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NEWSLETTER - Sept. 10, 2018

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Join in Defunding ICE campaign
Readings and videos to make you think
Coming events

Here's how you can help

stop funding racist deportations

Rid Racism continues to work for justice for Milwaukeeans. ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) continues to be a threat for many of our neighbors. To help, Rid Racism is asking our members to answer the call to action on Tuesday, September 11th, for DefundHate-call-in Day to call Congress. Information is listed below. Let's answer the call for justice to create the beloved community.

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May you remember that all deserve to be treated humanely and justly to create the beloved community. No one is a throw away.

Co-Chairs Jaime Alvarado and Lisa Jones

Why ICE funding needs cutting!

ICE is seeking a special increase
in funding for immigrant detention.
ICE’s budget for immigration detention and enforcement has jumped by almost a billion dollars in the last two years through a combination of reckless spending and secretive transfers of money. And now they’re at it again, trying to get a special increase in funding for immigration detention in the short-term funding bill.

It is expected to be passed by the end of September. ICE is manipulating Congress to fund their terror.

This is a major threat to immigrant communities across the country.

Currently, 45,000 immigrants are detained under ICE custody every day where abuse, medical neglect and terrible conditions are rampant. ICE will use its newly inflated budget and bed numbers to start negotiations for the final 2019 spending bill -- further growing their hate-fueled detention and deportation machine.

Take action and urge your Members of Congress to #DefundHate:

Sign the #DefundHate coalition petition today telling Congress that they should be cutting funding for ICE, not expanding it.
Participate in a nationwide call-in day on Tuesday, Sept 11th. Call your Members of Congress at 1-844-332-6361 and organize your community to participate in the call-in day. Find script and social media materials here.

READINGS AND VIDEOS
TO MAKE YOU THINK

WHAT A REPORTER FOUND AT WHITE NATIONALIST EVENTS
From 'On the Media' NPR Broadcast. Aug. 31, 2018
Reporter Lois Beckett of The Guardian US discusses her coverage of white nationalist rallies as this NPR radio program discusses whether media coverage of white supremacy groups has been ineffective and may even be encouraging to such hate groups. Read more and listen to program.

WHEN AN INTERRACIAL KISS MADE NEWS
From Alternet News,
It's been nearly 50 years since popular television had its first interracial kiss. On Nov. 22, 1968, in an episode of "Star Trek," entitled "Plato's Stepchildren," William Shatner, as Captain Kirk, kissed Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Nota Uhura. Read more.

NORTH CAROLINA CONTROVERSY ERUPTS OVER CONFEDERATE STATUES
Charlotte News-Observer, Sept. 9, 2018
Though the Confederate statue of Silent Sam has been toppled (PHOTO, RIGHT), controversies continue in North Carolina as racist groups seek to restore the monument. New protests broke into chaos on Saturday, Sept. 8. Meanwhile the a state historical group is considering the possibility of re-locating the statue, with new markers to place it in historical perspective. Read more.

COMING EVENTS

'Black Men Don't Jump - Black Men, Mental Health & Suicide

6 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10. Progressive Baptist Church, 8324 W. Keefe Ave., Milwaukee
Sponsor: Miracle Mental Health
Join in a free community presentation, discussion and conversation to learn how to recognize risk factors and warning signs associated with suicidal thoughts and how the completion of suicide impacts communities of color. Click to register and more information.

Milwaukee County Budget Open House Sessions Scheduled
5 to 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10, Oak Creek Civic Center, 8040 S. 6th St., Oak Creek. Hosts: County Executive Chris Abele and Supervisor Dan Sebring.
5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11 at Kosciuszko Community Center, 2201 S. 7th St. Hosts: County Supervisor Steven Shea and two others.
5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 13 at West Allis City Hall, 7525 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis. Host: County Executive Chris Abele.
A brief presentation of the 2019 Milwaukee County Budget by county budget staff and elected officials, followed by opportunity for public comment.

