3 results for author: Jean Fisher


Wellbeing of Our Children

Legislators:  This is a copy of the letter I will be sending to news outlets in central and northern Wisconsin.  It is intended to promote thought about gun safety laws and the well being of children and families in our state. I'm sending it to you as a statement of support for both increased mental health and public school funding where mental health problems can be best identified and addressed. --------------------------------- In the first 46 days of this year there have been 67 mass shootings in the United States. The recent Michigan State University shooting has added one more to the almost 1,000 incidents of gunfire at our schools and ...

Rally the Vote

Activate America offers an opportunity for election postcard writing.  The writer provides the postcards and postage, and Activate America offers names, addresses and a suggested script.  The current script addresses mail-in balloting for the upcoming Wisconsin State Supreme Court  elections. The suggested script is as follows. Dear (first name), Your vote can determine whether Wisconsin has a state Supreme Court that will restore reproductive rights, protect unions and reject gerrymandering. Hand-written postcards are more likely to be read!   For more information and to sign up, go online to Activate America. https://www.activat...

AB963 Parental Bill of Rights

In March, AB 963 known as the "Parental Bill of Rights" passed our state Republican led legislature. One of its Senate co-sponsors, Senator Stephen Nass, praised the bill saying many public-school teachers and administrators are making children "endure their efforts at political indoctrination." Along with this unfair claim and others, he says our educators are carrying out an agenda "to change the country by convincing children to hate America, its culture, traditions and constitutional form of government." This characterization of our educators contradicts the truth. The vast majority of adults heading to work at our public schools each ...