When: September 5th, 2020 at 1 P.M. Where: Mitchell Park, Milwaukee Wisconsin What: Rally for Black & Brown Lives
Why and more info: In a show of Black & Brown Strength, we will demand the decriminalization of our communities and the separation of our families by abolishing ICE and defunding the police.
We will be marching across the 16th Street Bridge, which is the historic link between Milwaukee’s mostly Latinx South Side and Milwaukee’s mostly Black North Side.
Cuando: 5 de Septiembre, 2020 at 1 P.M. Donde: Mitchell Park, Milwaukee Wisconsin Que: demonstracion para Comunidades de color
Porque y mas informacion: En una demostración de la fuerza de communidade de color, exigiremos la despenalización de nuestras comunidades y la separación de nuestras familias mediante la abolición de ICE y la desfinanciación de la policía.
Marcharemos a través del puente de la calle 16, que es el vínculo histórico entre el lado sur de Milwaukee, en su mayoría una communidad Latinx, y el lado norte, en su mayoría una communidad Negra, de Milwaukee.
The LatinX TalkBack is about the intersections and challenges of Blackness and Latinidad.
In this episode, we will cover the history of the past 25+ years of immigration reform in the United States. We will talk about our personal histories with immigration and migration and discuss the grassroots work that is being done for immigration reform.
Join us Thursday, September 10th at 8 PM for the Latinx TalkBack with Valeria Cerda (Civic Engagement Director, Wisconsin VOICES), Nancy Flores (Deputy Director, National Partnership for New Americans), Larissa Joanna (Voces de La Frontera) & Aissa Olivarez (Managing Attorney, Community Immigration Law Center (CILC)).
Partially sponsored by DANG! Grant by the Dane County Arts Commission.
***Although we try to represent all voices at each one of our #Latinxtalkback, we have a long way to go to break down hundreds of years of white supremacy, but as Latinos to refuse to be active in the Black Liberation movement is to deny ourselves as Latinos an alliance that is not just necessary but mandatory in the fight for our collective freedom for immigration reform and community justice.
Our promise to you is that we will continue to challenge ourselves to pass the mic and give voice to the Anti-Blackness that is ingrained in our community and often swept under the rug.
No Classis an op-ed column by writer and radical organizer Kim Kelly that connects worker struggles and the current state of the American labor movement with its storied — and sometimes bloodied — past.
By now I’m sure you’ve heard the bad news: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is in trouble, and the current president is doing his damnedest to destroy it. Despite the agency’s overwhelming popularity and the essential nature of its labor, Republicans have been trying to kill off the post office for a very long time. They scored a body blow in 2006 with the bipartisan Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, which required the USPS to fund retiree health care benefits decades in advance — something no other government agency has been compelled to do. Unsurprisingly, the agency has since been bleeding money (and jobs), and the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t helped matters. As Mark Dimondstein, the president of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), told In These Times in April, if Congress doesn’t step in with emergency funding, “some time between July and September, the Post Office will likely run out of money. And when they run out of money, their operations will cease.”
Now, at the end of August, things have gotten much worse. Trump has continued to block desperately needed funding, and postal workers have been sounding alarms over a slate of worrisome new changes engineered by Trump’s postmaster general appointee, Louis DeJoy, a wealthy businessman with significant financial stakes in companies that compete directly with the USPS, and the first postmaster general in nearly 30 years to have come from outside the agency. Those worrisome changes include reassigning or displacing 23 USPS executives, a cut in overtime hours, reduced post office hours, and most troublingly, the removal of hundreds of iconic blue mailboxes. With multiple congressional inquiries underway, and a lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), DeJoy has grudgingly promised to halt his “reforms.” But the extent of the damage remains unclear. Mail-in voting — which has been embraced by Democrats and lambasted by Trump — remains under threat. (It’s worth noting that Trump himself requested a mail-in ballot for himself and his wife.)
The APWU represents 220,000 USPS employees and retirees, and nearly 2,000 private-sector mail workers. The group is not happy about the Trump administration’s behavior, and hasn’t been all that impressed with Congress either, which has so far failed to provide the emergency funding the agency desperately needs. “Up until now, the Trump administration has blocked the USPS from any direct financial assistance,” the union explained in a scathing August 18 press release. “The USPS is an essential public service that binds the country together and delivers vital public health information, medicine, financial transactions, and needed supplies to every American household and business and is a critical component in our election process with vote-by-mail access to the ballot box.”
Amid all of this politically manufactured chaos, postal workers have continued to do their jobs, delivering mail, medicine, and other essentials to people across the country; the work they do and the long hours they put in directly benefit some of the country’s most vulnerable communities. Postal workers are truly essential, and it’s nothing short of evil that the Trump administration is targeting them, their livelihoods, and the people who depend on them — in the middle of an economic tailspin… as a deadly pandemic rages. As the APWU says, “We do our job. Congress and the administration need to do theirs and ensure that postal workers can safely and reliably deliver for the people of the country during this year and beyond….”
