Kids March - September 30th
There is a rich history of children playing important roles in racial justice activism. On Sunday, September 30th, kids and their families gathered to uplift that history as well as the demands of the Movement for Black Lives to defund police and invest in Black people. Hundreds joined at Mc Pike Park looking for a way for their families to leave the ranks of the neutral and joined the urgency of this historic moment.
Allies for Black Lives - Madison, Urban Triage, several of Madison's child-centered organizations, and numerous organizations and businesses collaborated to host this event and to show a unified front of support for movement demands. There were several fun stations where kids could do chalking, decorate banners, make signs and noisemakers, and record videos. Books were disbursed that were purchased for the Little Free Libraries as part of the "Little Free Library Racial Justice Takeover."
Kids and their families marched to Orton Park where Ali Muldrow spoke about the importance of educating our children about race. There was also a short teach-in about movement demands and discussion about the need for our community to move with expediency to defund the Madison Police Department and invest in Black communities.
This event was supported by: Allies For Black Lives - Madison, Alvarado Real Estate, Atwood Barber Shop, Badger Rock Neighborhood Center, Banzo, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County, Black Umbrella Global, Cafe Coda, ChaCha Hair, Communication, Community Action Coalition of South Central Wisconsin, Dane County Time Bank, East Madison Community Center, Educators Actively Working Towards Antiracism, Eken Park Neighborhood Association, Facility Solutions co., Families for Justice, First Unitarian Society Social Justice Ministry, Four Lakes Greens, Freedom Inc, Free The 350 Bail Fund, Glen Stevens Elementary School, Goodman Center, Good Style Clothing Shop, Groundwork, GSAFE, Java Cat, Jenie Gao Studio, Johnson Public House, Justice for Londyn, Justified Anger, Lapham/Marquette PTG, Lazy Jane's, Lowell Community Organization, Lussier Community Education Center, Madison Church, Madison Monthly Meeting, Madison Reading Project, Madison Sourdough, Madison Teachers Incorporated, Marquette Neighborhood Association, MC Audio, Mickey's Tavern, Mindful Motion Physical Therapy, Morris Ramen, Mother Fools, MTI- Retired, Northside Planning Council, OutReach, Our Lives Magazine, Our Wisconsin Revolution Dane County, Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, Progressive Dane, Red Caboose Child Care Center, Raging Grannies, Roman Candle, Room of One's Own, Rooted Social Justice Center, Short Stack Eatery, Step Up for Equity, Supply Chain, Teaching Assistants' Association-Executive Board, Tenny Lapham Neighborhood Assoc, The Respite Center, The Shop, The Studio- The Creative Arts community at UW, Tip Top Tavern, Urban Triage, UW Madison BIPOC Coalition, Voces de la Frontera, Wheels For Winners, Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center Association, Women's International League For Peace & Freedom-Madison, WORT, WWWMV-LP (95.5FM).
Thank you to everyone that attended and supported this event!
For more information about this event, please click here.
To view all the pictures from this event, please click here and here.
Allies for Black Lives - Madison, Urban Triage, several of Madison's child-centered organizations, and numerous organizations and businesses collaborated to host this event and to show a unified front of support for movement demands. There were several fun stations where kids could do chalking, decorate banners, make signs and noisemakers, and record videos. Books were disbursed that were purchased for the Little Free Libraries as part of the "Little Free Library Racial Justice Takeover."
Kids and their families marched to Orton Park where Ali Muldrow spoke about the importance of educating our children about race. There was also a short teach-in about movement demands and discussion about the need for our community to move with expediency to defund the Madison Police Department and invest in Black communities.
This event was supported by: Allies For Black Lives - Madison, Alvarado Real Estate, Atwood Barber Shop, Badger Rock Neighborhood Center, Banzo, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County, Black Umbrella Global, Cafe Coda, ChaCha Hair, Communication, Community Action Coalition of South Central Wisconsin, Dane County Time Bank, East Madison Community Center, Educators Actively Working Towards Antiracism, Eken Park Neighborhood Association, Facility Solutions co., Families for Justice, First Unitarian Society Social Justice Ministry, Four Lakes Greens, Freedom Inc, Free The 350 Bail Fund, Glen Stevens Elementary School, Goodman Center, Good Style Clothing Shop, Groundwork, GSAFE, Java Cat, Jenie Gao Studio, Johnson Public House, Justice for Londyn, Justified Anger, Lapham/Marquette PTG, Lazy Jane's, Lowell Community Organization, Lussier Community Education Center, Madison Church, Madison Monthly Meeting, Madison Reading Project, Madison Sourdough, Madison Teachers Incorporated, Marquette Neighborhood Association, MC Audio, Mickey's Tavern, Mindful Motion Physical Therapy, Morris Ramen, Mother Fools, MTI- Retired, Northside Planning Council, OutReach, Our Lives Magazine, Our Wisconsin Revolution Dane County, Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, Progressive Dane, Red Caboose Child Care Center, Raging Grannies, Roman Candle, Room of One's Own, Rooted Social Justice Center, Short Stack Eatery, Step Up for Equity, Supply Chain, Teaching Assistants' Association-Executive Board, Tenny Lapham Neighborhood Assoc, The Respite Center, The Shop, The Studio- The Creative Arts community at UW, Tip Top Tavern, Urban Triage, UW Madison BIPOC Coalition, Voces de la Frontera, Wheels For Winners, Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center Association, Women's International League For Peace & Freedom-Madison, WORT, WWWMV-LP (95.5FM).
Thank you to everyone that attended and supported this event!
For more information about this event, please click here.
To view all the pictures from this event, please click here and here.
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