In the News
Summer internships available in Milwaukee with WAVE
Submitted by volunteer on Thu, 05/13/2021 - 1:15pm
Do you know any talented young people (ages 14-21), who are passionate about spreading peace and preventing gun violence? Please encourage them to apply for WAVE's 2021 (paid!) virtual summer youth peacebuilding and violence prevention internship in Milwaukee!
Peace poetry contest
Submitted by volunteer on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 8:22pm
Deadline for entries July 1, 2021. Poetry has a way of moving us past facts and immersing us into an experience. The Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards encourages poets to do just that. There are three age categories: Adult, Youth 13-18, and Youth 12 & Under.
The annual contest is open to people worldwide. Poems must be original, unpublished, and in English.
Interview with Don Timmerman of Casa Maria in Milwaukee from 2013
Submitted by volunteer on Mon, 05/10/2021 - 8:29am
WUWM 89.7fm Interview with Peacemaker Don Timmerman.....
Don Timmerman's mission as a peacemaker dates back to the 1960s.
Spread the News: MREA is Hiring!
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/06/2021 - 2:43pmSpread the News: We're Hiring!
The MREA is looking for two talented individuals to join our team full-time in our Events Manager and Training Coordinator positions.
Do you know someone who is passionate about event planning and The Energy Fair? Or someone who is interested in adult education and renewable energy? Send these opportunities their way!
WIDOM is hiring - in Madison
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/22/2021 - 10:59am
MOSES is the WISDOM organization based in Madison, WI. The mission of MOSES is to build collective power to dismantle the systems of mass incarceration and mass supervision and to eradicate the racial disparities in our community that contribute to them. MOSES is looking for a full-time Community Organizer.
Moving from Charity to Justice
Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/21/2021 - 3:38pmActivists in DC call for ending America's complicity in the blockade on Yemen
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/04/2021 - 2:38pm
Kathy Kelly, formerly of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, a WNPJ member group – has alerted WNPJ to a fast in Washington DC by activists from Michigan, protesting the role of the US in the harmful blockade of Yemen. kathy@vcnv.org
This article from MEE (Middle East Eye) describes the action and motivation of the protestors:
NuclearBan.US seeks a full-time Director - Washington DC
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/01/2021 - 5:52pmNuclearBan.US is a small non-profit (501c4) organization committed to the total elimination of nuclear weapons. and to the use of resources that have been devoted to nuclear weapons to address the climate crisis, income inequality, and other pressing social needs.
