https://actionnetwork.org/events/citywide-gathering-to-support-public-community-schools-and-stop-takeovers

Stop the Takeover of MPS

Find your Wisconsin public school on this list and please RSVP and share with friends. One hundred nine Milwaukee Public Schools have signed up to “walk in” on Wednesday alone! They’ll be joining over nine hundred public schools in almost 40 cities nationwide in what will be a historic day in the name of quality public schools that serve and value all students.

‪#‎CommunitySchools‬ ‪#‎noMPStakeover‬

[Photo: Joe Brusky]

STOP THE MPS TAKEOVER!! 6-9-15 — at Story Elementary. [Photo: Joe Brusky]

No Water Takeover in Wisconsin

DAM THIS BILL!

THIS TIME MAKE IT’S PERSONAL

If you haven’t sent off an email to your local state senator or pivotal state
senators — DO IT!

The Coalition for Justice  (CFJ) and Mothers for Justice United  (MFJU) are in the process of planning Dontre Day on April 30th, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and we need your help to make this day possible.

Dontre Day is an annual event in honor of Dontre Hamilton, a young Black man who was murdered at Red Arrow Park on April 30th, 2014 as the result of racial profiling and police brutality. The event was initiated in 2015 to celebrate his life, and to engage the community in the struggle to improve the lives and survival chances of young Black men and women. This effort requires change in the hearts and minds of policymakers in our country, and a change in the hearts and minds of our fellow citizens.

The event will be held at the park where Dontre was murdered, and will be a family-friendly celebration. To make the day possible CFJ and MFJU are asking for donations to support the event.

If you have any questions, or if you are able to donate in other ways, please email us at thecoalitionforjustice@gmail.com.

We thank you in advance for your support!

Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/6hu8da8c

In Solidarity,
The Coalition for Justice & Mothers for Justice United

http://madison365.com/index.php/2016/02/11/naacp-dane-county-to-host-black-workers-forum/

The NAACP Dane County will present a community Black Workers Forum designed to highlight issues, and ultimately define solutions for the employment challenges confronting many Black Workers in Dane County today. The event will be held Thursday, Feb. 25, 5-8:30 p.m. at the Madison Labor Temple on Madison’s south side.

In keeping with the NAACP’s social justice mission, the Black Workers Forum will seek solutions to improve the economic status of Black Workers in Dane County by initiating and implementing a network of cosponsoring organizations and individuals to assist the NAACP’s efforts to obtain tangible achievements in: 1.) Eliminating discriminatory employment practices in industry and government, wage differentials based on race, unequal opportunities for training promotion and unfair dismissals; 2.) Encouraging greater participation in the trade union movement; 3.) Ending discriminatory practices in labor unions and 4.) Improving opportunities in vocational and apprenticeship training.

Panelists will include:
· Donald Smith, AFSCME Local 6000
· Corneil White, Fight for $15
· Evette Gardner, Fight for $15
· Will P. Jones, UW-Madison
· Brandi Grayson, YGB Coalition

The panel moderator will be Martha de la Rosa, Executive Director of Wisconsin Jobs Now.

Co-sponsors of the event include: Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice, South Central Federation of Labor, Wisconsin Jobs Now, Worker Rights Center, WORT-FM, WRTP/BIG STEP and Young, Gifted and Black Coalition.

For more information, contact Bill Franks, NAACP Dane County Labor & Industry Chair, at (608)658-3236 or click here.

September 24, 2015 Madison

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The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution will air Tuesday February 16 on PBS!
The documentary tells the vibrant story of a pivotal movement as urgent today as it was then.