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W I S C O N S I N ’ S L A R G E S T A F R I C A N A M E R I C A N N E W S P A P E R ELECTION WATCH 2020: GETTING OUT THE VOTE! Fiserv Forum and Miller Park won’t be used for early voting

On the area where the BMO Har- ris Bradley Center once rested, Possible legal challenge ‘When We All Vote,’ a nonprofit/nonpartisan voting or- cited as reason ganization, joined the city in holding a ‘Fuel the Vote’ food Due to legal challenge concerns, the city drive and voter registration event. Individuals and families of Milwaukee Election Commission is were able to register to vote and announced that Miller Park and the Fiserv receive food from the comfort of their automobiles as volunteers Forum will not be used as an in-person followed distancing protocols of absentee “early” voting for the November wearing masks and gloves while assisting participants. 3 Presidential Election. —Photos by Yvonne Kemp The city had previously added “Unfortunately, the addition of counted,” said Claire Woodall- will be counted in the election and cations that are geographically P. Zeidler Municipal Building both locations in response to the these two sites could be legally Vogg, Milwaukee Election Com- this action reflects that commit- spread out across the city. The city (841 N. Broadway), Midtown COVID-19 pandemic and a desire challenged due to a recent court mission Executive Director. ment.” had three sites in November 2016 Center (5700 W. Capitol) and to meet public demand for early ruling, and we don’t want to do “We want residents of Milwau- Woodall-Vogg noted that the and eight sites in November 2018. Zablocki Library (3501 W. Okla- voting by the safest means avail- anything that could risk a city of kee to feel complete and unwaver- city is still offering a record 13 in- Beginning Tuesday, October homa) will be open Monday able. Milwaukee voter’s ballot being ing confidence that their ballot person absentee “early” voting lo- 20th, three of the sites, the Frank (continued on page 7) Gettin’ Souls to the Polls! D.A. won’t charge ‘Tosa cop in fatal Alvin Cole shooting Compiled by MCJ Editorial Staff Joseph Mensah Alvin Cole Milwaukee County Dis- “In this case, there is sufficient therefore could not meet the bur- trict Atty. John Chisholm evidence that officer Mensah had den required to charge Officer Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. an actual subjective belief that will not file criminal charges Mensah.” (MHSI) recently joined the faith- deadly force was necessary and Mensah had been suspended based organization “Souls to the against Wauwatosa Police that belief was objectively reason- from the Wauwatosa Police De- Polls” in registering individuals to Officer Joseph Mensah for able,” said Chisholm about his de- partment while an investigation of vote while, at the same time, get the fatal shooting of 17-year- cision. the shooting by the district attor- “I don’t believe that the State tested for COVID-19 at its MLK ney’s office was conducted. old Alvin Cole outside May- could disprove self-defense or de- Heritage Health Center at 2555 N. fair Mall in February. fense of others in this case and (continued on page 9) MLK Drive. A similar event was happening at MHSI’s Isaac Coggs If you’re Heritage Health Center on Silver Council president Spring Drive.—Kemp photos no longer Johnson notes extension ‘On Paper,’ of the U.S. Census to you can October 31, urges VOTE! community to be counted Wisconsinites who are in prison, With the deadline to or out of prison but on probation, complete the 2020 Cen- parole, or extended supervision can- sus extended through Oc- not vote. HOWEVER, if you’ve completed tober 31, Common your sentence (which includes pa- The Milwaukee Council President Cava- role, probation or supervision)—it’s lier Johnson urges all res- Urban League MUL holds called ‘off paper’—you’re AUTO- (MUL) recently ‘Ballot MATICALLY allowed to vote in idents who haven’t held its second Bash!’ Wisconsin! responded to the census “Ballot Bash” at According to Karyn Rotker, a sen- to take advantage of the the Midtown Pick ior staff attorney with the ACLU Ald. Johnson ‘N Save, 5700 W. Capitol Drive. The effort (American Civil Liberties Union) of extension and do so. was a way to increase voter participation Photos by Wisconsin, felons will have to reg- “As I’ve been sharing for months, having an accurate census count ister (or reregister) to vote, because and voter engagement in the Black commu- Yvonne is vital to help support funding for community resources and services, a felony conviction will cause the as well as making sure we have fair representation in our government,” nity for the upcoming presidential election. Kemp (continued on page 4) (continued on page 4) The Milwaukee Community Journal•October 7, 2020•Page 2

An SJA stu- SJA Receives dent shows off the garden she Scooby-Doo Doo planted at home, thanks to a grant from Good Grant for Scooby-Doo Pollinator Garden Doo Good. St. Joseph Academy (SJA) staff and students got their hands dirty to make Milwaukee’s South Side just a little bit greener! Thanks to a Scooby-Doo Doo Good Grant, SJA staff mem- bers were able to plant a pollinator garden full of species that benefit bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. The garden, lo- cated at the corner of 17th and Oklahoma streets, was com- pleted this summer. Resource Development Manager Kim Schubring and teachers Katie Schober, Jennifer Lubeck, and Marissa Tsicouris participated in the project. Ten SJA students in grades 5-8 participated in design meet- ings to learn about the project and pollinators, designed their own model gardens, and compiled ideas to build a shared model for the final garden. The chosen plants, all native to the Wisconsin area, will support a variety of pollinating insects. Most native pollinator plants have well-developed root systems, decreasing erosion and absorbing more water during heavy rain events. “Through this process, students developed research, design, teamwork, and communication skills,” said Katie Schober, middle school science teacher at SJA. Of course, the flowers will add beauty to the SJA sign and entrance area. The types of plants featured in the gar- den are bellflowers, cardinal flowers, early sunflowers, coreopsis, wild lupines, coneflowers, royal catchfly, prairie onions, purple prairie coneflowers, prairie blazing stars, mountain mint, and three varieties of milkweed to support monarch butterflies. Students are engaging in distance learning and were unable to help with the planting onsite; however, that did not stop SJA from making sure students were still deeply involved in the process. The students received their own plants and tools to do some gardening of their own at home. Eighth grade student Guadalupe Antonio Rubio en- joyed planning and designing the garden, as well as picking out the flowers. Antonio Rubio learned that it is important to keep pollinator animals safe and healthy by providing food for them. “I think this is important because bees provide honey for us and that is something tasteful and joyful,” she said. The Milwaukee Community Journal•October 7, 2020•Page 3 City of Milwaukee Polling Locations By District District One UWM Sandburg Hall 7001 N 86th St Lyons Park Pavilion Milwaukee Police Safety 3400 N Maryland Av 3301 S 55th St Academy Milwaukee Sign 6680 N Teutonia Av Plymouth Church Language School Audubon School 2717 E Hampshire St 7900 W Acacia St 3300 S 39th St Thurston Woods Elementary School St Mark's Episcopal Clara Barton School District Twelve 5966 N 35th St Church 5700 W Green Tree Rd Longfellow School 2618 N Hackett Av 1021 S 21st St New Beginnings Are Thoreau School Possible Maryland Av Montessori 7878 N 60th St South Division High School 6100 N 42nd St School 1515 W Lapham Bl 2418 N Maryland Av Green Tree Preparatory McGovern Park Academy Becher Terrace Apartments Senior Center East Library 6850 N 53rd St 1800 W Becher St 4500 W Custer Av 2320 N Cramer St Kluge School United Community Center Barack Obama Urban Ecology Center 5760 N 67th St 1028 S 9th St School of CTE 1500 East Park Pl 5075 N Sherman Bl District Ten Independence First Riverwest Elementary Dineen Park Pavilion 540 S 1st St Mount Olive Baptist MBC School 6601 W Vienna Av 5277 N 36th St 2765 N Fratney St Allen-Field Elementary Milwaukee School of Lan- Central City Cyberschool Enderis Playground School Villard Square Branch Arlington Court Apartments guages 4340 N 46th St Fieldhouse 730 W Lapham Bl 5190 N 35th St 1633 N Arlington Pl Congress School 2938 N 72nd St Firehouse - Engine 22 5225 W Lincoln Creek Dr Hayes Bilingual School Marvin Pratt School Riverview Apartments 8814 W Lisbon Av Center Street Park Pavilion 971 W Windlake Av 5131 N Green Bay Av 1300 E Kane Pl Fifty - Third Street School 6420 W Clarke St Cooper Park Pavilion 3618 N 53rd St Kosciuszko Community Milwaukee Excellence Charles Allis Art Museum 8701 W Chambers St Sherman School Center Charter 1801 N Prospect Av Albright United Methodist 5110 W Locust St 2201 S 7th St 4950 N 24th St Eighty - First Street School Church Cass Street School 2964 N 81st St 5555 W Capitol Dr Milwaukee French Immer- Modrzejewski Playground Rufus King High School 1647 N Cass St sion School Fieldhouse 1801 W Olive St District Six Parklawn Assembly of 2360 N 52nd St 1020 W Cleveland Av District Four Ben Franklin School God Church Atkinson Library Charles Allis Art Museum 2308 W Nash St 3725 N Sherman Bl Neeskara School Lincoln Avenue School 1960 W Atkinson Av 1801 N Prospect Av 1601 N Hawley Rd 1817 W Lincoln Av Metropolitan Baptist DPW Field Headquarters New Hope Missionary Bap- Convent Hill Apartments Church 3850 N 35th St MPS - Administration District Thirteen tist Church 455 E Ogden Av 1345 W Burleigh St Boys & Girls Club - Mary Building Curtin School 2433 W Roosevelt Dr Ryan 5225 W Vliet St 3450 S 32nd St Frank P Zeidler Municipal St Mark Quality of Life 3000 N Sherman Bl Disrict Two Building Center II Hawley School Morgandale School Kluge School 841 N Broadway 1530 W Atkinson Av Keenan Health Center 5610 W Wisconsin Av 3635 S 17th St 5760 N 67th St 3200 N 36th St Central Library - Centen- Douglas Complex School Wisconsin Firehouse - Engine 12 Madison High School nial Hall 3620 N 18th St Children Outing Humane Society 2130 W Oklahoma Av 8135 W Florist Av 733 N 8th St Association 4500 W Wisconsin Av LaFollette School 2320 W Burleigh St Holt Playground Bryant School Highland Gardens 3239 N 9th St Ben Franklin School MacDowell Montessori Fieldhouse 8718 W Thurston Av Apartments 2308 W Nash St School 1716 W Holt Av 1818 W Juneau Av Green Bay Ave 6415 W Mt Vernon Av Maple Tree School Playground Fieldhouse Washington High School Saveland Park Pavilion 6644 N 107th St Marquette Alumni Memo- 3818 N 8th St 2525 N Sherman Bl Dyer Playground 3700 S 2nd St rial Union Fieldhouse Vogel Park Pavilion 1442 W Wisconsin Av Martin Luther King Jr District Eight 151 N 80th St Burdick School 8601 W Lancaster Av School Doerfler School Cannon Park Pavilion 4348 S Griffin St Wisconsin Conservatory of 3275 N 3rd St 3014 W Scott St 303 N 95th St Water Tower Grantosa Drive School Lifelong Learning School 4001 S 6th St 4850 N 82nd St 1017 N 12th St Clinton Rose Burnham Playground Luther Burbank School Senior Center Fieldhouse 6035 W Adler St Wilson Commons-The Greater Holy Temple Chris- James E Groppi High 3045 N MLK Jr Dr 1755 S 32nd St Polonaise Assisted Living tian Academy School District Eleven 1400 W Sonata Dr 5575 N 76th St 1312 N 27th St Fratney School Doerfler School Zablocki Library 3255 N Fratney St 3014 W Scott St 3501 W Oklahoma Av Lowell School School Milwaukee Academy of 4360 S 20th St 5354 N 68th St Chinese Language School Oliver Wendell Holmes OASIS Senior Center Manitoba School 2430 W Wisconsin Av School 2414 W Mitchell St 4040 W Forest Home Av Sholes Campus School Lancaster School 2463 N Buffum St 4965 S 20th St 4931 N 68th St Merrill Park Apartments Boys & Girls Club - Don & Milwaukee Spanish 222 N 33rd St Holton Terrace Apartments Sallie Davis Immersion School IDEAL School Silver Spring Neighbor- 2825 N Holton St 1975 S 24th St 2765 S 55th St 1420 W Goldcrest Av hood Center College Court Apartments 5460 N 64th St 3334 W Highland Bl Northcott Neighborhood Clarke Square Park Fairview School Garland School House Pavilion 6500 W KK River Pkwy 3120 W Green Av Marshall High School District Five 2460 N 6th St 2330 W Vieau Pl 4141 N 64th St Vincent High School Wedgewood Park Victory School 7501 N Granville Rd Housing Authority Public Mitchell Court Apartments International School 2222 W Henry Av Indigenous Peoples’ Park Safety Buildling 2600 W National Av 6506 W Warnimont Av Holler Park Pavilion Pavilion River Trail School 650 W Reservoir Av 5151 S 6th St 7301 W Courtland Av 12021 W Florist Av U.S. Grant School Divine Peace Lutheran Parkview School Hillside Family 2920 W Grant St Church District Fourteen Milwaukee Environmental 10825 W Villard Av Resource Center 3203 S 76th St Bay View Library Sciences School 1452 N 7th St District Nine 2566 S Kinnickinnic Av 6600 W Melvina St Engelburg School Firehouse - Engine 38 Milwaukee Spanish 5100 N 91st St Carver Academy of Math & 8463 N Granville Rd Immersion School II South Shore Park Pavilion District Three Science School 3575 S 88th St 2900 S Shore Dr Gordon Park Pavilion Milwaukee German Immer- 1900 N 1st St Fletcher Elementary 2828 N Humboldt Blvd sion School School Alcott Elementary School Humboldt Park Pavilion 3778 N 82nd St District Seven 9520 W Allyn St 3563 S 97th St 3000 S Howell Av Locust Court Apartments Hampton School 1350 E Locust St Craig Montessori School 5000 N 53rd St Spirit Life Church Redeemer Evangelical Milwaukee Parkside 7667 W Congress St 9445 N 76th St Free Church School for the Arts UWM Sandburg Hall Banner Prep/Assata High 7735 W Howard Av 2969 S Howell Av 3400 N Maryland Av Emerson School School Goodrich School 9025 W Lawrence Av 8251 N Celina St Whitman School Lincoln Court Apartments Riverside High School Ninety - Fifth Street School Samuel Clemens School 4200 S 54th St 2325 S Howell Av 1615 E Locust St 3707 N 94th St 3600 W Hope Av Stuart School (continued on page 4) The Milwaukee Community Journal•October 7, 2020•Page 4 Priorities USA Partners Polling Locations By District (continued from page 3) Campus School Washington Park Library Firehouse - Engine 31 1011 W Center St 2121 N Sherman Bl with Prominent Faith 2400 S 8th St Northside YMCA Hi-Mount Blvd School Pulaski Indoor 1350 W North Av 4921 W Garfield Av Groups to Reach Swimming Pool 2701 S 16th St Boys & Girls Club - Housing Authority Lavarnway 5003 W Lisbon Av Religious Voters Ohio Playground 2739 N 15th St Digital partnerships and a $625,000 investment reflects Fieldhouse Gwen T Jackson School Washington Park 974 W Holt Av 2121 W Hadley St Senior Center commitment to turning out faith voters, building on 4420 W Vliet St ongoing work done by Priorities USA Lighthouse Youth Center Frances Starms Disc 1132 W Oklahoma Av Learning Ctr School Cherry Court Apartments WASHINGTON, DC — Priorities USA is announcing partnerships with three prominent faith groups to 2035 N 25th St 1525 N 24th St provide support for extensive outreach and organizing efforts to mobilize voters of faith in the 2020 elec- Tippecanoe Library tions. These investments — which include $625,000 in direct financial support, as well as providing addi- 3912 S Howell Av West Side Story School tional digital and communications support — reflect our strong commitment to turning out religious voters Clement Avenue School Academy I School 3815 W Kilbourn Av in November. 