The Grass is Greener – 2019-10-26 Ricardo Vaz: South America Comes Back
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Milwaukee, October 28, 2019: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am – MKE Film Festival
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am – MKE Film Festival
Join the African American Roundtable and the Milwaukee Film Festival as we partner to host Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am during this years Milwaukee Film Festival.
Check out this short trailer and decide which date you’ll join us for the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8sUwXTWb4M&feature=youtu.be
The world lost one of the greatest writers of our time when Toni Morrison died this year. This doc, filmed before her death, is an ode to her groundbreaking work as a multi-award-winning writer and her life story from childhood through the civil rights movement and beyond, offering an intimate look at race and humanity in America. Both a meditation on African-American art and Morrison’s story in her own words, this film reminds us that the strength of her spirit remains.
Note there are three different opportunities to see this film:
Saturday, October 26th at 10 a.m. at the Times Cinema, 5906 W. Vliet Street
Monday, October 28th at 6 p.m. at the Oriental Theater, 2230 N. Farwell
Wednesday, October 30th at 1:45 p.m.m at Rivoli Theatre, W62N567 Washington Ave, Cedarburg
Ticket info:
Tickets and voucher redemption: Starts Oct. 3 (Oct. 1 for Members)
Individual tickets: $13 ($12 student/senior/military, $11 Members)
Premium screening tickets: $18 ($16 Members)
Opening Night film and party: $26 ($21 Members)
Opening Night party only: $16 ($14 Members)
Festival Passes: $475 ($425 Members)
October 29, 2019: Incarcerating Communities: A Panel on the Realities of Prison
Incarcerating Communities: A Panel on the Realities of Prison
IDOC (Indiana Dept of Correction) Watch is an organization in Indiana, composed of people directly affected by the prison system and prison abolitionists, that is organizing to expose and stop the widespread abuses in the Indiana prison system, with the long-term objective of dismantling the prison system. (check out IDOC Watch at idocwatch.org)
This event will be a panel discussion on the base-building IDOC Watch is doing in prisons and communities affected by incarceration, prisoner struggles and counter-insurgency in Indiana, and the effects of the prison-industrial complex on individuals, families, and communities.
Featuring:
Zolo Agona Azania, former Black Liberation Army activist and long-term New Afrikan political prisoner from Gary, IN, who beat two death sentences after being falsely accused and convicted of murdering a Gary police officer during a bank robbery. Zolo was released from prison in 2017, after serving over 35 years. He is currently working to establish re-entry housing for people being released from prison in Gary, through the Gary Alliance for the Empowerment of the Formerly Incarcerated.
S.T. : A mother and grandmother from Gary who organizes with IDOC Watch and currently has a son incarcerated at Indiana State Prison, a maximum-security facility in Michigan City, IN.
An organizer with FOCUS Initiatives LTD, an abolitionist re-entry project in Indianapolis, IN: focusreentry.com.
Location
1845 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208
217 Fisk Hall
Milwaukee, October 31, 2019: Rally / Public Hearing for ICEoutofMKE
Rally / Public Hearing for ICEoutofMKE
(ESPAÑOL ABAJO)
Please join us! Your voice has the power to change how the Milwaukee Police Department interacts with ICE.
What: Rally and Public Hearing at City Hall
When: Thursday, October 31st at 5pm (hearing at 5:30pm)
Why: Finally, after months of community pressure, the Fire and Police Commission (FPC) has scheduled a hearing to consider our recommended changes to SOP, changes that would bar collaboration between MPD and ICE unless there is a judicial warrant.
There will be an initial vote on SOP130 to determine if it passes to the full committee for another and final vote. We are so close to getting this pass and seeing a policy change that would protect immigrant families in Milwaukee.
Last public hearing we were limited to only 5 speakers. Not this time, so let’s get our message across!
Pre-fill out your name below to make a public comment:
http://bit.ly/2BwbMLB
Sign petition: https://vdlf.org/iceoutofmke/
Photo Credit: Joe Brusky
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Acompáñenos (una vez más) para una manifestacion en el Ayuntamiento para exigir que la Comisión de Bomberos y Policía (FPC) tome una posición definitiva sobre la colaboración de los Departamentos de Policía de Milwaukee (MPD) con Inmigración y Control de Aduanas en el arresto de un padre de tres y único proveedor de su familia, José de la Cruz.
