Madisonians gathered at Christ Presbyterian Street Church to hear from organizers in Minnesota during ICE operations on how to utilize movements for change.
On April 11, “Lessons From Minneapolis” brought out multiple community and labor organizations from both Wisconsin and Minnesota to speak on what can be done here in the state to combat issues like intensified immigration operations. Minnesota, which saw a large-scale, multi-month-long ICE campaign, saw the state strongly organized to combat the operation. Organizers from Minnesota imparted lessons learned — often hard lessons learned — and how organizations in Wisconsin can utilize them.
Synthia Sarver, an educational support specialist with St. Paul Federation of Educators, and Kieran Knuston, president of Communications Workers Local 7250, learned that the people need to come together to combat issues from their time in Minnesota…