Workers across the country are going ON STRIKE. Thousands are taking action online and in the streets to support the #StrikeForBlackLives.
We are dedicated to the fight for racial and economic justice.
Tune in, share the stream, and add your support: j20strikeforblacklive.org
“Madison meets Milwaukee!
Black Umbrella & Frank Nitty host a “Solidarity Stance” rally.
There will be food, music, activities for kids and lots of opportunities to get educated about the movement and how to help.
This event is a display of our solidarity✊🏽 We may have different demands but in the end we all want to see the betterment of society. We will only make tangible change by standing together. The police and the system they serve have continuously used excessive force on black and brown people and have committed murders without any consequences for decades. Come out and demand for justice and liberation for our people!”
Tomorrow, Thursday July 23, we are calling every senator to tell them to pass funding to #SaveThePostOffice.
Click here to sign up and be a part of the day.
During this pandemic, the United States Postal Service has kept our economy running, ensured we received our deliveries, and kept us all connected. Shamefully, while corporations took giant bailouts, the USPS – which is a public service for all – was left out of much needed COVID-relief funding.
The new Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, is pushing through policies that will significantly delay the mail, using the USPS financial crisis as an excuse. We need our senators to fix the Postal Service’s COVID financial crisis now.
This week, the Senate returns from recess to take up stimulus legislation, and they need to hear from every one of us. Tomorrow (Thursday), we are holding a Call-the-Senate Day of Action. The Senate must step up and pass much needed funding for the United States Postal Service!
Sign up here to participate in the call-in day of action.
Dial: 844-402-1001 to be connected to your first senator. Dial again, to be connected to your second senator. Insist they pass the $25 billion of emergency COVID relief for the Postal Service NOW!
Tell your family and friends to text “USPS” to 91990 to join the fight to #SaveThePostOffice!
In Solidarity,
US Mail Not For Sale
C/O APWU
1300 L Street
Washington, DC 20005
1st Annual Together We Stand Celebration
Washington Park, Milwaukee – 12 NOON-7 P.M.
2020 is definitely a year for the history books. We live in a different world now and it’s in our hands to decide what the future holds.
The city of Milwaukee is one of the most segregated cities in the United States and it has been that way for a very long time. There are many different movements and calls for action happening locally and all around the globe, and this event is our attempt to be a part of the solution. This is your opportunity to show your support and begin the change.
The 1st Annual Together We Stand Celebration will be a positive event in which many people of all different backgrounds will come together and stand together. This will be an opportunity for everyone to share their stories to others who have not heard them.
The organizers and volunteers are working hard to provide food, music, performances, speakers, games and a solid infrastructure for the event to happen.
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND USE OF MASKS ARE REQUIRED BY MANDATE OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE!
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There are a few ways you can help solidify the 1st Annual Together We Stand Celebration:
DONATIONS: The more donations we get, the more we’ll be able to provide. We’ll have an open cash flow report with all the ins and outs. Please donate to $TogetherWeStandMKE (Cash App) or @HugoCao (Venmo).
VOLUNTEERING: If you’re interested in volunteering, please fill up the form in the link below and wait for further instructions
BUYING EVENT T-SHIRTS: (A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Milwaukee Urban League)
https://bsg.chipply.com/togetherwestand/store.aspx
CONTACT: togetherwestandmke@gmail.com
C Space Installation: Creating For Black Lives Part 2
Come hang out with us as we social distance, organize and create! We will be on N. 32nd & W. Center St. Milwaukee, WI 53210
(Masks, gloves, and sanitizer will be provided)
This event’s theme is Creating for Black Lives Part II. We will enjoy being in community along with these other festivities:
-Free food
-Music by DJay Mando
-Art Installation for Black Lives
-Introducing our Artist Fellows
-Sharing the meaning behind the project
-Info on August C-Space
https://www.nlg.org/nlg-announces-federal-defense-hotline/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: massdef@nlg.org
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) National Office is launching a hotline for activists and lawyers to report incidents of federal repression, such as FBI “door-knocks” at activists’ homes, grand jury investigations and subpoenas, and any other federal law enforcement efforts to undermine civil rights, such as federal grab squads and the use of unidentified federal agents to police protests. The line is live at: 212-679-2811.
