In the spirit of the Women’s March some persistent women invite you to observe March – Women’s History Month! Organized by the Raging Granny Caucus – Sheboygan.

Saturday, March 9
Lucas Hall
First Congregational Church, 310 Bluff Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081
10:30 a.m. Registration
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Program

OLD & NEW: A Continuation of the Struggle for Women’s Liberation

423 W Bruce Street, Milwaukee, 6 -9 P.M.

Celebrate International Women’s Day! As we stand in solidarity with Venezuela, fight back against Trump and his racist administration, and watch with excitement the growing support of unions and strikes across the country, we’re taking an evening to reflect, respect, and remember the women who have ALWAYS carried these movements, old and new.

Join us for:
– Food and drinks
– Live screenprinting (t-shirts and posters to take home)
– Banner making
– Revolutionary women themed goodie bags
– Music from No Stress Collective !!!!!!!
and so much more!

Food, drinks, childcare, and entertainment will be provided free of charge! All ages, everyone is invited! Families are welcome!
Come and enjoy a night of art, music, food, dancing, and celebration in honor of the incredible women that make our world turn, and the inevitable crumbling of the capitalist system that continually tears them down. Fight for socialism! Fight for liberation! Victory is ours! Solidarity with women forever!

Milwaukee Women’s Strike Film

2775 N Dr. Martin Luther King Dr., Milwaukee, 6 – 9 P.M.

Join us in viewing the film SAY HER NAME, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SANDRA BLAND to celebrate International Women’s Day and the Global Women’s Strike

Doors open at 6pm, film starts at 6:30pm

Free Event!

Followed by a panel discussion with
Charmaine Lane, Dr. Pat McManus, Nataley Neuman, Pat Gowens, and others

Sponsored by Welfare Warriors 342-6662 and UWM Women’s Resource Center mclord(at)uwm(dot)edu

Driver Licenses for All Lobby Day / Día de Acción para Licencias

ENGLISH BELOW
Día de Acción estatal para Licencias de Conducir para Todxs
jueves, 14 de marzo, 9am
Capitolio estatal en Madison
Información: 414-643-1620

Autobús de Milwaukee – Sale a las 7am de 1027 S 5th St
Autobús de Waukesha – sale a las 7:45am de 305 E Main St
Autobús de Racine – sale a las 7am de 2100 Layard Ave

Acompáñanos para visitar a los legisladores para exigirles que apoyen el presupuesto estal que devolverá el aceso a las licencias de conducir a la gente inmigrante y la gente con bajos ingresos. Chequea aquí para más información sobre transporte estatal y detalles logísticas para el día.

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Driver Licenses for All Statewide Lobby Day
Thursday, March 14, 9am
State Capitol in Madison
Info: 414-643-1620

Milwaukee Bus – departs at 7am from 1027 S 5th St
Waukesha bus – departs at 7:45am from 305 E Main St
Racine Bus – departs at 7am from 2100 Layard Ave

Join us to visit lawmakers to demand the backing of the budget and the return of driver’s licenses to immigrant and low-income people. Check here for more info about statewide transportation and logistical details for the day.

Hosted by Answer Coalition

U.S. hands off Venezuela!
NO to the coup — NO to sanctions — NO to a new U.S. war

On Saturday, March 16, thousands of people from all over the United States will march in Washington, D.C. against the Trump administration’s brazen coup in Venezuela and a new devastating war there. The outrageous, illegal attacks against Venezuela repeats the ugly pattern of wars for regime change in the oil-rich countries of Iraq and Libya. National Security Advisor John Bolton is reading from the same script, declaring a “troika of tyranny” in Latin America (like the George W. Bush’s “axis of evil”) as a precursor for attempted regime change first in Venezuela, and then Cuba and Nicaragua. Trump has always said that the real “mistake” of the Middle East wars was that the U.S. didn’t “take the oil.”

It is time to stand up and with a clear voice say NO to the newest example of the “Monroe Doctrine,” which the U.S. government has used for over two centuries to repeatedly invade Latin America and Caribbean, control its politics and extract its resources.

The White House aims to overthrow the government of President Nicolás Maduro and replace him with Juan Guaidó. Guaidó is a U.S.-trained operative who was unknown to the vast majority of Venezuelans before he proclaimed himself president — at Vice President Mike Pence’s urging. Although Guaidó has the backing of Trump, the CIA, and the Republican and Democratic Party leaderships alike, huge numbers of Venezuelans have marched to reject this coup and defend their independence.

On March 16, the people of the United States will show the world that the billionaire politicians do not speak for us. We say:

-U.S. hands off Venezuela!
-NO to the coup — the U.S. does not have the right to select other country’s leaders!
-NO to the sanctions, oil embargo and economic war on Venezuela that is already causing suffering for ordinary people in the country.
-NO to military intervention and war from the U.S. and their proxies in the region.

Kentucky Education Association

https://bit.ly/2NFZq98

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Email: BGrayson74@gmail.com
Phone: (608) 618-0942

What follows is an op-ed by Brandi Grayson, responding to Jen Cheatham’s open letter to the community more than a week after the incident at Whitehorse Middle School where an 11 year old black girl was physically attacked by a school administrator.

The superintendent of Madison Metropolitan School District, Jennifer Cheatham. wrote a letter to the Madison Community on 2/28/19, acknowledging the failure of MMSD to protect Black children. She acknowledged that MMSD should be held to a higher standard. She acknowledged that incidents are increasing with time. The problem with her letter is, and was, that she gaslit the hell out of us via wordsmithing.

Before I explain how she did it let me first define gaslighting and wordsmithing. Both are used in abusive relationships. Gaslighting is a term coined to describe a series of manipulative behavior resulting in emotional and mental abuse which causes the targeted individual(s) to begin questioning their feelings and emotions. One way Jennifer Cheatham did this is by downplaying incidents of racism and physical abuse. She often responds to concerns and demands from the Black community as overreactive, over-dramatized, or unnecessary, but never directly uses those words. That’s where wordsmithing comes in. Wordsmithing is defined as a person skillfully using words to convey a certain message or thought indirectly. It’s used by abusers to redirect, reframe, oppose, and downplay.

On 2/13/18, an eleven year old Black girl was brutalized at Whitehorse elementary school by an administrator. The school district didn’t respond to the incident until 9 days later. Jennifer Cheatham did not send out a letter to the community expressing her discontent following the incident, nor did she acknowledge the incident had occurred. An eleven year old Black girl was brutalized in front of her class. The principal for the day, Rob Mueller-Owens, 52, threw her to the ground, pulled her hair out, and then preceded to punch an 11 year old Black girl in the face….

“Like racism and all forms of prejudice, bigotry against transgendered people is a deadly carcinogen. We are pitted against each other in order to keep us from seeing each other as allies. Genuine bonds of solidarity can be forged between people who respect each other’s differences and are willing to fight their enemy together. We are the class that does the work of the world, and can revolutionize it. We can win true liberation.”

― Leslie Feinberg, ‘Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time Has Come’

In the spirit of the Women’s March some persistent women invite you to observe March – Women’s History Month! Organized by the Raging Granny Caucus – Sheboygan.

Saturday, March 9
Lucas Hall
First Congregational Church, 310 Bluff Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081
10:30 a.m. Registration
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Program