Regularly Scheduled Meetings

  These WNPJ events that meet on a regular basis - are organized by REGIONS below:

 1) Northwest; 2) West; 3) Central; 4) Northeast; 5) Southeast and southern areas; 6) Milwaukee area; 7) Southwest; and 8) Madison area

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1)Northwest

Mon 6 - 7pm Weekly Peace and Justice Walk – River Falls. Meet on the UWRF campus at Cascade Street and 2nd St., across from “Journey” House. The River Falls Peace and Justice Walkers meet and walk through the downtown of River Falls. Join us! Contact Doug Holden at d.n.holden@comcast.net

Tues 9:30 - 10:30 am Weekly Anti-war Vigil - Park Falls. All welcome. We would ask people who plan to join in to call first so we know how many signs to bring.  Thanks. Don and Roberta  715-762-8239 or  don2roberta@yahoo.com

Tues 4:30 pm Weekly Peace Vigil – Ashland. Main St. and Chapple Ave.  Contact Spadoman1@mac.com or Carl at northlanduguana@gmail.com

Tues 5:30 pm Peace North Monthly Meeting – Hayward. At the public library. : Second Tuesday, followed by a movie. www.peacenorth.org

Tues 6:00 pm Monthly Meeting of Veterans for Peace #80 - Superior. Superior Public Library. Third Tuesday of each month. Contact: Andy Anderson at sweetpeapete@msn.com or 218-729-6712

Wed 12 noon Bi-monthly Vigil for Peace – Duluth. Lake & Superior St. 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. Contact: Women in Black coordinator, Penny Cragun at 727-2972 or Jan Provost at g4peace1@charter.net

Wed 4:30 – 5:30 pm Weekly Prayer Vigil for Peace – Webster. Meet in the parking lot of Grace United Methodist Church.  Parking lot is located on Hwy. 35 one block north of Main Street. Contact:  Jean McLaughlin at laughlin@sirentel.net

Thurs 12 noon - 12:45pm Weekly Counter-recruitment Vigil - Duluth, MN.  At the Army Recruiting Center, Superior Street and 4th Avenue West. For more information, contact 218-728-0629.

Wed 7 - 8 pm Weekly Silent Prayer for Peace – Eau Claire. St. Bede Monastery Chapel.  Call 715-834-3176 for more information.

Fri 3:30 - 4:30 pm Weekly Vigil for Peace - Hayward.   At the intersection of  Highways 63 and 27. All welcome to this weekly event. Contact: carolh@cheqnet.net

Fri 4 – 5 pm Monthly Vigil for Peace – Hayward. At the intersection of Highways 27 and 63. Bring your own sign or use ours.  Good parking. 3rd Friday each month as part of the Iraq Moratorium. Sponsored by Peace North. See www.peacenorth.org

Fri  4 - 6 pm The People for Peace monthly stand for peace - Rice Lake. At the corner of Knapp and Main streets on the north end of town. The stand is in observance of Iraq Moratorium Day. Please bring a sign and join us. Everyone is welcome to attend. For more information you can contact Sybella Yarish at 715-719-0246

Fri 4-5 pm Iraq Moratorium Event - Menomonie. Crescent (12/29)and 6th Ave at the Veterans Memorial,  which is located in front of Menomonie Market Food Coop . Bring a sign, and plan to warm up at Acoustic Cafe to talk about the issues and to  plan for next month 's stand.  Contact Steve at shanson@uppitywis.org

Fri 4 – 5 pm Monthly Rally for Peace – Superior. On the corner of Broadway and Hammond. Sponsored by the Northland Chapter of Grandmothers for Peace.

We have signs that say stop the war and healthcare not warfare. The response from passer bys has been mostly positive! Contact Jan at  G4peace1@charter.net

Fri 5 – 6 pm Stand for Peace – Eau Claire. Meet at the corner of Brackett Ave and S. Hastings Way (aka "Hwy 53"). This event occurs the third Friday of each month. The "stand" will be in the grassy section at the corner, on the Red Parrot (formerly "Woos Pagoda") side of the S. Hastings Way. Questions? Contact  Lou Recine at recinelouis@sbcglobal.net.

Sat 11 am Weekly Peace Vigil – Chippewa Falls. At the corner of Bridge and River. Contact Thomas Chisholm, Gaylord Oppegard and others at lagoclam@aol.com.

