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Dignity at Work Voter Guide

The Dignity at Work Coalition has prepared a Voter Guide every election cycle since 2016. Over the course of these 6 years, the issues facing our state have changed very little. Though it is frustrating that partisan politics has hindered significant progress on these issues, we continue to stress the importance of educating ourselves on the topics at hand. This voter guide is non-partisan and intended to be used at candidate forums, town hall meetings, and any other venues where candidates are available for questioning.

Download the voter guide here.

Spring Election April 5 - Update

The April 5 election includes judgeships, school board races, a mayoral race in Milwaukee, and other important elections.  Local elections often get small turnouts, but the people in these local offices can have a tremendous impact on your day to day life.  Don't sit this one out!
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Due to new rules, plan to return your absentee ballot by mail or by delivering it to your clerk's office rather than a drop box. Additionally, if possible, voters should plan on returning their own absentee ballot. Voters with disabilities may ask for accommodations to return their ballot. If you have questions about these changes, contact your municipal clerk.

​Faiths United to Save Democracy 
​kick-off webinar MARCH 29

Faiths United to Save Democracy (FUSD) is a nonpartisan, multi-racial, multi-faith, and multi-generation 2022-2024 voter justice campaign focused in the states of AL. AZ. FL. GA. MI. NC. OH. PA. TX. WI.

The FUSD campaign exists to overcome the unprecedented assault on democracy aimed at making it more difficult for people living in poverty, vulnerable voters including the targeting voters of color, the elderly, students, and the disabled to exercise their sacred right to vote.

The Wisconsin Interfaith Voter Engagement Campaign, co-led by WFVJ and Wisconsin Council of Churches, is partnering with this effort in Wisconsin. 

FUSD will be hosting a kick-off webinar for Wisconsin on Tuesday, March 29 at 6:30 p.m..  Save the Date and stay tuned for details!

WE ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM
​FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE

Please join us, Building Unity, and other partners, for a series of events leading up to Earth Day 2022, March Forth to Earth Day 2022, March 4 - April 22.

Please mark your calendars and join us in this statewide climate justice project. Marches and climate actions will begin all over Wisconsin on March 4 and will continue each Friday through Earth Day, April 22.

​Activists in the Milwaukee and Appleton areas, who have been leading Friday climate actions for years, will soon be joined by activists in Fond du Lac, GreenBay, Kenosha, Madison, Manitowoc, Racine, Shawano, Shell Lake, Viroqua, and other Wisconsin communities. We are hoping that dozens of communities will join this project before it ends on Earth Day.

These Friday actions will be both outdoors and safely distanced and will be connected to simultaneous statewide virtual actions accessible by Zoom, and Facebook at both noon or 5 p.m.!

Please join this project and make history with us!

SAVE THE DATE:  MARCH 28
​Poor People's Campaign MORE Tour 

The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival & Campaign Co-Chairs Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis are traveling the country, mobilizing the grassroots to march on Washington on June 18. 
 
Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice and the Wisconsin Poor People's Campaign are working together to plan the Madison stop on the tour. Rev. Theoharris will bring the tour to Madison on Monday, March 28,  Time and Location TBD
 
The event will be livestreamed on the Poor People's Campaign FB page and at poorpeoplescampaign.org/livestream

Dr. Mlk Jr's Riverside Church speech - Beyond Vietnam READ-IN 

Faith Community Commemorates 55th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Riverside Speech – Beyond Vietnam
Read-In April 4, 2022 at 7 pm via Zoom

Register here to receive the Zoom link

Clergy and people of faith across Wisconsin will gather on Zoom on April 4 to commemorate the 55th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s powerful and prescient 'Beyond Vietnam’ speech with a virtual Read-In. The Read-In will also be livestreamed on WISDOM’s Facebook page.
On March 3, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court chose district maps proposed by Governor Evers, which will determine voting districts for the next ten years.

The maps will bring the number of black-majority Assembly districts up to seven from six, and brings the maps closer to the requirements of the Voting Rights Act than the current or any other proposed maps.

However, because the Court required all maps submitted adhere to a "least change" principle, partisan gerrymandering will continue in Wisconsin for at least the next ten years.

Read Fair Elections Project's full statement here.

Volunteer Opportunity -
WFVJ is Seeking a Treasurer

Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice is seeking a volunteer Treasurer to join our Board. The ideal candidate will be a CPA with experience working with non-profit accounting, or a willingness to learn.  Duties include managing bi-monthly payroll, filing quarterly federal and state reports, preparing the annual 990 and WI State reporting, preparing annual W-2s and 1099s, and preparing monthly statements of account for the board of directors.  Familiarity with Quickbooks Online a plus. Time commitment is approximately 2 hours/month, plus time needed to prepare annual tax filings.  

If interested, or to learn more, please contact WFVJ Executive Director Rabbi Bonnie Margulis at wifaithvoices4justice@gmail.com or 608-513-7121.