Monday, July 2nd, 2012

THE HISTORY OF July 2nd. Today in 1917: One of the bloodiest race riots in U.S. history erupts in East Saint Louis, Illinois. White workers, protesting the employment of blacks, kill an estimated two hundred and drive six thousand from their homes.

An eye witness will testify, "The bodies of the dead Negroes were thrown into morgue like so many dead hogs." On July 28, ten thousand New Yorkers will march down Fifth Avenue in a silent parade of protest organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

It's today’s Action Calendar!

A unique photographic exhibit documenting Poland's Solidarity movement will soon be coming to Madison. "The Phenomenon of ‘Solidarity’: Pictures from the History of Poland 1980-1981," is being co-sponsored by UW-Madison's Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, CREECA, and the Polish Heritage Society of Madison. This exhibit will be on display in the main lobby of Memorial Library on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus from July 3-July 24. Admission is free and visitors to the University of Wisconsin- Madison may acquire a library day pass on site. For more info, please call 608-262-3379 or send an email to info@creeca.wisc.edu

Monona and Madison communities are coming together for the Lake Monona Water Walk July 6^th through the 8^th. Elders William Waterway Marks and Ojibwe grandmother Josephine Mandamin, along with many caring citizens, will gather for educational and inspirational activities to honor and appreciate our precious water resource. The event culminates with a walk around Lake Monona, as Mandamin has done for all five of our Great Lakes and ends with a feast. For itinerary details, go to LakeMononaWaterWalk.org, or call 279-5225.