Peace Action WI acknowledges that in Milwaukee we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland and Wisconsin is the home of the sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican Nations. We affirm our solidarity and support for the rights of Wisconsin Indigenous Nations.
Stand for Peace
We have weekly Stand for Peace and we need your support. We'll bring the peace flags and signs to share. We show Milwaukee that we Stand for Peace!
July 19: Cleveland/43rd
July 26: St. Paul/Water
For more actions in Wisconsin:
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice
DONATE TO PEACE ACTION WI
✊🏽 Good Trouble Lives On!
🗓️ Thursday, July 17 | ⏰ 5:00 – 7:00 PM
📍 Lincoln Memorial Drive across from Colectivo
(E Lafayette Hill Rd, on the east side of N Lincoln Memorial Dr)
🔗 Mobilize Event Info
Join us on the lakefront with signs, banners, and a presence to honor John Lewis and say NO to attacks on our democracy.
🛣️ Bridge Brigade MKE
🗓️ Thursday, July 17 | ⏰ 4:00 – 5:30 PM
📍 Overpass above I-94/I-43 at Lincoln Ave, between 4th & 5th Streets
🔗 Mobilize Event Info
Stand with us above the highway during rush hour with banners and flags to make Good Trouble visible to thousands.
📢 Overpass Protest — Green Tree Bridge
🗓️ Thursday, July 17 | ⏰ 4:00 – 6:00 PM
📍 Overpass above I-43 at Green Tree Rd & N Pt Washington Rd
🔗 Mobilize Event Info
Join us for a north side action to hold signs and make noise for freedom, justice, and democracy.
🚨 Protest the Air & Water Show — Say No to Militarism
🗓️ Saturday, July 19
⏰ 1:30 PM
📍 Grassy area near E Michigan St & N Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee
(Look for our banner & Palestine flags!)
Join the Milwaukee Anti-War Committee for an annual protest of the Milwaukee Air & Water Show. This event promotes militarism, recruitment, and glorifies war. It’s loud, disruptive, and we say it has no place in our city.
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🎶 Concert for Gaza — Fundraiser for Humanitarian Aid
🗓️ Tuesday, July 30
⏰ 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7:00 PM)
📍 Milwaukee Friends Meeting, 3224 N Gordon Pl, Milwaukee, WI
Join Milwaukee Friends Meeting and allies for an evening of live music and solidarity. This benefit concert features Milwaukee musician Dove Keeper and supports the American Friends Service Committee’s life-saving humanitarian work in Gaza.
AFSC has worked in Palestine since 1948 and currently operates offices in Gaza, Ramallah, and Jerusalem. Their Palestinian staff provide urgently needed food, medicine, and advocacy on the ground.
🎟️ Suggested donation: $25 (pay what you can at the door)
📣 The concert coincides with a stop in Milwaukee by Bob Sanders as part of his Ride for War on Gaza cross-country solidarity bike ride.
Hosted by: Milwaukee Friends Meeting, JVP Milwaukee, Veterans for Peace Milwaukee, Muslim Women’s Coalition, and Peace Action Wisconsin.
🕯️ Lanterns for Peace
🗓️ Saturday, August 9
⏰ 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
📍 Zao MKE Church, 2319 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI
Join Peace Action WI for our annual remembrance of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A solemn and creative evening dedicated to peace, resistance to nuclear weapons, and community healing.
Schedule:
🕔 5:00 PM – Set-up and welcome
🎐 6:00 PM – Lantern & origami crane making
🎶 7:00 PM – Program inside the sanctuary (music by Ceol Carde)
🕯️ 8:15 PM – Lantern lighting and line-up for procession
🚶🏽 8:30 PM – Lantern procession to Oakland Ave and back (at dusk)
🧹 9:00–10:00 PM – Cleanup (volunteers welcome!)
☔ Rain or Shine
Let us honor the past and recommit to a future without nuclear weapons.
Stand for Peace — Weekly Palestine Vigil (Racine)
🗓️ Saturdays
⏰ 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
📍 Location varies – see below
Join the Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice for our weekly Stand for Palestine action.
📍 1st Saturday of the month:
Martin Luther King Plaza, 909 Dr. Martin Luther King Dr, Racine, WI 53404
📍 All other Saturdays:
NW corner of Hwy 20 & Hwy 31 — park near AT&T in the Kohl’s lot
5502 Washington Ave, Racine, WI 53406
Bring your signs and stand in solidarity with Palestine.
🕊️ Weekly Vigil: Driftless Palestinian Solidarity
🗓️ Saturdays
⏰ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 W Decker St & N Main St, Viroqua, WI
Join community members in Viroqua for a weekly vigil calling for a ceasefire in Palestine.
Bring signs, friends, and your voice.
⛓️ WISDOM for Justice: End Solitary Confinement Vigil
🗓️ 23rd of Each Month
⏰ 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
📍 Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility (MSDF), 1015 N 10th St, Milwaukee, WI
Join WISDOM, formerly incarcerated leaders, and allies for a monthly action to end the use of solitary confinement — where individuals are locked alone for 23 hours a day.
This action takes place on the 23rd of each month as part of a national effort to raise awareness and push for change.
🔗 Learn more and take action:
https://www.nrcat.org/torture-in-us-prisons/take-action/together-campaign
🕊️ Fox Valley Peace Coalition Vigil — Appleton
🗓️ First Saturday of the Month
⏰ 11:00 AM
📍 College Ave & Appleton St, Appleton, WI
Join the Fox Valley Peace Coalition for a monthly vigil in downtown Appleton — held on the first Saturday of every month.
📧 For more information: [email protected]
Food Not Bombs Milwaukee
🥪 Mutual Aid Picnic & Free Store — Jackson Park
🗓️ 3rd Saturday of the Month
⏰ 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
📍 Jackson Park Picnic Area #1 (43rd St near Cleveland Ave), Milwaukee, WI
Join us for a mutual aid picnic and free store with hot food, sandwiches, and donated groceries, clothes, home goods, and toys (as available).
This is part of a regular third Saturday distribution — come by for support or to lend a hand!
🙏 Food donations and help with setup/distribution always appreciated.
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