Monthly Archives: June 2020

Peace Action Wisconsin: June 13 – July 11, 2020 Stand For Peace Locations

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http://www.peaceactionwi.org/

Peace Action of Wisconsin suspended our weekly Stand for Peace these past few months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While global attention is focused on fighting the deadly Corona​​ virus, wars are still raging and dangerous US foreign policy threatens more military conflicts.

How should the peace movement be safely responding at this point?

With some of the restrictions on public gatherings being lifted, some of our members are carefully restarting the Stand for Peace with directives advised by the Milwaukee Health Commissioner. We will take all precautions and if any stay-at-home orders change, we will suspend the Stand for Peace again.

Stand for Peace participants will obey social distancing guidelines, and we will wear masks. We have chosen corners that have little pedestrian traffic. We are limited to 10 people gathered. If we have reached that limit, some of us will move down to the next corner. Shared signs and flags will be sanitized after each Stand.

Coffee following the stand will resume only after Covid-19 is no longer a threat. We will obey any orders that change the requirements of gathering. Please check our website/Facebook page for updates. If you have any concerns or immunity issues, please stay at home. Your health is important, and your voice will be needed after this crisis passes.

Stand for Peace

Saturdays, 12 noon – 1pm

June 13: Capitol/Humboldt

June 20: 43rd/Forest Home

June 27: Layton/76th

July 4: No holiday Stand for Peace

July 11: 51st/Silver Spring

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Check the Peace Action website for further sites and updates.

Peace Action of WI

http://www.peaceactionwi.org/

Historic Protests in Sturgeon Bay and Across Door County (WI): Weekend of Resistance Against Murders By Police; Justice For George Floyd! Black Lives Matter!

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Yesterday was an amazing day for Sturgeon Bay and our community. If you were there you were a part of history where we all took a stand against racial injustice or division. Don’t let it stop here; there are many steps you can take to enact change.

Here are the images that I captured of the event. Feel free to tag yourself or save the image and post on your own timeline.

If you contributed to the HEAR Us diary, your videos will be edited and sent to you before sharing anywhere to ensure your message is conveyed correctly.

Milwaukee, June 6, 2020: With No Justice, We Walk In Peace Protest

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With No Justice, We Walk In Peace Protest – MKE, WI

Milwaukee’s next peaceful protest is being held on June 6th, 2020 starting at Cathedral Square Park

Gathering and Supply Donation: 3pm
Walking of the protest: 4pm

If you’d like to donate financially so that supplies can be purchased as well (Masks, Water, Snacks, Etc) our currently used Venmo is @TomiBordeaux

The route will be determined by what is safest for the group as a whole taking into consideration all parties involved.

*REMINDER* We advise for your safety and everyones safety you wear a mask during this protest. We also reccomend goggles just in case, as well as any other neccesities you feel you may need as the walk will be lengthy.

We thank everyone over the last week who has continued to join in these peaceful gatherings and want to remind everyone that with the continuation of this we have become a movement and there will always be power behind your voice and IT DESERVES TO BE HEARD!

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Milwaukee, WI / Photo: Joe Brusky

Minnesota State Council of Union Machinists Call for Minneapolis Police Union Bob Kroll’s Resignation

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


VADNAIS HEIGHTS, MN, June 4, 2020 – The Minnesota State Council of Machinists today called for the immediate resignation of President of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, Bob Kroll, in the wake of the officer-involved death of George Floyd.

“As President of the Minnesota State Council of Machinist, I am calling on you to resign immediately,” wrote Council President John Steigauf in a letter to Kroll dated today. “Leadership of an organization requires us to be able to look at situations and make the difficult decision to see a wrong and address it as such. The events that have transpired over the past two weeks, required you to make that decision, to protect and serve the community, as well as the community of officers that you were elected to represent. The words and actions that you have chosen to use have failed both of these groups and has further enraged the people of both Minneapolis and St. Paul.

“The death of Mr. George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis was a senseless act that as a leader you should have condemned immediately, took steps to heal the community, as well as address your officers to express your dissatisfaction with the performance of the four individuals involved and express your expectations for officers going forward. None of which you did.”

The Minnesota State Council of Machinists called on Kroll to show integrity and accountability by resigning immediately and allowing “necessary changes to begin.”

For more on the letter, click here.

About the IAMAW
The Minnesota State Council of Machinists represents more than 5,400 active and retired members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). The IAM is among the largest industrial trade unions in North America, representing nearly 600,000 active and retired members in manufacturing, aerospace, transportation, shipbuilding, woodworking and other industries in both the U.S. and Canada.

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Hundreds March for Justice in Freeport, IL, June 6, 2020

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Good morning to my beautiful Black Kings, Queens, Nonbinary and Allies! 

Anyone coming to help at noon, please avoid parking in the Masonic temple parking lot on Stephenson street and the parking lot next to City Hall.

WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR TODAY! SEE YALL AT 1:00PM! ✨

#MarchOnStephenson #BlackLivesMatter

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Hundreds march in Freeport, IL June 6, 2020

Photo: Communist Workers League – Rockford

Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science – If Not Now ft. Maimouna Youssef

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Listen to the second single from Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science’s upcoming album ‘Waiting Game’. Stream/Pre-save: http://terrilynecarrington.lnk.to/wai… Galvanized by seismic changes in the ever-evolving social and political landscape, Grammy Award-winning drummer, producer and educator Terri Lyne Carrington formed and her new band, Social Science, to confront a wide spectrum of social justice issues on Waiting Game. The band’s stunning debut double album immediately takes its place alongside Carrington’s most ambitious and inventive projects, expressing an inclusive and compassionate view of humanity’s common bonds through an eclectic program melding jazz, R&B, classic and indie rock, free improvisation, hip-hop and contemporary classical music.

Social Science is: TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON (drums, percussion, vocals), AARON PARKS (piano, keyboards), MATTHEW STEVENS (guitars), MORGAN GUERIN (saxophone, bass, EWI), DEBO RAY (vocals), KASSA OVERALL (MC, DJ) Social Science is: TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON (drums, percussion, vocals), AARON PARKS (piano, keyboards), MATTHEW STEVENS (guitars), MORGAN GUERIN (saxophone, bass, EWI), DEBO RAY (vocals), KASSA OVERALL (MC, DJ)

Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE) Calls on Minneapolis Police Federation President to Resign

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MAPE

“…the actions of the Minneapolis Police Federation President Kroll following the killing of George Floyd are not consistent with the broader values and expectations that MAPE, fellow unions and Minnesotans expect in light of widespread calls for social change, equity, and justice in our state.” Full statement: https://mape.org/news/mape-calls-krolls-resignation

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