For more information, updates and how to join the struggle: #wibudget
#DontMessWithMPS #FundOurFuture
https://www.facebook.com/psmuwm
WI BOPM statement in response to Gov. Scott Walker’s announcements-on behalf of Wall Street-to dismantle the University of WI System: http://tinyurl.com/owwcegk
Educators march at the opening of the United States Social Forum (USSF) June 2010, Detroit
EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/qjlvcav
Join the conversation: #43Voices & #43Voces
The 43 VO*CES Art Exhibition; pays homage to the 43 disappeared normalista students from AYOTZINAPA GRO. ESCUELA NORMAL RURAL “RAUL ISIDRO BURGOS” in Guerrero, Mexico.
The exhibition aims to bring light to issues such as human rights abuses, police brutality, femicide, institutional racism, the prison industrial complex, disenfranchisement, LGBQT discrimination, unequal rights for womyn, and other forms of oppression used against marginalized communities. We want to address such issues in efforts to raise awareness and create a space that fosters community empowerment and liberation.
It will take place in Milwaukee, currently the most segregated city in the United States which boasts the highest incarceration rate among black males.
Opening day of the exhibition is March 27. Closing date is April 9, 2015.
The exhibition will consist of 43 art pieces, 23 of them produced by local Milwaukee youth and the other 20 by artists from Milwaukee and around the world.
With the help and support of Arts @ Large, this exhibition aims to promote social awareness and resistance through different artistic mediums. In addition to tackling these problems, there will also be a wide array of community building initiatives taking place during the three-week duration of the exhibition. The shared space will work towards community development through different events such as workshops, live song and dance performances, film screenings, youth meetings, etc.
If interested in sharing the space, please contact, Sebas Fuentes and Pam Nanét
FEATURED ARTIST:
(to be listed as the opening day approaches)
Christopher McIntyre Perceptions
Salvador Vega
Karl Reeves
AUDIO COMMENTARY: http://tinyurl.com/n9ezz6u
Professor, Author and Activist Mumia Abu-Jamal.
EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/oa5c3gg
“Party with a Purpose” – Celebrate Shanquil’s B-Day
Presented by worldwidetravelbookings.com and Maria Hamilton
Suggested $5 donation at the door – All funds go to support the Mothers for Justice United in their efforts to get to Washington DC this Mother’s Day Weekend, May 9th, for the Million Moms March.
If you’re not able to make it, please invite your friends and share the Donation Link (tiny.cc/tptdsx)!
THE CHALLENGE
We are the mothers of Dontre Hamilton, Derek Williams, Brandon Johnson, and others who have been lost to police brutality and racist violence. We have come together in Milwaukee and across the nation to fight for Justice for our children and to build power within our communities. Together we unite to stand against police brutality and racial injustice and to demonstrate our love and determination to protect our children and our country. On May 9th, 2015, Mother’s Day Weekend, we will march on the US Department of Justice in our nation’s capitol, Washington DC.
It is our goal to raise funds to cover the trip costs for any mothers or other family members who have been affected by police brutality and racist violence. We need our community to come behind us, now more than ever, to support this effort.
Many of you have asked us how you can help the Mothers for Justice get to Washington. We are calling on all of you to tap into your networks and to utilize your talents to help us fundraise for the Million Moms March. Community meals, birthday party, raffles, spoken word. There are so many ways to help us move this forward. And if you aren’t able to help raise funds at this time, help us out by spreading the word and inviting your friends to join!
If you’re interested in putting together a fundraiser, please inbox us or send us an email at mothersforjusticeunited@gmail.com. We will keep this event updated with fundraiser information as we move forward, so please invite your friends!
![Ms. Maria A. Hamilton, mother of Dontre Hamilton [Joe Brusky photography]](https://wibailoutpeople.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/ms-_maria_a_perkins.jpg)
Ms. Maria A. Hamilton, mother of Dontre Hamilton [Joe Brusky photography]
EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/oeedxqr
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Freedom Road Socialist Organization!
Panel discussion presented by FRSO
Night School is always free!