3666 S Clement Av 1945 N 31st St We are proud to support the im- Fiserv Forum portant work of the following or- Humboldt Park Pavilion ganizations: Center Street Library 1111 Vel R. Phillips Av • Faith in Public Life Action 3000 S Howell Av 2727 W Fond Du Lac Av Fund: Priorities is contributing Miller Park $200,000 to support FPL Action’s Fernwood Ralph H Matcalfe School 1 Brewers Way ongoing efforts to reach religious Montessori School 3400 W North Av voters across the country, as well 3239 S Pennsylvania Av Source: as helping to fund a digital ad Washington High School city.milwaukee.gov campaign specifically targeting District Fifteen voters of faith in Wisconsin, a 2525 N Sherman Bl key battleground state. In addi- North Division tion to financial support, Priori- Council president Johnson ties’ in-house digital team is No longer on providing media targeting, test- comments on Census extension ing, planning and buying services paper? You for the Wisconsin campaign. (continued from front page) Can Vote! said Alderman Johnson. • Black Church PAC: Priorities (continued from front page) “I’m asking residents who have not completed the census on their is investing $225,000 in Black felon’s name to be removed from own, or with assistance from an enumerator, to take 10 minutes and Church PAC’s crucial work or- the voter rolls. complete the census today. ganizing voters of faith, including Those who are in prison or jail “It’s one small way in which you can make a big impact in your com- those in Florida, Michigan, Wis- without a felony CAN VOTE from munity.” consin and Georgia. This support will help power the organization’s efforts to engage two million voters in inside a jail or prison. 2020 census data will be used to determine the fair allocation of more “You may have people who have those key battleground states through phone and text banking, as well as daily trainings and activations with than $675 billion in federal funds each year over the next 10 years to been convicted of misdemeanors, Black Church leaders and influencers — ultimately mobilizing one million voters as part of the “Souls to states and local communities. the Polls” program. you also may have people awaiting trial who have not yet been con- This money helps support education, housing, health programs and more. Wisconsin receives $12.6 billion annually based on census data. • Faith 2020: Priorities is donating $200,000 to fund Faith 2020’s online and offline organizing work with victed of anything,” Rotker said on WUWM’s ‘Lake Effect’ program For every resident that goes uncounted, Wisconsin risks losing $1,600 faith voters in Pennsylvania and Florida, with a particular focus on the Latino community. In addition to our every year over the next 10 years. financial contribution, Priorities’ in-house digital team is providing ongoing support on targeting and con- discussing how to overcome obsta- cles to voting in Wisconsin. The census data will also determine how many seats Wisconsin has tent for Faith 2020’s digital campaigns. “And if you have not had your in the U.S. House of Representatives and in election wards – meaning trial yet and not yet been found an accurate count helps provide fair and equal representation. • These new partnerships serve to augment the significant faith-focused work that Priorities USA has guilty or not pled guilty, then you Completing the census, which consists of nine questions, takes min- been engaged in throughout the 2020 cycle. From carefully tracking the public opinion of religious voters are not yet convicted. So, you can as part of our best-in-class polling and modeling operation to lifting up the voices of faith leaders in battle- utes and can be done online by visiting www.My2020Census.gov or ask for an absentee ballot,” Rotker ground states on our own digital channels, Priorities has been doing this work for the better part of two by calling 1-844-330-2020. said. There are 13 different language options for respondents and your in- years — and we encourage others to join us in supporting leaders like FPL Action, Black Church PAC and The ACLU lawyer said if those Faith 2020 to increase our impact. formation is kept private. Information disclosed in census surveys can- wanting to participate in the electo- not, by law, be shared with any law enforcement agencies and is stored rial process encounter any issues, confidentially, without personally identifiable information. •“For millions of voters of faith, this election poses a fundamental question: What kind of country do they should go to ‘Wisconsin Elec- To date, Milwaukee’s self-response rate is 61%, which trails the state we want to be?” said Guy Cecil, Chairman of Priorities USA. “From immigration to racial justice to income tion Protection’ on Facebook, tweet- inequality, the issues on the ballot this November resonate with the most deeply held principles of Ameri- ing @EPWisco or calling self-response rate of 72% and national self-response rate of 66.7%. cans of every creed. We couldn’t be more excited to partner with these great faith leaders to ensure that reli- 866-Our-Vote.—Source: WUWM Milwaukee is outpacing many of its peer cities, but is still behind its gious voters’ voices are heard at the ballot box.” 89.7FM 2010 census response rate of 68%. GETGET YOURYOUR WEEKWEEK ENDEND EDITIONEDITION ONLINE!ONLINE! ith area churches closed due to WWthe COVID-19 pan- demic and the city’s “stay-at-home” order, the Mil- waukee Communnity Journal’s WEEKEND EDITION can now be found and read ONLINE! Just go to milwaukeecommunityjournal.com and click on the cover of the WEEKEND EDITION! You will then be able to read it online the same way you can read the MCJ online! The Milwaukee Community Journal•October 7, 2020•Page 5 QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I AM AMERICA! I am the part you won’t recognize. But GET USED TO ME!”—Muhammad Ali PERSPECTIVESthe court. James Madison is the author of the ‘three-fifths compromise,’ which PERSPECTIVESFirst, your honor, the moratorium is not an actual law, per se, but a categorized Africans as 3/5th of a human. political dictate designed to negate the possibility that an otherwise Most racist presidents did not restrict their bias to Africans; they party pawn will question—much less criticize—a party candidate, also believed Native Americans—Indians, and Mexicans—were also even if the said candidate has a shakey resume. inferior. As Biden himself has posited, our showing any type of independ- Abe Lincoln was responsible for executing the ‘Dakota 38,’ the ence is to draw into question our Blackness. largest mass hanging in American history. SIGNIFYIN’By Mikel Kwaku Osei Holt The DNC moratorium also assumes African Americans are so Washington ordered the total extermination of the Iroquois in 1779. gullible or naive that we would even consider casting a vote for a But let's keep our focus on Africans. known racist and habitual liar versus a respectful-- albeit flawed--De- Lincoln and his second vice president, Andrew Johnson, were both mocratic Party nominee. card-carrying racists. For the past six decades, your honor, we have overwhelmingly— In an 1858 speech, ‘Honest Abe’ said while slavery should be exor- some say myopically—voted for the Democratic Party nominee, no cised from the American soul, eliminating that 'peculiar institution did matter his record or the party platform. not mean he believed we were equal. We obviously won't stop now when there is a clear distinction, and In the speech, Lincoln said Africans were inferior and should not be the alternative is an honorary member of the KKK. given the right to vote or miscegenate. In fact, that said, research shows while most of us are not enthusias- Johnson, not to be confused with another racist, Andrew Jackson, tic about Biden, we are looking past him at the expected possibility was the worst bigot to occupy the 'Whites Only House.' that his running mate could end up signing the checks. He not only removed federal troops from the south, but invalidated Technically, your honor, like 92% of African American voters, I am General Williams T. Sherman's ‘40-acres and a Mule’ commitment not a card-carrying, dues-paying member of the party; but instead, and gave the KKK free reign in restoring a system of neo-slavery. someone who almost exclusively votes for its candidate, even if he is A loyal Confederate, Johnson was selected by Lincoln to placate the the lesser of two evils. south as the Civil War drew to a close. He (obviously) hated people of But I regress and thus 'object' to my own testimony. color, and opposed Lincoln's plan to send our ancestors back to Africa My obligation as a member of the Black Press—an arm of the civil because our labor was needed here. rights movement—is to educate and inform my tribal brothers and sis- Johnson wanted to create a system of neo-slavery to assist the south ters. As a Fourth Estate member, my constitutional right to criticize or in restoring its economy. question supersedes the party mandate. But let's jump into the 20th century, your honor. As such, I would be remiss to ignore a His-storical misconception, Woodrow Wilson applauded a personal showing of 'Birth of a Na- particularly one that epitomizes what Carter G. Woodson called the tion;' and Teddy Roosevelt, who served as an officer over a troop of 'Miseducation of the American Negro;' cementing another brick in the Buffalo Soldiers during the battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish- wall of apartheid. American war, believed Africans and Native Americans were inferior. From that perspective, I guess I should thank Biden for this teach- Of our Brown cousins (indigenous people…American Indians), able moment. Teddy once said: "I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indi- A I don't know what kind of education he received, but I can only as- ans are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of ten are, and I shouldn't B C sume it was the biased propaganda most of us were victimized with like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth." before the great awakening—the Black Power Movement. I was, at one point, a fan of Teddy since learning of his occasional Truth is, despite Biden's flippant comment about 45IQ, many, if not progressive actions. He, for example, fought against systemic racism. Criticizing the most U.S. presidents were racists, if not bigots. Of particular note were his actions following the nation's first African Our government school teachers spoke with forked tongues, telling American postmaster—Minnie Cox’s—dismissal after a racist cam- us George Washington cut down a cherry tree, and Abe Lincoln could- paign against her in Mississippi. n't tell a lie. Or was it the other way around? Roosevelt continued to pay Cox's salary and ‘pimp-slapped’ her per- Democratic In fact, let's start with the very first president, Washington, who was petrators by rerouting their mail 30 miles away until they restored her among the dozen presidents who owned African slaves, dehumanized position. them and treated like chattel. He owned 317 'human beings' (Hue- Modern-day presidents—Republicans, and Democrats, conservative nominee? men), and according to one report, didn't smile with 'wooden teeth,' and liberal racists—have also been ignored by Biden. but instead had the incisors of his best chattel removed and made into Obviously, he won't point the finger at Bill Clinton, since Biden also dentures. voted for Clinton's racist Omnibus Crime Bill. Thomas Jefferson, the owner of over 200 'slaves,' would be by While some ignorant Black folks called Clinton 'the first black Yes, I’m Guilty today's ethos, a rapist. But he was an equal opportunity racist, having (small b) president, if racism includes harming a specific ethnicity by ordered any Native American who would not assimilate be extermi- word or action, Clinton—who also ended affirmative action—was a nated. racist. As Charged! Indeed, when the government teachers called Washington and his And what about Ronald Reagan? I'm old enough to remember De- comrades the 'fathers' of our nation, they meant it literally. They mocrats calling him racist, along with Richard ‘Tricky Dick’ Nixon Yes, your honor, I confess to violating the dropped seeds among more slaves than can be imagined. and George Bush. The only presidential slave owner I would make an exception for I'll be honest, your honor, Biden was not my top choice for the party Democratic Party moratorium on criticizing would be Ulysses S. Grant, who was 'given' one by his father-in-law. nomination; he was actually number five. And l still have lingering its presidential candidate within the shadow History reveals Grant considered William Jones (the slave he was animosity over his insulting comment in which he had the nerve to de- given), a friend. He treated him like a family member before freeing fine 'Blackness.' of the fall election. him. But I should be given credit for not bringing up his many negatives, I also admit to questioning Joe Biden's grasp of history (vs. His- Grant also tried to remove from the nation the vestiges of White na- as exemplified by Cory Booker and Kamala Harris during the primar- story), as evidenced by his statement that Donald Trump is America's tionalism. ies. first racist president. And even if you could somehow excuse away slavery (the blasphe- But I couldn't let his naïve or rhetorical statement go without com- But before you pass down sentencing, there are unique circum- mous belief that it is condoned in the Bible), the fact that the presiden- ment. For the record, the Trumpster is a bigot (a racist with power). stances that must be considered before I throw myself on the mercy of tial 'property owners' justified their inhumanity by explaining Africans But he wasn't alone in that fraternity. He wasn’t the first; and you can were inferior is a hallmark of racism. rest assured he won’t be the last. But that's not the only criteria and example of racism, or in the case Case dismissed.—Hotep. of presidents, bigotry. A: Washingon B: Lincoln C: Roosevelt

