Community Conversation PART 16
515 Pine Street, Green Bay Public Library, 2 – 3:30 P.M.
Join us to continue dialogue around racism and white supremacy! This is PART 16.
March Luncheon: Public School Funding, Vouchers, and Fair Maps
310 Bluff Avenue, Sheboygan, 10:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M.
In the Spirit of the Women’s March some persistent women
invite you to observe March – Women’s History Month
The Granny Caucus has organized this second annual educational luncheon to ensure that all citizens (women and men) become more educated about the impact of financial issues and voting on local public education.
Local experts will be part of a panel discussion on public school funding formulas and the impact of vouchers. We will then take a break to enjoy a lovely lunch created by Diane Trester of Wild Carrot Cuisine. After lunch The Raging Grannies will entertain us with some humorous and educational songs. To conclude our event Citizen Action of Wisconsin will present some information about Fair Maps and its impact on Sheboygan County.
10:30 – Registration
11:00 – Panel Discussion on Local Public Education Funding Formulas and the Impact of Voucher.
11:45 – Luncheon
12:30 – The Raging Grannies
12:45 – Presentation on Fair Maps by Citizen Action of Wisconsin.
Three options for reservations (RSVP by Tuesday, March 5th):
1) Private Message Maeve Quinn and let her know you would like to register. You can pay the $8 for the luncheon at the door.
2) Email Maeve Quinn (maeve.quinn@earthlink.net) and pay $8 at registration.
3) Call Janet Ross (452-2130) and pay $8 at registration.
*Photo is of Janet Ross and her granddaughter Chloe Bohn at last year’s successful luncheon.
The Get Down Soul and Funk Dance Party
Milwaukee’s biggest, best, and quite possibly only monthly soul dance party!
An inclusive and fun party that delves deep into 20th century soul, funk, latin, and disco music via the Get Down DJs extensive collection of rare original 45s. This isn’t the overplayed top 40 soul hits you hear at the grocery store -the playlists are full of deep, raw, and powerful soulful music that you’d be hard pressed to hear anywhere else on the planet!
For our March party we will be playing a ton of local soul legend HARVEY SCALES’ 45s, Harvey sadly passed this February. Fortunately for all of us, he left a rich legacy of funky music that will resonate for generations to come! Rest in Power, Mr Scales.
Last night at the Spirit Awards, while accepting Best First Feature for his film Sorry to Bother You, Boots Riley spoke out: “We should all be putting our voices out to stop regime change for oil in Venezuela.”
We agree, and we are saying clearly that what has happened in Venezuela over the last few days —the killing of two indigenous people on Friday (likely a false flag), tear gas, and two more killed at the border on Saturday — was an outright setup orchestrated by Abrams, Bolton, Trump, and their Venezuelan puppet, Juan Guiado. Their goal is regime change and, in pursuit of this, they have weaponized humanitarian aid and are trying to incite violence.
Trump and his administration aren’t the only U.S. parties responsible for manufacturing and inciting violence. The New York Times, CNN, and MSNBC have all been willing participants in the Trump administration’s PR stunt, going so far as to portray Trump, Bolton and Abrams as do-good crusaders working day and night to try to bring food and medicine to the people of Venezuela.
No one in their right minds would believe that Trump, Abrams, and Bolton care about the people — rather than the oil — of Venezuela. So why are liberal mainstream media outlets like the New York Times, CNN, and MSNBC participating in the farce?
One need look no further than the U.S.’s role in creating the humanitarian crisis in Yemen to know that easing human suffering is not what motivates U.S. foreign policy. One need look no further than the past ways the U.S. has sold regime change — Iraq, Libya, Syria, just to name a few — to know what “bringing democracy to” or “helping the people of” really means. And one need look no further than the fact that both the Red Cross and United Nations are refusing to collaborate with the United State’s false pretext of humanitarian aid to know that the real aim of the “aid” is to galvanize the Venezuelan opposition and create a violent catalyst.
CNN, MSNBC, and the New York Times should not be providing cover Trump and his war hawk cronies. Send them a message now reminding them of their obligation to report accurately. As media giants, they have a responsibility to tell the full story rather than be a mouthpiece for a U.S.-orchestrated coup, and maybe all-out U.S. war, on Venezuela.
What Venezuela needs is dialogue — facilitated by Mexico, Uruguay, and the Vatican — not a U.S.-orchestrated coup and possible military intervention. Help us demand that the U.S. media reflect that.
Towards peace,
Medea and the entire CODEPINK team: Ann, Ariel, Carley, Caroline, Jodie, Kelly, Kirsten, Lily, Maya, Mark, Nancy, Paki, Ryan, Sarah, Tighe and Ursula
Photo: Joe Brusky
Día 3:
El pago deficiente está impulsando la crisis de retención de maestros en Oakland. Su distrito debe tomar medidas para mantener a los maestros en Oakland, ofreciendo una mejor propuesta salarial. We #StandWithOaklandTeachers #WeAreOakland #LAtotheBay #Unite4OaklandKids
Take a stand now and sign this petition demanding that the Polk County School Board allow the student return to school, and hold the police officer and school accountable be for this abuse of trust and authority.
Police in schools do not make schools safer. Instead, their presence places students of color, undocumented youth and children with disabilities at risk. Young people need highly qualified teachers, counselors and programs that support them, not police.
Stand with us in demanding that:
• The charges against this student and three-day suspension be dropped;
• The police officer be removed from the school; and
• The school be held accountable for this abuse of trust and authority.
