Online Defender Training

From laura:

December Community Defender Training:

Answering Your Most Frequently Asked Questions: Cars, Bystanders, Notarios, and More

Tuesday, December 16 at 3:30 p.m.

On December 16, we will close out the year by offering an hour-long training that will cover the most common questions we get following our Know Your Rights presentations. We will go over Fourth Amendment rights in vehicles, bystanders, how to avoid legal scams, and expedited removal. We will also offer the opportunity for attendees to ask their questions in the Q&A and will answer as many as time permits. This is your opportunity to ask your burning questions and review some of the more complex topics our Know Your Rights presentations cover!

This training is for non-attorney advocates, including organizers and others supporting community members facing immigration enforcement. This training will be presented in English with Spanish simultaneous interpretation and is not eligible for CLE credit. 

Questions? Please contact events@nipnlg.org.

REGISTER HERE.

Giving is good

Donate a meal for those at the La Crosse Warming Center. Sign up here.

Donate spare grocery bags to be transformed into mats. Contact Gabe at 608-509-4828 for details.

Donate gifts or money through La Crosse County's For Goodness Sake program. Contact the county at 608-784-HELP as soon as possible.

Donate household goods for someone else to use at the theExchange.

Donate food or money to Hunger Task Force or WAFER Food Pantry.

Donate necessities for those without housing through What I Need Now.

Check out more ways to give at La Crosse Local.

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks: Her life and legacy on civil rights activism

Thursday, December 11, from 11 a.m. to Noon Central 

Online only

Since her refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks became a central leader in the struggle for freedom and equality in the United States and a catalyst to the Civil Rights Movement. Seventy years later, the legacy of Rosa Parks still inspires movements for social change and collective action. 

On December 11, join the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings in honoring and reflecting on the 70-year legacy of Rosa Parks. Experts in civil rights history, Black women’s collective action, and economic development will share their reflections on the impact of Rosa Parks from 1955 to the present day. Panelists will discuss the next wave of civil rights policies, legislative action, and civic engagement.  

Viewers can submit questions via email at events@brookings.edu.

Since her refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks became a central leader in the struggle for freedom and equality in the United States and a catalyst to the Civil Rights Movement. Seventy years later, the legacy of Rosa Parks still inspires movements for social change and collective action. 

On December 11, join the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings in honoring and reflecting on the 70-year legacy of Rosa Parks. Experts in civil rights history, Black women’s collective action, and economic development will share their reflections on the impact of Rosa Parks from 1955 to the present day. Panelists will discuss the next wave of civil rights policies, legislative action, and civic engagement.  

Viewers can submit questions via email at events@brookings.edu.

REGISTER: https://connect.brookings.edu/register-to-watch-rosa-parks-civil-rights

 

Rally for ACA

Rally to Preserve the ACA!  Monday, December 15 from Noon-1:00pm in front of Derrick Van Orden's office, 210 7th St. S. We will rally to demand Derrick Van Orden vote to preserve the ACA subsidies! Sponsored by La Crosse County Dems.

And in the meantime, CALL CALL CALL.

House Democratic leaders have introduced a discharge petition designed to force consideration of legislation to extend expiring ACA tax credits for another three years.

The Democrats are hoping to entice a handful of moderate Republicans to endorse the petition, which will require 218 signatures to force a floor vote on the legislation over the objections of Republican leaders.

The battle over the enhanced ACA tax credits has consumed Capitol Hill throughout the history-making federal shutdown, as Democrats had demanded action on the tax credits as a condition of reopening the government.

Republicans, who have sought to repeal the ACA for years, rejected that demand, letting millions of Americans face skyrocketing health care premiums.

"We believe that the American people — given the Republican refusal to act and find a bipartisan path forward — should be given the same level of certainty that Republicans have continued to give the wealthy, the well-off and the well-connected,” said Hakeem Jeffries, referencing the massive tax breaks for billionaires granted in Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.

As part of the deal to end the Trump shutdown, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has guaranteed the Democrats a vote on the ACA tax credits in December. But Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has declined to make a similar commitment.

The House discharge petition is designed to go around Johnson and force the bill to the floor — if it can get a majority of House lawmakers to sign on.

While the ACA has been a partisan issue for years, some Republicans are already clamoring for an extension of the tax credits, urging GOP leaders to address the issue before the premium hikes go into effect on Jan. 1 — ahead of the midterm elections.  

Click “Start Writing” today to send a letter to your member of Congress to sign this discharge petition.

Note: Did you already send a letter? If so, then please dial the Capitol switchboard now at (202) 224-3121 to follow up with a call.

Data Centers & Water

From League of Women Voters:

DATA CENTER GOLD RUSH - Diving into Water Demands

Tuesday, December 9 at 6 p.m.

ONLINE 

Most of the recent articles and webinars on data centers focus on their energy use, but there is another significant concern: Water use. The reality is, in this modern gold rush, there are more proposed hyperscale data centers than our water resources can support. These proposed projects don’t fit into our permitting and regulatory systems. CURE is a leader on the rapidly emerging issues around data center development. 

As a leader on the rapidly emerging issues around data center development in the upper Midwest and nationally, CURE will share lessons learned about how a lack of transparency harms communities across the country. The reality is, in this modern gold rush, there are winners and losers, and currently there are more proposed hyperscale data centers than our infrastructure and resources can support. These proposed projects don’t fit into our permitting and regulatory systems. We will look at why this matters for our communities, with a focus specifically on water.

REGISTER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/WILWVDataCtrs