Since May, the NLG has continued to support the movement for Black lives, organizing to support legal defense efforts and provide Legal Observers for demonstrations. In the last week, we have seen the use of anti-protest shock troops by the federal government, such as Portland, where federal grab squads have arrested activists and taken them away from demonstrations in unmarked vans.
A memorandum from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suggests that these officers are acting under the auspices of DHS and are members of the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC). This is a unit typically tasked with high level law enforcement operations and it is formed under US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). These officers are acting under direct orders from the Trump Administration and Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf.
The use of BORTAC to disrupt activism is a recent escalation by the federal government, which has also used the National Guard, FBI, and Secret Service in order to violently quell protests. These efforts come in combination with an aggressive political and legal strategy labeling ‘antifa’ a domestic terrorist organization. Federal prosecutors are also filing criminal charges against activists throughout the country.
The NLG Federal Defense Hotline will allow callers to have privileged conversations with attorneys, and to receive attorney referrals, know-your-rights information, and resources for responding to grand jury investigations and subpoenas. Inquiries about the line can be sent to massdef@nlg.org. The line is staffed by attorneys organizing with the NLG, and will remain active as long as federal prosecution efforts continue.
The National Lawyers Guild, whose membership includes lawyers, legal workers, jailhouse lawyers, and law students, was formed in 1937 as the United States’ first racially-integrated bar association to advocate for the protection of constitutional, human and civil rights.
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NLG National Office
You can use the orange button (then click Michigan) to join or renew your membership with the Detroit & Michigan NLG Chapter; or click HERE.
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https://braddockfilms.com/struggles-in-steel/
When a local television station did a program about the closing of the major steel mills in the Pittsburgh region, Ray Henderson, a former mill worker who had worked in the mills for 18 years, couldn’t help but notice that not one black worker was shown. This despite the fact that African-American workers had formed a critical part of the labor force in western Pennsylvania for 125 years.
With his old friend and independent filmmaker Tony Buba, Henderson set out to collaborate on a history of African-Americans and their contributions not just to the steel industry, but to the labor movement itself. Through eloquent living witnesses and revelatory archival footage, Struggles In Steel presents a striking counterpoint to the stereotypical black male image.
Struggles In Steel premiered at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, has played in major festivals in the United States, and screened at FESPACO in Burkina Faso in West Africa – the largest African film festival in the world. In addition, Struggles In Steel was awarded a 1999 Silver Baton, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.
Featuring interviews with over 70 African-American workers, Struggles In Steel: A Story of African-American Steel Workers documents the shameful history of discrimination against black workers and one heroic campaign where they won equality on the job.
“An outstanding job – {Struggles In Steel} provides a vitally important historical foundation for the current debates about race and affirmative action.” -Bruce Nelson, Dartmouth College
“Heartbreaking and enlightening—A shameful story about lives spent tolling in the mills and degradation that came with picking up a paycheck the hard way – A tale full of sound and fury.” -Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Struggles In Steel is distributed by California Newsreel. If you wish to purchase a copy for personal use, please visit our online store here: Struggles In Steel DVD.
The Study Guide is great for classroom use. It contains information about African-Americans in the steel mills, discussion questions relating to Struggles in Steel, and more!
Raymond Henderson is a former steelworker who had 18 years of service in the Duquesne Steel Mill, outside of Pittsburgh, when the plant shut down. During his years in the mill, he was a grievance man, active in the civil rights movement and constantly working to establish equal rights for his co-workers. He began taking oral histories from African-American steelworkers in 1987.
A long-time community activist, Henderson was Board President of the local NAACP chapter for 12 years. He is also on the board of the Braddock’s Field Historical Society, worked as a child advocate in the schools, and as an outreach worker for Victims of Violent Crime.
