For too many of us the world has taken unkind turns. Many feel the effects of trauma and PTSD. Learning about signs and symptoms of these deep human struggles and discovering ways to approach someone in need are becoming essential. If you live in Milwaukee the American Legion Post 180 of Bay View will be offering a workshop Saturday June 24 from 9 am until noon at On the Clock Bar and Grill, 4301 South Howell Avenue. This event was sent to WNPJ from the hardworking member organization Veterans for Peace #102 – Milwaukee. These are the men and women who never give up and are always there to lend a hand. Let's give a shout out to their consistent and vital efforts toward peace. You can register for the event here. Learn more about Veterans for Peace here. ​ We need one another. Every drop of kindness helps.

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32nd Annual Midwest Renewable Energy Fair! Fri. June 23rd – Sun. June 25th MREA 7558 Deer Rd. in Custer, WI WNPJ has a table at this event on Friday and Saturday, June 23 – 24, 9 – 5 pm. If you’re at the Fair, come volunteer at the table! To WNPJ member groups: If you’d like to volunteer to sit at the MREA table – and bring some of your group’s tabling materials – let us know. We have a few admission passes for volunteers. info@wnpj.org. Each year the Energy Fair brings together over 10,000+ attendees to learn about clean energy, connect with others, and take action toward a just transition and sustainable living for all. Hundreds of workshops and exhibitors, clean transportation show, live music, kids activities, and much, much more! This year’s keynote speakers include: Fri. 4:00 pm Amy Goodman, award winning investigative journalist and host of Democracy Now!; Sat. 1:00 pm Erik Conway, historian of science and technology and author of The Big Myth: How Business taught Americans to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market; and Sun. 12:00 Noon Triti Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the former President of the National Iranian American Council. For more info and ticket info, visit: https://www.theenergyfair.org/ . The Sierra Club is also sponsoring a Badger Bus from Madison to the Fair on Sat. June 24th, leaving at 7:00 am and returning at 10:00 pm – for details visit: https://tinyurl.com/MREAbus2023 WNPJ, Building Unity, the Farley Center and Family Farm Defenders will have tables in the exhibition hall. These halls are open from 9 am until 5 pm each day (close at 3 pm on Sunday). On Friday at 10 am in the Orange tent, John Peck of Family Farm Defenders will hold a workshop on ‘Climate “Smart” to Climate Just Agriculture’. Al Gedicks (WI Resources Protection Council) holds a workshop on Friday, too – at 11 am in the Special Events Tent - “Sulfide Mining in the Great Lakes Region”. Then on Sat. at 11 am the Farley Center has a workshop in the Orange Tent on ‘Green Burials’. Forward Marching Band will be at the Fair on Saturday, too. On Sunday, June 25th, Dena Eakles of Echo Valley Hope will hold a workshop in the Red Tent: 10 am – “Waking the Cooperative Spirit” . Tim Cordon speaks to ‘Building Unity for a Sustainable Future’ in the Pink Tent at 1 pm that Sunday afternoon. ************************************* Upcoming Events this week June 18th - 27th - for WNPJ groups: VIRTUAL Mon Jun 19th, 7 pm Join Moms Demand Action to celebrate our Wear Orange events, raise awareness, and call for an end to gun violence. Don't forget to wear orange! Wear Orange events around the state: Statewide Virtual Bi-Monthly Meeting, details and RSVP here https://act.everytown.org/event/moms-demand-action-event/51179/signup/ WASHINGTON DC Mon Jun 19th - June 22nd Moral Poverty Action Congress - in DC. To learn more, see the Poor Peoples Campaign website: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/wisconsin/ or contact: wisconsin@poorpeoplescampaign.org SINSINAWA Wed June 21st, 7 - 8:30 pm Wild Church: Summer Solstice. Sinsinawa Mound Center, County Road Z. Erica Anglada, Sinsinawa’s Ecological Programming Coordinator, will be leading Wild Church: Summer Solstice at Sinsinawa Mound. Fire and song, ritual and community, prayer and quiet: this inclusive, outdoor gathering is centered on honoring the longest day of the year. In a time of planetary upheaval, it is crucial to recover our elemental sense of connection and kinship with Creator and Creation. We are inspired by Celtic tradition and the Wild Church movement. We will meet inside the main entrance and proceed outdoors. No registration is required and a free will offering is welcome. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://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. SINSINAWA Fri Jun 23rd, 9 am - 3 pm No Child Left Inside: Weekly Day camp for kids. Sinsinawa Mound Center, County Road Z. Eric Anglada, Sinsinawa’s Ecological Programming Coordinator, will be leading this weekly day camp. These day-long camps in June and July, open to ages from 7 to 11, will be filled with games, exploration, story-telling, hiking, plant identification and more. Participants should be ready to learn about themselves and nature, get some exercise and have lots of fun. Children should bring their own water bottle, lunch, snack and hat. We will spend the entirety of the day outdoors. Registration ends on the Wednesday prior to each Friday. The fee is $30 per day camp or $120 for all five camp sessions. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://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 Sat Jun 24 - 25 HUMANs Solidarity Summit: Spreading Like Wildflowers II. We encourage you to host your own gathering during the next summit and we'll help out if you like. :) We're making something of a kit to help make it easy and fun. The summit is still wide open for your offerings, input, and requests. Email info@mutualaidnetwork.org to get started, or jump in when we start hosting planning meetups or online conversations on the topic. And there's a bit of follow-up from the March summit, including recordings, here. Organizer: info@mutualaidnetwork.org MILWAUKEE Sat Jun 24th, 9 - 12 noon "I Missed It": Recognizing Signs of Trouble in Veterans & First Responders. Meet at On the Clock Bar & Grill, 4301 South Howell Avenue. Meet up about Veteran-to-Veteran peer support, how to know if someone is in trouble, and recommended therapies for PTSD/Trauma - FREE EVENT. Hosted by the American Legion George Washington Bayview Post 180 and featuring speakers from Dryhootch, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Reclaiming Your Path, Medical College of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee VA Medical Center. Light refreshments will be provided. Learn the signs and symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), trauma and crisis from Veteran peer support specialists. Discover ways to approach someone who is struggling. The