Monona Grove BLM Protest Walk June 10, 2020

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Monona Grove BLM Protest Walk

Due to the recent civil unrest in our nation and in our own communities of Monona and Cottage Grove, the Monona Grove Parent Equity Council (PEC), in collaboration with the Monona Grove High School Black Student Union have organized a peaceful protest walk. The walk will begin at the Monona Grove school district office building in the parking lot and will end at the Dream park in Monona.

At the end of the walk we will observe 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence in recognition of George Floyd’s last moments. Local community members will speak about their experiences as minorities in the district and how we can unite together to advocate for change.

Please come out and support our fight against systemic injustice. Silence is no longer an option.

We ask that all protesters wear a face mask and continue to practice social distancing during the walk and subsequent rally. We look forward to having our community come together as one.

#MGforjustice

Milwaukee, June 13, 2020: Civil Rights Mural Painting

Civil Rights Mural featuring Frank Nitty Portrait

Calling on any and all artists to join us this Saturday to paint a Civil Rights Mural in the alley of Locust and Holton. All ages are welcome. Our focus is to bring the community together to beautify a piece of two neighborhoods. Civil Rights leaders will be featured (Including a focus on Frank Nitty) on the wall as well as powerful and inspiring quotes. The wall is about 70ft in length and about 15 ft high. This is a volunteer effort and all artist are welcome to help pay tribute to the civil rights movement. We have complete permission from the building owner. The only conditions are no offensive or vulgar material. If you are interested in doing a specific Civil Rights leader please comment and show up early!!

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Some of the Black youth policing disparities in Madison Public Schools

Freedom Inc

Freedom Youth Squad

Some of the Black youth policing disparities in MMSD:

During the 2017/18 School Year, Black students were:
– Only 18% of Enrollment
– 81% of School-based Arrests
– 82% of School-based Citations (excluding truancy)

During the 2017/18 School Year:
– Black Girls received 35 citations from school police officers (more than any other student demographic)
– White girls received 0 citations

Between 2015 and the 2018
– Black girls were arrested 40 times
– White girls were arrested only 6 times

Top 3 Reasons School Police Officers Issued Citations
Between 2015 and the 2018 Had Nothing to Do with Safety:
– Truancy (168 citations)
– Disorderly Conduct (84 citations)
– Unlawful Trespass (79 citations)

#PoliceFreeSchools #InvestInYouth #CommunityControl

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