https://actionnetwork.org/events/citywide-gathering-to-support-public-community-schools-and-stop-takeovers

Stop the Takeover of MPS

Come gather with students, parents, educators and community members from the 132 public schools in Milwaukee. We’re continuing to collectively build a plan that wins more public community schools for our students that provide neighborhood support services like nutrition, health, tutoring, and after school programs for students who need it. The public community schools model is already generating success for over 6 million students in the United States. Together we will win the public community schools we know all students deserve and beat back the Takeover of MPS. Join us!

Schedule:

9:00am: Registration / Coffee / Pastries

9:30am: Brief Program – School Sign Making

10:15am: March to the courthouse and rally to send a message to all stakeholder; We love our public schools and will not allow them to be taken over by third party for-profit operators.

10:30am: Rally at Courthouse

*** Free parking provided — Spanish interpretation available

Stop the Takeover of MPS

[Photo: Joe Brusky]

STOP THE MPS TAKEOVER!! 6-9-15 — at Story Elementary. [Photo: Joe Brusky]

Voces de la Frontera

Hoy mas de 50 mil personas marcharon en el Capitolio. Miles de trabajadores y estudiantes salieron en huelga y cientos de negocios se cerraron a través de Wisconsin para decir NO A LAS LEYES QUE CRIMINALIZAN A LOS INMIGRANTES. fotos de Joe Brusky y Paul Gottinger. ‪#‎daywithoutlatinos‬
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Today, Feb. 18, more than 50,000 people marched on the Capitol. Thousands of workers and students struck and hundreds of businesses closed throughout Wisconsin to say NO TO LAWS THAT CRIMINALIZE IMMIGRANTS. Photos by Joe Brusky and Paul Gottinger. #daywithoutlatinos

Voces de la Frontera

WORT coverage: http://www.wortfm.org/

INFORMATION FOR TODAY, FEB. 16: Para los que manejan a Madison, hay estacionamiento gratis para 185 carros en 325 W. Olin Ave. Tendremos autobús gratis de ir y venir entre allá y el Capitolio de las 9:00am hasta 11:30am y también después del evento en el Capitolio. También aquí es un mapa de los torres de estacionamiento alrededor del capitolio: https://www.cityofmadison.com/parkingutil…/maps/downtown.cfm
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For those driving to Madison, there is free parking for 185 cars at 325 W. Olin Ave. There will be a free shuttle bus between there and the Capitol between 9:00am and 11:00am and after the events at the Capitol. Also here is a map of the parking structures close to the Capitol. ‪#‎DíaSinLatinos‬ ‪#‎WisconsinIsNotArizona‬

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BACKGROUND

The Wisconsin state legislature is considering racist legislation that could make Wisconsin a hostile environment for immigrants.

AB 450 would lead police and public employees to investigate immigration status and detain undocumented people for deportation. SB 533 seeks to block a program created last year to provide local identification cards to Milwaukee residents who cannot obtain Wisconsin state ID because of immigration status or lack of documents or money.

Building A Movement To Fight Racism, Police Terror, Deportations, & The Capitalist Prison System

Across the country Black and Brown people face violence, incarceration, and murder at the hands of the police and prison system. From Black Lives Matter taking on killer cops to immigrant youth standing against ICE, people have been building a movement to challenge these racist institutions.

How can we continue to build this movement?

Join the discussion with a panel of speakers including:
*Local activists & community organizers
*Pam Africa – of the MOVE Organization & Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
*Lamont Lilly – Vice Presidential candidate of Workers World Party

420 N. Main Street
Emerson House of the Mendelssohn Center
Free & open to the public
Hosted by Workers World Party
Contact info:
facebook.com/rockfordwwp
424-262-3478
rockford@workers.org

Building a movement to fight racism, police terror & the capitalism prison system

Black and Brown people in the United States live in a brutal police state, subject to terror, incarceration, violence, or death on a daily basis. We have seen inspiring resistance, from Black Lives Matter to the heroic fight back by Latino youth against ICE. How can we build and strengthen this movement? What will it take to win?

Join these Black Liberation Movement veterans, community organizers, and activists for a community discussion:

•Pam Africa – of the MOVE Organization, Millions for Mumia Abu Jamal
•Lamont Lilly – Vice Presidential candidate of Workers World Party
•Chairman Fred Hampton Jr – of the Prisoners of Concience Committe/Black Panther Party Cubs
•Dorothy Pinkney – wife of Michigan political prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney
•Daphne Jackson – Chicago community freedom fighter (and other speakers fighting the U.S. raids and deportations of migrants and other people’s struggles TBA)

The event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Workers World Party Chicago
(312) 620-2305 ChicagoWWP@gmail.com

Chicago Workers World Party

INFO & TICKETS: bit.ly/1LtC6T8

Please join us in celebrating the civil rights legacy of ABHM’s founder, Dr. James Cameron, at our annual Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation.

This year’s program, Black Voices Matter! An Evening of Arts and Culture, dramatizes the historic and enduring struggle against violence and oppression by black artists and writers.

5:00pm – Doors open with the

• Unveiling of a new museum exhibit about Dr. Cameron’s Life & Writings, created by the Milwaukee Public Library
• Release, sale and signing of the new illustrated and expanded edition of Dr. Cameron’s inspiring memoir, A Time of Terror: A Survivor’s Story, published by LifeWrites Press.

6:00pm – Curtain rises for Black Voices Matter!

• Safe – a historic 1-act anti-lynching protest play – performed by the Hansberry-Sands Theatre Company
• The Survivor’s Story – readings from written wisdom of Dr. James Cameron – performed by ABHM Head Griot Reggie Jackson
• A Walk with Ida B. Wells – a 1-woman play based on the advocacy of journalist Ida B. Wells – performed by Marti Gobel, Actor/Director/Teaching Artist
  

Black Voices Matter! will be narrated by Robert Smith, UWM Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Inclusion & Engagement. An Audience Talkback follows the performance, moderated by Milwaukee talk radio show host Eric Von.

A Time of Terror: A Survivor’s Story will be released to the public for the first time at this event. The book, which retails at $24.99, will be available at an event discount of $20 for 1 copy or $30 for 2 copies, when pre-ordered with a ticket. (If you want more than 2 copies, please write to us at sales@atimeofterror.info.)

Books at the event: A limited number of books will be available for purchase immediately following the performance, so it is best to pre-order books with your tickets by 2/21. Pick up your pre-ordered book at the event by showing your ticket.

The late Dr. Cameron’s son, Virgil, will be on hand to sign books, along with the writers (Reggie Jackson, Dr. Robert Smith, Dr. Fran Kaplan) who contributored new material to this expanded edition.

To read excerpts from the book or for more information, click here.

Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association

Schools and Communities United

Stop the Takeover of MPS

Find your Wisconsin public school on this list and please RSVP and share with friends. One hundred nine Milwaukee Public Schools have signed up to “walk in” on Wednesday alone! They’ll be joining over nine hundred public schools in almost 40 cities nationwide in what will be a historic day in the name of quality public schools that serve and value all students.

‪#‎CommunitySchools‬ ‪#‎noMPStakeover‬

[Photo: Joe Brusky]

STOP THE MPS TAKEOVER!! 6-9-15 — at Story Elementary. [Photo: Joe Brusky]