by MOSES Publications | Jan 10, 2026 | Support MOSES, Yearbook
Underwriters ($1,000+)
Mary Anglim*
Michael and Rima Apple
Phil Carlson*
Andrew Dutcher*
Pamela Gates*
Eric Howland
Barbie and Andrew Jackson*
Madison Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
John Murphy
Douglas Maynard
Lisa Munro and Dick Goldberg*
Pamela Oliver
Sherry Reames
Kevin Lee Williams
Sustainers ($120-$999)
Myzell Alexander
John Andrews
Gregory and Brenda Armstrong
Marsha Baldwridge*
Patricia Ball*
Mary Jo Baumann and Nicholas Glass
Colleen Clark-Bernhardt
Fawn Bilgere
Roderick Brown
Saundra Brown
Michael Burch
William James Burlingham
Georgeanne Cusic
Jerome Dillard
Robin Downs*
Theresa Duello
Alexandra Fayen*
First Baptist Church
Dale Fix and Cindy Cameron*
Lisette Fonder
Barry Fox
Tracy Frank*
Lucy Gibson
Tom and Jan Gilbert*
Thomas and Joanne Gobel
Deanna Grahn*
Sheldon Gross
Jerry Hancock
Kathleen Harker
Elizabeth Harper*
Francine Hartman
Hatheway Hasler*
Frances Hoffman*
Margaret Irwin
Marie and Ralph Jackson
Richard Johnson
Greg Jones
Karen Julesberg*
Linda Ketcham
Rachel Kincade*
Nancy Kosseff*
Patricia La Cross*
Ann Lacy*
Lake Edge Lutheran Church
Julia Leichtenberg*
Sharon Lezberg*
Juli Loker*
Kathy Luker
Bonnie Magnusson*
Kathryn Massoth
Patricia McIntyre*
Alison Mix*
James Morgan*
Thomas Moritz and Laurel Shine
Carolyn Moynihan-Bradt*
Diane Padrutt
Carol Rubin*
Paul Saeman
St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church
St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church
Marcia Schmidt
Julie Schwab
Thomas Smith
Kay Stevens*
James Stolzenburg*
Anthony Wade
Ken and Vicki Warren
Patricia Watson*
Patrons ($25-$119)
Pamela Allen
Denise Baring
Barbara Benson and Patrick O’Laughlin
Vicki Berenson
Carrie Braxton
Christine Maloney
Laura Crow
Annette Czarnecki
Abigail Degner
Jan Etnier
Hildy Feen
Lucas Fiet
Milton and Emily Ford
Kenneth Genskow
Donna Gilbert
Anne Habel
Harry Haney
Tricia Hillner
Emily Hirsch
Alice Jenson*
Melvin Juette
Pat Kippert*
Terrence Larson
Marjorie Lewis
John Mix
Earnestine Moss
Ellen and James Myers
Barbara Park
Wes Ray
Marnie Schulenburg
Mary Wallace
Friends ($5-$24)
Talib Akbar
Carol Henry
Amy Schulz
June Virnig
*Indicates participation in monthly electronic giving.
by MOSES Publications | Jan 10, 2026 | MOSES leadership, Support MOSES, Yearbook
Learn
- Attend a monthly meeting. Meetings are held at the UW South Madison Partnership Space, 2238 S. Park St. in the Villager Mall; meetings are hybrid and can be attended via Zoom as well as in person. Check the events calendar on the MOSES website to confirm the meeting date and time.
Get involved
- Join a work group, task force, or committee.
- Volunteer for an event or action.
- Participate in a training.
- Testify at a hearing; attend a county, city, or state meeting.
- Contact or visit elected officials.
- Write a letter to the editor.
Make a financial contribution
Donations in any amount are always welcome! (Think outside the box: make or request a donation to celebrate a milestone — yours or a friend’s — donate in honor of someone you admire, make a memorial donation….) As an affiliate of WISDOM, MOSES shares in WISDOM’s 501(c)3 status, so your donation is tax-deductible. The more financial support MOSES receives from our members — congregational, organizational, and individual — and friends, the less time we need to spend organizing fundraising or seeking and writing grants.
