming growing season, as a practical act of solidarity, and a means of helping families to hold onto their land. Along with friends from Tuba, I’ve partnered with the Dutch organization Plant An Olive Tree (Plant een Olijfboom) to plant a grove of trees on these lands. In this short video you can see the trees, and hear from my friend Ali on the importance of keeping the olive trees on the land. Israeli law allows for the seizure of land as “state land” if the landowner cannot prove the agricultural use of it for three years. The planting of these trees, with international involvement, both replaces trees destroyed by settlers, and creates proof of cultivation that can help private landowners keep their land in court. Plant An Olive Tree has been working with families in Palestine for decades to replace some of the one million olive trees destroyed by Israeli settlers and soldiers since 2001. I’m grateful to them for helping us to create the Madison-Masafer Yatta Grove and send a living message of support for nonviolent resistance. Sponsoring a tree costs 20 euros or about $24 US Dollars. You can use PayPal or a credit card. Plant an Olive Tree will send a lovely printable certificate of sponsorship by email so you can gift your tree to honor a friend or relative who cares for both freedom and the planet. If you prefer, you can send a check made payable to Palestine Partners or Cassandra Dixon and marked “Olive Grove” to 3579 County Road G, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965. You can also donate through Palestine Partners online HERE Finally, I also plan to visit the talented women of Women in Hebron Cooperative, and my dear friend Laila while I am there. WIH provides women in the Hebron area with a way to earn money for their families through the sale of handmade jewelry and traditional Palestinian embroidery. I’m happy to invite you to purchase their lovely products in the US HERE , ....wonderful gifts for yourself or a friend, and support these hardworking and talented Palestinian women. If you'd like to offer their handmade products at an event, please contact me and I would be thrilled to bring them. Laila looks on from the entrance to Women in Hebron's shop as Israeli soldiers fill the streets of Hebron's Old City market. Photo by amer_shallodi #شاهد_صور Thank you so much for your care, support and solidarity, and for caring about these people who have become so dear to me, Cassandra chrepairs@gmail.com https://www.wnpj.org/member-organizations-list/mary-house https://www.wnpj.org/member-organizations-list/palestine-partners PS: If you would like to donate towards the cost of travel to Palestine, you can use this go-fund-me link, or make a tax deductible donation to Palestine Partners HERE., Or if you prefer, you can mail a check, made out to either Palestine Partners or Cassandra Dixon, to Palestine Partners, PO Box 8414, Madison, WI 53708

Check out the most recent newsletter here! This issue and previous issues of the newsletter are available at : https://www.interfaithpeacewg.org/resources IPWG brings together communities of faith and conscience committed to justice, peace and the care of creation. IPWG educates the public about the practice of nonviolence and advocates for peace. Learn more about this WNPJ member group at: https://www.interfaithpeacewg.org/resources

The WI Network for Peace and Justice is the umbrella non-profit organization supporting the work of 79 member groups around Wisconsin. Here are Spotlights and Events listings for many of our member groups: ******************************* SPOTLIGHT on the work of member groups: WISDOM and WI Faith Voices for Justice VIRTUAL event - Wed Aug 16th, 6:30 - 7:30 pm Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity. This two-part series is a presentation about Wisconsin's curriculum requirement on American Indian studies. Twice in grades K-8 and once in grades 9 to 12, school boards are required to include in the social studies curriculum instruction in the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin. A legislative study committee has introduced a bill this session (Assembly Bill 209/Senate Bill 198) that would require incorporating American Indian studies into the state model academic standards, and require the Department of Public Instruction to develop informational materials about the requirement for distribution to school boards, administrators, teachers, etc. It would also modify the related requirements for teaching licenses. On Wednesday August 16, we will hear from Brian Ward, an educator and activist who lives in Teejope (occupied Ho-Chunk Land known as Madison, Wisconsin), and has lived and worked