Month: January 2022

Sign-on in support of March Forth to Earth Day! (Mar. 4th – Apr. 22) Help us create a powerful, accessable, covid-cautious, and efficient climate action project in cities and towns across Wisconsin. We’re calling it March Forth to Earth Day. March 4th is the deadline for submitting comments to the DNR regarding their draft Environmental […]

Saturday, Jan. 22 – 6:00 pm Sustainable Saturday Night – Supporting Indigenous-led efforts to stop pipelines and other threats to Earth. To register for this Zoom event, visit: tinyurl.com/122RegisterNoPipelines. The event will also be live streamed via Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/buildingunitywi

By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared and delivered in part to the 19th Annual MLK Day virtual webinar held in the city of Detroit. The event has been held online for the last two years due to the pandemic and its impact on the city and its environs. This webinar was organized by […]

January 15, 2022 People’s Organization for Progress (POP), Newark, NJ / Photo: Bill Solow By Larry Hamm, Chairman of People’s Organization for Progress January 18, 2022 Reprinted On January 15th — the actual birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — the People’s Organization For Progress held its annual march in his honor in Newark. […]

Wisconsin’s new voting district maps are in the hands of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. It is our goal to keep this issue in the public eye and let the courts know that we are watching and expect them to act in a nonpartisan manner when deciding which maps will determine representation in our state […]

THURSDAY JANUARY 20 6:PM  WNPJ.ORG FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES SPEAK OUT FOR FAIR MAPS  Live Streaming: Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice www.facebook.com/groups/40442679529  Better yet Register for Zoom link: www.wnpj.org/fairmaps-Jan20Lots of lawyers, analysts and politicians will be commenting tomorrow January 19th about the  oral arguments before the WI Supreme Court (see them starting at 9 AM: https://wiseye.org/schedule/.)But this forum the next evening will give voice to […]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 21st Annual MLK Justice Program Monday, January 17, 2022 1 pm – Outdoor Gathering at Dr. King’s Statue 1700 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive (just north of Walnut St.) Civil rights songs, Words of Dr. King performed by actor Andre Lee Ellis, and an open mic for […]