right treatment can reduce or even eliminate symptoms of PTSD. There are several talk therapies and medications available. Learn more about each of them from a psychologist and a medical doctor. Link to register: https://imissedit.eventbrite.com. Sent to WNPJ by Veterans for Peace #102 - Milwaukee vfpchapter102@gmail.com MILWAUKEE Sat Jun 24th 12 noon - 1 pm Peace Action WI Weekly Stand for Peace. Special STand - Cuba is NOT a Terrorist State! Meet at North Farwell Avenue & East North 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 MILWAUKEE Sat Jun 24th 2 - 5 pm UNA USA Milw. and Peace Action WI Annual Summer Picnic. At Zao MKE Church, 2319 E Kenwood Blvd. Come and meet with old friends, meet new friends, and enjoy some good food and conversation! The picnic will be held outdoors in front of Zao MKE Church or inside the church in case of rain. Free bratwurst, veggie burgers, & potato salad! Please bring your favorite potluck dish to share. Paper plates, napkins, cups, utensils, & water will be provided. Music will be provided by the Raging Grannies and more! check with organizers for options for parking. For more information, contact Pam Richard: 414.269.9525 (phone) or pamrichard35@gmail.com (email) MADISON Sat Jun 24th 4 - 10 pm Social Justice Center Jubilee! - 1202 Williamson St. We are so excited to be hosting this celebration once again, with this year’s festivities taking place outdoors in the SJC’s parking lot off of Few Street. In addition to musical performances by local artists (lineup coming soon!), there will be food, beverages and local beer for sale. We’re raffling off a bunch of incredible prizes featuring gift cards to local businesses, handmade items from local artists and more – plus there will be fun activities for all ages. All proceeds will go towards the SJC's general operating funds. This is a big year at SJC! This Spring we reopened the Social Justice Commons – a multi-purpose, adaptable workspace at the front of our building that's part co-working space, part community resource hub. As our facility marks its 100th year, we're preparing for long overdue renovations, including critical repairs/replacements to our roof, HVAC system and storefront canopy. Though immensely challenging, we've learned so much during the COVID pandemic and we want to continue building our community projects that started as a response to it including the Willy Street Pantry and our resource advocacy program. To do so, and begin the urgent infrastructure repairs, we need your help. Donate online, buy raffle tickets and come take part in the Jubilee festivities to keep SJC going through these transformations and invest in the bright future we’re building together! More info? https://www.socialjusticecenter.org/sjc-jubilee-2023. Sent to WNPJ by Madison Infoshop jepeck@wisc.edu MILWAUKEE Sun Jun 25th 4 - 6 pm Milwaukee Mutual Aid Network Party! Meet at The Build Center, 4700 North 39th Street. Invite your friends! Connect with people who want to do more mutual aid. Celebrate the rebirth of the Milwaukee Area Time Exchange! Contact: Stephanie Rearick at steph@stephanierearick.com VOLK FIELD, CAMP DOUGLAS Tues Jun 27th 3:45 - 5:45 pm Monthly Vigil Against Drones. Arrive at the wayside around 3:30 so we have time for introductions and to process to the base together. We need you there! DRONES KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE. As drone warfare plays an increasingly devastating role in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, there is a call for sanity. Our regular vigils at Volk Field are part of a larger worldwide campaign to bring an end to drone warfare. 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. We hope to see you at the vigil on Tuesday June 27. If you can’t come this time, mark your calendar. We usually vigil on the 4th Tuesday of every month. 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.net of Wisconsin Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars. ************************************** 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. 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!

WNPJ's May 6 Assembly & Steering committee met at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve in southwestern Wisconsin. We encourage you to explore the video recordings and presentations! Topic: Focus on the Driftless: Energy issues and statewide ramifications A few highlights: - Samantha Laskowski's will tell you how homeowners and others wishing to install renewable energy systems can benefit right away from the Inflation Reduction Act. - Spark Burmaster warns of a new nuclear power plant at the Genoa site and what it means for the area and the entire state. - Rob Danielson provides a cost/benefit analysis of funds spent on energy efficiency vs. energy expansion. - Forest Jahnke explains the geology of the Driftless region and how it is impacted by agricultural projects. ……..and more! Check out the video recordings of these presentations at these links: https://www.wnpj.org/post/driftless-energy-2023 and https://www.wnpj.org/post/2023-spring-assembly-more-reports ******************************** 32nd Annual Midwest Renewable Energy Fair! Fri. June 23rd – Sun. June 25th MREA (7558 Deer Rd. in Custer) WNPJ has a table at this event on Friday and Saturday, June 23 – 24 from 9 am to 5 pm. To WNPJ member groups: If you’d like to volunteer to sit at the table – and bring some of your group’s tabling materials – let us know. We have a few admission passes for volunteers. info@wnpj.org. Each year the Energy Fair brings together over 10,000+ attendees to learn about clean energy, connect with others, and take action toward a just transition and sustainable living for all. Hundreds of workshops and exhibitors in the tents from 9 am until 5 pm Friday and Sat, and 9 – 3 pm on Sunday, clean transportation show, live music, kids activities, and much, much more! This year’s keynote speakers include: Fri. 4:00 pm Amy Goodman, award winning investigative journalist and host of Democracy Now!; Sat. 1:00 pm Erik Conway, historian of science and technology and author of The Big Myth: How Business taught Americans to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market; and ... Sun. 12:00 Noon Triti Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the former President of the National Iranian American Council. For more info and ticket info, visit: https://www.theenergyfair.org/ . The Sierra Club is also sponsoring a Badger Bus from Madison to the Fair on Sat. June 24th, leaving at 7:00 am and returning at 10:00 pm – for details visit: https://tinyurl.com/MREAbus2023 WNPJ, Building Unity, the Farley Center and Family Farm Defenders will have tables in the exhibition hall. These halls are open from 9 am until 5 pm each day (close at 3 pm on Sunday). On Friday at 10 am in the Orange tent, John Peck of Family Farm Defenders will hold