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October 24, 2020 Pack The Polls Car Parades in Cities Across Wisconsin

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“Pack the Polls Parades”
These events will share common themes:

They will be non-partisan and pro-voting. Decorate your vehicle to show your reasons for voting (i.e. “I’m voting for my grandchildren!” “Vote for Peace!” “Justice for All!” “Climate Justice Now!”)

Many of these events will appreciate the local clerks, poll workers, mail carriers, and other frontline workers who make democracy possible in these pandemic times.

They will be safe and inclusive. Not everyone can march, canvass, drop literature, or take part in traditional “Get Out the Vote” activities – especially during a pandemic, but many of us can find our way into a car that is decorated with our hopes for a better world.

These events will promote and provide information about early voting, and that from this date (10/24) on, it would be safer to hand-deliver absentee ballots to a designated site, and not risk your ballot arriving by mail after November 3rd.

Lastly, they all will be linked together in a “Unity Zoom Gathering” so that speakers, performances, and commentators can be viewed, safely, by any who can access Zoom or Facebook Live.


So far, it looks like there will be parades in Madison, Fond du Lac, Janesville, La Crosse, Racine, Beloit, Milwaukee, River Falls, Fitchburg, and Green Bay! 
New communities, including Kenosha, are joining each day.

Imagine: Seventeen or more car caravans, in the same window of time, all over Wisconsin, all with the same nonpartisan message: Let’s turn out the vote! Let’s reduce the risks by voting early. Let’s leave no vote behind. Let’s celebrate democracy and our right to vote!

We will link these parades via a “Unity Zoom Gathering” which will then be broadcasted via Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/buildingunitywi  

Spread the “Save the Date” on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/641315329907539/

October 18, 2020: National Unity Day Milwaukee, WI

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Hosted by Darmii Rivera

This is the official event page for the Milwaukee National Unity Day on October 18, 2020.We are a collective of Social Justice Rights groups coming together in Unison for the rights of Black, Brown and Native lives. Our goal is to show the US Government that We The People are United Nationwide in the fight to end institutionalized racism. Join us on the right side of history.

Meet up between 11am CST and 1pm CST
Marching starts at 1pm CST
Destination is Washington Park Bandshell by 6pm CST

Sign our petition for police and immigration reform here: https://www.change.org/p/congress-we-are-democracy…

Join the National Unity Day Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/386987802308036/

Participating cities and states include:

-Dayton, Ohio
-Germantown, Ohio
-Portland, Oregon
-New Orleans, Louisiana
-Atlanta, Georgia
-Pacoima, California
-Milwaukee, Wisconsin
-Green Bay, Wisconsin
-Kalamazoo, Michigan
-Tri-City, Washington
-Mississippi

Black Lives Matter & Related Events in Wisconsin October 15, 2020 and Beyond …

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***List of actions, vigils and other relevant BLM / Social Justice events is updated.***

Link for the Updated List: https://docs.google.com/…/1uLk5DYYMqlxZAbO…/edit…

As always, you can find all of the event pages listed under the “Events” section of the People’s Climate Coalition FB Page. You can (and should!) also check out the new Impact Demand event calendar: https://events.impactdemand.org/posterboard and follow the Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement for news and actions from around the state and Rid Racism Milwaukee for a list of additional racial justice actions / events.

***#Covid19 reminder to wear a mask and gloves to all in-person events and somehow try to social distance, if possible.***

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If you can’t attend a protest, making a contribution to any of the following organizations / causes would be super helpful (you can also find more listed in the donation tab within the excel sheet):-

Legal Aid & Resources: Milwaukee Freedom Fund– Free Chrystul Kizer– @Youth Rising Up YRU North Division High School- Black Leaders Organizing for Communities– Leaders Igniting Transformation– Urban Underground– Love on Black Women: https://www.facebook.com/loveonblackwomen/– The Peoples Movement of Milwaukee: https://www.facebook.com/The-Peoples-Movement-of-Milwaukee-106923321057366/ – The Peoples Revolution Milwaukee– Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression– Human First Project : https://gf.me/u/x79ydc– Black Educators Caucus MKE– Urban Legacy MKE– GoFundMe for Jacob Blake: https://gf.me/u/ytqyyz– Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement– Community Task Force MKE

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Let me know if there are any other actions / donation pages / relevant orgs that should be added to the list. You can email me at lee.stedman.gaiacoalition@gmail.com or PM me directly on Facebook.

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Kenosha, Wisconsin September 2020 / Photo: Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement