Fight Back Friday!

815 E Locust Street, Milwaukee, 4 P.M.

We love working in Milwaukee Public Schools, but know our days are also challenging and stressful. That’s why Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association (MTEA) welcomes all MPS educators and education workers to the Riverwest Public House Cooperative for “Fight Back Friday.” This event will be held on the first Friday of every month from 4pm to 6pm, and will offer local educators and education workers a space to connect, rejuvenate, and advocate for our students and profession.

Every month we will feature a different activity or speaker to keep the event fresh. Come and join others fighting to make our public schools the best possible place for our students. We will be discussing a submission process to create a new logo for the event at our first event so come and enjoy a beverage (Public House will offer a drink special), catch up on union and public education advocacy, and meet other awesome MPS folks! This event is free and open to the public.

Madison Action Day 2019

On Tuesday, March 26th 2019, over 1,000 people from across the state of Wisconsin, all a part of WISDOM, will gather at the State Capitol to advocate and educate representatives about issues in the proposed state budget! Several busses from all over the state will be available to go to the Capitol!

For more information, and registration through an affiliate: https://wisdomwisconsin.org/madison-action-day-tuesday-march-26/. OR, register for Madison Action Day directly with the WISDOM office here: https://goo.gl/forms/24lGZ4w76NrijPMU2

BUSES and CAR-POOLS:
• Green Bay WI Buses leaving from West Side Moravian Church (1707 S Oneida St) at 6am. For more info: http://www.joshua4justice.org/madison-action-day-2019/

• Fox Valley buses leaving from • First Congregational UCC (724 E South River St, Appleton) at 6:30am • St. Mark’s Lutheran Church (140 S Green Bay Rd, Neenah) at 6:45am • Oshkosh Park & Ride at 7:15am. For more info and to register: https://esther-foxvalley.org/date/2019/03/26/madison-action-day-2019

• Waukesha County Bus leaving from Goerkes Corners at 7:00am, then stopping at Nagawaukee Park and Ride on Hwy 83. For more info: https://sites.google.com/view/sophia-waukesha/madison-action-day-2019?authuser=0

• Kenosha and Racine Bus, leaving from the Park and Ride on Highway 20, just 1/4-1/2 mile west of I 94 at 7:00am. For more info and to register: tamerinhayward@gmail.com.

• Wausau and Stevens Point Bus, leaving from Mt. Sinai 910 W. Randolph St, Wausau, at 5:45; then the Burger King in Plover at 6:15. For info: Ron Alexander, ronandlisa1997@gmail.com. For registration form and flyer: https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/7172/images/NAOMI Madison Action Day 2019.1.pdf

Milwaukee Buses leave the Welford Sanders Enterprise Center (2821 N. Vel Phillips Ave –formerly 4th St) at 7:00 am. Please use this URL (https://goo.gl/forms/24lGZ4w76NrijPMU2) to register for the event.

OR, register for Madison Action Day directly with the WISDOM office here: https://goo.gl/forms/stHqFzFN5MiYwCvI3.

MPS School Board Candidates Forum: Racial Equity and Leadership

2944 N 9th Street, Milwaukee, 6:30 – 8:30 P.M.

MICAH Education Task Force
Milwaukee City Council of PTAs
ACLU Wisconsin
Leaders Igniting Transformation (LIT)
SURJ MKE (Showing Up for Racial Justice)
African American Roundtable
UBLAC (Uplifting Black Lives and Community)
…Invite you to meet the candidates for Milwaukee Board of School Directors.

Focus: Racial equity in MPS and candidate leadership philosophies
Moderator: Rev. Dr. Richard Shaw, Pastor at St. Matthew CME Church
•Candidates will be provided the sponsor and co-sponsor questions in advance.
•MICAH and co-sponsors will be providing the questions. However, audience members will be allowed to submit questions in writing during the event.
•Moderator will determine question order and inclusion of audience questions.

Racine Interfaith Coalition (RIC)

https://bit.ly/2TFeVDF

Welcome to Jazz Week. World-class musicians and jazz experts entertain and inform audiences in a week-long celebration of the musical genre often hailed as one of America’s original art forms. Events are open to the public, and many of these events are free.

https://bit.ly/2EVzwvo

As Jews with a long tradition of social justice and anti-racism, AIPAC does not represent us. #WeStandWithIlhan

This report is an attempt to present a systematic investigation of five issues within the Wisconsin Department of Corrections in an attempt to raise awareness and build public support for the plight of those incarcerated in DOC facilities.

The report incorporates public records and other documents obtained by Milwaukee IWOC. The documents directly referenced in the report have been included in this post, though they are often taken from much larger sets of records obtained through public records request. Those full sets of documents have been given their own separate posts and are available for download.

March 2019 report. Download link here.

La lucha por licencias de conducir – junta de Green Bay

ENGLISH BELOW

Junta sobre la lucha por las licencias de conducir
IGLESIA METODISTA VIDA NUEVA
919 Schwartz St,
Green Bay, WI 54302
Google maps > https://goo.gl/maps/o8xpZQ3AKt52
Abierta al público

Acompáñanos para platicar sobre los próximos pasos en la lucha por las licencias de conducir, especialmente el día de acción estatal para las licencias del 14 de marzo (Driver Licenses for All Lobby Day / Día de Acción para Licencias).
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Driver Licenses for All campaign meeting
IGLESIA METODISTA VIDA NUEVA
919 Schwartz St,
Green Bay, WI 54302
Google maps > https://goo.gl/maps/o8xpZQ3AKt52
Open to the public

Join us to discuss the next steps in the fight to restore driver licenses for all in Wisconsin. We’ll especially focus on planning for the Driver Licenses for All statewide day of action on March 14).

https://bit.ly/2VHbJET

Venezuela is scrambling to find buyers for its oil, hoping to keep revenue streams alive even as President Nicolas Maduro loses control of Citgo. The US-based subsidiary of PDVSA officially severed ties with its parent company in order to comply with US sanctions, according to Reuters. The American government is trying to shift control of Citgo into the hands of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Citgo has stopped sending payments to PDVSA, and Gauidó has appointed a new board to the company. Some Venezuelan employees working at Citgo in the US returned back to Caracas.

Citgo is one of the major prizes that the US has tried to wrestle away from Maduro as part of the American regime change campaign in Venezuela. Citgo is the eight largest refiner in the US at 750,000 bpd, and it owns pipelines and retail gasoline stations. The company is a key source of revenue for the Venezuelan government.