NAOMI - Wausau, WI

Honoring Rosa Parks and thanking the Metro Ride team on Transit Equity Day! NAOMI showed their appreciation to the Metro Ride team with a gift card and custom cookie.

NAOMI is having our first in-person Fundraiser Breakfast Gathering since COVID at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Thursday, October 27th, starting at 7:00am. Chef Mike will be serving pancakes, regular and glutton free, with all the trimmings. We are excited to have Bruce Le Mere, a member of the Ho Chunk Nation with us! Bruce will share his thoughts on “How to take care of the earth from the Native American perspective”. Nancy Stencil will also update us on the status of local mining issues. The Shepherd Strummers will provide entertainment.

Please join us!! If you are unable to but would like to contribute, checks may be sent to NAOMI, 330 McClellan St. Wausau, WI 54403 and we also have an active Venmo account available on our website, naomi.wausau.

Blessings, Ron Alexander

For the NAOMI Board of Directors

David Deon Stewart left behind a sweeter, more honest and a juster world. He spread love on everyone's heart like honey on a peanut butter sandwich. This is a better place for his having passed among us with his music, his wisdom, and his unflinching devotion to nurturing a humanity based on truth and respect for the dignity of all. Those of us who had the good fortune to have known himy grew in his presence. What better could anyone have done? Well see you again my friend.

Environmental ✅ 🌲💧🍃🔥🪨

Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single use plastics? See the different options available for you to participate. NAOMI has an ongoing campaign to keep plastics out of your grocery cart!

Let us know how you are doing it !!!

https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/

Plastic Free July - Take the Challenge

Please gather with us on Saturday, June 11th, 10-12, at Mt. Sinai Congregation, 910 W. Randolph St. Wausau. We are all brokenhearted by the continuing gun violence in our country with no viable solutions!
NAOMI, with Rabbi Benjamin leading, feels we must come together to reflect ideas about we can do to bring peace and love into our hearts, to build community rather than division and hate, and to advocate for policies that will reduce violence and bloodshed!
We will have a few reflections and prayers, but mostly time to support each other, grieve, and to share ideas on taking effective action toward a more caring local and national community. The violence must end!

Everyone please use your time to scan the QR code.

Happy Birthday to Rosa Parks. February 4

Happy Transit Equity Day! We delivered these treats to the Metro Transit office today to show our appreciation for keeping the city rolling over this past crazy COVID year! Thanks for all you do.

We are very sad as we grieve the loss of our much-loved brother and one of the NAOMI founding members, Ted Sperduto. He died on December 3, 2021. Ted was a gentle soul, easy to get along with, but also a fierce warrior for justice and equity in our community! He cared deeply for his family and friends and the welfare of all individuals regardless of status or position and was always ready to extend a helping hand. His faith was deep and strong! His loss will be felt for a long time as his importance for us was great! May he rest in peace!


Services for Ted will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Wausau on December 16,2021 at 11:00am. Visitation will begin that morning at 9:00.

https://www.brainardfuneral.com/obituary/TheodoreTed-Sperduto

Greetings to everyone,

There's a new spot that we found in Central Wisconsin worth supporting, it's called the Process-A low waste shop with Two locations one in Amherst and Stevens Point and also a digital thriving online. If you are into low waste products or want a change of lifestyle you really might want to Check them Process.

They also have Curbwise which is curbside bike delivery which is pretty neat!!

Happy Indigenous People Day !! 🎉🎉🎉We want to thank everyone that was able to make it.

📸 : we are slowly getting better at taking group pictures 🎉🎉

Happy indigenous peoples day!!!

Hope to see you all very soon !!!

Hope to see you all very soon !!!

Environmental justice issue of the day !

Anyone who remembers watching “The Graduate” will probably also remember Dustin Hoffman's character Benjamin being given some friendly and prophetic advice, “Buy plastics”. Benjamin didn't put his money on plastic stocks any more than most of us did.

In fact plastic became such a familiar companion it got harder and harder to see and avoid. Even buying a candy bar, you have plastic wrapper just to get the candy. Plastic is found on almost everything and everywhere. The stealth of the plastics invasion was "GREASED" by the fact that it was so recyclable.

".. Or So We Were Told.... "

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Hello everyone,

A collaboration event between Central WI Hmong Professionals (CWHP) and NAOMI - Wausau, WI, we present to the community a MARATHON COUNTY PAST AND PRESENT - Hmong American Perspectives - an event to reflect on the Hmong American Journey In Marathon County through education and storytelling.

Please register :https://forms.gle/tC26ZFboyU6xJwq4A
FB invite Page : https://fb.me/e/FubAPyUM

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We're always looking for people like you to get involved with what we're up to..
Please comment down in the comments. We'll message you. Lets get everyone together !!

Also follow some our members http://citizensclimatelobby.org/



https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2021/05/10/your-words-earth-day-incorporates-love-for-the-environment-and-each-other/

Your words: Earth Day incorporates love for the environment and each other - Wausau Pilot & Review Dear editor, This is a Wausau Earth Day Unity story centered on two vital themes – the love and care of our environment, and the love and care of one

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We will be planting a tree for Earth Day, while one of our founding members, Tom Kilian, was invited to be the keynote speaker. Thanks NAOMI - Wausau, WI and Citizens' climate Lobby Rib Mountain.

