Family & Community
TAXES BUILD COMMUNITIES
Philip Anderson has been working with Duluth, MN activists to organize events for the week of Tax Day. They are planning a teach-in, a rally, and have created the following survey to show REAL people's public spending priorities. Please take the online survey! It is important that many people take the survey. This will be the message for the April 15 rally. Congress is doing this.... but people want better priorities! "How would you spend $1 trillion?” www.surveymonkey.com/s/V5LYJQK Please pass this survey on to your contacts.
Everyone loves to hate taxes ...
CRITICAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
Elected Congressional officials must act soon in order for CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program) and several child nutrition programs to continue beyond this year.
CHIP provides affordable health insurance coverage to millions of kids in the US, and over 150,000 in Wisconsin. Thanks in part to CHIP, 93 percent of children in America have health coverage with low premiums, deductibles, and the preventive care children need.
Nutrition programs like school breakfast and lunch and WIC provide nourishing meals to low- and moderate-income children both in and out of ...
A LITTLE QUIZ ABOUT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
The following quiz was written by Rev. Emily C. Heath at the United Church of Christ and was published online by the Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and elsewhere. The Rev. Emily C. Heath is a United Church of Christ minister currently serving as Senior Pastor of the Congregational Church in Exeter, New Hampshire, and a writer and public theologian.
"How to Determine if Your Religious Liberty Is Being Threatened in Just 10 Quick Questions." Just pick "A" or "B" for each question. Please do not copy off your neighbor's quiz.
1. My religious liberty is at risk because...
VOTE “YES” FOR OUR CHILDREN’S AND COMMUNITY’S FUTURE
Tuesday, April 7th, voters in the Wausau School District get a chance to approve some much needed repairs and upgrades for our children in the Wausau School District. As a result of four years of community involvement and planning, two referendum questions will be on the ballot.
Question #1* allows the school district to raise money for needed maintenance and neighborhood school building renovations. The bond money will be used to:
Provide additional space for students at overcrowded John Marshal, Rib Mountain, Hewitt-Texas, and South Mountain elementary schools,...
QUESTIONS ON OUR APRIL 7 BALLOT….
You will be asked to vote on these questions. They are printed here for your convenience.
QUESTION 1: “ELECTION OF CHIEF JUSTICE
Shall section 4 (2) of article VII of the constitution be amended to direct that a chief justice of the supreme court shall be elected for a two-year term by majority of the justices then serving on the court?”
QUESTION 2: ADVISORY REFERENDUM:
“Shall the City of Wausau establish the position of city administrator, reduce the Mayor’s position to part-time, and transfer administrative and operational responsibilities from the ...
RETURNING THE BRIBE
Recently, I sent checks to five public schools in Wisconsin along with a letter explaining my actions. I can't in good conscience accept the "bribe" of a so-called tax refund when it impacts the welfare of my grandchildren and over 800,000 students attending public schools.
I believe in investing in our great public schools and the children who attend them. The generations who came before me invested in my public education. I am forever grateful to them. The previous generations wanted a better life for us and knew that a public education was the key to that ...
Your Freedom Matters
First they came for our voting freedoms and I did not speak out
Because I didn’t vote
They came for my work place freedoms/ protections and wages
I didn’t speak because I didn’t understand why it was so important
Then they came for freedom to learn all that is possible through a great public education,
I didn’t realize public schools are the heart of equal opportunity for all communities
Quietly they attacked our state’s freedom to enjoy and protect our beautiful land and water
Very few have noticed because it ...
Farmers say Budget Damages Farm Research, Schools and Conservation Input – By State Senator Kathleen Vinehout
“It’s very important that we are here today,” the farmer from Independence told me. “In fact, it’s more important that we be here than anywhere else.” Here was in my Capitol office. Local farmers were visiting as part of Ag Day at the Capitol.
The weather that day was dry and warm. It was perfect for getting early spring chores done. Instead, these farmers drove hundreds of miles to meet with their legislators.
They were on a mission to change parts of the state budget that hurt rural communities. The first thing on their mind – in every group that ...
THE LEGACY OF FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
The "legacy" of families and communities working together is the inheritance my grandparents, parents, and the Finnish immigrants who settled in Maple, WI gave to me.
My grandparents, Konsta and Mary, farmed 160 acres of red clay and tended to a herd of 15 to 20 dairy cows. Konsta's brother, Charlie, lived and worked with them. One of Mary's brothers, Willard, who was born with disabilities also lived with them and contributed to the well-being of a family working together. They needed each other.
My grandparents needed help with the rigorous work of farming....
FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF “SELMA-MONTGOMERY MARCH”
Rev. Janet Wolfe, a retired Presbyterian pastor in Marshfield, Wisconsin, commemorated the 50th anniversary of her participation in the Civil Rights movement.
Fifty years ago, Rev. Wolfe was a student at U of Colorado in Boulder. She boarded a bus with 32 others and headed for Alabama.
She attended the last day of the Selma-Montgomery March on March 25, 1965. Fortunately, she recorded her experiences and here is an excerpt:
“After wading in a mixture of mud, rain, and old orange peels for 5 ½ hours, we began marching through the Negro section. The spectators ...