a workshop on ‘Climate “Smart” to Climate Just Agriculture’ Then on Sat. at 11 am the Farley Center has a workshop in the Orange Tent on ‘Green Burials’. On Sunday, June 25th, Dena Eakles of Echo Valley Hope will hold a workshop in the Red Tent: 10 am – “Waking the Cooperative Spirit”. Tim Cordon of Building Unity speaks to ‘Building Unity for a Sustainable Future’ in the Pink Tent at 1 pm that Sunday afternoon. ************************************* We want YOU to be on the WNPJ Board! No matter where you live in Wisconsin, you can sit at the table of the Board of the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice! Our monthly meetings are now via zoom, as well as in person. Do you have ideas on how to move Wisconsin forward in justice and peace issues? We want YOU to help set the direction for the next years of WNPJ. The only requirement is that you are WNPJ member, or contact of a WNPJ Member Group, at the time of the Fall election. We have 32 years of statewide organizing - creating and maintaining an umbrella organization covering so many different peace and justice groups - environment, labor, prison justice, agriculture justice, anti-nuke work, immigration, democracy, and more! We now have 75 member groups under our umbrella, as well as individual members - keeping all informed through social media, a weekly e-bulletin and an active website events calendar - showing the intersectionality of all we do! Here's what Board members do - per our By-laws - : · The Board shall meet at least quarterly to oversee the operation of the WNPJ. · The Board shall develop and adopt a budget to carry out the priorities set at the General Assembly meeting. · It shall set policy and procedures for the operation of the WNPJ, including the assignment of duties deemed necessary to raise funds. · It shall review the recommendation of the officers in personnel · issues, and in the hiring and termination of staff, in accordance with those policies and procedures. · It may initiate and organize statewide actions. But more than that - we learn together as a Board when we do get the opportunity to gather together in person throughout the state.... whether it is anti-racism training at the Farley Center, viewing an open-pit mine in the Penokees, watching real original corn growing with the Oneida, or talking renewables together at Echo Valley Hope or the MREA Fair in Custer. Being on the Board is fun, it's educational, it's rewarding - and it makes a difference! Join us. If you're interested in being on the 2023-2024 WNPJ Board, to be elected at our Fall Assembly, contact info@wnpj.org - and tell us a little about yourself and why you want to be part of this Board. ************************************************* Upcoming Events this week for WNPJ groups: VIRTUAL Tues Jun 13th, 6:30 pm Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity - Virtual Meeting. Please register here: Our topic will be current proposals for reforming shared revenue -- funding that flows from the state to local governments. It is a complicated issue but one that we all need to understand, because these proposals would have an enormous impact on our communities and our efforts to advance racial equity. We will be joined by Philip Rocco, Associate Professor of Political Science at Marquette University, and Dr. Cassandra Bowers, Executive Director of All In Wisconsin. Whatever the status of the legislation is at the time we meet, we'll have suggestions for actions you can take. Sent to WNPJ by Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice - wifaithvoices4justice@gmail.com VIRTUAL Tues Jun 13th, 7 - 8:15 pm - Native Book Discussion Series: Firekeeper’s Daughter: A Novel - Sinsinawa Mound Center, County Road Z. Throughout 2023, Eric Anglada, Sinsinawa’s Ecological Programming Coordinator, will be leading a Native book discussion via Zoom. This book discussion series is an invitation to deeply engage with wisdom, pain, challenge, tragedy, beauty, history, land and much more through the words of Native women. The fee is $10 for the discussion and registration ends on Monday, June 12. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://www.sinsinawa.org/moundcenter for more information. Join Moms Demand Action to celebrate our Wear Orange events, raise awareness, and call for an end to gun violence. Don't forget to wear orange! Wear Orange events around the state: June 14, 7:00 pm, Statewide Virtual Welcome to Moms Demand Action, details and RSVP here https://act.everytown.org/event/moms-demand-action-event/51017/signup/ July 19, 7:00 pm, Statewide Virtual Bi-Monthly Meeting, details and RSVP here https://act.everytown.org/event/moms-demand-action-event/51179/signup/ SINSINAWA Fri Jun 16th, 9 am - 3 pm No Child Left Inside: Weekly Day camp for kids. Sinsinawa Mound Center, County Road Z. Eric Anglada, Sinsinawa’s Ecological Programming Coordinator, will be leading this weekly day camp. These day-long camps in June and July, open to ages from 7 to 11, will be filled with games, exploration, story-telling, hiking, plant identification and more. Participants should be ready to learn about themselves and nature, get some exercise and have lots of fun. Children should bring their own water bottle, lunch, snack and hat. We will spend the entirety of the day outdoors. Registration ends on the Wednesday prior to each Friday. The fee is $30 per day camp or $120 for all five camp sessions. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://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. EAU CLAIRE Fri Jun 16th, 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 DAY LAKE near COPPER STATE PARK in NORTHERN WI Sat and Sun Jun 17th - 18th. Hike in Northern WI to Protect the Water. Join the Wisconsin Sierra Club June 17-18 in northern Wisconsin to get to know the area that oil pipeline Line 5 threatens to damage. From hiking to sharing meals and talking about what can be done to shut down Line 5, there's much to learn! Several campsites are reserved at Day Lake. Sierra Club is coordinating carpools, where there's enough interest. Sign Up Now! Spring flooding and erosion has highlighted the risk that Enbridge's Line 5 poses to the Bad River, the watershed, and the region as a whole. A spill would be devastating, and a reroute wouldn't solve any of the issues the pipeline brings with it -- threatening Tribal sovereignty, threatening the climate, and threatening Lake Superior and local waterways. There are lots of activities planned, including: A short training on identifying endangered species put at risk by Line 5; Conversations around how to organize locally against Line 5; a potluck; a pancake breakfast; a hike at Copper Falls State Park. Please RSVP and indicate when you'll be joining the group. Sent to WNPJ by Alex Goetsch. Tar Sands Team Lead. 608-492-1667 | contact@350wisconsin.org MILWAUKEE Sat Jun 17th, 12 noon to 1 pm Peace Action WI Weekly Stand for Peace. Meet at Fond Du Lac + 35th St - Burleigh. 