In the News
Save the Date - November 13th for the annual WNPJ Fall Assembly - It's time to talk about a Just Transition
Submitted by volunteer on Sat, 09/18/2021 - 10:18pm
WNPJ is excited to be grounding the next chapter of our work in the Just Transition framework put forth by Climate Justice Alliance, a national network made up of locally, tribally, and regionally-based racial and economic justice organizations of Indigenous Peoples, Black, Latinx, Asian Pacific Islander, and poor white communities.
Just Transition is a vision-led, unifying and place-based set of principles, processes, and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy. This means approaching production and consumption cycles holistically and waste-free. The transition itself must be just and equitable; redressing past harms and creating new relationships of power for the future through reparations. If the process of transition is not just, the outcome will never be. Just Transition describes both where we are going and how we get there.
Upcoming Event: The theme of WNPJ’s Fall Assembly will be the Just Transition! Planned virtually for Saturday, November 13th - stay tuned for registration details!
Report and video from Madison's Mobilization Against Militarism on Sept. 11th
Submitted by volunteer on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 8:29pm
Interfaith Peace Working Group Newsletter Sept 2021
Submitted by volunteer on Sat, 09/11/2021 - 5:20pmWe're pleased to share with you the Fall issue of the Interfaith Peace Working Group Newsletter! We believe you will find the articles informative and useful for discussion and study in your congregation/synagogue/mosque or other local faith community.
To Counter Terror, Abolish War - by Kathy Kelly
Submitted by volunteer on Sat, 09/11/2021 - 4:10pm
Kathy Kelly writes: On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was among a small group of U.S. citizens who sat on milk crates or stood holding signs, across from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Manhattan. We had been fasting from solid foods for a month, calling for an end to brutal economic warfare waged against Iraq through imposition of U.N. sanctions.
“Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor” by Dena Eakles
Submitted by volunteer on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 4:00pm
It’s not everyday you welcome those without a home driven from their beloved country for fear of life and liberty. It’s not everyday you’re reminded of the tenants of our country as proclaimed in Emma Lazarus’ poem “Give me your tired, your poor.” I read of human beings escaping Afghanistan with little to no belongings. Families, occupations and dreams shattered. Many will reside at Fort McCoy. To date nearly nine thousand, mostly children, have arrived.
The Summer 2021 Newsletter “Action on Colombia” has been posted
Submitted by volunteer on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 4:07pmSee colombiasupport.net , the menu item “Newsletters” and it can be accessed directly via the link below. https://colombiasupport.net/2021/09/csn-newsletter-summer-2021/
MREA Newsletter - How do we achieve a more equitable energy economy?
Submitted by volunteer on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 2:38pm
How do we achieve a more equitable energy economy? If you ask NAACP Field Organizer and MREA Vice President Denise Abdul-Rahman, she’ll kindly tell you we need a system that increases employment opportunities and decreases pollution externalities. She’ll say it starts with dialogue—with listening to communities in need and valuing community knowledge. And then she’ll ask you to re-imagine how a new, clean energy economy can work for all. Today, we’re challenging you to help create actions and outcomes around this dialogue.
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Submitted by volunteer on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 12:53pm