WISDOM Wisconsin

10/05/2026

Check out this opinion piece by Mark Rice, WISDOM's Transformational Justice Campaign Coordinator

"Every person in Wisconsin deserves to live in a safe, healthy community where resources are dedicated to helping families thrive."

Wisconsin has perpetuated a humanitarian and fiscal crisis in its prison system. WISDOM has established a blueprint to safely end mass incarceration.

09/14/2026

The Recovery Alignment Tour addresses misinformation and disinformation shaping public health, policy, community response, and access to recovery-supportive care.
At each stop, learn how communities can respond through recovery-oriented systems of care, community-based overdose response, bipartisan civic engagement, and voter participation.

📣MADISON - SEPTEMBER 30TH, WISCONSIN CAPITOL BUILDING 9AM - 3PM
📣 EAU CLAIRE - OCTOBER 15T, L.E. PHILLIPS MEMORIAL LIBRARY 11AM - 2PM
📣 STEVENS POINT - OCTOBER 3RD, THE COMMONS COMMUNITY CENTER 11AM - 3PM
📣 APPLETON - OCTOBER 5TH, GIRL SCOUT EAST OFFICE 11AM - 3PM
📣 MILWAUKEE - OCTOBER 6TH
YWCA SOUTHEAST 11AM - 3PM

Register in advance here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCsIm1vO6VH1VpaoRAl5-Ia2ue2VuM-hXSGi8uqufV7MA6Xg/viewform

09/04/2026

08/28/2026

A seat at the table shouldn't be a barrier. If you are formerly incarcerated and would like to attend the 6th Annual Correcting the Narrative Celebration, complimentary tickets are available reach out to Jen Vega at [email protected].

The 6th Annual Correcting the Narrative Celebration is coming November 7, 2026. Presented by Ascendium Education Group, join The Community and EXPO ofWisconsin at the Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club for an evening honoring reentry, narrative change, and the people and organizations building a better Wisconsin.
General admission tickets are $85, get yours today via the link below!

https://secure.everyaction.com/nfdBe0JGiEStJbBIQ2vtWw2

08/21/2026

📣 We’re Hiring!

WISDOM is seeking a part-time Administrative Coordinator to join our team!
We’re looking for someone who is highly organized, detail-oriented, dependable, and comfortable handling confidential employee and financial information. Experience in payroll, bookkeeping, accounting support, human resources administration, or a related field is preferred.

📩 Interested in applying?
Submit your resume and a brief cover letter describing your relevant experience to [email protected].

📅 Application deadline: August 31, 2026
Know someone who would be a great fit? Share this post and help us spread the word!

08/20/2026

The Governor’s Commutation Advisory Board will hold the following meeting tomorrow:

Date: August 21, 2026
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Location: Streaming live on Youtube and/or wiseye.org/live. This notice will be updated once the Youtube link is available.

Purpose: To hear and interview applicants for gubernatorial commutation. After each of two sessions, the meeting will be held in closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.85(1)(a), (d), and (f) for purposes of deliberations concerning a case which is before the Board, for purposes of considering specific applications, and for purposes of considering financial, medical, social, or personal histories of specific persons. Hearing times are approximate.

https://publicmeetings.wi.gov/view/11a88fd9-3cdf-44f1-8a1e-a7e2e696113c/1

A centralized location for state agencies to post open meeting notices and meeting minutes in an effort to increase state government transparency.

08/19/2026

For the first time in 25 years, incarcerated people in Wisconsin can ask the governor to shorten their sentences.

And a new poll commissioned by the ACLU suggests most Wisconsin voters support giving at least some people a form of clemency.

51% support ending or shortening sentences for people who meet certain criteria and can safely return to their communities, compared with 37% who oppose it.

Those findings come as 12 incarcerated Wisconsinites prepare to make their cases before the state’s Commutation Advisory Board on Friday — the first hearing since Gov. Tony Evers revived the process this spring.

Read more from Natalie Yahr at the link in the comments.

08/16/2026

CHANGEMAKER WANTED: We are hiring an experienced organizer to coordinate an alignment effort to grow grassroots power across base-building organizations in Wisconsin.

If you have mad people and communication skills, love to herd cats, and have a fire in your belly for delivering the change Wisconsin needs NOW, please apply.

Learn more here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SiTFBjoJaBDlHwP9ms28CGtfpJMYEuLLuMnuFuUQ51g/edit?tab=t.0