by mosesmadison | Dec 10, 2014 | Meetings
At the December monthly meeting, a new MOSES executive committee was elected. We would like to extend our gratitude to the members of MOSES founding executive committee. Those members include: Carol Rubin (President), Caliph Muab-El (Vice President), Nancy Kosseff (Secretary), Ann Lacy (Treasurer), and Sister Joan Duerst (Chair of the Religious Leaders Caucus). [Erika Bach (MOSES Organizer), and David Liners (Executive Director of WISDOM) also attend meetings, and are ex officio members, with voice but no vote. Their positions will not change.]
During tenure of this initial executive committee, MOSES had grown and accomplished so much. It has developed into a large and healthy social justice 
organization with several moving parts including the Ban the Box initiative, the creation and dissemination of the new jail report, increasing awareness and funding for treatment alternatives and diversion (TAD), and multiple other task forces).
Please use the comments section below to express your comments and or gratitude for our outgoing executive committee.
We welcome our new executive members that were recently elected:
President: Rev. Jerry Hancock, First Congregational
Designated Vice President: Belinda Richardson, Breaking Barriers
Vice President: Bev Buhr, James Reeb UU Congregation
Vice President: Caliph Muab-El, Breaking Barriers
Vice President for Recruitment: Morris Waxler, First Unitarian Society
Secretary: Susan Millar, First Unitarian Society
Assistant Secretary: Nancy Kosseff, First Unitarian Society
Treasurer: Ann Lacy, Plymouth Congregational UCC
Financial Secretary: Pat Anderson, First Unitarian Society
by mosesmadison | Dec 2, 2014 | Events
Wisconsin can cut its prison population in half. Actions taken in 2015 can make it happen. Learn how action by people of faith and good will can be the decisive factor.
11×15 Blueprint to End Mass Incarceration
Wednesday, December 10
10:00 am
State Capitol, Room 411S
Following the presentation, anyone interested in being part of the solution is invited to nearby First United Methodist Church for lunch and to meet in groups to work on strategies to continue to demand:
- Increased resources for Treatment Alternatives and Diversions (TAD) programs that can keep thousands of people out of prison.
- The Second Chance Act, which will keep most 17 year-olds out of adult courts
- Sentencing Reform
- Parole for more than 2,500 eligible prisoners who have been denied a fair chance for release, even after they have served the time intended by judges.
- An end to the torture that is Solitary Confinement
- “Compassionate Release” for prisoners who are elderly and/or very ill
- Alternatives to Revocation for many of the 4,000 people whose Supervision or Parole is revoked for “technical violations”
- Audit and reform of a faulty GPS Monitoring system
- Transitional Jobs opportunities for thousands of long-term unemployed Wisconsinites, including many with conviction histories
- Ban the Box legislation and reform of the CCAP on-line data base
For more information, contact David Liners at 414-736-2099, or at david.liners1@gmail.com Or, contact any local WISDOM organization.
by mosesmadison | Nov 14, 2014 | Events, Resources
A replica of a solitary confinement cell will be installed for one week at the
Madison Christian Community, 7118 Old Sauk Road, beginning this weekend.
As part of the installation, there will be a forum held on Tuesday evening, November 18th. Reverend Jerry Hancock will be leading the forum, which will include speakers and a talking circle.
The cell will be available for a few hours during the week for viewing and/or for spending some time sitting inside of it, in meditation or prayer or simply deep reflection about the reality of what we are doing inside of our prisons to our brothers and sisters. If you’re interested in this opportunity, please see the contact information on the flyer below.
by mosesmadison | Oct 24, 2014 | Events
A panel and participatory dialogue will explore successful outcomes across the state that divert and reduce jail populations and the ways these are, and can be, offered in Dane County. To hear opinions from residents and Subject Matter Experts, there will be breakout sessions to brainstorm issue and impact areas. Working from within our communities, we will explore how we are all affected by the jail, confinement and incarceration… and what we have the ability to do about it. Please join us!
