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Bulletin: Rev. Al Sharpton’s trip to Milwaukee has been postponed
until Tuesday. He will speak at 5 p.m. at the New Covenant Missionary
Baptist Church, 2315 N. 38th St. The civil rights leader will also
broadcast his radio show from Milwaukee. Organizers said his trip was
delayed because flight schedules did not allow him to arrive in time to
do his Sunday show from here.
This post is updated.
A budding movement for jobs in Milwaukee will get a boost Sunday from the Rev. Al Sharpton. He will arrive in town and is slated to speak at 9:30 a.m. at the New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church, 2315 N. 38th St., and at at 11:45 a.m. at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1825 W. Hampton Ave.
Protest over Gov. Scott Walker’s derailment of high-speed rail is morphing into a broader movement demanding jobs. In scotching the federally financed, $810 million rail line between Milwaukee and Madison, Walker wiped out the thousands of jobs experts say the project would have spurred.
The governor also prompted train maker Talgo to announce it would take its manufacturing operation out of Milwaukee. Occupying a refurbished manufacturing plant on the north side, an area of super-high unemployment, Talgo had stood as a symbol of hope.
MICAH (Milwaukee Innercity Congregations Allied for Hope) had designated Sunday Emergency Jobs Sunday and called on member pastors to talk about the city’s job crisis. The Rev. Willie Brisco, an associate minister at New Covenant, heads MICAH.
Rev. F. L. Crouther is pastor of New Covenant, and Rev. Russell Williamson is pastor of Zion Hill.
MICAH is a member of a coalition organizing the jobs movement. Other members are: Amalgamated Transit Union, Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Voces de la Frontera, League of Young Voters and Wisconsin Citizen Action.
