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This page displays timely announcements, news reports, and articles written by MOSES members previously published in our newsletters, yearbook, or venues. Signed articles offer information and interpretations to support advocacy, but are not official MOSES positions. Links to official MOSES position statements may be found on this page.  The main display shows all items with the most recent first. You can select particular topics, working groups, or types of information to see the articles of one type, with the most recent first. Also see the Publications & Resources page for links to whole newsletters and yearbooks as well as other resources for research.

Review of When They Call You a Terrorist

by | Jan 17, 2026 | ,

when they call you a terrorist: a black lives matter memoir By Patrisse Khan-Cullors   Patrisse Khan-Cullors, one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, is an outspoken activist fiercely defensive of her people – the people who are living Black lives in America. In this memoir, she paints a vivid picture of what it’s like to grow up Black and poor in America as the War on Drugs rages, what it’s like for your mom to work several jobs to keep a roof over the family and food in their...

MOSES Statement about the Killing of Renee Nicole Good

by | Jan 13, 2026 | , , ,

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...

Racial Justice for All Children: 2025 Review

by | Jan 10, 2026 | , , , , , , , , ,

Racial Justice for All Children Task Force Advocates for Children The mission of the Racial Justice for All Children (RJAC) Task Force is to eradicate the childhood-to-school-to-prison pipeline. We seek to further MOSES’s mission — to dismantle the systems of mass incarceration and mass supervision and to eradicate the racial disparities in our community that contribute to them — by interrupting systemic processes that contribute to youth involvement in the juvenile justice system, and by...

Thank You to Our 2025 Supporters

by | Jan 10, 2026 | ,

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...

Ways to Support MOSES

by | Jan 10, 2026 | , ,

Learn Check out the MOSES website:  mosesmadison.org 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...

Thank you to Gala Sponsors

by | Dec 17, 2025 |

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  

HUD Action Alert

by | Dec 1, 2025 | , ,

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

by | Dec 1, 2025 | , , , , ,

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...

Help Needed: Racial Justice for All Children (RJAC)

by | Nov 16, 2025 | , , , , , , , , , , ,

Help Needed: Racial Justice for All Children (RJAC) By Shel Gross We know. You have a lot on your plate. The idea of joining another committee automatically makes you want to stop reading. But what if you could support MOSES’s advocacy work in a way that you can fit into your schedule, instead of trying to fit into ours? Well, maybe you can. The Racial Justice for All Children Task Force (RJAC) has a lot of “positions” we need filled to do our work. Maybe there is one that works for you. Our...

Madison Justice Team Works with the Workers

by | Nov 16, 2025 |

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...