MOSES Monthly Meeting

First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Dr, Madison, WI, United States

MOSES is a non-partisan interfaith organization that works to promote social justice with a focus on ending mass incarceration. Please join us for our monthly meeting where we reconnect and reenergize around the issues that we care so much about. 9:30  Coffee and Fellowship 10:00 Meeting

MJSR Diversions Focus Area

Sequoya Library 4340 Tokay Blvd, Madison, WI, United States

Join us for one of several focus areas within MOSES' Justice System Reform Initiative. The purpose of this event is: to review and advocate for implementation of county workgroup recommendations to keep people out of the criminal justice system, to attend CJC meetings in order to track developments related to implementation of the diversion recommendations, to testify for […]

MOSES Justice System Reform Initiative

Madison Police Station South District 825 Hughes Place, Madison, WI, United States

This is MOSES’ monthly Justice System Reform Initiative meeting where we discuss – Advocating for a comprehensive justice system data bank – Improving jail conditions for all parties at the jail – Diversion methods to keep people out of the criminal justice system – Establishing a restoration center for Dane County – Education and experiential […]

WISDOM Old Law Task Force Conference Call

Call:  605-468-8012 (NEW) Use Code: 423950 Join this call to discuss advocacy efforts for incarcerated people trapped within the changes of the “old” sentencing and parole laws.

WISDOM Solitary Confinement Task Force Conference Call

Call:  605-468-8012 (NEW) Use code: 423950 Please join our work to greatly reduce the use of solitary confinement. More than 15 days in solitary confinement is torture. It magnifies mental health issues and destroys people. Other states and nations have learned to get by without it, we can too.

WISDOM Prison Prevention Task Force Conference Call

Call:  605-468-8012 (NEW) Use code: 423950 The prison population in Wisconsin has more than tripled since 1990. Wisconsin has the highest black male incarceration rate in the country. Half of African American men in their 30s in Milwaukee County have been in state prison. Incarceration is expensive and comes with additional social costs. We can […]

The Cultural Foundations of Circle Keeping and Restorative Justice

Urban League of Greater Madison 2222 S. Park Street, Madison, WI, United States

Former Chief Judge of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans Tribal Court is joining us to discuss the cultural base of Circle Keeping and Restorative Justice practices.

Public Hearing – Parole Commission

State Capitol, Room 330, Southwest 2 East Main Street, Madison, WI, United States

Please join us in Action! This is the public hearing regarding the nomination of Daniel Gabler as the new permanent chair of the Parole Commission. About 3,000 parole-eligible prisoners are systematically being denied a fair chance to earn their freedom - something the judges who sentenced them back in the 80's and 90's assumed they would have.

Movie Screening: “Milwaukee 53206”

Overture Center 201 State Street, Madison, WI, United States

ROTUNDA STUDIO: FREE This is part of the Faces of Incarceration series. The film Milwaukee 53206 is a one hour documentary that chronicles the lives of those affected by incarceration in America’s most incarcerated ZIP code. Through the intimate stories of three 53206 residents, we witness the high toll that mass incarceration takes on individuals […]

WISDOM Post-release Task Force Conference Call

Call:  605-468-8012 (NEW) Use Code: 423951 Join this statewide call which discusses our work to: End crimeless revocations. The largest number of people entering Wisconsin prisons are actually re-entering prison. About 4,000 prison admissions each year are people who have not been convicted of a new crime. Open the doors of opportunity through Ban the […]

WISDOM Old Law Task Force Conference Call

Call:  605-468-8012 (NEW) Use Code: 423950 Join this call to discuss advocacy efforts for incarcerated people trapped within the changes of the “old” sentencing and parole laws.

MOSES Monthly Meeting

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Peterson Hall 5701 Raymond Road, Madison, WI, United States

MOSES is a non-partisan interfaith organization that works to promote social justice with a focus on ending mass incarceration. Please join us for our monthly meeting where we reconnect and reenergize around the issues that we care so much about. 9:30  Coffee and Fellowship 10:00 Meeting

WISDOM Solitary Confinement Task Force Conference Call

Call:  605-468-8012 (NEW) Use code: 423950 Please join our work to greatly reduce the use of solitary confinement. More than 15 days in solitary confinement is torture. It magnifies mental health issues and destroys people. Other states and nations have learned to get by without it, we can too.

WISDOM Prison Prevention Task Force Conference Call

Call:  605-468-8012 (NEW) Use code: 423950 The prison population in Wisconsin has more than tripled since 1990. Wisconsin has the highest black male incarceration rate in the country. Half of African American men in their 30s in Milwaukee County have been in state prison. Incarceration is expensive and comes with additional social costs. We can […]

County Board – 2018 Departmental Budget Public Hearing

City-County Building, Room 201 210 Martin Luther King Blvd, Madison, WI, United States

This includes all departments except Human Services, which will be held on the 13th.  There is a possibility for testimony about the jail at this meeting, so MOSES members are encouraged to attend.

County Board – 2018 Human Services Budget Public Hearing

Alliant Energy Center 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI

There is a possibility for testimony about the funding for Crisis Restoration and diverting people with mental health issues from jail at this meeting, so MOSES members are encouraged to attend.

MOSES Justice System Reform Initiative

Madison Police Station South District 825 Hughes Place, Madison, WI, United States

This is MOSES' monthly Justice System Reform Initiative meeting where we discuss Advocating for a comprehensive justice system data bank Improving jail conditions for all parties at the jail Diversion methods to keep people out of the criminal justice system Establishing a restoration center for Dane County Education and experiential learning for MOSES members

Integrated Voter Engagement Training

Catholic Multicultural Center 1862 Beld Street, Madison, WI, United States

Integrated Voter Engagement (IVE) is an initiative co-sponsored by MOSES and the League of Women Voters to canvas voters on issues of importance to us. This is a non-partisan effort to get the word out on criminal justice reform as an important issue for voters to consider when making choices.

MOSES Leadership Board

Friends Meeting House 1704 Roberts Court, Madison, WI, United States

MOSES Leadership Board   The Leadership Board is the strategic decision-making body of MOSES, consisting of the Executive Committee and voting delegates of member congregations and of the Independent Caucus. Other members may attend as non-voting observers, as space permits.   Fourth Thursday, 5:00-7:00

WISDOM Post-release Task Force Conference Call

Call:  605-468-8012 (NEW) Use Code: 423951 Join this statewide call which discusses our work to: End crimeless revocations. The largest number of people entering Wisconsin prisons are actually re-entering prison. About 4,000 prison admissions each year are people who have not been convicted of a new crime. Open the doors of opportunity through Ban the […]