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Submitted by admin on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 6:59pmWe send a compilation of Action Alerts, Upcoming Events and News from our Member Organizations near the beginning of each week. You choose which ones you want to learn more about!
National Week of Action starting January 15th - to Honor MLK - from the Poor People's Campaign
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 1:48pmOn January 15th, on the birthday of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. there will be a National Virtual Event & Week of Action to raise attention end educate about the revolutionary focus of MLK's last 3 years, cosponsored by The Wisconsin Poor People's Campaign and National Union of the Homeless (NUH). In January, the coldest of Wisconsin months, it is important that we continue to advocate for the people who have to stay outside in this inhabitable weather.
The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty ‘Enters Into Force’ January 22nd! Here’s what YOU can do:
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 2:07pmOn January 22nd the UN Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons ‘Enters Into Force’. Together We Enter a New Chapter in the Work to Attain a Nuclear-Free World.
WISCONSIN FAITH LEADERS STATEMENT ON IMPEACHMENT - January 15, 2021
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 01/16/2021 - 6:24pmWe, the undersigned Wisconsin faith leaders, are profoundly disturbed by persistent attempts over the last two months to overturn the will of the people as expressed in the November election, which has been called “the most secure in American history.”[1] These efforts came to a head last week in the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol and our democratically elected leaders of all parties. As leaders of faith, we claim our role as part of our country’s moral conscience.
CALL TO PROTEST INTERNATIONALLY - The World Says No to War on Yemen - Add Your Group's Name!
Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 11:57amWe call on people around the world to protest the war on January 25, 2021. Since 2015, the Saudi-led bombing and blockade of Yemen have killed tens of thousands of people and devastated the country. The U.N. calls this the largest humanitarian crisis on Earth.
Sulfide Mine Permit Denied: “A Win for Wetlands”
Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/08/2021 - 4:52pmMARQUETTE, MI, Friday, January 8, 2021 – Regional environmental groups are celebrating the news that a disputed Wetlands Permit for Aquila Resources’ Back Forty sulfide mine has been denied by a Michigan Administrative Law Judge, concluding a two year review of the contested case.
View the ACLU's 'BIDEN-HARRIS TO-DO LIST' - and continue to push for bold measures
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 2:11pmStop the Line 3 Pipeline - for water, for treaties, for climate
Submitted by admin on Sun, 12/27/2020 - 5:37pmhttps://www.stopline3.org/#intro . Line 3 is a proposed pipeline expansion to bring nearly a million barrels of tar sands per day from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. It was proposed in 2014 by Enbridge, a Canadian pipeline company responsible for the largest inland oil spill in the US. Enbridge seeks to build a new pipeline corridor through untouched wetlands and the treaty territory of Anishinaabe peoples, through the Mississippi River headwaters to the shore of Lake Superior.
Send a message to save our rivers!
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 6:16pmAmerican Rivers, a national conservation group, has designated the Menominee River on the Michigan-Wisconsin border, one of the 10 most endangered rivers in the U.S. because of the threat of toxic sulfide mining next to the river.
Please go to American Rivers' website and send a message to Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) to ban the dangerous tailings dam associated with toxic mining and deny a permit for the proposed Back Forty mine:
Echo Valley Farm offers sustainable farming internships & longterm positions
Submitted by admin on Sun, 12/27/2020 - 5:34pmEcho Valley Farm is offering long term or permanent positions for those ready for the challenges of living on a farming community.
Beginning March 1, 2021 through October 2021
Gardening From Seed to Harvest
This is an internship with the possibility of staying on at Echo Valley Farm.
Accommodations and meals will be provided.
Forward! Marching Band - Raise Your Voice Up VIDEO
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 8:13pmWhile the Covid Pandemic has mostly kept us off the streets and from doing what we love the most-gathering a crowd and building community-we have been staying engaged with each other and trying to make new connections with other groups. We've created a couple of online videos during the pandemic and would be interested in working with WNPJ member groups who would like to use our music and/or videos to enhance their online events or social media presence.
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Upcoming Events
Enbridge Line 3 RESISTANCE - Video interview with Paul DeMain
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 4:28pmBuilding Unity’s Media Project interviews Paul DeMain, nationally known journalist and environmental activist. Paul brings us first hand news about Enbridge’s rush to lay a lot of pipe before 5 courts are scheduled to give Native Nations their days in Court in 35 to 40 days. As all of this is happening, indigenous and non-indigenous resisters pray, sing, and cause disruptions and delays for huge semi trucks of pipe. Enbridge brought 4,000 pipe laying workers in from all around the country.
Court Orders Veterans Affairs Department to Replace Flawed Science in Plutonium Disaster Case - Jan 1, 2021
Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/03/2021 - 7:27pmMake Vaccine a Priority for Those Incarcerated in our WI Prisons - Public Comment through Jan 18
Submitted by Staff on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 11:12am2020 was a dreadful episode of human rights violations
Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 7:54pm2020 is a dark closure to a dark decade in terms of realizing human rights and humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories.
(submitted by Peregrine Forum)
State issues consumption warning for Lake Superior smelt over PFAS contamination - Jan 15
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 01/16/2021 - 4:49pmSafe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin sues National Guard over environmental review of F-35 projects
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 4:32pmNational Guard sued over environmental review of F-35 projects at Truax Field
Wisconsin State Journal - December 7, 2020 | Chris Hubbuch
A group opposed to basing F-35 fighter jets in Madison is suing the National Guard over its environmental review of construction to prepare Truax Field to host the new planes.
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