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WHAT DOES FUTURE HOLD FOR POPULAR FISH IN WISCONSIN?
Temperatures in Wisconsin lakes have been rising steadily over the past several years. This presents serious consequences for the fish population.
Frank Pratt, retired DNR fisheries biologist, and the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, hosted by the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, will hold a series of presentations throughout central Wisconsin to discuss the phenomenon. Events will be held on the following dates and locations:
February 26, 7 p.m., UW Center for Civic Engagement, Wausau
February 27, 6:30 pm, Mead Wildlife Center, Milladore
February 28, 6 p.m., TB Scott Library, Merrill
After a 37-year career with the DNR, ...
DARK MONEY
DARK MONEY is a film by PBS. The film looks at the untraceable corporate money’s influence on our elections and elected officials.
The film is set in Montana in the fight to preserve fair elections. A local journalist worked to expose the real-life impacts of the Citizens United decision. The film shows how American elections are bought and sold.
This showing is sponsored by Wausau United to Amend and American Association of University Women (AAUW) Wausau branch.
It will be shown at the UU Church on Thursday, January 24, 2019 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public. Mark your calendars:
Thursday, January 24
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RETIREMENT FOR ALL
For years polls have shown the general public to be more supportive of specific policy issues than the close partisan elections would indicate. People from across the political spectrum want action on affordable health care, adequate public school funding, and rebuilding our crumbling public infrastructure. This is a golden opportunity for Democrats to LEAD even if they control only one of the branches of government. A bold agenda that addresses people's real needs and concerns could turn the “blue wave” of 2018 into a tsunami in 2020.
As this week's special legislative session shows, Republicans are NOT going to cooperate with Governor Evers ...
Martin Luther King Jr Celebration
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration: ‘How Long? Not Long’
Date: Monday, January 21, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Great Hall Grand Theater
Address: 389 N. Fourth St., Wausau
Ticket is $30 each
Residents of the greater Wausau area are invited to celebrate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with live entertainment, a keynote speaker and an announcement of this year’s Social Justice Award winner.
The celebration will take place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 21, inside the Great Hall of the historic Grand Theater in downtown Wausau. The annual event is part of a broader initiative to ...
PUSH TO OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED
On Tuesday, January 22, Rep. Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) and Sen. Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) will be holding a press conference to unveil their resolutions that would give Wisconsinites a chance to weigh in on the role of big money in elections. The resolutions propose a statewide advisory referendum urging our elected officials to amend the U.S. Constitution to overturn Citizens United v. FEC and related Supreme Court rulings, and to declare that only flesh-and-blood human beings have constitutional rights.
The press conference will be at 10:00 a.m. in the Assembly Parlor of the State Capitol to mark the ninth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ...
UNDERSTANDING THE TRAUMA OF RACIAL BIAS
Sunday, January 20, 2019
You are invited to this event. It is free and open to the public.
YWCA
613 5th Street
Wausau, Wisconsin 54403
3 – 5 p.m.
Our dynamic guest speakers will share their insights about how the legacy of racial injustice has affected our community and how we can build a new legacy of racial equality.
Our speakers, Dr. Fran Kaplan and Mr. Reggie Jackson, are consultants with Nurturing Diversity Partners of Milwaukee.
They are affiliated with America’s Black Holocaust Museum.
They are nationally-known speakers on issues of race and diversity.
Questions and answers will follow the presentation.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
Learn more about the myths and truths of human trafficking in Central Wisconsin.
Officer Sarah D’Acquisto from the Wausau Police Department and Brenda Bayer from the Women’s Community will present information on human trafficking.
Sarah and Brenda will cover:
What human trafficking looks like in Wisconsin
Myths and truths about trafficking
How social media plays a role in recruitment
Red flags
A discussion will follow the presentation.
Please note: The content of this presentation is mature and is intended for teens and adults.
This event is free and open to the public. No registration needed.
Marathon County Public ...
Quotations
QUOTATIONS
“According to the United Nations, 65.8 million people were displaced at the end of 2017. Will those who have lost everything find, in American Christians, an open hand or a closed fist?”
—Daniel Darling, vice president of communication for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (Washington Post, November 2)
“Rising income inequality has…changed the attitudes and behavior of American voters, sowing resentment, fanning prejudice and eroding the sense of shared values, shared purpose and shared destiny that once held the country together.”
—Stevens Pearlstein, in his new book ...