Here’s how to contribute financially to support our work:
- Mail a check (payable to “MOSES”) to MOSES, PO Box 7031, Madison, WI 53707
- From the MOSES website donations page (mosesmadison.org/donate), you can make an online donation with a credit or debit card or a PayPal account or download the form to enroll in monthly giving through electronic funds transfer.
- Consider making a tax-deductible donation to MOSES from your RMD (Required Minimum Distribution) and/or including MOSES in your estate planning.
For more information, or if you have any questions, please email the MOSES Treasurer at:
treasurer.moses.madison@gmail.com.
by MOSES Publications | Dec 17, 2025 | Support MOSES
MOSES gratefully acknowledges these sponsorship contributions for the 2025 Gala:
Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa: $5,000
Dick Goldberg: $1,500
Summit Credit Union: $1,500
John Murphy: $1,000
Mary Anglim: $500
Grace Episcopal Church: $500
Call to Action Madison: $250
Pamela Gates: $250
by MOSES Publications | Nov 16, 2025 | Community Issues
Madison Justice Team Works with the Workers
Goals: To Connect, Assist, Inform
By Pam Gates
Diane Ballweg and Harry Haney, both longtime Madisonians, are the leaders of a relatively new alliance they call the Madison Justice Team. The team meets about once a quarter, to give people concerned about the criminal-legal system and those affected by it a chance to get together, share ideas, and find ways to collaborate. At the last meeting, held Sept. 29 at the UW South Madison Partnership and hosted by the Odyssey Project, over 25 people from almost that many agencies and organizations shared their efforts and hopes: everything from GED studies and employment skills for youth at Operation Fresh Start to a progress report on improvements in the new jail to hopes for the arts as vehicles of healing for those incarcerated – or those in danger of it.
How did the Madison Justice Team get started?
“I went to Harvard,” says Diane. “I won a place in Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative, which draws people from all over the world. At the end of the one-year program, each of us had to present a project based on how to make the world a better place. I chose the justice system and based my project on two principles: (1) People can’t act on what they don’t know, and (2) Don’t start yet another nonprofit; rather, bring agencies together.
“I met Harry through Edgewood High School, where I have taught for many years,” Diane continued. “He is the current Board chair at the high school and does the communication work for the Madison Justice Team.”
Both Harry and Diane are very active on boards throughout the Madison area. Diane has worked with Porchlight for years, for example, and says she’s on or has been on “about 20” boards. The two pull agency representatives together in small or large groups, and they also meet quarterly with some of the big players: Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett, Dane County Executive Melissa Agard, a small group from the Department of Corrections, Gov. Evers’ staff. Even these folks are bound by government rules, regulations, and laws, Diane says, and can’t necessarily act as freely as they might personally like to.
Harry has a business background. When he worked at Loyola University in Chicago, he heard a talk on second-chance hiring from a business perspective. The concept, he says, makes both people sense and business sense. His work with Diane and the Madison Justice Team, he says, has been a great experience. “I’ve learned a lot; it’s made me think a lot about how we do things as a society.”
“’No’ doesn’t open any doors,” Diane added.
Madison Justice Team’s purpose
“Our purpose is to be collaborators and connectors,” Diane said. “We’re not competing for clients or funding. Our team helps to bring folks together.”
“At our first meeting, there were about 35 people,” Harry recalled. “Now we have 150 on the mailing list, from 70-plus organizations. Let’s all get connected and learn from each other.”
They cited their recent meeting with local activist Corey Marionneaux, founder and CEO of the Black Men Coalition of Dane County, who is currently making a movie about his life. “We’ll promote it,” Diane says, clarifying how the team fits into the work of its membership. In another story about bringing people together, both mentioned connecting Corey with an agency that needed to move materials but had no way to do it. Black Men Coalition projects didn’t need their vans during the middle of the day, and Corey was happy to help the agency move its materials.
