{"id":10,"date":"2016-06-08T15:23:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T20:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssc.wisc.edu\/soc\/racepoliticsjustice\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2016-07-18T17:45:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T22:45:52","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssc.wisc.edu\/soc\/racepoliticsjustice\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page lists blogs and organizations<\/p>\n<h2>Groups<\/h2>\n<h4>Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fergusontomadison\">Young, Gifted and Black Coalition<\/a> facebook page. YGB is the Black Lives Matter formation in Madison.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freedom-inc.org\/\">Freedom, Inc<\/a>\u00a0One of the members of the YGB coalitoin.\u00a0Freedom, Inc. engages low- to no-income communities of color in Dane County, WI. We work to end violence against people of color, women, those that non-traditionally gender identify, and our youth, to promote healthy lifestyle.\u00a0 We create healthy communities by campaigning against the root causes of violence, creating new definitions and solutions of identity and resiliency, and empowering all community members as agents of change.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/\">Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism AKA WisconsinWatch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mosesmadison.org\/\">MOSES<\/a>\u00a0is the Madison affiliate of WISDOM. It has been active in challenging mass incarceration, in calling attention to racial disparitiesi n policing, and<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocwisconsin.org\/\">http:\/\/www.rocwisconsin.org\/<\/a>\u00a0 is the web site of Restore our Communities, a project of WISDOM.\u00a0WISDOM is a statewide network of faith communities that works to promote the common good by building diverse communities and encouraging broad participation in the democratic process.\u00a0 WISDOM is a grassroots organization, comprised mostly of religious congregations of many denominations, from about 160 congregations, of 19 different religious traditions.\u00a0 Besides criminal justice reform,WISDOM and its local organizations promote Immigrant Rights, Economic Justice, Health Care availability, Public Transportation, Workforce Housing, and more. WISDOM is an affiliate of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamaliel.org\/Home.aspx\">Gamaliel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>EXPO\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/expowisconsin.webs.com\/about-expo\">http:\/\/expowisconsin.webs.com\/about-expo<\/a>\u00a0is an organization of ex-prisoners. It is sponsored\/supported by WISDOM. It focuses on issues of reentry and has played a major role in developing Madison&#8217;s 15-point program for violence reduction.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnpj.org\/\">Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice<\/a> This is a multi-issue organization. They have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnpj.org\/RJTPCampaign\">&#8220;racial justice tipping point&#8221;<\/a> campaign. The goal of this project is &#8220;project to engage 3.5% of WI&#8217;s population in a campaign called the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racialjusticewi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Racial Justice Tipping Point<\/a><\/strong>. &#8220;We are using grassroots organizing strategies to not only bring people together, but to take the big and small steps to make the big shifts that we need in order to make WI a more racially equitable state. While many organizations within our networks have an explicit focus on racial justice issues such as immigrant rights, Black Lives Matter, American Indian sovereignty and human rights, and Hmong self-determination, we are also partnering with organizations outside our networks to build the power we need to win real life improvements in people&#8217;s lives. A main component of the program is to engage and deepen white people&#8217;s commitment to this work to affect permanent change.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wccf.org\/\">Wisconsin Council on Children and Families<\/a> is a policy group. One of its core areas is <a href=\"http:\/\/racetoequity.net\/\">racial equity<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nehemiah.org\/\">Nehemiah Corporation<\/a>\u00a0is a faith-baithed African American organization under the leadership of pastor Alex Gee of Fountain of Life Church that works in areas of urban development, community leadership, and prisoner reentry. Nehemiah also hosts the <a href=\"http:\/\/nehemiah.org\/justified-anger\/\">Justified Anger coalition.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>National<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eji.org\/\">Equal Justice Initiative<\/a> works on racial disparities in sentencing, death penalty, poverty.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/\">Prison Policy Initiative<\/a> Non-profit, non-partisan, produces cutting edge reserach to expose the broader harm of mass criminalization, then sparks advocacy campaigns.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sentencingproject.org\/\">Sentencing Project<\/a> works for a fair and effective US criminal justice system. Focus areas are sentencing, incarceration, racial disparity, felony disenfranchisement, drug policy, juvenile justice, women, collateral consequences.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Blogs<\/h3>\n<h4>Racial\/ethnic minority groups<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blackyouthproject.com\/\">Black Youth Project<\/a>\u00a0News and commentary relevant to Black movements and Black issues<\/li>\n<li>Conditionally Accepted Blog for academics from the margins by a self-identified Black\/mixed queer professor <a href=\"https:\/\/conditionallyaccepted.com\/\">Original blog site<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/users\/conditionally-accepted\">Inside Higher Education site<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Policing &amp; Corrections<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/improvingpolice.wordpress.com\/\"><em>Improving Police\u00a0 <\/em><\/a>Blog of David Couper, former Madison Police Chief who retired to become an Episcopal Priest. Now retired from that job, he is writing about police reform.