http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/

Nov. 19, 2011, Madison, State Capitol.

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From the Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba

414 273-1040 / www.wicuba.org:

EVENTS:

https://wibailoutpeople.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/wi_cuba_coalition_events.docx

1.Tues., Jan. 10, 7:00 pm: Monthly coalition meeting (every 2nd Tuesday),  at Central United Methodist Church, 639 N. 25th St., Milwaukee (with free off street parking south of the church). Agenda to include the upcoming events below, plus the plans to bring an art display from the still-imprisoned Cuban 5.

2.  Tues., Jan. 24, 2012, 7:30 pm: Teacher/activist Omar Barberena’s multimedia presentation on his recent trip to Cubawith Witness for Peace, at Central United Methodist Church, 639 N. 25th St., Milwaukee. Contact us for a flyer for this event & note that he is planning to lead a WFP trip to Cuba later this year.

3.  Feb. 22 (Ash Wednesday), 7:00 pm: Rev. Dr. Luis Barrios, new co-chair of Pastors for Peace, will speak in the UWM Union’s Fireside Lounge during his visit to Milwaukee. We expect him to speak then on issues related to “Social Justice, Liberation Theology & Cuba,” including information on how U.S. students can become doctors through Cuba’s free Latin American School of Medicine.

Please contact us if you are interested in having Dr. Barrios speak while he is here on other topics, as he is also a highly esteemed author and speaker on: Youth & the Criminal Justice System (including his work with and study of the transformation of the Latin King and Queen Nation in NYC),  and on immigration/deportation issues, based on his work with and study of U.S. deportations to the Dominican Republic, and on the exploitation of Haitians on the  Dominican/Haitian border.For more information on Rev. Barrios, see the links below or contact us.

• Information on 2 books authored by Rev. Barrios: The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation: Street Politics and the Transformation of a New York City Gang, and Banished to the Homeland: Dominican Deportees and Their Stories of Exile
• Pastors for Peace: www.pastorsforpeace.org

We hope you can join us!

Thank you,

Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba

414 273-1040, www.wicuba.org

Rev. Luis Barrios in July 2011 during Milwaukee Pastors For Peace caravan stop.

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https://wibailoutpeople.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/coast-guard-longview-sflc-resolution-adopted-jan-9-2012.doc

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http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2732809570680.126879.1570502599&type=1

Coverage from Occupy Riverwest: http://occupyriverwest.com/news/occupy-coalition-cleaning-up-mess

Milwaukee, 20th & Meinecke, Jan. 9, 2012.

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A letter from Leslie, detained by ICE at the St. Claire County Jail, Michigan. Leslie is scheduled to be deported on Tuesday, January 10. To stop Leslie’s deportation please join her supporters in signing her petition: bit.ly/lesliemi.

SIGN THE PETITION:

http://action.dreamactivist.org/leslieh/

Ms. Leslie Hernandez and her daughter.

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Compañeros/as:
Me parece un momento propicio para volver a memorar este
histórico vídeo de la canción La Huelga del Maestro Mario de Mezapa,
como un merecido homenaje al ahora fallecido compañero,
Julio César Rivera, organizador de la gran huelga de 1954, en Honduras.

VIDEO: http://vimeo.com/34760891

Lila Kara’s home at 1433 W. Lombard Street in Baltimore, is the subject of a foreclosure proceeding. On Saturday, Jan. 8, 2012, a rally was held in front of her home. Her case is pending in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. Nevertheless, the bank is pushing to have the Sheriff of Baltimore City evict her this Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at or around 10 AM.

To learn more, go to:

http://occupybmore.org/event/occupy-our-homes-rally-and-move-event-1

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http://occupyriverwest.com/news/occupy-coalition

Also posted to: https://www.facebook.com/Gilded.Age?sk=wall

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OCCUPY 4 JOBS FACT SHEET ON THE WPA (Works Progress Administration):

https://wibailoutpeople.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/o4j-wpa-fact-sheet-word-final-pdf.pdf

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Join Peace Action and the Milwaukee Justice Coalition for a commemoration of Dr. King’s call to confront poverty and economic injustice.

Justice Program and March

1:00pm- Program Indoors
Honoring: Father James Groppi and Father Matthew Gottschalk
Speakers from Occupy Milwaukee, Occpy the Hood, and Decolonizar el Barrio/Decolonize the Hood
Performing artists: Dorothy Jackson, Michaela Usher, Andre Lee Ellis
Special Guests: Peggy Rozka and Congressperson Gwen Moore

2:30pm- March to the Dr. King Statue
Open microphone

Sponsored by Milwaukee Justice Coalition
Coalition includes St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Peace Action WI, Repairers of the Breach, Veterans for Peace, Welfare Warriors, Vets Place Central, Casa Maria, Greater Milwaukee Green Party, The Benedict Center, Voces de la Frontera, Greater Milwaukee Human Rights Network, Milwaukee Branch WILPF, Injured Workers Center, Summer of Peace, Urban Underground, Wis. Peace Council.

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