“Our stories could go on and on,” Diane says. “There are a lot of good people doing a lot of good things. I wish we could have the government step in. But there are little things that we can do. You [entities such as MOSES] are the experts; tell us what you need.”
Suggestions for MOSES
I commented that MOSES, an organization of congregations addressing policy, struggles to draw the congregational memberships into its work. Diane suggested that each week one congregation write letters to the editor on selected topics. Write to legislators as well, she said – they track how many letters they get, and on which topics. MOSES could create a simple form on a topic, which individuals in congregations could easily plug into, and Harry and Diane would push it out to the Madison Justice Team mailing list as well.
A current example of a local topic, one that addresses prevention, is funding for public school guidance counselors. Madison Public Schools have one guidance counselor for every 380 students! A struggling student will be hard pressed to find meaningful help in this situation. And we in MOSES know of many, many more situations that need to be rectified.
Thank you, Diane, for this suggestion. It may be a way to mobilize our congregations, who are concerned but busy with many other matters. And thanks to you and Harry for creating the Madison Justice Team!
by MOSES Publications | Nov 16, 2025 | Newsletter, Organizer
Organizer’s Corner: James Morgan Interview by Margaret Irwin
Journey to Justice Bus Tour James and other MOSES members handed out flyers on the Capitol Square on Oct. 11; several people who took flyers came to the event on Oct. 12. “Fantastic” was the term James used to describe the exhibits on the bus (see p. X for a further report). He deemed the event, including the two panel discussions, “an eye-opening experience for everyone.” Reps. Darrin Madison and Ryan Clancy, as well as gubernatorial candidates Rep. Francesca Hong and Sen. Kelda Roys, were among the panelists.
MOSES Gala Nov. 22 This year MOSES will be celebrating one honoree, who will share an inspirational story of transformation. At the Gala, we will also be recognizing JustDane, an organization that contributes to the well-being of formerly incarcerated people, their families, and the Dane County community. In addition, we will be honoring one of MOSES’s past presidents.
Community Forum James has been talking to individuals and other organizations about sponsoring a community forum in the early spring regarding education, voting, health care, and incarceration. Hopefully, this roundtable discussion will lead to action steps to improve life in our community. One state legislator has already agreed to participate.
Indigenous People’s Day/Rights of Nature Bill at the State Capitol James represented MOSES at this Oct. 13 celebration. He recruited Art Shegonee to give the opening blessing at the ceremony. He was touched to be able to offer a pouch of tobacco to Shegonee, a member of the Menominee and Potowatomi tribes, as a sign of respect to an elder. During the event, legislation was proposed regarding the rights of nature – how we engage and protect the air, land, water, and trees in our state.
New MOSES Office The new office, which is located in The Crossing, 1127 University Ave., Room 218, is officially open. James plans to be there Wednesday-Friday, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. He welcomes people to stop in for conversation and to see the new space. Please phone ahead to make sure he’s actually in the office. “It’s not my office, it’s our space,” he says.
James looks forward to working with Michael Burch, director of The Crossing Campus Ministry, in engaging with students. He recently had dinner with some of them and enjoyed their curiosity and willingness to discuss justice issues.
Motivation Someone asked James why he is a part of MOSES. He responded: “I believe in the work people have done in MOSES. I am in awe of how it has grown and dealt in a dignified and respectful manner with challenges that have come its way. MOSES is willing to ask the vital questions of officials in the fields of policing, incarceration, housing, and education.”
“MOSES would not exist and operate without the participation of every single volunteer, going back to its founding,” he added.
James urges us to develop an overall sense of the organization. We are prone to focus on the one area where we volunteer, but we need to know what people in other areas are doing, as well. Being able to tell others about the breadth of our work is important for community recognition and for growth of our organization.
“Let’s continue to embrace and invest in one another and in the community,” James says. “This will help bridge the economic, racial, and gender divides that certain powers are seeking to deepen. We’re not only setting a direction for others to follow; we’re establishing a legacy that will continue for decades.”
Let’s Do MOSES!
