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WNPJ in the news
Submitted by staff on Wed, 03/19/2014 - 2:44pmDespite the recent (and very welcome) thaw, Mike McCabe calls for more sunshine and Voces de la Frontera for more compassion. Click on titles to read the entire stories.
Community members, leaders attend Fast for Families forum to talk about immigration issues. Voces de la Frontera is hosting a Wisconsin tour of Fast for Families, a group promoting awareness of immigration issues, connections between immigrants and non-immigrants, and immigration reform.
WNPJ members in the news
Submitted by staff on Wed, 02/26/2014 - 3:17pm
WNPJ members remain active. Please click on titles to read entire articles.
As the song goes, "Give Peace a Chance." The Dane County United Nations Association just named Dr. Vincent Kavaloski its Global Citizen of the Year. Dr. Kavaloski, a professor of philosophy at Edgewood College where he specializes in the Philosophy of Peace. He has dedicated much of his career to teaching nonviolence. "Obtaining peace through non-violent means takes work," Dr. Kavaloski says. "You have to work hard against the war movement if you want peace." J. Patrick Reilly, The Dodgeville Chronicle, 2/20/14. The Dane County UNA is a WNPJ member group.
WNPJ members in the news
Submitted by staff on Wed, 02/19/2014 - 2:59pmFebruary has been frigid, but WNPJ members and groups stay active. Click on titles to read the entire stories.
Citizens Peacefully Defy G-Tac's "Off-Limits" Zone
Submitted by staff on Mon, 02/17/2014 - 8:35pm
About 50 people gathered on Sunday, February 16, to call on Gogebic Taconite to respect the rights of the Bad River Ojibwe and halt all mining activity in the Penokee Hills. Those who were present crossed the boundary into Managed Forest land officially deemed "closed" under a special law passed for G-Tac's benefit last fall, allowing them to close off land around a mine site that would normally allow public access without paying significant tax penalties required of all other MFL landowners.
Two groups marched from either end of the site along State Highway 77 to converge on the access road being used by G-Tac for exploratory drilling and bulk sampling activity. The group sang songs and people walked into the sunny, snow-filled woods along the access road, an old railroad siding. Although everyone who came crossed into the "forbidden zone," no police showed up and nobody was cited for trespassing.
WNPJ members and groups in the news
Submitted by staff on Fri, 01/31/2014 - 3:16pm
Despite the "chilly" weather, WNPJ members stay active. Click on titles to read the entire articles.
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project ambassador impressed by local youth facilities: "Every place I visited here is amazing.... But I don't like this weather," said Anees Mansour, director of the Rachel Corrie Cultural Center for Children and Youth in Rafah, while visiting Madison as the guest of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project.
Jeff Patterson, co-founder of PSR Wisconsin, dies
Submitted by staff on Sat, 01/25/2014 - 9:25am
We're very sad to hear, via member group PSR-Wisconsin, that Dr. Jeff Patterson, a warm and wise man devoted to human health, the environment, and the abolition of nuclear weapons, has passed. Below is PSR's statement on his loss.
Jeff Patterson, DO, Madison physician and professor was an indefatigable champion serving Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Wisconsin and will be sorely missed by all who knew and worked with him. Jeff passed away on Thursday night, January 23, of a heart attack.
Dr. Patterson's first work with PSR was to establish the Madison PSR chapter. With two other founding members and students at the UW medical school, they challenged the concept of a “winnable nuclear war.” Hundreds of people joined to formalize the Madison PSR chapter in 1983. Jeff remained very active in the chapter throughout three decades, and particularly enjoyed providing direction to interested medical students and nurturing their understanding of humanitarian ethics and activism.
Articles by or about WNPJ members and groups
Submitted by staff on Wed, 01/15/2014 - 3:12pm
WNPJ member groups are active and keep turning up in the news. Click on titles to read the entire articles.
How the Washington Post distorts Colombia: In this essay, Jack Laun of the Colombia Support Network, describes United States government complicity in the use of paramilitary forces in Colombia's "dirty war" against both guerillas and noncombatants, including an attack on the Peace Community of Apartado in 2005. He also examines how U.S. policy favors the profits of huge corporations over the needs of Colombia's poor. Counterpunch, 1/15/14. See also Jack's comments in Why US policy towards Colombia lacks integrity, coherence on the Voice of Russia, American edition. The Colombia Support Network is a WNPJ member group.
News by and about WNPJ members and groups
Submitted by staff on Wed, 01/08/2014 - 2:05pmFour arti
cles to close out the old year. Click on titles to read entire articles.
Student leader loves role: Colin Bowden, president of the MATC Student Senate and a member of Madison's Community Block grant Committee was the subject of a recent "Know your Madisonian" column. Asked what he'd be doing in five years he replied "Helping improve people’s lives. That’s the major thrust no matter what it is."