on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home of the Oglala Lakota Nation. He has also worked with Indigenous people in Guatemala and Peru. His master's thesis work focused on the representation of Indigenous people in K-12 classrooms with a look at the broader societal influence and the solutions states have attempted to remedy these issues. He contributed to the book 101 Changemakers: Rebels and Radicals Who Changed U.S. History and his writing focusing on Indigenous and environmental issues has appeared in The Nation, Truthout, New Politics, Science for the People, and more. On Tuesday September 12, our presenter will be David O'Connor, a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe) in northern Wisconsin. In January 2012, he became the American Indian Studies Consultant at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). In David's role at DPI, he supports school districts' efforts to provide instruction on the history, culture and tribal sovereignty of Wisconsin's American Indian nations and tribal communities, often referenced as Wisconsin Act 31, and the education of Native American students. We hope to see you at both of these meetings! Register for the Wednesday, August 16 meeting (6:30 pm. on Zoom) HERE. This initiative is co-sponsored by the Creating Beloved Community team: Wisconsin Council of Churches, WISDOM, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice, the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin Council of Rabbis, and MICAH. wifaithvoices4justice@gmail.com *********************************************** SPOTLIGHT on WNPJ member group - Nukewatch: ​ Congratulations are in order! Nukewatch's John LaForge is getting the word out about the illegality of the US nuclear bomb stationed in Europe in an interview on Democracy Now today 8/10/23! ​Check it out! ********************************* A special event Saturday, August 19th: Youth-led Line 5 Protest - Madison The Line 5 Pipeline runs through Native American land in Northern WI, and a spill could contaminate Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and devastate the drinking water for thousands of people, plants and wildlife. The company that runs Line 5 has had major oil spills all over the country and we don't want to be next. The WI DNR has the power to shut down Line 5 right now. Join ACE high school students in Madison, WI on Saturday August 19th at 10am outside the north end of the capitol building as we urge people to sign our petition demanding the WI DNR to shut down this dangerous pipeline. Dena Eakles of the WNPJ Board will be there, too! We will march 5 minutes down the road to the DNR offices and host a press conference where WKOW-27 and NBC-15 will be in attendance to hear from 5 youth speakers. We will have a climate countdown clock with us, a makeshift pipeline, water bottles full of water that looks like it has been contaminated with oil, banners and signs and so much more! We will finish at 12pm. Register here: https://go.acespace.org/page/131215/petition/1 Contact: MARCO MARQUEZ he/him/his/himself Wisconsin State Organizing Director Marco Marquez Marco@acespace.org Action for the Climate Emergency 262.312.4439 *********************************** Upcoming Events this week for WNPJ groups: VIRTUAL Mon Aug 14th 7 - 8 pm Wisconsin People's party statewide monthly meeting - via zoom. Every month the Wisconsin People's party has a meeting open for all curious people who agree on one thing: get money out of politics. The rest is negotiable, but as long as corporations can buy their voice in politics we have no real democracy. Via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82658778485 (note: this is a new updated zoom link!) https://www.facebook.com/wisconsinpeoplesparty MILWAUKEE Tues Aug 15th, 7 pm Monthly Meeting of Milwaukee Veterans for Peace. Meet at St Johns On The Lake, 1800 N Prospect Ave . We are meeting early this month to review plans for the Golden Rule visit Sept. 1-4 pm . Please attend if you can. MKE Vets for Peace vfpchapter102@gmail.com MADISON Tues Aug 15th, 7 - 8:30 pm A Reading with Najib Azad - Catholic Multicultural Center - 1862 Beld St. Afghan author, professor, and political figure Najib Azad will talk about his book "Beyond Evacuation: from the Himalayas to the Statue of Liberty". Najib was the press secretary to the former Afghan president. He has an interesting and heart-wrenching story to tell about his own family's evacuation, in addition to providing commentary on the political situations in Afghanistan on the beautiful sides of Afghanistan we rarely hear about. All are welcome to this free event! RSVPs appreciated but not required to attend. See the event web page to RSVP: https://cmcmadison.org/reflections-of-an-afghan-evacuee/ . More information is available at: https://www.facebook.com/events/3606801756257381 . Sent to WNPJ by Pax Christi - dennis.collier@hotmail.com MADISON Wed Aug 16th, 6 pm Madison's Vetrans for Peace Monthly Meeting - at Sequoya Library 4340 Tokay Blvd. Contact: https://madisonvfp.org/ MILWAUKEE Thurs Aug 17th, 1 - 2 pm Monthly Anti Gun Vigil. Meet at Dunham's Sports, S 108th St. From Casa Maria Catholic Worker House in Milwaukee don2roberta@yahoo.com MADISON Thurs Aug 17th, 6 - 7:45 pm Madison's World Beyond War social gathering and planning meeting - Hawthorne Public Library, 2707 E. Washington. Do you want to get better at convincing people that war is never the answer? We'll be preparing letters-to-the-editor, guest editorials, and/or talking points for being interviewed or debating. Bring your ideas and tough questions! Our topic is “effects of militarism.” During the gathering, we will help each other with information, resources, and articulation of our individual arguments. You can use a “hook” that grabs the reader’s attention: a local or personal angle, or a reference to something already in the headlines. Voice-to-text will help us write quickly. You'll go home with a draft or a finished piece to submit to media outlets. And, this just in ... we are a majority! 55% of people in the US want Congress to stop funding the war in Ukraine (CNN poll, August 4). More information here: warabolition@gmail.com EAU CLAIRE Fri Aug 18th, 5 - 6 pm Monthly Peace Stand. Meet at Wisconsin 93 - Trunk & Golf Road. The 3rd Friday of each month is Peace Stand time in Eau Claire, going on since 2004. We gather with signs, we visit one another and sometimes we sing. Stand and be counted. Mark Helpsmeet is with Northern Spirit Radio, a member group of WNPJ. Contact for more information: helpsmeet@usa.net SINSINAWA Sat Aug 19th, 10 am - 3 pm Healing Haunted Histories - on County Road Z, off Highway 11, about five miles northeast of Dubuque. Eric Anglada, Sinsinawa’s Ecological Programming Coordinator, will be leading the retreat. We live in a land that is haunted, where the spirit of past colonial violence and Native dispossession is still present among us. This retreat will explore the hauntings of this continent, region and landscape, while delving into practical ways of healing. This is both an inward and an outward journey. To prepare for the event, please research your family history and bring that information to the retreat. The fee is $30 per person, and registration ends on Thursday, August 17. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://sinsinawa.org/moundcenter for more information. MADISON Sat Aug 19th, 7 am - 1 pm World BEYOND War - tabling at the Madison Farmers Market. King Street corner of the Square. Stop by the table at the Dane County Farmers Market and see what you can do to make a more peaceful world! Contact Janet or Stefania: warabolition@gmail.com MILWAUKEE Sat Aug 19th, 12 noon - 1 pm Weekly Peace Action "Stand for Peace" - Meet at South 1st Street & West Pittsburgh Avenue. Each week, a different vigil site in Milwaukee. Bring your signs for peace! Questions? Contact Peace Action WI -info@peaceactionwi.org or see https://www.peaceactionwi.org PRAIRIE DU CHIEN Sat Aug 19th, 1-4 pm Karst Exploration! - with Crawford Stewardship Project - Meet at 326 S Buchanan St. Join CSP and "Rock Man" Phil Burgess on an adventure through time and space as we explore local karst features and Phil's impressive collection of rocks and fossils from the area! Come learn the stories of these artifacts and what they have to teach us about our history and hydrology. Contact: csp.county@gmail.com CUSTER Sat Aug 19th, 3 - 7 pm Rural Roots Festival. At the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA), Deer Road. Sent to WNPJ by Leah Jesse, Rural Director, jesse@forourfuturefund.org https://forwisconsinsfuture.org/ MADISON Mon Aug 21st, 5 - 7 pm INTERFAITH PRIDE SERVICE - At Bethany United Methodist Church, 3910 Mineral Point Rd. Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice is excited to announce our second annual Interfaith Pride Service. Please gather with us for an interfaith event to celebrate and support the LGBTQIA+ community. Organizations will table starting @ 5:00PM. INTERFAITH PRIDE SERVICE @ 6:30PM. This service centers Queer voices and celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community and our allies. Co-sponsors (list in progress)Bethany United Methodist Church, Pres House, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice... 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So much good going on here.... Contact them and get on their e-mail list! First Unitarian Society - Madison We are a community of doubters, believers, thinkers, and seekers. We celebrate and embrace the diversity of the human experience, whether it’s in ideas, beliefs, ethnicity, race, gender, gender identity, abilities, socioeconomic status, or sexual orientation. All who are searching with an open mind, a loving heart and generous spirit are welcome here. www.fusmadison.org/ info@fusmadison.org

