Newsletter Spring 2013

 

Featured Article: Where guns are concerned, the personal is political

On Thursday, February 7th, the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort (WAVE) (www.waveedfund.org) sponsored a Community Wide Candlelight Vigil to End Gun Violence. The event was held at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Madison. Despite the snowy weather, over a hundred people gathered to mourn those lost to gun violence and to support efforts to end gun violence. I
was honored to be invited to speak at the vigil and we are reprinting my remarks from the vigil below:

Those of use who express outrage over the pervasiveness of guns in our community and who call for an end to gun violence are often accused of politicizing events like the mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Newsletter Fall 2012

 

Featured Article: Momma, where are all of those people right now?

When the thunder and lightening began around 6:00 a.m. on August 16th our 7 year old daughter Minna padded into our room and climbed in bed to snuggle. She was so quiet that I thought she had fallen back to sleep, she took my hand and quietly said “momma, you know how you talk about people who don’t have houses or anyplace to live? Where are all of those people right now?” The best I could do was to tell her that I didn’t know but that I hoped they were all safe and dry. Of course I knew better.

When the doors opened for school in Madison on September 4th the Transitional Education Program... (view entire newsletter)

 

Past Newsletters:

Newsletter Summer 2012	Newsletter Winter 2012	Newsletter Fall 2011
Newsletter Spring 2011	Newsletter Winter 2011	Newsletter Fall 2010

 

Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice Petition on Health Care Reform Event
Youtube Video: 8/2/12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV15F_FeiEM&feature-colike

 

Partners in Change:

http://www.spectrummadison.com
 

Longest Night Memorial Service: Honor lost homeless on longest night:

http://madison.com/wsj/news/opinion/mailbag
 
SB 207 Remedy in Search of  a Problem:

http://www.madisonvoices.com/> :
 
Podcast: Linda Ketcham and Tom Woodmansee, Community Against Violence, aired 12/21/11
http://ibmadison.com/podcast

 

Walker and His Henchmen Try Rolling Back More Civiel Rights Protection:
http://progressive.org/scott_walker_civil_rights.html