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Love thy neighbor: Concerned about divisiveness in Wisconsin politics? Join UW-Madison political science professor Kathy Cramer for a talk about her research on the rift between rural and urban communities in Wisconsin. She literally wrote the book on the subject.

press release: The damaging divisiveness of Wisconsin politics in this election season is the focus of a talk by University of Wisconsin professor Katherine Cramer, author of the book The Politics of Resentment. Cramer’s book focuses on the rift between rural and city communities in the state, and how politicians are using that split to economically benefit the state’s wealthiest people.

Rabbi Renee Bauer, director of Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice, is passionate about finding places of unity that will benefit all Wisconsin workers. “We have to come together because all people in Wisconsin deserve to live with a decent standard of living,” she says. “The minority of people at the top are benefitting from our current economic policies. So we need to come together to work for the common good.”

This presentation corresponds with ICWJ’s mission to bring different faith traditions together to work on commonly-held beliefs about justice, fairness and workers’ rights. It is part of a summer series of events that culminates in Labor in the Pulpit, in which faith leaders will address issues of economic justice in congregations on and around Labor Day Weekend.

Cramer’s talk is for all who are interested in the political landscape as we head toward the presidential election in the fall and want to learn more about how we together can make choices that benefit all, especially the most vulnerable among us.