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Wisconsin Workers Rights Protest; Madison, WI 2011 (Children of Solidarity); © 2020 Jason Houge, All Rights Reserved; VoTP_021

Who are the Children of Solidarity? These are the Millennial youth who stood in solidarity with their parents during the 2011 Wisconsin Worker’s Rights Protests that took place at the capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin. During this time, Wisconsin Republicans, lead by Governor Scott Walker, proposed a very unpopular “Budget Repair Bill” that would ultimately diminish collective bargaining rights for public workers. In an attempt to prevent the vote, 14 Democrat Senators fled the state. Meanwhile tens-of-thousands of people physically occupied the capitol building in protest. In response, state Republicans attempted to have these Senators arrested and returned to the state. Inspired by these 14Read More →

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Chiclone; Algoma, WI 2011; © 2022 Jason Houge, All Rights Reserved; Algoma_065

Algoma is a city of about 3,000 people on Wisconsin’s shore of Lake Michigan. The area was first inhabited and named by Algonquin speaking people. The city is located on a natural harbor about 25 miles east of the city of Green Bay. Historically, Algoma played a key role in the origin of the Christmas Tree tradition now observed in the United States. In Fred Neuschel’s book about the early Christmas tree shipping industry, Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships, the description of Algoma is that of a town that relied heavily on the resources and transportation routes Lake Michigan provided. The lakeRead More →

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Chabad Lubavitch Sukkot Celebration in Crown Heights; Brooklyn, NY 2009; © 2009 Jason Houge, All Rights Reserved; LChaim_0009

Chabad-Lubavitch Sukkot in Crown Heights, New York L’Chaim To Life A toast made by the Lubavitch Jews during Sukkot. Sukkot is an annual jubilee that celebrates harvests and the 40 years that were spent wandering the desert with Moses, living in temporary shelters known as Sukkahs. Every year at this time families build their own sukkahs to eat and drink in and to entertain their guests within. This work was produced during a workshop in 2009.Read More →