Fighting the power is a full-time job, especially if you’re Black. Take this event as a moment to collectively exhale as a community and join us on a ride for Black lives. We’ll keep marching, we’ll keep chanting, but for one day we need to feel the wind in our face again. Black Lives Matter. Black Mental Health Matters too.
Meeting at Reservoir Park at 1pm
Ride at your own risk, more details to come…
DefundRPD CareNotCops Block Party and Teach In
Hey ya’ll,
On Saturday, we will be hosting a socially-distanced #DefundRPD Teach-in and Block Party from 12pm to 10pm at Haskell Park. We intend it as an educational and community event as there is a need for community learning in Rockford about police and prison abolition, black history, the black revolutionary struggle, the history of the RPD’s brutality and the Winnebago County Jail. We also hope it strengthens the relationships that we have formed in the streets. We want a free store and a free library to support the community in these hard times.
What we need from ya’ll to support is this…
Food for people to eat during the event
Masks and gloves
Water
Chairs
Books and zines to be donated to a free library (black history, radical history, anything about black radicalism, political theory, abolition, prison struggle, skills)
Seeds for a seed drive for a free store
Clothes for a clothing drive for a free store
Non perishable food to be donated to a free store
We plan to have most of these things ourselves but we’d appreciate any help that you can give.
Please contact us at our email at 2020RYA@protonmail.com if you would like to present (please tell us about what), donate any of these items or do a monetary donation. If that doesn’t work, hit our inbox.
We encourage everyone except for the police and police sympathizers to attend. We aren’t asking politicians to speak publicly but we’d encourage them to come as private residents.
#NoCopZone #Abolition #DefundRPD #FoodNotCops
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Standing In Solidarity With The Native People Rally
Hello to all in the light of the new civil movement we are bringing light of police brutality and racism against the Black community. I love that there has been so much support across the nation. Unfortunately the original people of America are not being talked about or even being referred to as people of color. Even in statistics we are labeled as other or unknown. So please come show your support, hear story’s, and experience the life of the native people in their words. Moon Shadow drum will be there in support with some traditional songs.
Habrá interpretación al español disponible
Hear from:
Freddie Ash, steward, UFCW Local 1529, works at Pekoe Foods in Brooksville, MS
Magaly Licolli, Director, Venceremos, organizing Latinx poultry workers in 5 plants across Arkansas
Andre Barnett, Secretary Treasurer, UFCW Local 1208, Smithfield foods, Tar Heel, NC
Evelyn, works at Case Farms in Morganton, NC active member of the Western NC Workers Center
Abdul Akalimat, professor of African-American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign speaking on the research done by the SWA about the meatpacking industry and COVID-19 and the new meatpacking pamphlet.
Ajamu Dillahunt, Black Workers For Justice, speaking about Black Lives Matter and the role of the working class and unions in fighting police murders
Facilitator:
Libby Devlin, National Bargaining Director for the National Nurses United
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Artist: Dead Prez Album: Lets get Free Website: http://www.deadprez.com
Legal Aid & Resources: Milwaukee Freedom Fund
Our page and info is very hastily ready. We ask that you read this through before sharing or committing support. Especially our FAQ Page
Welcome to the Milwaukee Freedom Fund Page!
Here’s where you can find all the info about us after week one!
About Milwaukee Freedom Fund and FAQs:https://bit.ly/FAQmff
Please read these before you donate, we love the enthusiasm. And our mission and purpose have evolved. There is no room for half measures.
Make your newly tax-deductible donation here: https://bit.ly/mkefreedomfund
Know someone who received a citation or is still in jail? And you need help connecting with an attorney? Don’t panic! And do not pay a ticket till you have spoken with a lawyer. Help IS coming from a whole team of lawyers and legal support. These tickets are BS and should be dropped. For now keep filling out this link: https://bit.ly/MFFArrestHelp and legal support will know who to reach out to when they can. Theres a lot of ticketed protesters and a lot of time before those tickets need to be paid.
This is what one individual, a group of Black and Brown organizers, helpers, and monetary support can do in ONE WEEK. Love this mission and want to see a functioning supported Bail Fund in Milwaukee? Connect with us! Huge thanks to everyone that supported this and we are fired up to see what’s next!
*Video and evidence will be collected by the ACLU more news is coming
*The page will be restricted until we have the capacity to do the monitoring required, questions about this? See the FAQ page.
**We know this is not perfect, remember we are learning too.
* There is a lot of room to collaborate, sometimes money has to move faster and sometimes a form and reciepts dont make sense. Who knew the revolution might need accountants? There is room for everyone, this is our piece
NEW List of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests, vigils and other relevant actions around Wisconsin >>> tinyurl.com/BLMFloydEvents
Contact Lee Stedman to add/edit events. You can email at lee.stedman.gaiacoalition@gmail.com or PM directly on FB.
Also: Milwaukee Protests
Also check out the Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement Facebook page
Legal Aid & Resources: Milwaukee Freedom Fund
#BlackLivesMatter #Milwaukee #milwaukeeprotest
#solidarity #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTaylor
#DontreHamilton #JoelAcevedo #FreeChrystul #SayTheirNames
