196 results for author: Middle Wisconsin

CROSSING BORDERS MUSIC

Tom Clowes has been teaching cello and Western-style music in Haitian summer music camps since 2000. Over the years, he witnessed a country nothing like the Haiti he saw in the media – a country rich in art, language, culture, religion, history, storytelling, and music. One of the biggest surprises was discovering a 130-year-old classical music composition tradition virtually unknown to all but a handful of scholars, even among Haitians. Clowes was captivated by it. So, he started putting on concert programs in the US so others could enjoy this largely unknown side of Haitian culture and its touching music. The result was the non-pro...

OPEN LETTER REGARDING POTENTIAL SELF-INSURANCE PLAN

OPEN LETTER TO WISCONSIN JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE REGARDING POTENTIAL SELF-INSURANCE PLAN POWRS (Protect Our Wisconsin Retirement Security), February 19, 2017 Dear Joint Finance Committee Members: POWRS has closely followed events leading to the Wisconsin Group Insurance Board (GIB) approval of the self-insurance program proposal. We have been and continue to be deeply skeptical of this proposal. We believe that since the health insurance marketplace is already in turmoil due to dismantling of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), conducting such a radical change puts not only public employees, but all insured citizens and ultimately Wisconsin ...

CANDIDATES FOR WISCONSIN SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Tomorrow is the primary election for a very important position in Wisconsin, the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Since 1848 Wisconsin supported an independent state school superintendent. The constitution believes that this position should be elected by state voters. Be sure you vote tomorrow in the primary election and April 4 in the general election. For information on voter registration, voter identification requirements, and to see a sample ballot or find your polling place, visit: http://MyVote.wi.gov There are three announced candidates and one write-in candidate. The primary will narrow the race to two candidates. Tony Evers ...

QUOTATIONS

“The madman Trump is more symptom than cause—the rational outcome of irrational fear.” Dave Svetlik “Barack Obama has it right: Get rid of the very idea of the right and the left and the center. American ideas are fundamentally progressive ideas -- the ideas this country was founded on and that carry forth that spirit. Progressives care about people and the earth, and act with responsibility and strength on that care. That was the winning strategy of Sherrod Brown in Ohio. Brown is a thoroughgoing progressive who never moved one inch to the right. He talked about the issues where he agreed with his Ohio audiences -- and legitimately ...

QUOTATIONS

“Politics isn’t left vs. right. It’s top vs. bottom.” –Jim Hightower “The revolution starts here. It is the beginning of much-needed change, change that will require sacrifice and people, change that will require many of us to make different choices in our lives. So my question to you today is, are you ready?”—Madonna, January 21st Women’s March in Washington D.C. “The future is female.”—a sign carried by a marcher in Wausau, WI on January 21 “We all know that there is a connection between waste in one location and simultaneous starvation in another, between the gluttony of a few and the chronic hunger of the ...

JANUARY EVENTS

Tuesday, January 3, 2017 Drinking Liberally I look forward to seeing you there. Also, it is time to talk about getting involved with Citizens Action --- they are in their 60 day organizing drive. Say goodbye to 2016 and welcome 2017 with your Wausau Drinking Liberally friends this Tuesday, January 3rd. There has been a lot to mourn in 2016 but hopefully we can reclaim some hope with the launching of a new year. If nothing else, we can support each other and lift our spirits with some spirits at DL. See you at 5:30 pm at Malarkey's THIS Tuesday, January 3rd. Saturday, January 21, 2017 Madison March on Women January 21 we will have a bus ...

(Video) Citizen Action Event in Wausau on December 15

https://vimeo.com/196224439 Citizen Action of Wisconsin event at the UU Church in Wausau, WI on December 15, 2016. Citizen Action highlighted its cooperative model, in which members' contributions afford them the opportunity to select the civic, governmental, or political issues on which the regional chapter focuses. The event was well attended by Central Wisconsin residents with a variety of motivations and goals. Middle Wisconsin was on the scene, including MW writer Dave Svetlik, seen in the video. More information about the Citizen Action North Central Organizing Cooperative can be found here:  http://www.citizenactionwi.org/ncwi_coop

80 FEET IS ENOUGH SAY NO TO ENBRIDGE PIPELINE

Thanks to all who gave, there will be two billboards to show Wisconsinites that a foreign pipeline company changed the law… to take our land for their private gain. But we must reach millions of Wisconsin citizens, which means three more billboards are needed in major metropolitan markets. $4,000 matching gift available for one week, starting Friday, December 16 and Ending Friday, December 23. Generous donors will match up to $4,000 in new donations, a great opportunity, but for only one week. What does this mean? When you give $20, $40 will be donated to put up billboards. When you give $100, $200 will be donated. Please ...

Quotations for December 19, 2016

"The Dark Side is not stronger. It is, as Yoda taught us, 'Quicker, easier, more seductive.' I still believe that love will have the victory. Let us make sure that our means, our way, our method, is as refined as the beloved community goal we espouse." –Omar Safi “We need a new American story. What might we create in this country if we acknowledged that we are all vulnerable people — flesh and blood encasing bodies and minds and hearts that break, not infrequently?” --- Courtney Martin "In honor of Thanksgiving, I’m going cold turkey on my rant-and-rave addiction in favor of something that’s already proving a whole lot more life-gi...

QUOTATIONS….

“The only thing stronger than fear is hope.”…UN Refugee Agency “In the big scheme of things, is the purpose of having a Christian faith primarily for gaining political power, or creating and enforcing laws, or hoarding wealth, Or living as comfortable a life as possible? Or is it ultimately about bettering and saving humanity?”   Stephen Mattson “Grit is not just having resilience in the face of failure, but also having deep commitments that you remain loyal to over many years.”—Angela Duckworth “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” By Albert Camus Live life as a ...