A regional “End Child Poverty” campaign will be launched at a 10 a.m. meeting on Thursday (Dec. 14) in the library at DeLong Middle School, 2000 Vine St. in Eau Claire. The campaign will be spearheaded by the Chippewa Valley JONAH group. Members of the community are invited to the kickoff presentation. John Wagner, who […]
JONAH to celebrate its 10th anniversary with Sunday afternoon program
JONAH is in the process of celebrating its 10th anniversary! The faith-based cross-denominational Chippewa Valley organization will celebrate its first decade – and look ahead – with a Sunday afternoon program at the Oxford Theater, 1814 N, Oxford Ave. The event will run from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Admission is $25, payable at the door. […]
JONAH plans campaign to reduce childhood poverty in Wisconsin by half
A campaign to end childhood poverty in Wisconsin will get underway on Wednesday, Nov. 15 with a meeting at First Presbyterian Church, 2112 Rudolph Rd. in Eau Claire. The program, sponsored by JONAH (Joining Our Neighbors, Advancing Hope), will feature David Liners, director of JONAH’s statewide parent group, WISDOM. The meeting is scheduled to run […]
A “newbie’s” commentary on JONAH’s “Action Day” trip to Madison
Editor’s Note: More than 800 people gathered in Madison last week to meet with state legislators under the auspices of WISDOM, a statewide organization dedicated to linking Wisconsin communities to work for justice. An Eau Claire contingent from JONAH made the trip and one of its members provided the following commentary from her personal perspective, […]
Families, experts express wariness about Walker’s plan to abolish Wisconsin Parole Commission
By Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Beverly Walker doubts that the governor’s plan to abolish the Wisconsin Parole Commission will add efficiency to a sluggish system, and she suspects it would make qualifying for parole even more difficult. Her husband, Baron Walker, has been imprisoned for nearly 22 years on a 60-year […]
Wednesday program to focus on “crimeless revocation” of releases from prisons
The effects of a state policy which sends people who have not committed a new crime back to prison for violating a rule governing their release will be the focus of a presentation at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Unity Christ Center, 1808 Folsom St. in Eau Claire. The event is sponsored by JONAH (Joining Our […]