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WNPJ members have been busy this summer, sharing information and opinions in letters to the editor! Here's a round up - click "read more" to see the full list:
Joyce F. Guinn, The Journal Sentinel, Sep 1, 2011, Tax dollars support illegal occupation
Steve Burns, The Capital Times, Aug 24-30, 2011, Iowa 'poll' microcosm of GOP's desires
Bob Reuschlein, The Wisconsin State Journal, Aug 11, 2011, Keep the recalls going in early 2012
John Murphy, The Wisconsin State Journal, Aug 22, 2011, We need jobs, not more trade deals
Roger Buffett, The Wisconsin State Journal , Aug 14, 2011, View state budget with broader perspective
Esther Heffernan, The Cap Times, Aug 3-9, 2011, Earned release repeal is wrong way to go
Bonnie Block, The Isthmus, Aug 5, 2011, Court for sale
John Nichols chose WNPJ member group Voces de la Frontera as the most valuable grass-roots group in his 2012 most valuable progressives list. In addition to their work to organize and defend immigrant workers, Nichols cites their work with anti-war and gay rights groups, defense of public workers, campaign to overturn the voter ID law, and fight a discriminatory redistricting plan. Read the article here.
Vigil for Peace celebrated its 30th anniversary (1981 – 2011) in downtown Madison at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Doty Street, Monday, December 5, 2011. This was our thirteen hundred and third (1303) week of vigiling every Monday except federal holidays. We come together each week in *“Watchful Alertness” to say “No” to war and “Yes” to peace. The Raging Grannies joined us in song - All welcome each Monday noon. Contact Mary Beth Schlagheck (3rd from left) at mbspeace1@charter.net
A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in the US, led by Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong, paid tribute to the late Dr. Judith Ladinsky (pictured) in Madison on Sunday. Dr. Ladinsky, a WNPJ Peacemaker of the Year in 2011, died in January at age 73. Ambassador Cuong expressed his condolences to Ladinsky’s family and thanked for her enduring support for the Vietnamese people, especially when Vietnam was under the US embargo. As Chair of the US Committee for Medical Cooperation with Vietnam since 1980, Ladinsky brought scientists from both countries together, which laid the foundation for bilateral cooperation in health care, agriculture, education and social sciences.By Daniel Barlow
Vermont Press Bureau
March 9, 2010
MONTPELIER – Rep. Michael Fisher has spent the last four years talking about what he sees as the illegal use of the Vermont National Guard in overseas conflicts, with little luck in moving a bill that could challenge the practice.
He's now hoping lawmakers in Wisconsin might be more understanding.
According to a recent report by Kevin Kamps, of the Radioactive Waste Watchdog group, Beyond 
Nuclear - Wisconsin's Senator Russ Feingold led an effort, joined by six other U.S. Senators from around the Great Lakes, to put the brakes on a risky radioactive waste shipment that would traverse Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, and the rivers that connect them. By doing so, they have challenged this precedent-setting shipment that could lead to even more risky high-level radioactive waste shipments on Lake Michigan, targeted for the Port of Milwaukee.
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger, a WNPJ member group, reports: Badger Army Ammunition Plant officials have reported that sampling conducted in June detected unsafe levels of explosives in a groundwater monitoring well in a rural neighborhood north of Prairie du Sac.
Barb Nichols, newly-elected president of the UNA Dane County chapter, announces a call for nominees for the annual Global Citizen Award. This will be the fifth year that UNA Dane County will honor a Dane County resident who has made a special contribution to improve the lives of others. The Global Citizen award will be presented at our annual UN Day luncheon on October 28, 2012. This Global Citizen award is presented to someone whose work contributes to the well-being of all humankind in the spirit of the United Nations. We believe many citizens work with little recognition and reward and are important to the development of a more sane and just world. Therefore, we will honor a Dane County resident as a sign of hope and an example for others to follow. We invite your nomination. Read more below, to learn how.....
608-250-9240, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, 122 State Street, Suite 405A, Madison, WI 53703, Send an email to the office info@wnpj.org.
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