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Wisconsin: Anti-War / Peace (Free Palestine!, Water IS Life!) Events August 26-31, 2024 (City Listings)

Camp Douglas 
Tues Aug 27, 3:45 – 4:45 pm VIGIL AGAINST THE DRONES. OUTSIDE THE GATES OF VOLK FIELD. Please join us for this vigil.  We must keep vigilant and continue to speak out against killer drones.  Our first vigil against drone warfare was at Volk Field on December 1, 2011, and so we are starting our 13th year of vigiling.  The vigil at Volk Field is a legal vigil where we will be on public property.  As always, it will be a solemn vigil, remembering the victims of US government drone attacks.
We hope to see you at the vigil.  If you can’t come this time, mark your calendar.  We usually vigil on the 4th Tuesday of every month.  If you have any questions about the weather or direction or car-pooling, please call or email Joy at 608 239-4327 or joyfirst5@gmail.com or Bonnie at 608-256-5088 or blb24@earthlink.net.  Wisconsin Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars

LA CROSSE
Thurs Aug 29, 12 noon – 12:30 pm Weekly Women in Black Peace Vigil. Meet at Main St & 4th Street South. A weekly vigil for peace every Thursday. Contact Deborah. dbuffton@yahoo.com  

MADISON
Mon Aug 26, 12 noon – 1 pm Monday Noon Vigil for Peace, Meet at the corner of MLK, Jr. Blvd and Doty St. For more information, call Tim at 608-630-3633

MILWAUKEE
Mon Aug 26, 7 – 9 pm “Caring About Cuba – Several Perspectives”. At the Milwaukee Friends Meeting House – 3224 N. Gordon Place. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. The United Nations Association of Greater Milwaukee endorses and supports this event. Art Heitzer and Sandra Edhlund have made a dozen visits to Cuba. In July 2024, they attended the graduation of US medical students in Cuba.  They will address the work of the  Saving Lives (in Cuba) Campaign.
The Saving Lives Campaign is dedicated to providing needed medical supplies and food to the Cuban people; to ending 64 years of an economic blockade by the United States; and to have Cuba removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List. Barbara Markoff and River Kaster will share their Global Volunteers experience volunteering at a Salvation Army location near Old Havana and leading conversational English classes for local Cuban residents. For more information, visit the following two websites. https://wicuba.org/ or https://savinglives.us-cubanormalization.org/

MILWAUKEE
Thurs Aug 29, 12 noon – 1 pm ANTI-ROTC VIGIL -Meet in front of the Marquette University Library on 14th & Wisconsin Ave. We must not teach our young to destroy an enemy. We must love our enemies. Quetions? Contact Casa Maria Catholic Worker House – shadmuss1983@gmail.com

MILWAUKEE
Sat Aug 31, 12 noon – 1 pm Peace Action WI – Weekly STAND for PEACE: Lincoln Memorial/La Fayette Hill. Each Saturday, a different location.  Join us. Bring your signs. info@peaceactionwi.org    
 
PETOSKEY, MI
Sat Aug 31, 12 noon – 9 pm Water is Life Festival – Petoskey Waterfront, 101 E Lake St. Come celebrate the Water and our connection to it. The Water is Life Festival strives to provide a memorable experience through eclectic music, art, food, and of course, you, the attendees, This is the festival’s 6th year. Please join this free, family friendly event brought to you by the Water is Life sponsors, volunteers, committee, awesome musical talent and of course our relative, niibi (water). For more resources check out this link https://www.waterislifefestival.org/ 

RACINE
Sat Aug 31, 12:30 – 1:30 pm Weekly Stand for Peace. At NW corner of Highways 31 and 20. Park in the SW corner of the Kohl’s parking lot, near the AT&T store. Supported by the Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice. We have signs, banners and flags available for all. Check out our website,    for weather concerns. Free Palestine!

VIROQUA
Sat Aug 31, 11 am – 12 noon Driftless Palestinian Solidarity Weekly Vigil. Meet at Decker and Main. Action Alert: The Driftless Palestinian Solidarity group has a petition to demand that Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and end financial aid to Israel’s military.  If your group is interested in getting signatures, please email  driftless.solidarity@gmail.com. Thank you for your help! 

WAUSAU
Thurs Aug 29, 6 – 8 pm Free Screening of the film “Bad River”.  Whitewater Music Hall, 130 1st St. Co-sponsored by  350 Wisconsin, AIM Wisconsin, CCL Rib Mountain-Marshfield Chapter, and Citizen Action WI. All are welcome! Space is limited, so please RSVP here. Learn more in the Spotlight above… Questions? Email Britnie at: britnie.remer@350wisconsin.org

At Watertown Pride July 27, 2024. / Photo: Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement