North Shore Justice for George Floyd Peaceful Protest at Atwater Park

Photo: Susan Ruggles

Car Caravan- Stop Evictions -Support Village Prop Tenants Union!

Tuesday June 9
2pm – 3:30pm
Starts at 7737 Kercheval Avenue Detroit, MI

Join us for a car caravan protest against evictions during the
coronavirus crisis in in support of the Villages Properties Tenants
Union. Support tenant organizing in Detroit! Take Action to Protect
Homes and Stop Evictions During the Coronavirus Pandemic! Don’t let this
health crisis turn into a new housing crisis!

Meet in the parking lot at Butzel Family Center 7737 Kercheval Avenue in
Detroit on Tuesday, June 9th at 2 p.m. From there we will lead a car
caravan through the neighborhood. Bikes are also invited, we will be
going slow. We will be staying in our vehicles and practicing social
distancing.

Make signs for your car! Make noise! Show that we are not going to sit
by and watch as people get thrown out of their homes during a pandemic!

Michigan banned evictions during the coronavirus pandemic, but that ban
is set to end on June 11. We can’t let this happen and we must act now
before a tidal wave of evictions kicks countless people from their homes
and destroys our communities.

We demand:
1. That the Governor extend the ban on evictions until 60 days beyond
the state of emergency and expand the ban to prohibit foreclosures,
2. The cancellation of rent, mortgage and land contract payments during
the crisis, and
3. That the money given to Detroit by the federal government for rental
assistance be given directly to tenants who need it as soon as possible.

We support the Villages Properties Tenants Union demands:

1. Meet with us as a group and recognize our tenants union;
2. Grant us some form of rent relief, including a three month rent
freeze;
3. Make requested repairs and provide lead and mold testing,
remediation, pest eradication, and proper insulation in all properties
4. Meet with the greater community to discuss development that benefits
long-term residents as well as newcomers, including negotiating a
Community Benefits Agreement

Massive amounts of people are losing their jobs and income as a result
of the coronavirus pandemic, at a rate and speed not seen since the
Great Depression. This is leading to thousands of people not being able
to pay their rent and mortgage payments. Governor Whitmer signed an
executive order prohibiting evictions, but that order expires after
Thursday, June 11th. We cannot let evictions resume and we must do
whatever we can to pressure Michigan to protect people’s homes and
prevent the next housing crisis.

Michigan’s prohibition on evictions must be extended until at least 60
days after the end of the state of emergency, and it must be expanded to
prohibit foreclosures as well. Michigan must also cancel rent and
mortgage payments during this crisis so that people aren’t faced with an
insurmountable mountain of back payments to pay after the state of
emergency ends.

Call Governor Whitmer at 517-373-3400 and demand that she extend the
prohibition on evictions until at least 60 days after the end of the
state of emergency, expand it to include foreclosures, and cancel rent
and mortgage payments.

No evictions! No foreclosures! Defend the Villages Properties Tenants
Union! Cancel rent and mortgage payments! Join us as we take action to
stop the next housing crisis before it starts!

We need to defend our neighbors from eviction as well as police
violence. Both are attacks on neighbors, family and friends and we must
stand against them. Black lives matter and black homes matter. At the
end of our car caravan route, we will head down to the Justice for
George Floyd Protests at 1301 3rd Street 4pm. We invite those who can to
join us there.

Sponsored by Detroit Eviction Defense, Village Properties Tenants
Union, Detroit Renter City,  Charlevoix Villages Association and No Rent
Michigan

Car Caravan- Stop Evictions -Support Village Prop Tenants Union!

March for Thee Three

MOURNING LOST FUTURES: A WAKE FOR OUR SLAIN FAMILY

GATEWAY TO FREEDOM – HART PLAZA
BRING MASKS – WEAR WHITE

4:30 P.M. EST

Join with Detroit’s frontline communities as we mourn the loss of our beloved kinfolk to murderous police violence.

While we mourn, we come together to resist police violence, to envision a world beyond policing and oppression, and to think together about how we can build new communities, and a new society.

We will march in a procession starting at The Gateway to Freedom Memorial on the Riverwalk at Hart Plaza and through Campus Martius to Cass Corridor, stopping for political education teach-ins and ceremonies at long-time organizations in the area (EMEAC, Cass Commons, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization) and then we will end up at the Cass Commons and close out with a teach-in on movement building.

ACCORDING TO TRADITION WE ASK THAT EVERYONE WEARS WHITE; try to bring a jar (if you can), a white umbrella, and something to cover your hair.

For accessibility needs and concerns and if you’re interested in volunteering to pass out water, or to assist with set-up/break-down, please reach out to landwaterppl@gmail.com

Hosts: Frontline Detroit, East Michigan Environmental Action Council, General Baker Institute, Detroit Independent Freedom Schools Movement, Detroit Recordings

Find more information about this assembly of Detroit organizations at FrontlineDetroit.org or landwaterppl@gmail.com

 

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March for Black Lives

100 N Jefferson Street, Green Bay, WI – 12 NOON

Although the cops have been charged for the murder of George Floyd, this movement is nowhere near over. The fight for black lives cannot be suppressed any longer. We welcome you to join us to spread awareness about black culture and emphasize the issues we all face. We will also be bringing extra masks and snacks!

Resources from the National Lawyer’s Guild: https://www.nlg.org/resources/

ALSO: 

Wisconsin Legal Alliance

If you or someone you know is or has been arrested in Wisconsin while demonstrating your First Amendment Rights:

*Remain calm. State your name and address, that you want an attorney, and wish to remain silent. Do not only imply the last two things. Say them. Repeat them as necessary.*

If you don’t have the ability to pay for an attorney, we offer free representation. You can reach us at:

(414) 223-5705 or Contact.Us@Wisalliance.org

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June 5, 2020

Today, Breonna Taylor should be celebrating her 27th birthday. She should be putting on a dress, doing her hair and makeup, and meeting the many people who love her at a nice restaurant. “She was looking forward to it,” her mother, Tamika Palmer, told the Cut. “We would have been out somewhere eating something fancy … She definitely should be here.”

Instead, Taylor’s family is gathering in Louisville to celebrate a life cut cruelly short by police brutality.

On March 13, Taylor was killed by three officers who barged into her apartment after midnight as she lay in bed with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker. He fired the first shot, thinking there was a break-in since the officers didn’t knock or announce themselves. In response, the cops sprayed gunfire, shooting Taylor with eight bullets before she died on the hallway floor. The police said they had a warrant to search the 26-year-old’s apartment because of suspected ties to a drug dealer, despite the fact that officers had already found their main target, according to an attorney involved in the case.

While the officers involved were put on leave, they have yet to face criminal charges. Kentucky’s attorney general is still reviewing the case, and on May 21, the FBI began an investigation. Taylor’s family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Louisville’s police department.

In protests around the world, people are shouting Breonna Taylor’s name, along with those of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, as a rallying cry against racism and police brutality. Palmer says she is grateful for the attention. But every night, she struggles to sleep, thinking about how her daughter, an EMT and aspiring nurse who was poised to do so much good in the world, is no longer a part of it. For her birthday, Palmer shared with the Cut her favorite memories of her firstborn child, recalling a beloved, joyful daughter….

“U.S. protests demand not only justice in the outrageous police murder of George Floyd, but full respect for rights that have been violated and denied for decades.”

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Greendale, WI June 5, 2020 / Photos: Lewis Lea