http://tinyurl.com/la9pown

Wisconsin Conference Center, 400 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee

From the protest organizers:

The People want to share OUR VOICE at the Governor’s Conference also…
OCCUPY Milwaukee, Move To Amend of SE Wisconsin, and local Activists see all too clearly Anti-Women, Anti-Worker, and Racist legislation being implemented by current GOP governors. The fact that Scott Walker, (now Chairman of the National Governors Association), is hosting this year’s Governors Conference gives evidence to the direction that they want to see the USA devolve. This we protest. More Power to the People!

At Occupy Fond du Lac’s general assembly in Fond du Lac, WI May 5, 2012.

The following statement was released on July 27 by the Dream Defenders who have been holding a sit-in at Gov. Rick Scott’s office in Tallahassee, Fla. since July 16, three days after the ‘no-guilty’ verdict of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin:

On Friday [July 26], Dream Defenders were joined in the Capitol by civil rights leaders and youth from around the country, turning attention to Governor Scott’s refusal to call a special session for Trayvon’s Law. On Saturday afternoon, with over 100 young people – including children and elderly – sleeping in the Capitol, food and water supplies quickly ran low.

Given increasing hostility from Capitol police, it became unclear whether or not supporters would be allowed to bring food and supplies, which are all donation-based, into the building

“When we were unable access food, people were concerned about whether supplies would last through the weekend. But we know why we are here and we haven’t lost sight of our goals.” said Director Phillip Agnew. “Sooner or later the governor will realize we’re serious and we’re here to stay no matter how much he tries to scare us away.”

Capitol police have become growingly antagonistic towards the Dream Defenders this past week, despite numerous attempts by the group to keep relations amicable. However, no matter how uncomfortable the conditions imposed upon the group, Dream Defenders maintain that they will not leave until the governor convenes a special legislative session to consider Trayvon’s Law.

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Go to www.peoplespowerassemblies.org for more information

New Yorkers for Trayvon at Florida state capitol in Tallahassee.

For updates: http://www.facebook.com/PeoplesPowerAssemblies

We are being denied access to food donations by the Tallahassee Capitol police – call Rick swearingen 850 251 7270
We have an eight year old child with us inside .
‪#‎dreamdefenders‬ ‪#‎trayvonslaw‬

Please repost/retweet the following message: “Tallahassee people are beginning to gather outside at the Capitol ! Please come to the rally . Please spread the word!”

— Imani Henry from inside the Tallahassee Capitol

Dream Defenders and supporters at Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee.

Mr. Harry Belafonte and some of the youngest protesters at the state capitol in Tallahassee. [For ‪#‎trayonslaw].

Article in the Detroit News about July 26 protest in Detroit: http://tinyurl.com/mfuoycx

“We better get out here. Every retiree better get out here on these protests because don’t count on the (bankruptcy) judge to defend us,” said David Sole, 65, whose wife, Joyce, is a retired Detroit Department of Transportation worker drawing a pension.

“We don’t trust the judges. They are often creatures of Wall Street and the banks. A lot of us were involved in the Civil Rights Movement and unions. Nothing was ever handed to us. We have to fight for us. It’s going to be a mass movement that protects our pensions.”

Walter Knall, 70, of Detroit, a 31-year employee of the Detroit Health Dept., protests July 26 in front of City Hall. (Clarence Tabb, Jr./The Detroit News)

http://jennapope.com/

http://tinyurl.com/lsbgtrc

Join us August 5th at 6:30pm on the corner of 68th and Bluemound. We’re holding a peaceful vigil in Scott Walker’s neighborhood to memorialize the 70,000 women that die each year from unsafe abortion. We will share the stories of women that are no longer here to share their stories and make sure that their voice is heard loud and clear. We know that when access to abortions is restricted, they don’t just stop, but they become horrifically unsafe.

Please join us and help give women a voice that no longer have the ability to speak.

http://www.systemiccapital.com/20-reasons-to-support-cuba/

[Cuba] is an exceptionally safe country, with very little in the way of violent crime. With a high level of participation in local administration, social stability, social welfare, low unemployment and a media that promotes unity rather than disunity, Cuba’s sense of community is something that visitors quickly notice.

Ms. Assata Shakur mentions this, and contrasts it with the US:

“My experience in the United States was living in a society that was very much at war with itself, that was very alienated. People felt not part of a community, but like isolated units that were afraid of interaction, of contact, that were lonely. People didn’t build that sense of community that I found is so rich here [in Cuba]. One of the things that I was able to take from this experience was just how lovely it is to live with a sense of community. To live where you can drop in the street and a million people will come and help you. That is to me a wealth that you can’t find, you can’t buy, you have to build. You have to build it within yourself to be capable of having that attitude about your neighbours, about how you want to live on this planet.”

http://tinyurl.com/kvbljnj

Tommy Cavanaugh of Rockford, IL participates in “Justice For Trayvon Martin” protest in Milwaukee July 14, 2013.

http://www.bradleymanning.org/

For more information and upcoming events: http://tinyurl.com/mvwje7j

Ongoing updates at Peoples Power Assemblies: http://www.facebook.com/PeoplesPowerAssemblies / http://peoplespowerassemblies.org/

Holding it down in Gov Rick Scott’s Office w Yuc Philly July 25, 2013.

Philly for Trayvon at Florida State Capitol July 25, 2013.