Tues-Thursday Round Up

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Brenda Konkel
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Finishing consulting jobs and having a new full time job is kicking my butt – so here’s a whole bunch of things that could be their own post if I had more time.  Just a few more weeks and I’ll only have one job and a blog!

Konkel’s Musings

  • How does Dane County decide to give $3M to Second Harvest Food Bank without the county board approving it in the budget?  Why is it news before it actually happens?  What if the County Board said no, and wanted $3M to go to eviction prevention instead?  How do these decisions get made?

ALDER 4/30 ROUND UP

For Alder Blogs:

COVID-19 Information Update 4/30/20

Dashboard Update

As of 9:30 this morning, there are 431 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Dane County, up 6 from 9:30 yesterday morning. Our dashboard now includes the number of tested people who have recovered from COVID-19. In the box that says number of confirmed cases, you can click a tab to see Recovered Cases. As of this morning, 269 of 431 people have recovered. https://bit.ly/2xW8iE1

Amicus Brief

We are proud Dane County, City of Madison, Sun Prairie, Stoughton, and Fitchburg have prioritized the health or their residents and voiced their support for the statewide Safer at Home Order.

From Parks:

Let’s Move It Madison!

Madison Parks and Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) are here to help you keep moving throughout the month of May. Move It Madison is a challenge for you and your family to keep moving all month long with a menu of free activities you can do at home, in your backyard or neighborhood park.

With the recent Safer At Home order, MSCR and Madison Parks are excited to continue to connect our community with a wide variety of activities. Activities focus on Madison Parks & MSCR happenings, self-care challenges, environmental pursuits and methods to be active while having fun! The goal is to complete all 30 activities by midnight, May 31. You can complete more than one activity per day.

Activities are easy and fun to complete and encourage you to stay healthy. Challenge yourself to take in a sunrise or sunset, eat clean foods, unplug from technology, walk in a conservation park walk and identify birds, fly a kite and more. Each activity is worth 1-2 points. Participants download the Move It Madison Menu PDF , track your progress, continue to tally your points throughout the month and enter to win prizes!

Visit mscr.org  for all the details and Let’s Move It Madison!

Information for Alders:

From Your Common Council Office:

Council staff has been checking mailboxes and if there is anything that requires attention we will Scram (bike courier) the contents to your homes. Reusable masks were just distributed to our office and one has been placed in each alder’s box.

From Planning:

The Planning Department has acquired several Zoom Pro accounts and has suggested that if alders would like Planning staff to attend, help support and address questions as developers present their proposals, Planning will be willing to host the meetings and handle the technical logistics.  The work will be handled by Kevin Firchow and his team.

In the news today, 04/30:

  • #BREAKING New Numbers Just Released This Morning: 3.8M Americans Filed for Unemployment Last Week, bringing total number of claims to roughly 30 million in 6 weeks: https://wapo.st/2VQu1qk

LOCAL/STATE

ALDER 4/29 ROUND UP

For Alder Blogs:

COVID-19 Information Update 4/29/20

 

As of 9:30 this morning, there are 425 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Dane County, up 7 from 9:30 yesterday morning.

News Release: Dane County, City of Madison to Amend 2020 Budgets to Increase Public Health COVID-19 Response

The City of Madison and Dane County are putting forth budget amendments for Public Health Madison & Dane County to support COVID-19 response efforts.

From Water Utility:

Madison Water Utility and Public Health Madison & Dane County are warning people about the danger of stagnant water in buildings that have been closed during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Water in plumbing that has been sitting stagnant for weeks could be a breeding ground for bacteria and potential pathogens like Legionella.

Buildings across the city and state have been at reduced capacity or closed as people stay home to limit the spread of the virus. Now, some businesses are starting to re-open under the Governor’s new Safer at Home Order guidelines. It’s crucial that people pay attention to their plumbing and make sure the water is safe.

Public Health has put together a guide PDF  to help businesses and other buildings re-open safely. Stagnant water will have to be flushed from both the hot and cold water systems in a building to get fresh, chlorinated water in. Since the Governor issued the first Safer at Home Order late last month, commercial water use in Madison has dropped by about 40 percent.

Information for Alders:

From Your Common Council Office:

Council staff has been checking mailboxes and if there is anything that requires attention we will Scram (bike courier) the contents to your homes. Reusable masks were just distributed to our office and one has been placed in each alder’s box.

From Planning:

The Planning Department has acquired several Zoom Pro accounts and has suggested that if alders would like Planning staff to attend, help support and address questions as developers present their proposals, Planning will be willing to host the meetings and handle the technical logistics.  The work will be handled by Kevin Firchow and his team.

In the news today, 04/29:

Dane Co., Madison Water release water records, county pays $6K to settle:  https://bit.ly/2Yi3Lqu

ALDER 4/28 ROUND UP

COVID-19 Information Update 4/28/20

Today Governor Tony Evers directed the Department of Natural Resources to re-open several state parks, forests, and recreational areas. The DNR will reopen 34 state parks and forests on May 1, 2020 under special conditions to help minimize overcrowding, allow for social distancing requirements, and to promote a safe and enjoyable experience for staff and visitors.

Information for Alders:

The City Attorney’s Office is hearing that people are up in arms that disc golf is shut down. The Attorney’s Office specifically asked WEDC about disc golf and they said it is not allowed to operate under the Order. They heard that when people contact WEDC they are sent to a general DHS email address that gets a bounce back saying it isn’t being monitored. The City Attorney’s Office reached out to WEDC to get a contact for people that have questions but haven’t heard back. Unfortunately, there is nothing The City or Public Health can do about this decision as it came from the state.

In the news today, 04/28:

CITY SUMMARY OF WHEDA TAX CREDIT DEALS

Here is a summary of the housing developments, in the City of Madison, that were impacted by the WHEDA awards announced today. There are still many steps in the development process for the successful developers to get shovels in the ground but this was a crucial step to get to the finish line. Developers who did not receive tax credit allocations will need to re-evaluate how and when they move forward with their developments. Some may seek tax credits again next year, some may alter their development plans or some may throw in the towel. Since awards were just announced today we should give them time to discuss those alternatives before following up on future plans.

  • Movin’ Out- Red Caboose Apartments (site at Union Corners): Awarded tax credits and awarded City Affordable Housing Funds and City HOME funds.
  • Movin’Out and Rule Enterprise- Fourteen02 Park (aka Truman Olson on Park St): Awarded tax credits and awarded City Affordable Housing Funds.
  • Alf McConnell- The Madisonian (Huxley site): Awarded tax credits, has not submitted an application for funds to the City of Madison (yet)
  • MSP Real Estate-The Oscar (Huxley Site): Awarded tax credits and awarded City Affordable Housing Funds.
  • Bayview Foundation- Bayview Townhomes (Triangle on W Washington): Awarded tax credits and awarded City Affordable Housing Funds and City HOME funds.
  • Urban Land Interest- The Ella (ULI project on East Washington): Awarded tax credits, has not submitted an application for funds to the City of Madison (yet)
  • Gorman & Company- Valor on Washington (additional credits): Was requesting additional tax credit award for 2019, not awarded. Still has tax credit award from 2018. (Developer will have a probable gap in financing and will need to determine next steps.)
  • Gorman & Company and AgeBetter- Elderberry Place, Senior housing (Westside) (9%): No tax credit award, had received City Affordable Housing Funds
  • The Salvation Army- The Shield (E Washington) (9%): No tax credit award, had received City Affordable Housing Funds (Developer did not secure financing for the apartments, TSA will need to determine if the purpose built shelter (separate financing structure) will move forward without apartment development next year.)
  • Alf McConnell- Avenue Square (Packers Avenue site) (state 4%): No tax credit award, did not submit request for City Affordable Housing Funds
  • Alf McConnell- Avenue Square (Packers Avenue site) (9%): No tax credit award, did not submit request for City Affordable Housing Funds

CITY FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN SAFER AT HOME CASE

Yesterday, the City joined in filing an amicus brief in the dispute between the executive and legislative branches over the Safer at Home Orders.  The State Supreme Court will determine whether to accept the case directly with in the next week or so.  Madison was on the brief with the state association of local health departments and a number of other municipalities and municipal executives.  The brief supports the Orders due to the significant health risks without them.

Although Madison is not the lead named party on the brief, Assistant City Attorney Marci Paulsen was the lead attorney statewide in putting this effort together.  She deserves our thanks.  Patricia Lauten, Kate Smith and John Strange of our office also worked hard on this effort.  I thank them all.

A copy of our filing is attached.

Stronger Together Amici Brief with Appendix

FREE THE 350 BAIL FUND ANNOUNCES ONLINE CONCERTS TO RAISE BAIL TO MITIGATE THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISK OF CAGING PEOPLE DURING A PANDEMIC

There is a public health crisis in the Dane County jail, and the Free The 350 Bail Fund is doing something about it by helping organize decarceration campaigns, part of which is holding online concerts to free them all.

The bail fund will host online concerts to stop the potential death sentence being handed to people in jail by elected officials, to protect their 8th amendment right to protection from cruel and unusual punishment and to prevent untold avoidable deaths that will result from keeping people caged during a pandemic and sending others in and out of the jail facility. The concerts will be held online for the next five Saturdays, at 7pm CST. RSVP & view the concerts here.

Ceschi Ramos

The Free The 350 Bail Fund, which seeks to prioritize bailing out Black people incarcerated in the Dane County jail system, and also seeks to end the unjust and antiquated prison and jail system in general, has freed 6 people from the Dane County jail in April so far. Ceschi Ramos will be headlining the Saturday May 2 concert at 7pm. Ceschi Ramos has been described as “a Connecticut ambassador atop the international indie hip hop world,” and “blends lush indie rock production with left-field hip-hop like no one else.” He has been featured in Hip Hop DX multiple times and has over fifteen years of music performance experience. Also performing, is Lil Guillotine, who was recently named in Tone Madison’s “Madison singles and deep cuts that stood out in 2019,” and was featured in a Teen Vogue article and who also helped start the Bail Fund acting as a key member of the Bail Fund’s fundraising and finance team.

Website https://freethe350bailfund.wordpress.com// // Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FreeThe350BailFund/ // Twitter https://twitter.com/FreeThe350 // Instagram https://www.instagram.com/freethe350bailfund// // Press Kit https://lilguillotine.com/electronic-press-kit/

DATCP Adopts Emergency Rule Prohibiting Late Fees on Rentals

Release Date: April 29, 2020

Media Contact: Ti Gauger, Public Information Officer, (608) 224-5007

MADISON –The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has approved an emergency rule to prohibit late fees or penalties for missed or late rent payments during COVID-19. Due to the rapidly changing economic landscape, many people have also had to navigate job losses, furloughs, and layoffs. As a result, their incomes are lower or gone altogether, making it extremely difficult to pay their rent in a timely manner during this public health emergency.

The emergency rule (Wis. Admin. Code Ch. ATCP 134) prevents landlords from charging late fees or penalties for missed or late rent payments during the public health emergency and for 90 days afterward. DATCP will hold a public hearing and comment period on this emergency rule via teleconference.

Hearing Date and Location:

Thursday, May 21, 2020, 1:00 PM

Teleconference Line: 1-888-327-8914 or 1-847-944-7654, Passcode: 7794 737#

View rule: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/emergency_rules/all/emr2002

The public is invited to participate in the hearing on the emergency rule or to comment no later than the close of business on Thursday, May 21. Written public comments may be sent to the Division of Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911 or by e-mail to DavidA.Woldseth@wisconsin.gov. 

Consumers with questions or issues related to landlord-tenant agreements can contact DATCP’s Consumer Protection Hotline at 1-800-422-7128 or DATCPHotline@wisconsin.gov, or file a complaint online at www.datcp.wi.gov

If you have health-related questions about COVID-19, please visit the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ (DHS) website: http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/disease/covid-19.htm

DANE COUNTY YOUTH GOVERNANCE PROGRAM DEADLINE EXTENDED

I wanted to announce the extension of the Dane County Youth Governance Program deadline. If you know of any youth who would like to participate in this program, please encourage them to apply. More information about the program and the online application can be found here:

https://dane.extension.wisc.edu/2020/04/23/deadline-extended-apply-for-the-2020-21-dane-county-youth-governance-program/

Hope everyone has a wonderful day! I wish everyone good health

Javier Neira – Positive Youth Development Extension Educator (Bilingual English/Spanish)

GOLF!!

Thank you for your continued support of the City of Madison golf courses. We have more good news to share — golf carts will be allowed beginning tomorrow. Here are the details.

In compliance of the latest Governor’s order golf courses are allowed to rent golf carts with the following:
GUIDELINES
  • The use of motorized and pull golf carts will be allowed beginning Wednesday, April 29 by all golfers.
  • This use is limited to one patron per cart or two people if patrons live in the same household.
  • Golf carts used will be returned to a designated area and will be sanitized after each use.
  • Putting greens and driving ranges remain closed until further notice.
  • TEE TIMES BOOKING FOR USE OF A CART MUST BE BOOKED VIA THE PHONE AND CANNOT BE BOOKED ONLINE
HOW TO RESERVE
  • In order to use or rent a motorized golf cart you MUST call the golf shop and pay in advance over the phone.
  • No online bookings will be available to rent a golf cart at this time.
  • To book a tee time with a cart please call the below locations:
Yahara Hills – 608.229.8250
Odana Hills – 608.266.4724
Monona – 608.266.4736
Glenway – 608.266.4737
FOOD & BEVERAGE
  • A limited selection of food and beverage items will be available beginning Thursday, April 30.
  • Each facility will have a designated phone number to call to place orders and pay in accordance with the no contact restrictions. Orders will be processed and place outside the building, with your name for pickup.
  • To purchase Food and Beverage please call the below numbers:
Yahara Hills – 608.209.0952
Odana Hills – 608.228.8335
Monona – 608.575.4169
Glenway – 608.225.4539

SHELTER FROM THE STORM TAKING REFERRALS

Shelter from the Storm is a Transitional Housing program located in Sun Prairie, WI.  We serve homeless, female-led households with children under the age of 18.  We are currently accepting referrals.

What we have to offer:

  • Onsite case management
  • Career counseling/coaching to improve access to education (GED, certifications, college) and employment opportunities to improve earning potential
  • Support to complete driver’s education and take behind the wheel
  • Financial coaching, including strategic planning to pay off debt, previous landlords, and improve credit score
  • Free onsite therapy from a licensed therapist
  • A retired teacher heads up after-school tutoring and homework help at least two days a week, to assist children who may have fallen behind, or have a learning disability.
  • Trauma-informed self-defense
  • Onsite food pantry
  • A safe, private family suite for every family that includes a locking door, private bathroom and kitchenette.
  • A full shared kitchen, community space and elevator for accessible living
  • A House Manager who lives onsite with the families.
  • We collaborate with a local garage and have some funding to do car repairs as well as rehab donated vehicles as they come to give to mothers with a valid license.
  • We are a Christian-founded program.  We are not affiliated with any specific church, and do not discriminate. We accept all beliefs. Prayer or any type of participation in anything spiritual or religious is completely                 optional.

Our mission is to never see our clients become homeless again by providing long-term stable support and case management.  We have suites to accommodate various sizes of families from a mom with a newborn up to a family of 8.  Often the size of the suite available will dictate who we can accept into the program.

If you are working with a client who you feel would be a good fit for our program, please complete the attached referral form and submit to me at the email address below.  Please also have your client complete the attached application with background check and submit to the same email address.  We can also accept paperwork through the mail (see below).

If there are any questions, please feel free to reach out before or after completing paperwork.  We are also in the process of scheduling a Zoom information session for social service agencies.  If you would like to be included in the invitation, please email me.

Sarah Marty – Case Manager
Shelter from the Storm Ministries – Sun Prairie, WI
608-561-1446
Sarah.Marty@sftsm.org
www.sftsm.org

MADISON ACTIVIST CALENDAR

Madison Activist Calendar from 5/1/20 – COVID-19 Quarantine Solidarity Edition!

To post events or announcements for future listings, please contact: jepeck@wisc.edu

For an online version of this calendar, please visit: https://madinfoshop.wordpress.com/your-space/madison-activist-calendar

This calendar is brought to you by the friendly volunteer collective of the Madison Infoshop, 1202 Williamson St.,Madison, WI 53703 https://madinfoshop.wordpress.com

We are a non-hierarchical freespace and activist clearinghouse that needs your support to survive and flourish. Check out our free lending library (videos, books, periodicals, zines), our other community resources (art supplies, theater props, graphix and stencils, megaphones, and button maker). We also host meetings and help organize events.

Fri. May 1st – 12:00 Noon Labor Temple Parking Lot (1602 S. Park St.) Car/Bike Caravan to Celebrate International Workers Day! This May Day we will honor all workers – especially our medical, restaurant, grocery, postal and delivery workers. They should ALL receive hazard pay and equipment they need to stay safe.. For all those who have lost their jobs or are now underemployed, emergency relief funds and BadgerCare should be given to them directly – this must include our undocumented sisters and brothers. We are also calling to cancel rent and end utility shutoffs in this time of crisis. The caravan will practice safe social distancing and travel around the State Capitol to let our leaders know that worker solidarity is still alive and well in Wisconsin! More info, visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1555869417898682/

For many other ideas on how to celebrate May Day safely while supporting workers rights everywhere, visit: https://www.genstrike.org/may-day-guide/

Fri. May 1st 4:00 pm CST System in Crisis: A Working Class Vision for the Future! Join Labor Notes and Haymarket Books in commemorating May Day with a discussion from leading labor voices about how we can build a radical working class response to the current crisis. Featuring: Stacy Davis Gates, VP of the Chicago Teachers Union; Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA; and Sarah Jaffe, labor journalist. While the event is free, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our continuing to do this important publishing and organizing work. All donations will be shared between the two sponsoring organizations. To receive a link to stream the event, register through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/system-in-crisis-a-working-class-vision-for-the-future-tickets-102440131190

OM Village Spring Plant Sale – Safer-at-Home Edition!

Occupy Madison (OM) has been growing hundreds of happy vegetable, herb, and flower seedings in our greenhouse… and we’re ready to get them safely to you for your gardens! This year’s OM spring plant sale is as easy as one, two, three:

1.) purchase your plants online, here: https://occupy-madison.square.site/

2.) Write down your pick-up date! For orders placed between Monday 12 pm and Thursday 12 pm, pick up is that Friday after 12 pm. For orders placed between Thursday 12 pm and Monday 12 pm, pick up is Tuesday after 12 pm

3.) When it’s time, come to the OM Village (304 N. Third St.) and look under the tent for the bag with your name on it!

We’ll keep our OM spring plant sale open as long as we have seedlings available. Shop early for the best selection! The seedlings have been grown in a rich soil mix with Purple Cow organic compost, soil, sand, and nutrients, and tended daily with love.

All sales support Occupy Madison Inc, a membership non-profit organization whose mission is to join together to creatively work towards a more humane and sustainable world. OM Village includes five tiny homes, a woodworking shop, greenhouse, raised bed gardens, and store (closed during Safer-at-Home). For more info, visit:https://occupymadisoninc.com/

Call from Madison Public Library for “Stories from a Distance” during COVID-19!

The Living History Project, Madison Public Library’s community history platform, is gathering narratives in a new initiative called Stories from a Distance. The unprecedented social distancing people are doing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will have far-reaching consequences for individuals, as well as Madison businesses, schools, government, voting, and more.

Stories from a Distance will be collected in three ways:

  • Short audio or written interviews with community members that can be conducted online, via phone or through other mediums. Trained facilitators are available to help anyone interested in sharing their story.
  • Share a story or moment by submitting an image that evokes this time for you and a written response to it – the response can be a song, poem, short essay or even a brief caption.
  • If you’ve posted or shared a story elsewhere already, you can submit a public link for sharing in the Stories from a Distance collection.

Stories from a Distance will gather and share narratives related to COVID-19 and Safer at Home until March 2021. The scope of the project is limited to anyone with a strong Madison connection. For more info, visit: https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/new/living-history-project-%E2%80%9Cstories-distance%E2%80%9D

Support Madison Teen Activists Getting Menstrual Products to Those in Need During the Pandemic!

Because of COVID-19, most schools, businesses, public facilities, and places of work have been closed, yet 25% of those who menstruate rely on educational institutions and local businesses to provide period products each month. At such an unsettled and uncertain time, many community centers have also neglected to recognize menstrual products as basic necessities, that are unsafe for people to go without. Period products should be of the same concern as other health products like toothbrushes, hand sanitizer, and soap. Whatever funds are raised will be used to help local shelters, schools, and health facilities in Wisconsin provide free menstrual products to those who would otherwise not be able to afford them.

To support this effort, visit the Go Fund Me page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/r5pq7-menstrual-product-accessibility-during-a-pandemic

Support Dane County Community Defense!

Mutual aid in this time of crisis is critical and Dane County Community Defenseis in need of more donations and volunteers! They need helping calling folks in need, as well as pointing them towards other resources available in the community.

For more details about this community solidarity effort and to sign up for volunteering, please visit:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQw7ptVb-w6FC1xxhEmw_uwN72BrsQMVlBWwv6hy_VG_91SBwF2QiSytoORlUNOP5l12xiw2foGMgK7/pubhtml?gid=1121011970&single=true

You can also make donations for this effort, by visiting: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/social-justice-center-inc/dane-county-mutual-aid-crisis-response-fund

You can also support growing community demands to release folks from the Dane County Jail whose only real “crime” is being too poor to afford a cash bond! Prisons are proven disease incubators that need to be emptied out as much as possible in this time of pandemic. Money should be diverted instead to healthcare and housing, especially for people who will be homeless upon release! Call Sheriff Mahoney, DA Ozanne, the circuit court judges, and your Dane County Board Supervisor using this sample phone script: bit.ly/dcjscript Connect with PSL Madison for future car caravan protests and other actions – more info at: https://www.facebook.com/events/903339126755571/

The Free The 350 Bail Fund is also holding a series on online concerts to raise money to free folks in Dane County Jail who don’t have enough money to pay their bail!

To support this effort, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/161708938574676/

Those who produce, process, and distribute food should be considered essential in any crisis, but – unfortunately – they are now increasingly overworked, stressed, and under appreciated. Thankfully, there are resources out there to help folks on the food/farm front. A useful WI Local Food System COVID-19 Response Resource spreadsheet can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AN06m0vmi_uws2zbjlmpYvYiZZxU1pdFMm2JGkcaKZY/edit#gid=0

Buy One for a Neighbor Needs your support!

Access to safe local healthy food is a top priority in times like these, especially for those already barely making ends meet. This effort will be contracting with area farmers now for produce to distribute to struggling families all season long. Farmers won’t have to worry if markets are closed or sparsely attended and we ensure low-income neighbors have access to healthy local food. To make a donation and find out more, visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/feed-the-people-and-save-the-farms

The Dane County Farmer Market and Fair Share CSA Coalition have also set up an Emergency Farmer Fund to assist local growers whose markets have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak..

To support this effort, visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-farmer-fund

You can also support Farm to Families Fund / Fundo de Granjas a Familias!

This emergency initiative between REAP, Roots4Change, and Rooted will purchase fresh, healthy, locally grown food from regional family farms and provide it to Madison-area Latino/Indigenous residents and families hard-hit by job loss, food insecurity, lack of access to social services, and federal anti-immigration provisions.  These boxes contain purchased and donated produce, protein and grains from area growers and producers. Community members who are now unemployed due to the pandemic will also be paid to deliver the food to the homes of the recipient families. To contribute to this effort, visit:http://reapfoodgroup.org/farms-to-families/

And since we also know that our undocumented friends, relatives, and co-workers will NOT be receiving any federal COVID-19 relief checks from the $2 trillion package that just passed Congress, please consider making donations to support folks in that community!

Voces de la Frontera Direct Relief Fund:https://voces.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=16

Centro Hispano’s Latino Consortium for Action (LAC) Emergency Relief Fund: http://www.micentro.org/LCA-COVID-19-relief.html

If you want to support your favorite restaurant/tavern/food service worker who may now be out of job for awhile, check out the Madison Virtual Tip Jar: https://tipyourserver.org/MSN/

And there is a similar initiative for struggling out-of-work musicians and artists underway: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDmqDoyREg9zpsiP2cq_l5uv96RvSQX2N6LMyxOOqYGRSKiA/viewform

As we deal with this historic pandemic, the Wisconsin State Historical is also working hard to collect people’s stories of struggle and solidarity throughout this wholepandemic experience. You can find out more details and share your stories here: https://wisconsinhistory.org/records/Article/CS16333

Lastly, the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJS) has a very comprehensive listing of mutual aid efforts and other solidarity opportunities statewide which is constantly being updated. For the latest updated version, please visit:http://www.wnpj.org/COVID-19

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