Month: September 2019

CLOSEmsdf September Picket 901 N 9th Street, 11:30 A.M. – 1 P.M., Milwaukee County Courthouse Why do we picket? 1. To educate people on the inhumane conditions at MSDF. 2. To memorialize the 18 people who have died in MSDF since it opened. 3. To let WI taxpayers know that each day someone spends in […]

1st Coalition Meeting & March 920 N Water Street, 5 P.M., Dontre Hamilton Park (Red Arrow Park) The Coalition to March on the DNC is calling for an initial meeting of delegates from various organizations to be held at Dontre Hamilton (Red Arrow) Park in downtown Milwaukee, with a start time of 5pm on Thursday, […]

Reclaiming Armistice Day Annual Armistice Day observance to celebrate peace, not militarism. Two nationally prominent and highly knowledgable speakers are on the program: *** GERRY CONDON, national board president of Veterans for Peace, a Vietnam era veteran and war resister who spent six years in Sweden and Canada after refusing orders to Vietnam. *** SUZANNE […]

Young Lords Justice Worship & March For further information contact: Younglordsmail@yahoo.com & Jackie Serrato 773-306-6960 Memorial service for fallen Young Lords and Pastor Bruce and Eugenia Johnson Remarks from Cha-Cha Jimenez, Bishop Sally Dyck, Fred Hampton Jr., Jacqueline Lazu PhD Performances by Bomba Con Buya and Actor/Poet Primitivo Cruz BACKGROUND: Rev. Johnson was the pastor […]

International Women’s Congress for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples in Caracas. Photo: Correo del Orinoco By Cheryl LaBash Sept. 20, 2019 — The I Congreso Internacional de Mujeres — the first International Women’s Congress for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples, organized by the Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela — begins today. And what better place […]

Photo: Abayomi Azikiwe By FW Detroit Staff Almost 50,000 UAW workers are on strike against General Motors demanding better pay, improved working conditions and enhanced benefits. Members of Moratorium NOW! Coalition, some of whom previously worked in the auto industry, walked the picket line in solidarity with the UAW on Wed. Sept. 18, 2019 outside […]

LiberateMKE Community Celebration After all of our hard work to build relationships, be intentional, strategize, organize, train, turn out, show up, and more we need to take some time to celebrate the successes of the LiberateMKE campaign. More details to come, but please know we plan to have food, music, and ask that you save […]