From YGB:
Rally Today and Tomorrow!
Dear YGB Supporter!
Join YGB and a coalition of groups and individuals for a rally today and tomorrow in Janesville the Holiday Inn.
Monday, March 28th 2016
6:00 pm Holiday Inn Express
3100 Wellington Pl
Janesville WIA bus will be leaving Pick up at 4:45 from Chazen Museum- 800 University Ave. Return to Madison by 9pm. Please invite others! We must show up en masse tonight and say NO MORE RACISM AND NO HATE IN OUR STATE! Let’s do this Wisconsin!
RSVP to fergusontomadison@gmail.comTuesday the rally will begin at 11:00 am in Janesville at the Holiday Inn.
This is a time to show up and show out! Trump’s rhetoric is spreading quickly with real racial violence. We have been fighting hard against state violence against Black people and the vast racial disparities. Let’s take the risks we need to stop any more overt racism in our state!
More information below.
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
YGBWhat: Protest Day Before Scheduled Trump Appearance at Holiday Inn
Where: Parking lot of Holiday Inn Express 3100 Wellington Pl, Janesville, WI 53546
When: 6:00pm, TODAY, Monday, March 26th, 2016
Janesville – On Monday, March 26th at 6:00pm, community members will rally at the Holiday Inn to call for the hotel to cancel Tuesday’s planned Trump rally. Holiday Inn agreed to host the event despite Trump’s discriminatory views and the pattern of violence directed toward peaceful protestors and people of color in his audiences. Given recent threats of violence toward local protest organizers, concerned community members are calling upon the Holiday Inn to keep this hate out of Wisconsin.
Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera Action, explained: “This is more than a free speech issue, this is a hate speech issue where Trumps messages are leading to racially based violence. By agreeing to host the event, the Holiday Inn is putting its workers and guests at risk.”
Protesters say Donald Trump is running on a platform of racism and dangerous intolerance which gives fuel to violence. In Southeastern Wisconsin, we are still reeling from the recent hate crime murder of neighbors for not speaking English. Protesters are calling upon the Holiday Inn to follow its own guidelines which say they “don’t tolerate racial discrimination” and cancel his event.
A petition hosted by Mijente calling on the hotel chain to reverse its decision to host has received over 2,000 signatures. The statewide multi-racial group of organizations and individuals organizing Monday’s rally plan to protest on Tuesday as well if the Holiday Inn does not cancel the event.
Kristen Brock-Petroshius, one of the organizers of the petition and protests, said: “Offering Trump a venue endangers Holiday Inn patrons, staff and protesters. As a member of the Janesville business community, the Holiday Inn should cancel this event and send a strong message to the public that Trump’s intolerance is not acceptable in our state.”
If the event is not cancelled, protests are planned for 11:00am Tuesday at the convention center.
Follow: #NoHateInOurState #HostForHate and #StopTrump on twitter