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 VIRTUAL Sat Jun 17th 2 pm Mid-June Membership Meeting of the Madison Chapter of DSA - via Zoom. Register here. Contact: Madison Area DSA info@email.actionnetwork.org MADISON Sat Jun 17th, 1:30 pm 350 WI Screening of "Kiss the Ground" - In Community Room B of the Pinney Branch of the Madison Public Library: 516 Cottage Grove Rd. Hosted by the 350 WI Agriculture Policy and Practices Team. This powerfully hopeful documentary tells the stories of farmers, researchers, and activists who are working tirelessly to show how the ways we grow our food can not only be gentle on the planet, but also repair the harm we have done to it! Regenerative agriculture has the potential to revitalize soil, water, communities, and even the climate. Come learn what this kind of agriculture looks like, and how YOU can help support the movement, right here in Wisconsin! There will be a Q&A and discussion with members of the Agriculture Policy and Practices Team afterward. (While the event is free, licensing to show the film no longer is. A suggested donation of $10 would be greatly appreciated to help cover the cost.) RSVP to Michael Friend at mjfriend0316@gmail.com to help us anticipate attendance. WASHINGTON, DC Sun Jun 18th. Poor People's March to Washington and then the Moral Poverty Action Congress - in DC June 19th - 22nd. Join us in our Moral March on Washington DC on the 18th, a once-in-a-generation mass poor people’s and low-wage workers’ assembly. Forward together, not one step back! We are building unity across historic lines of division while fighting the five interlocking injustices of systemic poverty, systemic racism, ecological devastation, the war economy, and the false moral narrative of religious nationalism. Here in Wisconsin, we work with individuals, regional committees, faith communities and other organizations. There is something for everyone who is ready to get involved! Contact us to GET INVOLVED. E-mail wisconsin@poorpeoplescampaign.org To learn more, see the Poor Peoples Campaign website: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/wisconsin/ ************************************ 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. The Farmers Market runs through the Fall on Saturdays from 7 am to 1 pm. 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! Sign up for our WNPJ weekly e-bulletin!

U.S. Peace Activist Appeals to European Court, Claims Unfair Trial in German anti-Nuclear Weapons Protests FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 9, 2023 Contact: Marion Küpker, 49-172-771-3266, John LaForge, 715-472-4185; 715-491-3813, LUCK, Wisconsin - A U.S. peace activist may be the first to appeal to a European human rights court claiming that his criminal trespass convictions, stemming from nuclear weapons protests in Germany, were based on unfair judicial errors. John LaForge, 67, a Duluth native and co-director of the group Nukewatch in Wisconsin, was convicted of two charges of trespass and damage to property after separate protest actions at Germany’s Büchel Air Force Base, 80 miles southeast of Cologne, which stations approximately 20 U.S. hydrogen bombs known as B61s* as part of a practice called “nuclear sharing.” Now, in an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasburg, France to be filed today, LaForge argues that the ECHR’s binding European-wide rules were violated by the German courts which, he claims, effectively denied him the right to present a defense. The ECHR reviews complaints from across the European Union if defendants, who have exhausted their legal alternatives in European member states, can demonstrate that their convictions were made in error. The ECHR will initially consider LaForge’s “application,” and then decide whether it merits formal review. LaForge’s convictions were affirmed by the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany’s highest, which has over the last 20 years refused to hear 19 similar appeals by anti-nuclear weapons activists. In January this year, LaForge became the first U.S. citizen incarcerated in Germany in the long-running, international campaign against the stationing and threatened use of the U.S. nuclear weapons at Büchel. LaForge was sent to Glasmoor prison near Hamburg for 50 days, and was released February 28. A second U.S. citizen, Dennis DuVall, a member of Veterans for Peace who now lives in Germany, finished a 60-day sentence on April 19, 2023. In the appeal filed today by attorney Anna Busl of Bonn, LaForge argues that the German courts all erred by refusing to consider the expert witness testimony he asked to court to hear, which he says would have corroborated his defense of “crime prevention.” In particular, the courts refused to hear from University of Illinois international law professor Francis A. Boyle. “The courts mistakenly neglected to consider the international laws, binding on the United States and Germany, that criminalize their planning or preparation of nuclear attacks, and even forbid the transfer of nuclear weapons from the United States to Germany,” LaForge said. The appeal to the ECHR is not altogether new. The first, lodged in April 2022 by Stefanie Augustin and Marion Küpker of Germany’s campaign “Büchel is Everywhere: Nuclear Weapons-Free Now!”, has not yet been answered. In July 2022, Oscar Arias, the ex-President of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, recommended that the U.S. withdraw all its nuclear weapons from Europe and Turkey as a demonstration that they said could move Russian President Putin’s to support negotiations leading to an end of the war in Ukraine. * De Morgen (Antwerp), July 16, 2019, https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/eindelijk-zwart-op-wit-er-liggen-amerikaanse-kernwapens-in-belgie~b051dc18/ (De Morgen obtained a leaked official NATO report detailing the locations and numbers of U.S. nuclear weapons currently stationed in five NATO states.); see also The New York Times, Oct. 22, 2019, p. A9, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Eric Schmitt, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/world/middleeast/us-troops-deployments.html //END// _________________________________________________________________ Nukewatch, 740A Round Lake Rd., Luck, WI 54853, www.nukewatchinfo.org