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofmadison.com\/police\/chief\/blog\/\">Madison Police Chief Kowal&#8217;s Blog<\/a> Official blog of the current Madison police chief<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>News sites (many of these can be followed on Facebook, blog aggregators, etc.)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/madison365.org\/\">Madison365.org<\/a> A local journalistic endeavor using &#8220;excellent journalism\u00a0to tart\u00a0conversations, find real and lasting\u00a0solutions, build\u00a0community, invite\u00a0action\u00a0and encourage\u00a0emerging\u00a0leaders\u00a0in Greater Madison\u2019s communities of color, and to foster\u00a0dialog\u00a0between members of diverse communities.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/\">WisconsinWatch.org<\/a> is produced by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wisconsinwatch.org\/category\/blogs\/blog\/\">blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.middlewisconsin.org\/\">Middle Wisconsin<\/a> is based in Wausau, WI. It&#8217;s stated principles are \u00a0Fairness, Respect and Community Good. They say:\u00a0We believe:\n<ul>\n<li>in thriving local economies which provide an adequate standard of living for all citizens<\/li>\n<li>everyone has a right to a high quality public education<\/li>\n<li>everyone has a right to high quality health care<\/li>\n<li>in the responsible use and care of our environment<\/li>\n<li>in a just and open government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Housing issues<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tenant Resource Center of Wisconsin\n<ul>\n<li>Blog provides ongoing update on HUD rules, legal updates affecting landlords and tenants:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenantresourcecenter.org\/blog\">http:\/\/www.tenantresourcecenter.org\/blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lots of resources available for concerned tenants and landlords on their website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenantresourcecenter.org\/resources\">http:\/\/www.tenantresourcecenter.org\/resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Several ways to contact them to ensure people get questions answered:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenantresourcecenter.org\/contact\">http:\/\/www.tenantresourcecenter.org\/contact<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Offer mediation services for individuals threatened with eviction:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenantresourcecenter.org\/mediation\">http:\/\/www.tenantresourcecenter.org\/mediation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Madison City Ordinances and Policies regarding landlord\/tenant relationships\n<ul>\n<li>City&#8217;s summary of tenant and landlord rights and responsibilities: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofmadison.com\/dpced\/bi\/documents\/tenantlandlordrightsandresponsibilities.pdf\">http:\/\/www.cityofmadison.com\/dpced\/bi\/documents\/tenantlandlordrightsandresponsibilities.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to participate in Section 8 housing: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofmadison.com\/dpced\/housing\/how-to-participate-in-section-8\/1586\/\">https:\/\/www.cityofmadison.com\/dpced\/housing\/how-to-participate-in-section-8\/1586\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Milwaukee Fair Housing Council.\u00a0Private non-profit based in Milwaukee that also serves clients in Dane county\u00a0Programs include\n<ul>\n<li>Enforcement of housing standards\/ laws &#8211; intake of complaints, counseling\/referrals, investigation<\/li>\n<li>Outreach and Education &#8211; materials, presentations, support<\/li>\n<li>Fair Lending Program &#8211; investigation of predatory lending, mortgage scams, assistance and information<\/li>\n<li>Inclusive Communities Program<\/li>\n<li>Contact information\u00a0612 West Main Street, Suite 200\u00a0Madison, WI 53703\u00a0Phone:\u00a0608-257-0853<\/li>\n<li>Currently hiring for a Dane County Program Services Coordinator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofmadison.com\/cdbg\/doc_library.htm\">City of Madison Documents page for community development<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofmadison.com\/cdbg\/documents\/2013DaneCountyHomelessnessReport.pdf\">2013 report on homelessness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Resources for studying from Matt Desmond&#8217;s <em>Evicted<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/247816\/evicted-by-matthew-desmond\/9780147526793\/teachers-guide\/\">Discussion guide and summary of Evicted from Penguin books)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/podcasts\/live_at_politics\/2016\/03\/matthew_desmond_discusses_his_new_book_evicted.html\">1-hour podcast with Matthew Desmond:<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.signature-reads.com\/2016\/02\/eviction-an-insidious-and-silent-cause-of-poverty-in-america\/\">Article discussing some of the issues in the book<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page lists blogs and organizations Groups Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin Young, Gifted and Black Coalition facebook page. YGB is the Black Lives Matter formation in Madison. Freedom, Inc\u00a0One of the members of the YGB coalitoin.\u00a0Freedom, Inc. engages low- to no-income communities of color in Dane County, WI. 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