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NEW Upstander Training

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Date: 
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: 
Zoom Meeting

Have you wanted the skills to interrupt bullying or other harmful hehaviors and comments? Are you looking for tools to invite people into challenging conversations rather than shutting them down? Do you wonder when it’s appropriate to Stand, Speak and Act?

If so, this event is for you.

Become an agent for change and a co-creator of positive narratives about race and other identities in your places of influence. Participants will unpack real-life scenarios to enable them to challenge prejudice effectively in our community.

Sponsored by Lawrence University Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Open to all Lawrence students, staff, and faculty. Wider Appleton communtity cordially invited.

Facilitated by trainers from Common Talks.

RSVP to marijke.commontalks@gmail.com

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Demolishing the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Wisconsin

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Date: 
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: 
Zoom Meeting

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How do we end mass incarceration in Wisconsin?

By cutting off its food source: juveniles!

As we prepare to elect the next State School Superintendent, please join us for a timely discussion. 

Wednesday, February 10
6:30-8:00 PM
On Zoom: Click here to REGISTER

We will cover:

  • What is the school to prison pipeline?
  • How do we most effectively dismantle it?
  • How do we as parents, educators and beloved-community members protect our children from entering a system that turns into a life sentence?

Black History Month: Appleton Area School District

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Date: 
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: 
Zoom Meeting

appleton area school district logoCelebrate Black History

Appleton Area School District Black Student Union presents:

2021 Black History Month Celebration

The opening event, offered on Zoom, introduces Black History Month and features presentations and performances by AASD students and administrators, Appleton Mayor Jake Woodford and St. Louis singer LaToya Wilson.

Additional information available at the event Facebook page: www.facebook.com/events/941245783285549

To register use this link: 
  https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__0OY_tTmR4iqlZ8aFzHvaw

21-Week Equity Challenge - United Way Fox Cities

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212 Week Equity ChallengeUnited Way Fox Cities is offering a 21-week “Equity Challenge,” a powerful opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of how inequity and racism affect our lives and our community. The challenge begins on February 1 (but participants can join any time) and continues through June 21. Each Monday during the challenge, participants will receive an email with topics to explore to develop deeper interpersonal understandings, build a stronger awareness of current systems, and engage in opportunities to take action.United Way Fox Cities

More information (and sign-up link) available on the United Way Fox Cities website.

The Challenge is based on the work of Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., of the Green Bay Privilege Institute.

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Memorial for COVID Victims in Wisconsin Prisons

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Date: 
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 5:30pm
Location: 
State Prisons Around Wisconsin

For incarcerated lives lost to COVID Candlelight VigilPresident-elect Biden has asked the nation to mark a national COVID victims memorial on the eve of the Inauguration. See here for more about the memorial. WISDOM and EXPO leaders will lead Memorial Services in front of seven of the 14 Wisconsin prisons in which men and women have died of the virus. Prisons at which vigils will be held are listed below.

Details for all locations are the same:

Tuesday, January 19
5:30 pm
Masks are required and social distancing will be honored.

Please bring your own candle.

Please try to arrive by 5:15.

The memorial services will be brief and prayerful.

Fox Cities Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration

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Monday, January 18, 2021 - 6:00pm
Location: 
Virtual Event

“Living an Abolitionist Life: Resistance, Creativity, Hip Hop Civics Ed, Intersectionality, & Black Joy”

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bettina Love

Dr. Love will discuss how intersectionality and Abolitionist teaching creates a space where Black livesDr. Bettina Love matter and sensibilities are nurtured to engage communities in the work of fighting for visibility, inclusion, and justice. Her talk will end by calling all of us to engage in critical dialogues about racial violence, oppression, and how to make sustainable change in our communities. She will challenge us to envision a world built on Black joy, creativity, imagination, boldness, ingenuity, and the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists.

