John, 350 Milwaukee is suspending our Friday bank protests while the nation, and the world, deals with the coronavirus.  We believe this is the responsible course.

This doesn't mean there are no actions that you can take. We encourage you to read the article Study: global banks 'failing miserably' on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels. The report referenced in the article is Banking On Climate Change.

If you bank, or have credit cards, with any of these banks, please for the sake of you children (and yourself), find a new bank or credit union.  See the Moving Your Money section at 350MKE.

Stand for a Livable Climate
Friday March 20, 2020
12:00 - 1:00 pm

SUSPENDED
BUT YOU CAN PROTEST BY MOVING YOUR MONEY

Chase & Wells Fargo
Wisconsin Ave. at Water St.

We believe there can be a future for the next generations!
 

Chase & Wells Fargo banks are the 1st & 2nd LARGEST funders of fossil fuel (coal-mining operations (like the mountain top removal project above), oil and gas companies, fracking firms, pipelines, and arctic exploration) companies in the WORLD!

In 2020 climate activists around the world are focusing their efforts on big banks to slow the money pipeline that flows to fossil fuel companies.
Will you help do something for the future?

You can't join us on Fridays, but you do want to do something? Read Bill McKibben's article linked below, then, if you bank with Chase, Wells Fargo, BMO, BofA, Capital One, etc., make a plan to move your accounts to institutions that don't fund fossil fuels.  Yeah, it's a headache, I know from experience...

Want to Do Something About Climate Change? Follow the Money - Bill McKibben, New Yorker

For tips on moving your bank, scroll down to the Moving Your Money section at 350MKE.

Please join us - rain, snow or shine. (Unless it's a serious blizzard or seriously cold!)  Dress in layers for the weather.  There are many pedestrians over the noon hour and we talk to lots of folks.  There's a lot of positive feedback - 10x more than negative.

2020 Wisconsin Elections
PLEASE VOTE

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Wisconsin Spring Election

The coronavirus is heavily impacting the 2020 election year. Because you are on our mailing list we assume you have more than a casual interest in climate change and its impact on our future, or you're monitoring our activity. If you are in the first group, you understand the importance of voting this year. Here are some resources to shorten your search for how to vote while keeping your virus exposure low.

https://myvote.wi.gov - Wisconsin government site with tabs for six key voting functions
https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/VoteAbsentee - The tab for requesting absentee ballots

See a sample ballot for your address at:

• https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/PreviewMyBallot
• ballotpedia

Key state, or district, wide votes on the ballot include:

• Supreme Court
  • Two people (Jill Karofsky and Daniel Kelly) are running for the WI Supreme Court. Read a brief description of the candidates here.
  • Do your own search
• Wisconsin Court of Appeals
  • By district
• Wisconsin Marsy's Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment
  • The ACLU's take on Marsy's Law
  • Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin's take
  • Do your own search - this is controversial!

and

350 Milwaukee Meeting
Tuesday, April 14, 7 - 8:30pm
First Unitarian Society (Ogden & Astor)

It is very unlikely we'll meet in April

Can you chip in a few dollars at the Action Network to help defray the personal cost to the eleven people arrested? 

Next Court Date???
Monday, April 20, 2020
8:30am
Milwaukee City Municipal Court
951 N James Lovell St

The date is two days before
Earth Day

On Dec. 6, 2019, The People's Climate Coalition held a rally and demonstration in downtown Milwaukee in accordance with the International Youth Climate Strikes and the Sunrise Movement National Climate Strikes.  On that day eleven individuals were arrested during a peaceful sit-in protesting fossil fuel financing by Wells Fargo Bank.

 Future Local Actions: