Post From Community: Celebrating the 2025 International Women's Day in Milwaukee

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The UNA of Greater Milwaukee, Peace Action Wisconsin, and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom invite you to a highly informative forum followed by time for questions and comments on the subject of “Celebrating the 2025 International Women’s Day in Milwaukee.” With a presentation by G’Toya Blackmon on “The Women’s Community Justice Panel.”

Saturday, March 15^th, 2025
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Free and open to the public.

Attend in-person:

Zao MKE Church
2^nd Floor Conference Room
2319 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI 53211

Attend virtually:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7165675210?omn=87680700578

This year’s theme calls for action that can unlock equal rights, power, and opportunities for all and a feminist future where no one is left behind. Central to this vision is empowering the next generation—youth, particularly young women and adolescent girls—as catalysts for lasting change.

The year 2025 is a pivotal moment as it marks the 30^th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. This document has transformed the women’s rights agenda in terms of legal protection, access to services, youth engagement, and change in social norms, stereotypes, and ideas stuck in the past.

G’Toya Blackmon is a Healing Justice Organizer, Political Healer, and Workshop Facilitator dedicated to decolonized wellness advocacy, community justice, and mental health equity.

With a background in psychology, legal studies, abolition, and grassroots organizing, she creates accessible spaces for communities deeply impacted by racialized violence to heal and reclaim power through multidisciplinary efforts.

G’Toya’s work bridges traditional philosophies with contemporary healing, centering Black feminist thought, trauma responsiveness, and transformative justice to reimagine collective liberation, sovereignty, and energetic revolution.

For more information, contact Pam Richard at pamrichard35@gmail.com.