Como muchos de ustedes saben, la Comisión de Bomberos y Policía originalmente estaba planeando votar sobre esta política el 26 de septiembre, sin embargo, decidieron cancelar su reunión el día anterior y finalmente, despues de semanas de manifestaciones en el ayuntamiento, votaran sobre nuestra poliza. Si votan a favor, despues avanzara a un voto final.
Por favor registrese para dar comentario publico: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vTDjPNwNESJtTqkSION9412KiQGjKWEShuZlGCwLTfA/edit?usp=sharing
Firma nuestra peticion si aun no lo ha hecho: https://vdlf.org/iceoutofmke/
Invader or Invaded: “WE DIDN’T CROSS THE BORDER, THE BORDER CROSSED US.”
https://fighting-words.net/2019/10/16/invader-or-invaded/
By Cassandra Devereaux
Vicente Guerrero was the first descendant of African slaves to serve as a North American head of state. He was a general in the war for Mexico’s independence from the Spanish Empire, and was Mexico’s second President. Under his administration, he issued a decree abolishing slavery throught Mexico’s territories. The idea of ending their use of chattel slavery did not sit well with everybody. In late 1835, one of the northern territories declared independence and through force of arms, successfully seceded from Mexico several months later, and continued to use slave labor. In 1845, this former Mexican territory was annexed into the United States as the State of Texas. It was in El Paso, a city on the border of Texas and its former national home of Mexico that a white 21 year old killer named Patrick Crusius came with assault rifles and body armor. He carefully targeted Latinx shoppers and murdered 22 individuals, wounding dozens more. The shooter, a white man, left behind a manifesto which repeatedly referred to the Latinx population as “invaders….”
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (1782 – 1831), Mexican revolutionary leader and President. | Image: wikiquote
Voces de la Frontera, October 25, 2019 Gala: Migration is Beautiful Masquerade! Volunteers Needed
We’re in need of Gala volunteers (cashiers, setup, interpreter, greeter, etc.) Please support Voces with your time and sign up here: http://bit.ly/2pcWKYp
2019 Gala: Migration is Beautiful Masquerade!
UAW and GM Reach a Deal, But Will Autoworkers Support It?
Ode to the (Chicago Teachers Union) Big Bargaining team
By , Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 9:09 am
To the pushers of equity
40 plus of you
who have sacrificed
time with your loved ones
time for yourselves
for sleep
Since last winter
you’ve been trying to negotiate
You watch politicians make up lies
Lies about you
Say you are undemocratic
Say you are moving slow
You sit there
Knowing first hand
that this city doesn’t care
about our kids
with its “proposals”
lack there of
City says no money
No money for Black/Brown kids
You must want to jump across the table
Call them liars
Yell out “how dare you?”
You’re forced to watch the same lawyer
who worked for Daley
then Rahm
now Lightfoot
negotiate for the city
The lawyer whose orders are to save money
to ignore what our kids need
You see how this city opens up its accounts
for private developers
for policing
but then cries broke
when it’s for Black/Brown kids
You know from experience
to never trust this city
The city says a lot of things
You’ve heard the promises before
Their “just trust” us pleas
You’ve seen the devastation
You’ve worked in this system
Fought to create a new system
You’ve heard 6 year olds
beg
to keep their schools open
You’ve seen parents
hunger strike
for over 30 days
to get a school open
Know that while you are
advocating for our students
our schools
our city
demanding contracts
We are out here picketing/protesting/striking
While you are holed up in conference rooms
we will keep holding down on the picket line
Know that we aren’t going to go back easily
We want everything our kids deserve
We see you
We thank you
We support you
Thank you for fighting
to make our city better
for holding Chicago accountable
in writing
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Milwaukee, October 26, 2019: Palestinians Dreaming of Freedom Yousef Aljamal Gaza-Palestinian justice activist, writer, scholar
Join us, & please share – 2 events, Oct 26 2 and 6:30 pm
Find details below and on Facebook: & over 10 co-sponsoring organizations (FB ‘hosted by’)
Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee * milwaukee@jewishvoiceforpeace.org * FB: @JVP.Milwaukee
US Palestinian Community Network – Milwaukee * FB: @uspcnmke
Milwaukee Palestine Action Network * FB: @MilwaukeeNoPalestineException
https://www.facebook.com/pg/MilwaukeeNoPalestineException/events/
