Public version of event! meet at the corner of Lombardi and Oneida Street. “route” will be explained at the beginning! GB protest

Black & Brown Solidarity March

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When: September 5th, 2020
Where: Mitchell Park, Milwaukee Wisconsin
What: Rally for Black & Brown Lives

Why and more info:
In a show of Black & Brown Strength, we will demand the decriminalization of our communities and the separation of our families by abolishing ICE and defunding the police.

We will be marching across the 16th Street Bridge, which is the historic link between Milwaukee’s mostly Latinx South Side and Milwaukee’s mostly Black North Side.

Cuando: 5 de Septiembre, 2020
Donde: Mitchell Park, Milwaukee Wisconsin
Que: demonstracion para Comunidades de color

Porque y mas informacion:
En una demostración de la fuerza de communidade de color, exigiremos la despenalización de nuestras comunidades y la separación de nuestras familias mediante la abolición de ICE y la desfinanciación de la policía.

Marcharemos a través del puente de la calle 16, que es el vínculo histórico entre el lado sur de Milwaukee, en su mayoría una communidad Latinx, y el lado norte, en su mayoría una communidad Negra, de Milwaukee.

Come together, Stand together for Change.

This moment is about us, the people, making a change. Its time for our voices to be heard. Time for our most essential needs to be met. We live in one of the most segregated cities in America; We need to show Milwaukee we can break the mold. This is our moment for change and to rewrite history. Lets keep up the fight, the hard work, the blood, sweat, tears, and the vigor that everyone has given in these last weeks- Lets Keep fighting, Lets Keep marching until we are finally heard.
March for Breonna Taylor,George Floyd, Jacob Blake and all the injustices Black People face in America. We have to let our voices be heard by our city and Kenosha.

March will start at 2pm at the Water Tower Park on E North Ave to Whitefish Bay.

***FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH — Today’s list of actions, vigils and other related BLM / Social Justice events is updated.***

Link for the Updated List: https://docs.google.com/…/1uLk5DYYMqlxZAbO_TAbAxxS9dS…/edit…

As always, you can find all of the event pages listed under the “Events” section of the People’s Climate Coalition FB Page.

You can (and should!) also check out the new Impact Demand event calendar: https://events.impactdemand.org/posterboard and follow the Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement for news and actions from around the state and Rid Racism Milwaukee for a list of additional racial justice actions / events.

***#Covid19 reminder to wear a mask and gloves to all in-person events and somehow try to social distance, if possible.***

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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):

– Legal Aid & Resources: Milwaukee Freedom Fund

– Free Chrystul Kizer

– Youth Rising Up -YRU- North Division High School

– Black Leaders Organizing for Communities

– Leaders Igniting Transformation

– Urban Underground

– Love on Black Women: https://www.facebook.com/loveonblackwomen/

– The People’s Movement of Milwaukee: https://www.facebook.com/The-Peoples-Movement-of-Milwaukee-106923321057366/

– Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression

– Human First Project : https://gf.me/u/x79ydc

– Black Educators Caucus MKE

– Urban Legacy MKE

– GoFundMe for Jacob Blake: https://gf.me/u/ytqyyz

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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 me directly on Facebook.

#BlackLivesMatter #Milwaukee #milwaukeeprotest

#JusticeForJacobBlake #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTaylor

#DontreHamilton #JoelAcevedo #FreeChrystul

#SayTheirNames #Juneteenth #AlvinCole

#JayAnderson #AntonioGonzales #Justice4TheeThree

#DivestFromMPD #DefundThePolice #ElijahMcMclain

#DontreHamilton #AlvinCole #SandraBland

#JasonPero #AtatianaJefferson #KorrynGaines

#JonathonTubby #AlesiaThomas #RodneyKing

#KevanRuffin #VanessaGuillen #JusticeForJacobBlake

Photo: Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement

PPJ- Dane. Co. Committee meeting

Hello Allies/Co-Conspirators for Black Lives. Let’s Build the People, Not the Jail!

Join us Tuesday, September 8th, for a meeting of the Public Protection and Judiciary (PPJ) committee to discuss the Doyle Resolution. Please send emails to your representatives (template below) and sign up to speak at this meeting.

Imagine what our communities could do with the $150 MILLION that a jail will cost! We need human investment, not more cages. What’s more, the pandemic has clearly shown us that reducing the population size in no way affects our community negatively. In no way do we need to build a bigger jail.

Let’s start building momentum over the next few months to pass this Doyle Resolution and save the county $150 million that can be invested in community. We have already experienced a small win in that the county is taking up to an extra five months to vote, in a response to the overwhelming current momentum to divest from incarceration. Let’s use this time to Build the People, Not the Jail – and let’s start Tuesday!

Please contact your supervisor soon! You can visit https://board.countyofdane.com/supervisors to find your own supervisor or you can email county_board_recipients@countyofdane.com and just let them all know!


If you want a template for your email, feel free to copy and paste the script below:
Dear Supervisor(s),
If there was ever a good time to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to cage human beings, now is certainly not that time. As our community has been rocked by the COVID pandemic, we have witnessed the fact that downsizing the population in our jails has had no ill effects on our community. There is no way that you can in good conscience vote anything but YES on the Doyle Resolution and stop the building of a new jail in our county.
We understand the terrible condition the old jail is in, but we also understand that jail is inhumane, period. We cannot afford to spend this egregious sum to lock people up in slightly better conditions, especially when our communities need this money so much.
If you believe that Black lives matter then I urge you to understand that we must center the voices of those most impacted by jails and see: an investment in incarceration is an investment in white supremacy. As your constituent, I will not stand for this and I will tell my friends, family, and neighbors to stand with me.
Thank you so much to everyone who is taking this stand, including the board supervisors who have done so. Together, we can and will beat white supremacy.
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME

Essential Worker Rally to Stop Trump

Essential Workers are everywhere.

They are the nurse that holds your loved ones hand in the ICU, the UPS and USPS drivers who are delivering countless packages, the grocery store worker keeping the shelves stocked with the essentials, and the checker who rings you up. They are the social worker that inspects your child’s daycare to keep it safe and the bus drivers who takes you to work or the doctor.

Essential workers will speak out about working conditions under Trump’s pandemic and economic crisis.

We call on all workers to join a socially distanced rally and march to stop Trump and extend benefits for working people NOW.

Save the date! Please be sure to fill out the google form below and share with your friends and tell them to share it with their friends and so on. Let the ENTIRE city of Madison hear our voices on October 10th as we march 26.2 miles!
PLEASE fill this out- https://forms.gle/H9RjMJ3DCwDMxJd99
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Action Steps:

1. You can watch and share the livestream on facebook
2. Like and Retweet on Twitter

We will be using the hashtags #strikeforourlives and #faircontractnow moving forward

Upcoming Events:

Action: 9/7 at 7:30PM SEIU 73 will join INA in a vigil for workers and family members who have lost loved ones to COVID 19. You can RSVP here

The Art Build is scheduled for 9/11 at 12pm (location TBD)—if you or your organization has interest in participating please let me know

Next community partners meeting will be Tuesday 9/8 at 5:30pm. Please RSVP here.

Best,

Stacia Scott

Organizing Director

SEIU Local 73

773-683-7446

Madison City Budget Discussion

Our communities are facing evictions and unemployment and there’s a chance the Mayor will budget nearly $80 million for the Madison Police Department. We deserve to thrive. Join us to discuss what a People’s Budget would look like.

Join us Thursday Sept 3rd, 6pm-7:30pm on Zoom.

Register with this link:
http://bit.ly/0901BudgetDisc