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WNPJ's Fall Assembly and Awards Celebration - Milwaukee
Submitted by Staff on Tue, 10/27/2015 - 6:49amSaturday, November 14, 2015
WNPJ's Fall Assembly and Awards Celebration
4:00 to 7:30 pm
Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition
5235 S 27th St, Greenfield, WI 53221
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Program:
No Charges Against Activists Arrested at White House
Submitted by Staff on Thu, 10/15/2015 - 3:03pmCHARGES WILL NOT BE FILED AGAINST 15 CITIZEN ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT WHITE HOUSE IN SEPTEMBER
WHO: Members of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) have been speaking out against the illegal actions of the United States government since 2003. They have organized numerous actions across the country involving nonviolent civil resistance as they call attention to the crimes of our government.
Wisconsin Walk for Peace and Justice: Nine Arrested at Volk Field
Submitted by Staff on Thu, 08/27/2015 - 1:49pmBy Joy First
August 26, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TupqWWfmXY&feature=youtu.be
Voices for Creative Nonviolence engaged with a number of Wisconsin peace groups to organize an 8-day 90-mile walk across southwest Wisconsin from August 18-25. The purpose of the walk was to call attention and make connections between the militarized police violence at home and the military using violence abroad through drone warfare and by other means. In both cases the victims are people of color, which forces us to reflect on the systemic racism of our society.
Let It Shine
Submitted by Staff on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 8:00amBy Kathy Kelly, August 25, 2015
“This little light of mine, I’m gonna’; let it shine! Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.’
Imagine children lustily singing the above lines which eventually became a civil rights anthem. Their innocence and happy resolve enlightens us. Yes! In the face of wars, refugee crises, weapon proliferation and unaddressed climate change impacts, let us echo the common sense of children. Let goodness shine. Or, as our young friends in Afghanistan have put it, #Enough! They write the word, in Dari, on the palms of their hands and show it to cameras, wanting to shout out their desire to abolish all wars.
Anglers upset by DNR's move to sell land with trout ponds
Submitted by Staff on Fri, 08/21/2015 - 2:05pmAnglers upset by Wisconsin move to sell 1,000 acres with ponds that sustain native brook trout by Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — Anglers are upset over a move by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources toward selling 1,000 acres of state-owned land that contain several spring-fed ponds with native brook trout populations.
Mother Earth is Weeping for her Children: The US Military Must Stop Environmental Ecocide
Submitted by Staff on Tue, 04/28/2015 - 9:49amby Joy First, April 27, 2015
As I traveled to DC to risk arrest in an action organized by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) I was feeling both nervous, but also knowing this is what I needed to be doing. This would be my first arrest since I was arrested at the CIA in June 2013, and served a one-year probation sentence after an October 2013 trial. Taking almost two years off from risking arrest helped me to really examine what I was doing and why, and I was committed to continuing to live a life in resistance to the crimes of our government.
My Five Days in "POD A" at the Juneau County Jail
Submitted by Staff on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 2:54pmBonnie Block Contact: blbb24@att.net
On April 1, 2015 a six person jury found me guilty of trespassing at the Volk Field Open House because I handed out leaflets with four questions about drone warfare in the parking lot of the Wisconsin National Guard Museum. National Guard personnel deemed that “propaganda” sight unseen. The result was my arrest, being charged with trespass, pretrial motions to greatly limit the evidence I could present to the jury and ultimately the trial. The fine was $232 but I felt I couldn’t in good conscience pay it.
The Storm Is Over
Submitted by Staff on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 2:31pmby Kathy Kelly, April 11, 2015
Lightning flashed across Kentucky skies a few nights ago. "I love storms," said my roommate, Gypsi, her eyes bright with excitement. Thunder boomed over the Kentucky hills and Atwood Hall, here in Lexington, KY's federal prison. I fell asleep thinking of the gentle, haunting song our gospel choir sings: "It's over now, It's over now. I think that I can make it. The storm is over now."
I awoke the next morning feeling confused and bewildered. Why had the guards counted us so many times? "That was lightning," Gypsi said, giggling. The guards shine flashlight in our rooms three times a night, to count us, and I generally wake up each time; that night the storm was also a culprit.