Wisconsin and Earth Day go back a long way together. Truth be told, without
Wisconsin Earth Day might not even exist. Dismayed by a disastrous oil spill off
the coast of California in 1969, our own Senator Ga***rd Nelson conceived and
set in motion the gears that made Earth Day 1970 a phenomenon to be
reckoned with. Twenty million Americans marched proudly in their streets and
parks that first year to protest the piecemeal destruction of the beautiful, life
nurturing planet we had only recently seen from space for the very first time. In
recent photos taken by astronauts we could finally see how finite Earth was
floating alone in the emptiness of space. We also saw how small and fragile it
was. Suddenly, we knew without doubt how much our lives depended on it. We
also understood we needed to protect this little life boat of ours drifting in the
dark vacuum between the stars.
For the last four years the local Citizen's Climate Lobby folks have celebrated Earth Day here in Wausau with a march, a tree planting and a brief program about climate change. This year in a partnership with NAOMI and the Wausau & Marathon County Parks Department we celebrate Earth Day again and reaffirm Wausau as a Tree City. This time on Saturday, April 24th thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation we and friends of various cultural, religious and organizational backgrounds will plant fifteen Earth Day trees on Fern Island. The theme for the day is Building Martin Luther King’s vision of a Beloved Community in Wausau in Celebration and Care of the Earth. The trees will be dedicated by Mayor Katie Rosenberg.
Quoting Madison civil rights activist Percy Brown, “Dr. King's Beloved Community is a global vision, in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth. In the Beloved community poverty, hunger and homelessness will not be tolerated because international standards of human decency will not allow it. Racism and all forms of discrimination, bigotry and prejudice will be replaced by an all inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood.” In short the Beloved Community is one based on unreserved care, respect and support for one another and for our individual aspirations.
We want a safe, secure and successful future for all our children. We invest in a good education for them, we run to the Doctor's office when they get feverish and do what we are able to help them financially throughout their lives.

Too often, though, we fail to even consider the environmental heritage we are handing our kids to live in. One of the most important questions Earth Day asks us to consider is that very thing. What kind of world do we want for ourselves and for ourselves, precious children – and for theirs.

We also care about the other folks we share this planet with. But can we really care about one another and at the same time ignore the livability of the globe we share? The answer is a resounding no and so on Earth Day we commit to do better - together. While we celebrate by planting trees both because of what trees symbolize – life – and because they effectively sequester carbon. We also celebrate one another in the richness of our diversity. We need one another, now more than ever. We need to share our ideas and our skills at solving the many problems like climate change that we face together. We need to stand together hand in hand if we are to stand at all.
This year because of Covid we will plant our trees in small groups, widely distanced and wearing masks. We will address the matter of building our Beloved Community in Care for One Another and for the Earth with a Zoom Panel Discussion around that theme. If you would like to listen and be part of that discussion please go to NAOMI on Facebook or Web or Citizen’s Climate Lobby Rib Mountain - Marshfield on Facebook where you Find the Link.

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72496609684?pwd=YkFtTUNoaFgybVV0dnJaUk92cXJEQT09

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Andrew Holloway and Ron Alexander are down in Madison today doing a couple shifts for the sit-in outside the Governor's Mansion to encourage the Governor to acknowledge the seriousness of the COVID epidemic in our prison system!

Andrew Holloway and Ron Alexander are down in Madison today doing a couple of shifts for the sit-in outside the Governor's Mansion to encourage the Governor to acknowledge the seriousness of the COVID epidemic in our prison system!

Hello everyone,

Check out our video, the transit task force put together.

Myths Vs Facts in transit

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Today is the day !!

Please join this virtual event on both Sept. 25th & 26th at 3 pm. (central time)
Understanding Homelessness In the Greater Wausau Area

NAOMI of Wausau presents Panelist:
Jim Jim Finucan - Local Merrill Author
Mayor Katie Rosenberg
Ben Bliven- Wausau Police Department (Friday only)
Ben Lee- United Way of Marathon County
Dan Mills- Beyond Shelter Program
Pam Anderson- Point in Time Homeless Count
Anne Drow- Open Door

Register for this webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_C85R2J0yTM2emGxtGPSjlg

We encourage you to be involved in helping to solve the issue of homelessness in the Wausau area.

Peace and Love,



https://youtu.be/kpucUbXBvB4

NAOMI Community Book Read - Wild Counselor NAOMI of Wausau presents author Jim Finnucan and a panel of local experts on a discussion of homelessness in the Greater Wausau area. Discussion of the book,...

Hello everyone we got 2 More days..

Before the CW Book Festival

NAOMI is very ecstatic to present our Community book read with a Virtual discussion of homelessness in the Greater Wausau area. Discussion of the book, "Wild Counselor", will precede the panel discussion.

