Hello from North Shore Fair Maps! Why what we are doing matters A child who started 1st grade this week will be getting ready for the high school prom when the next set of voting district lines are drawn. Let that sink in. The maps being drawn today will – for a decade – Read more…
The slide deck to the Monday August 9 meeting can be found HERE. The video is HERE (a temporary glitch in the video occurred when I lost my Zoom connection, sorry). At our meeting we discussed the film “Can You Hear Us Now?” Did you miss the film? Here’s another Read more…
Our free screening of Can You Hear Us Now? is live! Links to access the film and the August 9 meeting are below. Can You Hear Us Now? is a powerful documentary film that shows the personal and political impact of gerrymandering and other anti-democratic policies in the state of Wisconsin. Access the film at https://www.twelveletterfilms.com/north-shore/. The Read more…
This week’s Action update is full of possibilities! Last call for community of interest maps. Hesitating? Watch this 15-minute ‘how to’ video: https://youtu.be/KnYHDwhJieM. Then sign up at https://bit.ly/MapPlay. 7PM CT August 9 – monthly meeting. Special RSVP: https://www.twelveletterfilms.com/north-shore/. The August 9 meeting features the film making team that brought us Can Read more…
Three quick bullets this week: Time’s running short. We want as many Community of Interest Maps drawn by the end of July! Sign up now. https://bit.ly/MapPlay. One hour makes you part of a statewide — no, a national — effort to return power to the people. Want to see how it’s done? Here Read more…
Just one request this week. Before you celebrate the founding of our nation this weekend, take this step to help save democracy: sign up to draw your community of interest map. https://bit.ly/MapPlay. One hour is all we ask. Your map will be “baked into” the maps created by the People’s Read more…
Time to Take Action! *1. We need maps – at the end of June the entire state will be reviewed to see how many maps have been made, so if you have not yet done your map, Sign up for “Map Play” – https://bit.ly/MapPlay or draw your own community of Read more…
The fair maps team had another great meeting Monday night, featuring Rep Deb Andraca and Whitford attorney Doug Poland. Watch the video here. See slide deck here. Next meeting: We are having a real live get together in July – a picnic! Monday July 12 at Brown Deer Park. Start Read more…
What to do right now? RSVP for next week’s meeting – “Lines, Laws, & Information (Disinformation) 7PM CT Monday, June 14 (virtual). https://bit.ly/NSFMMonthly. Featuring special guest Doug Poland, lead trial attorney in the Whitford v Gill gerrymandering case. The meeting will be packed full of information and inspiration, with energizing take Read more…
We start with a quick one: sign the petition! This is a no-brainer, so do it now and TELL YOUR LEGISLATOR TO PASS FAIR MAPS! Now we have that done, we point out that Taking Action is important, but so is R&R, so the Mapping Team is taking a few Read more…