Save the dates, 9/5 and 9/6 for this historic opportunity in Racine. Contact Sonali Knotek of the Racine Peace and Justice Coaltion: https://www.facebook.com/100064702475230/posts/pfbid0zwhtLLTsfbXR9vvzsB5QH82WvDEfVciKBE7C1GMnMCfA7X2odxy6VoeoHnPFkzX6l/?mibextid=Nif5oz

The historic 34-foot wooden ketch Golden Rule, now owned by Veterans for Peace, was the first boat to engage in direct environmental action, setting sail in 1958 with a crew of Quaker pacifists to stop nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands. Now after 65 years, several sinkings, and a major rebuild; she and her crew are still sharing her nuclear disarmament message. And soon she will be in Sheboygan for 3 or 4 days! Mark your calendar (and watch ours) Aug 25th thru 29th. While the Golden Rule is here in Sheboygan, we and her crew are hoping to engage with the community about nuclear issues and their many connections to life around the world. If you or a group you know of are interested in a presentation and/or discussion, please let us know. Good background info on the sailboat herself in a Wikipedia article here. Where is she right now you ask? Watch her travels and location through the Great Lakes with the Garmin 10min position map Check out the Golden Rule VFP website: https://vfpgoldenruleproject.org/ There will be a community event sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility and VFP August 26th 1pm to 4pm at the southwest end of Rotary Riverview Park. Stop in to see the sailboat, meet the crew, learn more of her mission, and enjoy some music and good food. Other planned events include day sailing, stay posted and watch our upcoming Facebook Event pages, thanks! Chris Kuehnel Veterans for Peace, Sheboygan cqnel@vetsforpeacesheboygan.org 920.683.3141 Ext#100

Over the past several months, we’ve witnessed the ongoing erosion of our rights as extremists across this country continue to advance policies that directly harm our nation’s poor and most vulnerable. The Supreme Court issued disgraceful rulings – one ending affirmative action, another blocking student debt relief, and a third that permits discrimination against members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, among others. These violent and immoral rulings severely hurt and directly impact the lives of 140 million poor and low-wealth people in our country. We deserve the right to thrive. We also marked 14 years since Congress last raised the federal minimum wage, which remains at an unlivable $7.25/hr. Our nation’s politicians are committing policy murder by failing to raise the minimum wage. Poverty is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., and the real moral question is where our country stands in relation to the poor. It’s Time to Act Now more than ever, we need to continue to mobilize, organize and register folks for a movement that fights to lift up poor and low-wealth people across this country. It can be easy to feel like, at every turn, systems of injustice are working to suppress the power of poor and low-wealth people. Major corporations like Starbucks are fighting vicious battles against workers fighting for a better life. Illegal reliance on child labor to fuel profits is shockingly on the rise. A new report shows that the private insurers used by Medicaid have denied millions of valid claims for health coverage at the same time as millions are losing their Medicaid. Meanwhile, workers from coast to coast are struggling in brutal summer heat as corporations profit off of their backs. Heat related deaths are on the rise, adding to a long list of ways in which poverty kills, one of the reasons ecological devastation is one of the pillars of the interlocking injustices the Poor People’s Campaign is fighting against. With all of these interlocking injustices, we must have an intersectional response. It reminds us that we cannot slow down as we build a moral movement to confront and combat the systems that hold the people of this nation down. We will continue to mobilize and demand an end to death by poverty as we build towards coordinated actions at state houses across the country early next year, followed by a mass gathering in Washington, D.C. in June 2024 and a massive voter engagement and education operation heading into the 2024 election. We will force poverty onto the national agenda and make our elected officials reckon with the facts of poverty as an American death sentence. The Poor People’s Campaign, Repairers of the Breach, Kairos Center, and the Institute for Policy Studies are taking stock of poverty in the U.S. with the release of new and updated fact sheets that examine the state of poverty and inequality at the national level and provide data for all 50 states and D.C. You can read a full breakdown of key findings from these fact sheets and the actions decision makers must take to alleviate poverty and reduce inequality in our communities here. Read the National Fact Sheet here! We need you to continue to build this movement. If you’re motivated to organize and mobilize with us, invite someone in your community to join the Poor People’s Campaign. Building a Third Reconstruction We’re fighting for a Third Reconstruction, and need your help. The Third Reconstruction is a revival of our constitutional commitment to establish justice, provide for the general welfare, end decades of austerity, and recognize that policies centered on the 140 million poor and low-income people in the country are good economic policies that can heal and transform the nation. We must simultaneously deal with the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation and the denial of health care, militarism and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism that blames the poor instead of the systems that cause poverty. You can read the full text of the Third Reconstruction Resolution here. Forward Together, Not One Step Back, Bishop William J. Barber, II National Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign, President & Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis National Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign, Director of Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice info@poorpeoplescampaign.org

About 100 Milwaukee faith leaders launch campaign against Christian nationalism (credit - Sophie Carson 8/4/23 ) WISDOM writes: We're making headlines lately. Open to read more! David Liners, WISDOM Executive Director. office@wisdomwisconsin.org https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2023/08/04/milwaukee-religious-leaders-speak-out-against-christian-nationalism/70517401007/?emci=ad72da1e-e932-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&emdi=7a4db63a-ea32-ee11-a3f1-00224832eb73&ceid=21538

Our thoughts today are with World BEYOND War board member and Ukrainian pacifist Yurii Sheliazhenko in Kyiv. Please read about what happened to Yurii yesterday, and sign the petition to drop charges against him. We need you in Madison! Can you please spend an hour or two working for war abolition with us? Every time we go out tabling/ flyering/ bannering, we meet people who want to join the war abolition movement. Please come be part of our public presence and chat with others about why you oppose war. RSVP to join us - warabolition@gmail.com Here's where we'll be ... This Saturday, August 5 - tabling at Dane County Farmers Market on the Square - 7:00 am - 2:00 pm This Saturday, August 5 - flyering at Oppenheimer film showing at Flix Brewhouse Madison, near East Towne Mall - 4:45 - 6:00 pm. We'll use this awesome flyer from CodePink. This Sunday, August 6 - World BEYOND War table at Lanterns for Peace at Tenney Park - 6:30 - 8:00 - Commemorate the lives lost in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings 77 years ago and make sure that such nuclear attacks never again take place. Monday, August 7 - tabling at MATC - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Where else? Do you have ideas of festivals or public places where we can join you to take a stand for peace in August or September!? We'll be part of the Global Week of Action for Peace in Ukraine, Sept 30 - Oct 8. Should we do a demonstration, debate, forum, street theater, musical performance, vigil, banner-drop, tabling, teach-in, art-creation, or blockading of a weapons shipment?! Send us your ideas please. Can you be part of a planning team? Ripe tomatoes, Janet & Stefania Madison for a World Beyond War warabolition@gmail.com

