Some UW-Whitewater faculty set out on a 42-mile walk Thursday from Whitewater to Madison to hand deliver a letter to state legislators.
The open letter expresses opposition to the budget repair law and the governor's proposed biennium budget. UW-Whitewater faculty endorsed it at a recent meeting.
Education professor James Hartwick says that historically, important letters have been delivered by hand.
"We are walking our letter as a form of protest," says Hartwick. "Perhaps in a less dramatic sense than Ghandi's march to the sea, or King's various marches, but it's the idea that it is a form of protest."
In the letter, UW-Whitewater faculty voice opposition to the repeal of collective bargaining for most public employees, the deep cuts to both higher and K-12 education that are being proposed in Governor Walker's budget, as well as cuts to programs for the poor and the environment.
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The professors plan to arrive at the Capitol Saturday morning where they'll hand the letter off to some Democratic legislators.
