Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am – MKE Film Festival

Join the African American Roundtable and the Milwaukee Film Festival as we partner to host Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am during this years Milwaukee Film Festival.

Check out this short trailer and decide which date you’ll join us for the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8sUwXTWb4M&feature=youtu.be

The world lost one of the greatest writers of our time when Toni Morrison died this year. This doc, filmed before her death, is an ode to her groundbreaking work as a multi-award-winning writer and her life story from childhood through the civil rights movement and beyond, offering an intimate look at race and humanity in America. Both a meditation on African-American art and Morrison’s story in her own words, this film reminds us that the strength of her spirit remains.

Note there are three different opportunities to see this film:
Saturday, October 26th at 10 a.m. at the Times Cinema, 5906 W. Vliet Street
Monday, October 28th at 6 p.m. at the Oriental Theater, 2230 N. Farwell
Wednesday, October 30th at 1:45 p.m.m at Rivoli Theatre, W62N567 Washington Ave, Cedarburg

Ticket info:
Tickets and voucher redemption: Starts Oct. 3 (Oct. 1 for Members)
Individual tickets: $13 ($12 student/senior/military, $11 Members)
Premium screening tickets: $18 ($16 Members)
Opening Night film and party: $26 ($21 Members)
Opening Night party only: $16 ($14 Members)
Festival Passes: $475 ($425 Members)

Incarcerating Communities: A Panel on the Realities of Prison

IDOC (Indiana Dept of Correction) Watch is an organization in Indiana, composed of people directly affected by the prison system and prison abolitionists, that is organizing to expose and stop the widespread abuses in the Indiana prison system, with the long-term objective of dismantling the prison system. (check out IDOC Watch at idocwatch.org)

This event will be a panel discussion on the base-building IDOC Watch is doing in prisons and communities affected by incarceration, prisoner struggles and counter-insurgency in Indiana, and the effects of the prison-industrial complex on individuals, families, and communities.

Featuring:

Zolo Agona Azania, former Black Liberation Army activist and long-term New Afrikan political prisoner from Gary, IN, who beat two death sentences after being falsely accused and convicted of murdering a Gary police officer during a bank robbery. Zolo was released from prison in 2017, after serving over 35 years. He is currently working to establish re-entry housing for people being released from prison in Gary, through the Gary Alliance for the Empowerment of the Formerly Incarcerated.

S.T. : A mother and grandmother from Gary who organizes with IDOC Watch and currently has a son incarcerated at Indiana State Prison, a maximum-security facility in Michigan City, IN.

An organizer with FOCUS Initiatives LTD, an abolitionist re-entry project in Indianapolis, IN: focusreentry.com.

Location
1845 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208
217 Fisk Hall

Rally / Public Hearing for ICEoutofMKE

(ESPAÑOL ABAJO)

Please join us! Your voice has the power to change how the Milwaukee Police Department interacts with ICE.

What: Rally and Public Hearing at City Hall

When: Thursday, October 31st at 5pm (hearing at 5:30pm)

Why: Finally, after months of community pressure, the Fire and Police Commission (FPC) has scheduled a hearing to consider our recommended changes to SOP, changes that would bar collaboration between MPD and ICE unless there is a judicial warrant.

There will be an initial vote on SOP130 to determine if it passes to the full committee for another and final vote. We are so close to getting this pass and seeing a policy change that would protect immigrant families in Milwaukee.

Last public hearing we were limited to only 5 speakers. Not this time, so let’s get our message across!

Pre-fill out your name below to make a public comment:
http://bit.ly/2BwbMLB

Sign petition: https://vdlf.org/iceoutofmke/

Photo Credit: Joe Brusky
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Acompáñenos (una vez más) para una manifestacion en el Ayuntamiento para exigir que la Comisión de Bomberos y Policía (FPC) tome una posición definitiva sobre la colaboración de los Departamentos de Policía de Milwaukee (MPD) con Inmigración y Control de Aduanas en el arresto de un padre de tres y único proveedor de su familia, José de la Cruz.

Como muchos de ustedes saben, la Comisión de Bomberos y Policía originalmente estaba planeando votar sobre esta política el 26 de septiembre, sin embargo, decidieron cancelar su reunión el día anterior y finalmente, despues de semanas de manifestaciones en el ayuntamiento, votaran sobre nuestra poliza. Si votan a favor, despues avanzara a un voto final.

Por favor registrese para dar comentario publico: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vTDjPNwNESJtTqkSION9412KiQGjKWEShuZlGCwLTfA/edit?usp=sharing

Firma nuestra peticion si aun no lo ha hecho: https://vdlf.org/iceoutofmke/

https://fighting-words.net/2019/10/16/invader-or-invaded/

By Cassandra Devereaux

Vicente Guerrero was the first descendant of African slaves to serve as a North American head of state. He was a general in the war for Mexico’s independence from the Spanish Empire, and was Mexico’s second President. Under his administration, he issued a decree abolishing slavery throught Mexico’s territories. The idea of ending their use of chattel slavery did not sit well with everybody. In late 1835, one of the northern territories declared independence and through force of arms, successfully seceded from Mexico several months later, and continued to use slave labor. In 1845, this former Mexican territory was annexed into the United States as the State of Texas. It was in El Paso, a city on the border of Texas and its former national home of Mexico that a white 21 year old killer named Patrick Crusius came with assault rifles and body armor. He carefully targeted Latinx shoppers and murdered 22 individuals, wounding dozens more. The shooter, a white man, left behind a manifesto which repeatedly referred to the Latinx population as “invaders….”

Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (1782 – 1831), Mexican revolutionary leader and President. | Image: wikiquote

We’re in need of Gala volunteers (cashiers, setup, interpreter, greeter, etc.) Please support Voces with your time and sign up here: http://bit.ly/2pcWKYp

2019 Gala: Migration is Beautiful Masquerade!

Autoworkers Caravan

Unifor Canada

By dstieber, Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 9:09 am

Join us, & please share – 2 events, Oct 26  2 and 6:30 pm

Find details below and on Facebook: & over 10 co-sponsoring organizations (FB ‘hosted by’)

 Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee * milwaukee@jewishvoiceforpeace.org * FB: @JVP.Milwaukee
US Palestinian Community Network – Milwaukee * FB: @uspcnmke
Milwaukee Palestine Action Network * FB: @MilwaukeeNoPalestineException

https://www.facebook.com/pg/MilwaukeeNoPalestineException/events/

US/Canada: Hands Off Venezuela! Vancouver Protest