Featured Musical Performance: “Agitate: A Story Through Song,” performed by Griot B

Sponsored by African Heritage, Inc., Lawrence University Diversity and Intercultural Center, and Fox Cities Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee

Everyone welcome. No charge.

Advance registration required for this
online event.

 Register here.

⇐ Or register with your phone
by scanning this QR code.

A Seat at the Table of Power

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ESTHER encourages an African American to apply for appointment to the Grand Chute Police and Fire Commission

Background of racist social-media posts by police officer

Last summer ESTHER Organizer Bill Van Lopik was informed that Grand Chute Police Officer Laluzerne had posted racist comments on social media. Most of the posts were from high school, but a more recent one referred to Boogaloo, a white supremacist movement.

After connecting with a Black Lives Matter group, Bill and others from ESTHER joined a protest, at which Grand Chute Police Chief Greg Peterson agreed to meet with ESTHER President Gary Crevier. News surfaced that the department was conducting a thorough investigation of Laluzerne. Some wondered if an outside, unbiased individual or group should conduct such investigations. The officer was thoroughly questioned and “put on notice,” but was not disciplined or fired.1

Stand Against Racism in Burlington

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Date: 
Thursday, November 19, 2020 - 11:00am
Location: 
Zoom Meeting

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There is a big problem in Burlington, and it is getting worse.

There has been a rash of bullying and harassment of children of color in the Burlington schools. The Burlington Coalition for Dismantling Racism, a member of the Racine Interfaith Coalition and WISDOM, has been working to get authorities to take concrete action to protect black and brown children. They have received promises, but little more. In the meantime, the attacks have grown worse, and some Coalition members have even received death threats.

Please join affiliates from the WISDOM network THIS THURSDAY to let the people working to dismantle racism in Burlington know that we stand with them.  

Thursday, November 19
11:00 pm
Register here: Solidarity With Burlington.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Please join us if you can. This is a real opportunity to show support for our brothers and sisters who are striving for racial equity in a very difficult situation.

  • We will pray together
  • We will learn what is happening on the ground right now in Burlington
  • We will hear words of support from WISDOM and Gamaliel members from around the state and nation.
  • We will talk about what comes next and how we can all help.
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“White Privilege: Let’s Talk” Offered by First Congo Appleton

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White Privilege; Let's TalkAre you ready to take a hard, honest look at yourself, your church, and our community in terms of racism? The First Congo Anti-Racism Task Force believes that God is calling us to do the hard work necessary to educate ourselves about the systemic racism present in ourselves, our churches, and our community. 

Interested members of ESTHER are invited to participate in this group, which is focussed on learning to dismantle racism and be the change that needs to happen.

Cancelled -- Racial Justice Talking Circle

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Date: 
Thursday, October 1, 2020 - 10:00am - 6:00pm
Date: 
Friday, October 2, 2020 - 10:00am - 6:00pm
Location: 
Appleton Memorial Park, 1620 E Witzke Blvd, Appleton

The Native Justice Coalition, Menīkānaehkem, and ESTHER regret to announce we will be canceling our talking circles in Appleton due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in the Menominee Nation, Fox Valley, and the surrounding area. We will not be rescheduling these events in 2020, but plan on doing work in the Menominee Nation and Fox Valley in 2021.

Racial Justice Talking CirclesJoin members of Menīkānaehkem, the Native Justice Coalition and ESTHER in talking together about racial justice.

Update: Both events will be held at Memorial Park in Appleton.

(The similar event planned for Menīkānaehkem in Gresham on October 2 has been moved to the Appleton location due to COVID-19 restrictions on the Menominee Reservation.)

This event will be held outside, and community agreements will be in place that follow the CDC and State of Wisconsin COVID-19 safety guidelines.

Travel assistance is available. Gift cards and lunch are provided.

Please see attached agenda for more information about the event.

Please register in advance at https://www.nativejustice.org/racialjusticetalk. Attendance limited to twenty-five people each day.

Questions? sarah@nativejustice.org

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