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Milwaukee, September 29: Coalition For Justice Mass Meeting
The Coalition for Justice will be hosting our next Mass Meeting on Tuesday, September 29, at All Peoples Church, 2600 N. 2nd Street at 6 p.m.
We have been ENCOURAGED by the conversations, new faces, and support of those of you who’ve been able to continual support. If you haven’t been to a mass meeting in a while, we’d love to see you!
We will convene to discuss our next community engagement/building opportunities to build, awaken, strategize and mobilize those around us.
We would love to get as many community members, organizations, unions, and churches in this space as possible so please invite your friends, family, and colleagues. Students and children are also welcomed.
The meeting will last approximately two hours (6:00p-8:00p). Please join us, and let your voice be heard.
We will continue the fight for justice! Change is coming!
Spread the word!
Free Grigory Petrenko and anti-oligarchy prisoners in Moldova!
http://www.iacenter.org/actions/petrenko/
We call on the government of the Republic of Moldova to immediately release the seven left-wing political activists arrested at the Prosecutor General’s Office in Chisinau on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. They were detained during a peaceful protest of several hundred people, calling for the arrest of Moldovan oligarch and political kingmaker Vladimir Plahotniuc and the resignation of Prosecutor General Corneliu Gurin.
SIGN PETITION: http://www.iacenter.org/actions/petrenko/
Credit: SouthFront.org
TNTB Ep. 42 Part. 1 Feat. Dylan Garcia and Tommy Cavanaugh of FIST (Fight Imperialism Stand Together)
FIST (Fight Imperialism – Stand Together) is a national group of young revolutionaries committed to fighting racism, sexism, oppression of lesbian, gay, bi and trans people, and exploitation of the working class, all of which result from imperialism and capitalism. We believe that the only way to achieve true liberation for all peoples throughout the world is through socialism.
Madison, September 19: Fighting Bob Fest 2015
The 14th annual Fighting Bob Fest, a day of chautauqua-style rabble-rousing, will feature nationally-recognized speakers, breakout sessions, networking, shopping, social justice organizing, live music, food, beer, and revelry— all in the spirit of Wisconsin’s very own Fighting Bob La Follette. Hear numerous speakers including Ms. Brandi Grayson of Young, Gifted and Black.
Milwaukee, September 18: Walk-In’s At Over 70 MPS Schools! Join The Fight To Defend Public Education!
RSVP: http://stopmpstakeover.com/
On Friday, September 18, almost 70 public schools in Milwaukee will host “walk-ins” to celebrate and protect our public schools, and to share information with parents and community members about proposed public school takeovers.
The state legislature passed a plan to take over several public schools in Milwaukee. County executive Chris Abele is expected to appoint a commissioner this fall to oversee the takeover schools. The commissioner will then identify 1-3 schools this year to be taken over next year. Very few specifics are available. For example, we do not know how the commissioner’s salary will be funded, or how the schools will be chosen.
Community allies are organizing to fight the takeover and to stand up for public schools that welcome and serve all children.
Madison, September 28: #HandsOffBrandi! JAM Chief Koval’s/City Attorney’s Phones/Emails
Madison Police target Black Lives Matter Organizer Brandi Grayson
CALL for National and International Solidarity
TELL MPD and the City Attorney to
STOP the HARASSMENT and drop the citations!
CALL for National and International Solidarity
TELL MPD and the City Attorney to
STOP the HARASSMENT and drop the citations!
On Sep 28 1-3pm Central Time show your solidarity by calling/emailing Madison Police Chief Koval and City Attorney Michael May.
JAM their phone lines and emails to say #HandsOffBrandi!
Spread this NATIONWIDE. We must protect each other!
TARGET PHONE/EMAILS
The City Attorney’s Office – Michael May
608-266-4511
mmay@cityofmadison.com
Madison Police Chief Mike Koval
608-266-4022
mkoval@cityofmadison.com
NOTE: Suggested phone script and email template will be posted here in the next few days.
The Madison police department is targeting and harassing one of the most visible leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement in the city. Brandi Grayson, a founding member and leader of the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition has had cops park outside her house regularly, visit her home to talk with her children, charge her with citations without notifying her, pull her over for minor violations, and target her for the actions of huge groups of people protesting. They are targeting her because YGB has already had demonstrable success. It’s a classic attempt to intimidate a movement which has become far too successful for the taste of the police and political establishment.
– We demand the City Attorney’s Office dismiss YGB founder Brandi Grayson’s citations. We recognize that this attack on YGB founder Brandi Grayson is a tactic used by the Madison Police to quell the local movement for Black liberation led by Young Gifted and Black.
