GREEN BAY — The grassroots organization WISDOM has partnered with Empowerment Solidarity Truth Hope Equity Reform (ESTHER) and Justice Organization Sharing Hope and United for Action (JOSHUA) to host another community forum in Green Bay as part of their End the Lockdowns Campaign. The community forum will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on […]
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End the Lockdowns: WISDOM and partners to hold community forum in Madison on Feb. 1
MADISON — WISDOM and its partners are hosting a community forum from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 1 at First Unitarian Society of Madison to spread awareness about the “detrimental effects of lockdowns,” according to a Jan. 16 press release. The other two groups participating in the forum are Madison Organizing in Strength, Equity […]
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WISDOM and partners to host demonstration at governor’s mansion on Dec. 2
MADISON – A Nov. 28 press release from the grassroots group WISDOM calls to action the people of Wisconsin in support of incarcerated people who have been affected by the Department of Corrections’ “cruel” and “destructive” procedures. The press release from WISDOM reads: “WISDOM, its affiliates and partners will stage a public demonstration against the […]
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Activists protest prison lockdowns, arguing Evers, Carr actions aren’t enough
A few dozen people gathered outside the Wisconsin Department of Corrections offices in Madison on Wednesday to protest ongoing lockdowns at state prisons in Green Bay and Waupun. The group, made up of activists, formerly incarcerated people and family members of people who have been incarcerated, argued that proposed solutions announced the day before by […]
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Racine man working to close notorious Green Bay prison, end state’s prison lockdowns
GREEN BAY — Dante Cottingham, of Racine, was just 17 years old when he was sentenced to prison and assigned to one of the state’s most notorious prisons, Green Bay Correctional Institution. The prison was built in 1897. It does not have windows and is self-contained, so people imprisoned there do not get the benefit […]
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OPINION – An Open Letter re: John Tate II to Gov. Tony Evers and Gubernatorial Candidates from over 60 community leaders
Opinion – An open letter regarding John Tate II July 6, 2022Dear Governor Evers and Gubernatorial Candidates: We are faith leaders and congregations from many different traditions and many parts of Wisconsin. In this election year, we write to implore you to tell the truth. We ask you to have the moral courage to refuse […]