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Dear Democracy Defenders,
If you’re like us, your inbox is probably stuffed with Giving Tuesday messages and is full of donation requests, giving deadlines, and matching gift offers. It’s a lot! And it’s important.
Working together to resist MAGA Republican authoritarianism, we often focus on the “big” fights like elections, federal legislation, and court battles. That work is vital, but as you know, we also focus on the importance of local community.
Democracy is built on local resilience and thrives when communities are strong enough to weather storms, literal or political. When we support local nonprofits, we are investing in the kind of mutual community trust that authoritarianism works to erode. Areas with thriving libraries, a full food bank, robust youth programs, housing safety nets, and more are areas where people are secure enough to engage civically and work toward each other’s interests.
So, this Giving Tuesday, if you are moved to give, we invite you to view your donation not as charity, but rather as an investment in civic infrastructure.
Support the organizations that keep your neighborhood glued together. When we help our neighbors to survive and thrive, we are doing the hard and necessary work of democracy.
In solidarity,
WDDP Leadership
P.S. We are organizing a WDDP volunteering event soon! Check out the details below.
ACTION: Register for WDDP December Social and Service Gatherings |
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December is a busy month, and WDDP’s community building team is organizing not one, but two events!
Volunteer at Santas without Chimneys: This year, we’re partnering with Santas without Chimneys, a local organization that provides toys and gifts to children and teens experiencing homelessness in the Madison area. Volunteer tasks may include sorting and wrapping gifts. Interested? Click the button below to indicate your availability on 12/15, 12/18, or 12/20. (We will choose a date based on responses received by next Wednesday, 12/3.) |
Rally & March: Protest ICE in Milwaukee on Friday, 12/5 |
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WDDP is proud to be an official co-sponsor ICE Out of Wisconsin: A Rally & March on December 5 in Milwaukee.
Interested in attending? Want to carpool or caravan? Head on over to the Slack Channel #action-marches to coordinate. Not on Slack? Send us an e-mail, and we’ll get you connected.
Background: Right now, ICE is conducting its operations out of 310 E Knapp, a building owned by the Milwaukee School of Engineering. This contract is up in April – and Wisconsin needs to loudly and steadfastly say: END THE LEASE!
We’re calling upon Wisconsinites – not just people from Milwaukee – to unite in showing that we’re willing to throw a wrench in ICE’s plans statewide as they plan to expand.
A coalition of organizations from across the state has joined together to say: ICE out of Wisconsin, and we need YOU there! |
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