Outdoors

We'll start on the 4th Ave side of Blake Transit Center and walk and talk about the pedestrian- and bike-friendly changes of the People-Friendly Streets projects: William, First/Ashley, and Huron.

All ages and ability levels (and dogs!) welcome. Hope to see you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/368195163861159/

November 13th is the first day of our negotiations with U-M's academic HR. Please join us in showing university leadership that graduate students support GEO's platform and the bargaining team!

There will be a few speakers -- President Emily Gauld, Rep Yousef Rahbi, Bargaining Committee Chair Sumeet and more. Then we will march the bargaining team to the Michigan League where negotiations begin at noon.

Bring musical instruments or noisemakers if you have them.

See you there!

Ann Arbor's first protected bike lane is here, and we're celebrating with a BIKE RODEO!! Join us for a family-friendly afternoon featuring fun-filled stations designed to help keep you safe on the road.

Rent in Ann Arbor shot upward by 15% last year, but most of us don’t need a statistic to prove what we’ve experienced for years—it’s increasingly impossible for those who work in Ann Arbor to live there, too. Meanwhile, those displaced from Ann Arbor are pushing out residents of other cities, including Ypsilanti, where last year, 13% of students experienced houselessness. Altogether, almost 80,000 workers commute to Ann Arbor by car every day, which not only contributes to the fracturing of our communities, but also to the destruction of our environment.

Shut Down North Lake Correctional Facility
No For-Profit Immigrant Detention Camps in Michigan

GEO Group—the largest private prison corporation in the US—will attempt to open Michigan’s first for-profit detention center for immigrants in Baldwin, Michigan on October 1st.

GEO Group is an industry leader in human-rights abuses and deaths at its facilities. A federal judge described their facilities as, “a cesspool of unconstitutional and inhuman acts and conditions”.

GEO has been sued multiple times for forcing detainees to work for food, water and toiletries.

EarthFest is designed to engage, entertain, and educate University of
Michigan students, faculty, and staff on all aspects of sustainability. Come
browse dozens of booths with information on how to get involved in
sustainability on campus and beyond. More info at EarthFest! [1]

[1] https://events.umich.edu/event/65059

Kalamazoo is participating in the Global Climate Strike! Around the world, people will walk out of their schools, workplaces, and homes to demand transformative action in response to the global climate crisis. Join us! #StrikeWiithUs #ClimateStrike

https://www.facebook.com/events/469151490331766/

Starting September 20, people of all ages in hundreds of countries are walking out of their jobs, homes, and classes to demand real climate action from our elected officials.

There is no Planet B. When the earth and communities we love are under attack, we stand up and fight back.

Please join a group wherever you'll be on September 20th- and if you're in Detroit, please join us. Find an event near you here: https://globalclimatestrike.net/

This prison is going to house 1800 undocumented immigrants that have committed low level crimes. (Please click on "Discussion" tab to watch our State Senator speak on these undocumented immigrants as he put it).

Day of schedule:

11AM walkout to Ingalls Mall
11AM-12PM Tabling + Performances
12PM Rally
12:45PM Workshop Block 1
1:30PM Workshop Block 2
2:15PM Closing Performance

On September 20, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, young people and adults will strike all across the US and world to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis.