Palm Sunday Path

We envision 3 ways to take action in our communities, recognizing that each context is different. We invite you to learn about each area of work, do a bit of research about what it could look like in your county (ie. what is already happening, who are natural collaborators, etc) and then prayerfully discern where you are called to work.

Organize Against 287g agreements with local law enforcement and ICE

• WCC resources

Promote 4th Amendment Business and Workplace Organizing

• 4th Amendment Business Website

• Local Business 4th Amendment Visit Toolkit (from Minnesota Organizing)

Promote local structural commitments to feed the hungry, care for the sick and welcome the neighbor

• Rural Wisconsin - GROWW will lead organizing at county board levels - Click here for a newsletter article to get people connected to local groups

• Urban Wisconsin - Connect with your local WISDOM affiliate

• Some calls to action shared from the Madison Palm Sunday Path

  • Divest from all businesses that do not support DEI.

  • End the use of historically inaccurate representations of Jesus in their homes, places of worship, and daily interactions.

  • Use labor acknowledgments that recognize that the wealth, infrastructure, and economic system of the United States were built on the exploited and stolen labor of enslaved African people and their descendants, and they should take remedial action to alleviate the disparities this created.

Additional calls to action from our partners:

• In Madison Rev. David Hart issued these calls to action as a part of the event:

  • We are calling for faithful people to divest in Target and all businesses that do not support DEI.  We are further calling for churches and faithful people to end the use of historically inaccurate representations of Jesus in their homes, places of worship, and daily interactions. 

    Finally, we are calling for God’s people to begin to use labor acknowledgments that recognize that the wealth, infrastructure, and economic system of the United States were built on the exploited and stolen labor of enslaved African people and their descendants, and a call to take remedial action to alleviate the disparities this created. 

• VOCES de la Frontera invites congregations to march with them for their May 1st Day of Action:

  • Madison Event:
    12:00 p.m. – Gathering at Library Mall (715 State St.)
    1:00 p.m. – March to the State Capitol
    2:00 p.m. – Rally at the Capitol

  • Milwaukee event:
    10:00 a.m. - Gather at Voces office (733 W. Historic Mitchell St)
    11:00 a.m. - March to Federal Building (517 Wisconsin Ave)
    
    More information can be found here.