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Foro de Fond du Lac: Defendiendo Familias, Restaurando Licencias de Conducir
Lunes, 30 de Septiembre, 6:00pm
Biblioteca pública de Fond du Lac
32 Sheboygan St | Fond du Lac, WI 54935

Voces de la Frontera está organizando una gira estatal se llama “Defendiendo Familias, Restaurando Licencias de Conducir para Inmigrantes” para fortalecer el apoyo a través de Wisconsin para la restauración de las licencias de conducir para la gente inmigrante. Favor de venir para aprender más sobre la necesidad de restaurar las licencias y aprender como usted puede apoyar la lucha.

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Fond du Lac Forum: Defending Families, Restoring Driver’s Licenses
Monday, September 30, 6:00 pm
Fond du Lac Public Library
32 Sheboygan St | Fond du Lac, WI 54935

Voces de la Frontera is organizing a statewide tour called “Defending Families, Restoring Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants” to strengthen support through Wisconsin for the restoration of access to driver’s licenses for immigrants. Join us to learn more about the need to restore licenses and to learn how you can support the fight.

Phone Banking Pizza Party

Help us turn out as many people as we can for the important ICE out of MKE event on Thursday, Sept. 26.

We’re pushing to keep families together, make our community safer, and send a message to the Fire and Police Commission that the Milwaukee Police Department must not collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement! We’re gearing up for a mass presence at City Hall to deliver this message and we need people to make calls in both English and Spanish to remind folks of the event. Scripts are provided. So is pizza!

If you can make it please comment below what time you’ll be arriving or confirm through FB messenger or by calling our office at 414.643.1620. Thanks!

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Voces de la Frontera‎

Then on September 26:

Join us Thursday, September 26 at City Hall as the Fire and Police Commission’s Policy Committee will consider policy changes to include non-collaboration between the police department and ICE. We’ll have a brief press conference before attending the hearing.

WE NEED TO HAVE A HUGE PRESENCE to show the Committee that Milwaukee stands with immigrant families. Plan ahead and come with a friend or family member!

This is important to all community members because we propose that the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD):
* Will not assist in ICE raids.
* Will not use any resources for immigration enforcement.
*Will not report people, share info with, or collaborate with ICE.
* Officers won’t investigate immigration status at any point.
*MPD officers will not comply with warrantless requests from ICE to detain someone or transfer someone to custody

Contact the Voces office if you need transportation or have questions: 414-643-1620

Find policy FAQ’s at: http://bit.ly/2kd4OGz
Sign the continued petition at: https://vdlf.org/iceoutofmke/

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Únase a nosotros el 26 de Septiembre a las 4 de la tarde mientras el Comité de Políticas de la Comisión de Bomberos y Policía considera las politicas sobre la colaboración entre el departamento de policía e ICE.Tendremos una breve conferencia de prensa antes de que todos lleguemos a la audiencia.

NECESITAMOS TENER UNA PRESENCIA ENORME en este evento para mostrarles que Milwaukee apoya a las familias inmigrantes.

Considere asistir a nuestro evento y trae a un amigo o a un familiar. Tendremos una breve conferencia de prensa antes de que todos lleguemos a la audiencia.

Llama la oficina de Voces para planear transporte o con preguntas a: 414-643-1620

Firma la petición a: https://vdlf.org/iceoutofmke/

https://bit.ly/2kmJ8HX

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

As college and university students around the country start classes for the 2019-2020 school year, several states are considering anti-protest legislation that, by barring certain kinds of disruptive protests, would restrict students’ freedom to confront controversial school speakers.

Since November 2016, a number of states have considered or passed legislation that restricts protest in some capacity — from hiking penalties for certain kinds of anti-pipeline protests to “anti-mask” bills aimed at anti-fascist activists — and public colleges and universities have not been spared.

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law’s US Protest Law Tracker tool, at least four states are currently considering campus anti-protest laws, including Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, and South Carolina. The bills mostly require punishments in the form of suspension or expulsion for students, faculty, or community members who disrupt visiting speakers at public colleges and universities.

A number of these laws have already passed. The state of Georgia enacted SB 339, which requires mandatory penalties for students who protest campus speakers. Texas’ SB 18 imposes “disciplinary sanctions for students, student organizations, or faculty who unduly interfere with the expressive activities of others on campus.” Many more states, including Arkansas, Minnesota, Texas, and Wisconsin, have considered similar bills recently, though the bills have failed and state legislators have so far not revived them.

