Ironwood Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

10/12/2022

League of Women Voters (all gender identities welcome!) is hosting a couple of non-partisan info sessions to discuss the state proposals on the November 8th ballot. Check it out and please consider voting!!

06/07/2022

Join us at City Square this weekend for all of the great events for Pride UP 2022! Our group will have an info table at the picnic and we hope to have some great community conversations!!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

03/10/2022

Here is an opportunity to support our election process...

12/07/2021

A "Happy Holidays" classic article for all of the policy and polling wonks out there. The major takeaways for the Happy Holidays vs. Merry Christmas debate are: don't be a jerk, and Die Hard isn't really a Christmas movie. Seems simple, right?

PPP’s annual holidays poll finds that it’s really only Trump voters who get offended about the ‘Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays’ debate. 23% of Trump voters say they’re offended by the phrase ‘Happy Holidays,’ while only 3% of Clinton voters say they’re offended by the phrase ‘M...

12/04/2021

A nice seasonal opinion piece for you all on the Norwegian Posten ad and the accusations of it sexualizing Christmas.

Form the article: "The truth is that Christmas and Santa have been sexualised for years already, and few people have batted an eye. Sexy Santa outfits are standard fare for women at this time of year. Over the last few decades, celebs of every ilk and era, from Marilyn Monroe to Love Island’s Maura Higgins, have donned the skimpiest of Santa costumes. What about Christmas classics such as “Santa Baby” and “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”? Weren’t they sexualising Christmas decades before Posten’s ad came along?" Nobody seems to object to the Rockettes on moral grounds.

It’s not Harry kissing Santa that’s distasteful, but the echoes of the historical villainisation of gay male sexuality that reverberate through the objections to this ad

12/01/2021

Too often people in this country use "celebrating their heritage" as a cover and excuse for racist and nationalist propaganda. There is so much more to heritage that can be celebrated without harming or threatening others. We have to always acknowledge our past but there are things to learn as well. Here is a cute folk story that will resonate with our descendants of Finnish colonizers; a reasonable way to celebrate one's heritage:
https://nerdist.com/article/fox-fires-animated-short/?fbclid=IwAR1Equ-0HK3LTuVHA4p2gHM2S8hB3e6pX8ZjgoPuCPiqF4-KOS8cV4rdpYQ

A new animated short film, "Fox Fires," tells the ancient Finnish myth about the creation of the Northern Lights.

11/30/2021

Check out these PDFs of kids' books created in the traditional language of our area.

From the website linked below:
"The Bad River Head Start, with funding from the Wisconsin DPI, were given the opportunity to produce and publish books for use in their immersion classrooms.

The stories were written by the Bad River Language Trainees, and highlight people and places in Bad River.

Our dream is that all of our children will grow up hearing and speaking our language, Ojibwemowin.

Illustrated by Bimikawe

Bimikawe is an instructor at Georgian College in Ontario, Canada, assisting in their Anishinaabemowin program. He has been learning Anishinaabemowin since summer of 2017 and has contributed to various revitalization efforts throughout the Great Lakes. He has illustrated some children’s books as well as coedited some text in Anishinaabemowin. Bimikawe can be reached at [email protected]."

Ojibwe Language Program Children Books Ojibwemowin The Bad River Head Start, with funding from the Wisconsin DPI, were given the opportunity to produce and publish books for use in their immersion classrooms.  The stories were written by the Bad River Language Trainees, and highlight people and pla...

11/26/2021

The day after National Day of Mourning/Thanksgiving has been celebrated as Buy Nothing Day since the early 1990's, but have you heard of a Buy Nothing Group? This site explains a bit about its purpose and setting one up. However, Buy Nothing Groups do not need to be part of an official organization; they can be as simple as a clothing swap or a social media page where local people can connect, share, and "buy nothing, get everything".

Have questions about the Buy Nothing Project? This page is frequently updated with new answers!

11/25/2021

https://www.badriver-nsn.gov/history/

Gaa-pi-inakamigak "History" Introduction The Bad River Reservation was established by the 1854 Treaty of Lapointe with the U.S. government and was sited along the beautiful shores of Lake Superior and Chequamegon bay. This treaty was finalized on September 30, 1854 at Lapointe on Madeline Island, lo...