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  • About:
    • Two Organizations in One:
      • Wild Willpower PAC – America’s first “Civil PAC”
        • Sondra Wilson, Founder and Executive Director
      • The Peaceable Assembly
    • Our Code of Ethics
    • Endorsement Letters:
      • Co-Founder & Former President of the California Lichen Society, Bill Hill
      • Richard Lonewolf, Ethnobotany and Wilderness Survival Expert
    • Special Thanks:
      • Kevin Ray Byrd
      • Jason Baker, Tech Support
      • Environmental Studies Professor Frank Schiavo, M.M.L. (1939-2010)
      • Bill Hill & The California Lichen Society
      • Ashawna Hailey (1949-2011)
      • Samaritans of the USA
      • To All the Tech Nerds
  • Our National Plan:
    • Right to Homestead Act:
      • “Who Owns Ames, Iowa?” – upcoming documentary
    • Civilian Restoration Corps:
      • Ecological Restoration:
        • Native Animal Cooperatives
        • Oceti Sakowin Heritage Trail
        • Wildharvesting Cooperatives
          • Kern River Wildharvesting Cooperative
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              • Coordinate Respectfully with Forest Officials
              • Uphold The Zero Trash Commitment
              • Use Positive-Impact Harvesting Techniques
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        • Paid for by gradually transferring livestock subsidies
          • The Devastating Ecological Impacts of Non-Native Animal Industries
          • Animal Abuse & Subjugation in the Current U.S. Economy
      • Sustainable Cities
      • ** History & Purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps
    • Justice Accessibility Act:
      • Teach Jurisprudence in High Schools
      • Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Color of Law Crimes
      • Government Officials Must Provide Email Addresses
      • Additional Justice Reform Solutions
    • Weaning off fossil fuels
    • Education Reform:
      • Offer Local Native Language Courses in All U.S. School Systems
      • Sponsor Native Teachers to Train Wildharvesting Cooperatives
      • Teach Accurate, Non-Bias History in Schools
      • Teach Sustainable Gardening and Applied Ethnobiology in Schools
      • Sponsor Native Teachers to Teach via The Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
    • Swords to Plowshares Act (international policy)
  • Current Projects:
    • Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
      • Donate a Book – Help Build The Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
    • “Civil Rights Self-Defense” legal self-help website
      • Stop Courtroom Abuse!
    • Resources to Help You Live Sustainably:
      • Ecological Restoration:
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  • Cases in Progress:
    • Ames Resident Seeks to Improve Iowa’s Justice System (Iowa Cases):
      • Transgender Iowan, arrested for going in the women’s restroom in 2006, still seeks justice (2022)
      • Following an unjust court ruling, officer warns Ames resident to “leave the state” for her safety (2009)
      • City of Ames obstructs Citizens from Petitioning (2018)
      • Transgender Woman Claims Nonprofit “Reliable Street” Retaliated Against Her for Filing a Civil Rights Complaint:
        • Legal assistance extremely difficult to find in Iowa
          • Attorney’s I’ve contacted for help
          • NGOs I’ve contacted for help
          • Wilson’s daily log ‘trying to get justice”
    • California Cases:
      • Robbed by Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies
        • California Man faces Fabricated Charges used to Further County Fraud
        • If an Officer violated your rights – who would you report the incident to?
        • Involved Parties
          • Record Owners – John and Cheryl Ross
          • Kern Cty. Sheriff’s Deputies – trespassing, forcible entry and detainer, constructive fraud
          • Neighbors who Robbed Us following the Ouster
        • Our Redress of Grievances
      • Homeless woman charged >$600 for sleeping outdoors (Marin County, CA)
    • Standing Rock Class Action
  • Publications:
    • “More Valuable Than Gold” Ethnobotany textbook
    • “The Hidden History of Law” textbook series
    • “How to Legally Claim Abandoned Real Estate”
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Ames Resident Seeks to Improve Iowa’s Justice System (Iowa Cases):

by Sondra Wilson.  Updated 11/27/2022.

