Art Night Books is pleased to announce a new collection, Cries for Justice – Poems for Dontre Hamilton. Cries for Justice is twenty-nine pages long, includes twenty poems and has three sections: History, Mother Group and Marchers/Freeway. There are eighteen authors in the collection all of whom reside in Wisconsin. Authors included come from Racine, Madison and Milwaukee. Cries for Justice, edited by Angie Trudell Vasquez and Margaret Rozga and is now available at Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust Street. Reserve your copy by calling 414-263-5001. All proceeds to be donated to the Hamilton family. They are closed on Mondays, but open all other days of the week.
All proceeds will go to the Hamilton family in honor of their beloved son/brother, Dontre Hamilton. The first book release reading is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23rd at 7:00 p.m. at Woodland Patter, 720 E. Locust Street and authors who contributed have been asked to participate and attend.
Cost is $20.00 per book. Margaret Rozga, co-editor, spearheaded the project last year and asked Angie Trudell Vasquez, managing editor, to assist. This is a community project, was over a year in the making, and represents the work, support and love of many poets and writers. Art Night Books is the publisher. Issued in collaboration with the Coalition for Justice and the collection opens with a quote by Nate Hamilton.
For questions please contact Angie Trudell Vasquez & Devin Trudell at angievasquez13@sbcglobal.net or by phone 414-366-9003.
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Please save the date for DONTRE DAY 2016
April 30, 2014 was the day Dontre was murdered by former police office Christopher Manney. We do not want this day to be a day of mourning but a day of celebration!!!!! We would love for folks to help us make this event REALLY BIG!
Share the link and remember SAVE THE DATE!
If you’re interested in helping to make this event BIG please email us at thecoalitionforjustice@gmail.com. We will need assistance with the following:
Social media (THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO’S BEEN SHARING THE FLYER)
Volunteering the day of
Children’s Corner
Community Engagement
Voter Registration
Artists to perform/share their gift
Art supplies
Paper Product Supplies
Food; burgers, brats, hot dogs, buns, condiments, spaghetti, green beans, chips, drinks, ice, coolers, and water.
Huge Grill
Grill Master
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 
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