Freedom March #4 - Feb. 7 in Winona

From Buffalo County Dems

On Saturday, Feb. 7th, concerned Wisconsinites in coordination with the Buffalo County Dems & Friends and the Winona Rapid Response Team will gather at the Latsch Island Beach (101 Latsch Sq, Winona, MN 55987). The exit is at the base of the Winona Bridge immediately after the green “Winona” road sign and crosses under the bridge toward Old Duke Road.

Freedom March #4 over the Winona Bridge will start at 1 PM. We will meet Minnesotans at the top of the bridge, and then proceed over to Windom Park (one block from the bridge) for brief comments from Puentes/Bridges Co-Founder (and Buffalo County's own) John Rosenow. For over 20 years, they have been building cultural bridges between the immigrants' home communities and our rural farming communities in west central Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota.

This will be a family friendly, peaceful, and non-violent event in the spirit of MLK Jr. (i.e. no "F" ICE signs, etc.). Bring your signs, flags, and voices.

Terry Schoonover, Chair, Buffalo County Dems & Friends

info@buffalodems.org, (608) 248-1100

Abolish Ice

 

ABOLISH ICE Protest

Solidarity Event

Hosted by La Crosse Indivisible

Saturday, January 31

Noon to 2 p.m.

State Road & Losey Blvd.

Click here for more info.

Flip the 3rd CD

 

Fundraiser for 3rd CD candidate Emily Berge

Sunday, February 1, 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Pearl Street Books, 323 Pearl Street

RSVP

General Strikes Change Everything

 

If you can, withhold your economic activity from this odious regime on Friday, January 30.

If you can, no work, no school, no shopping.

If you need something, find alternatives - locally owned, independent businesses; co-ops; second-hand, Etsy, allies ...

If you can, use the day to contact our elected  officials. Use 5Calls.org or Indivisible if needed. (Find your elected officials here.)

If you can, withdraw from Amazon, Target, Delta, Hilton, Enterprise, Home Depot--enablers of the occupation. Or spend time researching other collaborators. Boycotts work.

If you can, start disentangling from the oligarchs' networks - FB, IG, TikTok, etc. Here's a guide.

If you can, donate to StandWithMinnesota.com or local agencies like What I Need Now, Coulee Region Immigration Task Force, or Hunger Task Force.

If you can, find and read about or watch an online training about how to document, oppose, and protest ICE.

If you can, help Ellie Leonard comb through the released Epstein file documents.

If you can, connect with neighbors to strengthen our local support systems.

If you can, organize a Visibility Brigade.

If you can, write a blog post or letter to the editor.

Whatever you can do will make a difference. The general strikes here seem small and scattered but they matter.

More training

What kind of democracy sets up conditions that force its citizen to attend countless training sessions about how to stay safe from rampaging, unaccountable taxpayer-funded employees? But, here we are.

Immigrant Defense Network Brave of US Tour

 STAND WITH OUR FAMILIES

Constitutional Observer Training

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 5 to 7 p.m. 

Location TBA

February 5 EYES ON ICE - Document & Record Training . 7 p.m. Online 

Indivisible will cover the latest updates on ICE and CBP’s out-of-control and dangerous operations. We will talk through rights when documenting and recording law enforcement encounters, and how you can continue to take action.

RSVP NOW.

Community Defender Training Friday, Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. Online

This training will go over the Parental Interest Directive and parental rights and children’s rights in the ICE arrest, detention, and deportation contexts. We will also cover emerging risks in this enforcement environment and some ways that parents might navigate and lessen those risks.

This training is for non-attorney advocates, including organizers and others supporting community members facing immigration enforcement, as well as parents who might face arrest and detention. 

This training will be presented in English with Spanish simultaneous interpretation and is not eligible for CLE credit. 

REGISTER FREE

Saturday, Feb. 7 at Myrick Park: Bystander Intervention & De-Escalation Training. From 5 to 7 p.m. 

Goodwill offerings accepted to help pay for trainer expenses. Childcare available.