The Biden administration has just approved using U.S. weapons to attack Crimea, a horrifying leap closer to nuclear war. We agree with journalist Caitlin Johnstone’s response, “Everyone on earth should be shouting a loud, unequivocal 'no' to this at the top of their lungs.” (photo - Paul McMahon) Some are. Last week, an open letter from the Eisenhower Media Network to the Biden administration was published as a full-page ad in the New York Times from a group of former military, intelligence and civilian national security officials. Their headline: “The U.S. Should Be a Force for Peace in the World.” The letter begins: “The Russia-Ukraine War has been an unmitigated disaster. Hundreds of thousands have been killed or wounded. Millions have been displaced. Environmental and economic destruction have been incalculable. Future devastation could be exponentially greater as nuclear powers creep ever closer toward open war. "We deplore the violence, war crimes, indiscriminate missile strikes, terrorism, and other atrocities that are part of this war. The solution to this shocking violence is not more weapons or more war, with their guarantee of further death and destruction. "As Americans and national security experts, we urge President Biden and Congress to use their full power to end the Russia-Ukraine War speedily through diplomacy, especially given the grave dangers of military escalation that could spiral out of control.” What a welcome development! More welcome news: Peace in Ukraine Coalition’s ceasefire and diplomacy petition will be printed this week in The Hill, a widely-read Capitol Hill newspaper. And what are we doing in Wisconsin? Our group, Madison for a World BEYOND War, speaks up publicly to defuse nuclear war. We have done 31 War Abolition Walks in Madison since April 2022 to call for an end to the war in Ukraine, and all war. On May 6, we were part of WI vs WW3, an antiwar demonstration at the Capitol during Farmers Market on the Square. It was a big-tent event, organized by unusual collaborators — veterans, libertarians, socialists, Catholics, Quakers and Democrats. In March, we helped host the 20th Midwest Catholic Worker Faith & Resistance Gathering, which brought together well over 100 people to resist the F-35 fighter jets and war. War is organized mass murder. We are part of a growing global movement for war abolition. Wars end in negotiations. Why not skip the killing and start with negotiating? Almost all human conflicts are resolved nonviolently, between individuals and between nations. Only a tiny number of conflicts lead to people killing each other. But once wars get started, they are addictive and terribly hard to stop. We are doing all we can so that the war in Ukraine ends in negotiations, not nuclear annihilation. We at World Beyond War don’t take sides. In war, the only winners are the people selling the weapons. We call for a ceasefire and negotiations in Ukraine. Our message is: Let’s not annihilate ourselves with nuclear weapons. We honor the brave war resisters in Russia, the hundreds of thousands of people who have demonstrated, spoken out and refused to be drafted into the military. We honor the Ukrainian conscientious objectors who have fled the country to avoid being drafted, and other Ukrainians who have been prosecuted and jailed for draft resistance — Ukrainian and Russian antiwar activists are heroes. Let’s follow their examples and speak out. In Madison, we do War Abolition Walks together most weeks. We hold signs that say, “Defuse Nuclear War” and “Weapons Makers Are the Only Winners.” Often, we visit the offices of our members of Congress. Will you join us? Stefania Sani and Janet Parker are co-coordinators at Madison for a World BEYOND War.....a WNPJ member group. This article is in the Cap Times of Madison WI - May 31st, 2023 issue - page 44. https://captimes.com/opinion/guest-columns/opinion-what-you-can-do-to-prevent-nuclear-war/article_1e28de87-1717-5933-b5f8-24c33d1b1623.html

WNPJ's May 6 Assembly & Steering committee met at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve in southwestern Wisconsin. We encourage you to explore the presentations! (Read more reports from WNPJ member groups here) A few highlights: Samantha Laskowski's will tell you how homeowners and others wishing to install renewable energy systems can benefit right away from the Inflation Reduction Act. Spark Burmaster warns of a new nuclear power plant at the Genoa site and what it means for the area and the entire state. Rob Danielson provides a cost/benefit analysis of funds spent on energy efficiency vs. energy expansion. Forest Jahnke explains the geology of the Driftless region and how it is impacted by agricultural projects. and more! Introduction to the Driftless Region & Energy Concerns WNPJ Board member Dena Eakles provides an overview & some history of the rural Driftless area of Wisconsin, including the introduction and current state of energy cooperatives. Dena introduces Samantha Laskowski of the Vernon County Energy District. Samantha Laskowski, Vernon County Energy District Samantha Laskowski gave this presentation on May 7, 2023. Her talk focuses on the huge incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for homeowners to convert to renewable energy. She explains how tax credits, rebates and discounts can add up to large energy savings while addressing the climate crisis and creating energy equity. Download a copy of the slides: Spark Burmaster, Environmental Options: the Genoa Nuclear Power Plant Longtime activist Spark Burmaster talks about the possibility of a new "micro" nuclear power plant at the site where the Genoa Coal & Nuclear Plant was decommissioned over a decade ago. He explores the risks and costs, and explains the harms of promoting “carbon-free nuclear energy” as a solution to our energy needs. Download a PDF of the slides: Forest Jahnke, Crawford Stewardship Project Forest Jahnke shares the Crawford Stewardship Project's work to promote sustainable land and water use and environmental justice in the Driftless region, and protect local control of resources. He explains the geology of the region and how it is impacted by projects including industrial level factory farms, frac sand mining and power lines. Rob Danielson, SOUL of Wisconsin Rob Danielson of Save Our Unique Lands (S.O.U.L.) of Wisconsin focuses on energy expansion in Wisconsin: individual/community/distributed solutions vs. corporate solutions. He explains how boosting energy efficiency negates the need for the massive proposed corporate energy expansion that will use critical land, and how Wisconsin’s current statutes need to change to make corporations accountable. Download a map of the Wisconsin Utility Districts and text of the state statutes: Nuclear Power Brief Cost/Benefit Analysis In this short video, Rob Danielson compares the cost & benefit of building a nuclear power plant at Genoa to the same amount of money spent to extend the Focus on Energy program. For $4 billion you could triple fund the Focus on Energy Program for 41 years and remove 7 times as much carbon dioxide. Marcia Halligan, Kickapoo Peace Circle Marcia Halligan shares about the Kickapoo Peace Circle, and her book Hidden in the 13th Moon: She offers “Blessings and thanks to all the creatures, features and aspects if the natural world and those who cherish them.”