– We demand the Madison Police Department put an end to the harassment and terrorizing of Brandi Grayson and of all Black people in Madison, WI. The means an immediate end to the racial disparities in arrests and incarceration in Dane County.
– We demand Community Control of the police. In order to stop police violence we need to shift power from the state to the people. If we have community control Brandi would be protected from prosecution by Madison Police Department.
By building a powerful grassroots racial justice movement in Madison, YGB has so far stopped cold a project to build a new $150 million dollar jail, forced the county to pass a jail alternatives resolution and has pierced the veil behind the false pride of Madison as some sort of progressive Mecca – a city where the black to white arrest rate is 11 to 1 and the black to white child poverty rate is 75% to 5%!
Read more at http://ygbcoalition.org/events-page/item/609-mpd-hands-off-brandi
Calling all anti-racists, Black Lives Matter and social justice activists and anyone who agrees that fighting for your rights should not lead to harassment and intimidation by police:
Activists in the city are rallying behind Brandi but we need solidarity action from folks across the city, country and beyond who care about racial justice and for our right to fight without undemocratic, police intimidation.
Let’s jam up the phone lines and email in-boxes of Madison Police Chief Koval and City Attorney Michael May on Monday, Sept 28th (from 1pm – 3pm Central Time) with the message that we will not accept police harassment and intimidation of our activists, we will continue to fight for Black Freedom and will not be silent in the face of repression.
For more information:
Visit YGBCOALITION.ORG
Find us on Facebook by searching “YGB Ferguson to Madison”
Phone – (608) 618-0942 (618-0YGB)
Email – info@ygbcoalition.org
![Brandi Grayson of the Young Gifted and Black coalition, speaking to hundreds of protesters at the state capitol in Madison Feb. 14, 2015. Grayson linked the struggles of the the Black Lives Matter movement and the fights to fully fund public education characterizing both as state violence on the people. [Photo: Joe Brusky]](https://wibailoutpeople.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/brandi_grayson_madison_2-14-15.jpg)
Brandi Grayson of the Young Gifted and Black coalition, speaking to hundreds of protesters at the state capitol in Madison Feb. 14, 2015. Grayson linked the struggles of the the Black Lives Matter movement and the fights to fully fund public education characterizing both as state violence on the people. [Photo: Joe Brusky]
Milwaukee, September 24: Rally to demand funding for transit and a fair contract for transit workers!
Stand with transit workers as they announce the results of their vote of “no confidence” in county executive Chris Abele, and demand funding for transit and a fair contract for transit workers!
Under Chris Abele’s mismanagement, Milwaukee’s transit system is falling behind. The county executive’s record on transit speaks for itself:
– Vetoed expansion routes to Oak Creek and Brown Deer
– Vetoed transit modernization
– Among the highest fares in the country
– Failed to secure a dedicated source of funding for transit
– Attempted to sell the transit system to an out-of-state for-profit company
Abele is preoccupied with imposing austerity on Milwaukee County, turning decent transit jobs into low paying, part time jobs. Billionaire Abele doesn’t understand transit. Tell him, “Milwaukee needs safe and reliable transit!”
Free Rev. Pinkney!
Rev. Pinkney was charged in 2014 with allegedly altering five dates on a recall petition against Benton Harbor’s mayor. A community leader in the overwhelmingly African American city, Pinkney was tried and convicted before a white judge, white prosecutor and all-white jury. He was sentenced to 2.5 to 10 years in prison on December 15, 2014. The jury had been told “you do not need evidence to convict Rev. Pinkney” and the judge said he was “going to make an example” of him.
Learn about how Rev. Pinkney was railroaded to prison. Find out how you can help free an innocent man. Donations can be made at bhbanco.org or checks can be sent to BANCO, c/o Mrs. Dorothy Pinkney, 1940 Union St., Benton Harbor, MI 49002.
Rev. Edward Pinkney, Benton Harbor, MI
Madison, September 16: Hands Off Brandi: Pre-Trial Hearing
Update 9/15/15: Hearing postponed see Facebook page for updates
Come to show support of Brandi as she attends her pre-trial. #HandsoOffBrandi
Brandi Grayson of the Young Gifted and Black coalition, speaking to hundreds of protesters at the state capitol in Madison Feb. 14, 2015. Grayson linked the struggles of the the Black Lives Matter movement and the fights to fully fund public education characterizing both as state violence on the people. [Photo: Joe Brusky]