'Color of Law' Book Discussion
5 to 6:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Sept 11 and 25. at Milwaukee Public Library Branch, 2727 W. Fond du Lac 'Ave.

Sponsor: Rid Racism MKE, Center Street Library, others
A discussion of "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America" by Richard Rothstein. "The Color of Law" is an explosive, alarming history that finally confronts how governments in the 20th century deliberately imposed residential racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide. This two-part discussion series is part of a citywide shared reading organized by Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Milwaukee.

There's no cost to attend, but we ask that you REGISTER TODAY ON RID'S FACEBOOK PAGE OR THROUGH EVENTBRITE so that we can plan materials and space accordingly.

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'Soup with Substance' Series Speaker Mark Rice
Noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12 at Haggerty Museum of Art on Marquette Campus, 1234 W. Tory Hill St.

In conjunction with the exhibition "Sable Elyse Smith: Ordinary Violence", the Haggerty Museum of Art will host "Soup with Substance" with guest speaker Mark Rice who will present "Organizing to Decarcerate Wisconsin and Build Safer, Stronger, and Healthier Communities." The talk will examine the emergence and evolution of both the ROC (Restoring Our Communities) Wisconsin Campaign to end mass incarceration and the #CLOSEmsdf Campaign. More Information.

Back-to-School Resource and Health Fair
10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15 at Social Development Commisssion (SDC), 1730 W. North Ave., Milwaukee
Sponsor: Social Development Commission. Co-sponsor: Families Moving Forward
FREE school supplies, food, health resources, and family-friendly entertainment. Parents who bring children entering K5 through 12th grade will receive a school supply kit for each child and receive health resources for the whole family. We are equipping over 200 students with school supplies for FREE.
Registration is FREE but REQUIRED. Register here.

UMOS Mexican Independence Parade & Festival
Sunday, Sept. 16. Parade 10 a.m. Festival begins Noon, running to 8 p.m.
Sponsor: UMOS
Parade starts at 20th and Oklahoma, east to S. 6th St., north to Rosedale, east to UMOS on S. Chase Ave. Free Admission. Food, live music, children's area, merchandise vendor and community resources booth. More information.

Parents Advocating for Cultural Equality and Educational Excellence
5 to 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 17, at Whitefish Bay High School in the Link
Sponsor: Parents Advocating for Cultural Equality and Educational Excellence - Pace3
Program, "Talking About Race: Understanding Our Own Racial and Cultural Identity," for parents, community members and Educators. Speaker: Dr. Erin Winkler, UWM, a widely published writer and speaker on racial and cultural identity. More information.

Sculpture Milwaukee Lecture Series
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19 at The Pfister Hotel, 424 E. Wisconsin Ave.
Host: Sculpture Milwaukee
A Free Event. Retired professional basketball player Desmond Mason will discuss his own career as an artist as well as interpret the Hank Willis Thomas sculpture, Liberty, 2015. This dramatic piece explores how identity and ideas of race are shaped by media and popular culture. Liberty is a life-sized, shiny purple bronze sculpture inspired by a 1986 found photograph of a Harlem Globetrotter. More information.

Racial Equity Workshop with Rev. Velda Love
3 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 22 at Plymouth Church, 2717 E. Hampshire St., Milwaukee
Host: Plymouth Church
The Rev. Dr. Velda Love, UCC Minister for Racial Justice, will hold an afternoon workshop titled “For God So Loved the World . . .” at Plymouth UCC in Milwaukee on September 22. This engaging and interactive workshop is an opportunity to join together with people of faith in “sacred conversations to end racism.” Please register.

Native American Land Rights: No Mining on Native Lands
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28-29, at Riverwest Jazz Gallery, 926 E. Center St.
Host: Native American Land Rights Conference
A Free Event. Friday event discussions from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday events include workshops beginning at 9 a.m. and discussions at 1 p.m. For information, call 414-269-9525

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