In addition to our program focusing on the Driftless region and energy concerns, other WNPJ member organizations reported on their work. Brad Geyer, Veterans for Peace Chapter 25, Madison Iraq War veteran Brad Geyer speaks about the chapter’s Memorial Day display and events, and efforts to pass US Congressional Resolution 77: Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Mark Foreman, Veterans for Peace Chapter 102 – Milwaukee Mark Foreman talks about the chapter's outreach activities in Milwaukee including the Armistice Day event and especially the Golden Rule, a boat which sailed in 1958, attempting to stop nuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands. The boat was recovered and has been sailing around the US and down the Mississippi River, educating people about the dangers of nuclear weapons. It is expected to arrive in Milwaukee at the end of August. John Peck, Family Farm Defenders, PC Foundation, Wisconsin Books to Prisoners John Peck, also a board member of Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice, talks about elements of the Farm Bill, including SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Program). Family Farm Defenders works on many issues important to farmers, including antibiotics in herds, big data in agriculture, privatization of "the commons", GMO, and right to repair (equipment). He announces his upcoming workshop on climate in agriculture at the MREA Energy Fair in June. There's also information about how the PC Foundation can help organizations like Wisconsin Books to Prisoners. Steve Watrous – Milwaukee End the Wars Coalition Steve reported on two Zoom calls on April 15 and May 13, attempting to bring peace activists together with the challenging goal of Uniting Wisconsin to End the War in Ukraine. Judy Miner reports for James Reeb UU Congregation, Raging Grannies and UNA - Dane County Judy reports on the work of James Reeb's Immigration and Refugee Rights team; Madison Raging Grannies available to sing for peace & justice, with humor and satire; and the United Nations Association of Dane County, which provides monthly programs. Debra Gillispie, Mothers Against Gun Violence Debra Gillispie, founder of Mothers Against Gun Violence in Milwaukee, and also a board member of Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice, talks about the possibility of taxation of gun products to help survivors of gun violence. Amber Williams, WAVE (Wisconsin Anti Violence Effort) Amber Williams is WAVE's Community Outreach and Engagement Associate. She talks about their work educating on gun violence prevention, how people can help, and says that their youth interns can be involved in your events. Mary Kay Baum: WISDOM and Madison Arcatao Sister City Project (MASCP) Mary Kay Baum speaks of WISDOM's work on criminal justice issues and the sister city relationship to the people in Arcatao, El Salvador, currently experiencing a difficult political situation. Dena Eakles, Echo Valley Hope Echo Valley Hope is teaming up with The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) to offer a free interactive Peace Education Program, something that is being used worldwide for conflict resolution series. Hear more about the program and how you can be involved in learning more about how to create peace.

Sign pledge to support and welcome immigrants. The next step for asylum seekers is to be processed and allowed to enter the United States, to welcome them into our communities and support them in rebuilding their lives. We are hoping that people will show their hospitality, not hostility, to the homeless refugees. We do not understand how the U.S. can say it has no facility for them. After all, the U.S. has over 700 military bases in the world which could be used for housing the homeless. We all know what Christ told us to do…”feed the hungry, heal the sick and shelter the homeless.” --- Action Alert from Don Timmerman Casa Maria Catholic Worker Community - Milwaukee casamariamke@gmail.com

We want YOU to be on the WNPJ Board! No matter where you live in Wisconsin, you can sit at the table of the Board of the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice! Our monthly meetings are now via zoom, as well as in person. Do you have ideas on how to move Wisconsin forward in justice and peace issues? We want YOU to help set the direction for the next years of WNPJ. The only requirement is that you are WNPJ member, or contact of a WNPJ Member Group, at the time of the Fall election. We have 32 years of statewide organizing - creating and maintaining an umbrella organization covering so many different peace and justice groups - environment, labor, prison justice, agriculture justice, anti-nuke work, immigration, democracy, and more. We now have 75 member groups under our umbrella, as well as individual members - keeping all informed through social media, a weekly e-bulletin and an active website events calendar - showing the intersectionality of all we do. Here's what Board members do - per our By-laws: · The Board shall meet at least quarterly to oversee the operation of the WNPJ. · The Board shall develop and adopt a budget to carry out the priorities set at the General Assembly meeting. · It shall set policy and procedures for the operation of the WNPJ, including the assignment of duties deemed necessary to raise funds. · It shall review the recommendation of the officers in personnel issues, and in the hiring and termination of staff, in accordance with those policies and procedures. · It may initiate and organize statewide actions. But more than that - we learn together as a Board when we do get the opportunity to gather together in person throughout the state.... whether it is anti-racism training at the Farley Center, viewing an open-pit mine in the Penokees, watching real original corn growing with the Oneida, or talking renewables together at Echo Valley Hope or the MREA Fair in Custer. Being on the Board is fun, it's educational, it's rewarding - and it makes a difference. Join us. If you're interested in being on the 2023-2024 WNPJ Board, to be elected at our Fall Assembly, contact info@wnpj.org - and tell us a little about yourself and why you want to be part of this Board. ******************************** ************************************************************************* Fri. June 23rd – Sun. June 25th MREA (7558 Deer Rd. in Custer) Each year the Energy Fair brings together over 10,000+ attendees to learn about clean energy, connect with others, and take action toward a just transition and sustainable living for all. Hundreds of workshops and exhibitors, clean transportation show, live music, kids activities, and much, much more! This year’s keynote speakers include: Fri. 4:00 pm Amy Goodman, award winning investigative journalist and host of Democracy Now!; Sat. 1:00 pm Erik Conway, historian of science and technology and author of The Big Myth: How Business taught Americans to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market; and Sun. 12:00 Noon Triti Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the former President of the National Iranian American Council. For more info and ticket info, visit: https://www.theenergyfair.org/ . The Sierra Club is also sponsoring a Badger Bus from Madison to the Fair on Sat. June 24th, leaving at 7:00 am and returning at 10:00 pm – for details visit: https://tinyurl.com/MREAbus2023 WNPJ and member groups Building Unity, Citizens Climate Lobby, and Family Farm Defenders will have tables in the exhibition hall. Find us! And on Sunday, June 25th, Dena Eakles of Echo Valley Hope will hold a workshop in the Red Tent: 10 am – “Waking the Cooperative Spirit” . Tim Cordon speaks to ‘Building Unity for a Sustainable Future’ in the Pink Tent at 1 pm that Sunday afternoon. ************************************* Upcoming Events this week for WNPJ groups: MADISON & VIRTUAL Mon June 5th, 7 – 8:10 pm - 350 Wisconsin Annual Meeting - virtual or in person at the Madison Friends Meetinghouse, 1704 Roberts Court. What has 350 Wisconsin been doing the past year? What are we planning for the future? Please join us! We will review where we are as an organization working together to combat the climate crisis and promote environmental justice. We also will hold our annual election for our Board of Directors and Coordinating Council. This will be a hybrid meeting. Join us in person, (and stay for a tour of the building’s award-winning renovations adding geothermal and solar systems) or join us on zoom from anywhere. For zoom link, register in advance for the meeting through our page: https://350wisconsin.org/monthly-meetings/. We will review our progress in implementing our strategic plan, including: Rebranding as 350 Wisconsin in recognition of the statewide reach of our work; Launching 350 Wisconsin Action, a separate 501(c)(4) organization to allow us to engage in political and electoral work; Assessing what we can do to make 350 Wisconsin a more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive organization; and building our capacity at many levels, including our campaigns, communications, and development. Organizer: https://350wisconsin.org/ WHITEWATER and VIRTUAL - Join Moms Demand Action to celebrate our Wear Orange events, raise awareness, and call for an end to gun violence. Don't forget to wear orange! Wear Orange events around the state: June 7, 6:00 pm, Whitewater Wear Orange, details and RSVP here https://act.everytown.org/event/moms-demand-action-event/52997/signup/ June 14, 7:00 pm, Statewide Virtual Welcome to Moms Demand Action, details and RSVP here https://act.everytown.org/event/moms-demand-action-event/51017/signup/ July 19, 7:00 pm, Statewide Virtual Bi-Monthly Meeting, details and RSVP here https://act.everytown.org/event/moms-demand-action-event/51179/signup/ SINSINAWA Friday, June 9th, 09:00 am - 03:00 pm "No Child Left Inside" - Weekly Ecological Day Camp for children. —On Friday this summer, June 9, 16, 23, 30 and July 7, Eric Anglada, Sinsinawa’s Ecological Programming Coordinator, will be leading this weekly day camp. These day-long camps, open to ages from 7 to 11, will be filled with games, exploration, story-telling, hiking, plant identification and more. Participants should be ready to learn about themselves and nature, get some exercise and have lots of fun. Children should bring their own water bottle, lunch, snack and hat. We will spend the entirety of the day outdoors. Registration ends on the Wednesday prior to each Friday. The fee is $30 per day camp or $120 for all five camp sessions. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://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 June 9th 12 noon END the ERA of FOSSIL FUELS - Rally - at the Capitol . Join 350 Wisconsin as part of People vs Fossil Fuel's End the Era of Fossil Fuels distributed actions! We'll be calling for President Biden and Governor Evers to end the era of fossil fuels! With the Bad River meander less than ten feet from Line 5, we're on the brink of a catastrophic spill in the Great Lakes and a true environmental justice disaster. And after the fast-tracking of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Appalachia, it's never been more urgent for us to take action to END THE ERA OF FOSSIL FUELS! RSVP here. This will be the debut of our amazing group of singers, and we'll be assembling in the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda at noon to use music and art to tell the Wisconsin government that we demand action now. Join us on Friday during your lunch break to Stop Line 5 and end the era of fossil fuels in Wisconsin and the US! Contact: Emily Park<contact@350wisconsin.org MADISON Fri June 9th, 5:30 - 8 pm Screening of the film, "Breaking the Cycle" – viewing Norway's prison system. First Unitarian Society, University Bay Drive. Moses Ministry Team is excited to welcome you to an in-person screening of the film, "Breaking the Cycle". What: Potluck, Film, and Discussion Please share this information with interested folks and organizations! Please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/screening-of-the-norwegian-film-breaking-the-cycle-tickets-632892407227. Sent to WNPJ by First Unitarian Society of Madison - kristis@fusmadison.org SINSINAWA Sat June 10th, 9 am - 4 pm Grief Retreat: Journey Toward Wholeness - Sinsinawa Mound Center, County Road Z. Join Mary Hopkins, OP, Dominican Sister for a grief retreat. Throughout our life we experience the loss of people, places and things. We will take time to reflect on our losses and to discover how loss can lead to greater wholeness and holiness. Please register by June 5 and the fee is $50 per person. Lunch will be provided the day of the retreat. Contact Arrangements at 608-748-4411 or visit our website at https://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. MILWAUKEE and VIRTUAL Sat June 