that was still segregated four decades after I knew we were in trou- Brown v. Board of Education in the heart of the ble when I couldn’t find a Deep South. I wasn’t angry even when I watched my old- way to not be angry, be- est brother, my hero, be taken away in hand- cuffs for murdering a white man when I was a cause I had never been 9-year-old boy. He served 32 years, upending angry before, not in a sus- our family forever. Guilt is what I felt instead of anger. It’s akin to the guilt white liberals who tained way. It started when go overboard in their efforts feel and are often guided by as they try to appease black people Donald Trump was because of the racial harm they know black peo- ple have suffered since before this country’s elected. founding. If a black man like me was having trouble Mine was a black guilt, a guilt stemming corralling his anger, I knew it meant that anger Image by Jamiel Law from the knowledge that my black brother had among black people had to have risen to biblical irreparably hurt a poor white family, guilt that proportions and could ignite given the right helped persuade me to try to make it up to white spark. I’M FINALLY people as best I could. I was right. It has risen, and it’s erupting in That’s why for a long time in my writings, I cities in all 50 states. was more likely to focus on all the white people When I saw a video of police officers kneel- AN ANGRY who didn’t yell “Nigger!” out their windows as ing with demonstrators taking part in protests they drove by as I jogged along Ocean Boule- sparked by the killing of George Floyd under vard in Myrtle Beach, S.C., instead of those the tag “This is how change begins,” I wasn’t BLACK MAN who did. That’s why I spent nearly two decades inspired. I only grew angrier, knowing that none in a mostly white evangelical church. That’s of this would have been necessary if those cops I suppressed my why I tried to thread the needle on the Confed- had been willing to take a knee four years ago erate flag, speaking forthrightly about its ori- when Colin Kaepernick took his. They could rage about racism gins, but carefully so as not to upset my white have helped usher in an era of radical reform of for decades. No friends and colleagues who revered a symbol of the way we are policed instead of deeming the the idea that black people should forever be en- nonviolent gesture un-American. more! By Issac Bailey slaved by white people. I grew angrier because I wasn’t always like Still, for a long time, none of that turned me racial progress since its founding, that I was an this and don’t like being this way. into an angry black man. For a long time, I took example of that progress because of the success You see, for a long time I was one of the it as a point of pride that one of my white pro- I had attained after all I had faced and over- “good blacks,” whom white friends and col- fessors remarked on my research paper compar- come. leagues and associates and neighbors could turn ing Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. that to in order to be reassured that they weren’t For a long time, I wasn’t an angry black man racist, that America really had made a lot of even after growing up in an underfunded school (continued on page 7) The Milwaukee Community Journal•October 7, 2020•Page 6 LEGALS&CLASSIFIEDS• LEGALS&CLASSIFIEDS SUMMONS Birth Certificate: SAMANTHA BY THE COURT: A petition was filed asking to given by publication as a Class 3 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: (PUBLICATION) RAE TRIPP HON. CHRISTOPHER R FOLEY change the name of the person notice for three (3) weeks in a row Notice of this hearing shall be STATE OF WISCONSIN Circuit Court Judge listed above: prior to the date of the hearing in given by publication as a Class 3 CIRCUIT COURT IT IS ORDERED 205/9-30/10-7-14-2020 From: ALEXANDREA the Milwaukee Community Journal, notice for three (3) weeks in a row MILWAUKEE COUNTY This petition will be heard in the MARYANN DONALDSON To: a newspaper published in Milwau- prior to the date of the hearing in NOTICE AND ORDER FOR Circuit Court of Milwaukee SUMMONS ALEXANDREA RENEE SIM- kee County, State of Wisconsin. the Milwaukee Community Journal, NAME CHANGE HEARING County, State of Wisconsin. (PUBLICATION) MONS Dated: 10-6-2020 a newspaper published in Milwau- Case No. 20CV4493 Judge’s Name: HON. TIMOTHY STATE OF WISCONSIN Birth Certificate: ALEXANDREA BY THE COURT: kee County, State of Wisconsin. M WITKOWIAK Room 415 CIRCUIT COURT MARYANN DONALDSON HON. LINDSEY GRADY Dated: 10-1-2020 In the matter of the name change PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Mil- MILWAUKEE COUNTY Circuit Court Judge BY THE COURT: of: Bai Amin Dada Bureh waukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: NOTICE AND ORDER FOR IT IS ORDERED 206/10-7-14-21-2020 HON. CARL ASHLEY By (Petitioner) Bai Amin Dada October 23, 2020 TIME 11:30 A.M. NAME CHANGE HEARING This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court Judge Bureh Case No. 20CV4006 Circuit Court of Milwaukee SUMMONS 209/10-7-14-21-2020 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: County, State of Wisconsin. (PUBLICATION) NOTICE IS GIVEN: Notice of this hearing shall be In the matter of the name change Judge’s Name: HON. PEDRO STATE OF WISCONSIN STATE OF WISCONSIN A petition was filed asking to given by publication as a Class 3 of: UNNAMED UNNAMED UN- COLON Room 412/ZOOM CIRCUIT COURT CIRCUIT COURT change the name of the person notice for three (3) weeks in a row NAMED PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Mil- MILWAUKEE COUNTY MILWAUKEE COUNTY listed above: prior to the date of the hearing in By (Petitioner) TEANNIA R waukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: NOTICE AND ORDER FOR SMALL CLAIMS PUBLICA- From: Bai Amin Dada Bureh To: the Milwaukee Community Journal, TROTTER NOVEMBER 3, 2020 TIME 10:30 NAME CHANGE HEARING TION Leon Allen a newspaper published in Milwau- By (Co-Petitioner) JOHN MAR- A.M. Case No. 20CV005789 SUMMONS Birth Certificate: Leon Allen kee County, State of Wisconsin. SHALL BEY Case No. 2020SC013530 Dated: 9-3-2020 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: In the matter of the name change IT IS ORDERED BY THE COURT: NOTICE IS GIVEN: Notice of this hearing shall be of: VYACHESLAV VIK- To: TRAYNIECE BOLDEN 9000 This petition will be heard in the HON. TIMOTHY M A petition was filed asking to given by publication as a Class 3 TOROVICH AZIMOV W CARMEN AVENUE #1 MIL- Circuit Court of Milwaukee WITKOWIAK change the name of the person notice for three (3) weeks in a row By (Petitioner) VYACHESLAV WAUKEE WI 53225 County, State of Wisconsin. Circuit Court Judge listed above: prior to the date of the hearing in VIKTOROVICH AZIMOV Judge’s Name: HON. CHRISTO- 202/9-23-30/10-7-2020 From: UNNAMED UNNAMED the Milwaukee Community Journal, You are being sued by DLS IN- PHER R FOLEY BR14 Hearing UNNAMED To: AAKIL SHARIF a newspaper published in Milwau- NOTICE IS GIVEN: VESTMENT PROPERTIES LLC will take place by phone to appear SUMMONS MARSHALL BEY kee County, State of Wisconsin. A petition was filed asking to in the Small Claims Court for Mil- for the hearing, please call the court (PUBLICATION) Birth Certificate: UNNAMED UN- Dated: 9-25-2020 change the name of the person waukee County, Milwaukee County at 414-278-4582 on the date and at STATE OF WISCONSIN NAMED UNNAMED BY THE COURT: listed above: Courthouse Courtroom 400, 901 N. the time of the hearing. PLACE: CIRCUIT COURT HON. PEDRO COLON From: VYACHESLAV VIK- Ninth St Milwaukee WI 53233. A 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis- MILWAUKEE COUNTY IT IS ORDERED Circuit Court Judge TOROVICH AZIMOV hearing will be held at 2:30 P.M on consin, 53233 DATE: October 23, NOTICE AND ORDER FOR This petition will be heard in the 211/10-7-14-21-2020 To: STAN AZIMOV October 20, 2020. If you do not ap- 2020 TIME 9:00 A.M. NAME CHANGE HEARING Circuit Court of Milwaukee Birth Certificate: VYACHESLAV pear, a judgment may be given to Case No. 20CV4416 County, State of Wisconsin. SUMMONS VIKTOROVICH AZIMOV the person suing you. A copy of the IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Judge’s Name: HON. KEVIN E (PUBLICATION) claim has been mailed to the ad- Notice of this hearing shall be In the matter of the name change MARTENS BR 27 PLACE: 901 N. STATE OF WISCONSIN IT IS ORDERED dress above. given by publication as a Class 3 of: SARAH MARIE ZEIBAQ 9th Street, Room 403 ***TO BE CIRCUIT COURT This petition will be heard in the notice for three (3) weeks in a row HELD VIA ZOOM*** Milwaukee, MILWAUKEE COUNTY Circuit Court of Milwaukee Dated this 2nd day of September prior to the date of the hearing in NOTICE IS GIVEN: Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: October NOTICE AND ORDER FOR County, State of Wisconsin. 2020 the Milwaukee Community Journal, A petition was filed asking to 21, 2020 TIME 8:30 A.M. NAME CHANGE HEARING Judge’s Name: HON. CARL ASH- GEORGE SESSLER LLC a newspaper published in Milwau- change the name of the person Case No. 20CV005378 LEY BR. 33 Room 500 PLACE: ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAIN- kee County, State of Wisconsin. listed above: IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis- TIFF- OR - PLAINTIFF: Dated: 9-10-2020 From: SARAH MARIE ZEIBAQ Notice of this hearing shall be In the matter of the name change consin, 53233 ***VIA P.O. BOX 182 BY THE COURT: To: SARAH ALA ALZGHOUL given by publication as a Class 3 of: HARPER VANN BAILEY- ZOOM***NOTICE TO FOLLOW WAUKESHA WI 53187 HON. CHRISTOPHER R FOLEY Birth Certificate: SARAH MARIE notice for three (3) weeks in a row NYE DATE: November 12, 2020 TIME (414) 588-5688 Circuit Court Judge ZEIBAQ prior to the date of the hearing in By (Petitioner) DANIELLE GR- 10:00 A.M. 212/10-7-2020 203/9-23-30/10-7-2020 the Milwaukee Community Journal, GICH BAILEY IT IS ORDERED a newspaper published in Milwau- By (Co-Petitioner) KATELYN SUMMONS This petition will be heard in the kee County, State of Wisconsin. ROSE NYE (PUBLICATION) Circuit Court of Milwaukee Dated: 8-27-2020 STATE OF WISCONSIN County, State of Wisconsin. BY THE COURT: NOTICE IS GIVEN: CIRCUIT COURT Judge’s Name: HON. CHRISTO- HON. KEVIN E MARTENS A petition was filed asking to MILWAUKEE COUNTY PHER R FOLEY BR 14 Hearing Circuit Court Judge change the name of the person NOTICE AND ORDER FOR will take place by phone please call 207/9-30/10-7-14-2020 listed above: NAME CHANGE HEARING (414) 278-4582 at time of hearing. From: HARPER VANN BAILEY- Case No. 2020CV004467 PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Mil- SUMMONS NYE waukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: (PUBLICATION) To: HARI VANN BAILEY-NYE In the matter of the name change October 19, 2020 TIME 1:30 P.M. STATE OF WISCONSIN Birth Certificate: HARPER VANN of: JACOB DANIEL NIGGE- CIRCUIT COURT BAILEY-NYE MANN IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: MILWAUKEE COUNTY IT IS ORDERED By (Petitioner) JACOB DANIEL Notice of this hearing shall be NOTICE AND ORDER FOR This petition will be heard in the NIGGEMANN given by publication as a Class 3 NAME CHANGE HEARING Circuit Court of Milwaukee notice for three (3) weeks in a row Case No. 20CV3939 County, State of Wisconsin. NOTICE IS GIVEN: prior to the date of the hearing in Judge’s Name: HON. CARL ASH- A petition was filed asking to the Milwaukee Community Journal, In the matter of the name change LEY BR. 33 Room 500 PLACE: change the name of the person a newspaper published in Milwau- of: JORDAN LOUIS BROWN 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis- listed above: kee County, State of Wisconsin. By (Petitioner) JORDAN LOUIS consin, 53233 From: JACOB DANIEL NIGGE- Dated: 9-4-2020 BROWN DATE: October 29, 2020 TIME MANN To: JACOB DANIEL TET- BY THE COURT: 9:00 A.M. ZMANN HON. CHRISTOPHER R FOLEY NOTICE IS GIVEN: Birth Certificate: JACOB DANIEL Circuit Court Judge A petition was filed asking to IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Dr. Benjamin Chavis, NIGGEMANN 201/9-23-30/10-7-2020 change the name of the person Notice of this hearing shall be president of the National Newspaper listed above: given by publication as a Class 3 Publishers: IT IS ORDERED SUMMONS From: JORDAN LOUIS BROWN notice for three (3) weeks in a row This petition will be heard in the (PUBLICATION) To: JORDAN LOUIS WEIS prior to the date of the hearing in Circuit Court of Milwaukee STATE OF WISCONSIN Birth Certificate: JORDAN LOUIS the Milwaukee Community Journal, County, State of Wisconsin. CIRCUIT COURT BROWN a newspaper published in Milwau- "COVID-19 is teach- Judge’s Name: HON. KEVIN E MILWAUKEE COUNTY kee County, State of Wisconsin. MARTENS Room 403***TO BE NOTICE AND ORDER FOR IT IS ORDERED Dated: 10-6-2020 HELD VIA ZOOM*** PLACE: NAME CHANGE HEARING This petition will be heard in the BY THE COURT: ing us that we can 901 N. 9th Street, Milwaukee, Wis- Case No. 20CV5268 Circuit Court of Milwaukee HON. CARL ASHLEY consin, 53233 DATE: OCTOBER County, State of Wisconsin. Circuit Court Judge get the truth out 12, 2020 TIME 8:30 A.M. In the matter of the name change Judge’s Name: HON. KEVIN E 210/10-7-14-21-2020 of: LAKUISHA DANIELLE ROY MARTENS BR 27 PLACE: 901 N. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: By (Petitioner) LAKUISHA 9th Street, Room 403 ***TO BE SUMMONS (about the virus) Notice of this hearing shall be DANIELLE ROY HELD VIA ZOOM*** Milwaukee, (PUBLICATION) given by publication as a Class 3 Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: Novem- STATE OF WISCONSIN in a timely notice for three (3) weeks in a row NOTICE IS GIVEN: ber 3, 2020 TIME 4:00 P.M. CIRCUIT COURT prior to the date of the hearing in A petition was filed asking to MILWAUKEE COUNTY the Milwaukee Community Journal, change the name of the person IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: NOTICE AND ORDER FOR manner...The last a newspaper published in Milwau- listed above: Notice of this hearing shall be NAME CHANGE HEARING kee County, State of Wisconsin. From: LAKUISHA DANIELLE given by publication as a Class 3 Case No. 20CV4858 thing the Black Dated: 9-16-2020 ROY To: LAKUISHA DANIELLE notice for three (3) weeks in a row BY THE COURT: GREER prior to the date of the hearing in In the matter of the name change HON. KEVIN E MARTENS Birth Certificate: LAKUISHA the Milwaukee Community Journal, of: PHILLIP THOMAS RO- community needs Circuit Court Judge DANIELLE ROY a newspaper published in Milwau- DRIGUEZ 200/9-23-30/10-7-2020 kee County, State of Wisconsin. (at thi s time) from IT IS ORDERED Dated: 9-16-2020 NOTICE IS GIVEN: SUMMONS This petition will be heard in the BY THE COURT: A petition was filed asking to (PUBLICATION) Circuit Court of Milwaukee HON. KEVIN E MARTENS change the name of the person the Black Press is STATE OF WISCONSIN County, State of Wisconsin. Circuit Court Judge listed above: CIRCUIT COURT Judge’s Name: HON. CHRISTO- 208b/9-30/10-7-14-2020 From: PHILLIP THOMAS RO- silence." MILWAUKEE COUNTY PHER R FOLEY BR 14 Hearing DRIGUEZ To: PHILLIP NOTICE AND ORDER FOR will take place by phone please call SUMMONS ACEVEDO Despite the pandemic, YOUR Milwaukee NAME CHANGE HEARING (414) 278-4582 at time of hearing. (PUBLICATION) Birth Certificate: PHILLIP Community Journal, is still getting ads from Case No. 20CV004942 PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street, Mil- STATE OF WISCONSIN THOMAS RODRIGUEZ waukee, Wisconsin, 53233 DATE: CIRCUIT COURT companies and businesses considered "es- In the matter of the name change November 2, 2020 TIME 11:00 MILWAUKEE COUNTY IT IS ORDERED sential" such as food stores. We've even of: SAMANTHA RAE HIDDE A.M. NOTICE AND ORDER FOR This petition will be heard in the By (Petitioner) SAMANTHA RAE NAME CHANGE HEARING Circuit Court of Milwaukee highlighted Black businesses (especially HIDDE IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Case No. 20CV4355 County, State of Wisconsin. restaurants) that are still "open for busi- Notice of this hearing shall be Judge’s Name: HON. LINDSEY ness." Like other businesses, the Milwaukee NOTICE IS GIVEN: given by publication as a Class 3 In the matter of the name change GRADY PLACE: 901 N. 9th Street A petition was filed asking to notice for three (3) weeks in a row of: ALEXANDREA MARYANN (VIA ZOOM) Milwaukee, Wiscon- Community Journal is an “ESSENTIAL” change the name of the person prior to the date of the hearing in DONALDSON sin, 53233 DATE: December 14, business that is the Milwaukee Black com- listed above: the Milwaukee Community Journal, By (Petitioner) MARQUESA 2020 TIME 11:00 A.M. From: SAMANTHA RAE HIDDE a newspaper published in Milwau- RENEE SIMMONS munity’s main source of news, information, To: SAMANTHA RAE HIDDE kee County, State of Wisconsin. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: education and inspiration about and for us! TRIPP Dated: 9-24-2020 NOTICE IS GIVEN: Notice of this hearing shall be The Milwaukee Community Journal•October 7, 2020•Page 7 Committee passes Fiserv Forum and Miller Park I’M FINALLY resolutions supporting won’t be used for early voting AN ANGRY election (continued from front page) Washington Park Library, 2121 N. through Friday, 8 a.m. until 7:00pm, and Saturdays Sherman Blvd. operations and Sundays from 10:00am to 4:00pm. The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee will and federal Locations listed below are open Mondays & Tues- have hours Monday – Friday, 10:00am to 3:00pm in BLACK MAN days 7:00am to 1:00pm, Wednesdays, Thursdays and (continued from page 5) the Student Union. COVID-19 relief Fridays 1:00pm to 7:00pm, and Saturdays - Sundays I didn’t seem angry enough, if at all. It fit well with my Christian beliefs “Early voting opportunities are critical to reducing The Milwaukee Common 10:00am to 4:00pm: any crowding at voting sites on Election Day,” said that we must love our enemies, must be slow to anger, must turn the other Council’s Judiciary and Legisla- Bay View Library, 2566 S Kinnickinnic Ave. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. “Milwaukee is ded- cheek. tion Committee recently approved icated to administering a safe, accessible and trans- There were times I was upset, like when I watched those cops beat Rod- three resolutions rececently spon- Cannon Park Pavilion, 303 N. 95th St. parent Presidential Election. ney King on the side of the road in 1991, but I forced myself not to remain sored by Council President Cava- Clinton Rose Senior Center, 3045 N. “We are doing everything within our ability to angry or to allow it to define me or overwhelm my thoughts. lier Johnson. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. make sure every person in this city has a fair chance Anger didn’t set in even as I developed a severe stutter, suffered from The first was a resolution rela- post-traumatic stress disorder for a quarter of a century before being di- East Library, 2320 N. Cramer St to cast a ballot and regret we are not able to pursue tive to acceptance and expenditure Good Hope Library, 7717 W. agnosed and getting help, and was nearly killed by a rare autoimmune of the Center for Tech and Civic the unique opportunity of integrating these two well- disease. It didn’t set in even though each of these things was related to a Life grant. Good Hope Rd known locations.” childhood pockmarked by systemic racism. This resolution authorizes the Mitchell Street Library, 906 W. Historic Residents are encouraged to think about how and The problems of my oldest brother, Moochie, began with a father who Election Commission to accept Mitchell St. when they will vote and to consider early voting as a beat him and our mom — a father who was born into a South that was safe in-person option. and expend additional grant funds Tippecanoe Library, 3912 S. Howell Ave. still rounding up black men and using the criminal justice system to es- \For questions, please contact Claire Woodall- in the amount of $1,255,000 to en- Villard Square Library, 5190 N. 35th St. sentially sell them into a new form of slavery. Men like my father also sure that all voters in the City of Vogg, executive director, at [email protected] faced the possibility of lynchings or other commonplace indignities. So- Milwaukee have access to safe ciety’s racist treatment of my father helped turn him into a threat to my and secure voting this fall. ers how to safely and effectively vote in the upcoming black mother and my black oldest brother. The grant will provide funding Presidential Election. It also cut short the lives of my aunts and uncles who succumbed to a for additional election apparatus, The Commission also provided a tour of the ware- variety of stress-induced ailments. My last living aunt survived — sur- tabulators, drive-up voting sites, house where ballots are securely stored and will discuss vives — but not without deep scars. She’s shared tales from her childhood and additional personal protective steps the Commission is taking to ensure an efficient of black people “just disappearing” from our small Southern town. equipment for election workers. and legitimate election takes place in Milwaukee. That legacy contributed to the emotional and physical health struggles The committee also recom- Mayor Tom Barrett, Claire Woodall-Vogg, Executive I contend with today. Audiences love to hear all I overcame, hate it when mended approval of a second res- Director of the city election commission; and Deputy director Jonatan Zuñiga, were on hand. I tell them the price I and others like me had to pay. They don’t want to olution directing department heads The goal of the campaign is to make Milwaukee resi- know that even the overcomers don’t come through racism unscathed. to recruit staff who are willing and dents aware of the many ways they can submit a ballot My anger first showed up as severe disappointment about how many able to be assigned to work for the of the members of the white evangelical church I was attending reacted in the upcoming Presidential Election. Election Commission during the Mayor Barrett, Election The campaign also seeks to educate Milwaukeeans to the election of Barack Obama. They openly expressed hatred for him. November 2020 election. They began believing in ugly racist conspiracy theories. My disappoint- on how their ballots are processed and what the Mil- This resolution intends to use Commission to Launch waukee Election Commission is doing to ensure the ment was replaced by a deep sense of betrayal when they rushed to make City of Milwaukee staff to supple- Donald Trump president even when we prayed together after Dylann Roof voting process is efficient, safe, and free from interfer- ment any shortage in election ence. shot up the black church Emanuel A.M.E. in Charleston, S.C. — a church workers that exists. “Votes Count "We are offering three ways for residents to vote in that sits along a street named after one of the nation’s most prominent “Having fair, safe, secure and this monumental election -- by