A Very Successful Sendoff Supported the Pastors for Peace Caravan & MU Muralists — See these 2 followup events!Our June 27th event was quite a success. Over 75 people, ranging from MU students, staff & alum; adult Black sorority & many other African American women & others showing their support for the MU students whose mural was censored; Casa Maria Catholic Worker folks (they also received our extra food for their mission on the Westside); Central UMC, other Protestant & Unitarian congregants; and leaders & members of Mosque No. 3; to name a few. We raised nearly $1,000 in donations, and loaded c.40 packages of crutches, bikes, wheel chairs, medical books & supplies, etc. To see & follow the Caravan’s colorful progress in some 50 U.S. cities, follow Pastors for Peace’s Facebook page.
The Marquette U. students & staff gave a heartfelt presentation of their experiences with the mural project that the MU administration summarily destroyed & then it terminated the Center Director. For anyone interested, they have set up a study collective that will have its first meeting on Sunday, July 26th, with a discussion of Assata: An Autobiography.
Purdue Political Science Prof. Harry Targ began his talk with this moving poem on the conditions in Cuba that led to the 1959 Revolution, followed by his summary history of US/Cuba relations & the current status.
An expert on U.S. Foreign Policy and lecturer on political economy, Prof. Targ will also speak and lead a discussion on Thursday, July 23, at 7 pm at Milwaukee’s Riverwest Public House Cooperative, 815 E. Locust St., on Globalization, Austerity & Resistance – From Greece to Wisconsin.