10th, 10 - 11:30 am "Collaborating for Greater Community Impact" with the United Nations of Greater Milwaukee. At Zao MKE Church – 2319 E. Kenwood Blvd. or virtually through the Following Zoom Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85784621419?pwd=Z2V4UEFENmtNS29hV3FlcFBQOUdVdz09 Three Chapter Leaders, Steve Watrous, Martha Collins and Annette Robertson will represent the UNA of Greater Milwaukee at the 2023 UNA-USA Leadership Summit June 4- 6 and report back with "Three First-Hand Perspectives on The Most Important Issues for The United Nations and the UNA of Greater Milwaukee", sharing the best of their interactions with UN and U.S. government officials and with members of other UNA chapters. Today's forum will provide participants with an opportunity to share ideas for planning future forums, how to develop relationships with other community groups and organizations concerned with global issues, and how the UNA of Greater Milwaukee can be more effective in supporting the sustainable development goals of the UN and UNA-USA. For more information, contact Jack Murtaugh murtaughwi@aol.com (email) / 414.635.9879 (Phone) MILWAUKEE Sat June 10th, 12 noon - 1 pm Peace Action WI Weekly Stand for Peace. Meet at South 16th Street & West Greenfield 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 ************************************ 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. 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

Getting sick is draining enough. No one should have to worry about healthcare barriers on top of that. Unfortunately, for far too long, our undocumented and immigrant communities have faced challenges accessing affordable healthcare. A new rule announced last month by the Biden administration could expand Medicaid and Affordable Care Act eligibility to DACA recipients, for the FIRST time in 11 years! President Biden said it himself, “It’s past time for Congress to give Dreamers a pathway to citizenship.” This new rule could bring us closer to that goal by recognizing that we are here to stay and providing our communities with the support and resources we need to thrive. The Biden administration is about to make a final decision on the proposed rule – and we have the collective power to secure a life-altering victory for DACA recipients ! https://unitedwedream.org/actions/expand-health-care-access-for-daca-recipients/to our petition to join us in demanding President Biden and the Department of Health and Human Services to expand healthcare access to DACA recipients! Healthcare is a human right – regardless of immigration status. Our fight for a pathway to citizenship can’t be successful if we don’t prioritize our people’s mental and physical wellness. Sign our petition today in support of the implementation of this new rule! Thank you for your advocacy and allyship with our immigrant siblings! Rabbi Bonnie Margulis Executive Director Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice rabbibonnie@gmail.com

The Golden Rule, a storied sailboat that helped bring about an end to atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, will stop in Milwaukee Sept. 1-4 as part of a 15-month, 11,000-mile voyage to inform and educate the public about the dangers of nuclear weapons proliferation. A number of public events will be held, and speakers / crew members will be available for presentations at schools, churches or other venues during the four-day visit. Boat tours and visits with the crew will be offered every afternoon. The 35-foot wooden sailboat will be docked at Lakeshore State Park, on the downtown lakefront between Discovery World and the Summerfest grounds. It will tie up at Discovery World for the first day, Friday, Sept. 1, and be in a slip at Lakeshore State Park Sept. 2-4. September 4 is Labor Day, and the Milwaukee Area Labor Council is encouraging people who attend Labor Fest to visit the nearby boat. The Golden Rule began its trip on the Great Loop route in September 2022 on the Mississippi River in Minnesota, sailing to the Gulf, and circling the south and east coasts before reaching the Great Lakes this summer. It will make more than 100 stops. In 1958 a crew of Quakers sailed the Golden Rule from Hawaii towards the Marshall Islands, intending to protest and interfere with atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, although that voyage was halted by the government and the crew arrested. As a result of this highly publicized mission and public outcry about the radiation blowing around the world, President Kennedy signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963. The Golden Rule action inspired many peace makers and peace ships that followed, including Greenpeace. Golden Rule had been in private hands and sunk inCalifornia's Humboldt Bay, but was rescued from its watery grave in 2010 and restored to her former beauty by Veterans For Peace and others who support her new mission: to promote a nuclear free future, to educate about the dangers of radiation to humanity and the environment, and to support peaceful alternatives to war. LOCAL SPONSORS Milwaukee Veterans For Peace, Chapter 102, Peace Action Wisconsin, Physicians For Social Responsibility Wisconsin, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, Madison Veterans For Peace, Chapter 25, United Nations Association of Greater Milwaukee. Milwaukee Turners at Turner Hall, Milwaukee Friends Meeting, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba, Casa Maria Catholic Worker Community, Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Milwaukee. GET INVOLVED! JOIN US! Plan now to join us and participate in the visit. Help us plan. Do you have ideas for events or venues? Are you connected to schools, churches, or organizations that would like a presentation -- or a boat ride? Can you volunteer to help with events? Interested in helping as a crew member? There are lots of ways to be a part of this exciting visit. Just email us at vfpchapter102@gmail.com and we will be in touch. Thanks. Donate to support the Golden Rule's Milwaukee visit. More information: Bill Christofferson, Milwaukee Veterans For Peace Chapter 102 Vfpchapter102@gmail.com, 414-486-9651 Helen Jaccard, Veterans For Peace Golden Rule Project Manager, (206) 992-6364 VFP Golden Rule Project, P. O. Box 87, Samoa, CA 95564 web: www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org email: vfpgoldenruleproject@gmail.com Phone: 415-794-5235