Student-selected and student-run current events discussions are a daily ingredient of my high school social studies classes. The first 20 minutes of every 90-minute class period, we read an excerpt from a recent newspaper article and discuss its significance. In the last few years, the discussions have been dominated by names that have piled up […]
Month: September 2025
IFCO/Pastors for Peace We honor the life and legacy of Assata Shakur, a woman whose very name, meaning “she who struggles,” embodies a lifetime of commitment to justice and liberation. For freedom-loving people everywhere, Assata Shakur’s legacy is carried in the enduring power of her words: “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2025 Contact: Jill Iverson, Co-Organizer for PLP and Manitowoc Indivisible Progressive Lakeshore People React to ICE Raids MANITOWOC, WI — On September 25, 2025, a number of uniformed individuals from ICE and other state agencies swept into Manitowoc County and took 21 people. We, the leaders of Progressive Lakeshore People, […]
Friday, October 3: Lands of Palestine Art Show and Silent Auction: Bidding Opens! 7 am Auction continues through Monday, October 13 Don’t miss your chance to bid on one of these fabulous paintings inspired by photographs from the southern West Bank in the Baz Sundark Art Show & Silent Auctionfor Masafer Yatta Oct. 3-13. (Artwork will […]
From the organizers: Join in solidarity as we continue to acknowledge and call for an end to Palestinian suffering along with the suffering of so many at the hands of what MLK called “the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism”. Bring your own sign or use one of ours. Expect street music and […]

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