Recent anti-protest legislation targeting college students typically argues that protesting speakers violates the free-speech rights of the speakers. For example, the legislation pending in Michigan states that the intention of the bill is “to promote and safeguard the right of free speech and assembly on the campuses of public universities and community and junior colleges.” Though the bills claim that the restrictions are in the interest of protecting free speech, some argue that the legislation actually serves to stifle the activism of students who object to reactionary campus visitors.

Traci Yoder, director of research and education for the National Lawyers Guild, wrote in an email to Teen Vogue that in reality, it is the campus anti-protest legislation that is threatening student freedoms and safety at school. “Given the timing of these bills and the conservative groups behind them, they clearly seem meant to target groups on campuses who would consider protesting or even actively disrupting speakers with white supremacist, homophobic, and ethno-nationalist perspectives (i.e. left wing, anti-racist, anti-fascist, pro-immigrant and LGBTQ+ groups)….”

….Young activists reiterate that they’re not deterred and that they will likely continue to fight back at school, no matter the restrictions. Workman, the University of South Carolina student, said that “[T]hese laws would not stop everyone. I for one am more than willing to make good trouble to have my voice heard.” Violet of the College of Charleston echoed Workman’s sentiment, saying, “This bill will not keep us from speaking out against injustice and opposing those who propagate it. We will not be scared, we will not be silenced, and we’re not going away.”

Want more from Teen Vogue? Check this out: Why Jewish Activists Are on the Front Lines in Mass Protests Against ICE

A message of support from Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de São José dos Campos e Região, which represents workers at one of Brazil’s largest GM plants.

A message from Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Metalúrgicos, which represents workers at two GM plants in Brazil.

AFGE president J. David Cox Sr. has pledged the support of his union’s members for striking GM workers.

https://bit.ly/2kSfcnp

Issued September 17, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement today in support of the striking GM workers and their right to the healthcare coverage they were promised:

“GM’s decision to yank healthcare coverage away from their dedicated employees, in the dead of night, with no warning, is heartless and unconscionable. GM’s actions could put people’s lives at risk, from the factory worker who needs treatment for their asthma to the child who relies on their parents’ insurance for chemotherapy. Thankfully these men and women have their union, which is making sure working people and their families can continue to get care.

“The UAW workers on the strike lines are showing immense bravery in the face of intimidation. They are an inspiration to SEIU’s two million members, and millions more working people united in the Fight for $15 and a Union. This is why we are demanding Unions for All: so that working people have the power to hold big corporations like GM accountable and to fight for our future, our families and our communities.”

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The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) unites 2 million diverse members in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. SEIU members working in the healthcare industry, in the public sector and in property services believe in the power of joining together on the job to win higher wages and benefits and to create better communities while fighting for a more just society and an economy that works for all of us, not just corporations and the wealthy.
www.seiu.org

Southeast Michigan Jobs With Justice

UAW Strike Solidarity Support Action

Community activists to join UAW/GM workers on their picket line

Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019

6 pm to 7 pm

Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant

2500 East Grand Boulevard

Detroit, Michigan, 48211

“I’m not a GM worker. Why should I care about the UAW’s strike there?

A significant number of GM production workers are classified as Tier 2 and paid only $17 an hour while legacy, or higher seniority, workers are paid $28 to $33 an hour.

If the UAW is able to overcome this income inequality and win higher wages, millions more dollars will be put into the Metro Detroit community. This mass purchasing pow- er benefits all of us.

Yes, we all do better when we all do better.

This two tier system is the source of a great deal of division within the ranks of UAW membership. Overcoming this income inequality can lay the foundation for a stronger union and stronger unions are good for all of us.

Joining the UAW’s picket line on Wednesday shows striking workers exactly who’s on their side. Talking with them, getting to know them and they getting to know you and your cause can build trusting relationships that can carry on beyond the strike. Af- ter all, we are workers, too, and UAW members live our communities.

A worker’s victory at GM can inspire others, union and community, in their struggles with other greedy corporations and institutions.

As identified by the former Occupy Wall Street movement, the extreme inequality of wealth and power of the 1% hurts us all. With so much wealth and power in the hands of so Few, there never seems to be enough money — nor political will — to raise the minimum wage, fix our roads, fund our schools, rebuild our infrastructure, create green jobs, fight climate change, and eliminate racial and gender inequities.

Whatever is your issue of concern, we all have a stake in this strike.

Sponsored by Democratic Socialists of America-Detroit and Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice

If you or your organization wishes to express solidarity with UAW/GM strikers and be publicly listed, please write: semjwj2@gmail.com

Please note: There could be a problem finding parking near the plant.

Southeast Michigan Jobs With Justice