More than 35 Groups Demand Chief Craig’s Resignation, End to Police Violence
Press conference, solidarity statement add to mounting pressure for Detroit police changes from top-down
DETROIT – Representatives from more than 35 grassroots community organizations will hold a press conference Thursday morning calling for an end to police violence against protestors and for the resignation of Chief James Craig. The General Baker Institute, Community Movement Builders, the Black Brown Alliance of the Detroit Democratic Socialists of America, Black Youth Project 100, the James & Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership, Moratorium Now, and the East Michigan Environmental Action Council, will be among those sharing the collective statement and remarks at The Shed at Martz Park on Flanders St on the eastside of Detroit.
Their collective statement cites Saturday, August 23 as a major escalation in the already unacceptable level of police abuse and violence against protesters. The coalition supports the recently announced lawsuit filed by Detroit Will Breathe to stop police violence. But they also note the absurdity of having to spend public money to defend people against what is ostensibly, their own police department. It is yet another reason the coalition has joined the growing calls for James Craig to no longer head the Detroit Police Department.
What:
Press conference and release of statement demanding an end to police violence and abuse and the resignation of Police Chief James Craig
*Who: The General Baker Institute Community Movement Builders Black Brown Alliance of the Detroit Democratic Socialists of America
Black Youth Project 100
Detroit Will Breathe and others will speak on behalf of a coalition of 35 Detroit groups who have signed on to the statement and demands
This Thursday at 5:30pm the Community Relations Commission is hosting another meeting to discuss RPD’s use of force policy in City Hall Chambers. Show up and share your story. Especially if you have experience with how RPD exercises their use of force. The City of Rockford’s administration should be held accountable for any error, danger, or negligence within the use of force policy. It is important to differentiate the Winnebago County Sheriff’s office from the Rockford Police Department. On August 7th of 2020 it was the Winnebago County Sheriff’s police force that used pepper spray on protestors at City Market. Including children who were within the vicinity. Geno Washington and Joseph McCormick are two names we have of people who have died inside of the winnebago county jail. Joseph McCormick’s autopsy determined that he died of asphyxia. The findings of Geno Washington’s autopsy was not immediately released. It took seven months for the winnebago boone county integrity task force to release the statement that 35 year old Eugene Washington died as a result of sleep apnea. A list of some people killed by the rockford police department. Eddie Patterson, Mark Barmore, Michael Sago Jr, Shannon Graves, Demetrius Bennet, Kerry Blake, and Phillip Johnson. There are more. The reason this is being brought to your attention is to remind you that this meeting is specifically in regard to the rockford police department’s use of force policy. However these police forces along with the mayor are working together to intimidate, harass, unlawfully arrest, suppress and punish those exercising their rights of free speech. Important to remember.
They want a public present to give insight. Bring your mask and show up early to get a seat if you wish to speak.
Join us as we walk for justice for Jacob Blake. Blake who was shot 7 times in the back by Kenosha police. We are going to walk around the park 7 times. For those who cannot participate the full 7 rounds, stop only at your comfort level. Bring your own chairs if you wish. We want you there regardless because your presence plays an important part of our community.
Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, and many more have still not received justice for their brutal murders at the hands of police. Saturday, September 5 at 3 PM we will gather at Houdini Plaza to protest police brutality. After the standing protest we will march down College Ave. There will be a donation opportunity during the protest for black led charities. !!MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES!!
This moment is about us, the people, making a change. Its time for our voices to be heard. Time for our most essential needs to be met. We live in one of the most segregated cities in America; We need to show Milwaukee we can break the mold. This is our moment for change and to rewrite history. Lets keep up the fight, the hard work, the blood, sweat, tears, and the vigor that everyone has given in these last weeks- Lets Keep fighting, Lets Keep marching until we are finally heard. March for Breonna Taylor,George Floyd, Jacob Blake and all the injustices Black People face in America. We have to let our voices be heard by our city and Kenosha.
March will start at 2 pm at the Water Tower Park on E North Ave to Whitefish Bay
On Saturday, September 12 from 6 PM to 8 PM, we will be hosting a peaceful protest and march starting at the band shell in downtown Port Washington to bring awareness to the students of color who have left the Port Washington school district because their voices weren’t being heard. We will speak to my experiences as a student of color in the school district and will be joined by guest speaker and local organizer, William Toney. We will post the march route the day of the event and ask that folks plan on marching on foot, not by caravan. We want to reiterate that this will be a peaceful event and that all attendees should wear a mask. Thank you for your support of this event.
