On Thursday, March 24th, several faculty from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater began walking from Whitewater to the Capitol in Madison to deliver a letter approved by the faculty senate raising multiple concerns about Governor Walker’s so-called Budget Repair Bill and proposed biennial budget.

Background Info

• Press release about the walk
• Schedule — everyone is welcome to join us for all or part of the walk
• Open letter from faculty senate to Wisconsin legislature
• Resolution supporting a flexible and unified UW System
• Factsheet describing impacts on UW-Whitewater students (blog post and PDF file)

Photos and video

• Photos are available here and here. All photos by Lori Compas. Please e-mail her at Lori.Compas@gmail.com if you’d like high-res versions.
• Videos of delivery of letter and talks at the capitol
  • video 1, Nikki Mandel’s and Eric Compas’s talk (thanks to Simone DeVore)
  • video 2, James Hartwick’s talk (thanks to Simone DeVore)
  • Video 3 (thanks to Brett Hulsey).

Media coverage

• WKOW 27 (Madison TV)
• Badger Herald
• WSAU (radio)
• MSNBC Local
• WTMJ
• Whitewater Banner (search the page for “Truth to Power” to find)
• WISN
• Daily Union in Fort Atkinson
• Janesville Gazette
• Wheeler Report (link under Biennial Budget Proposal)
• Capital Times – summary of the letter
• Wisconsin Radio Network
• Walworth County Today
• TMJ4
• Superior Telegram
• Ashland Current – about 2/3 down page
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photos 1, 2, 4, 7, and 9
• Interview with James Hartwick and coverage of walk at Capitol on WFAW
• Reports that walk was reported on by Wisconsin Public Radio on Friday
• Reports that local Fox news covered walk on Saturday
• Blurb in The Social Studies Professional (see page 5)