CUSH

Getting Acquainted (or Re-Acquainted) with Wisdom and our Affiliates (like CUSH!)
2023-05-25 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
Whether you are new to CUSH because you attended Madison Action Day or have joined a new task force, a dyed-in the wool supporter since day one, or somewhere in between,
this Wisdom interactive online event is for you!
Social justice organizations like CUSH are only as successful in their work if we are engaging our members and volunteer leaders.
Thursday, May 25th
6:30 – 8:00pm
Each participant must register here:
https://secure.everyaction.com/71515tLm50SsM7furN0woQ2
This 90 minute online workshop will educate participants all about CUSH’s statewide parent organization Wisdom, its connection to a host of affiliates around the state (some of them new!), and how we are part of the national organization Gamaliel.
Participants will learn or get a refresher on how we build power around social justice issues, why Wisdom and our affiliates (including CUSH) are some of the best stewards for social justice, and how YOU can become part of helping us grow our critical work.
If we reach at least 15 CUSH participants on this call who are willing to then meet in June to discuss how we collaborate, CUSH will throw them a pizza dinner to fuel our discussion.
So! Register, grab a friend or fellow congregant to register, and hop on the zoom ready to learn more about building power for social justice in Kenosha and Wisconsin!
*Need not be a member of a CUSH congregation to participate. All who are called to build a more equitable Kenosha and Kenosha County are welcome.

Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity Statewide Call
2023-06-13 18:30 - 19:30
The next meeting of Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity will be Tuesday, June 13, at 6:30 pm on Zoom. If you haven’t already, registered, please email Lori Hawkins at lhawkins@cushkenosha.com and ask for access to the zoom registration.

Our topic will be current proposals for reforming shared revenue — funding that flows from the state to local governments. It is a complicated issue but one that we all need to understand, because these proposals would have an enormous impact on our communities and our efforts to advance racial equity.

We will be joined by Philip Rocco, Associate Professor of Political Science at Marquette University, and Dr. Cassandra Bowers, Executive Director of All In Wisconsin.

Prof. Rocco has written extensively on the shared revenue proposals from both Governor Evers and Republican legislators for The Recombobulation Area. You can read his analysis at: What we talk about when we talk about shared revenue (which has links to his earlier columns on the version of the shared revenue bill passed by the Assembly and comparing Gov. Evers’ and the GOP proposals).

Dr. Bowers will share All In Wisconsin’s messaging and narrative around how the GOP proposal would hurt and scapegoat Milwaukee, especially Black and Brown residents, and that it isn’t a plan to increase the services and resources our families need but yet another backdoor ploy to fund police departments and take away local control. (See the attached messaging guide).

Whatever the status of the legislation is at the time we meet, we’ll have suggestions for actions you can take.

Please join us!
On behalf of the Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity cosponsors:

Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee
MICAH
Wisconsin Council of Churches
Wisconsin Council of Rabbis
Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice
WISDOM

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Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity Statewide Call
2023-08-08 18:30 - 19:30
The group might collectively decide to cancel this month. We will let you know.
When we receive the Zoom link and details about the event, we will share it via email. To receive CUSH emails, sign up HERE.

Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity Statewide Call
2023-08-16 18:30 - 20:00
Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity resumes meeting this month with a two-part series on Wisconsin’s curriculum requirement on American Indian studies. Our next meeting is This Wednesday, August 16 at 6:30 pm. on Zoom. REGISTER HERE.

Twice in grades K-8 and once in grades 9 to 12, school boards are required to include in the social studies curriculum instruction in the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin. A legislative study committee has introduced a bill this session (Assembly Bill 209/Senate Bill 198) that would require incorporating American Indian studies into the state model academic standards, and require the Department of Public Instruction to develop informational materials about the requirement for distribution to school boards, administrators, teachers, etc. It would also modify the related requirements for teaching licenses.

On Wednesday August 16, we will hear from Brian Ward, an educator and activist who lives in Teejope (occupied Ho-Chunk Land known as Madison, Wisconsin), and has lived and worked on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home of the Oglala Lakota Nation. He has also worked with Indigenous people in Guatemala and Peru. His master’s thesis work focused on the representation of Indigenous people in K-12 classrooms with a look at the broader societal influence and the solutions states have attempted to remedy these issues. He contributed to the book 101 Changemakers: Rebels and Radicals Who Changed U.S. History and his writing focusing on Indigenous and environmental issues has appeared in The Nation, Truthout, New Politics, Science for the People, and more. See a list of Indigenous Education Resources from Brian here.

On Tuesday September 12, our presenter will be David O’Connor, a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe) in northern Wisconsin. In January 2012, he became the American Indian Studies Consultant at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). In David’s role at DPI, he supports school districts’ efforts to provide instruction on the history, culture and tribal sovereignty of Wisconsin’s American Indian nations and tribal communities, often referenced as Wisconsin Act 31, and the education of Native American students. (Additional information and the link to register will be sent later, before the Sept. 12 meeting.)

We hope to see you at both of these meetings!

Register for the Wednesday, August 16 meeting (6:30 pm. on Zoom) HERE.

Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity Statewide Call
2023-09-12 18:30 - 19:30
When we receive the Zoom link and details about the event, we will share it via email. To receive CUSH emails, sign up HERE.

Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity: 3rd Annual Teach the Truth Week of Action
2023-10-10 18:30 - 19:30
3rd Annual Teach the Truth Week of Action
Register for the Zoom HERE.

To receive CUSH emails, sign up HERE.

Building Transformational Justice: An Info Session
2023-11-08 18:30 - 20:00

Taking a Faithful Stand for Equity Statewide Call
2023-11-14 18:30 - 19:30

Transgender Day of Remembrance
2023-11-21 00:00 - 01:00 | First United Methodist Church, 919 60th Street, Kenosha, 53140, United States
An annual observance that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
Advance Registration Required.
Register Here: https://secure.everyaction.com/qQKc6ctSVUyZNL13g-hxOA2

Interfaith America Podcast Discussion Group Gatherings
2024-01-27 10:00 - 11:30 | East View Coffee Co. Meeting Room, 716 58th St, Kenosha, WI, 53140, United States
Find all the info you need here.

Interfaith America Podcast Discussion Group
2024-02-10 10:00 - 11:30 | East View Coffee Co. Meeting Room, 716 58th St, Kenosha, WI, 53140, United States

CUSH Chili Supper Fundraiser on Super Bowl Sunday!
2024-02-11 15:00 - 16:30 | St. Mary’s Lutheran Church, 2001 - 80th Street
Make Super Bowl Sunday Supper Easy and Support CUSH in the Process!
Order your chili suppers by Friday, February 9th – $15 each or 2 for $25.
Then, stop by St. Mary’s Lutheran Church at 2001 80th St. on the eastside of the building for our drive through order pick up on Sunday, February 11th between 3pm and 4:30pm.
Options: Rich’s Famous Chili and Pastor Kathy’s Vegan Chili
Included: Toppings, Cornbread, and Homemade Cookies for Dessert
Place your order here: https://forms.gle/n5dYCXAZvFhrCrWC7
or Call Bunny at 262-654-7337
Payment by Cash or Check made out to CUSH at Pick Up.
Would you like to volunteer for this fundraiser? Thank you! Explore your options and sign up HERE.

Interfaith America Podcast Discussion Gathering
2024-02-24 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-03-09 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-03-23 10:00 - 11:30 | East View Coffee Co. Meeting Room, 716 58th St, Kenosha, WI, 53140, United States

CUSH Kenosha Mayoral Candidate Forum
2024-03-01 00:00 - 01:30
On Thursday, February 29th, CUSH will hold a Kenosha Mayoral Candidate Forum to be livestreamed for viewers from the CUSH Facabook page.