    Originally from Nevada, IA, I’ve had a frustrating and devastating time throughout the past 20 years interacting with Iowa’s executive administrations and justice system.  The most recent injustice I experienced, wherein the CEO of the nonprofit Reliable Street commit fraud and character assassination against me because I filed a Civil Rights Complaint, led me to perform a records request for these past injustices wherein I was falsely accused and unjustly charged with a series of crimes:

  • Transgender Iowan, arrested for going in the women’s restroom in 2006, still seeks justice
  • Falsely accused of assault, officer warns me I should “leave the state” for my safety

      While these cases at first appear unrelated, I was concerned that this old bunk assault charge would be used to cast doubt on my character in relation to the Reliable Street case.  After all, the had told the CEO that story back when I trusted her.

       Another injustice I’ve experienced which still affects me is being unable to petition or perform outreach here because the City of Ames unconstitutionally requires Petitioners to file for a permit.

     I’m sharing my story is because:

  • I still have not found justice for the above cases.
  • I am currently seeking an attorney who will help with the above cases.  Although I will be suing for pecuniary damages I will also be requesting the following equitable remedies to prevent others from being harmed in the same ways I have been:

    • combine the Iowa Court Forms with a simplified version of the Iowa Rules of Procedure – As it stands, the rules are far too complex: turn them into a “step-by-step instructions” format, and link in the forms where needed. e.g. “Step one, file a claim (link standard claim form), Step two, file a complaint (link complaint form), step three, serve parties (link service forms). Make the courts 100% accessible and understandable to the average Iowan so that we don’t have to go to law school just to figure out how to interact with our courts. As it stands, they are not user friendly.

    • Teach jurisprudence (the science of the application of law aka “the basics of law”) in high schools – Students should leave school knowing the difference between civil and criminal law. They should know what color of law crimes are, and who to file with if they need to access the courts. They should know what to do if a judge or administrator makes an unjust determination against them – not just how to appeal the decision (because let’s face it, appealing a case is often ineffective), but also how to file against that individual if they cause an injurious denial of justice. 

    • state should award damages when a defendant is found not guilty in a criminal case – when a person spends time, energy, and stress fighting a criminal case, then they get found not guilty, they should not have to then sue the state in order to be awarded damages: the state should award them automatically.  Time lost and additional damages ought be calculated right then and there, and the exonerated defendant should be informed how to request an adjustment in case additional damages are later discovered.

    • Iowa needs to become a “for cause” instead of an “at will” state – Iowa needs to end “at-will employment”, which means that “an employer can terminate an employee at any time for any reason, except an illegal one, or for no reason”. At-will also means that an employer can change the terms of the employment relationship with no notice and no consequences. For example, an employer can alter wages, terminate benefits, or reduce paid time off. In its unadulterated form, the U.S. at-will rule leaves employees vulnerable to arbitrary and sudden dismissal, a limited or on-call work schedule depending on the employer’s needs, and unannounced cuts in pay and benefits.

      “At-will” leaves employees completely at the mercy of their employers. At-will makes the Iowa Civil Rights Commission nearly completely ineffective; all an employer has to do to counter a complaint is state “any reason other than discrimination” and they get off Scott free. The at-will employment status shows Iowa is grossly negligent toward its employment workforce and nonprofit volunteers – especially with regard to underserved populations.
  • Iowa needs to legally protect volunteers – from unfair (“at-will”) treatment. Volunteerism is a contract agreement, and in law… This section in making.

  Besides working to achieve the above statewide justice reforms, I am also proposing these improvements to the federal judiciary.

    If you would like to donate to help Ms. Wilson find justice, please consider making a donation to Wild Willpower PAC.

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Timeline for Class Action against Kim Reynolds:

May 2017 – Reynolds signs bill barring local governments from covering transgender-related surgeries: https://www.metroweekly.com/2019/05/iowa-governor-signs-bill-barring-medicaid-from-paying-for-transgender-health-care/

Nov. 21, 2021: Reynolds “disappointed” in Iowa court upholding transgender medical coverage:  https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2021/11/22/reynolds-disappointed-in-ruling-on-transgender-medicaid-coverage/

March 3, 2022 – Reynolds bans transgender girls from participating in sports:  https://www.npr.org/2022/03/03/1084278181/transgender-girls-and-women-now-barred-from-female-sports-in-iowa

Oct. 31, 2022 – Kim Reynolds make disparaging and harmful comments implicating transgender people:  https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2022/11/03/kim-reynolds-ad-iowans-transgender

 

 

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