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		<title>CAN YOU CHANGE SOMEONE’S MIND?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  In this holiday season we will gather with family and friends, probably by zoom or phone. How do you keep your conversations from disputes and hard feelings? &#160; Amanda Abrams wrote a helpful article in YES. (YES, December 2020) She tells of people who were firmly convinced of one political persuasion and came to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WOMEN CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF VOTING</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2020 22:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; I walked to the 400 Block of downtown Wausau for the Celebration of White Women Voting for the past 100 years. People came in costumes from 100 years ago. People wore masks to deal with the current virus. Red, white and blue sashes added color to the white gowns worn by the “suffragists.” &#160; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH DAY</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2020 08:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Juneteenth is short for June 19. It is the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. &#160; It was on June 19, 1865 that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.  Many [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FREEDOM OF INFORMATION DAY</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2020 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[March 16 is Freedom of Information Day. It is a day to commemorate people who have worked for the public’s right to know and to reinforce that right in our own lives. &#160; The Freedom of Information Act was suggested by John Moss, a Democrat elected to Congress in 1952 during the secrecy of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>THE BOMBING THAT STAYED A SECRET</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are all familiar with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This surprise attack killed thousands of soldiers and brought America into World War II. &#160; Have you heard of the bombs that were dropped on the wooded area of Brookings, Oregon in 1942?  Not many people know of this attack because [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>7th CD FAIR MAPS ON THE MOVE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FAIR MAPS met in Ladysmith, Wisconsin on January 11, 2020 to plan action to end gerrymandering in Wisconsin. &#160; The purpose for attending: &#160; Make connections Contribute to the cause Non-partisanship Coordinate messaging Become educated on effective strategy Learn how to pass referendums Learn what we can do locally Contribute to advocacy Find partners   [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>INTO THE FUTURE, OR BACK TO THE FUTURE?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 10:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As we approach the beginning of a new year, you can find any forecast you wish, from negative to positive. You surely can find a forecast that suits you. I would like to share a view from Cameron Trimble: &#160; She tells the story of four rabbis. An angel visited them and carried them to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>OPENING THE MEXICAN-USA BORDER</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This past Tuesday, September 24 I had the grand opportunity to hear Nell Anderson talk about her time in El Paso, Texas where she worked with migrants. &#160; Nell is a former Wausau resident and Wausau School District employee. She went on a transformative awareness trip to El Paso, Texas with Abriendo Fronteras—Opening Borders. &#160; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>LOVE WINS OVER HATE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had the incredible experience of hearing a former racist skinhead and a Sikh man share the same stage. They told their amazing story of how they met and became friends. They are now as close as brothers. &#160; The Veninga Lecture (September 23 at Wausau East High School) featured Arno Michaelis and Pardeep Singh [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>LABOR DAY AROUND THE WORLD IN 2019</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2019 11:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To celebrate Labor Day, look at what Labor is doing around the world. 1. Australia celebrated its Labour (that’s the Australian spelling) Day in Queensland on May 6. Thousands of workers marched through the streets of Brisbane asking for a pay rise. Ros McLennan (Queensland Council of Unions) said that people are struggling to make [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WIND POWER: HOW SAFE IS IT FOR BIRDS?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind power is one of the sources of energy for our future. But how safe is it for birds and bats? &#160; Before I talk about the birds and bats, here are some other foes of birds. Pesticides kill 67 million birds a year. Autos kill 200 million birds a year. Outdoor cats kill 2.4 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>GOOD AND BAD FORMS OF POPULISM</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 01:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You hear of populist leaders all over the world. Some work for the common good. Some work for private agendas. How can they all be populists? According to Luke Bretherton’s, book Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy, there are good and bad forms of populism. He uses two terms: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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