Tell your legislators to end gerrymandering! The League of Women Voters is making it easy for us to let our legislators know that we want to end Gerrymandering in WI. Use this link to send an email to your legislators!
WILL Jensen Rules Change Petition Hearing In case you missed the hearing on the rules change petition that would send all state redistricting lawsuits directly to the WI supreme court, instead of going through the fact finding process in the lower courts, check out this article from WPR. As Fair Maps Commissioner Christopher Ford stated […]
Ella J Baker As we look ahead to Martin Luther Kind Jr Day on Monday, I am so keenly aware of the black women who are leading the way now to a more just world. Ella J Baker was such a women during the Civil Rights Movements. Learn about her in this Times article by […]
400 Years of Resistance to Slavery and Injustice On this Martin Luther King Jr Day, we remember the 400 years of Resistance to Slavery and Injustice and look to continue the work today. We encourage you to visit the thought provoking and informative timeline collected by UC Berkely.
Build Better Digital Public Spaces Do you enjoy using Social Media but are concerned about the negative consequences? “New_ Public is a place for thinkers, builders, designers and technologists like you to meet, share inspiration, and make better digital public spaces. It’s a newsletter, magazine, and community wrapped together, supported by the team at Civic […]
“And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” – Rilke “And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done, full of tasks, claims, and demands; and let […]
Get Energized about Top Soil! We’ve never been so energized about Top Soil! Land Stewardship Project has a Bridge to Soil Health Project that works with crop and livestock farmers and other professionals that view soil as a long-term investment. LSP acts as a bridge between emerging soil health information and local farming practices, thereby […]
An Economy Built on Sharing From An Economy Build on Sharing from Yes Magazine. Written by Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller: “Online shopping has exploded during the pandemic, but there’s an alternative to all those brown box deliveries. It’s Buy Nothing, a worldwide sharing project that helps people get what they need without shopping, and […]
Get Energized about Cover Crops! We’ve never been so energized about Cover Crops! Land Stewardship Project has a Bridge to Soil Health Project that works with crop and livestock farmers and other professionals that view soil as a long-term investment. LSP acts as a bridge between emerging soil health information and local farming practices, thereby […]
Automated Systems that Trap People in Poverty In Pierce County 8 to 11% of us live in poverty which is often a cycle particularly difficult to escape. Luckily, a “growing group of lawyers are uncovering, navigating, and fighting the automated systems that deny the poor housing, jobs, and basic services.” From the article in MIT […]
Help Stop the Line 3 Pipeline from Harming our Waters Line 3 is a proposed pipeline expansion to bring nearly a million barrels of tar sands per day from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. It was proposed in 2014 by Enbridge, a Canadian pipeline company responsible for the largest inland oil spill in the US. […]
“The 25% Tipping Point” by Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz “The tipping point for social change is precise: 25%” says Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz in Yes Maganize article titled The 25% Tipping Point. Given over 70% of Wisconsinites want gerrymandering to end, change is in sight if we reach out and grasp it. Get engaged by joining Western […]
Draw your own legislative districts – Destrictr.org Do you have ideas on how to draw electoral districts? Try your hand at it yourself using the free Districtr.org tool. Then, share your insights with the People’s Map Commission.
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 Are you a farmer or rancher whose operation has been directly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic? USDA is implementing Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19. Deadline for applications is December 11, 2020. Complete Details at the […]
Rethinking Thanksgiving This year as many of us will not be gathering with family for Thanksgiving, we’ll have more time to reflect on the history and meaning of this holiday for us. Pierce County, WI was part of the 1837 Land Cession Treaties with Ojibwe and Dakota. You can search where you live at https://native-land.ca/. […]
Join Western WI for Nonpartisan Voting Districts The presidential elections are over. Have some time on your hands? Want to strengthen our democracy? Join the efforts to end gerrymandering in WI. Learn more at Western WI for Nonpartisan Voting Districts.
PMC 3rd Cong Dist Hearing Want to nerd out on how we can end gerrymandering in WI? Want to hear the testimony from the 3rd congressional district on how electoral maps can be more fair moving forward? Watch the People’s Map Commission 3rd Congressional Hearing. If you live in the 7th Congressional District, start thinking […]
“Democracy is an act.” John Lewis This presidential election has further confirmed that there is a lot of division in our country. Let’s take the time to find areas where we can work together. Let’s listen. Keep in touch with PCGRO in the coming months. Let’s continue working together to make our world a better […]
11 Counties and 4 Municipalities Pass Fair Maps Referendum The voters in eleven counties and three municipalities have sent another clear message to the Wisconsin Legislature that we want to end gerrymandering. Learn more.
Thank You VEP Deep gratitude to all those who were involved with the Voter Empowerment Project and any other work to help people cast ballots in favor of accountable and representative government. Our democracy is stronger when we engage.