Grand Rapids

You're invited to come to our Cosecha Allies GR Work Meeting supporting Movimiento Cosecha GR.

Our most urgent need: we've been called by organizers to start arranging resources, crowd safety and support for integral upcoming marches and events.

Accessibility and facility notes: there are two sets of stairs (two down, six up) upon entering the Jennings side door. Chair accessible ramp on the Burton side door, park on Burton back parking lot to access. Accessible drinking fountain inside.

There are gendered, single-stalled bathrooms on this level.

Hear from the City Manager candidates at this community forum in the Ryerson Auditorium at the Grand Rapids Public Library, 111 Library St. NE. The event will include a formal question and answer session between the executive recruiter and candidates as well as an opportunity for community members to talk with the candidates one on one.

Comment cards will be available at the event for attendees to provide feedback on the candidates. The community also is encouraged to provide feedback on the candidates by emailing manager@grcity.us.

There will be 2 meetings held on the same day pertaining to the Cancer Crisis on the Westside. Our 1st Ward City Commissioners have set this up and we will be joined by a variety of representatives from our City. At these meetings we will be sharing information and collecting health information from residents from the Indiana/Butterworth area. Please help spread the word! thank you.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have increased their activities and are arresting and detaining people in West Michigan every week. We invite you to be part of a campaign to stand in solidarity with immigrants and to stop state violence.

We will be Marching to #RetireLine5 and this would be the 4th March of the week! Last one for the week before Lansing! We will be meeting at the Calder Plaza and be walking to Ah-Nah-Awen Park, across the bridge!

Needs:
Speakers!
Cooler - drinks
Signs and people!

Main Event Page:
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The Kent County contract with ICE allows the jail to profit from separating families right here in Grand Rapids. No more! Come help plan the campaign to #EndTheContract between Kent County and ICE.

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Join renters and homeowners who want to organize for housing justice on Sunday, August 5th at 6:00 pm in Garfield Park to build a platform that says "housing is a human right." The city’s corporate developer and landlord funded agenda isn’t what working people in Grand Rapids need. But we can create a people’s housing agenda for justice that centers on renters, low-income people and communities of color having a right to the city, and plan for actions to organize for a housing program that puts people over profit.

The County Commissioners think we have given up, but nothing could be farther from the truth. We will gather by the Calder at 8am to talk about what will happen that day and some future plans. We will go to the County Commission meeting to demand that they end their contract with ICE. The Commission meeting is in Room 310 County Administration Building, 300 Monroe Avenue NW.

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Allies, please join us for an important training about Movimiento Cosecha (Harvest Movement), and learn how to get more engaged with the movement.

We are working towards permanent protection, dignity and respect for all immigrants and there’s room for you.

We welcome all to this training, and look forward to seeing what you have to bring to the group - whether you’re an artist, photographer, great at fundraising, have street medic skills, are social media savvy, or even if you want to learn new skills.

Let's get together before the Kent Dems Meeting on July 11th, and kick around some ideas as to how to move this party to the left. Let's face it, nothing new is happening, they're pushing the usual candidates to the forefront and leaving progressive candidates behind AGAIN. The Democratic Party is the party of the people and we must take it back. Right now we have about 20 active members, and we need to increase those numbers drastically. Supreme Court Justice Kennedy is retiring and things are going to get worse fast.