Mojofuco Tell the Truth! Comet Cafe workers held another picket, this time outside the new Hiya Taco restaurant. Hiya is being opened by the same owners of Comet. The workers were fired three days after collectively delivering demands for safer working conditions. These are their demands: “We, the United Workers of the Comet Cafe, demand a one time severance payment. We demand that all of your currently open restaurants be offered immediate, clear means of reporting faulty or dangerous equipment and other occupational hazards, and that the time spent auditing the equipment be compensated for. We demand an immediate effort to provide assistance to coworkers company-wide that have either been deemed ineligible or have otherwise been unable to access unemployment insurance benefits through the pandemic. We demand that when the Comet Cafe begins the process of reopening and hiring again that the workers that advocated for their safety can get their jobs back if they still want it.” – Milwaukee IWW

***THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH; Today’s list of BLM Protests, Vigils and other Relevant Actions is updated.***

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

WI BOPM No Hate Info Flyer 8 6 2020

Wee Chalk Your Walk: MLHS Black Lives Matter Solidarity Protest

Join the Black Educators Caucus for #weechalkyourwalk and solidarity protest. Sunday August 9th marks 4 years since the murder of Mike Brown, that led to the Ferguson uprising and the rebirth of the Black Lives Matter Movement. We have been denied justice for far too long. The Black Educators Caucus stands in solidarity with the BLM movement and all the families who have lost their loved ones to state sanctioned murder by police. Recently MLHS this statement,”We fully support Black Lives, Black Families, and all of our students as we are all children of God. We do not support the beliefs of the Organization called Black Lives Matter (blacklivesmatter.com) as the founding principles and their beliefs, as outlined in the “About Us” section of their web site, do not align with biblical views.” BEC firmly believes ALL Black Lives Matter and we will not stand for any institution of learning marginalizing and silencing their Black students past and present in the name of religion. This is a family friendly space! Please wear your mask and this activity provides for plenty of social distancing. We will meet at the school. Bring signs for a protest in front of the school.

Four Demands of the National Black Lives Matter at School Movement
*Recruit and retain Black educators
*Fully Resourced Restorative Practices
*Black History and Ethnic Studies in all schools
*Fund Counselors, Not cops

Unity Fire MKE DNC AUG 17-20

A fire with intended purpose will burn brightly day and night for four days in peaceful prayer for Mother Earth and for her people who seek peaceful change. Each day will focus on the four elements of life: Day 1=Earth, Day 2=Wind, Day 3=Fire, Day 4=Water. This Fire will take place at the Wgema Campus, hosted by Forest County Potawatomi, during the DNC, Aug 17-20, 2020.

SOCIAL DISTANCING, WEARING OF MASKS AND OTHER HEALTH PROTOCOLS APPLY AT ALL TIMES.

“It is our belief that the prophesies contain a promise. The new people, the new awareness is here among us, among all people. There’s a growing awareness that we need to care for the earth, we need become concerned with the water, the air and all of creation. We need to do this together… We have to begin to reach out and say, ‘Brother, we are of the earth. That all prayer originates at the same place and arrives at the same place. That is what I believe.”
— Eddie Benton-Banaise, Ojibway Elder
Testimony given at the Minnesota State Office Building, St. Paul Capitol Grounds, March 1999

Blxck MKE “March on Washington”

Amid waning protections for renters and unemployment rates not seen since the Great Depression, eviction defense is poised for a resurgence.