The WI Network for Peace and Justice is the umbrella non-profit organization supporting the work of 78 member groups around Wisconsin. Here are Spotlights and Events listings for many of our member groups for the week of July 23rd into early August... ******************************** SPOTLIGHT! Echo Valley Hope, a Wisconsin based nonprofit advancing sustainability and peace, has teamed with “The Peace Education Program” to offer the program to organizations and individuals throughout Wisconsin. https://tprf.org/peace-education-program/ If you would like to learn more, we are offering ninety minute sample workshops via zoom for you to get a first hand look at how the course is run. The Peace Education Program can be made available to your faith organization, school, community group, etc. To sign up for one of two upcoming Peace Education Introductory Zoom meetings, please register in advance. Tuesday Jul 25, 2023 06:30 PM CST - Register here. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYodumsrT0vH9etvbPF_gCCoTdgYsf3D5Vq#/registration Thursday Jul 27, 2023 06:30 PM CST - Register here. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0scuyvpz0pGtQG0528YLozPamZWhKfTBt4#/registration After registering, a confirmation email will be sent to you. We will also host the free ten-week zoom course beginning in September. Contact Dena Eakles to learn more 608-606-4450, dena.eakles@gmail.com *********************************** SPOTLIGHT! Lanterns for Peace events in August in Madison and Milwaukee MADISON Sun Aug 6th 6:30 - 8:45 pm Lanterns for Peace. Tenney Park, North Thornton Avenue. Mark your calendars! Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin will be hosting our annual Lanterns for Peace event. Join us for this family friendly event to commemorate the lives lost in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings 77 years ago and make sure that such nuclear attacks never again take place. We remember the past, so that we can envision and work for a peaceful, just and nuclear-free future. After creating lanterns, there will be a program at 7:30 pm and then a launch of lanterns at dusk (7:45 pm) You are welcome to mail in your lantern if you cannot be in attendance. Please wear a mask if you are unvaccinated and maintain social distancing. More info? https://psr-wisconsin.org/lanterns-for-peace . Facebook: https://fb.me/e/Wki6ymLx info@psrwisconsin.org MILWAUKEE Sun Aug 6th 6 - 9 pm Lanterns for Peace. At the Peace Action WI office at 2139 E Kenwood Blvd. Annual commemoration of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 6 PM - Japanese Lantern-making, folding origami peace cranes, story-telling of “Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes.” 7 PM - Music by Frogwater, with John and Susan Nicholson playing traditional Celtic music, Delta blues and original material. 7:30 PM - Commemorative Program Reflections on the Atomic Bombings from Hibakusha, survivors of Hiroshima & Nagaski. Presented by Julie Enslow, co-founder of Peace Action Wisconsin. A Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower, anti-nuclear activist, author of “The Doomsday Machine, Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner,” by Pam Richards, Peace Action Wisconsin. Music by Glenn Asch (of the Milwaukee Symphony) and Laurie Asch. The Story of The Golden Rule, the peace sailboat that helped bring about an end to atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, that will be in Milwaukee Sept. 1 to Sept. 4. Presented by Mark Foreman, Milwaukee Veterans for Peace. MILWAUKEE Wed, Aug 9th, 8 pm Nagasaki Day Commemoration. Meet at the Lincoln Park Canoe Launch (Picnic Area 3) for a Ceremony and floating of Traditional Japanese Lanterns on the Milwaukee River. Peace Action of WI https://www.peaceactionwi.org/ Sponsored by Peace Action WI, 414-269-9525. Co-sponsored by Milwaukee End the Wars Coalition and the United Nations Association of Milwaukee. Special Thanks to Annette J. Roberts and Joan R. Robertson Fund for World Peace, World Law and Peace Education. Abolish Nuclear Weapons! U S join the U N Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons! For more information: pamrichard35@gmail.com ***************************** *Peace Action WI notified WNPJ of the passing of our friend and colleague in peace George Paz Martin – July 16th 2023. A memorial service is being planned in Milwaukee Aug. 5th. George received the WNPJ Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006! Saturday, August 5, 1 pm (central time) Zao Milwaukee Church (where Peace Action Wisconsin has its new office!) 2319 E. Kenwood Blvd. (across from UWM Student Union ) Milwaukee, WI 53211 His spirit, his legacy, his “Hello, Family,” we will keep close to our collective heart. Tears and salutations and gratitude, George Martin! Presente! ***************************** Upcoming Events this week for WNPJ groups: VIRTUAL Mon Jul 24th, 7 - 8 pm - 350 Wisconsin is hosting a virtual training on Divestment! Do you bank with Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, or Citibank? Or do you have close friends or family who do so? These four banks loan billions to the fossil fuel industry. If we bank with them, our money is being used to fund climate chaos. But as customers, we can do something about it. We will teach bank customers how to advocate for climate justice. We’re inviting bank customers — and friends and family of bank customers — to come to this training to learn how to meet with local branch managers to send a message up to the bank CEOs who are funding climate chaos. VIA ZOOM: Register in advance for the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpf-ysqj4rGNywI2L8mFjK5NOmKIF6INDD#/registration VIRTUAL Tues Jul 25th, 11 am No Way to Treat a Child campaign webinar. Please join the monthly webinar from AFSC and Defense for Children International - Palestine on advocacy for Palestinian rights. This webinar will feature lessons learned from Palestinian rights advocates who engage with elected officials in local communities and on Capitol Hill. The webinar is timed before the August recess when members of Congress return to their home districts. Information and Registration here: https://nwttac.dci-palestine.org/nwttac_webinar_20230725 Sent to WNPJ by Madison-Rafah Sister-City Proj rafahsistercity@yahoo.com OUTSIDE THE GATES OF VOLK FIELD, Tues Jul 25th, 3:45 - 4:45 pm VIGIL AGAINST the DRONES. Arrive at the wayside around 3:30 so we have time for introductions and to process to the base together. The vigil at Volk Field is a legal vigil where we will be on public property. As always, it will be a solemn vigil, remembering the victims of US government drone attacks. DIRECTIONS - To get to the vigil, take the Camp Douglas exit off Interstate 90/94 between Mauston and Tomah. When you exit take County Rd. C to the northeast. You will see the base straight ahead, but follow County Rd. C to the right and within a few blocks is a picnic wayside where you can park. Bring posters if you can. CARPOOLING - If you are interested in carpooling to Volk Field from Madison, please contact Bonnie at 608-256-5088. If you have any questions please call or email Joy at 608 239-4327 or joyfirst5@gmail.com or Bonnie at 608-256-5088 or blb24@earthlink.ne MILWAUKEE Tues Jul 25th, 6-7 pm "Healthcare for All, in Cuba & the US" -- potluck, film & discussion – Milwaukee Public Library, Mitchell Street Branch, 906 W Historic Mitchell St. This program will include first hand info on Cuba's offer of free medical school; A short film and discussion with a current U.S. medical student there will follow a free potluck dinner. FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/566300112334944 . For More Information Contact: Art Heitzer, artheitzer@gmail.com VIRTUAL - Peace Education Introductory Zoom Meetings: Tuesday Jul 25th, 6:30 PM - Register here. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYodumsrT0vH9etvbPF_gCCoTdgYsf3D5Vq#/registration OR… Thursday Jul 27th, 6:30 PM - Register here. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0scuyvpz0pGtQG0528YLozPamZWhKfTBt4#/registration After registering, a confirmation email will be sent to you. Contact Dena Eakles to learn more 608-606-4450, dena.eakles@gmail.com SINSINAWA Wed Jul 26th, 4 - 7 pm Sinsinawa Mound Market, County Road Z. Join us a for our third market of the season.The vendors at the market will include Collaborative Farmers, Sandhill Farm, D ropseed Farm, City Girl Farming, The Mound’s Farm, Sinsinawa Bakery, Sinsinawa Book & Gift Gallery, plus more! Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at www.sinsinawa.org/moundcenter for more information. Sinsinawa Mound, the motherhouse for the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is located in southwest Wisconsin on County Road Z, off Highway 11, about five miles northeast of Dubuque. MADISON Fri Jul 28th, 5 - 7 pm Mutual Aid first monthly Action Jam Potluck and Party. At the Social Justice Center, Williamson Street. Bonus points for cooking up what you got at the garden swap and sharing the food or recipe with the rest of us! Contact: Stephanie Rearick. steph@stephanierearick.com MILWAUKEE Sat Jul 29th, 12 noon - 1 pm Peace Action WI Weekly Stand for Peace. Meet at 92nd and North. Each week, a different vigil site in Milwaukee. Bring your signs for peace! Questions? Contact Peace Action WI - info@peaceactionwi.org or see https://www.peaceactionwi.org MADISON Sat Jul 29th, 12 noon - 5 pm Disability Pride Festival! Warner Park, 2930 North Sherman Avenue. Music, dancing, adaptive athletics, exhibitors and talks about the lives of people with disabilities, planned by disabled people. More info? Visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/233819212707591/ . Sent to WNPJ by Madison Infoshop jepeck@wisc.edu VIRTUAL Thurs Aug 3, 12 noon - 1 pm Weaving the Web - WNPJ monthly virtual drop-in Hour. First Thursday of each month. All are welcome to drop in the first Thursday of each month - ....no agenda, just people who care about peace and justice showing up to connect. Contact office@wnpj.org with questions. Zoom Meeting Information: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89361313008?pwd=UmxCOUcxL3ZFb244aXp0SnBVTFRSZz09 Meeting ID: 893 6131 3008 Passcode: 797041 +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) VIRTUAL Thurs Aug 3rd, 6 - 8 pm WILPF Monthly Virtual Book Club We'll talk about... "The Nutmeg’s Curse". First Thursday of each month. To get the zoom link, reply to: wilpfmadison@gmail.com . Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. - 608-609-7961 http://wilpfmadison.org/ SINSINAWA Thurs/Fri Aug 3 - 4. 'No Child Left Inside' *2 day-camp* at Sinsinawa Mound Center, County Road Z. This summer camp designed to connect children with the living world and cultivate a sense of deep respect and wonder for one another and the Earth. On August 3 and 4, participants should be ready to learn about themselves and nature, get some exercise and have lots of fun! This camp is open to children from the ages of 7 to 11, and space is limited to 10 children. Please bring your own lunch and snack. We will spend the entirety of both days outdoors. Please register by July 27, and the fee is $60 per child. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://sinsinawa.org/moundcenter for more information. Sinsinawa Mound, the motherhouse for the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is located in southwest Wisconsin on County Road Z, off Highway 11, about five miles northeast of Dubuque. APPLETON Sat Aug 5th, 11 am to noon. Fox Valley Monthly Stand for Peace. Meet at Houdini Plaza, West Lawrence Street. Every month - the first Saturday! Bring your signs! Organizer: Ronna Swift ronnajean61@gmail.com MILWAUKEE Sat Aug 5th, 12 noon - 1 pm Peace Action WI Weekly Stand for Peace. Meet at Port Washington and Silver Spring. Each week, a different vigil site in Milwaukee. Bring your signs for peace! Questions? Contact Peace Action WI - info@peaceactionwi.org or see https://www.peaceactionwi.org SOLDIER'S GROVE - Sat Aug 5th, 6 pm to midnight. Crawford Stewardship Project Walk - "Love the Land" - Meet at Soldiers Grove Park. Join CSP and our supporters for a celebration surrounding our beautiful natural resources! WI Farmers Union will be supplying brats and burgers, Udder Brothers will be dishing out ice cream, and local bands will be jamming all night with plenty of space to show off your dance moves! Contact: csp.county@gmail.com August 6th - Sunday - Lanterns for Peace in Milwuakee and Madison - see Spotlights above! SINSINAWA Tues Aug 8th, 7 - 8:15 pm Native Book Discussion: Susan Power, The Grass Dancer: A Novel - Sinsinawa Mound Center, County Road Z. Eric Anglada will be leading the discussion. Inspired by the lore of her Indigenous heritage, Susan Power has forged a novel of interconnected stories rich with drama and infused with the magic of the everyday. “The Grass Dancer” reveals the harsh price of unfulfilled longings and the healing power of mystery and hope. In this thrilling book, Power takes readers on a journey through both past and present in a tale as resonant and haunting as an ancestor’s memory, and as promising as a child’s dream. Registration ends on August 7, and the fee is $10 a person. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://sinsinawa.org/moundcenter for more information. Sinsinawa Mound, the motherhouse for the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is located in southwest Wisconsin on County Road Z, off Highway 11, about five miles northeast of Dubuque. ******************************************************* If your group would like to get your events posted in the weekly e-bulletin – JOIN US! https://www.wnpj.org/membership ******************************************** WNPJ member groups can sign up for a Saturday opportunity to TABLE at the Madison Farmers Market – this Spring and summer at the Capitol Square. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4daaa929a5fac34-wnpj#/ The Farmers Market opening date is April 15th – 7 am to 1 pm …and runs through the Fall on Saturdays. Sign up for your spot today! Bring your own table and hand-outs to the King Street corner of the Square, next to the VFP #25 table! Questions? Contact info@wnpj.org **************************************** Interested in a yard sign? WNPJ has yard signs available! yardsigns@wnpj.org See our new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WisNPJ "Like" us and follow us! Special thanks to volunteer Kathy Esposito for her volunteer work putting the WNPJ weekly e-bulletin together!