NAOMI of Wausau presents Panelist:

Jim Jim Finucan - Local Merrill Author
Mayor Katie Rosenberg Wausau Mayor
Ben Bliven- Chief of the Wausau Police Department(Friday only)
Ben Lee- United Way of Marathon County
Dan Mills- Beyond Shelter Program
Pam Anderson- Point in Time Homeless Count
Anne Drow- Open Door

Please join this virtual event on both Sept. 25th & 26th at 3 pm.

Understanding Homelessness In the Greater Wausau Area
Register for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C85R2J0yTM2emGxtGPSjlg

We encourage you to be involved in helping to solve the issue of homelessness in the Wausau area.

Peace and Love,


https://youtu.be/kpucUbXBvB4

NAOMI Community Book Read - Wild Counselor NAOMI of Wausau presents author Jim Finnucan and a panel of local experts on a discussion of homelessness in the Greater Wausau area. Discussion of the book,...

5 More days until the Book Reading.

Excited to have the following Panelist;

Katie Rosenberg -Wausau Mayor
Ben Bliven- Chief of the Wausau Police Department
Ben Lee- United Way of Marathon County
Tracy Rieger- Warming Center
Dan Mills- Beyond Shelter Program
Pam Anderson- Point in Time Homeless Count
Anne Drow- Open Door

Please Registered here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C85R2J0yTM2emGxtGPSjlg



https://youtu.be/kpucUbXBvB4

NAOMI Community Book Read - Wild Counselor NAOMI of Wausau presents author Jim Finnucan and a panel of local experts on a discussion of homelessness in the Greater Wausau area. Discussion of the book,...

Hello everybody
This Tuesday morning our CCL Chapter in cooperation with NAOMI will plant our 4th annual Earth Day Tree! Because of Covid it will be a small group but it will be filmed and played during the actual Earth Day Celebration on the 19th. County Supervisor/Village Trustee/School Board Member Yee Leng Xiong will dedicate the tree and we are hoping to be graced with the presence of a Hmong shaman who will perform a blessing ceremony. I am delighted by this and know you will be too when you watch the film. The entire planting will be Filmed

The tree is a Cortland apple that will eventually provide folks wandering through Oak Park with something delicious to munch on. Next April we'll plant a second apple tree nearby for pollination. Proceedings will begin at 10 somewhere near the tennis courts. Should you decide to join us please wear a mask and respect the need for proper distancing.

We wish we could have done this back in April on the actual Earth Day but the virus got in the way. Now that we are comfortable with Zoom we hope this will be a way for us to get together in honor of this life nurturing planet. More about the celebration on the 19th will follow soon. We have a really cool agenda.

Peace,
Dan Barth (CCL Rib Mountain - Marshfield Chapter )
NAOMI - Environmental Task force

NAOMI Environmental Task force is all about NAOMI 'S Environmental Task Force focuses on three main Earth issues: Climate change, Ending our use of plastic and Earth Day in September

Hello everyone we are excited to invite you to join us in NAOMI first Book Reading. In conjunction with the CW Book Festival

NAOMI of Wausau presents Local Merrill author Jim Finnucan and a panel of local experts on a discussion of homelessness in the Greater Wausau area. Discussion of the book, "Wild Counselor", will precede the panel discussion. The book will be available starting September 1st, free of charge upon request, at all Marathon County Library Branch drive-up windows for early reading ahead of the event.

Please join this virtual event on both Sept. 25th & 26th at 3 pm.
For more information please follow our updates on Facebook and our website. So you can listen and participate. We encourage you to be involved in helping to solve the issue of homelessness in the Wausau area.
see you all soon !!

Peace and Love,



https://youtu.be/kpucUbXBvB4

NAOMI Community Book Read - Wild Counselor NAOMI of Wausau presents author Jim Finnucan and a panel of local experts on a discussion of homelessness in the Greater Wausau area. Discussion of the book,...

Hello folks, we are excited to invite you all to join us.

NAOMI - Voter Project !!!

Only 2 more days left to register!!!



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NAOMI - Voter Project !!!

There’s 3 more days to register!



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NAOMI - Voter Project !!!

Hello everyone, we would like to invite everyone to help with the NAOMI Voter Project by filling out this survey.

Please share this post with friends or family that want to make an impact.

We are hoping to connect with folks around Marathon county and young people across \Wisconsin .We need to mobilize to have massive voter turnout.

We understand the concerns that folks may have and you are not alone during this pandemic. This is why we recommend that everyone vote by mail, by requesting for an absentee ballot. Another option is to vote early by July 22, 2020 for the 2020 Partisan Primary on August 11, 2020.

During this time we would like to direct you to the right information so you can be ready to vote.

We plan to engage and follow up with everyone on the information that we find.

Link to the Survey :
https://forms.gle/a1jRApWRD48MuBb86

Thank you for taking our short survey.

Please Register to vote: ( if you haven't)
(https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/VoterDeadlines)

To Find additional and more information:
Check out Vote 411.org
(https://www.vote411.org/ )

To see what's on Your Ballot, Check voter registration status, find Your polling place and discover upcoming debates in your area.

Join NAOMI mailing list:
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Madison Office: 1(608) 266-1212
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