SPEAKERS 6pm – 730pm:
Maria Hamilton (struggle against police and white vigilante violence)
Cherrene Horazuk (labor)
Luis Mora (immigrant rights)
Tracey Pollock (socialism and women’s liberation)
panel members will speak for about 10 minutes, with a moderated Q & A and comment section following
** see speaker descriptions below **
7:30-8: Free food!
8 – 10: MUSIC BENEFIT: suggested $5 donation at the door for Mothers for Justice United
(https://www.facebook.com/mothersforjusticeunited?ref=br_tf)
Flag Signals
www.facebook.com/flagsignals
Jordin Bass
jordinbaas.com
Amanda Jo Langley
amandajolangley.com
Mother’s for Justice United will also be selling buttons and t-shirts – all money raised will go towards their Million Moms March on Washington (credit/debit cards accepted)
(https://www.facebook.com/events/918889921477838/)
Speakers:
Maria Hamilton: Mother of Dontre Hamilton, who was murdered by Milwaukee Police officer Christopher Manney in April of last year. Maria will speak about the struggle against police and white vigilante violence, and her organization Mothers for Justice United. Mothers for Justice is comprised of mothers whose unarmed children have been killed by police officers and white vigilantes. It is also made up of concerned mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends, clergy, and other citizens nationwide who care about the loss of these valuable lives cut short unnecessarily. They are committed to halting the epidemic of killing of unarmed people of color by police and white vigilantes in this country through direct action, legislation, and community building.
Cherrene Horazuk: is the president of AFSCME 3800, the union of clerical workers at the University of Minnesota, and is also the former National Director of CISPES, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador. She is a long-time labor and international solidarity activist and led a strike of 3000 workers, the vast majority of whom were women, at the U of MN in 2007.
Luis Mora: An Undocumented Trans Queer Xicana Womyn. Of Mexican citizenship, she migrated to this country young, and through embracing her identity has led her to be of service to her communities. Working for the organization P.O.D.E.R, they push to stop deportations and help cases of family members, and community members who are being torn out and apart by the system. She will also be starting a midwest chapter of Familia: Trans Queer liberation movement, an organization exclusively led by trans queer youth and immigrant families in healthy education and outreach to their underserved community.
Tracey Pollock: a Freedom Road Socialist Organization member will talk about socialism from her perspective as a survivor of domestic violence. She has been involved in various levels of activism for the last decade, working primarily now in the anti-war movement. She will talk about the emancipatory (quality) of socialism for women and how women can reach new levels of empowerment as we organize for the overthrow of capitalism.
EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/q789p47
The controversial activist, who inspired many and infuriated others, was gunned down Feb. 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights.
In honor of his legendary life–The Young Gifted and Black Coalition will be hosting a community forum centered around Black Power and Malcolm X’s contributions to the current MOVEMENT.
We will discuss what YGB’s mission and objective is. We also we discuss our demands and why they are important and how OUR demands are directly a result of the work of our ancestors including Malcolm X.
Malcolm X made it possible for us to stand without fear.
He was one of few who did not tailor his message or language to minimize negative reactions from white America.
YGB takes pride in following in his footsteps.
Join us for a night of conversation and Political Education!!
The time is NOW. #AllPowerToThePeople #BuildThePeopleNotTheJail
“Stop sweet-talking (the white man),” Malcolm said. “Tell him how you feel. Tell him how — what kind of hell you’ve been catching and let him know that if he’s not ready to clean his house up, he shouldn’t have a house. It should catch on fire and burn down.”
EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/l4hgmt9
This is the big day! Our goal is to get all of the UW campuses to have a day-of-action on the same day to illustrate solidarity in opposition to the proposed $300 million cuts to the UW System. We must act as a united body if we are to even stand a chance. Please join us! EVERYBODY from the community is welcome!! Click on the link below to join our group to stay in the loop! Just request to be invited–you will be accepted.
We are also organizing letter-writing and phone-banking campaigns. We have flyers, contact info, and templates for postcards that people can mail in to their representatives. Please contact Paul Ahrens for more info!
