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Wisconsin: Stand for Peace! Free Palestine! People’s Events March 3-8, 2025 (City Listings)

LA CROSSE
Thurs Mar 6, 12 noon – 12:30 pm — Weekly Women in Black Peace Vigil. Meet at Main St & 4th Street South. Details at the Vigils list. Contact dbuffton@yahoo.com 

MADISON
Tues Mar 4, 11:30 am to noon. Weekly Vigil for Peace with the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa. — At the corner of Monroe St and Edgewood Ave. near Edgewood High School. Details at the Vigils list.  . opjustice@sinsinawa.org

Tues Mar 4, 5 – 7 pm —  Worker Justice Wisconsin General Assembly meeting. Labor Temple 1602 S Park St # 115. This event combines our annual board meeting and the monthly worker membership meeting (the members’ assembly), marking another major step toward becoming a truly worker-led organization. We will share updates on WJW’s successes and challenges throughout 2024, providing both the community and the workers who comprise its membership with a comprehensive view of the worker center as we go into 2025.
Topic of discussion: Why are Hispanic immigrants targeted for wage theft?
Contact: rebecca@workerjustice.org 

Tues Mar 4, 5 – 7 pm  — Shared Threads: Stories That Weave Us Together  With Chrysalis,  3241 Garver Green Feed Mill. This is our third annual storytelling event. We’ll feature nine brave storytellers from our workshop series, sharing stories centered around wellness. Alice Pauser, a published humor writer, mental health advocate, and StorySLAM Champion for The Moth, will host the event. With over three decades of experience, Alice also leads “Life is Better When You Laugh” workshops that highlight the importance of humor in wellness. Join us for this free event, made possible by the Chrysalis Community and our valued partners and event sponsors. Email Riley (hays@workwithchrysalis.org) https://www.wnpj.org/member-organizations-list/chrysalis

Fri Mar 7, 12 noon – 1 pm — Madison Weekly Vigil in support of Palestine. Meets near the entrance to the Memorial Library across from the Catholic student center.  Signs not provided. Contact joel.garb@gmail.com

MILWAUKEE
Sat Mar 8, 12 noon – 1 pm —  Peace Action WI – Weekly STAND for PEACE:  76th and North.  Each Saturday, a different location.  Details at the Vigils list.   info@peaceactionwi.org  . 

RACINE
Sat Mar 8, 12:30 – 1:30 pm — Weekly Stand for Peace. Meet at the 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. Details at the Vigils list.  Contact https://racinepeace.wordpress.com  (this event is cancelled when weather is below 25 deg F and check our website for cancellations due to snow) 

RHINELANDER 
Tues Mar 4, 5 – 7:30 pm — Screening of Bad River. Nicolet College Theater, Lakeside Center
5364 College Dr. Back by popular demand! Details above..

SUPERIOR 
Sun Mar 9, 12 noon – 12:30pm — Women in Black weekly silent vigil. Meet at Center City Park on the Corner of Tower and Belknap.  Details at the Vigils list.  Contact Christine  christineolson3@gmail.com 

VIROQUA 
Sat Mar 8, 11 am – 12 noon — Driftless Palestinian Solidarity Weekly Vigil. Meet at Decker and Main. Details at the Vigils list.  Contact driftless.solidarity@gmail.com

Thurs Mar 6, 6 – 7 pm — WISDOM is offering telephone bank training on immigration justice, via zoom.   Join our phone banking team to mobilize residents and urge Sheriff Severson to meet with constituents about ending 287(g) in Waukesha. This is your chance to push for accountability and justice for immigrant neighbors!  Join us for one of the listed training dates to get started!

Milwaukee, January 26, 2025. / Photo: Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement