News and Commentary
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1/30/2026 Message from Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway
Mayor's Message "I would like to take a moment to assure community members who are concerned regarding potential ICE action in our city. Madison is — and will remain — a welcoming city that supports its immigrant and refugee communities. City of Madison staff are closely coordinating with emergency management personnel, local law enforcement, and the organizations who are directly serving our immigrant populations. We are also engaged in scenario-planning for situations that other cities have...
Gamaliel-wide call to Block ICE & CBP Funding
Call to Action Gamaliel and WISDOM, the parent organizations of MOSES, have declared that they oppose funding ICE and CBP. They have issued a call to all affiliates to: Take action - Please contact your U.S. Senators to tell them to vote NO on the FY2026 DHS Bill & Halt ALL Funding for ICE and CBP: ONLINE DIRECT ACTION FORM Partial Message from WISDOM President, Kathleen Gloff Dear Ones, After Alex Pretti was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, Gamaliel called an emergency...
A Message from MOSES President: Like MLK, Jr. “I too, have a dream!”
Dreams are fundamental because they shape vision, give purpose, and move people to action. They help us imagine what does not yet exist and provide the moral and emotional energy needed to pursue change. Without dreams, there is no direction; without direction, there is no progress. Dreams are often the starting point for justice, transformation, and hope—they are the seeds from which courage, resilience, and collective action grow. Growing up in Warren, Arkansas, I came of age in a small,...
MOSES Statement about the Killing of Renee Nicole Good
MOSES supports the advocacy work of our parent organizations, including the WISDOM Immigration Task Force and the Gamaliel Civil Rights of Immigrants Campaign. With gratitude to Pablo Tapia Mendoza, Chair of Gamaliel’s Civil Rights of Immigrants, we borrow from his statement to the Gamaliel Network. Our hearts are broken and our spirits are deeply challenged. On January 7th, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good on the streets of Minneapolis. The very...
HUD Action Alert
Action Alert: Contact Congress About Critical Homelessness Funding Earlier this month the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a notice of new grant funding for the Continuum of Care Program, which included major changes to this primary source of federal homelessness funding. Additionally, because of federal delays, agencies were given less than two months to complete applications. Last week, Gov. Evers announced that Wisconsin was joining a multi-state lawsuit to...
Wisconsin Literacy Justice Coalition Informational Event
Every Child Deserves to Read: Become a Trained Volunteer Literacy Tutor Community Information Session Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 2-4 PM Goodman Community Center, Ironworks Building, Evjue Room 149 Waubesa Street, Madison Free Parking; Light refreshments will be served. ✓ No teaching experience required.✓ Free professional training provided.✓ Work one-on-one with one or more children 2 times per week. Program Laurie Frost, Overview of the problem. Iris Patterson, *START Literacy Program...
Call to Action: Dane County Budget
Call to Action RALLY at City County Building Wednesday, November 5 5:00 - 5:45 p.m. City County Building 210 Martin Luther King Blvd Speakers James Morgan, MOSES Community Organizer Linda Ketcham, JustDane Executive Director Heidi Wegleitner, Dane County Board Supervisor, District 2 Health & Human Needs Committee Chair Yogesh Chawla, Dane County Board Supervisor, District 6 Chair Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee Land Conservation Committee Others to be announced...
Interview with Expert on Independent Police Monitors
MOSES and its Justice and Policing Task Force support the Independent Police Monitor and the Citizen Police Oversight Board (PCOB) as they are undergoing transition after the recent resignation of the Independent Monitor. The MOSES co-sponsored a Zoom interview organized by the Community Response Team with experienced Independent Monitor Joseph Lipari. He discussed the qualifications needed for an Independent Monitor and best practices for having an effective IM. Here is a link to a recording...
Listening Session with Police Citizen Oversight Board
Representatives of Madison's Police Citizen Oversight Board held a listening session on October 22. MOSES members were present to ask questions and make comments. Here is a link to a video recording of that session. Note that the session was optimized for the in-person attendees so the recording is only so-so.
South Side Farmer’s Market A Real Treasure
South Side Farmer’s Market A Real Treasure By Pam Gates The South Side Farmer’s Market has been in business for 24 years, providing south Madison with fresh, affordable food in a safe, family-friendly place on the Labor Temple grounds, 1602 S. Park St., at the corner of Wingra Drive and South Park Street. Robert Pierce, owner of the Market, has been doing this kind of work “one way or another,” he says, since he was a kid growing up in South Madison. “I’ve been growing and picking...