First Annual Wausau Grassroots Festival
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Wausau Labor Temple
318 South Third Avenue, Wausau, Wisconsin
Registration starts @ 8:30 a.m.
$10 Suggested Donation
ORGANIZING FOR THE FUTURE
Speakers
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
John Nichols
10 Breakouts
Organizing through Power up Strategy
WPEN Smart Education
Ethnic Participation in Grassroots
Creating Empathy and Understanding
The Importance of Messaging
Reviving Democracy through Citizen Action
Environmental Issues
Evening of Musical Entertainment
Contact John Stanley 608-444-8739 alwayssinging@hotmail.com
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JOIN THE PARADE AND CELEBRATE LABOR DAY
On Labor Day, we recognize and honor the achievements of all of America’s working people. As we enjoy the fellowship of our loved ones at a barbecue, parade or other community event, it also is important to reflect on the best ways working people can come together to build an economy that works for all of us.
This Labor Day, we stand together for the freedom to collectively bargain together with your coworkers as a team for a better life.
Celebrate with your union brothers and sisters and community members around the state as we honor all who labor. On Labor Day, ...
Wausau Mexican Art Fundraiser and Luncheon for Mujeres Aliadas
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Mujeres Aliadas Advocates for Health Care Rights
Mujeres Aliadas (Women United) is a non-profit clinic and birth center and midwifery school in the Lake Patzcuaro area of Mexico. The midwives and outreach staff travel to area schools and villages educating and empowering women to take charge of their health and become advocates for their health care rights. This area has poor access to health care, especially for indigenous women.
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TOWARD ONE WAUSAU
Do you view Wausau as warm and welcoming? Or are people of different backgrounds viewed differently – maybe negatively? Here’s your chance to voice your thoughts at the final Toward One Wausau community dialogue on September 18 at the UW Center for Civic Engagement, 625 Stewart Avenue, Wausau.
Since last fall, over 200 people participated in one or more community dialogues, providing valuable feedback on diversity issues in the Wausau area. Using a small-group setting, with people sitting together, participants will begin by sharing individual stories of what ...
Ban the Bomb
Seventy two years ago, the United States became the first and only country to use nuclear weapons on civilians. On August 6 and 9, 1945 we bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people.
We tell ourselves it was necessary. It was to save lives and end the war. We tell ourselves that nuclear weapons kept us safe during the Cold War and are necessary for our “defense” today. But these rationalizations ring hollow when examined closely. There were alternatives in 1945, and there are alternatives today to perpetuating the threat of a ...
“LOVING US” POWWOW ENCOURAGES RECOVERY
“I lost my granddaughter to heroin addiction,” Anita told me. “We’ve lost so many people,” Tena added.
Recently, former Marine Tena Quackenbush and her friends, including Quincy Garvin, Jasime Funmaker, Lori Pettibone, Cindy Ward hosted a gathering to promote and encourage recovery from addiction, especially the scourge of heroin addiction.
Ms. Quackenbush started #StoptheStigma, an organization with a mission to stop the stigma of addiction. She was joined by members of “Natives Against Heroin” in hosting the event.
“Wogixete Wi” was a ...
First Annual Wausau Grassroots Festival
First Annual Wausau Grassroots Festival
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Wausau Labor Temple
318 South Third Avenue, Wausau, Wisconsin
Registration starts @ 8:30 a.m.
$10 Suggested Donation
ORGANIZING FOR THE FUTURE
Speakers
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
John Nichols
10 Breakouts
Organizing through Power up Strategy
WPEN Smart Education
Ethnic Participation in Grassroots
Creating Empathy and Understanding
The Importance of Messaging
Reviving Democracy through Citizen Action
Environmental Issues
Evening of Musical Entertainment
Co...
WHAT’S A WOMAN WORTH?
Please join us for an afternoon of learning and lively conversation on a topic of concern everywhere in our society: wage (and often power) inequalities that women continue to face in the workplace. Wage disparity not only adversely affects women and their families all their working lives, but in retirement as well. This discussion puts all of these topics on the table.
“What’s a Woman Worth?” will be held Thursday, September 14 at WEAC Region 3 Office, 1136 N. Military Road in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The time is 1 to 3:30 p.m.
There is no charge. You do not need ...
Ruminations on Foxconn
The giant electronics manufacturer Foxconn has announced it will locate in Wisconsin. It supposedly plans to spend $10 billion to create a “campus” to build LCD panels. The politicians were, of course, tripping over themselves to get in on the photo op. But I wonder if the old adage applies: “If it sounds too good to be true...it probably is.”
The announcement was held at the White House. Foxconn CEO Terry Gou, President Trump, Governor Walker, and House Speaker Paul Ryan were in attendance. Trump, with typical arrogance, said it wouldn't have happened if he ...
