Anti-racism Update 4.3.25

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AR QUIZ

  • Who was the first Black member of the Madison Common Council? 

EDUCATION

  • Prof. Stephen Kantrowitz of the UW-Madison Dept. of History gave this presentation at the Madison Friends Meetinghouse with information from his book “Citizens of a Stolen Land”. This is the story of how the Ho-Chunk people were forcibly removed from their homelands in Wisconsin, and how their non-violent resistance and the political events of the Reconstruction Era gained them the legal right to return as property-owning members of the community. The recording of the March forum presentation by Dr. Stephen Kantrowitz can be found on the MMM website: https://madisonfriends.org/ho-chunk-kantrowitz-3-9-25/ 

ACTION 

  • Save the Date: Voces de la Frontera Days Without Latinxs and Immigrants General Strike and Mass Marches on May 1st and 2nd. Come together in a powerful demonstration of our collective strength during work stoppage and mass marches. For more info go to vdlf.org
    Event in Milwaukee, May 1st at 9:30am. March to the Federal Courthouse.
    737 W Mitchell St Milwaukee, WI
    Event in Madison, May 2nd at 3pm. Brittingham Park
    829 W Washington Ave Madison WI
  • Sign this Petition to Change the name of Governor Dodge Park. Before Henry Dodge was Governor, he was commander of militia forces, displacing and committing violence against Indigenous Peoples. He also illegally brought enslaved people to Wisconsin and held them in forced labor for more than 12 years. Learn more about the untold history and sign this petition brought forward by Juniper Sundance to change the name of Governor Dodge Park. https://www.change.org/p/governor-dodge-state-park-name-change?source_location=search 

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