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Paradise (northern version)
In Wisconsin there has been a big battle over opening up land in the Penokee Hills just a few miles from the Bad River band’s sacred rice beds, and just south of Lake Superior. The state legislature passed a bill … Continue reading
We Are Still Here
Just over two years ago Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker introduced his “budget repair” bill which pretty much gutted the strength of public employee unions. It also allowed the state to sell heating plants and other state property to whomever they … Continue reading
The Holders of the Light
A weekend ago members of the Overpass Light Brigade (OLB) gathered on a hillside overlooking the Dane County Airport. The lit dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol was visible miles in the distance as OLB celebrated the past year by starting to … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol, Dane County Airport, Holder of the Light, LED, light, Overpass Light Brigade, progressive, Wisconsin
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Poverty
Today I saw a sight that ripped straight to the core of my humanity. In a steady rain an apparently homeless woman walked down the driveway from the Wisconsin State Capitol. At the bottom of the driveway she stopped, then knelt … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol, clothes, empathy, Grace Episcopal Church, humanity, hunger, Madison, poverty, society, wealth, Wisconsin
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Doors of Love
A certain numbness settled on me as the day wore on yesterday. For hours it was the only response I could muster to the horrific shooting just down the Interstate in suburban Milwaukee. As unsettling and depressing as the Dark Knight shooting in … Continue reading
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Tagged Aurora Colorado, candlelight vigil, Chaous, Dark Knight, Felix, love, Madison, meditation, Oak Creek Wisconsin, peace, prayer, Sara, Sikh temple, silence, State Capitol, violence, Wisconsin, Yemen
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Lake Monona Water Walk
About a year ago I first heard of some Native American grandmothers walking through Wisconsin to raise awareness of water issues. At the time I was busy and could not consider trying to catch even a small part of it. Yet, … Continue reading
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Tagged All Nations, All Nations Drum, all traditions, Anishinabe, Art Shegonee, blessings, drum, drumming, Grandmother Josephine Mandiman, Great Lakes, Illinois, Lake Monona, Lake Monona Water Walk 2012, Lake Nipigon, Madison, Marshall Norman, Menominee, Michael Schuler, Misha Dancing Waters, Mississippi River, Monona, resources, Sandra Rybachek, Selena Fox, water, Water Walk, William Waterway Marks, Wisconsin
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Keep Fighting
Last Tuesday’s recall election was not the end of the world and it was not the end of the Wisconsin Uprising. As devastating as it felt at the time it was in retrospect simply the beginning of the next phase. In fact, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta Darling, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, budget, budget repair, Capitol, Constitutional rights, Democrat, equal pay, Glenn Grothman, homelss, justice, Mining bill, politics, protests, Recall election, Republican, Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, Tea Party, Voter ID, We Shall Not Be Moved, We Shall Overcome, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Uprising
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Letter to Scott Walker on Ciara Matthews
Dear Governor Walker, Here it is, only three days after you survived the recall election and three days after you stood in front of your supporters and media and told all of Wisconsin that you wanted to put the past … Continue reading
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Tagged Ciara Matthews, communications, Communications Director, election, recall, Scott Walker, tweet, Wisconsin
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