The purpose for this forum is threefold: to build awareness of the two mayoral candidates who have made it through the primary before absentee ballots come out in early march, to build awareness of CUSH’s issue work, and to share important voter information to viewers.

Find the Livestream at https://www.facebook.com/CUSHKenosha
(Note: The recording of this event will remain on the Facebook page and shared to the CUSH Website.)

All 9 current candidates have been invited to save the date. The two who proceed after the Feb. 20th primary will be the candidates involved in this forum.
Questions will involve CUSH Task Force issues and will not be shared with candidates or their campaigns prior to the forum.
Nota Bene: The forum will be conducted with candidates willing to participate.
Forum Moderator: Len Iaquinta, M.S. Journalism, Columbia University NYC; WGTD “Community Matters” Alternate Host

Voting from Jail: Learn and Be an Advocate
2024-05-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Bradford Community Church Unitarian Universalist, 5810 8th Avenue, Kenosha, 53140, United States
Voting from Jail – Learn and be an advocate (Flyer)

Queer Liberation Studies
2024-05-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Bradford Community Church Unitarian Universalist, 5810 8th Avenue, Kenosha, 53140, United States
Queeur Liberation Studies – note from Cal Robert Miller
Good day fellow CUSH Members.
We had a total of 6 attendees for our first Queeur Liberation Studies.
There was a good fellowship had by all.
We will be meeting May 22 nd 6 to 7pm instead of the second Wednesday due to scheduling
conflicts with myself and Rev Dr Monica.
We will again meet at Bradford Community Church UU5810 8th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53140
We enter in the south door down the stairs.
If you are interested and/or have any questions, please email me at cal88miller@gmail.com.
I still have a few books to hand out and you can email me at cal88miller@gmail.com and I will
send the information of what we will be covering so you can also prepare before.
Please note ALL is welcome in this space for fellowship, discussion and more.
Peace and Love
Cal Robert Miller

Queer Liberation Studies
2024-12-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Bradford Community Church Unitarian Universalist, 5810 8th Avenue, Kenosha, 53140, United States
Bradford Community Church UU
5810 8th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53140
December 4th, 2024 @ 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Day 8 in Queer’s The Word –
A Name Greater Than Son or Daughter
Contact: Cal Robert Miller
cal88miller@gmail.com
(414)215-0451

People of CUSH | FIRST MEETING!!!
2025-01-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Nafi’s Springwood Cafe, 3707 30th Ave, Kenosha, 53144-1620, United States
People of CUSH..
will have its first meeting
Friday, January 24th, 2025, 11 am
Nafi’s Springwood Cafe
3707 30th Ave, Kenosha
Join us as we share
. Our experiences with various faith communities
. How we feel we are called to serve with or
without congregations
. The individual gifts we have to answer our calls
And determine the next steps on our paths
RSVP to Karen Kempinen by January 20!
kkempinen@gmail.com or
262-945-2091 [text or call]

Queer Liberation Studies | February 2025
2025-02-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Bradford Community Church Unitarian Universalist, 5810 8th Avenue, Kenosha, 53140, United States
Join us at Bradford Unitarian Universalist Church for this month’s Queer Liberation Studies!

Bradford Community Church UU 5810 8th Ave,
Kenosha, WI 53140 February 4th, 2025 @
6PM-7PM: Day 10-A Depressed Prophet
If you cannot come in person, please
contact Cal as we are offering two new
ways to participate.
Contact Cal Miller
cal88miller@gmail.com
(414)215-0451

2025 Chili Cookout Fundraiser
2025-02-09 16:30 - 17:30 | St. Mary’s Lutheran Church, 2001 - 80th Street
The New Year’s just in, but football season is almost over!

Help CUSH start 2025 strong with a delicious pre-game dinner before the game on Superbowl Sunday for our Chili Supper Fundraiser, this February 9th from 4:00-5:30p.m. Come by St. Mary’s Lutheran Church and we’ll bring your dinner (complete with desert!), right out to your car!

Support CUSH for just $15 a serving (or $25 for two!).

Order today using the form below, or place an order by phone at 262-914-6793. Orders must be placed prior to February 5th!

CUSH CHILI COOKOUT ORDER FORM

Silent Protest
2025-02-24 09:00 - 17:00 | Kenosha County Courthouse, 912 56th St., Kenosha, 53140, United States
SILENT PROTEST
Join us Monday, February 25th to show your support for the transgender community here in Kenosha.

State Budget Training
2025-03-01 12:00 - 14:00 | Welford Sanders Enterprise Center, 2821 N. Vel R. Philips Ave, Milwaukee, 53212, United States
STATE BUDGET TRAINING
This WISDOM training will help you understand how the Wisconsin state government passes its biennial budget. The budget process is critical for state agencies, and understanding it will help you become a better advocate and ally in the state of Wisconsin.
REGISTER HERE TODAY

Queer Liberation Studies: Fight for Your Faith
2025-03-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Bradford Community Church Unitarian Universalist, 5810 8th Avenue, Kenosha, 53140, United States
FIGHT FOR YOUR FAITH
Join us for March’s Queer Liberation Studies.

Social Justice Advocacy Workshop | Session I
2025-03-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Beth Hillel Temple Kenosha, 6050 8th Avenue, Kenosha, WI, 53143, United States
“Justice, justice, you shall pursue” (Dt. 16:20). Over and over again, the Torah and Prophets exhort us to protect the widow, the orphan, the worker, the immigrant. The Prophets stood on street corners and in the royal courts, speaking truth to power, calling for justice, compassion,
and mercy. In the last century, Jews have been at the forefront of nearly every civil rights and social justice movement.
Rabbi Bonnie will present “Moving From Charity to Justice: A Workshop in Faithful Advocacy”, a three-session workshop originally created for Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice (WFVJ). Rhonda Lindner, interfaith organizer for the Wisconsin Interfaith Voter Engagement Campaign, a project of WFVJ, will join us for sessions II and III.
What: A three-part series of workshops to learn more about how to put the ideals and values of Tikkun olam (repairing the world), a foundational core tenant of Reform Judaism, into action. These workshops will be presented by Rabbi Bonnie, and will be hosted both in-person and over Zoom.
When:
Session I – Sunday, March 9 [2:00pm-4:00pm]
1. Introduce participants to the challenges and opportunities for congregational engagement in advocacy
2. Explores the many forms of advocacy can take
3. Dispels myths about whether a non-profit can engage in public policy work
Session II – Sunday, March 16 [2:00pm-4:00pm]
4. Trains participants in the nuts and bolts of effective advocacy
5. Works on how to write effective Letters to the Editor or Op-eds
Session III – Sunday, March 30 [2:00pm-4:00pm]
6. Provides opportunities for role-play in making a lobby visit to your elected official or presenting testimony at a hearing
*Please note: Participants are encouraged to attend one, two, or even all three sessions, if you are able to!
REGISTER HERE TODAY !!!

Social Justice Advocacy Workshop | Session II
2025-03-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Beth Hillel Temple Kenosha, 6050 8th Avenue, Kenosha, WI, 53143, United States

Social Justice Advocacy Workshop | Session III
2025-03-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Beth Hillel Temple Kenosha, 6050 8th Avenue, Kenosha, WI, 53143, United States

QUEER LIBERATION STUDIES
2025-05-12 18:00 - 19:00
Wednesday May 14, 2025 @ 6PM-7PM: Day 11-Jesus still has his Scars.Until further notice all Queeur Liberationsare being moved to Zoom with no in personmeetings.Contact Cal Robert Millercal88miller@gmail.com(414)215-0451

Reigniting Action Assembly
2025-06-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Spirit Alive!, 4600 60th St, Kenosha, WI, 53144, United States
