BLACK LIVES MATTER – Youth Rally
Begins at St. Mary’s Lutheran Church: 2001 80th Street, Kenosha – 1 P.M.
*Featuring black and brown youth speakers
*Rally followed by march
*All ages welcome
*Masks encouraged
…. This legacy of voter suppression, a key component in the nationally oppressive apparatus of the capitalist state in the U.S., portends much for the upcoming elections in November 2020 where Trump is seeking a second term of office. The same Georgia governor responsible for the disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of voters in 2018 when he served as Secretary of State, is now presiding over the polls which will determine whether his political ally in the White House remains in that position.
The Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden has said next to nothing on the important questions of voter suppression and racist state violence against the African American people. Biden’s main talking point: that he is not Donald Trump and therefore will “heal the nation” may not be enough to motivate the African American voters who are concerned with the rising rates of COVID-19 infections in their communities along with the mounting unemployment rates and its consequent evictions, foreclosures and homelessness.
Even with an enthusiastic electorate embodying a disdain for the policies of the Trump administration, if the right to vote is not guaranteed by local, state and federal governments the potential for a continuation of the current administration is quite possible. What is needed is the independent mobilization and organization of the people, the potential of which has been illustrated in the mass demonstrations and rebellions in recent months.
By Abayomi Azikiwe
Editor, Pan-African News Wire
Wednesday July 22, 2020
Commentary
Detroit, July 23, 2020 / Photo: https://panafricannews.blogspot.com/
BLM Elijah McClain Protest (Appleton)
This Will be a Protest/March for Elijah McClain and Others. It will be held at Houdini Plaza, 111 W College Avenue in Appleton, WI at 2 pm on July 26, 2020. We will be demanding justice and reform! Please wear masks. We will Stand and march in solidarity against systematic racism and police brutality so please join us!
Thank you to everyone who has donated! We are still fundraising for our Freedom Youth Organizing Camp. Any supplies or donations you can give will go toward providing youth of color with valuable organizing and leadership experience.
If you have any questions, reach out to Zon at zmoua@freedom-inc.org
Unbreakable: Seeing The Sister Beside You
You are invited to the Restorative Justice Event titled Seeing the Sister Beside You. This event, led by Kayasia Blake and Alexis Gardner, will include speakers, a restorative justice circle SPECIFICALLY for Black women with a candle light vigil and refreshments.
The circle is a chance to acknowledge and make visible the work, struggle and lives of Black women who are working to bring social justice. It is a healing space that will observe social distance guidelines to protect participants for COVID.
* Allies and co-conspirators are welcome to support setting up, forming a perimeter and clean up *
#DefundPolice and #AbolishICE in Southeast Asian Communities: Reimagining Safety For Us By Us
Dear community,
Thank you all for the significant turnout on all of our conversations in the past month in the Hmong Community, Viet Community, and the Khmer Community. We are deeply grateful to be able to engage with you all on what it looks like to love each other the same way we must also love Black people. Now that we have this understanding, we must go even deeper.
Join us on Thursday, 7/30 at 3 pm PST, 5 pm CST, 6 pm EST to discuss dismantling state violence, the police, and ICE through the lens of Southeast Asian communities who have endured systems of oppressions due to American imperialism. You will hear from SEAFN organizers and community leaders across the country about their work on the intersection of fighting for community control and defunding the police, and what safety looks like and how to redefine the meaning and apparatus of safety for our communities. We invite you to act now by taking part in this conversation.
Accessibility needs for language and ASL interpretation are in progress. This event will be live-streamed through SEAFN’s Facebook page.
Milwaukee’s next peaceful protest and symbolic action is being held on July 24th, 2020 starting at Red Arrow Park.
Gathering and Supply Donation: 5pm
Protest March: 6:30pm
Asking for big donations of chalk and paint.
Action: Poster build will begin at 5:30pm! The symbolic action portion will begin at 6:30pm. WE NEED LOTS OF CHALK. We will be creating moments and writing the names of those we have lost due to police brutality and murderous actions due to their blatant racism.
We ask that you invite and bring as many friends and family as possible.
This being a more night time event please make sure you are bringing the most weather appropriate clothing for sundown!
If you’d like to make monetary donations for us to purchase supplies (Masks, Water, Snacks, Etc) our currently used Venmo is
@Peoples-movement
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 54 days who have continued to join in our peaceful gatherings and other events 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!
March for Thee Three! : Truth, Justice, Change!
Join the Family of Alvin Cole, Community Task Force, and the Milwaukee Alliance in the fight for justice for Thee Three!
March will begin at 4pm. We will be headed towards the Mayfair mall cheesecake factory parking lot. Food, Open mic, and community announcements to follow!
Stop Evictions and Foreclosures, Cancel the Rents & End Racist Police Terror!
Wisconsin State Capitol – 12 NOON – 4 P.M.
Since the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police department millions of people have participated in thousands of demonstrations in every state to demand an end to racist police terror and the immediate defunding their police departments. This national revolt against racism is taking place within the context of the unfolding economic depression.
Over 44 million people in the United States have now filed for unemployment benefits, 30% of home buyers missed their June housing payments and at least 20 million tenants could not pay their rent. People are being evicted from their homes in the middle of a surging pandemic with little to no action being taken by our government.
These issues share a root in capitalism, a system reliant on white supremacy that values profit over human life.
We will be taking to the streets nationwide July 25th to demand NO evictions and forclosures, NO rent payments, and NO racist police terror.