Sun 2 - 3  pm Weekly Peace Vigil - Siren. At the stoplight at the corner of State Hwys. 35 and 70. All welcome. Contact: Steve Pearson pearson@sirentel.net

Sun 2 pm Northland Anti-war Coalition Bi-Monthly Planning Meeting – Duluth. Sara’s Table/Chester Creek Café (8th St. and 19th Ave. E). 2nd and 4th Sundays each month. Contact Carl at northlandiguana@gmail.com

2) West

Mon 9 am  Monthly Meeting of the Interfaith Justice and Peace Group - La Crosse. Grandview Building , 1707 Main St. This group meets the second Monday of each month. Contact: June Kjome at jkjome@centurytel.net

Mon 12 - 12:30 pm Weekly Vigil for Peace – LaCrosse. Downtown Post Office. Meets every week, except Federal holidays. Contact: Gail Vaughn at vaughn.gail@uwlax.edu.

Wed 4 – 5 pm Weekly Anti-War Protest – La Crosse. At the corner of Market and West Avenues. Sponsored by Veterans for Peace. All welcome with your signs. Contact Duane Teschler at napeacefulwarior@yahoo.com  or Guy Wolf at wolfclan3@centurytel.net

Thurs 12:45 – 1:15 pm Weekly Women in Black peace vigil – LaCrosse.  UW-La Crosse at the north entrance to the Cartwright Center (near the traffic circle). This gathering will continue every Thursday through May 6 except for March 18.  For more information contact Deborah Buffton at Buffton.debo@uwlax.edu or 608-779-9861.

 Fri 5 – 6 pm Iraq Moratorium Monthly Vigil – LaCrosse. Held the third Friday of each month at the corner of Cass and Third Street, at the foot of blue bridge over the Mississippi River. Please contact Duane Teschler(War Moratorium/Veteran for Peace) napeacefulwarior@yahoo.com or 608-784 1737  or Cathy at cvmaren@mwt.net.

3) Central

Wed 12 noon – 1 pm Weekly Peace Vigil – Watertown. At City Hall. All welcome. Contact: Ray Murawski at mura428@Netwurx.net

Thurs 5 pm Monthly Peace Vigil of the Portage Area Peace Seekers - Portage. Chamber Mall. First Thursday of each month. Contact: Sue and Charles Bradley at 608-742-7644 or cbradley@palacenet.net

Thurs 7 pm People for Peace Monthly Meeting – Waupaca.  At the Chez Marché Cafe in downtown Waupaca. Waupaca People for Peace meets the third Thursday of each month. Meetings are open to everyone.  Call the cafe at 715-256-2672 to clarify meeting times and sites or contact: Bonni Miller at bonni@waupacaonline.net

Fri 12 noon - 1 pm Silent Prayer Vigil for Peace  - Woodruff. Holy Family Church, in the small chapel. Contact: Sr. Ann Wittman at crossings@holycrosssisters.org . All are welcome to join in this weekly witness for peace.

Fri 5 – 6 pm Monthly Vigil for Peace – Waupaca. Downtown, on the town square. 3rd Friday of each month, in support of the Iraq Moratorium. All welcome. For more information, contact People for Peace at bonni@waupacaonline.net or see http://wpfpmeetings.blogspot.com/

Sat 10:50 – 12 noon Monthly Vigil for Peace – Minocqua.  Meet at the corner of Hwy 51 and Hwy 70. Every third Saturday. Sponsored by the Northwoods Peace Coalition. Contact Jerry Woolpy at jerryw@earlham.edu

4) Northeast

Mon 9 - 10 am Weekly Walking Meditation - Eagle River. All beginning meditators welcome as we walk with Many Ways of Peace Sangha. Contact: Mary Jo Berner, mjberner@nnex.net

Thurs 5 – 6 pm Weekly Demonstration for Health Care Reform – Fond du Lac. Corner of Johnson and Peters.   Signs available, or make your own.  Contact:  Donna Richards at dhrichards@charter.net or sstorch@csasisters.org

Fri 4 - 5 pm Weekly Stand for Peace – Sheboygan. 9th and Erie. Sponsored by Sheboygan Peace-Seekers. Contact: Chris Kuehnel, 920-918-2405.

Fri 4:30 - 5 pm Weekly Peace Vigil - Manitowoc. At Maritime Drive and 8th Street. Every Friday evening.  Contact: Linda Hunter at huntel@comcast.net.

Fri 4:30 pm Monthly Peace vigil for the Iraq Moratorium – Ripon. On the Square, by City Hall.  3rd Friday each month. Wear black armbands. Contacts: Kent Gallaway, Todd Berens, and Dianne W Ashley at kgallaway54971@yahoo.com

Sat 11:30 am Bi-monthly Stand for Peace - West Bend. Corner of Decorah and Main. 2nd and 4th Sat. Information - Tom Haebig, 262-334-3179, Peaceseekers of Washington County.

Sat 11 am - 12 noon Monthly Vigil for Peace - Appleton. At College Avenue and Appleton. Sponsored by the Fox Valley Peace Coalition. First Saturday of each month. Contact 920-733-8394 or ronnas@athenet.net.

Sun 1 - 2 pm Monthly Vigil of Resistance to the War in Iraq - Green Bay. At the corner of Webster and Mason. Gathering the first Sunday of each month. All welcome. Contact: Jill Bussiere at jdt@itol.com

5) Southern

Mon 7:30 pm Monthly Coffee Talks! -  Rockford, IL. JustGoods fair trade meeting room, 201 Seventh Street . Held on the 2nd Monday each month. Contact Stanley Campbell at Peaceman50@aol.com  or 815-964-7111.

Tues 4 pm  Stop the War/It's time for peace vigil – Janesville.  Rock Valley-Fellowship of Reconciliation continues to vigil at Ryan's office (20 S. Main St. in Janesville) We have plenty of signs and hope to keep our vigil focused.  For more information contact: Sue Nelson at  snelson@habiba.org.   

Tues 5 – 6 pm Weekly Meeting of P.E.A.C.E.  - Whitewater. In the University Center. Contact: Karen Drydyk at DrydykKR23@uww.edu 

5/21 Thurs 7 pm Regular meeting of Racine Coalition for Peace & Justice - Racine. At the Cup of Hope coffee shop, 507 6th Street.  In case of street construction, one can enter from 7th Street. First and third Thursdays of each month. Info: Dick Kinch 262-638-0204.

Fri 5 – 6 pm Weekly Peace Vigil – DeKalb. At Memorial Park on the corner of North First Street and Lincoln Hwy. (downtown DeKalb). Sponsored by the DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice. Contact Dan Kenney at dkenney53@hotmail.com

Fri 4 pm Iraq Moratorium vigil - Janesville. On the corner of Blackbridge Rd. and Milton Ave. Sponsored by the Rock Valley Fellowship of Reconciliation. this vigil meets on the Third Friday of every month. Join in with signs, including "Honk for Peace" signs. Contact: kholcombe8117@charter.net

Sat 10 – 11 am Monthly Racine Stand for Peace – Racine. Southeast corner of Highways 20 and 31. Third Saturday of each month, excluding winter months.  Info: Dick Kinch, dkinch@rootcom.net .

6) Milwaukee area

Tues 7 pm Monthly Meeting of the WI Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba – Milwaukee. At the Central United Methodist Church, 639 N. 25th St. Meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Contact Art Heitzer at info@CubaWiFriends.org.

Madison

2nd Wed of each month, WILPF will meet at Taqueria El Pastor, 2010 S Park St, 6:00 - 8:00. Contact: Mary Sanderson at maryhsanderson@hotmail.com

Wed 7 pm Monthly General Meeting of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers - Madison - In the Red Gym at UW. Meets the third  Wed of each month. Contact: Char Thompson at  charkt@charter.net.

Thurs 3 – 5  pm Monthly Meeting of the Coalition for Wisconsin Health – Madison. At the Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St.  Third Thursday of each month. Contact: Kate Wenban at kwenban@tds.net.

Thurs 7:00 pm Meeting of the East Timor Action Network (ETAN/Madison) – Madison. Mother Fool’s Coffee Shop on Williamson St. Regular meetings on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. Contact: madison@etan.org or call 608-244-4563. See www.aideeasttimor.org to learn more.

Sun 8:30 – 11:00 am Madison Hours Pancake Breakfast  - Madison. Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Second Sunday each month. The pancakes are organic and vegan. You can get 'em plain or with nuts and/or fruits. There's oven-roasted potatoes, organic fair trade coffee, oj, live music, friends and neighbors, and so forth and so on. Best of all, it helps keep local currency healthy in Madison, WI!! Just $8.50 for Adults, kids eat free. Up to 1/4 HOUR is accepted per admission.