Ongoing: Gaza Protest on UW-Madison Library Mall
Wednesday, May 1: Gaza Humanitarian Relief Benefit at Giant Jones Brewing

As you have hopefully heard, yesterday hundreds of students and faculty at UW Madison (as well as UW-Milwaukee) joined the growing campus protests around the US. against the slaughter in Gaza. (Directory of protests here). In Madison, a 24-hour protest encampment was established on Library Mall. The protest continued overnight last night and is going on today, in spite of police preparations to force the protestors to disband.  (Check out the Daily Cardinal’s blog on that; its a good source for frequent updates.)

If you are able to attend the protest at any time please do so. Community support will be the key to keeping these students safe and protecting their free speech rights. Feel free to bring food, tents, sleeping bags, pads, tarps and other things that could be useful to this encampment. 

You can help today by making phone calls to these University officials insisting that they NOT use police force against the peaceful protesters and that they listen to the students’ justified demands rather than punishing them for trying to stop a genocide. 
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin (608) 262-9946

Option 4Dean of Students Christina Olstad (608) 263-5700

Interim Campus Police Chief Brent Plisch (608) 890-2730  If you can, please make two more phone calls in opposition to the potential use of force against the protestors:
Office of Gov. Tony Evers:  (608) 266-1212 ) No State Police in Madison or Milwaukee.

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway: 608-266-4611 No Madison Police.

Finally, a reminder that our latest Grassroots to Gaza humanitarian relief fundraising campaign event is TOMORROW:

Wednesday, May 1:

May Day Pizza & Music Benefit for Gaza

5-9 pm

Giant Jones Brewing

931 Main Street, Madison

2-4 P.M.

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12:00PM – Parade begins at Moxley and follows Linear Path to Saltonstall Field.  The parade will be led by City of Watertown department gators (utility vehicles) and our DJ’s SUV with car-mounted speakers!

12:30PM – Welcome and Community Art Project reveal then the festivities begin!

Includes: 

-live entertainment (DJ and performances)

-photo station

-Kids’ Zone (with sand and bubbles)
-face painting

-beachball volleyball and other games with Watertown Recreation staff

-food trucks and tiki mocktail cash bar

-free popsicles and popcorn

… and more to be announced!

1:00PM – Glitter bar applications begin (free and open to 4pm)

4:00PM – Foam Party until 5pm
(no need to change into a bathing suit – wearing your regular clothing is fine, but we suggest bringing a towel!)

Event: https://fb.me/e/1htaHiAa7

Join us and @oshkosh_socialists in taking a stand against transphobia! The Oshkosh Women’s Fund is still hosting self proclaimed transphobe Bethany Hamilton as their keynote speaker. Come and meet us at the Oshkosh Public Library on May 9th at 11 AM.

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and wisc_ydsa

Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine