We are a part of the national Bail Out The People movement which formed in 2008 to fight against the bailouts to the banks. Since then we have been in numerous fights against poverty, racism and war. We demand that the people be bailed out not the banks, a moratorium on all foreclosures, a federal jobs program now and other demands. We have been participating in the Wisconsin people's uprising, Bloombergville in NYC and numerous other people's actions.
June 28th, the anniversary of the Stonewall protests in New York for LGBT rights. Led by Black trans women . On this anniversary we of the LGBT community, and all communities stand with #BlackLivesMatter in the over 400 year struggle for true equality for our Black brothers and sisters .
We will meet at Maple Park across from Dennison school plenty of parking. Gather the crowd and march through town to city hall and police dept. From city hall we will march to Riviera on the Lake , we will rally there. Kneel for nine in honor of George Floyd , Breonna Taylor and countless others. We will have guest speakers who are Black leaders in our state fighting for change. We will rise and together our column of change makers will return march to Maple Park . There we will have people doing voter registration , were also starting a new food pantry donation program through our new group coordinated with communities in need. Non perishable please. We hope for bi weekly food pickup going forward. We will make flyers with our event and plans going forward. We will have water for the march. Please march with us for BLACK LIVES MATTER , BE CHANGE MAKERS. Shine your light , join the fight .
Hello! This will be the place to gather all the information of the upcoming Black Lives Matter March in Baraboo, WI! Stay up to date on whats going on!
We will be:
MEETING at the Sauk County Courthouse Square at 5 pm (515 Oak St.)
MARCHING to City Municipal Building at 6 pm (101 South Blvd.)
A sign making station will be available beforehand(with Limited supplies)! AND DON’T FORGET A MASK!
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):
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 directly on here.
In the midst of this global pandemic, Cuba is sending doctors around the world, inspiring all of us who work for peace and a healthy planet. Instead of lauding Cuba’s extraordinary international solidarity, the Trump administration has been demonizing Cuba’s doctor program and intensifying its blockade against Cuba, going so far as to block a shipment of much-needed coronavirus medical supplies.
Cuba has a long history of providing medical aid to countries in need. In 2005, in response to Hurricane Katrina, they created the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade to send medical teams abroad after natural disasters and during pandemics. They fought ebola in West Africa, cholera in Haiti and now they’re fighting COVID-19 in 29 countries. In 15 years, the Brigade has treated 3.5 million people and saved an estimated 80,000 lives.
In recognition of their solidarity and selflessness, saving thousands of lives by putting their own lives at risk, join us in urging the Nobel Committee to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Cuba’s Henry Reeve Medical Brigade.
Creating another world is possible, which is what Cuban solidarity is about. They have a medical school (ELAM) that trains people from all over the world, for free, so they can return home to provide care for their own communities. The idea that you can train doctors and transform not only the way they see themselves, but the way they relate to the world, is extremely powerful. It also raises an important question: if Cuba – a small country facing a brutal embargo – can help save lives around the world, why can’t the United States?
The grassroots movement to award a Nobel Peace Prize to the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade is a way to show what a “Good Neighbor” looks like, and why we need to move our government from its militaristic, interventionist posture to one on non-intervention, respect and appreciation for our differences, and working together for the common good. Cuba’s medical brigades are a great example of what it is to be a Good Neighbor.
When I first saw that Toyin Salau was missing I knew she was gone. African girls that go missing don’t get found alive.
Seeing her face made me think about what it was like to be 19 and an African girl. Now I am 34, a leader and a revolutionary, but when I was 19 I was a runaway, queer, homeless, and at any given moment a close call and a bad turn of luck away from going missing and never being seen alive again. So many stories where maybe that was almost the end. I have taken rides from men I didn’t know when lost far from home with no phone. I know what it’s like to feel the night closing in – you realize the last bus is gone and people like you can’t afford cabs and you don’t even KNOW anyone with a car and so you’re walking and walking and walking and a man stops or a car slows down and though you already know to be suspicious, even scared, the desperation to get off the street and out of the world and into somewhere where you can be warm and safe and just be, just let go, just rest overrides everything. So you go with them. I understand why she made the choice she did. I have many times. It was often only luck and or maybe something watching over me that never let it go another way.
It is a particularly vulnerable thing to be an African girl and this is true in any part of the world. We are cast as sex objects and threats, stupid and insubordinate, obstinate and uppity. The perception is: anything that happens to us is our fault. We don’t know what’s good for us. You can do anything to us really. We’ll have it coming. This perception exists across contexts, across national, and political, and racial lines – it is a true constant – even in our own communities. And so an African girl’s body – cis, trans, or however that body is configured – is a terrifying body with which to navigate the world for a time. Unless you are extraordinarily lucky. Unless you are one of the too too few that has a family and material conditions that hold and protect you. If you don’t: you are tossed about by the world and by your circumstances, doors shut in your face everywhere, people you don’t know and many you do expect things from you that you don’t understand, look at you with eyes that don’t really see you, take from you what they please. For a time it’s like this with almost everyone, almost constantly, until you find your place and your voice and your people – as I did with the AAPRP. Then you are saved. Then you can save yourself…. https://hoodcommunist.org/
In the aftermath of demonstrations across the country and abroad, the international body wants to assist in the eradication of discrimination and oppression
“We beseech independent African states to help us bring our problem before the United Nations, on the grounds that the United States Government is morally incapable of protecting the lives and the property of 22 million African-Americans. And on the grounds that our deteriorating plight is definitely becoming a threat to world peace…. In the interests of world peace and security, we beseech the heads of the independent African states to recommend an immediate investigation into our problem by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.” (Quote from the memorandum presented by Malcolm X on behalf of the Organization of Afro-American Unity to the Organization of African Unity second summit in Cairo, Egypt, July 17, 1964)
Nearly 56 years ago Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz) visited the city of Cairo, Egypt for the second time within three months.
His mission was to take the plight of the African American people to the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor today’s African Union (AU), in order to solicit the assistance of the-then 33 independent nations on the continent in bringing the gross human rights violations committed by the U.S. government to the United Nations.
In 2020, the dramatic shift in mass activity and political debate surrounding the role of policing within the context of institutional racism and national oppression has come to the fore once again in the U.S. These developments prompted by demonstrations involving millions across the U.S. and internationally, along with the attacks on private property and symbols of slavery and colonialism, have drawn the attention of the modern day UN Human Rights agency which held a hearing on these issues during the third week of June. A series of extra-judicial killings of African Americans Ahmaud Abery, Breonna Taylor and later George Floyd sparked outrage which is still being manifested.
On June 12, 54 member-states within the continental AU demanded a debate in Geneva over the events which have transpired in the U.S. surrounding the police and vigilante attacks against African Americans. A memorandum was sent to the UNHRC President Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger of Austria, signed by the government of the West African state of Burkina Faso requesting the convening of a session to discuss this pertinent issue.
In light of the unrest which spread throughout the U.S. and the world in the immediate wake of the brutal police execution of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police on May 25, Washington under the administration of President Donald Trump has failed miserably in adequately addressing the present situation. Trump in response to unrest in Washington, D.C. and other cities, evoked the Insurrection Act of 1807, threatening to deploy federal troops to areas where demonstrations are occurring to purportedly restore order.
The situation created such an embarrassing conundrum for the White House that existing and former Pentagon officials were compelled to make statements in an attempt to distance themselves from the president. Nonetheless, there have been more than 20 people killed by law-enforcement agents and National Guard over the previous month, while thousands have been beaten, gassed and detained by police.
Even the Voice of America (VOA), the broadcasting organ of the State Department, which has come under criticism by the Trump administration, reported on the international diplomatic maneuvering surrounding the racial turmoil in the U.S. saying: “In a letter written on behalf of the 54 countries of the African Group, of which he is coordinator for human rights questions, the ambassador of Burkina Faso to the United Nations in Geneva, Dieudonné Désiré Sougouri, asked the body to the U.N. to organize an ‘urgent debate on the current racially-inspired human rights violations, systemic racism, police brutality against people of African descent and violence against peaceful demonstrations. The tragic events of May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, USA, which resulted in the death of George Floyd, sparked worldwide protests over the injustice and brutality faced by people of African descent daily in many regions of the world,’ wrote the ambassador. ‘The death of George Floyd is unfortunately not an isolated incident,’ he wrote, adding that he was speaking on behalf of the representatives and ambassadors of the African Group.” (https://www.voanews.com/usa/race-america/african-countries-call-debate-racism-un-human-rights-council)
The Outcome of the UN Human Rights Debate
As a result of the UN Human Rights Council discussions on June 17-18 in Geneva, the body decided to conduct further investigations on the question of racism and brutality in the U.S. Such a decision portends much for the effectiveness of international solidarity related to the African American struggle….
Thank you to everyone who showed up to our youth lead action today! Our youth have been working hard on making sure their schools are police free. There is still so much that needs to be done to ensure that our Black and Brown students are safe and thriving in our schools. Please continue to show up!
Come paint signs in a socially-distant outdoor gathering. All materials provided. Flyers will be passed out with information about all upcoming rallies and protests for Black Lives Matter. Masks required, and disposable masks will be available.
Hey hey!! This weekend Saturday June 27 we will be having a BLM protest. It has been going around that protests in Oshkosh have fizzled out. Lets show Oshkosh that we are still present!! Grab your sign, grab your friends, and meet us at the sundial this Saturday at 5PM!! Even if you can’t stay long come for a little while. I’m challenging Oshkosh to get 25 people to come out this Saturday. We have strength in numbers. We are doing awesome things with these protests let’s keep the pressure on.
