Month: November 2019

Defend DACA: March for the Future of Dreamers (ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Join us in Milwaukee next Tuesday for a national day of action and a march to save DACA! The future of DACA and DREAMERS rests with the Supreme Court, which will start hearings on Nov.12 . The Court will determine what happens to the nearly […]

Reclaiming Armistice Day 639 N 25th Street, Milwaukee, 7 P.M. Free and open to the public Annual Armistice Day observance to celebrate peace, not militarism. Two nationally prominent and highly knowledgeable speakers are on the program: *** SUZANNE GORDON, award-winning author and journalist whose latest book is “Wounds of War: How the VA Delivers Health, […]

CLOSEmsdf Coalition Meeting 1220 W Atkinson, Milwaukee, 5:30 – 7:30 P.M. Join us on Tuesday, November 12th at 5:30 pm to get involved with the efforts to decarcerate Milwaukee, #CLOSEmsdf, and #buildCOMMUNITIES. The #CLOSEmsdf Campaign is now over 50 organizations strong. Visit https://closemsdf.org/ for information. Sign the #CLOSEmsdf petition at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/its-time-to-close-milwaukee-secure-detention-facility-msdf. Like us on facebook […]

MPS Art Teachers Organizing to Win the Schools All Kids Deserve 5130 W Vliet, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association (MTEA), 5:30 P.M. Art Teachers are coming together November 19th at 5:30 to make a plan to fight for a more powerful art program in Milwaukee Public Schools. Our art program faces some challenges. Art teacher members […]

Holiday Letters to Prisoners Letters to Prisoners has been going strong for many years. We have sent hundreds of letters and cards to people behind the bars. We have forged great solidarity with people on the otherside of the wall. When the holidays come around, it is especially hard for incarcerated folks. Letters to Prisoners […]

Organizer Training 101: Build the Committee

#ThePeoplesPaper Issue 1 | Winter 2019 Our first NEW issue of The Peoples’ Paper touches on #CommunityProtection against energy companies, landlords, & the settler-colonial U.S. We also have highlights of what some comrade organizations like Appalachians Against Pipelines, New River Tenants Union and The Red Nation are doin on those fronts. And a new section called “Roanoke Artist Spotlight” featuring some of […]