The Shepherd Express serves as a clearinghouse for all activities in the greater Milwaukee area that peacefully push back against discriminatory, reactionary or authoritarian actions and policies of the Donald Trump administration, as well as other activities by all those who seek to thwart social justice. We will publicize and promote actions, demonstrations, planning meetings, teach-ins, party-building meetings, drinking-discussion get-togethers and any other actions that are directed toward fighting back to preserve our liberal democratic system.
Thursday, July 26
Nonprofit Involvement in Lobbying and Voter Registration @ King Commerce Center (2745 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive), 10 a.m.-noon
Rid Racism Milwaukee will host a community leadership briefing about the results of the first-ever survey of Milwaukee nonprofit involvement in nonpartisan voter registration and lobbying efforts.
Candidate Forum @ Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (905 W. Wisconsin Ave.), 6-8 p.m.
Candidates for Wisconsin State Assembly District 16 and Milwaukee County Sheriff will take part in a community forum on issues important to the local faith-based and anti-mass incarceration communities. Assembly candidates Rick Banks, Brandy Bonds, Kalan Haywood II, Danielle McClendon-Williams and Supreme Moore-Omokunde have confirmed attendance. Sheriff candidates Earnell Lucas, Robert Ostrowski and Richard Schmidt have been invited.
Saturday, July 28
Talking to Kids About Race and Racism @ Alverno College Conference Center (3250 S. 43rd St.), 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, a licensed psychologist and owner of Beyond Words Psychological Services LLC in Denver, will discuss ways to talk to children about race and racism in a developmentally appropriate manner. This includes promoting positive racial identity development.
Peace Action Wisconsin: Stand for Peace @ the corner of Lincoln Memorial Drive and Lafayette Hill, noon-1 p.m.
Every Saturday from noon-1 p.m., concerned citizens join with Peace Action Wisconsin to protest war and, literally, “Stand for Peace.” Signs will be provided for those who need them. Protesters are encouraged to stick around for conversation and coffee afterward.
Power to the Polls @ Bradley Tech (700 S. Fourth St.), noon-5 p.m.
Organized by the same people who led the Women’s March, Power to the Polls will stop through 10 priority states that have experienced extreme voter suppression. The Wisconsin stop will be at Bradley Tech, and will include a rally, canvassing, phone and text banking, and more.
Democratic Socialists of America General Meeting @ Milwaukee Public Library (2566 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.), 1-2 p.m.
Milwaukee’s branch of the Democratic Socialists of America will meet at Milwaukee Public Library’s Bay View branch to discuss their mission of building progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly democratic socialist presence in American communities and politics.
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Tuesday, July 31
Pride in Professionals @ Company Brewing (735 E. Center St.), 6-9 p.m.
“Recently professionalism and licensed professionals have been under attack in Wisconsin by the Koch Brothers and their various minions and lackeys,” says the event’s Facebook page. Wisconsin State Assembly representatives, including Jonathan Brostoff and David Crowley, will host a night of celebrating Wisconsin’s professionals at Company Brewing.
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