absentee ballot, in-per- slavery proponents, John C. Calhoun — where my future wife and I first trustworthy election processes is son early voting, or in-person voting on Election Day,” attended a service together. in the 414” crucial, and these files (resolu- The City of Milwaukee’s Election Commission said Woodall-Vogg in a statement. I got angry and couldn’t shake it. I got angry at white journalists who tions) help the city bolster its re- launched the “Votes Count in the 414” education and ” Our goal is to assure Milwaukeeans that their vote refused to hear people like me telling them that something was different, sources less than one month from awareness campaign recently to inform Milwaukee vot- will be counted." that things had changed, that it wasn’t just politics as usual. Mr. Trump’s the election,” Alderman Johnson use of open bigotry and racism propelled him into national politics. Re- said. publicans embraced rather than repelled him. The nastier he got, the “I want to thank the Election higher his approval rating climbed within ranks of the party. I became Commission for their hard work ashamed that I had ever felt compelled to vote for Republicans, ashamed and diligence in this particularly that I thought my calling had been to try to be a bridge across racial di- challenging election year as they vides, which was why I remained so long in a white church where so many work to ensure residents have the could believe that Donald Trump was God-sent and God-ordained. best and safest voting experience In my new state of mind, I couldn’t not be angry over the past few possible.” months when data began showing that black people were disproportion- The Judiciary and Legislation ately being affected by Covid-19 because of health maladies worsened by Committee also recommended a racism that had long weakened their bodies, and because that racism en- resolution expressing the City of sured that we were more likely to be in the kinds of jobs deemed essential Milwaukee’s support for enacting during the pandemic, exposing us to the virus even more. new Federal legislation and fund- I knew that President Trump didn’t cause the racial disparities that have ing to support local governments been embedded in our criminal justice, educational and health care sys- and provide economic stimulus. tems since their creation. I knew that cops had been killing black men and The filewas co-sponsored by Al- black women without consequence long before November 2016. I knew dermen Ashanti Hamilton and Al- that the Democratic Party had failed black people on the issue of race in derman Michael J. Murphy. too many ways to count as well. That’s why I didn’t blame Mr. Trump for “Residents of our city, state and the state of things — but knew that his elevation to the highest office in the nation continue to deal with a the nation was a tipping point. variety of COVID-19 related It felt like an attempt by white America to turn back the clock to the health and economic issues. 1950s. I knew that we, black people, wouldn’t quietly go back to the back It is time the federal government of the bus, even as they shamed us for peacefully kneeling to protest. act in the interest of citizens who I knew that if a black man like me found himself in a perpetual state of need support now more than ever, rage he couldn’t shake, things were ripe to explode. and local governments who are on About the author: Issac J. Bailey is an award-winning journalist and the front line of combating this the James K. Batten Professor of Communication Studies at Davidson virus,” Alderman Johnson contin- College. He has been published in the Washington Post, Charlotte Ob- ued. server, Politico Magazine, Time, and many more, and has appeared on These resolution files will be be- NPR, CNN, and MSNBC. Bailey was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard Uni- fore the full Common Council for versity and has taught journalism and applied ethics at Coastal Car- adoption at its next regularly olina University. He currently lives in Myrtle Beach with his wife and scheduled meeting on Tuesday, two children. October 13th. The Milwaukee Community Journal•October 7, 2020•Page 8 The Milwaukee Community Journal•October 7, 2020•Page 9 ‘Tosa cop cleared SHARP Art in Bronzeville! in fatal shooting of Alvin Cole (continued from front page) Chisholm to retire or step down.” This was Mensah’s third shoot- Kimberly Motley, the Cole fam- ing in five years. The other fatal ily’s attorney, noted Chisholm did shootings were of Jay Anderson not say that the shooting was jus- Tracy Cole-Mother and Antonio Gonzalez. Those tified, adding: “And that’s really shooting were also ruled justified. important.” Cole’s family was reportedly at A report from former U.S. Attor- the courthouse to meet with the ney Steven Biskupic, who was se- district attorney before the an- lected to be an independent nouncement was made. Protestors investigator found, however, that were outside the Milwaukee "Cole did not fire at Officer Men- Safety Building awaiting news of sah or any other officer. Cole shot the decision. himself in the arm while running After meeting with Chisholm, away from the officers.” the family spoke to protestors and Biskupic, in his report—re- Sharp Literacy, Inc. recently unveiled public mural celebrating diversity. The mural, ‘Our True the media, saying they were upset leased Wednesday morning—con- Colors,’ is in the historic Bronzeville district. Community artist Vedale Hill (pictured inset at left), with the decision but that they will cluded Mensah should be fired Taleavia Cole-Sister led the remote-learning, STEAM-based art project, which included the participation of approximately continue to fight for justice. from the police department. now could be a backlash to 50 elementary school students from NeuLife Gwen T. Jackson, NeuLife Brown Street Academy, Cole’s family disputes that Cole Biskupic argued that the risk Men- Chisholm’s decision. The city’s Neighborhood House, and Messmer Saint Mary. Students used math, ratios and data science to shot the gun, and has called for sah might shoot a fourth person is school district has switched all paint mural pieces representing themselves. By creating characters painted with their skin tone and favorite color, students embraced what makes each of them unique. SHARP Literacy, Inc. spear- Mensah to be fired from the WPD. high, and that he violated depart- classes to virtual instruction. Protestors called for Chisholm to ment policy when he spoke to the headed the project as part of its Summer Learning/Art on the Move Program, and partnered with Cole’s death led to protests in the aforementioned schools and community learning centers. be fired. news media about the shooting last Wauwatosa throughout last sum- Cole’s sister, Taleavia Cole, dis- summer. mer, including in and around May- puted the DA’s decision that her Fearing expected unrest and to fair Mall and outside of a house brother had fired a gun at Mensah, help police protect the public and where Mensah was staying. Two adding he (Mensah) “should not infrastructure in Wauwatosa, Gov. men were charged in an August al- continue working with the police Tony Evers called on the National tercation at the house after a shot- department. Guard ahead of the announcement. gun was fired.—Sources: “The fight continues,” Taleavia Wauwatosa businesses were Facebook, CBS58,com, tmj4.com Cole said. “It’s time for DA boarded up as they awaited what The Milwaukee Community Journal•October 7, 2020•Page 10