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An Evening with Tom DeWeese
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Please join us for a delicious meal and informative, entertaining presentation by guest speaker Tom DeWeese, founder and president of the American Policy Center and its sister organization, the American Policy Foundation. For 50 years, Tom has effectively organized grassroots support to protect our Constitutionally guaranteed rights.
Proceeds from this event will benefit the Wisconsin Conservative Coalition and its three member organizations: Fox Valley Initiative, Northeast Wisconsin Patriots, and Wolf River Area Patriots.
Tickets are now on sale!
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- Premium Reserved Table (seats 6; located on-stage with speaker): $500
- Reserved Table (seats 6; located at front on main floor): $400
- Preferred seating (located at front of room but behind reserved tables): $50
- Reserved seating (located behind preferred seating): $40
- Speaker only at 7:00 p.m. (no table, located at the back of the room): $15
DeWeese in Wisconsin for 5-Day Tour
Tom DeWeese -- one of the nation’s best known and most influential advocates of individual liberty, free enterprise, and private property rights -- is touring Wisconsin from Tuesday, April 8, to Saturday, April 12.
The following patriot groups are hosting events for DeWeese:
April 8 — evening event in West Bend hosted by the John Birch Society
April 9 —morning event in Waukesha hosted by the Waukesha County Conservative Business Coalition
April 9 — evening event in Baraboo hosted by We the People-Sauk County
April 10 — evening event in De Pere hosted by Wisconsin Conservative Coalition
April 11 — evening event in Wheeler hosted by Dunn County Patriots
April 12 — events in Minneapolis-St Paul still being planned
CLICK HERE to learn more about how you can register for one or more of these events!
March 3 Meeting De-Brief
Thanks to all who attended the Fox Valley Initiative meeting on Monday, March 3.
We were honored to have Brittany Kinser, candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, speaking on education issues. She was joined by Duke Pesta of FreedomProject Academy and Laura Ackman of Moms for Liberty.
Kinser founded 95Wisconsin -- an organization committed to the position that 95 percent of students CAN read if they are taught phonics. She explained that she decided to run for State Superintendent after incumbent Jill Underly lowered standards to make it appear as if Wisconsin students are performing better than they are. Her principal goal as State Superintendent would be to restore high standards in education: "because our kids deserve that." She also noted she favors school choice and:
- DPI should partner with parents, who are kids' first teachers.
- DPI needs to be transparent.
- DPI needs to be innovative.
- DPI needs to act with common sense: biological boys belong in boys locker rooms.
After Kinser made her opening remarks, emcee Jeff Elmer moderated a question-and-answer session. Kinser was asked questions and panelists Pesta and Ackman commented on her responses. The resulting back-and-forth raised important issues! Among the topics they addressed:
- DEI: it is NOT inclusivity -- it is racism. Kinser said DEI really isn't in DPI's purview: It's up to the local school boards. She encouraged everyone to mobile and get involved.
- Reading and student achievement. Pesta noted his freshman college students read at a 6th grade level! Kinser said she aims to have a "dashboard" on the DPI website that will allow parents, teachers, and schools to know exactly how their students are performing in reading, writing, and math.
- Changing the school report card: National organizations that evaluate all states' school report cards give Wisconsin's a D or F.
- Should we give PARENTS a report card too? It might evaluate their efforts to volunteer time at school, read to their kids at home, etc.
- Pesta noted UW-Oshkosh voted that its school of education will NOT teach teachers reading, writing, and math. Kinser said the DPI Superintendent is on the Board of Regents, and that body can identify which of the colleges are teaching their education students how to teach reading. Who uses the science of reading to teach teachers to teach readers? She agreed teachers are not coming out of college ready for the classroom.
LEAD Wisconsin Needs Your Support!
2023-24 Scorecard Is Here!
The Wisconsin Conservative Coalition -- of which Fox Valley Initiative is a member -- released on July 1, 2024 its scorecard for Northeast Wisconsin state representatives and senators for 2023-24. Fourteen members of the Assembly and six members of the Senate representing Northeast Wisconsin were rated on how they voted on ten key bills
WCC also produced scorecards for 2015-16, 2017-18, and 2021-22. Click here: WCC Scorecard.
For information about scorecards produced by other conservative groups, click here: Voting Records.
Candidate Endorsements
Who should you vote for? The Wisconsin Patriots Toolbox reports recommendations and endorsements made by conservative groups, including Fox Valley Initiative, as well as results of primary and general elections. Click here: Endorsements
Scorecards
WCC released on December 28, 2022 its scorecard for Northeast Wisconsin state representatives and senators for 2021-22. WCC also has produced scorecards for 2015-16 and 2017-18. Click here: WCC Scorecard.
For information about scorecards produced by other conservative groups, click here: Voting Records.
How to Contact Your Elected Officials
Who are your national, state, and local elected officials? How are they are voting on issues that matter to you? How can you reach them with your concerns? For answers to these questions and more, click here: Elections
Find Reliable Allies and News Sources
Most of what you read in newspapers or see on television is biased against conservative values and elected officials who are trying to advance them. The Wisconsin Patriots Toolbox has identified reliable sources of news as well as research and commentary on issues that really matter. To learn more, click here: https://wipatriotstoolbox.com
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