Category: Canvass

Get Ready to Get Out the Vote!

Folks, it’s crunch time. We need to finish the job:

  • Persuade Voters
  • Identify our Voters
  • Got our voters to the polls (GOTV)

This is what we need to do to win. And we all know we NEED to win!

Sign up for Get Out The Vote (GOTV) shifts Nov. 2 – 5. We will contact you with addition information about places and times.

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When can you Canvass for GOTV (Get Out The Vote)

Upcoming Events

Saturday, May 24, 12:00-1:00 PM: Stand for Peace: Honor the children of Gaza
Lincoln Memorial Drive across from Colectivo (at E. Lafayette Hill Rd), Milwaukee
  Organized by Peace Action Wisconsin: 
https://www.peaceactionwi.org

Sunday, May 25, 2:00-7:00 PM: George Floyd Day Block Party (5th anniversary of his murder)
All Peoples Gathering Church, 2600 N 2nd St, Milwaukee
Organized by Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist & Political
Repression: 
https://www.facebook.com/share/1CEKL2WKor/

Every Sunday, 3:00-4:00 PM Holding signs sharing important messages
On Miller Parkway, just south of Greenfield, in front of the Target sign 
 Questions? Contact Katie at kalywa_u@yahoo.com

Wednesday, May 28, 11:00 am to 12:00 noon: Protest Sen Ron Johnson
Outside the Newsroom Pub, 137 E Wells St, Milwaukee
     Organized by the Immigrant Solidarity & Action team at the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee: 
https://uumilwaukee.org/committees/immigrant-solidarity-action/

Saturday, June 14, 12:00-2:00 PM: Rally and march on nationwide day of defiance–NO KINGS!–organized by 50501, Indivisible, and others
Cathedral Square in Milwaukee (bordered by Wells to the south, Kilbourn to the north, Jackson to the east, and Jefferson to the west)
 Sign up at this link to get updates and reminders: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/786445/

Sunday, June 22, 11:00 am: No Roe, No Rest! March & Panel (3rd anniversary of Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade)Historic Water Tower, Milwaukee–meet to march     Panel Discussion, 1:00 at Zao Church, 2319 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee
Organized by Reproductive Justice Action — Milwaukee: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BeGhnGicc/

Wednesday, July 9: Judge Hannah Dugan’s pre-trial hearing (stay tuned for details about a rally outside the federal courthouse that day)

Monday, July 21: Judge Hannah Dugan’s trial begins (stay tuned for details about a rally outside the federal courthouse that day)

Resources re: protests and resources

Information on how to protest, anti-racism resources, and where to donate,

If you have been/plan to protest, here is where you can get tested for COVID-19: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/testing.htm

Here is a great place to find anti-racism resources, including articles, books, films, podcasts, etc.: https://medium.com/wake-up-call/a-detailed-list-of-anti-racism-resources-a34b259a3eea

If you are able, consider donating to one (or more) of the below organizations focussed on organizing, engaging, and empowering Black Wisconsinites:

  • Black Leaders Organizing Communities (BLOC): community-based organizing
  • Free the 350 Bail Fund: fund to bail out incarcerated Black folks in Dane County
  • Leaders Igniting Transformation (LIT):a youth of color-led organization in Milwaukee dedicated to “values-based issue and electoral organizing, direct action, advocacy for public policy, and leadership development”
  • Sherman Phoenix: a community-oriented space for small businesses created in the wake of protests in Sherman Park in 2016 following the killing of Sylville Smith by a Milwaukee Police officer
  • Urban Triage: a Madison-based organization focussed on “empower[ing] Black families to excel and believe in their ability to make a difference by way of crisis response, advocacy, psycho-education, community support services, intervention, leadership development and systems training.”
  • Justified Anger: an organization out of Madison that works to transform the face of leadership in the city, with an emphasis on empowering the African American family, through youth and adult leadership programs.